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In the opening story, Dr. Scott performs a critical operation on a 7-year old girl. The child dies, and moments later, "Scotty," is called to the emergency room, where a new-born infant is close to death. Another operation, and the baby lives. The dead girl's father arrives at the hospital and hears the news. He confronts the mother of the surviving infant and presents her with the flowers he had bought someone else.
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A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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A child is rushed to the emergency room after she swallows a jagged fragment of a button.
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A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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A patient's complaints and disobedience of hospital rules cause a staff crisis.
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Dr. Scott has to deal with a cynical divorcee, who is a diabetic, when she attempts to commit suicide.
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An abandoned newborn is brought to the hospital and "adopted" by the staff in "Little Mr. Nobody."
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Rev. Shafer must tell man he has failed police examination.
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An old-time musical star attempts to make a comeback.
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Circumstances force a reluctant doctor to take on a surgical procedure that he does not feel ready to perform.
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A man staggers into the hospital begging for help for his daughter, whom he struck with his car.
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Dr. Hayes tries to comfort Dr. Scott after he loses a patient, and she reveals a deep attraction for him.
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A man decides to allow his seriously ill wife to obtain enough medication to kill herself in, "Breakthrough."
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A wealthy patient, young and pretty, disrupts the hospital.
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Tommy Regan is rejected by his mother when he accidentally hurts his baby sister with a toy airplane, but doesn't shed a tear.
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A girl fears her blind fiance will find her ugly if his sight is restored.
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Nurse Jane Gibbs believes her malaria patient ex-serviceman Jim Burton is the killer police are looking for from a liquor store hold-up. Despite her feelings for him, she tells Chaplain Sam Shafer about her fears.
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Disturbing telephone calls plague a lovely psychiatrist.
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A Vindictive mother-in-law refuses to authorize surgery on her son-in-law.
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An innocent dinner date turns into a major crisis.
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Should a heart patient resume his career as a social worker?
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A surgeon encounters a problem in ethics.
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Mrs. Frank Collins decides to honor her late husband by donating a million dollars to Hope Memorial for a new wing.
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A teenager learns what it means to become a man when faced with a challenge.
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Chaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse.
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A refugee surgeon will not face his own illness.
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A dedicated nurse tries to quit her profession and marry a wealthy patient.
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While Agnes Tilford dreads leaving the busy atmosphere of Hope Memorial, Myra Wood can't wait to leave. She's afraid she'll be diagnosed with cancer after her surgery.
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A circus acrobat trips over Dr. Jerry Chandler's bag and injures her knee. She sues him for negligence.
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An insolent rock-and-roll singer learns an ironic lesson in dramas.
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A woman tells Chaplain Sam Shaffer she fears she is losing her mind. Investigation shows that her husband is purposely irritating her because she neglects her family.
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A young man refuses to admit he is allergic to bees since it would force his widowed mother to give up her bee-keeping business.
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Chaplain Shafer cannot understand why a missionary friend of his will not let his young daughter undergo lifesaving heart surgery.
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Dr. Chandler begs an old man to tell him what he used to poison his wife so that he might save her life, but the old man thinks the doctor is trying to steal an invention from him.
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Julie Connors, 17, becomes hysterical when her father refuses to believe she did not participate in a robbery despite assurances to him from Chaplain Shafer, and psychiatrist Dr. Charles Browning, that the girl is not "bad."
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A half-starved widow, Mrs. Gardella, is hospitalized and Dr. Chandler sends out a call for a rare blood type. When her estranged son, Sal, appears he insists he be allowed to donate blood, despite her refusal to accept him as her son.
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Chaplain Shafer meets a blind child, Dinah, whose mother is hospitalized for the birth of a child.
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Actress hospitalized for illness resulting from alcoholism learns a valuable lesson from her hospital roommate.
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Bachelor Pete Logan, realizing his life expectancy is short, decides to marry nurse Connie Stoddard in order to make her his beneficiary.
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Neglected wife Kate Kenyon hurries to the bedside of her physicist husband, Walter, when it appears his death is near.
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A Mexican florist refuses to divulge information that could make a difference between life and death.
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Mets pitcher Roger Craig plays friend of patient struck by a pitched ball.
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Emily Croft is brought in to Hope Memorial in serious condition, but she insists on leaving to attend the wedding of her only daughter Helen. Dr. Jerry Chandler and the staff attempt to keep Emily's absence a secret from Dr. Matt Powers, the hospital's new chief of staff. At great risk are Dr. Chandler's medical career and Emily's life.
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A professional dancer injured in a train accident fears she may lose her leg.
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Attention to an injured girl causes Chaplain Shafer to conceal his own serious illness. Chaplain Shafer collapses and is placed in a room with a self-pitying patient. The patient nearly causes a calamity by an act of mistaken kindness.
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Dr. Powers bluntly puts an end to the hopes of a girl ever dancing again.
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Chaplain Shafer is seriously ill, but tries to help an injured girl dancer.
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Jimmy Hayworth, 17, is brought to Hope Hospital with a severed artery in his arm.
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Dr. Powers tells Dr. Fielding of the peculiar behavior of Mrs. Charles Hayworth, then is confronted with Jimmy's father, who threatens a lawsuit.
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The boy's girlfriend comes to the hospital to help authorities trace a reason for his illness.
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Dr. Fielding goes to the Hayworth home and persuades Mrs. Hayworth to let her inspect Jimmy's bedroom and darkroom for clues to his illness.
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Dr. Chandler ignores the crush of young Betty Merrill because he has fallen in love with magazine photographer, Janice Wright, who refuses to commit herself to marriage.
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Dr. Fielding checks on Miss Wright's condition to see if discharge from the hospital is possible. Will Miss Wright ruin Dr. Chandler's life?
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Dr. Fielding questions Janice Wright as to her plans about Jerry Chandler and receives no satisfactory answer.
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Dr. Chandler, having learned that Janice has been married to her agent for some time, but is willing to divorce him, returns to the hospital, bitter at the interference of the chaplain.
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Ann Williams stars as Dr. Maggie Fielding, central figure.
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Chaplain Shafer is told by Dr. Chandler that Dr. Powers and Dr. Fielding have become an "item" in hospital gossip. When Alec confronts Maggie she insists she is innocent and begs him to undergo surgery, so their lives can be normal again. He agrees on condition that Powers not be allowed to operate upon him.
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Alec Fielding's condition becomes critical, and Maggie cannot get his own physician to Hope Hospital in time for the operation. Alec continues to refuse to have Dr. Powers operate, certain that he will kill him and steal his wife. Dr. Chandler tells Maggie of hospital gossip and danger to Matt Powers' career if he operates and Alec dies. Alec's condition worsens, and there is no choice.
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Chaplain Shafer warns Dr. Powers of possible consequences of vicious gossip to Maggie and Dr. Powers if Alec dies. The surgeon insists that he must proceed for the patient's good. During the operation, Chaplain Shafer and Maggie talk, and he reminds her of her duties to Alec. Dr. Chandler, assisting Dr. Powers during the operation, is shocked when the surgeon takes a long chance.
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Dr. Powers saves his patient and loses Maggie. The operation is completed, apparently successfully, and Maggie realizes she is bound to Alec for the rest of her life, even if his recovery is complete. She tells Dr. Powers she is leaving Hope Hospital and he begs her to reconsider. The Chaplain attempts to reconcile Powers to the existing situation, but is met with bitterness.
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Expectant mother Doris Stanton, whose weak heart makes it almost impossible for her to survive the birth of a greatly desired child, poses both an ethical and a moral problem for the staff of Hope Hospital.
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Hugh Stanton is happy to learn he may be a father but is shocked to learn of his wife's dangerous heart condition.
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Beth Stanton is placed in a room with Doris Owens, who doesn't want her expected baby.
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Doris asks to see her baby but with unexpected results.
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Beth's condition deteriorates to the point where surgery is imperative.
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A young girl must decide if her duty to a stranger outweighs the dictates of her own heart.
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A candidate for governor injured in a private plane crash along with a beautiful woman whose role is unknown to his wife, poses medical and public relations problems for the Hope Hospital staff.
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Discover insights into how the faith of God functions and how you can use your faith every day.
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Chief of Staff Matt Powers and Dr. Maggie Fielding find themselves the targets of an unscrupulous lawyer's venality.
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A convalescent wife refuses to leave the security of Hope Hospital when she becomes convinced her sister has stolen the love of her husband and her child.
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A fading actress who wishes her life was over and a rising young singer anxiously anticipating her future are both patients at Hope Hospital. Arlene Golonka plays the role of singer Toni White, a girl on the brink of stardom.
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Chaplain Shafer fights a battle for his "own soul" when the only man he has ever hated becomes a patient at Hope Hospital.
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It's the morning after a big storm and the beach is littered with flotsam and jetsam. Everyone except Skipper is out to see what they can find, with Pasty the keenest searcher of all. Skipper needs to go to sea to investigate some boxes that have been blown off a cargo ship.
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Anita Louise plays a Congressman's widow, fanatically devoted to her husband's memory.
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A philanthropist finds herself in the position of asking for charity.
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A philanthropist (Eleanor Phelps) who finds herself in the position of asking for charity.
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A student nurse (Patty McCormack) finds her career is jeopardized when embittered, vengeful wife Edith Cobb (Georganne Johnson) holds a student nurse responsible for her husband's philandering.
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On the eve of their marriage, a young couple faces a vital decision.
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Chaplain Shafer and the staff of Hope Hospital face one of their most difficult tasks when they attempt to persuade a lovely photographer's model that she can rebuild her life after the death of her husband.
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Fred Dalton (tongue tied auto mechanic) and Sarah Kent (shy school teacher) find romance in the hospital.
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New intern/ volunteer aide Johnny McGill's lack of judgment imperils patient.
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Pa Thatcher, a gun toting faith healer, doesn't think his son needs medical help. His daughter, Ellie Mae, defies him and offers her eyes to her brother.
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Devoted medical staff works to help save the blind boy.
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Rev. Shafer after counseling Ma and Pa Thatcher convinces them to allow daughter Ellie Mae to donate one of her eyes to her blind brother.
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A dancer (Taina Elg) is afflicted with a crippling disease.
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Tragedy stalks Dr. Maggie Fielding when an automobile accident takes her husband from her and threatens her unborn child.
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An automobile accident threatens the life of Maggie's unborn child.
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Surgery on Maggie Fielding is a success.
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Dr. Maggie Fielding finds a partial remedy for her deep depression when she becomes interested in helping a motherless teenager.
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Dr. Powers helps a teenager recover.
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Intern Johnny McGill makes the mistake of holding out false hope to a patient and almost causes his expulsion from the Hope Hospital staff. Maggie finds widowhood hard to bear.
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Nora Hansen, Maggie's divorced sister, visits her and provides a diverting element to the newly widowed physician's life.
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Newly-widowed Maggie seeks Chaplain's help.
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Dr. Maggie Fielding returns to work at Hope Hospital, with her first patient the lovable Mrs. McMurtrie (Ruth McDevitt), Reverend Shafer's motherly housekeeper.
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Nora begins campaign to snag Matt.
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Despite the pain she is causing Maggie, Nora continues to pursue Matt.
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Matts diagnoses ailment of bride-to-be Edie Barclay. Mrs. McMurtrie befriends Edie.
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Edie's mother, Mrs. Nettleton, poisons her mind against marriage.
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Nora Hansen continues her campaign to win Matt Powers' affection with the aid of his teenage son, Mike.
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Matt dines with Mike and Nora.
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Edie realizes the truth behind her marriage fears.
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Nora visits Maggie at the Hospital.
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Mrs. McMurtries' health takes a turn for the worst and she is admitted to the hospital.
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Matt tells Shafer and Mrs. McMurtrie that she needs surgery.
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Matts and Mike have man measles.
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Chaplain Shafer sides with Nora Hansen against Maggie. Nurse Brown refuses to become depressed by Nora Hansen's happiness. Mrs. McMurtrie is prepped for surgery.
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Mrs. McMurtrie (Ruth Mc Devitt) survives surgery but is in critical condition.
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Shafer tells Nora to befriend Mike in order win Matt's affection. Shafer is relieved when Mrs. McMurtrie improves.
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Maggie changes her mind about fighting for Matt, now that Nora has shown her true colors.
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Mike asks Nora why she doesn't marry his father.
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Nora intrudes on Matts at the hospital, then later waits for him at his home.
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Mike tells Matt how much more he likes Nora.
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Maggie Fielding loses her balance and injures herself.
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Maggie leaves the hospital for a Wyoming trip. Back in Wyoming for recuperation, she renews her acquaintance with an old friend, Brock Hayden (Adam Kennedy), who has a more than casual interest in the newly widowed visitor.
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Shafer hires Mrs. McMurtrie's niece as his new housekeeper while Mrs. McMurtrie (Ruth Mc Devitt) recovers.
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Maggie goes home to her father.
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Nora lunches with the Shafer.
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Nora professes love for Matt Powers.
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Chaplain Shafer welcomes his new "family" with the help of Nurse Brown.
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Maggie's father talks her into returning east.
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Dr. Maggie Fielding returns to Hope Hospital and seeks a happy solution to her love for Dr. Matt Powers. Bengo becomes a patient and tells Maggie his story of Kurt's disappearance.
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Reverend Shafer finds himself in charge of three small children with help from the recovered Mrs. Mc Murtrie. Dr. Maggie Fielding tells her sister that she intends to break up Nora's romance with Dr. Matt Powers, and two new staff members come to Hope Hospital, Dr. Steve Lloyd and Nurse Judy Stratton.
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Nora tries to pry a marriage proposal from Matt.
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Matt tells Maggie Nora told him she had left him for another man.
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Chaplain Shafer's housekeeper, Mrs. McMurtrie, is taken ill again. Dr. Steve Lloyd joins Nurse Stratton on the hospital staff. for their first day of work.
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Shafer tells Maggie to reconcile with Matt.
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Matt confronts Nora about her lie and winds up walking away from her.
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Maggie tells Nora her selfish attitudes will wreck Matt's career.
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Nurse Brown offers Nora advice on mending her relationship with Matt.
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After making up, Matt gives Nora an engagement ring.
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Shafer tries to make Nora reconsider her engagement to Matt. Mrs. McMurtrie returns home after her stay at the hospital but cannot do more than light work.
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The engagement of Nora and Matt becomes official. Maggie is left to rearrange her life with the aid of her distressed friends at Hope Hospital. Nora talks to Maggie about her engagement.
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Shafer learns the reasons for Judy's hostility has to do with her attraction to the oblivious Steve Lloyd.
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Nora and Matt buy an engagement ring for him.
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Nora's social plans are disrupted by hospital demands.
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Maggie tells Shafer her fears about Matt and Nora's marriage. Are Nora and Matt headed for exciting drama. Van Johnson appears briefly on behalf of the current campaign of the National Association for Mental Health.
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Judy decides to do something about Nora.
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Maggie learns she will be assisting Matt on a new drug research experiment. Arlene Francis appears on behalf of the current campaign of the National Association for Mental Health.
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Maggie learns she will be assisting Matt on a new drug research experiment. Arlene Francis appears on behalf of the current campaign of the National Association for Mental Health.
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Nora visit the hospital and sees Matt with Maggie.
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Matt says Brock fails to understand Maggie's duties as a doctor. Johnny Carson appears on behalf of the current campaign of the National Association for Mental Health.
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Judy tells Maggie she should transfer from the clinic.
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A drug-testing project to find help for sufferers from chronic bronchial asthma finally begins. Matt and Maggie become acquainted with the volunteers as they prepare to work as a team, dedicated professionally and determined to keep personal considerations out of their lives.
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Donna Barnholm, an asthma patient, volunteers for drug testing with Matt and Maggie, experiences side effects.
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Shafer learns the Donna hasn't told her parents she is taking part in the drug testings.
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Shafer chides Judy for giving in to self-pity.
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Maggie and Matt begin testing asthma drug.
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Nora realizes with sadness how much of an outsider she will always be in the medical world of her fiance Matt and her sister Maggie.
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Donna develops strange side effects to the asthma drug.
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Harriet becomes another volunteer for the asthma program. Her husband, Andy, is hopeful.
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Nora decides to become a volunteer aide at the hospital so as to keep an eye on Matt and Maggie.
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Shafer plays cupid to Lloyd and Judy with the help of Mrs. McMurtrie.
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Brock leaves Maggie when she needs him most.
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During an argument, Maggie stuns Nora with her vehemence.
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Andy tells Matt how his marriage to Harriet has been affected by the asthma. Maggie receives shocking news-Brock's airplane has crashed.
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Maggie flies to Brock. At his bedside, she finds him gravely injured. Andy and Harriet have a serious talk.
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Shafer tries to have Brock flown to Hope Hospital. Harriet tells about her hospital stay. Nora precedes with her wedding plans.
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Maggie brings Brock back to Hope Memorial.
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A six hour operation is performed in an attempt to save Brock's arm. Brock's friends, ranch foreman Rod Connors and Colley, a cowboy from the ranch, maintain a vigil with Maggie.
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Matt and Nora set their wedding date. Brock makes plans to marry Maggie.
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Nora and Matt have a falling out.
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Nora asks for Shafer's help with her relationship with Mike.
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Matt tells Shafer that Mrs. McMurtrie must retire.
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Brock and Maggie fail in their relationship.
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Shafer and Mrs. McMurtrie have a sad goodbye as she plans to move away to live with her niece.
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Carl Webster is hired as the new hospital administrator.
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Chaplain Shafer poses an ethical problem for Nurse Stratton. Carl Webster, the new hospital administrator, creates discomfort among staff members at Hope Hospital. Brock Hayden attends a special party.
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Matt Powers departs for a 10-day medical conference in San Francisco, leaving Hope Hospital's staff apprehensive over the new administrator Carl Webster activities.
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A strange pattern behind the machinations of hospital administrator Carl Webster emerges as an attractive woman doctor (Dr. Althea Davis) joins Hope Hospital. Dr. Davis will be used as a pawn in his battle for control of Hope Hospital.
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An unusual problem is caused for Nora, when Matt's constant neglect sends her wandering in a forbidden direction.
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The wedding date of Matt and Nora approaches, but several problems arise. Chaplain Shafer tries to persuade Mr. Webster (Larry Weber) that his wife has a need for both psychiatry and religion. Nora find the opportunity to confide to Sam her conviction that Matt really does not want to marry her.
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Brock and Matt have a violent disagreement over Nora.
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Dr. Althea Davis tries to solve her problems with courage. Dr. Matt Powers gets copious advice from his friends and Carl Webster continues his unsavory plot against his wife.
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A violent argument between Matt and Dr. Lloyd.
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Maggie tries to iron out her problems.
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A soldier of fortune romances Maggie.
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Carl Webster strikes out against the Chaplain.
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Maggie admits to Shafer that she finds Kurt van Alen very attractive.
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Carl tries to commit his wife to the hospital.
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Maggie meets a woman from Kurt's past.
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Matt and Carl have a fight over Maggie.
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A disturbing letter arrives from Brock Hayden.
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Beautiful Valerie Shaw goes in pursuit of Matt.
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Matt faces problems when visiting Maggie.
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Carl tries new tactics to win Althea.
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Nora and Dr. Steve Lloyd have a lonesome party.
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Chaplain Shafer finds it easy to help others as opposed to himself.
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Maggie questions Kurt about his illness.
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Kurt receives some startling news.
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Kurt tells Maggie about his boat.
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Chaplain Shafer gives counsel to Carl.
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Matt and Althea have spent an important weekend together. Afterward, Matt learns that Maggie will be returning to Hope Memorial.
