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- William sets out to have a relaxing father-son weekend with Ben, but instead is hired by an alcoholic career military veteran who wishes to get the father of a gay soldier, who was killed in action, back down the road to sobriety. (en)
- A mathematics professor , in a race against time to publish his research, turns to cocaine. His colleague and girlfriend seeks William's help. William invites some friends over to his house including his former sponsor Quinn whom he idolizes and credits for saving his life. Shortly after the party William's son Ben suspects that his father is using after finding a syringe in the bathroom. (en)
- William and Swenton are hired to retrieve and clean a young man named Travis that is jailed somewhere in the Inland Empire. William and Swenton soon learn that Travis is not only an addict, but is also a valued meth baker. When learning that his facility is about to be raided by the police he sets the place on fire, clearing both him and his superior of any crime. However, things get even more complicating when Travis's superior demands him to pay half a million dollars for all damages. William is also forced to take a hard look at Travis's girlfriend who is both an addict and a prostitute that has a young son Miles that is an addict and a pusher. (en)
- While watching his daughter Lula rehearse for an important ballet recital, William observes that the star ballerina , whom Lula idolizes, uses drugs. William wrestles with his own issues of being an overprotective father and must find a way to help the ballerina with her tribulations while not damaging his relationship with his daughter. (en)
- This episode takes place during the course of one day. The day marks William's ten-year anniversary of being sober. Uninterested in giving the day any special recognition, William spends it doing business as usual as he helps an old friend who chooses heroin and speed over his wife and kids, get clean. Despite William's apathy, PK, Swenton and Akani attempt to wrangle some of the other addicts William has helped recently for a surprise party in honor of William's sober birthday. William gives a deep apology to Mellissa for the wrongs he committed during his addiction. (en)
- William is secretly hired by the mother of a pregnant East Indian girl that has a drug addiction. William and the team take some radical actions in the case that lead to further complications. (en)
- A lawyer comes to William, seeking help for his wife , who is caught in the throes of an addiction to Vicodin and zolpidem. William and his team discover that the woman is not only using, but she is also part of an elaborate upper middle class "drug club". The title of this episode is a play on "Jonesing", which is slang for delirium tremens, which is a painful episode that an addict typically experiences during a withdrawal from drugs and/or alcohol. (en)
- FBI agent Lauren Keenan strong-arms William into searching for her former partner, agent Michael Davis who developed a drug addiction while deep undercover on a case. William and crew infiltrate a "tent city" of meth manufacturers to find the man, who is delusional and dangerous. Only then does William realize that the FBI agent lied to him: the man is not only her ex-partner, but the father of her unborn child--and a pawn in a larger power struggle within the FBI. Meanwhile, Ben is found to have run off to the home of his paternal grandfather , and Melissa goes over there to try to talk Ben into coming home. Swenton struggles with his recent relapse. (en)
- The team takes on three separate cases. Swenton takes on a widower alcoholic father that he meets on a bus. Due to the father's constant state of inebriation his young daughter plays the role of adult in their household. Meanwhile, William is hired by a cop whose cop son needs to be cleaned for a drug test, but to William's dismay, the cop appears to have no intention of making a life-long obligation. Akani takes on an alcoholic homeless woman named Sunshine . (en)
- The team is hired by an author whose addicted son Taylor is missing. Things get complicated when the team learns that Taylor's drug use and other problems are triggered by his struggles with gender identity. (en)
- William brings Swenton into the Banks home to detox, determined to save him from the fate that Mickey suffered. Meanwhile, William, Akani and Darnell take on a case from drug dealer Gaza Rashburg , who is owed a favor from William due to his help during the Hoffler case . Gaza demands William to help his college daughter who uses ecstasy and other drugs. William's team infiltrate her sorority house, where Akani discovers that the girl is severely bulimic, while Darnell harbors a personal vendetta against Rashburg. The title of this episode is a reference to five words that William says addicts frequently say or think: "I wish I was dead." (en)
- Michael Zellman , a highly stressed talent manager, angrily confronts William about his unsuccessful treatment of his star client whose severe drug addiction is causing much public embarrassment. William learns that Zellman's stress is also caused by his alcoholic parents , who are big L.A. night club stars. (en)
- A teenage boy asks for William's help with his father , who went to prison as a result of William's past efforts. The man, now out, is using meth again. William and his team go undercover in a biker gang and discover that their mark is part of a heavy-duty meth ring. Unbeknownst to the team, Swenton is forced to relapse on meth to not only maintain his cover but to keep his life. Meanwhile after getting arrested for vandalism , Ben runs away, leaving his family worried. William pockets a small methamphetamine crystal and considers relapsing. (en)
- William and Akani are hired to get a surgeon and his RN girlfriend cleaned. The two are not only risking their own lives, but that of their patients, particularly a young girl that needs a heart transplant. The surgeon's NPD makes this case incredibly difficult for William. (en)
