Whew! It"s out! It"s finally out! Eli"s aneurysm, that is. When no lawyer will represent Eli in his disbarment case, Taylor applies to her father. She gives him some guff about how the reason for their breakup was her infidelity and Law Daddy takes the case. However, when Nathan is called to the stand to testify about his brother"s health, Eli -- having already asked Nathan to lie under oath to save both their jobs -- finally gets the point of this week"s "Who"ll Stop the Rain" visions and announces his aneurysm. While Jordan clearly feels hurt and betrayed, his professional pride won"t let him give up on Eli"s case. Jordan calls a press conference and files a countersuit against the California Bar Association for violations of Federal Americans with Disabilities Act. That suit buys them more time in front of the judge and Eli gets to make his case that his aneurysm makes him a better person and lawyer. The judge rules in his favor but sanctions him and fines him $1000 for Eli"s initial cover-up of his condition.
In other case files, Bennett and Dowd team up to defend a ballplayer who kinda sorta accidentally killed his third base coach with a foul ball. Since the ballplayer (NOT BARRY BONDS!) is suspected of juicing, the ADA wants to make it a criminal case, likening it to vehicular manslaughter while under the influence. Dowd and Posner pull a meeting with the DA -- no "A" necessary -- who promises to speak to his underling and push him away from criminal charges. That all seems smooth and martini-lunched until the ADA shows up with photos showing the ballplayer"s wife rolling in the sheets with the dead third base coach. Turns out the ballplayer hired a PI to follow his wife and, well, now it looks like the ballplayer did it in the baseball diamond with the baseball. (Hey, at least I didn"t make a foul play joke!) Bennett and Dowd convince the slugger to surrender to the police.
Jordan is pretty pissed off at Eli but since he can"t fire him, he instead divests Eli of his office, his assistant -- Patti"s working for Taylor now, oh yes! -- his caseload, and perhaps most damaging, Jordan"s regard.