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Nick clashes with new German doctor Karen Werner. Matt informs Nick that he must write a report detailing the incident in which lab assistant Liz Wilson took Nick's experimental drug for schizophrenia. John Rice and Maggie discuss Althea's predicament of being pregnant by Nick even though he is engaged to Liz. John taunts Nick about being a pig with the women of Hope Memorial Hospital.
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John's taunts result in a physical altercation that is broken up by Matt and orderlies. Karen tells Althea and Maggie about the fight she witnessed between two doctors, and they quickly guess who the men were. Matt lectures John about fights that could threaten his career. Later, he threatens to toss Nick out if he causes trouble one more time.
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Althea reminds Nick of his reputation for having a temper and later questions John about the fight. Nick refuses to divulge to Liz the circumstances surrounding his injuries. Polly evades John's questions about her next-of-kin but gives him a script to read. Liz notices John's injuries which are similar to Nick's.
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In the children's ward, Ruth meets Danny, a new patient who rejects her overtures of friendship. Bill becomes uncomfortable during his meeting with Mrs. Berger at the adoption agency, as her probing questions about his personal life rattle him. Althea has a session with Bill in which she reflects on her relationship with her father. Ruth detects an expression of worry on Bill's face and fears his interview with Mrs. Berger didn't go well.
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In another session with Dr. Winters, Althea continues to explore her relationships with men. Polly persuades Dr. Rice to play a scene with her, and they have a surprise audience. New intern Dr. Steve Aldrich arrives at Hope Memorial where he meets his cousin John Rice and Nurse Simpson. Althea's reaction is not what Nick expects when he suggests they marry for "the sake of the kid."
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Nick wants to know what Matt documented in his report to the board about Liz ingesting his experimental schizophrenia drug. Matt accuses Nick of cowardice since he hasn't told Liz that Althea is pregnant with his child. Liz wonders why Maggie doesn't approve of her engagement. Nick tries to talk seriously with Liz.
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John presses Maggie about whether or not Nick admitted the truth to Liz. Karen and John clash when Karen is ordered to clean the exam rooms and feels she's above an intern like John. Matt and Maggie meet with Steve Aldrich. Nick and John cross swords again over Liz. Nick demands that everyone to stop pushing him.
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Nick avoids discussing the wedding with an annoyed Liz who continues to press him about their plans. Just as Nick is ready to talk, Carolee phones the research lab and interrupts them. The nurses secretly plan a wedding shower for Liz. Carolee goads Maggie and a reluctant Althea into attending the shower. Watching the shower, Althea becomes visibly shaken and runs out.
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Maggie consoles Althea who is jealous and bereft over seeing Liz's happiness. Later, Althea admits in a therapy session with Dr. Winters that she fears being hurt by Nick. Liz confides in Maggie that she realizes Althea is still in love with Nick. Liz presses Althea to admit her true feelings, but it further angers Althea.
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Matt offers Liz subtle advice. Liz wants John to know that they will always be friends. Matt discusses Polly Meriweather's case with John and agrees with his assessment that Polly has a very limited amount of time left to live. Matt discloses to Maggie that the hospital board has requested he use the morals clause in Althea's contract to terminate her employment.
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Karen snaps at Carolee when Carolee must give her the day's intern schedule. Later, Karen's brash behavior in the clinic grates on Althea's nerves. Matt meets with Althea who is appalled to learn that the hospital is using the morals clause against her -an unmarried, pregnant woman- while the father of the child is allowed to go Scot-free.
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Hope Memorial prepares for Christmas 1967 by hanging decorations. Althea grouses to Maggie over the morals clause situation. Maggie informs Nick about Althea's new troubles. Matt and Maggie try to get into the holiday spirit. Althea tells Matt her decision about whether or not she will resign from the hospital before Matt is forced to fire her.
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Althea firmly puts John in his place when he delves into her pregnancy and allowing Nick to walk out on her without a fight. Steve goes on rounds with John and is disturbed after listening to Polly's heart and lungs. Liz tells Althea that she doesn't believe her insistence that she has no interest in Nick. John gives Polly a Christmas tree and a gift. Polly learns that she will be hospitalized through Christmas.
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Liz continues to nag Nick, insisting that he decide upon a wedding date. Steve surprises Carolee with a Christmas present, a music box which enthralls her. Althea delivers to Matt her resignation from Hope Memorial. With Liz continuously badgering him, an impatient Nick finally snaps and blurts out that he wants to end their engagement.
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After telling her that they can't marry, Nick is forced to admit exactly why they can't be married. Nick bitterly declares himself King Midas with the reverse touch. A tearful Liz laments that Nick never told her that he loved her. Matt confides in Althea about Nick breaking off the engagement with Liz. Maggie attempts to comfort Liz.
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Carolee exchanges gifts with Matt and Maggie. Maggie prepares to leave for a ten day visit with her family and wishes Matt could go with her. Matt jokes with Maggie that it isn't safe to leave him alone with the attractive German doctor. Althea visits before leaving for Greenville. Ruth stops by Hope Memorial so that Danny won't be alone on Christmas. The staff organizes a special holiday treat for Danny.
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Steve reveals to John the real, underhanded reason that he is courting Carolee, and John doesn't like it. Karen's mood lightens in Maggie's absence. Liz confronts Althea about Nick and her pregnancy then clears out of Althea's house. Matt feels alone with Maggie, Greta, and Mike away. Karen confesses to Matt about the past.
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Liz meets with Matt and informs him that because of Nick and Althea, she wants to leave Hope Memorial. Carolee kindly offers to share her apartment with Liz so that Liz won't have to stay in a hotel. Ruth requests that Althea examine Danny. Steve is assigned to work with Nick in the research lab, but Steve's wealthy, privileged background and spoiled attitude instantly rub Nick the wrong way.
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A quiet Liz settles into Carolee's apartment, and Carolee promises not to press her for details about the broken engagement with Nick. John panics when Polly is suddenly seized by a violent respiratory attack and stops breathing. Karen takes over for John and saves Polly's life. Afterward, Karen viciously dismissed John as a weak and ineffective doctor.
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Now that he's free from marrying Liz, Nick informs Althea that he'll marry her and give their baby a name, but she reacts angrily and orders him out of her clinic. Matt questions Karen about the emergency with John and Polly. Nick attempts to be a the kind of man Althea wants, but he quickly reverts back to his usual domineering attitude.
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Liz informs Matt of her decision about whether or not she will continue in employment at Hope Memorial. Later, Liz attempts to avoid Nick at all costs, but when he forces a conversation with her, she tells him something he would rather not hear. Matt fails to notice the unhealthy attention being lavished on him by Karen.
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Althea continues her psychoanalysis with Dr. Winters. Later, she receives a visit from Ruth Winters. Althea bristles at Ruth's questioning, leading to Ruth becoming upset and fleeing the apartment. When Bill arrives home, he and Ruth get into a terrible argument over Ruth's interference in Althea's life. Mrs. Berger overhears Ruth and Bill's quarrel, which further upsets Ruth and creates palpable tension in the Winters household.
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Althea awakens, discovers that she's hemorrhaging, and phones Matt for help. Carolee is on cloud nine when Steve asks her out on a date with him. Matt advises Althea that she can either stop working or continue to work and lose the baby she's carrying. Althea debates the difficult choice she has to make.
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Steve and Carolee talk about the options for their first date together. Liz and John discuss the situation with Nick and Althea, and Liz vows that she will never allow another man to treat her as Nick has. Polly requests that Dr. Rice assist in helping her decide how to disburse her estate.
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While working together in the clinic, Dr. Rice and Dr. Werner have a conversation that dissolves into another quarrel between the two. Karen demonstrates that she has the ability to be human and yield to emotions. Polly enlists John in the concoction of a plan for her nieces. John strongly encourages Carolee not to continue dating Steve.
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Just as Karen continues to try to get cozy with Matt in the Powers home, Maggie and Greta return home unexpectedly from the trip to Wyoming. John is relieved to discover that Maggie has returned from trip and will resume her place beside Matt. Maggie tells John the latest of what has happened to Althea.
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Althea returns to Hope Memorial, ready to work, and wants to pretend she was away skiing in Vermont. During a therapy session with Dr. Winters, Althea reflects on the sudden death of her son Buddy earlier in the year and the profound loss of joy she experienced. Later, Althea admits to Maggie that she wanted a strong husband and his baby.
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Danny attempts to walk with the encouragement of Steve and Ruth. Later, Danny says he doesn't want to go back to the foster home. Maggie treats Barbara, an unmarried, pregnant young woman who is recognized by an agitated Ruth. Steve asks Carolee out on another date. Nick pressures Althea for information about Althea.
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Nick comes face to face with Althea and proposes marriage for the sake of their baby. Althea stuns Nick with her news. Liz confronts Nick and Althea and tells them exactly what she thinks. Newsman Nathan Bunker interviews Liz for an expose he's writing about Hope Memorial and Nick's experiment with a schizophrenia medication. Frightened by her experience with Bunker, Liz makes a hasty decision.
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Carolee discovers Liz's note. When Bunker comes back for another interview, Carolee realizes what prompted Liz's departure. A distressed Carolee goes to Matt with news of Liz. Althea confides in Maggie that daughter Penny is ill, and she must leave to be with her. Bunker meets with Matt regarding the newspaper expose of Hope Memorial.
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Carolee fills John in on the latest developments with Liz. An angry John blames Nick for Liz's predicament, and the two let their tempers flare. Polly and John discuss her plan for her nieces. Maggie informs a worried John about Liz's past history of instability and how she reacts to stressful situations.
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Mrs. Berger visits Hope Memorial to interview Matt about Dr. and Mrs. Winters, and delves into Ruth's history of alcoholism. Later, after Ruth questions Matt about his meeting with Mrs. Berger, she begins to unravel. Bill attempts to assuage Ruth's fears that he doesn't want to adopt a baby. Ruth remembers needing a drink badly and feels Bill moving away from her.
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Karen gives Maggie a piece of Old World advice by suggesting that a woman's job is to satisfy and please a man. Later, Karen reflects on her father, who was once Matt's mentor. After learning that it's Maggie's birthday, Karen contrives to delay Matt at Hope Memorial. Maggie is annoyed when Matt arrives home late and apparently forgets the importance of the day.
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Matt and Maggie read an article that hits a little too close to home. Nick learns from Karen the story about Liz. Karen pumps Nick for information about the stability of Matt and Maggie's marriage. Steve insists that a worried Carolee is taking Liz's situation far too seriously.
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Karen rallies Matt to fight back against the allegations Nathan Bunker has written in his newspaper article. Ruth encourages Danny to use his crutches to continue his recuperation. Nick flatly accuses Karen of wanting to take advantage of Matt. Nick pays a visit to Bunker's office.
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Nick recounts to Matt the visit to Nathan Bunker's office, and Matt wonders how far it got him. Later, Matt discusses Nick's actions with Maggie. Maggie offers unsolicited advice to Nick about finding out who he is and what he wants out of life. A hospital board meeting convenes with Matt ordered to attend, and decisive action must be taken.
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Matt suggests to the board that Nathan Bunker has a vendetta against Hope Memorial because he blames the institution for his wife's death. Polly frets over the future arrival of her nieces, while a worried Dr. Rice prescribes relaxation. Karen makes a point of seeing Matt immediately after the board meeting in an attempt to learn the outcome.
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Ruth invites an excited Danny into the Winters home for an evening. Dr. Rice searches for Polly's nieces. Ruth and Bill are annoyed with each other when Bill breaks a promise, and Ruth phones Mrs. Berger. Danny recalls the death of his parents, but is later upset to discover baby things that Ruth bought in anticipation of an adoption.
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Carolee suggests that Steve follow John's advice about Matt and Maggie's dinner party for the two new interns. Maggie's apparent disinterest ruffles Matt's feathers. Karen and Steve clash over Karen's perception of Steve's pampered smugness. Maggie notices Matt's heated defense of Karen. Later, Maggie wants to talk about what's going on between her husband and their house guest.
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Steve recounts his evening with Matt, Maggie, and Karen for Carolee. Later, Steve asks John to cover his shift but keeps the reason a secret. Matt receives word from Althea about Penny's condition. Carolee takes a phone call from a frantic Liz. As Carolee scrambles to keep Liz on the phone, Matt attempts to have the call traced. Matt and Maggie decide to forget the previous night.
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Nick's day is interrupted by the arrival of a chatty woman who bandages his hand, offers him medical advice, and announces she's his new lab assistant, Martha Allen. Karen apologizes to Matt for her outburst at the dinner party. Matt tells Nick about Liz's phone call to Hope Memorial. Alone in her hotel room, Liz begins to sob, while a young man eavesdrops at her door.
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Liz's neighbor Joe stops by for an unwelcome visit, and Liz is unaware that he's been listening at her door. Matt confides to Bill that Ruth's behavior is troubling. Maggie tries to tell Matt that she wants Karen to leave their home. Joe breaks into Liz's room to snoop while she's out. Later, after she returns and undresses, Joe attacks her and warns her not to scream.
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Joe attempts to explain his actions to Liz. Danny visits Ruth in Hope Memorial's children's playroom. Ruth and Bill quarrel about adopting a baby. Joe holds Liz captive in her room. A terrified manages to run into the bathroom, and when Joe goes after her, he finds it empty.
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Watching television at Hope Memorial, John and Carolee tune into a live news report of a young girl on the twelfth story ledge at the St. Marks Hotel and realize that it's Liz. Matt and Bill learn of the situation with Liz and rush to the hotel as the hospital staff watches the tense situation unfold on TV. Matt attempts to talk Liz back into the hotel, but she clings to the icy ledge in terror.
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Bunker learns of the incident at the St. Marks Hotel and that the girl on the ledge is Liz Wilson. When Matt can't coax Liz in from the hotel ledge, he goes out after her. Althea stops by to visit Maggie, who tells her that Liz ran away. Maggie receives word of the trouble with Liz and Matt. Matt tries to reach Liz.
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Matt manages to get Liz back into the hotel room. The staff at Hope Memorial are relieved to hear of Liz's safety. Ruth meets Barbara in the maternity ward and makes an unhappy discovery. Bunker arrives at the hotel looking for a story. Ruth considers drinking. Bunker gleefully announces the story he intends to report.
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Liz reads Bunker's inaccurate story in the newspaper. When Bunker cites the incident as a suicide attempt, Liz explains to Matt about being attacked by Joe Finch. John phones Polly's niece. Matt receives word from the hospital board of directors following Bunker's article. John visits Liz at the Powers home, but they're interrupted by a phone call from Nick, who wants to see Liz.
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Liz and Maggie discuss Althea's miscarriage. A concerned Althea phones Liz. Nick drops by the Powers home, where Althea informs him that Liz feels that they are going to reconcile. Nick attempts to soothe over things with Liz, but when she misconstrues his intentions, he forces her to face the reality that he never really loved her.
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Karen chastises Liz for her foolishness and causing problems for Matt. Maggie recognizes Karen's subtle threats. Nathan Bunker stops by the Powers home and receives an abrupt reception from Karen. Liz comes to another realization about Nick. Karen informs Liz and Maggie that she handled their problem. Liz and Matt are called to the police station to identify Joe Finch.
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Liz reaches a conclusion to a year of bad choices and wants to move forward, but Maggie wonders if she's going to another extreme. Liz has something to say to Althea, who extends the olive branch. Maggie admits to Althea that she's afraid she's losing her husband to Karen's adult infatuation with Matt. Liz meets John and Nick again at Hope Memorial.
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Ruth encourages Danny to develop better self esteem. Danny wonders if Ruth and Bill got the baby they wanted. Karen admits to Ruth the unpopular opinion that she doesn't particularly care for children. Maggie wants to have another talk with Karen regarding her infatuation with Matt and suggests that Karen should start dating. Ruth finds the maternity ward an irresistible temptation.
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Karen reports to Matt the hospital violation she witnessed Ruth commit. John teases Carolee about her date with the great Stevarino. Matt lectures Ruth about the incident in the nursery. John talks about family with Ruth, and then she faces an embarrassed Bill, who already heard the rumor. John sends telegrams to Polly's nieces. John can't be the strong husband Ruth needs.
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Matt and Maggie debate Ruth's violation of hospital regulations and how best to resolve the situation. Maggie advises John on how he might fulfill Polly's last wishes. A gloating Bunker meets with Matt and demonstrates medical symptoms. Matt diagnoses Bunker as a man with a conscience.
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A compassionate Carolee kindly reassures Ruth. Matt summons Nick and Althea to his office where he reveals that he's requested a meeting with the hospital board of directors since Bunker knows Nick and Althea's secret. An unraveling Ruth visits Mrs. Berger and begins to make the situation worse for herself. Later at home alone and needing Bill, she faces a terrible temptation.
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As Ruth fights temptation , a surprise visitor arrives who needs as much help as Ruth as does. Althea receives good luck wishes from a very unexpected source and later realizes that her psychological condition is better. Ruth tries to convince Bill that she didn't yield to her demons. On the evening of the board meeting, Nick and Althea reminisce about the night they made love.
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John makes his request to Matt about Polly. Karen and supercilious hospital administrator Phillip Townsend meet for the first time and spar with one another. Polly questions John about the board hearing. Karen and Bunker have another chilly meeting. John's comments about Matt's situation worry Karen. Townsend questions Matt about Bunker's presence at the hearing.
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Matt explains to the board about Althea's pregnancy by Nick and subsequent miscarriage. Bunker states his opinion that Matt should be removed as chief of staff of Hope Memorial, and Matt agrees that it is a better solution than destroying Nick and Althea's careers. Nick loses his temper testifying to the board on Matt's behalf. Althea's testimony prompts Bunker to make further allegations about Liz.
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Althea explains to the board her relationship and history with Liz. Matt updates Maggie on the developments of the hearing. During the hearing, Bunker questions Althea about why she didn't marry Nick, prompting further questioning from the board, and opening another avenue to get at Matt. Matt submits an impassioned speech about morality.
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Matt is unsure of the outcome of the board hearing. A furious Maggie interrupts Karen attempting to console Matt. Nick and Althea vocalize their loyalty to Matt regardless of the board's decision. Maggie grouses to Althea about always coming in second to Karen. Bill gives Althea news about her progress as a therapy patient. Matt learns that the board has reached a decision.
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John's suggestive account of meeting three women in Westvale impresses Steve. John delivers good news to Polly, who wants his assistance in deciding which niece receives her bequest. Bunker requests a meeting with Matt. John's interference in their family matters annoys Polly's niece Julie. Matt and Bunker settle their past.
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Matt and Maggie's quiet evening is interrupted by a multiple-car accident. John implores Polly's other niece Lydia Post to help him give her aunt a happy family reunion. Julie and Lydia find more than they expected when they visit their aunt. Maggie questions why Matt kept a secret from him about the emergency car crash call and suggests he has only alibis where Karen is concerned.
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Ruth admits to Bill she made a mistake in getting too close to Danny, who now feels as if he's losing another mother. Steve flirts with Liz and later suggests that he take her along on his date with Carolee. Bill apologizes to Ruth. Mrs. Berger arranges an important meeting with Bill and Ruth. Steve's dinner date with Carolee and Liz doesn't go quite as he planned.
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Matt stuns Nick with news of the latest patient at Hope Memorial, a patient Nick dislikes but requires his skills as a surgeon. Nick faces Nathan Bunker for the first time since the hearing. Althea visits Bunker and learns about his new awakening courtesy of Matt. Nick and Matt inform Bunker of the great risk involved in spinal fusion surgery.
