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.

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。