- Jimmy Alvarez is a renowned horse jockey; unfortunately, he has a severe addiction. He has used the ADD medication Adderall for years in order to "make weight" and vicodin to "come down". A ludomaniac named Sol , has been observing Alvarez's erratic behavior and enlists William for help. William maneuvers the jockey into treatment, but he breaks out in a violent episode and heads for the track. William realizes that he is fighting the man's addiction to his sport as much to drugs. (en)
- Bobby Carmichael is a championship boxer with issues of alcoholism and inimicality. An attorney seeks William's help in getting Bobby cleaned in time for a big match. Like any case, William takes a no-nonsense approach and purges all alcohol, drugs and enablers away, despite the heavyweight's objections. William also discovers that Bobby's emotionally abused wife Angie is also an addict. Things get violent when Bobby suspects that William is infatuated with his wife. (en)
- A former client of William's who is an undercover narc in the FBI calls on William to save his drug-addicted girlfriend , who also happens to be the daughter of a powerful Mexican drug dealer . William's world is turned upside down when the drug dealers threaten William's family and put everyone on his team in danger because they are looking for millions of dollars in drugs which were stolen by the narc. (en)
- Rebbecca , a gifted teenage pianist, has turned to methamphetamine to cope with the pressures in her life. Her father , who has been reluctantly supporting her habit out of fear of losing her, requests William's help. William and his team face an unexpected challenge in Rebecca's mother , whose control issues have influenced her daughter's neuroses. As Rebbecca spirals out of control--"dating" a 50-year-old man for drug money and stealing from neighbors--William realizes that, in order to save her, he must first heal her family. Swenton's bizarre behavior makes him fall short on his job, much to William's annoyance. Swenton's thirst for meth reaches its breaking point. (en)
- William tries to help Zachary Giles , a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to methamphetamine addiction. Giles funds his addiction by stealing from his family and heisting people's homes with his girlfriend Heather , who is also an addict. In order to save Giles, William must go to battle with a ruthless Aryan supremacist that supplies people with drugs in exchange for stolen merchandise. This episode introduces William's team and his family. The episode ends with one of William's team members embarking on a heavy binge with fatal results. (en)
- Neil and Shelly have a beautiful daughter , a wonderful home, successful careers and dangerous addictions to alcohol. Neil's father comes to William, concerned for his granddaughter's safety. William and his team make a risky play posing as Child Protective Services to remove the little girl from the house and scare Neil and Shelly straight. Jason Andrews , a mentally unstable patient at Transitions, becomes dangerously fixated on Genesis 22. William and Melissa get in argument and make a hard decision regarding their marriage. (en)
- The principal of a prestigious prep school, who is also an old friend of William's, asks for his help with a troubled student named Brian Porter who is a talented basketball player that has a severe addiction to heroin. Porter also uses hydromorphone so he can get by between fixes. William and his team encounter resistance from the boy's blue-collar father , who refuses to believe that his talented son can do wrong. Swenton starts taking pills to alleviate his nerves and to keep himself from using meth. (en)
- William is hired by the mother of a young woman who has had a traumatic life of drug and sexual abuse. The girl's twin sister is no help, as she carries a severe grudge and has a secret addiction to analgesics. William's old friend Greg shows up unexpectedly, and to William's dismay, his sexual addiction is still intact. (en)
- Although William and Melissa are now separated, they remain on friendly terms and are keeping their marital situation a secret from Melissa's parents who are in town. Also, William faces his old sponsor when an old friend and fellow program member seeks William's help to get her relapsed husband a high-profile national news anchor, clean. (en)
- An unsuccessful intervention drives a heroin-addled woman onto the streets. Her sister hires William, but the girls' mother does not trust his methods. She retains the original interventionist Dr. Keith Bowen , who considers William, with his unorthodox approach to addiction, to be little more than a thug. During the course of his investigation William comes across a new popular drug on the streets called blue dust, which is both cheap and gives an intense high, but is more dangerous than any other drug. Forced to question what he does and why he does it, William races to find the addict before she succumbs to her addiction. (en)
- Lisa moved to Los Angeles years ago with dreams of becoming an actress, but thus far, all she has managed is a steady career as an extra. When her visiting brother discovers the depth of her cocaine problem, he enlists William for help. William learns that Lisa has been supporting her habit via a check washing scheme and moves to grab her, only to have her finally land a role that could be her break. Meanwhile, Swenton flees to his ex-girlfriend and embarks on a heavy meth binge for a number of days. Akani, the only person on the team that knows of Swenton's relapse , races to locate him. (en)
- Irene Kemp is the mother of a teenage surfer girl who exhibits signs of a drug habit--except her drug tests keep coming up clean. William, driven to investigate, discovers that the girl and her friend Lolly are drug mules, transporting heroin over the U.S.--Mexico border. (en)
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