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Bunker has an admission to Matt about his confidence in the staff of Hope Memorial Hospital. Matt gives Bunker the hard truth about what he might face after surgery. Nick examines Bunker's x-rays and discovers a potential problem. Karen petitions Matt to assist in Nick's spinal fusion neurosurgery. Nick theorizes that Karen wants to assist in neurosurgery because Matt will be there. Maggie learns that Karen is replacing Dr. Rice.
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Althea notes Maggie's reluctance to observe Matt and Nick's surgery, and Maggie confides that she doesn't like what is happening to her and her husband. Karen and Steve pick at one another in the scrub room. Matt gives his team members the background on Bunker's accident. Complications arise as the doctors perform surgery on Bunker. Althea encourages Maggie to stop being passive.
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Carolee refuses to discuss her date with Steve and Liz. John rakes Bonnie Evans over the coals for waltzing in while her aunt Polly is dying. Nick dubs himself The Lone Stranger. Matt confronts Maggie, and Althea wonders if Maggie is trying to break up her own marriage. Polly enjoys a brief, happy reunion with Bonnie.
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Bill and Ruth Winters nervously await the new addition to their family. Polly talks to John about living life as if it's the last day on earth and has a confession to make. A situation arises at Mrs. Berger's office, and Ruth attempts to console a child who has faced rejection three times. Bill finds Ruth a remarkable woman when she makes an unselfish decision about their child.
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A grieving John and Bonnie lament their inability to save Polly. Bunker recalls witnessing the bravery of medics during his war days in North Africa. John comforts Bonnie, who remembers the first time she saw Aunt Polly on stage. Matt examines Bunker to determine if he has regained sensation in his legs. John witnesses the balance of life as a doctor.
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John receives notice that he and Bonnie are joint recipients of Polly's estate. Althea wonders why new patient Lila Anderson is frightened and questions her about her fainting spells. John agrees to help Bonnie sort through Polly's belongings. Karen recounts for Althea being a teenager and meeting Matt. Later, Althea's talk of daydreams annoys Karen who detects an implication in Althea's subtext.
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Nick mentions to Bunker that the money for his schizophrenia research might run out in the future, and Bunker offers his assistance. Karen butts in on Matt and Maggie's lunch. Martha debates whether or not she should leave Nick's lab for the admitting desk. Bunker interrupts a quarrel between Matt and Maggie about Karen. Maggie issues an ultimatum to her husband.
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Steve explains his way out of having steak and champagne with Liz, then he makes another date with Carolee. Steve proposes that he and Liz see one another secretly on the pretext of keeping their private lives private. John catches Steve kissing Liz and warns her he won't be around to pick up the pieces of her next fall. John and Bonnie visit Polly's apartment, where they find the legacy left to them and instructions for spending it.
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Ruth talks with Matt about resigning her job in the children's ward so that she can be a mother to Danny. Maggie orders Karen to pack and move out of the Powers house. A telegram brings devastating news for Karen. Unaware of the news, Ruth hopes that Karen's life will be filled happiness. Matt offers comfort to Karen.
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Matt takes Karen for a drive to get her mind off her tragedy. With a rain storm growing worse, Maggie phones the hospital to check on Matt. Karen tells Matt about Maggie asking her to leave the Powers home. Carolee confirms to Maggie that Matt left Hope Memorial hours before with Karen. Bonnie encourages John to honor Polly's request. Matt and Karen's car becomes stranded in the storm.
S1 • E1381
Matt and Karen find shelter at Fred Harrison's farm, but the phone is dead from the storm. A worried Maggie phones Althea when she hasn't heard from Matt. Later, Maggie confides that she told Karen to move out and thinks she and Matt are alone together. Matt tells Karen not to worry about the problems with Maggie.
S1 • E1382
A concerned Althea phone Nick about Matt's disappearance, and when Nick learns Matt was last seen with Karen, he decides to pay a visit to Maggie. At the Harrison farm, Karen's word game to pass the time embarrasses Matt. When Nick dismisses Maggie's concerns, she reminds him that something similar happened between himself and Liz. Karen explains to Matt that a woman in love has no pride.
S1 • E1383
Matt rejects Karen. Nick explains to Maggie his relationship with Liz, and it's something Althea had always wanted to hear. Matt promises not to throw Karen out of the house. Maggie refuses Althea and Nick's advice to call the police. Karen feels that last night was like a dream. Matt and Karen arrive home, and Nick's questions irritate Matt. Despite his explanation, Maggie informs Matt that she still wants Karen to leave.
S1 • E1384
John reveals to Matt the stipulations cited in Polly's will. Matt's advice surprises John. Bunker wants to know from Nick why he must wait six weeks before he attempts to walk again. John breaks the news to Althea, who wonders about his relationship with Bonnie. Lila Anderson's response confuses Althea who calls with results from her tests. Two people say heartfelt goodbyes to the staff of Hope Memorial Hospital.
S1 • E1385
Matt and Maggie speculate about Karen going back to Germany for the funeral. Steve wants to gossip about Matt and Karen's adventure in the rain, but Matt has plans to keep him busy. Althea and Karen discuss where their relationship stands now in view of recent events. Board member Paul Stark confides in Matt about his son Edward, a doctor wounded in Vietnam.
S1 • E1386
Lila Anderson attempts to put off Althea, who calls again. Believing Althea is pulling a scam, Lila's husband Ralph takes the phone and warns her to stop calling. Lila experiences another attack. A guilty Karen seeks advice in a familiar place but comes to a decision on her own. Althea discusses the Anderson case with Matt. Maggie's innocent comment about Karen sends Matt into another bout of brooding.
S1 • E1387
Martha bugs Nick when she attempts to make his laboratory more cheerful. Matt suggests to Nick that the fault lies not in his stars but in himself. Karen reminisces about her night stranded with Matt, and she incites Maggie's jealousy and doubts again. Martha's ramblings about birds and men pushes Nick to the brink, but Martha puts him in his place. Maggie watches Matt escorting Karen away.
S1 • E1388
Ed Stark meets with Matt, who questions him about his feelings toward medicine. Later, Ed becomes acquainted with Nick, and they clash instantly when Ed inadvertently criticizes Nick's biochemistry lab. Althea shares with Nick her diagnosis of Lila Anderson, and he insists she find a way to get Lila back in for more tests. Matt riles Nick with news that he's thinking of bringing Ed to the Hope Memorial staff.
S1 • E1389
Matt persuades Nick to give Ed a chance if he can be lured back to medicine. Steve continues his flirtation with Liz. Matt takes a disturbing phone call from Nathan Bunker. Matt catches Steve and Liz fooling around in the staff lounge. Liz agrees to Matt's request that she work with Althea and Maggie in the outpatient clinic. Steve receives a brusque lecture from Nick. Matt resolves to straighten out a trouble-making Steve.
S1 • E1390
Ed's cynicism of the basic nature of people is unwavering. Matt attempts to interest Ed in Nick's research on schizophrenia. Matt admonishes Bunker for his foolishness. Matt's assessment of Ed is correct. Ed explains to Matt why he no longer wants involvement in things that are significant. Nick acquires a new lab assistant. After examining Bunker's x-rays, Matt brings good news and bad news.
S1 • E1391
After the incident in the staff lounge, Steve recaps for Liz his talk with Matt. Nick learns more about his new lab assistant, but he wants to keep Martha around just in case. Bunker pleads to be let off the hook when Nick lectures him about not following his doctor's orders. Nick tells Bunker about Ed Stark, prompting Bunker to share his own cynical feelings regarding the world. Carolee attempts to cover for Steve, who is late for his next assignment.
S1 • E1392
Under duress, Lila Anderson pays a visit to Althea at Hope Memorial. Althea breaks the news of her medical condition. Lila won't commit to treatment. Althea pressures her patient into proceeding, though Lila continues to steadfastly refuse. Althea reiterates the fact that she knows she and the staff can help treat the growth, but Lila won't hear of it. Althea presses for an answer as to why she's declining, but Lila insists mysteriously that she can never explain to anyone the reason.
S1 • E1393
Althea notes that Maggie is humming and has a serene expression instead of a furrowed brow. Maggie replies that she's happier with Karen Werner away, but Althea feels that something else is the cause for joy. Althea presses Maggie, who finally admits that she and Matt are leaving early to spend the day together, just the two of them. Leaving the hospital, Matt and Maggie give a frustrated Nick a hard time. Nick grouses to Althea about Ed Stark. Later the two contemplate a vacation. At home, Matt wants to head upstairs, but a romantic Maggie insists she wants to dance. Matt playfully continues to become amorous.
S1 • E1394
Matt and Maggie spend a playful afternoon recounting the ways that they love one another. Eventually, Maggie broaches the subject of having a child together. Matt agrees that the issue of children is something they should discuss further. Matt's emergency line rings, interrupting their bliss. Carolee informs Matt that he has a telegram, and she's afraid it could be urgent. After hearing the message and hanging up, Matt admits to Maggie that the telegram was from Karen, who will be returning. The pleasant afternoon then dissolves when Maggie wants to talk about the night Matt and Karen were stranded at the Harrison farm. Matt wishes to avoid the talk, but when Maggie pursues the subject, he is forced to reveal Karen's confession that she's in love with him. Maggie's worst fears are recognized until Matt reassures her that he loves his wife and no one else.
S1 • E1395
Maggie asked Matt if they hadn't done their duty to Karen. Matt agreed to talk to Karen as soon as she returns home from Germany. Althea pumped Maggie about the amorous afternoon at home with Matt. Maggie admitted to Althea that Karen confessed to loving Matt. Althea likened the situation with Matt and Karen to that of Nick and Liz, but suggested that Maggie have faith in her husband. Matt spoke with Paul Stark about Ed. Maggie appeared worried when Matt seemed to backtrack about Karen by suggesting that they wait a while before asking her to leave their home.
S1 • E1396
Steve made another date while Maggie watched him with amusement. Later, Steve lied to Liz in order to cancel their date for that night. Maggie warned Steve that Liz has been fragile lately. After learning that Matt left to collect Karen from the airport, Steve viciously found ways to rub it in Maggie's face. Karen arrived at Hope Memorial but wanted to spend time alone with Matt instead of seeing Maggie. Karen became emotional talking about her father. Liz reassured Steve that she isn't annoyed by him rearranging their date. Maggie told Karen that she thinks it's time for them to talk.
S1 • E1397
Althea shocks Nick by declaring that she intends to pay a house call to Lila Anderson. Nick warns Althea to be careful at the Anderson home. Ralph arrives home early and catches Althea with Lila. Lila wants Althea to hide the fact that she is a doctor, but Althea refuses. Althea explains the situation to Ralph, and she forces Lila to admit that she did visit the outpatient clinic at Hope Memorial. Ralph thanks Althea, insists that Lila can't return to the hospital, and ushers Althea out the front door. At the hospital, Althea attempts to explain to Nick about Ralph's odd behavior. Back in the Anderson home, Ralph conducts an odd ritual, asking Lila to have faith that the mind and spirit will cure the body.
S1 • E1398
Matt reviews Lila Anderson's x-rays and asks Nick to consult. Nick advises that she has less than a week before surgery can no longer be an option. Nick wants Matt to forget Ed who was supposed to start three days ago but never showed up. Matt forces Nick to give Ed the same chance as Lila Anderson. Back in the lab, Nick finds Ed. The two men clash again, leading to a sensitive Ed walking out. Nick fails to stop Ed from leaving, but Matt smooths over the situation. Althea speculates that Lila's fear of medicine is imposed on her by someone else, such as her husband.
S1 • E1399
Steve turns his charms on Karen, who is completely unmoved. Rejected, Steve taunts Karen with implications about her relationship with Matt. Steve advises Karen to play it cool, especially around Matt's wife, and Karen responds by slapping his face. Matt insists to Maggie that he will talk to Karen about leaving their house. Steve grouses to Liz about working with "basket of laughs" Dr. Werner. Karen assures Matt that she can handle Steve and beats him to the punch about moving out. Karen asks Maggie to agree that Karen has overstayed her welcome on the Powers house.
S1 • E1400
Karen informs Matt that she wants to live alone in an apartment close to the hospital. Steve and Liz plan not to get caught again fooling around, but Karen walks in on them in clinic. Steve accuses Karen of jealousy when she chastises him for his behavior, and his comments prompt her to threaten to slap him again. Matt interrupts Karen screaming at Steve, but they make excuses. A smug Steve offers to watch the clinic while Matt leaves to help Karen apartment hunt.
S1 • E1401
Unable to discourage Althea from paying another visit to the Andersons, Nick volunteers to go with her. Nick bluntly informs Lila that she has a tumor and will die soon without surgery. While arguing about not having surgery, Lila collapses. Later, regaining consciousness, she admits she's sick, but Ralph has forbidden her from receiving treatment. Nick phones for an ambulance. Nick and Althea reassure each other that Lila asked for their permission. When Carolee phones and says that Ralph has arrived, Althea orders her to keep him away from Lila's room.
S1 • E1402
Ralph makes a scene at the nurse's station, demanding to see Lila and accusing Althea of kidnapping her. Matt and Althea attempt to explain the situation to Ralph, who refuses to listen. In the lab, Nick bristles over Ed's questions about Liz. Ed and Nick accuse one another of idealism. Matt threatens to have Ralph removed from the hospital. Ralph wants to see Lila alone. Matt warns Nick and Althea that the law won't look favorably on their actions, and fears Ralph will soon realize it, too. Lila tells Ralph that she's in terrible pain and can't move. Ralph insists upon faith healing and talks of contacting his attorney.
S1 • E1403
Maggie becomes reacquainted with Ed. Althea labels Ralph a fanatic cultist. Matt questions Nick about the exact words Lila used when Nick and Althea thought she wanted them to treat her. Ed asks Nick about rumors around the hospital regarding the Andersons. Nick and Ed argue about getting involved with patients. Althea fills Maggie in on the details of the Andersons and potential legal problems for Hope Memorial. Maggie vows that this time, she'll be beside Matt when he needs her.
S1 • E1404
Maggie cautions Matt about Ralph Anderson, and Matt isn't sure whether or not he will obey a court order to remove Lila from the hospital. Carolee informs Matt that Ralph is coming for Lila, with a warning that he will take legal action against Hope Memorial unless he's allowed to take Lila quietly. Karen discusses her new apartment with Matt, who apologizes for the way things turned out. Matt and an angry, threatening Ralph reach an impasse. Karen tells Maggie about the new apartment, but her comments about still being very close to the Powerses is loaded with subtext.
S1 • E1405
Althea meets Ed and tells Nick that she intends to speak with Lila again. Ralph seeks advice from his lawyer Paul who counsels him that a writ of habeas corpus is needed. When Paul learns that Lila has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, he strongly advises Ralph to have faith in the medical profession as well as the spirit. Ralph rejects the advice and threatens to find another lawyer. Ed introduces himself to Martha and sees for himself why Nick describes her as a tornado. Althea visits a very ill Lila. The two discuss more of Lila's history, but Althea cannot persuade her to give consent to surgery.
S1 • E1406
Carolee laments the fact that Steve hasn't asked her out in over two weeks. Steve brags of being a free man with an evening off while Carolee and Liz must work the late shift at the hospital. Liz approaches Steve, wondering what's gone wrong between them since he doesn't pursue her as he once did, but he claims that nothing has changed. Karen unpacks in her new apartment and is surprised when Steve arrives. She gives him a frosty reception, though she begins to thaw when he presents her with a plant and a bottle of wine as housewarming gifts. Steve gets Karen drunk on wine and forces himself on her despite her protests. Karen proclaims that she doesn't want him, but Steve continues to make love to her and suggests that she pretend he's Matt Powers.
S1 • E1407
Steve continues to force himself on Karen, arguing that he's a better man than Matt Powers. Liz goes into Lila's room, and after leaving, Ralph slips in behind her. Ralph tells Lila that he doesn't need permission to take her home, where he'll care for her himself. Steve offers to make Karen a drink, but she doesn't want anything from him. After Steve leaves in silence, Karen begins to sob. Matt drops by to visit Karen and detects that something is wrong. She pretends that she was asleep. Matt notices the empty bottle of wine and two glasses on the table and offers to stay until Karen feels better. Karen cries that she doesn't know where she belongs any longer. Steve returns to the hospital in a rotten mood and takes out his anger on Liz when she questions him about who he was with. Ralph helps Lila out of her room. Liz finds Lila's bed empty and screams for help.
S1 • E1408
Carolee phones for Matt, and Maggie is surprised that he left the hospital an hour ago. Nick has a nurse rig an oxygen tent for Lila. Lila rambles deliriously about Ralph. Nick encourages Lila to sign a consent for the operation, but she wants to discuss it with Ralph first. Nick tells Carolee that Lila has gone into shock and asks her to phone Matt again. Nick angrily informs Ralph that Lila will die soon without an operation, but Ralph counters that their surgery will kill her. Later, Nick theorizes that when Lila begged him to save her life, she in effect gave him consent. Maggie worries when Nick decides to operate.
S1 • E1409
Matt finally arrives at Hope Memorial, and Maggie apprises him of the situation. Maggie grouses when she discovers Matt was late because he was visiting Karen for over an hour. Nick tells Matt that they have waited so long that Lila's surgery will be touch-and-go. Althea agrees to assist with the surgery. When the tumor begins to affect her respiration, Matt worries that they can't wait until morning to operate. Maggie suspects that Nick thinks Lila won't pull through. Ralph meekly asks Matt if he can see Lila, who is in a coma. Matt issues Ralph a warning.
S1 • E1410
Matt makes one final plea for Ralph to sign the consent to Lila's operation, but he tears it to pieces. Just before surgery, Ralph attacks the doctors in the scrub room. Maggie watches from the observation room as Lila is wheeled into the operating room. As surgery gets underway, a weakened Lila's pulse rate and respiration begins to drop. Karen arrives, and Carolee informs her that Matt has gone into surgery with Lila. Lila's pulse and respiration level off with increased oxygen, but then she begins to hemorrhage. Nick fights to save Lila with larger sutures, but Matt tells him that it's too late.
S1 • E1411
Following surgery, Matt breaks the news to Ralph, who wants to see Lila. Maggie averts another fight with Matt when he tells her about visiting Karen's apartment. Karen recoils at his voice and touch when Steve arrives at the clinic. Steve admits that he wasn't drunk last night but swears that he finds Karen attractive despite them being enemies. Karen says she feels dirty and ashamed and never wants Steve to touch her again. Liz finds Steve in the same bad mood as the previous night. At first Steve refuses her offer to go see a movie, but when Karen enters the room, he changes his mind.
S1 • E1412
Althea wonders if it was a good idea for her and Nick to attend the funeral. Nick reminds Althea that he just lost his first patient since he operated on his own brother. Ed sees a familiar face at Hope Memorial, and they reminisce about old times. Nick reassures Martha that there's enough work for her and Ed. Ed brings up the subject of why Nick is a surgeon but prefers to work in research. Nick talks about his brother and vows that he'll never perform surgery again. Ralph holds Althea at gunpoint in the clinic, swearing he'll kill the other doctors and patients there unless she listens to what he has to say. Althea attempts to dissuade him, but Ralph wants an "eye for an eye" and asks her to call Dr. Bellini.
