Three months after the Frobisher settlement, Patty is concentrating on establishing a charitable foundation when an old boyfriend, named Daniel Purcell, contacts her and entangles her in a new case involving corporate fraud and greed. Meanwhile, Ellen continues working with the FBI to destroy Patty, but she becomes more rash and impatient as she continues to set up her appearances to hide her rage behind fabricated grief in the wake of David's murder. Elsewhere, Arthur Frobisher is revealed to have survived the assassination attempt and is recovering in seclusion as he plots his next move against all the people whom he felt wronged him.

　　李（梅丽莎·麦卡西 Melissa McCarthy 饰）曾是一位小有名气的传记作家，所撰写的作品屡屡进入畅销榜。然而，李是一位个性非常固执的作家，她不愿意为了迎合市场而改变自己的创作风格，久而久之，再也没有出版社愿意同她合作了，李的生活渐渐的陷入了窘迫之中。　　入不敷出的李决定卖出自己珍藏多年的著名影星凯瑟琳赫本的信件，由此获得了一笔不菲的收入，之后，她又在机缘巧合下得到了另一位名人的信件，在经过了精心的改造后，这封信件自然也卖出了个好价钱。梅开二度让李发现了商机，她就此踏上了伪造名人信件牟利的不归路。

弗罗比舍案和解三个月后，帕蒂正专注于建立一个慈善基金会，这时她前男友丹尼尔·珀塞尔联系了她，并将她卷入一桩涉及公司欺诈和贪婪的新案子。与此同时，艾伦继续与联邦调查局合作，试图摧毁帕蒂，但她变得更加鲁莽和急躁，因为她继续装腔作势，试图用虚假的悲伤来掩盖自己在大卫被谋杀后的愤怒。与此同时，亚瑟·弗罗比舍被发现在暗杀行动中幸存下来，目前正在隐居康复，并计划着下一步行动，打击所有他认为冤枉过他的人。