Despite everyone's protests, Joan allows her snobby, Ivy League-educated guidance counselor to advise her against applying to college. However, after Joan relays her plans to Roger, an engaging college student on the campus she's visiting, he tells h... (more)er that college is attainable and persuades her to hire him as a tutor. Meanwhile, Adam becomes jealous of Joan's rapport with Roger; Will sees a dark side of Lucy; Helen questions her commitment to Catholicism, and Beth finds it difficult to resume a relationship with the wheelchair-bound Kevin.

Adrian Bloom, Jack Merrill, Jack Plotnick, Jane Daly, John Marshall Jones, Kevin Rahm, Kimberly McCullough, Mark Matkevich, Rene Ashton, Yorgo Constantine