S1 • E1413
Holding her at gunpoint, Ralph instructs Althea to call Nick and send him to Matt's office. Ed and Nick half joke about how to dismiss Martha. After Althea talks with Nick, Ralph forces her out of the outpatient clinic and to the nurse's station, but Carolee says that Matt is out. Ralph leads Althea into Matt's office. Carolee senses something is wrong. Nick wraps up his lab business and promises Ed to be back soon. Ralph tells Althea that he must obey The Word, and The Word tells him that Lila's death must be avenged. Althea attempts to reason with Ralph, but he accuses her of trying to trick him. Nick arrives at Matt's office and struggles with Ralph for the gun, but Ralph knocks him out. Matt returns, and Carolee apprises him of the situation in his office. Matt enters and sees Ralph with the gun. Ralph calmly explains to Matt that he must phone Miss Simpson and say that they aren't to be disturbed under any circumstances. Then they will wait until Ralph receives the word to kill all three of them.
S1 • E1414
Matt follows Ralph's instructions, but Carolee interrupts with the delivery of a telegram and requisition forms to sign. To save her life, Matt gruffly sends her back to the nurse's station with an order to not interrupt them again. Carolee confides in Maggie that she thinks something strange is happening in Matt's office. Maggie decides to go against Matt's orders and phones him, but Matt insists that nothing is wrong. Maggie returns to the outpatient clinic, where she asks Liz about dating Steve. A worried Carolee calls Maggie and tells her that it's too quiet in Matt's office, and Maggie decides it's time to go in and find out what's happening. Matt, Althea, and Nick surround Ralph, attempting to soothe him, but he says the time has come to kill them. As Maggie pounds on Matt's office door asking if he's all right, Matt screams that he's fine, and then a shot is fired.
S1 • E1416
After hearing a gunshot, Maggie and Carolee burst into Matt's office. Maggie gives a rambling Ralph an injection to tranquilize him, and guards lead him away. Events leading to the hostage crisis are re-examined. Maggie thinks she and Matt have extrasensory perception. Carolee has a message from Phillip Townsend. Nick shares with Althea that when he saw Ralph pointing the gun at her, he wanted to kill him.
S1 • E1417
Carolee recounts for Steve and Liz the exciting events with Mr. Anderson. Matt insists to Lt. Hayes that he doesn't want to press attempted murder charges against Ralph, who needs help instead of punishment. Steve accuses Karen of the ability to easily turn her feelings on and off. Maggie walks in just as an angry Karen tells Steve that she doesn't want to discuss what happened the other night in her apartment. Liz notes Karen's hostility toward Steve. Steve rejects Liz again. Karen visits Matt to ensure that he's all right.
S1 • E1419
Althea and Maggie diagnose themselves with spring fever. Althea wants to go to the park. Nick won't let Ed off the hook and attempts to lecture him. Penny visits Nick and admits she ran away. Against Penny's wishes, Nick is forced to phone her grandmother. Penny explains her reasons for leaving. Nick catches Althea modeling her psychedelic bathing suit. Althea learns about Penny.
S1 • E1420
Matt invites Karen to dinner, but she plays it cool with him. Nick drops by Althea's apartment with a gift and to see how things are going with Penny. Matt reads Maggie a letter from Mike who is coming home soon after graduation. Maggie wonders about Nick visiting Althea and Penny. Nick enjoys being with Althea again. Penny decides Nick's a groovy guy instead of a rat fink, and she doesn't want to return to Greenville. Karen needs Matt.
S1 • E1421
Matt calls Karen and Steve to his office, though not for the reason Karen anticipates. Karen denies Matt's concern that something is very wrong with her. Karen gives Steve permission to jump out the nearest window, but he gives her a gift and a promise that they can be friends. Paul asks Matt for a progress report on Ed. A nervous Paul has a sincere conversation with his son.
S1 • E1422
Althea and Penny argue as they prepare for their trip back to Althea's mother in Greenville. Martha continues to annoy Nick in the research laboratory. Althea seeks Nick's help when Penny appears to run away again. Later, Althea speaks with Mrs. Hamilton and learns from her mother that Penny's friend Lisa is a flower child. Nick reassures Althea about Penny and then finds himself even more involved in the situation.
S1 • E1423
Penny hides at Nick's apartment. When he drops by to play golf, Matt realizes that Nick has company but misinterprets who the guest is. Maggie listens to an upset Althea, who doesn't know how to resolve the situation with Penny. Penny attempts to get Nick on her side. Matt grouses to Maggie about something going on in Nick's apartment, and they have a laugh when Maggie reveals that the guest was Penny. Nick referees a disagreement between mother and daughter.
S1 • E1424
Carolee's romantic drought is over when Dr. Bill Prentice invites her out on a date. Later, Carolee gives Liz an earful about takers like Steve Aldrich. Nick doesn't get anywhere in his attempts to befriend Ed with small talk. Liz converses with Ed about Nick. Nick diagnoses a case of self pity in Liz. Carolee finds going out on a date more difficult than she anticipated when she and Bill can't coordinate their hospital schedules.
S1 • E1425
Karen tries to give Steve the cold shoulder, but he surprises her with a very personal gift in his quest to gain her friendship. Steve's gift begins to thaw Karen's frosty exterior. Maggie advises Althea that she is in for a siege with an adolescent Penny. Nick wants to know what happened in Greenville. Flowers and candy at the nurse's station embarrass Karen. Althea receives even more trouble from her daughter.
S1 • E1426
Steve asks Karen to join him for a late dinner, but realizes that she won't accept since she hates him for what he did. Penny demands to stay with Althea. Althea reminds Penny that her father Dave instituted a court order sending her to Althea's mother Mrs. Hamilton after Buddy died. Penny refuses to ever return to her grandmother's house. Steve insists that the fates will draw Karen and him together. Later, he convinces her to clean their slate by pretending to meet for the very first time.
S1 • E1427
Althea tells Penny that she hasn't been able to contact her father Dave, who's away on a business trip. Penny wants Althea to promise to never send her away again. Liz attempts to entice Steve. Steve annoys Liz when he doesn't rise to her attempts to arouse his interest and curiosity. Liz takes Penny a gift, and Liz covers when Penny wonders why Liz is now rooming with Carolee instead of Althea. Liz confides in Penny about her secret romance with Steve.
S1 • E1428
Althea speculates that something happened in Greenville that Penny hasn't revealed and decides to encourage a friendship between her and Liz, since Penny might confide in Liz. Maggie wonders where Althea's relationship with Nick stands. Penny's picnic for Nick amuses Ed. An opera loving stranger, playing children, barking dogs, and insects create a less than peaceful atmosphere for Nick's picnic with Althea and Penny.
S1 • E1429
Steve questions Karen about her nervous state. Liz interrupts the tension between Steve and Karen and asks Steve what's going on between the two of them. Martha clashes with an irritable Steve. Steve extracts a promise of a "consultation" from Karen. Later, he turns up at her apartment and intrudes. Karen accuses Steve of being kind to her in order to take advantage. Steve admits that he has the same opinion of himself and offers to leave her alone, but she makes a startling confession. Afterward, they offer very destructive views of one another. A sadistic Steve challenges Karen to go after Matt if she has the guts, but he warns her that she will eventually come crawling back to him.
S1 • E1430
Steve's taunts continue to torment Karen after he leaves. Karen phones the clinic to say that she can't keep her shift. Steve informs Carolee of Karen's absence, and she passes it on to Matt. Matt tries to contact Karen, but she won't answer the phone. Later, he grills Steve about his conversation with Karen. Concerned about her, Matt continues phoning for Karen, who begins drinking. Karen phones Matt and begs him to come by her apartment. Steve realizes that Karen has decided to take his advice.
S1 • E1431
Maggie grouses to Nick after learning from Carolee that Matt has gone to him being late for dinner, but an angry Maggie has already shared her supper with Nick. Karen confesses to Matt that she hates herself. When Matt fails to call home, Maggie debates whether or not to phone Karen's apartment. Karen answers the phone just as Matt asks what kind of liquor she wants. Karen hangs up on Maggie and takes the phone off the hook. Karen tells Matt she doesn't know what she wants in life.
S1 • E1432
Karen wants Matt to leave as quickly as possible so that Maggie doesn't hate her. Nick reassures Maggie that she has more going for her than Karen. Maggie reminds Nick of his cheating and suggests that Matt could be a vulnerable man too if Karen continues to lure him to her apartment. Maggie gives Matt the cold shoulder when he gets home. Maggie makes a point about Matt taking her for granted. Matt and Maggie make up, and then he asks her to convince Karen that she doesn't really hate her.
S1 • E1433
Having made up from their fight about Karen, Matt and Maggie have a romantic morning, but he breaks the mood by reminding her to be nice to Karen. Althea broaches the subject of Penny with Liz. Maggie tells Althea about Matt's house call to Karen, and they realize they're each befriending women who have been their rivals. Penny confides in Liz about how different she feels from other kids because she's without a mother and a father. Liz talks about her distant father and institutionalized mother to Penny.
S1 • E1434
Karen becomes emotional when Steve questions her about her visit from Matt. Steve taunts Karen about failing to ensnare Matt, and he receives a slap in the face. Karen refuses to believe Steve, who claims that he has developed genuine feelings for her. Liz is surprised when Steve agrees to spend the afternoon with her and Penny. When Steve is late, Liz appears worried, but he finally arrives to completely charm Penny. Karen agrees to have dinner with Steve but she is only doing it to forget Matt.
S1 • E1435
Martha refuses to allow a frustrated Nick to have another stenographer since she can take dictation. Ed phones an unknown party and says he'll be over as soon as possible. Nick offers to take Althea and Penny out for an evening on the town. A matchmaking Penny excuses herself so that Nick can date Althea alone, but Althea suggests inviting Matt and Maggie along. Nick and Althea feel like they're out on their first date as they await the Powerses. Matt has news about the Anderson case.
S1 • E1436
Karen and Steve go to dinner and find themselves at the same restaurant where Nick and Althea are dining with Matt and Maggie. Karen insists on leaving and coming back later as to not be seen by their colleagues. Nick persuades Althea to dance. Later, back at Althea's apartment, he notes her nervousness and is tempted to make advances toward her. Steve tells Karen about his childhood. Karen's private thoughts are about Matt, who is at home making love to Maggie.
S1 • E1437
Penny asks Althea about writing to Dave for permission to let her stay. Karen recounts for Steve memories of her childhood and the bombing of Berlin. Steve shares memories of his brother who was killed in Berlin during an air raid during World War II. Althea and Karen are surprised at experiencing an unusually amiable shift together. Althea informs Nick that Penny has a crush on the two of them as a couple.
S1 • E1438
Liz asks Steve out on another date. Steve bluntly tells Liz that he will never be her boyfriend. A concerned Matt counsels Liz after realizing that she has been upset again. Liz laments that she doesn't have a man to hold on to when the sky is falling. Carolee asks Liz to go on a double date with her and Dr. Prentice. Later, Carolee realizes that Liz's mood was Steve's fault, leading to a confrontation between the two. Matt overhears Steve's snide comments about Liz. Steve defends his reputation as the hospital Romeo and makes intimations about Matt's susceptibility to pretty female doctors.
S1 • E1440
Nick bristles after Ed receives a mysterious phone call and walks out on an experiment. Martha begs Nick to help an obviously troubled Ed instead of dismissing him. Matt and Maggie clash when Maggie defends and Steve to an irritable Matt. Nick informs Matt of Ed's habit of running out during the day after getting phone calls. When Matt mentions possibly firing Ed, Nick encourages him to find out what's going on. While napping, Ed experiences nightmares of Vietnam. Paul and Hope drop by Ed's apartment, and Hope surmises that something's wrong inside with her son.
S1 • E1441
Nick grills Ed about his big mystery and the two agree to lay off one another with personal questions. Nick notices that Ed is experiencing hand pain. Althea suggests that Nick apologize to Ed for involving Matt, leading to a healthy fight between them. Matt assures Ed that he doesn't want to make a federal case out of what happened in the lab. Althea and Karen consult with Matt about a difficult patient who needs a psychiatrist. Karen apologizes to Matt for the scene she made at her apartment, but she makes him uncomfortable when she demands to know if he doesn't respond to her as a woman.
S1 • E1442
Following her disappointment with Matt, Karen sees Steve, and he convinces her to go to dinner with him. Noting Liz's jealousy, Carolee urges her to forget Steve and find a man that needs her as much as she needs him. At the end of a lovely evening, Steve presses Karen to tell him about the cause for her dark mood earlier. Karen demands that Steve stop prying. Later, he accuses her of drinking too much in order to have enough courage to be with him. Karen calls Steve by Matt's name as she begins to seduce him.
S1 • E1443
Steve angrily walks out on Karen despite her begging him to stay. Karen's words echo in Matt's mind. Matt finds it difficult to concentrate on his game of Scrabble with Maggie. Maggie detects a psychological reason for the unusual words Matt chooses in the game. When Steve returns to the hospital, Carolee warns him of Liz's hostile mood. Steve and Liz trade insults. Matt becomes annoyed as Maggie urges him to talk about his troubles. Karen phones Matt, but he refuses to speak with her, which arouses Maggie's suspicions.
S1 • E1444
Matt and Maggie begin the day with another tiff when she suggests he's in a mood and has been for days. Matt informs Nick that Ed is to be fired unless he starts following hospital regulations. Nick complains to Maggie about Matt. Maggie admits that she thinks Matt is upset because he's involved personally with Karen. Nick advises Maggie to fight it out with Matt. Maggie confronts Matt, but he insists he has to work it out for himself.
S1 • E1445
Nick is distant when Althea asks him to dinner with her and Penny. Nick shares with her the trouble he senses with Matt and Maggie. Martha takes a phone call for Ed while he's out. Afterward, Ed demands to know exactly what the woman on the phone said. Martha steps out so that Ed can call his party back, and he agrees to meet someone later. Nick blows up when he catches Martha standing guard for Ed at the laboratory door. Penny advises Althea about her image. Althea reminds Penny that she and Nick are just friends.
S1 • E1446
Althea reiterates her platonic relationship with Nick when Penny requests a romantic moonlit window at the restaurant. Liz gets cold feet just before her double date with Carolee and Dr. Prentice, and her worst fears are confirmed when she meets Albert Rich, her annoying date. At dinner, Liz can't bear Albert's gangbusters personality. Penny leaves Nick and Althea alone with romantic music.
S1 • E1447
Matt avoids Karen. Liz antagonizes Karen with comments about Steve. Hope Memorial's new hospital porter Jody Lee Bronson intrigues Liz. Paul and Hope Stark visit Matt to talk about Ed's problems. After the visit with Ed's parents, Matt learns from Nick that Ed vanished again. Jody thinks Karen should see a doctor when she appears unwell in the lounge. Matt and Karen become trapped in a stalled elevator. Panicking, Karen embraces Matt, and they fall into a lingering kiss.
S1 • E1448
After kissing Matt, a smug Karen exits the elevator. Matt avoids talking with Maggie. Karen asks Jody to leave the clinic because the disinfectant he uses makes her nauseous. Steve tries to apologize, but she doesn't want another emotionally charged conversation with him. Steve teases Karen about Matt, until her victorious attitude arouses his jealousy. Maggie interrupts Steve trying to force Karen to tell him what happened in the stalled elevator. Matt accuses Maggie of haranguing him.
S1 • E1449
Penny writes a private letter to Nick. Jody amuses Liz, but Nick makes fun of him while the rest of the staff looks at him as if he were from another planet. Maggie confides in Althea that she thinks something happened between Matt and Karen in the elevator. Nick puts his foot in his mouth when he jokes about getting stuck with Maggie. Nick teases Althea about Penny's letter in which she plays Cupid, but he can't help but agree with Penny's assessment of her mother.
S1 • E1450
When neither one can concentrate, a grumpy Matt gripes about Carolee's dictation, and he resents her questions about his mood. Matt declares Ed's refusal to continue his medical responsibilities as a type of selfishness. After his lecture from Matt, Ed receives another mysterious phone call and leaves the hospital early. Obsessing over his kiss with Karen, Matt phones her, and they arrange to have lunch at her apartment. Karen worries that she may be pregnant by Steve. Steve phones, but Karen doesn't want to speak with him. Matt discusses with Karen the incident in the elevator. Karen accuses Matt of denying his real feelings for her, but he insists he loves Maggie.
S1 • E1451
Martha informs Nick about Ed being gone again, and Nick screams that Ed's fired this time. Liz helps Jody Lee with his algebra course and finds herself talking humorously about cows and bulls. Martha attempts to convince Nick that something must be seriously wrong for Ed to continue to disappear as he's not the frivolous type. Nick badgers Carolee to remember more about Ed's phone call, but he flusters her. A soothing Jody Lee hypnotizes Carolee into remembering that the call came from a woman. Ed visits a paralyzed Anna Ford. Anna reminds Ed that he visits her out of guilt because she saved him by throwing herself on him when a grenade exploded near them in Vietnamese bar.
S1 • E1452
Ed lectures Martha about prying into his personal life. Nick vows to straighten Ed out instead of firing him. Karen fears pregnancy, and she wonders why it couldn't have been Matt. Nick goes to Althea about Ed's problem, but Althea agrees with Ed. Unable to stand Matt's moods and silence any longer, Maggie writes a letter to her sister Nora for advice, and confides that she thinks Matt is involved with another woman. Karen haunts Matt's dreams. Maggie hears Matt call Karen's name in his sleep.
S1 • E1453
When Matt presses an exhausted and sleep-deprived Maggie, she tells him about last night. Matt insists that he loves Maggie and isn't having an affair with Karen. Maggie refuses to respond to Matt's arguments and goes back to bed. Matt wants to forget the incident in Karen's apartment, but she argues the difference between forgetting and sublimation. Karen declares that she will survive, as does Maggie when she decides to go in to work at the clinic. Maggie and Karen play an ambiguous word game about survival and fate. Karen gains the upper hand after she reveals that Matt, of his own free will, went to her apartment at lunch.
S1 • E1454
Penny advises Althea about career women living in a mad, mod world of fashion. Later, Penny writes in her diary that Althea will marry Nick. Althea encourages Maggie to bide her time and remain quiet until Matt works out his problems. Jody Lee brings Liz some flower power. Maggie apologizes to Liz. Nick invites Althea out to a supper without all of Hope Memorial's chaperons. Althea finds Nick's comments hostile when he automatically takes Matt's side in the quarrel between Matt and Maggie.
S1 • E1455
Martha talks with Nick, encouraging him to get to the bottom of Ed's problem. Nick says he wants to get loaded in peace and asks if Ed knows an out of the way bar. Jody Lee meets Martha and reveals the death of his father on an oil derrick in the Gulf of Mexico. Nick and Ed get loaded at the bar, where Nick grouses about women being trouble. Ed opens up regarding his experience in Vietnam and is tempted to tell Nick his secret. Before he can continue, his friend Norman interrupts with word about Anna's mother. Ed tells him to cool it, quickly excuses himself, and leaves.
S1 • E1456
Ed tells Anna about his night out drinking with Nick and admits that he has admiration for Nick. Anna encourages Ed to find another girl who is more alive than she is. Matt stops by the research lab to talk. He confides in Nick that he doesn't want to go home to Maggie because they do nothing but bicker. Ed reads Anna to sleep, but he wonders where it will all end. Maggie tries to take Althea's advice to not be angry with Matt. Attempting to clear the air before their long trip to Mike's graduation leads to another argument between the two.
S1 • E1457
Matt and Maggie declare a moratorium after last night's argument, but both find it difficult keeping their agreement to forget Hope Memorial and its staff members for the day. Althea confronts Karen about her interference in Matt and Maggie's marriage. Liz defines the difference between her generation and Althea's. Carolee demonstrates why it's kinder to tell little white lies. Before leaving for Mike's graduation upstate, Maggie visits Althea in the outpatient clinic and hears about her conversation with Karen. Nurse Wheeler notices Karen setting up a lab experiment. Karen learns the results of her pregnancy test.
