It’s a new week and a new episode of Necessary Roughness - and Dani’s got a new temporary assistant who can’t seem to keep the months straight, or even names straight. It’s his first week - and whatever Dani needs to get done is going to be harder to keep track of because of it. Dani knows she’s got one thing to do for sure - she’s got to have dinner with Darryl Hutchinson, the top baseball draft pick for the season who fell ill a couple episodes ago out of fear of failure. Connor even presents him with a baseball in a glass case - the first baseball he used to pitch a perfect game in the minors. Darryl doesn’t seem very excited. After Darryl’s dad, Ed Hutchinson, invites Dani to Darryl’s first baseball game, Dani finds Darryl in an empty conference room getting sick. He looks up to Dani from wastebasket and says, “I’ve got to get out of here!”
Connor tells Terrence he’s stuck with Sheera because the three of them made a deal - that and Connor went through a lot of work rebranding him. But, if worst comes to worst, Connor gives Terrence some advice that sounds very typical of Connor: “The only way to get over a good woman is to get under a great one.” Terrence follows this, only to have Sheera walk in on it to get her stuff from his apartment. A storm follows - full of Terrence’s belongings that Sheera is throwing around. The night ends with Terrence and Sheera back together - but not in the way either of them expected.
Meanwhile, Connor’s attorney is worried about the feds stepping up the investigation into V3’s finances. Unbeknownst to Connor - Nico’s got more work from the feds. They’re sending him away to investigate where all the money was being funneled away to by V3’s late accountant.
Darryl’s going through a lot of stress - there’s a lot of pressure on the most promising baseball player entering the majors this season - and he’s terrified of failure. Dani and Ed attend Darryl’s game - and it’s going great, he’s pitching like he’s in the major leagues already, until he passes out on the mound. After that, they’re already reconsidering bringing him into the major leagues at all and instead leaving him in the minors - where he might stay forever if he doesn’t take advantage of his the second chance they’re giving him.
After some investigating, Dani believes Darryl is making himself vomit on purpose to help cope with the stress. Connor is trying to cover for him, but it does no good. Hutchinson decides to quit baseball entirely. Connor is frustrated because he spent ten years trying to get Darryl where he was, and now it’s been thrown away. Darryl is no longer working with V3 - which means he is no longer Dani’s patient.
After their night of passion, Sheera’s pissed that Terrence was having break-up sex with her the night before while she was having make-up sex. After getting Sheera’s reaction to their last night together, Terrence goes to Dani for help. He’s afraid Sheera might hurt herself or him, so Dani gives them couple’s counseling. In the end, Sheera decides to break it off with him.
Somehow, the information got out to the public that Darryl had issues with mental illness, and that’s why he’s decided to retire from baseball. Dani accuses Connor of leaking the information, but he denies it. She doesn’t believe him, and leaves her job at V3. Connor goes to Nico to get help to get back on Dani’s good side. After Nico gives him some advice, Connor tells Nico he’s got to know where Nico is at all times.
Terrence agrees to meet with Sheera to exchange what goods they had at each other’s places. Sheera begs him to come back - she made some mistakes - and he made some mistakes, but the difference was that the people Terrence made mistakes against forgave him. Sheera asks for one last kiss, and if after that one kiss, Terrence wants it to be over, Sheera agrees to walk out. Apparently the kiss was great - because in the end, Terrence and Sheera are engaged.
Connor doesn’t want Dani to leave - bringing Dani into V3 was one of the best moves of Connor’s career, and losing her would be the worst.
Dani calls Nico over because she needs to find a man named Joseph Crabcheck. Nico is looking for the same guy - but for different reasons. And, after a ridiculously passionate kiss from Nico, Dani and Nico sit down and compare notes - his from the feds and hers from V3.
New episodes of Necessary Roughness air Wednesdays at 10pm/9c on USA.