Instead of opening with testimony, this episode starts with a flashback to Justin's childhood, showing how he came to befriend Bryce Walker. Then the scene shifts to the present where, in the hours following Bryce's false testimony, the boys finally cut ties. Justin rebukes Bryce's intimidation and lets his former friend know he will abandon all loyalties and testify in the Bakers' trial, "Bryce, I've got nothing left to lose — that makes me the dangerous one." The declaration is a powerful one knowing that Justin also had to deal with a neglectful mother, homelessness, and a heroin addiction before coming to this moment of strength.
Once on the stand, Justin describes Hannah as a sweet girl who often cared more about others than herself. He then tells how Bryce turned the innocent Rocket Slide photo into something lewd and how Bryce forced himself on Jessica during the infamous back-to-school party junior year. Of course, the school district paints Justin as an unreliable witness due to the amount of alcohol he drank that night and his heroine addiction.
So despite his best efforts, his last-minute testimony fails to help the Bakers' win their case against the school district, but it does play a role in Bryce's arrest for felony sexual assault and his own arrest as an accessory in Jessica Davis's rape case. Clay's mother, who is an attorney, explains that Justin knew the arrest was the risk he faced in testifying but that he did so anyway . . . for Jessica and Clay Jensen's friendship.
The season ends with the Jensen family adopting Justin, but we still that he's still struggling with his heroin addiction.