S1 • E1458
Matt and Maggie return home to a stuffy house, and things aren't any fresher when they begin to argue again about Karen. Maggie issues Matt a very stern ultimatum regarding their marriage, prompting him to walk out on her. Karen gets into an argument with a patient over birth control pills, necessitating Matt's intervention. Karen wants to know why Matt is avoiding her. Karen is reduced to tears when Matt suggests she stop indulging in fantasies that they are made for each other.
S1 • E1459
Maggie confides in Althea that she has given Matt an ultimatum that implies separation or divorce. Althea refuses to allow Maggie to throw her marriage away over a situation that doesn't warrant it. Nick and Ed are so joyous at a laboratory discovery that he shows affection to Martha. Nick wants to celebrate his discovery with Althea, but they have a tiff when she declines. Ed talks with Martha about youth and simple choices. Ed takes another call about Anna and tells Martha that talking about it won't solve the problem. Althea wonders if she and Nick have argued themselves out of a lovely celebratory dinner.
S1 • E1460
Liz realizes that Jody is far more than the simple Southern country boy everyone assumes him to be. Althea talks with Nick about the troubled Powers marriage, but she doesn't appreciate his perception that American women have hangups about sex. Nick is speechless when Althea turns the tables to a discussion of female affairs and double standards. Liz and Jody attempt to make a point to Carolee about changing the world. Martha tracks down Nick at Ronny's restaurant and shares with him her clues to Ed's mystery. Nick and Martha ignore Althea's protests that Ed might not desire their interference.
S1 • E1461
Penny has an idea to bring Nick and Althea closer together during her summer vacation. Althea reminds Nick what he said about privacy and Ed. Ed visits Anna and cannot bear to watch her in pain. Karen has a way out of her current situation, though she is ambivalent about going through with it. Steve finds an upset Karen in the outpatient clinic. Karen orders Steve to mind his own business. Later, Steve jokes with Karen about getting stuck in the elevator with him so that she can pretend he's Matt. Nick makes a move on Althea as Penny secretly spies on them.
S1 • E1462
Karen ignores Carolee's warning regarding Matt. Matt apologizes after Karen makes a stunning announcement. Maggie's bubble is burst when Matt reveals that he never had any intention of submitting to her ultimatum. Matt insists that no matter what they did, he and Maggie were going to lose either way. Maggie realizes that she must do something to resolve the situation with Karen. Karen receives a transatlantic call from Germany. Eavesdropping at Karen's apartment door, Maggie discovers Karen's secret.
S1 • E1463
Matt swears Carolee to secrecy after dictating a letter to personnel about Karen. Later, Steve takes Carolee's dictation pad and learns what no one is supposed to know. Maggie grossly misinterprets the information she has about Karen. Steve forces his way into Karen's apartment and demands to know what's going on. Karen won't be swayed by Steve's insistence that he cares about her and something more permanent can grow between them if she gives it a chance. Maggie listens coldly and dispassionately as Matt expresses hope that things can soon be forgotten.
S1 • E1464
The younger generation teaches the older generation something when Nick and Althea attempt to help Penny with her New Math problem. Penny bets on Nick to make Althea happy and prevent her from going back to Grandmother Hamilton in Greenville. Maggie interrupts Nick and Althea's romantic evening, but Althea gives him a rain check to pick up where they left off. Althea insists Maggie's arrival was welcome, since things with Nick are moving too fast. Maggie shares with Althea her belief that Matt fathered a baby with Karen.
S1 • E1465
Nick tells Martha about his evening drinking with Ed Stark. Martha and Nick compare notes in the Ed Stark mystery. Nick takes offense when Althea refuses to confide in him about Maggie's problem. Ed injects an agonized Anna. Anna begs Ed not to stay and watch her die as her body builds a tolerance to the morphine. Nick accuses Althea of distrusting him. Ed says he'll talk openly with Nick when Nick learns to transfer pain from one person to another. Althea interrupts their conversation before Nick can address the cryptic comment.
S1 • E1466
After interrupting Ed on the verge of confessing to Nick, Althea attempts to apologize to bad, belligerent Bellini. Nick laughs hysterically when Althea finally tells him Maggie's suspicions about Karen. Matt meets with Althea to discuss a new intern, but she wonders if she can't help him with something else. Jody Lee annoys an irritable Matt. Later, he theorizes to Liz that Matt's problems aren't related to Hope Memorial. When Maggie abandons him for the night to think, Matt needs Nick's company.
S1 • E1467
Matt compares the morning to a bad Noel Coward play with no jokes when he and Maggie trade sarcasm and exhibit animosity toward one another. Penny wants Nick and Althea to take her camping. Maggie coldly rejects Matt's supposition that things will soon be back to normal, and the situation disintegrates rapidly when Maggie admits she confided in Althea. Penny and Althea present their proposition to Nick. Maggie stuns Althea with her latest contemplation.
S1 • E1468
Steve persuades Karen to have dinner with him so that he can make her change her mind. Nick requests vacation time to take Penny and Althea camping, and Matt wants to know if they're becoming "a thing" again. Nick realizes the severity of problems in the Powers marriage. Maggie questions Karen about her future intentions. Matt demands that he and Maggie stop all the nonsense. When Steve begins to kiss her, Karen accuses him of only wanting sex from her, leading Steve to anger.
S1 • E1469
Liz takes a message from Penny and learns she and Althea are planning a trip with Nick. Liz can't help but wonder if a flame is being rekindled. Jody entertains Carolee and Liz with his opinion of the basics in life. Karen recounts for Althea, Liz, and Jody Lee a melancholy memory from her childhood. Jody Lee advises Althea about camping. Karen apologizes for showing her emotions in the clinic. Althea reassures Karen that she's a good doctor, but Karen feels that she has failed as a human being.
S1 • E1470
An anxious Penny arrives at Hope Memorial. Penny confides to Liz that she's pushing Nick and Althea toward marriage with the hope that Nick will adopt her, and they can be a family. Liz strongly urges Penny to let the adults decide for themselves. Martha and Ed vow to prove to Nick that they can run the lab without his presence. Carolee's keen mind deduces the obvious when Steve pressures her to give him the scoop regarding Karen. Steve threatens Carolee to not spread gossip around the hospital about his interest in Karen. Anna hears Ed laugh for the first time since Vietnam, but after being overcome with pain, she gives him his marching orders.
S1 • E1471
Penny has groovy time on the camping trip despite Nick's lousy food, Althea's bad coffee, and the threat of rain. Unable to carry on a conversation with one another, Matt tells Maggie that a marriage merely of tolerance is not for him. Jody Lee finds the draft of a goodbye letter from Karen to Matt. Karen is moved to a desperate act. Carolee gives in to Jody Lee's insistence that Karen may be in serious trouble. After getting the phone call about Karen's letter, Matt decides to go to her apartment, but Maggie issues him a stern warning.
S1 • E1472
Maggie disbelieves anything is wrong with Karen. Carolee fears she and Jody Lee will be summarily dismissed if they misinterpreted Karen's letter, though he argues that they had good intentions. Matt arrives at Karen's apartment and fails to rouse her. Later, after the apartment manager lets him in, Matt treats Karen. Maggie learns from Carolee that Matt didn't take Karen to Hope Memorial, and fears that she has lost while Karen has won. Karen makes a solemn vow to Matt, but she wants to be alone in her shame. Matt reacts to Maggie's revelation of Karen's secret.
S1 • E1473
Matt protects Karen by demanding that Carolee and Jody forget that they ever saw Karen's letter. Nick, Althea, and Penny return home from their ruined trip. Nick calms Penny. Later, Althea and Nick get carried away during a 5 a.m coffee klatch. Althea admits that she's scared, and Nick wonders if she wants to call it quits. Matt confides in Carolee about what really happened with Karen, but swears her to keep it secret from everyone, including Jody. Afterward, Matt plans to meet Karen at her apartment.
S1 • E1474
Matt shows Karen how he discovered her predicament and shares his own. Karen offers to set things right Maggie, but she feels that Maggie wouldn't believe her. Matt doesn't learn everything about Karen's horrible twist of fate. Liz tells Steve about Karen's absence. Steve leaves to see Karen. Liz makes Maggie's situation worse by suggesting she confide in Matt to solve her problems. Matt accuses Maggie of not caring about their marriage. A stubborn and hurt Maggie refuses to heed Matt's suggestion.
S1 • E1475
Steve gossips to Karen about Maggie's tears and proposes that Karen is probably the reason. Karen stuns Steve with the real reason Matt was at her apartment overnight. After Nick attempts to stop Ed from leaving when he gets another phone call, Ed insists he doesn't have time to explain. Liz's concern for Maggie leads her to discuss the situation with Nick, whose advice is not what she anticipated. Steve demands the truth from Karen and gets far more than he bargained for.
S1 • E1476
Karen repeats herself to a stunned Steve, and he wonders if this was the reason why she wanted to die. When Maggie becomes irritated with patient Mr. Hansen, Althea encourages her to talk her problems out with Matt, but Maggie's plans are not what Althea wanted. The tension between Matt and Maggie disturbs Carolee. Maggie's latest decision leaves Matt speechless. Arriving at Hope Memorial following the news from Karen, Steve tells Carolee that the world is one big glass house with too many stone-throwers.
S1 • E1477
Matt insists he loves Maggie, and when she refuses to believe him, he warns her that she has killed their marriage. After Matt leaves, Maggie decides that she looks different now as a woman without a man's love. Jody Lee and Liz take advantage of Matt's absence to use his office, where Jody amuses Liz with stories about his eccentric uncles. A dazed and exhausted Matt settles into his new surroundings. Maggie thinks Matt's professions of love are a lie. Matt and Maggie's words haunt one another as they spend the night apart.
S1 • E1478
Ed begins to realize the depth of Nick's caring. After Nick eavesdrops on Ed's telephone conversation, Ed confesses everything, including his guilt. Nick badgers a defensive Carolee into telling him about Matt and Maggie's marriage. Anna shares with Ed the secret world of Anna Ford, a place she goes under the influence of morphine. Ed must listen as Anna makes him face the reality of their situation.
S1 • E1479
Althea notes subtext in the conversation when Steve questions Karen about her feelings toward children. Karen attempts to ease the tension between her and Maggie, but Maggie won't yield. Matt lectures Carolee when she makes references to his personal life. Althea informs Matt about the tension that Maggie and Karen are creating in the clinic. Steve accuses Karen of continuing to harbor hope about her and Matt, and Matt interrupts their conversation. Maggie finds Matt and Karen together in a patient booth. Matt orders Maggie to listen to Karen, but she refuses.
S1 • E1480
Liz and Jody babysit for Greta, and Jody charms Maggie. Althea doesn't like Maggie's plan, but she agrees to it. Liz is impressed by Jody when he comforts Greta with a harmonica lullaby. Penny persuades Nick to join her in milk and cookies, and she extracts a promise designed to bring Nick and Althea together. Liz coaches Jody in his studies for a diploma. When Althea attempts to talk about Matt, Maggie bids her goodnight. Greta cries for Matt. Althea arrives home to find Nick on her sofa.
S1 • E1481
Matt tries to eat a lonely breakfast at the hotel. Maggie feels compelled to phone Matt. Later, they accidentally meet at the hospital, waiting for a slow elevator. Carolee's enthusiasm over seeing the Powerses together annoys Matt. Maggie clarifies Matt's visiting privileges, and he angers her when he mentions Karen. Maggie chastises Matt for not invoking the morals clause in Karen's contract, as he did with Althea, who is an old friend. Matt admonishes Maggie for vindictiveness and taking pleasure in hurting Karen. Later, Maggie apologizes for being hateful.
S1 • E1482
Althea calls Nick on the carpet for teasing Maggie and Karen when he understands the animosity between them. Karen and Maggie spar in the clinic over patient diagnoses, and Althea suggests they decide if they can work together. Karen lays out their problem in medical terms, but Maggie isn't at all moved. Nick relates Ed and Anna's story to Martha. Later, Nick questions Ed about the specifics of Anna's medical case. Ed is skeptical of Nick's request. Althea admits to Nick that she's scared to take another chance.
S1 • E1483
Steve offers Karen a solution to her pain, but he grossly misinterprets her surprising reaction. Liz becomes Steve's punching bag when she pushes him following his humiliation with Karen. Liz insists that Jody had no right to defend her against Steve, leading to their first disagreement. Karen attempts to explain herself and her point of view to Steve, who paints a dismal picture of the future. Karen fails to believe in Steve's professed altruism.
S1 • E1484
When Nick meets Anna, she shoots from the hip, but he persuades her with his concern for Ed. Anna and Nick reach an understanding. Matt finds Jody studying his chemistry lesson in Nick's lab. Jody wants to talk, and Liz doesn't. She tells him about her plans to go on a cross country trip with her father. Nick offers Anna a ten percent chance, with the alternative of her remaining a paralyzed junkie. Anna warns Nick about his chances with Ed. Matt advises Nick to rethink his plans for Anna and then throws him out when he misjudges Matt's relationship with Karen.
S1 • E1485
Steve comments on Karen's warmth and gentleness while treating an injured little girl. Karen and Steve debate whether or not a person can learn to love. Nick explains to Althea why he's completely convinced of Matt's innocence, but Althea strongly urges him to forget it because Maggie isn't ready to accept the truth. Steve eavesdrops on Nick's attempt to convince Maggie that she's wrong. Althea blows up at Nick for being a bull in a china shop with his approach. Later, she says something to Nick that she hasn't said in a very long time.
S1 • E1486
Nick owes Matt an apology. Matt and Nick examine Anna's spinal x-rays, and neither like what they see. An angry Ed accuses Nick of wanting to play God by gambling on Anna's life. Matt spares Karen another attempt at persuasion by Steve. After she tells him she remains undecided about her plans, Karen feels that Matt wants her resignation, and she becomes humiliated when Matt points out paragraph nine in her contract.
S1 • E1487
Karen promises Matt that she will see to it that his problem is resolved within a month. Maggie finds Karen leaving Matt's office and lays out the ground rules for their dinner with Greta. Karen grouses to Steve about her meeting with Matt. Steve encourages Karen to beat the immoral morals clause. Carolee quizzes Jody's history lesson in Liz's absence. Maggie and Matt discuss how to handle Mike's return at the end of the month, and she eventually drives Matt away.
S1 • E1488
Martha compliments Nick on being the best boss in the world because she believes Anna and Ed will have a Hollywood ending. Nick has pre-operative jitters over Anna's very poor odds and Ed's threats. Ed accuses Nick of brainwashing Anna. Maggie counsels a patient whose situation reminds her of her own with Matt. Steve has a humorous encounter with a Spanish-speaking patient. Ed's emphatic with Anna about her not having the operation, while Nick admits he imposed his own values on Anna's decision. Anna gives Ed and Nick an impassioned speech about not wanting to continue watching life go by.
S1 • E1489
Matt doesn't envy Nick's chances with the operation, nor does he entirely disagree with Ed's perspective. Karen feels that she's the cause of Matt's marital problems, though Matt theorizes that Maggie's insecurity with their relationship runs deeper. Nick admits to Karen that he knows, and says that he doesn't judge her. Nervous about the operation, Nick gets drunk with Matt. The two end up discussing marriage, and Nick makes a very unlikely statement regarding Althea.
S1 • E1490
The uncomfortable tension between Matt and Maggie bothers Steve. Carolee reads Steve his horoscope, which is more accurate than she knows. Matt receives a disturbing cablegram about his son Mike, and calls for Maggie. Thinking Matt wants to discuss their marriage, Maggie refuses to see him immediately. Steve shows kindness to Maggie, who decides he's secretly a considerate man. Matt and Maggie consider what to tell Mike. Steve acts on his horoscope, but Carolee has given him the wrong one.
S1 • E1491
Steve insists on seeing the Powerses, and subsequently, he and Maggie each desperately need forgiveness. Despite the latest turn of events, Matt doubts that things can ever be the same again. Steve reveals to Karen the real reason he acted like a boy scout, and it's not altogether altruistic. Karen isn't certain that she can ever love, but she agrees to consider the future. Maggie's attempts at helpfulness create even more tension for Matt at the hotel.
S1 • E1492
Maggie attempts to explain her emotional insecurities to Matt. Nick pays a visit to Althea and Penny who have returned from their vacation in Greenville. Nick presses Althea about whether or not she reached a decision while she was away, and she has an important confession for him. Maggie and Matt have a restless first night together, which results a serious dialogue about the future of their marriage.
S1 • E1493
Nick realizes that the operation is imminent, and he takes out his fears on Carolee and Martha. Steve tips off Althea that she might notice a difference in the clinic's atmosphere. Ed wants to observe the operation, but Nick decides to play dictator. Nick interrupts Steve's hints to Althea that she will find the situation between Matt, Maggie, and Karen somewhat changed since she last saw her friends.
S1 • E1494
Carolee unknowingly puts her foot in her mouth by congratulating Matt and Maggie for reconciling their differences. Maggie fills Althea in on the things that have happened while she was away. Later, Maggie must face Karen with a very difficult apology. A fearful Anna needs Ed to build her confidence, but it's Matt who manages to find something to smile about. Karen and Maggie realize that they end up hurting themselves more than they do others.
S1 • E1495
Matt wishes a very tense Nick good luck before the delicate operation commences. Later, Althea has a temporary cure to allay Nick's preoperative jitters. The operation begins, and Althea can't watch. Steve talks with Althea about building a life on honorable intentions but with feet planted firmly in the mud. Ed is on pins and needles as the risky operation drags on. A firm Matt won't allow Ed to continue whining. Karen agrees with what Steve's logic demands. A grave-faced Nick arrives at Matt's office following the end of surgery.
S1 • E1496
After the operation, the patient regains consciousness, but it will take weeks to determine how successful Nick's efforts might have been. Confused by his patient's lack of emotion, Nick calls in his rain check for a dinner with Althea. Althea's simple question to Karen receives a very defensive and complex response. Anna requests a resignation, but is willing to fire too if necessary. Nick 's rather unorthodox proposal embarrasses Althea.
S1 • E1497
An anxious Nick demands an answer from Althea, but she wants to consider the events of the past year. After Karen admits she feels ugly, Steve encourages her to forget what others think and to be herself. Karen lays the ground rules for a strict constitution between her and a reluctant Steve. Nick finally gets a response from Althea; however, her traditional ideas don't thrill him.
S1 • E1499
Maggie wonders why she and Matt haven't been contacted by Mike. After Karen shares her upcoming plans with Matt and explains the ordered logic behind it, he advises her that she can't calculate her life like a mathematical formula. Maggie confides to Althea that Matt continues to be a man of inaction, which suggests that he can't forgive her. Later, Maggie has to drag the good news out of Althea, and then Karen creates an uncomfortable silence by volunteering her own news.
S1 • E1500
Jody convinces Carolee to help him study for his high school equivalence final exam. Matt receives a phone call from Mike, at the airport, and Mike wants nothing more than a normal home with no complications. Carolee finds tutoring Jody a frustrating experience. Matt and Maggie debate whether or not to inform Mike about the serious marital problems they faced over the summer. Maggie reassures Matt that they're going to be all right. Mike arrives for a joyous reunion with his parents and friends at Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1501
Matt and Maggie are affected by Mike's assessment of his experiences in France. Penny receives the news she has longed to hear from Nick and Althea. Nick is no match for Althea and Penny, who have bigger ideas than he prefers. Mike's idea of the perfect marriage makes Maggie uncomfortable. Matt and Mike have a man-to-man talk, and Matt notices a new directness in his son. Matt avoids Maggie's question.
