A dissatisfied Brandi leaves school and strikes out on her own with a different partner, looking for the same quarry as her mother.

On a routine pickup, Dottie is mysteriously abducted and Brandi enlists Tiny in her frantic search for her mother.

CAPSULE: The Thorsons try to bring in an out-of-control computer genius whose new software is worth millions.

SPOILER ALERT! Key plot details revealed!

Brandi is upset with Mark Farrell. He's going to a new job in Quantico, VA and she thinks he got it mainly on the strength of a bust she and her mother made. On top of that he expects her to be happy for him. Dottie is told that their bookkeeping is in a hopeless mess and that as holder of Tiny's liquor license, she responsible for the taxes he hasn't got around to paying.

Ricky gives the Thorsons a pickup for Barnaby Weese (DUI, leaving scene of an accident). His bail was put up by one Lorna Smith in the form of an expensive watch. It turns out that Weese is actually Barry Weiland, a computer software genius. At his company, Dottie and Brandi talk to operating officer Chris Malone, who tells them Weiland has created software that will block the creation of MP3 files and it will be worth a fortune when it goes on the market. Trouble is,