S1 • E1502
Martha diagnoses Nick's foul mood as pessimism and makes a prediction about Ed and Anna. Karen fails to see the humor in a failed attempt to gather relevant information and the mechanization of America. Anna refuses to move forward unless Ed agrees to a promise he's reluctant to make. Steve wonders if Karen is still concerned with Matt's opinion. Nick demands that Ed and Anna cut out their nonsense, and Anna responds with harsh words for Ed. Anna faces her first serious struggle.
S1 • E1503
Nick manipulates Anna's anger at Ed to help her overcome her obstacle. Matt arrives in time to share in a joyous celebration. Steve reassures Karen on their errand to the bureau. Matt eats crow with Steve and toasts another one of his staff members. Matt learns that Maggie failed to share the news about Nick and Althea. After Maggie wonders if it's too late for forgiveness from Matt, and his explanation isn't what she wants to hear.
S1 • E1504
Althea diagnoses Penny with a very common ailment on her first day at her new school, but she has a similar story to share. Afterward, Althea takes the first step toward her future with Nick. Jody shares his joy with friends at Hope Memorial. Liz and Althea advise Jody about his future, though he doesn't like the next step.
S1 • E1505
Liz wants a reluctant Jody Lee to make an appeal to Matt for a different job. Eventually she forces the two into a meeting. Matt is amenable to the idea, but his conditions give Jody pause. Likewise, Althea forces Nick into a meeting with Dr. John Wheeler. though Nick doesn't understand what there is to talk about. Later, Althea laments the outcome of the meeting. Nick explains his point-of-view to Althea, but ends up conceding to her desires.
S1 • E1506
Steve presents Karen with their new lease in life, as well as something else she wasn't expecting. Karen shares her childhood fantasy of marriage. Maggie introduces Mike to the doctors in the outpatient clinic. Mike goes straight into action when Juan, a young Hispanic teenager, is brought in as an emergency but can't speak English. Maggie comforts Juan's mother when she holds up the surgery. The Powerses have a mutual admiration society at the end of the day. Matt realizes that Maggie is trying to delay the inevitable, and it leads to an unexpected change in their marriage.
S1 • E1507
Maggie makes an early morning decision about her future with Matt. It's moving day for Karen, who feels she's going from nothing to nothing. Maggie confirms for Matt that she thinks all of their ghosts have been exorcised. Matt worries about Karen and Steve, but elsewhere, Karen and Steve are reassured about what a wonderful day it is for them.
S1 • E1508
Anna confides in Nick the sad story of what the future doesn't hold for her. Karen and Steve experience an uncomfortable beginning in the new apartment. Althea and Nick explain to Penny why she's not invited on their very special trip. Steve recalls a past love for Karen, who goes out of her way to avoid any tenderness with him.
S1 • E1509
When they commiserate about being the children of great doctors, Mike and Karen befriend one another. Papa Powers gives his blessing along with some good-nature teasing. Nick isn't certain he can wait until November. Jody grudgingly gives Matt a decision about the orderly job. Steve and Karen gently disagree about the gender of their future baby. Later, Steve's thoughtfulness touches Karen, but she can't allow herself to submit to his tenderness.
S1 • E1510
Nick feels that the time has come for Anna's next step, but she insists it's too soon. Jody is ready to start on Monday, but Matt reminds him that he still hasn't met the important condition he and Matt agreed upon. The staff teases Jody unmercifully as Hope Memorial's new barber prepares for "surgery". Nick forces Anna to try, and when her mind won't cooperate, Ed accuses him of torturing the patient.
S1 • E1511
Nick ignores Ed and continues to push Anna. Afterward, she declares Nick the toughest sissy she knows. Ed proves to Anna that he's been taking lessons from Dr. Bellini. Anna makes a joyous telephone call to her mother. Martha tells Nick "I told you so". Liz buries the hatchet with Nick. Nick makes a deal for Ed to rejoin the human race. Matt gives Anna a pep talk about the future.
S1 • E1512
Althea and Maggie revel in their newfound happiness, while Karen is glum. Maggie makes a friendly gesture toward Karen. Althea brings Nick lunch, but Nick finds her more delicious than his roast beef on rye. When Nick is late for his meeting, Matt wishes Althea and Nick would be married already. As Karen discusses the Ramos case with Matt, she experiences a crying jag. Maggie abruptly walks into a very familiar scene between Matt and Karen. The Powereses counsel Karen about the possibility of happiness
S1 • E1513
Mike reacts with sensitivity to Carolee and Jody's comparisons between him and his father. Steve gives Mike tips for med school. Carolee worries that Liz doesn't know about Steve and Karen, but later, Liz accidentally learns while teasing Steve. Seeing the change in Liz's demeanor from chipper to blue, Jody persuades her to tell him what's bothering her, and he touches her with his sweet story of the butterfly.
S1 • E1514
A dejected Penny learns the reason why white is no longer the color for Althea. Karen rejects Steve's thoughtful gesture and reminds him that they're legal roommates. Penny's ideas are a tad bit lofty for Nick and Althea, who want to keep things as small and simple as possible. Karen admits to Steve that she can't control her emotions any longer, but she raises Steve's ire when she casually mentions her crying jag earlier in Matt's office.
S1 • E1515
Steve bristles with jealousy over Matt's phone call, placing Karen in a difficult position. Karen shames Steve when she tells him who actually comforted her in Matt's office. Matt and Mike talk about Mike's absence during the last year, and Mike's lack of communication following his divorce from Valerie. Maggie and Matt are quietened by Mike's insinuation that their marriage is infallible. Tension in the Aldrich household thickens as Matt and Maggie's gift appears particularly ill-chosen.
S1 • E1516
Maggie resolves to stop focusing on Karen and Steve's problems and concentrate on her and Matt's important family goal. Mike grouses about Steve teaching him boring, elementary hospital tasks. Phillip Townsend informs Matt that board member Jason Randall wants a full review of Hope Memorial, but Matt resents Randall's attempts to use it to boost his political campaign. Mike experiences a bad case of cold feet with his first patient. Later, an angry Carolee catches Steve reading Mike the riot act.
S1 • E1517
Carolee advises Mike to not let Steve get to him, but suggests he has an even worse enemy than Dr. Aldrich. Ed visits Anna, but they continue to avoid anything personal. Jody offers a Southern solution for everyone who has the blues, and the group agrees to form a TGIF club. Ed returns to Anna's room to tell her something very personal, though he's interrupted by Mike, who arrives to work with Anna. When Matt questions Mike about his day, Mike finds it difficult to articulate what's bugging him.
S1 • E1518
Matt wants to confront Mike with his suspicions that something's wrong, but Maggie argues otherwise. Steve's had a bad day and expresses his annoyance with the high and mighty Powers family to Karen. Penny takes matters into her own hands with the wedding preparations. Karen reminds Steve of what she has spared him by undressing in the bathroom, and later cries when he reacts in his typically poor form.
S1 • E1519
Martha gives Nick good news about an absent Ed. Matt tells Nick that he'll be working with new physical therapist Nancy Bennet in Anna's case. Nick rejects Penny's idea about Althea and wonders if her mother put her up to it. When he loses his cool, he makes her cry. Althea thinks someone has the wrong number when she receives a call from a wedding caterer who specializes in large groups.
S1 • E1520
Maggie reassures a patient who worries about her inability to become pregnant, and Althea wonders if it has some significance to Maggie. Althea's sudden nagging self doubts about marriage please Maggie. Karen and Steve argue much too loudly in the clinic about his behavior the previous night. Steve admits to Matt that he read Mike the riot act, but he did it for the wrong reasons. Maggie encourages Karen to show more respect to Steve.
S1 • E1521
Nick's attempt to create a romantic, memorable moment for Althea is ruined between the sterilizer and filing cabinet, but she still finds it beautiful. Karen and Steve are embarrassed when they interrupt Althea and Nick's moment. Carolee and the nurses at the front desk make a fuss over Althea's gift. Karen reminds Steve that they are not Nick and Althea, while Steve has an apology to make. Penny continues making elaborate plans without Althea's consent. Althea lectures Penny about Nick's shyness.
S1 • E1522
Althea reveals the complexities of love to Penny. Penny secretly phones the newspaper about Nick and Althea's wedding. Ed doesn't think Martha's right when she insists on making a big fuss over Nick. Nick blows up after receiving a phone call from Robin Edwards, the editor of the newspaper's society page. Anna tells Ed her plans for the future, but finds he's more of an anchor around her neck. Nick grumbles to Althea that their plans aren't simple and private any more.
S1 • E1523
Steve receives an icy reception from Carolee, who deems him a sadist. Matt picks up on the tension at the nurse's desk and tries to talk to Mike as a father instead of the chief of staff. A telegram from local congressman Jason Randall creates more problems for Matt. Liz is dragged into the conflict between Steve and Carolee. Carolee fills Liz in on the gossip about Karen and Steve. Liz thinks the lady doth protest too much when Carolee insists she hates Steve.
S1 • E1524
Hope Memorial is invaded by Congressman Jason Randall and his posse of reporters, and Carolee fears Matt will blame her for not enforcing his orders. Jody and Congressman Randall have an embarrassing meeting in the staff lounge. Liz accepts Jody's offer. Matt loses his cool in front of the press and makes an enemy. Maggie fears that they haven't heard the last of humiliated Randall.
S1 • E1525
Mike tells Matt about the lesson he learned. Phillip Townsend calls Matt on the carpet for the humiliation of Jason Randall. Mike worries what will happen to Matt if Randall loses the election. Althea and Maggie pray Nick won't see the announcement in the newspaper, but he does. After he blows his stack and threatens to spank Penny, he and Althea quarrel. Althea confronts Penny.
S1 • E1526
Ed harbors fears, but not for the reason that Martha thinks. Nick advises Ed that he and Anna have to let go of their old past. Mike receives tough instruction from Nancy Bennet, Hope Memorial's new physical therapist. Nick lectures Anna about the facts of life, with men and women being opposite species. Althea keeps Nick at bay. Nancy and Nick clash over her treatment of Anna, but Nick finds her a worthy opponent.
S1 • E1527
Penny locks herself in her bedroom rather than face Nick, who she allegedly fears. Nick forces Penny out and informs his ladies that he's going to be the man of the house. Carolee fusses over Liz, who is preparing for a date with Jody Lee. Penny apologizes to Nick, but he wants to know who really handled who. Jody's sudden change in mood confuses Liz. Nick needs saving from compulsive women.
S1 • E1528
With Mike and Maggie, Matt can't seem to avoid unpleasant talk of Congressman Jason Randall. Karen's coldness sends Steve to the bottle again, and his anger erupts. When Karen claims she wants things to be better, Steve suggests that she really doesn't. Nick continues to tease Matt about Jason Randall, and Matt returns the favor by bringing up the engagement.
S1 • E1529
Nick has a suggestion about the wedding, but Althea wants him to be brave instead. Penny unwisely continues to interfere in Nick and Althea's plans. Nick asks Althea to swear on Merck's manual that she won't ever change, though she admits that the strain has her envisioning changes in him, too. Maggie remembers something important that she needs to do for Althea. Penny lies to her mother, and later she can't bring herself to tell Nick and Althea what she's done.
S1 • E1530
Maggie and the nurses attempt to plan a very timely wedding shower. Ed worries about his upcoming residency. Maggie has to make a request that Nick won't like, but Ed comes up with an appealing alternative. Althea notices that conversations seem to cease wherever she goes. Maggie almost blows her pretext for getting Nick and Althea to their house. When Nick jokes about catching a slow boat to China, Matt advises him to just get it over with.
S1 • E1531
Carolee grumbles about the ogre Phillip Townsend III, who is soon to be admitted for his annual physical. Jody's down in the dumps because he fears Matt plans to fire him. Later, Jody meets with Matt and is surprised by the meeting. Matt counsels Carolee on how to deal with Phillip Townsend. Matt walks in on Mike irritating Nancy with questions regarding her marital status. Nancy suggests that Matt is an overprotective father. Carolee panics as Townsend arrives.
S1 • E1532
Karen bristles over Carolee's reminder about the bridal shower, while Steve angrily reminds Karen that she hasn't returned their gift from Matt and Maggie. Althea walks in on a tense domestic moment between Karen and Steve. Carolee clashes with Phillip Townsend. Althea reminds Karen that they have a great deal in common, and Althea offers her heartfelt advice. Townsend demands that Carolee find another aide to assist him during his stay at Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1533
Althea throws a monkey wrench in the plans for her shower when she tells Nick that she doesn't want to go to Matt and Maggie's house to see Mike's European slides. Preparing for the shower reminds Maggie of how much she loves Matt. Penny and Nick scramble to change Althea's mind. Maggie worries that all of her careful plans will go awry. Carolee grouses to Matt about Phillip Townsend, but Liz argues that he can't be that bad. The guests finally arrive, but Matt finds the proceedings extremely silly.
S1 • E1534
Martha and Karen join the bridal shower. Penny makes Karen uncomfortable by singing Steve's praises. Out drinking with the boys, Matt and Ed accuse Nick of running scared, but he explains how he doesn't need anybody. Penny and Althea disagree about the size of the wedding, forcing Penny to confess to a stunned Althea that she has changed her mother and Nick's arrangements. After Penny's revelation, Althea fears she'll lose the groom.
S1 • E1535
An angry Althea wants to know everything that Penny has done, and decides she has to tell Nick. Attempting to sober up, Nick realizes that he just wants it all to be over with no fanfare. Maggie tells Matt about the latest problem in Nick and Althea's romance. Nick proposes what he and Althea should do, but when she tells him how Penny has complicated their plans, he suggests a practical solution. Nick reacts badly when Althea rejects his alternative.
S1 • E1536
Althea remembers Nick's words. Penny attempts to rectify the problems that she caused, but Althea lectures her about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. After telling Maggie about Nick's angry reaction, Althea admits that she thinks he was actually right. Townsend wants Matt to find him an intelligent, efficient aide. Nick takes out his frustration on Carolee. Matt subtly attempts to make Nick see that he's cutting off his nose to spite his face where Althea is concerned.
S1 • E1539
Penny questions Althea about where things stand with Nick, and Althea ushers her out to a movie with friends. Later, Althea decides to send a telegram but stops herself. Nick hesitates outside Althea's apartment door but finally musters the nerve to ring the bell. Nick orders Althea to tell him from the gut what she feels, and they resolve their differences. Speaking privately with Penny, Nick changes his mind when she confides in him why she was so desperate to give Althea a posh wedding.
S1 • E1540
Althea and Maggie shop for dresses, while Matt, shopping with Nick, suggests that he take his medicine like a man. Carolee informs a skeptical Phillip Townsend that he's going to receive the aide he wants. Jody tells Carolee about his date, and she encourages him to not give up on creating sparks with Liz. Nick grumbles about his penguin suit, but Matt thinks they look smashing. Liz introduces herself to Townsend, who experiences tunnel vision.
S1 • E1541
Phillip Townsend reacts very strangely toward Liz and pries into her personal life. Carolee and Liz receive invitations to a wedding. Matt jokes with Maggie about guerrilla shopping with Nick. Carolee asks Jody to escort Townsend to radiology when Liz is tied up with another task, but Townsend clashes with oafish Jody and insists upon waiting for Liz. Afterward, Townsend elicits a promise from Liz that she'll visit him again. All of the wedding excitement gives Nick the jitters.
S1 • E1542
Althea has another surprise from Penny's machinations. Grandmother Hamilton arrives at Althea's apartment for a visit. Caviar and anchovies try to beat Nick down. After Anna wishes Nick good luck, he insists that she leave the hospital to attend his ceremony. When Nick kindly gives Nancy an invitation, she tearfully explains that her husband, a newspaper photographer, was killed in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but his body was never found. Later, Nick admits to Althea that he feels guilt for pushing Nancy into revealing painful events.
S1 • E1543
Steve demonstrates kindness to Karen, including a gift. Karen recounts a story from her childhood, and after confessing her feelings of imperfection, she rejects Steve once again. Carolee is chastised by Matt. An emergency delays Matt from the rehearsal. Dr. Wheeler wonders how the doctors from Hope Memorial manage complicated surgeries when they can't even perform a simple wedding rehearsal.
S1 • E1544
On the morning of her wedding, Althea remembers the past and speculates about her future. Edna and Althea discuss mothers and daughters. Althea admits to Nick that she's terrified. Maggie's comments about loving weddings remind a melancholy Mike of his own wedding just a year ago, and Matt realizes that his son is still sensitive about the subject. Nick needs a stiff drink after arriving at the Powers house.
S1 • E1545
Althea receives a very surprising telegram about the wedding. Edna doesn't want Althea to phone Nick again, while Matt gives the same advice to Nick when he decides to call Althea. Matt reminisces about his marriage to Maggie. Nick is frantic to remember something that he has forgotten. Althea and Nick have to speak to one another one last time before church. As they leave for the church, Matt has an awful feeling that he and Nick are still forgetting something.
S1 • E1546
Guests arrive for the ceremony, while a miserable Nick paces anxiously in the church anteroom. Matt and Dr. Wheeler refuse to allow Nick to see Althea before the wedding. As they prepare to enter the chapel, Althea and Nick realize that it's really happening. Dr. Wheeler's words resonate with various guests, who have interior monologues about marriage and relationships. At a crucial moment in the ceremony, Nick and Matt come to the realization that they forgot something of great significance.
S1 • E1547
Maggie saves the day when it becomes apparent that the men have forgotten one of the most important things. Nick and Althea's commitment to one another is finally fulfilled. Guests celebrate the union of Nick and Althea. An uncomfortable Karen asks Steve to take her home. Nick teases Martha and is annoyed by the photographer, who receives his just desserts from the guests.
S1 • E1548
Althea discovers that Nick harbors an unexpected vulnerability, and she attempts to distract him with talk of home. Liz plays chess with Phillip Townsend, who warns her that she's walking into a trap. Carolee receives unwelcome news from Matt. Liz tutors Jody in philosophy. After Matt proves to Townsend that a hospital isn't a democratic institution, Phillip wants to see Liz again.
S1 • E1549
Townsend laments being alone with thoughts that he would like to forget, and he finds Liz quite a remarkable girl. Karen hides a medical problem from Steve, provoking a fight with him. Matt calls Steve on the carpet for shouting at Karen in the hospital. Carolee and Liz feel the icy chill of Karen and Steve, who continue quarreling violently once they arrive home. After Steve runs out on Karen, she phones Matt and begs for help.
S1 • E1550
Karen regrets driving Steve away and fears Matt might be too late. Carolee learns Matt has to deal with a crisis. Matt accuses Karen of thinking like a foolish woman instead of a doctor. Carolee is disturbed by Steve's condition when he arrives early for work, and maneuvers to save his hide. Karen tries to tell Matt about her earlier argument with Steve. Carolee receives news of the crisis at Karen's apartment, a situation that proves a sobering experience for Steve.
S1 • E1551
Matt demands to get the truth from an angry, combative Steve. Maggie hears about Nick and Althea from Mrs. Hamilton. Matt and Steve each recount their relationship with Karen. Matt views Steve in a very different light when Steve admits the depth of his patience with Karen. Karen awakens from the sedative Matt gave her and explains to Steve why she remained quiet. Matt discloses to Maggie what he learned about Steve's relationship with Karen but doesn't admit that he once gave Karen the encouragement that has continued to plague their lives.
S1 • E1552
Steve cares for a bedridden Karen. When Karen suggests all of their problems could easily be over, he insists that he doesn't want that. Nick and Althea enjoy their honeymoon in sunny Nassau. Steve apologizes to Carolee for his behavior and promises her that someday he'll make everything up to her. Liz notices Carolee's preoccupation after her conversation with Steve. Maggie takes Steve's place as Karen's caregiver and realizes how difficult it is for her to accept help.
S1 • E1553
Phillip Townsend prepares to leave but advises Liz that a young girl such herself should be more aware of her beauty. Carolee is happy to see Townsend leave. Ed wants to know why Anna always avoids making plans with him. Anna has a tough physical therapy session with Nancy, who encourages her to explore her emotional health as well as her physical well being. Anna confesses feelings that were stirred in her by the wedding. Carolee diagnoses herself with "post marital depression." Liz receives a surprise.
S1 • E1554
Unable to continue working, a preoccupied Townsend becomes haunted after viewing a photograph he keeps locked in his desk at work. A frightened Liz receives an anonymous phone call from someone who won't speak to her. Later, Carolee wonders if Liz could be exaggerating when she also confides that she felt like she was being followed on the way home from Hope Memorial. Liz feels as if she's spoiled the party when Mike and Jody Lee question her about her strange feelings of being watched.
S1 • E1555
Liz can't stop thinking about her fears, and Carolee and Liz's TGIF party is interrupted by a ringing telephone that disturbs Liz. Matt and Maggie visit Karen and Steve. While Matt examines Karen, Maggie attempts to convince Steve that Karen really does care for him. Carolee and Liz receive another phone call, and although the caller doesn't frighten Liz, its implications do. Matt and Maggie leave Karen and Steve to their status quo.
S1 • E1556
After receiving a very special package from home, Karen recalls the past with her father and Matt. Carolee suggests that Liz phone the police. Liz realizes that someone seems to know the comings and goings of their apartment. Karen is awash in sentimentality. Carolee gives Steve fair warning. Liz finally heeds Carolee's advice but when little can be done, Carolee takes steps to make it stop.
S1 • E1557
Nancy makes the impossible seem possible for Anna. Martha finds Ed becoming more like Nick every day. Anna demonstrates her progress for Ed. Martha and Mike leave Anna and Ed alone to talk about their future. Mike steps out of line again with Nancy, who suggests he get himself back in line. Afterward, Nancy gives Mike a dose of his medicine along with a piece of advice about his career.
S1 • E1558
After Mike expresses his concern to Matt about a sadness that Nancy seems to have, Matt tells him the story of Nancy's husband. Matt extends an invitation to Nancy who explains her feelings regarding holidays. Meanwhile, Liz advises Carolee that she has alternate plans for Thanksgiving, too. A scheming Townsend tricks Carolee into leaving the nurses station unattended.
S1 • E1560
Townsend implores Melisande to return to him. Jody asks Carolee for important Liz-Liz advice. A frightened Liz returns to the apartment with fears that she was followed home, and accuses Jody and Carolee of disbelieving her. Penny and Grandmother Hamilton welcome the newlyweds home, but the apartment is too crowded for Nick's intentions, and Penny is somewhat bewildered by the arrangements.
S1 • E1561
Newlyweds Althea and Nick have to tiptoe around Penny and Grandmother Hamilton, and the situation makes Nick very self conscious. Karen sees a problem in Steve's solution to get sleep, while he recognizes a certain behavior in her. Later, Steve makes an untimely discovery in their game of lover's hide-and-seek, leading to a decision to "phase out" their "delightful little comedy." Penny's tears prompt Nick to begin his new role.
S1 • E1562
Liz tells Carolee about her experience of getting their telephone number changed yet again. Karen returns to work. Carolee makes an observation when Steve volunteers for evening shifts at Hope Memorial. Matt counsels Karen after she confides in him about Steve's latest behavior and her feelings for him. Townsend persuades Liz to join him for lunch and brings Matt good tidings. At lunch, Townsend hints at a recent tragedy in his life.
S1 • E1563
Matt talks with Steve regarding what he learned from Karen, but Steve insists that something's got to give. Ed brings Anna a nice surprise, but she implores him to give her more time to herself as she rebuilds her life. Martha welcomes Nick back to the lab. Anna gives Nick a taste of his own medicine when he pries into her personal life. Ed sends a strong message to Nick. Penny and Nick speak of making adjustments.
S1 • E1564
Mike shudders at the thought of working with Steve and Karen in the clinic. Steve directs his anger and frustration with Karen directly at Matt Powers' son. Mike eavesdrops on the Steve and Karen's conversation. Steve tells Karen that he kept his promise to her, but she doesn't need him any more. The incident in the clinic has a grave effect on Mike. Steve makes a request of Carolee that elicits her sympathy.
S1 • E1565
Townsend completes an important task. Carolee and Jody's curiosity is piqued by a cablegram Liz receives from Paris. Liz informs her friends that her father has insisted that she visit him overseas, but Jody has a strange feeling about her sudden good luck. Liz talks to Matt about getting time off from Hope Memorial. Jody gives a heartfelt goodbye to Liz. Townsend makes Liz a special offer regarding her trip.
S1 • E1566
Townsend is anxious to get Liz out of the apartment for her trip. Carolee faces continual interruptions as she attempts to phone Liz before she leaves for Paris. Mike and Matt invite Nancy to dinner at the Powers home. Townsend encourages Liz to phone Carolee from the airport. Nancy reveals small bits about her life before she moved to town. Carolee arrives home and finding that Liz is gone worries that it's out of character for her roommate.
S1 • E1567
Matt and Maggie review Mike's attention to Nancy earlier in the evening. To clear her conscience, Nancy invites Mike in for a warm drink. After a lonely evening of listening to Christmas carols, Karen apologizes to Steve for her stubborn, unbending behavior, but she misreads Steve's intentions. Mike makes plans to light a fire of interest under Nancy. Steve gives Karen something that she would rather not have.
S1 • E1568
Carolee worries that Liz didn't say goodbye before leaving for Europe and persuades Steve to make their mutual lies the truth. An uncomfortable Liz reluctantly agrees to dinner at Townsend's mansion. Meanwhile, Steve discovers a relaxing ambiance at Carolee's apartment. Townsend advises Liz about finding happiness. Carolee offers Steve an objective view of Karen's inability to adapt quickly. Townsend feels that the time has come for Liz to reach her true potential.
S1 • E1569
Liz acquaints herself with Melisande's room. Maggie and the Bellinis tease Matt. A game of bridge is punishment in the Bellini household. Liz is confused by the strange thing occurring in Phillip's house, and Althea wonders if Nick wants to make changes to their household. Liz wants to leave for the airport, but Phillip insists on talking first, and then she sees Melisande.
S1 • E1570
Phillip tells Liz about his anger with the fates. Liz can't believe Phillip's portrait of Melisande and fails to understand the implications when Phillip recites the story of the Phoenix. Nick feels that Althea was unfair to Penny and doesn't like the reason. Penny manipulates Nick's attention. Liz realizes that going to Paris is impossible now.
S1 • E1571
Townsend pampers Liz with breakfast and tells her about his plans to ensure their freedom. Althea finds herself a third wheel when Nick attempts to divide his attention between both of the women in his life. Townsend recalls the painting of Melisande's portrait. Liz fails to reason with Townsend, who can't be dissuaded from his plans.
S1 • E1572
Carolee tells Mike that she received word from Liz. Liz can't escape the portrait of Melisande. Nancy has big news for Anna, while Anna shares important news of her own with Ed, Mike, and Nancy. Ed feels that Anna has played a dirty trick on him, but she argues that he has to face reality. Nancy offers Mike sensible advice when he confides in her about a severe warning he's received from medical school.
S1 • E1573
Nick presses Althea to admit that she's still sore with him, and he wants her to explain why. When Matt insists he has time to talk, Mike reluctantly takes Nancy's advice to tell his father the truth. Nancy suggests that Matt is the designer of dreams, but tears them down, too. Althea walks softly in Nick's lab. Deciding that their marriage is like a football game, Nick lays ground rules for the Bellini penalty flag.
S1 • E1574
Carolee thinks Liz is too busy shopping to contact her. Matt chastises Karen for not taking enough care of herself. Steve thanks Carolee for her sage advice, and afterward, he surprises Karen with his latest idea about working things out. At their apartment, Steve wonders if Karen can forgive-and-forget, but they agree there are no simple solutions. Liz searches Melisande's room.
S1 • E1575
Phillip continues to hold Liz captive.
S1 • E1576
Liz asks questions of Townsend that he won't answer. Matt proposes that what Mike really wants for Christmas is an understanding father, and Maggie urges him to use a different approach. A vulnerable Mike turns to a friend who refuses to coddle his childish behavior, leaving him to return home in a very defensive mood. Townsend decides that Melisande's "days of now will become days of more."
S1 • E1577
Matt and Mike attempt to discover some middle ground in their troubled father-son relationship. As Christmas approaches, Jody is down in the dumps and unhappy with Liz. Althea and Nick break a holiday promise to one another. Matt calls Nancy to his office for a talk. After Jody tells him about Liz, Nick thinks that her behavior is very uncharacteristic. Carolee considers contacting Liz's father.
S1 • E1578
Matt wonders why Mike doesn't intend to join his parents in their Christmas celebration. Nick has a nice surprise for Althea, but she doesn't appreciate his Christmas toast. After detecting a sadness in Maggie, Matt gives her an encouraging talk about the facts of life. The fearsome foursome enjoy the holiday together and step out of character to wish the viewing audience peace and brotherhood.
S1 • E1579
Althea urges Penny to not awaken a sleeping Nick on his day off, but she unwisely ignores her mother's advice. Steve turns on Carolee after her good intentions annoy him. Carolee laments having everything she needs to make a man happy, only there are no takers. The man who talks to his silent television passionately exercises his rights.
S1 • E1580
Matt and Maggie playfully tease one another about their Christmas presents, while Karen's analysis of the gifts that she and Steve exchanged demonstrate the difference in two marriages. Later, the Powerses settle in for a cozy afternoon in front of the fire. Townsend has gifts for his Melisande and suggests breaking holiday tradition this year for Liz. Karen unhappily tallies up events from the past year, ultimately deciding that Steve would much rather be somewhere else.
S1 • E1581
Liz has many unanswered questions for Melisande. Phillip insists that Liz continue with her studies. At Hope Memorial, Matt and Townsend strongly disagree about the continuation of Nick's schizophrenia research. Carolee rejects advice about her absent friend. Steve is called to Matt's office for a talk, but finds their discussion isn't the status quo. Matt is surprised by Steve's choice. Liz's impertinence angers Phillip.
S1 • E1582
Nick wonders if it's too much to ask to have a calm, peaceful cup of coffee, and Penny has to referee her shouting parents. Nancy steps on Nick's toes when she makes a recommendation to Matt about Anna's case without consulting Dr. Bellini first. Althea interrupts the last Hope Memorial fight of 1968. Anna proves to a sore Nick that Nancy was right. Nick gives Anna the news she's been longing to hear. Althea and Nick are shocked over Penny's sex education test.
S1 • E1584
Karen awakens Steve from a bad dream, and he doesn't want to discuss what it was about. After becoming hostile, Steve finally recounts it for her, and Karen analyzes Steve's dream. At Hope Memorial, Steve looks over the schedules and realizes that never the twain shall meet. Matt reveals to Karen the major career decision Steve has made. Matt asks Carolee what she's heard lately from Liz. Matt chats with Ed, who is soon to resume his medical career. A pretty young patient leads to more discord between Karen and Steve.
S1 • E1585
Ed breaks his news to Martha who is angry that he's dissolving their team. Nick thanks Ed for the wisdom he imparts. Maggie's concern is unappreciated by Steve, and he accuses her of prying into his life. Later, Maggie makes the first understatement of 1969. Nick says an emphatic "no" when Matt advises him who his new research assistant will be. Matt urges Nick to have an open mind.
S1 • E1586
Althea encourages Karen to take a coffee break and be more human. Jody Lee tells Althea that Liz has taken an out of sight, out of mind attitude toward him. Later, Carolee commiserates with Jody over not receiving a letter from Liz. Karen drops a bombshell on Matt, who agrees to keep her decision a secret from Steve. Liz needs someone to talk to and wonders how she should handle Townsend.
S1 • E1587
Maggie and Althea think Matt is being very mysterious over the reason he needs replacement doctors in the outpatient clinic. After he reveals why, they regret knowing the secret. Althea chastises Nick for not telling her about the research assistant, and he contradicts Matt's statements. Althea accuses Nick of being prejudiced against his new assistant. Steve interrupts Nick and Althea's conversation. Later, Steve's comments cause Nick to lose his cool.
S1 • E1588
Steve reveals to Karen that he wants to be more like her, but she silently laments that he's very wrong in his assessment of her strength and independence. Townsend decides that Liz is intellectually lazy, though he'll see to it that she succeeds where Melisande didn't. Carolee confides in Steve her depression about the new year, while he reveals to her his plans for simplicity. Liz makes a mistake in dealing with Townsend.
S1 • E1589
Martha declares that she'll cry tears of happiness if she wants to, while Nick tries to avoid any sentimentality. Two doctors who are very much alike have their last serious conversation. Martha welcomes a new doctor to the lab. Matt accepts Karen's decision but admits that he found it necessary to break her confidence. Karen begs Matt for one week so that she can find a way to tell Steve the truth.
S1 • E1590
Mike feels that Nancy isn't playing fair and urging him to put on a veneer of false confidence where med school is concerned. Anna unknowingly reinforces Nancy's advice to Mike, causing him to direct negative feelings back at Nancy. Matt and Nick's meeting is interrupted by two people who want to say goodbye but hope they might return one day. Nick implores Matt to consider hiring another research assistant. Carolee receives devastating news of a terrible accident.
S1 • E1591
The doctors and nurses at Hope Memorial move into action when victims of a nearby car crash are brought in to the emergency room. Matt decides that one of the victims needs a thoracotomy, but the chances of survival are very slim. Steve wants to assist Matt in the operation. The staff attempts to console one of the victims, who hysterically fears they are withholding the truth about a death.
S1 • E1592
Matt doesn't want Nick's assistance with the thoracotomy and speculates that a lobectomy may be necessary even though the accident victim has a weak heart and might not survive. Anna and Carolee talk about the love of a good man, and Carolee wishes she knew what it was like. Matt begins a tense operation. Carolee defends herself against Nick when he directs his frustration at her. During the operation, Matt struggles to save his patient who goes into cardiac arrest.
S1 • E1593
After a long and tense time in the operating room, Matt emerges to tell Nick the outcome of the surgery. and he's as grouchy as Dr. Bellini. Althea attempts to mother Matt and is reminded of what she experienced not too long ago. A vulnerable Nick needs time alone with his thoughts. Matt and Nick wonder why they're in the business when there's so much death.
S1 • E1594
A patient angrily rejects the gospel according to Nancy Bennett. Nancy tearfully shares her story of the loss of husband Paul in the Six Days War. Jody and Carolee reach the same conclusion about Liz, and realize what is and isn't important in their lives. Liz wants information from Melisande about Philip and then decides to use another approach in winning him over.
S1 • E1595
Liz severely overplays her hand when manipulating Philip. Mike has good news for Matt, but everyone in the Powers home is completely distracted by the recent tragedy. Nick's anxiety has a negative effect on his relationship with Penny. Mike and Penny have the same question for Maggie and Althea, and the answer is the same for both the Powers and Bellini families.
S1 • E1597
A patient from the car accident awakens, but Matt's reassurance isn't accepted. Steve gives a performance of bad taste in front of Karen's patient. Later, Steve explains exactly what's bothering him. Karen also urges Matt to say what's on his mind and regrets it when he refuses to arouse interest in her neurotic problems. Matt admits to Steve that his calm, collected exterior is just a facade.
S1 • E1598
Mike doesn't understand what the big deal is when Maggie attempts to make everything perfect at home for Matt. Meanwhile, Penny refuses to accommodate a stressed and exhausted Nick, leading an argument between the two. Althea encourages Penny to try to understand Nick's point of view. Nick visits Ed and makes a promise.
S1 • E1599
Ed's parents return to town. Matt and Carolee reassure Paul and Hope about Ed's future. Carolee decides to check on all of her loved ones. The Starks visit Ed, who wants them to know he didn't cause the accident. Carolee wonders about Liz. Liz decides to make herself in the image of Melisande. Matt urges a caring Carolee to never change.
S1 • E1600
Karen can't forget Matt's accusation that she's a quitter, and she makes an attempt to try one last time with a sleeping Steve. Nick and Althea don't see eye-to-eye about the incident between Nick and Penny, until Althea speculates the reason that Penny wants to shut everything out. Steve gives Karen bonus points for her honesty in not hiding her disgust for him. Karen decides to continue with her plan. Liz makes another mistake with Phillip.
S1 • E1601
Unaware of what awaits him at home, Steve looks forward to a hot meal and some rest after a hard day at Hope Memorial. Nancy confers with Matt about her fears for Anna's recovery. Later, Matt and Nancy use Ed to force Anna to walk. Ed is very relieved to see Anna again. Steve finds and reads the letter left for him by Karen.
S1 • E1602
Haunted by Karen's letter, Steve begins drinking and questions why the "rotten, uptight German" made the decision she did. Nick fails in his attempt to politely break the ice with Penny following their argument, so he forces her to confront their problem. Penny and Nick share the pain of their loss of brothers. Althea agrees with Nick about love and death.
S1 • E1603
After checking on the patient's condition, Althea gives Nick permission to go to Hope Memorial, where a change must occur soon. Carolee finds herself having a lonely dinner. Matt doesn't tell Nick anything that he doesn't already know about their patient. For a change, Ed, Nick, and Matt share a laugh together. Steve saves Carolee from the Harvey McIntyres of the world, while she tries to save him from highs and lows.
S1 • E1604
Maggie admits to Mike that she fears Matt coming home with news about his patient, who may not survive. Carolee takes a falling down drunk Steve back to his apartment, but she she's uncomfortable with the request that he makes of her. Matt thinks Maggie's compassion is working overtime for Karen. Steve makes the situation worse by directing his cruelty toward Carolee.
S1 • E1605
Dr. Nick Bellini worked in the research lab. He believed that all human ailments could be cured by setting the chemical imbalances in the brain.
S1 • E1606
Matt and Nancy disagree about his attitude toward Mike. Carolee and Steve apologize to one another, but she suggests he tell the truth for a change. Steve realizes that the husband is always the last to know, and Matt doesn't like his insinuations. Jody writes a letter to Liz. Townsend tries to follow Matt's advice, though he decides punishment may be in order first.
S1 • E1607
Steve warns Althea that a storm of rudeness is brewing, and she encourages him to persevere. Mr. Hansen is back in the clinic with another ailment, this time wanting only a male doctor. Afterward, he demands to see Matt with a complaint about his treatment. Ann has a request of Matt and shares with him her plans for the future.
S1 • E1608
Nancy shares in Mike's champagne celebration. Matt concedes that he owes something to Nancy for helping Mike, but confides to Maggie that Nancy makes him feel like the ogre of the older generation. Nancy avoids talking about herself with Mike. Matt learns Mike's good news, but is slightly hurt that he shared it with Nancy first. Matt reminisces about his medical school days in which he had his own Nancy.
S1 • E1609
Jody is confused when the letter he wrote to Liz is forwarded back to him. Matt explains to Nick what he wants for Steve, reminding a grumbling Nick that they've all had personal problems recently. Carolee's explanations don't sit well with Jody. Mike becomes involved in the mystery of Liz's letter and suggests that Jody phone Keith's office. Later, the mystery deepens.
S1 • E1610
Matt fills Maggie in on Jody's suspicions surrounding the mystery of Liz, and Matt isn't completely sure of his own feelings regarding the subject. Althea wants Nick to help her form a united front against Penny. Later, Nick is confused by Althea's vacillating opinion of Steve. Jody pays a surprise visit to the Powers home and makes his position to Matt a little more clearer.
S1 • E1611
Carolee reluctantly lets Steve into her apartment to accomplish his mission. Jody arrives at Carolee's and puts his foot in his mouth. Liz finds Melisande's old diary hidden inside a clock and is surprised by its content. Jody encourages Carolee to recall the events leading up to Liz's trip to Paris, and Carolee remembers something she had forgotten.
S1 • E1612
Townsend is infuriated when his Melisande lashes out at him physically, and he makes a promise to change conditions for the worse if she doesn't learn to respect him within two weeks time. After suffering a terrible nightmare, a strong, independent Althea finds herself in a disagreement with Nick about marital roles. However, with the dawn comes a new view of things.
S1 • E1613
Carolee confides in Matt the strange feeling that she gets around Townsend. Matt wonders if Townsend is going through some private problem. Carolee feels like everyone's whipping boy when Jody bristles over her refusal to listen to him. Matt loses his temper with Steve and gives him warning. Jody makes his case to Carolee and Mike, who realize that the situation isn't a game.
S1 • E1614
Townsend goes ballistic outside the nurse's station. Matt becomes very concerned for Townsend, who rails about the younger generation, but Matt's suggestion isn't appreciated. Townsend has a run-in with Anna. Maggie reminds Jody about something that he had forgotten regarding Townsend and Liz. Matt lays down the law to Jody, who is distracted by bad vibrations at Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1615
Nick grouses over the male chromosome special research study that Martha has ordered from Scotland. A bemused Steve watches the interplay between Martha and Nick. Althea sends for Nick when patient Mr. Bishop resists surgery for narrowed arteries. Afterward, Nick and Althea have a spat over Nick's reaction to the patient. Maggie plays devil's advocate in the Bellini marriage.
S1 • E1616
Sir Edward is anxious to get out and tame some dragons and learns about Anna's new job. Anna has a very heartfelt admission for Ed. Matt gives Nancy a new patient for physical therapy, but he refuses to allow her to make him feel guilty and defensive about his relationship with Mike. Liz reads more of Melisande's diary. Phillip tells Liz that he's making plans and doesn't know where she fits in with them.
S1 • E1617
Nick is stunned to learn how Townsend has reacted to his research grant request. Matt confides to Nick that he's worried about Townsend, who is acting very uptight. Jody compares his two clues for Carolee and insists that they take them to Matt. Nick attempts to be the life of the Powerses dinner party. Matt begins to lose patience when Jody and Carolee arrive at his home with their evidence about Townsend.
S1 • E1618
Jody convinces everyone at the Powers dinner party to listen to his suspicions about Phillip Townsend, and he makes a very compelling case. After Townsend shocks Liz with his decision, she pleads with him to change his mind. Matt finds Jody's supposition very difficult to believe, but when he begins to sway others, Matt wants to see Jody alone. Liz comes to a horrifying realization about Melisande.
S1 • E1619
Matt suddenly remembers something he had forgotten about a conversation he had with Townsend. Liz confronts Phillip about what really happened to Melisande, but he denies it. Later, she forces Phillip to read the words from Melisande's diary. Liz takes Matt and Jody to Phillip. Matt promises to help Phillip, who retreats into his memories of his wife and daughter.
S1 • E1620
Liz insists upon staying in Melisande's room with Phillip until he leaves. Phillip feels that no one understands and no one can help him. Dr. Styner arrives to help Phillip change the atmosphere of the present. Phillip must say goodbye to Melisande. After Althea phones, Nick insists upon going to Townsend's house. Everyone has questions for Liz, and she wants to answer them.
S1 • E1621
Liz explains what happened to her, but she fears that she doesn't know who she is any longer. In view of the events of the night, Matt and Maggie wonder about people and Liz's healing. Nick and Althea admire one another's personalities, but when the subject turns to Dave Davis, Althea doesn't want to talk about her previous marriage. Liz experiences a terrifying nightmare.
S1 • E1622
After her terrifying nightmare, Jody soothes Liz. Dr. Styner gives Matt a grim prognosis for Townsend. Carolee tells Matt and Styner about Liz's strange behavior. Matt questions Dr. Styner's prescription for Liz, but ultimately agrees. Jody promises to stick close to Liz. Liz visits with Phillip, who sinks further into his delusions. Carolee informs Matt of an emergency.
S1 • E1623
Matt stops his patient's arrhythmia, but Matt's face continues to show worry. Steve accuses Nick of being a reactionary when they argue over a study that possibly correlates extra chromosomes to violent behavior. An irritable Nick makes a nasty comment to Althea, who finally talks about Dave. Maggie wonders why Matt continues to worry about his patient.
S1 • E1624
Althea is having one of those mornings and grouses to Maggie about Prince Charming Nick whose crass behavior is bothering her. Mike and Nancy share a sweet moment between patients, but Nancy pulls back. Althea attempts to give Liz a prescription for her problems. Nancy lets her hair down to talk about her late husband. Nick and Althea join Nancy and Mike for lunch, but Nick's questions make Nancy uncomfortable.
S1 • E1625
Steve's attempts to have a serious conversation with Nick results in Nick making fun of him. Althea and Steve discuss Nick's toughness, and Althea decides that the two men might learn something from one another. Ed confides in Nick plans for the future, but warns him that Anna isn't going to like his decision. Mike urges Nancy not to quit on the world or herself.
S1 • E1626
Nancy changes Mike's plans for the evening, so she has to agree to indulge him. When Nick fails to keep his word, Penny becomes disrespectful to Althea. Nick and Steve finally begin to make progress. Althea tells Nick about her displeasure in Penny's behavior, but they clash over their different values regarding the situation. Mike feels that Nancy isn't ready to hear what he has to say.
S1 • E1627
Maggie passionately defends Mike's right to make decisions, but Matt refuses to resign being his father. Jody cleverly helps Mike to know what he already knows. Liz has nothing but bright tomorrows thanks to Jody, but Jody has an ego problem. Matt's special patient decides that it's time to walk out of Hope Memorial. Maggie deems Matt a stubborn genius.
S1 • E1630
When a resignation is handed in, Matt is caught between two different opinions. Ed professes his love for Anna, but she thinks he has a strange way of showing it when he tells her about his plans. Steve advises Anna to float on her tears instead of drowning in them. Liz misinterprets Anna's reaction to Steve's advice. Ed makes a promise to an unsure Anna.
S1 • E1631
Nick forces Anna to talk about what's bothering her, but it doesn't have the desired effect. Martha resigns from being an impartial arbitrator between Steve and Nick. Althea reminds Anna that her unhappiness can infect others at Hope Memorial. Later, Nick and Althea realize that they have both been brought down by Anna.
S1 • E1632
Nancy thinks her physical therapy patient Mr. Edwards should be seen in the outpatient clinic because of his persistent throat problems. Everyone takes note of Mike's urgency in finding Nancy. Jody wants to create a chemistry experiment with Liz. Althea gives Mr. Edwards potentially bad news. Mike wonders why Nancy is reluctant to continue with something that makes them both happy.
S1 • E1633
Nancy attempts to dissuade Mike from wanting to spend more time together, but he presents her with a very compelling argument otherwise. A patient's compliment embarrasses Nancy, and Mike wonders what the reason is for her hangup. Matt's simple questions segue into another argument with Mike. Maggie tries to ease Matt's annoyance with his son.
S1 • E1634
Althea's suggestion bugs Nick, and their squabble disturbs Penny. When Althea warns Nick not to involve Penny in their conflicts, he becomes angry. The Powerses, also arguing, arrive to take the Bellinis to dinner. A waiter's comments taint Mike's dinner date with Nancy, and the evening further disintegrates when he runs into his parents at the restaurant.
S1 • E1635
Althea accuses Nick of gratuitous cruelty and insensitivity during their dinner with Matt, and the the ensuing disagreement takes a very serious turn. Maggie tries to reassure Matt, who harbors deep concerns about Mike's growing relationship with the older Nancy Bennet. Later, Nancy expresses similar fears to Mike, but he refuses to agree. Matt reminds Mike that emotions and feelings are not always enough in making decisions.
S1 • E1636
In view of Mike's dilemma, Matt and Maggie share stories of their youthful rejections. Steve receives a letter from Germany. Carolee asks some tough questions of a hurt and rejected Steve and offers him some sound advice, but he dismisses her. An uncivil Mike steps way out of line with Nancy at Hope Memorial and receives a slap in the face.
S1 • E1637
Nick presents Althea with an extensive list of his grievances against her for her treatment of him. Steve's mood piques Nick's interest, and Steve thinks he's heard Nick's sage advice once before today. Liz resumes Jody's tutoring, but it's Steve who appears to have learned something. Matt understands Steve's urgency to take immediate action.
S1 • E1638
Penny exhibits exemplary behavior, prompting Nick and Althea to suspect she has an ulterior motive. After Althea promises to reward her, Penny shocks her parents with an unexpected request. Nick asserts that Penny is past the ice cream stage and interested in more adult delights. Nick teases Althea about her rather old-fashioned viewpoint. Steve's tender compliments cause an emotional reaction in Carolee.
S1 • E1639
Althea and Nick disagree over ever-changing standards and values. The next morning their glorious mood is interrupted by Penny. Althea and Penny's mother-daughter conversation ends in a slammed door. Nick warns Althea that her strict values will result in real trouble with Penny. Maggie is perplexed by Althea's personal butterfly metaphor.
S1 • E1640
Maggie encourages Anna to talk to Matt after she receives a letter and makes an impetuous decision. Nancy's curt behavior sends Mike into a foul, adolescent mood. Later, Mike directs his hostility toward Liz, but he hits a very raw nerve. Maggie reads Mike the riot act over his insensitivity to Liz. Jody learns about the argument between Mike and Liz. Afterward, Mike faces the wrath of Jody Lee Bronson.
S1 • E1641
A radiant Maggie refuses to allow Matt and Mike's disagreement spoil her beautiful day. Matt accidentally walks in just as Maggie shares a well kept secret with Althea. Later, Matt persuades Maggie to tell him her news, but feels it could be premature. Nancy bristles at Mike's suggestion to treat her difficult patient with a different approach.
S1 • E1642
Still in a bad mood, Mike turns down Carolee's invitation, but she encourages him to be human and admit his mistake with Liz. Carolee and Mike interrupt a little smiling between Jody and Liz. Jody suggests Mike eat crow for dinner and continues to him insult him. Mike's words haunt Nancy, and the two agree that they share loneliness.
S1 • E1643
Althea refuses to concede to Penny's wishes, while Nick attempts to reassure her. Later, Nick and Althea vehemently disagree about the right way to parent Penny, but they soon realize that their differences run much deeper. Althea confides in Maggie that she's tired of fighting with Nick, and she's tired of being strong.
S1 • E1644
Anna confides in Matt about her problem, and Matt has an idea that might help her and Hope Memorial's reputation after the Phillip Townsend scandal. Later, Matt makes some inquiries on Anna's behalf. Nick wants Matt to institute a policy regarding genetic testing for expectant mothers. Matt irritates Nick with gentle teasing about his fight with Althea. Penny brings a reluctant Eric home to meet Althea.
S1 • E1645
Althea agrees with Nick that their marriage has been more like Dante's Inferno than a Hollywood Doris Day and Rock Hudson movie. Matt refuses to be drawn into Maggie's conversation until they receive scientific proof of her suspicions. Mike and Nancy become friends again over a beer and pizza. Nick decides to resign as a worthy opponent in his competition with Althea.
S1 • E1646
Maggie knows what she wants to believe, but she fears she's been mistaken. Carolee decides to adjust her needs rather than fight. Mike wants to call off the vendetta with Jody Lee, who isn't sure. Carolee's thoughts are with Steve. Jody asks Liz to go out on a rather unusual Easter date. Mike needs a loan from Matt, but Matt doesn't approve of the reason.
S1 • E1647
Matt is concerned when Maggie fails to answer the phone following their previous conversation. Anna discusses with Matt a career opportunity at Hope Memorial, but it all comes back to Ed Stark. Nancy let's Mike in on a secret about women. Matt feels helpless about Maggie's situation. Mike goes to Maggie for the loan Matt refused.
S1 • E1648
A disappointed Maggie imposes her bad mood on Althea, and then she confesses the reason for it. Matt urges Maggie not to be so hard on herself. Then Matt loses his cool after learning that Mike went to Maggie for the loan. Nancy reacts with hostility when Matt confronts her about Mike's desire to bestow her with an extravagant gift.
S1 • E1649
Mike presents Nancy with his gift but is perplexed when she tells him that she can't accept it. Althea's fussy preparations for Penny's imposed supper date bugs Nick and Penny. Nick encourages Penny to enjoy the evening even if it kills them. Mike is infuriated when Nancy lets it slip that she's been warned by his father.
S1 • E1650
Maggie reassures Matt that she's over her disappointment. Later, when a furious Mike comes home and angrily confronts Matt, Maggie attempts to act as a referee in the shouting match. Mike's announcement stuns Matt. Nick tries in vain to salvage the evening with Eric. Afterward, Nick forces himself to not say to Althea what he really feels about her making Penny miserable.
S1 • E1651
A cavalier Nick thinks Althea is being a hysterical, suffocating mother when she becomes frantic over Penny and Eric's lateness in getting home from their movie date. Unaware of where Mike has gone, Maggie reassures Matt that Mike will get over his problems. Nick warns Althea against interrogating an agitated Penny like a prosecuting attorney.
S1 • E1652
Nick gives Althea a very strong suggestion about keeping a good relationship with her daughter. Penny refuses to talk with Althea. Like Althea, Matt worries about where his child is. Althea has an admission for Nick, and she gives him permission to try to do what she couldn't do. The prodigal son returns home for an honest talk.
S1 • E1653
No matter what Althea says to her daughter, she feels she's poised to lose as a mother. Nancy expects an argument with Matt when he summons her to his office for a private talk. Mike drops by Matt's office, and his upbeat mood changes suddenly. Kindred spirit Anna uses poetry to encourage Mike. Later, Nancy meets with Mike to clarify their relationship.
S1 • E1654
Liz finds Jody remarkably serious after their visit to Easter services, and it's not a matter of communication. Nick receives a temporary replacement in the research lab. Martha tries to have a very scientific discussion about what's happening overseas with Dr. Aldrich. Maggie advises Mike about controlling his feelings, and despite her best efforts, she continues to find herself in the middle.
S1 • E1655
Nick intercedes when Penny continues to be impertinent and disrespectful to Althea. After Maggie tells patient Mrs. Fisher that she's pregnant, Nick advises the patient to undergo newly developed embryonic testing. Maggie identifies too much with Mrs. Fisher, and is bothered by Nick's hopes for future genetic testing. Althea learns that a missing Penny has lied to her.
S1 • E1656
The Bellinis and Powereses are in a lather over a missing Penny, and Althea becomes even more concerned when clues indicate that Penny has run away. Liz thinks that Carolee is being a self-destructive Good Samaritan, but Carolee admits she's not as altruistic as she appears where Steve is concerned. Penny turns to her only friend. Nick attempts to calm Althea, but she's not as optimistic as he is.
S1 • E1657
Althea bristles at Nick's insistence that Penny wants only him. Matt speculates that Penny may subconsciously blame Althea for Buddy's death and failing at her first marriage. Penny opens up about her feelings toward Althea's relationship with Nick. Another father/son argument between Matt and Mike is averted. Maggie's desires aren't swayed by Penny's behavior at 12 and Mike's at 22. Nick receives insight into Penny's viewpoint.
S1 • E1658
Mike pays an unexpected visit to Nancy's apartment to elevate her musical tastes. Althea insists that the family confront Penny's issues, but she refuses. Nancy urges Mike to be wise and safe regarding their friendship, and he develops a new philosophy about friendship. Althea and Nick agree for once as he tries to help her resolve her differences with her daughter.
S1 • E1659
Nick's surprise breakfast for Althea is construed as having an ulterior motive when she finds that Penny has left early for school to avoid talking. Mike and Martha's cheerful mood is interrupted by a grumpy Nick. Althea worries to Maggie about Penny's emotional blackmail and the permissiveness of youth. Mr. Hansen returns to the outpatient clinic to give Maggie and Althea a good laugh. Nick receives a call from Penny's school.
S1 • E1660
Althea phones Penny's school for clarification, and decides to let Nick handle it as Penny requested. Liz makes Althea feel better when she suggests that Penny's act was simple defiance and not a serious attempt to run away. Nancy's patient Mr. Newton rails against the arrogance of Mike's youth and wishes that doctors hadn't saved him. Nancy reaches out to Mr. Newton. Anna presents a plan to Matt to promote Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1661
Nick demands to know if Penny is malingering to upset her mother or if her problem is psychosomatic, but she won't talk to him. Matt and Anna present their idea to Carolee and Maggie about the outpatient clinic's 150,000th patient. Nick and Althea try to get to the bottom of Penny's behavior, and he loses all patience with Penny's impudence. Penny writes in her diary about her next planned move to annoy her parents.
S1 • E1662
Maggie suggests that Althea and Nick bank the fire with Penny instead of kindling it. An angry Nancy doesn't heed Mike's advice and phones Mr. Newton's son. Jody thinks that Liz doesn't want to be alone with him for the evening. Maggie reminds Althea and Nick that the word for the day is "cool it." Carolee finds little comfort in being a liberated woman.
S1 • E1663
A concerned Matt tries to sympathize with Mike's schedule and demands, but Mike decides he'll do what he wants anyway. Before Althea and Nick get home, Penny vows not to answer any more questions from her parents. Later, she's surprised when they catch her off guard with their jovial behavior. Penny fumes when Nick and Althea appear to shut her out.
S1 • E1664
Mike proves that he isn't distracted by studying at Nancy's apartment. A letter from Steve upsets Carolee not because of what it says but because of what it doesn't say. Jody Lee attempts to get away from Carolee and Liz after they realize that he's running a fever. Mike's pleasant evening with Nancy takes a painful turn when he accidentally plays a voice-o-graph recording of Paul Bennet.
S1 • E1665
After Nancy insists Mike knows nothing about being married, he tells her about his marriage to Valerie. A distrustful Carolee and Liz have to escort an ill Jody home. Nancy shows Mike photos of her life with Paul. Jody proves to be a very difficult patient for Carolee and Liz. Nancy begs Mike to go home after he begins to take advantage of her pain and loneliness.
S1 • E1666
Anna readies when Maggie realizes that the clinic should have its 150,000th patient by the end of the day. Mike worries about Nancy's absence. Matt confers with Dr. Evans about the patient in 311 whose chances aren't good. Liz can't reach Jody. The staff plays the waiting game as the clinic is about to close and no other patient scheduled for the day, but a straggler arrives at the last minute, and its a surprise to everyone.
S1 • E1667
Mike tells Nancy about his peculiar behavior after the incident in her apartment with Paul's Voice-O-Graph. Penny drops in at the outpatient clinic demanding an answer from a busy Althea, who loses her temper. Physical therapy patient Mr. Newton laments the past, and his words hit very close to home for a grieving Nancy. Penny plans a retaliation for her mother's rejection.
S1 • E1668
Nick wants a quiet evening with no problems from Penny, but he and Althea discover that she's missing again. After reading Penny's note, Nick decides to phone the police, but Althea demands that he not. Alone in the park, Penny hopes her mother is worried. Matt receives a cablegram from Steve. Matt and Maggie learn about Penny's disappearance. A stranger approaches Penny in the park.
S1 • E1669
Nancy finds Mike's new haircut and jacket attractive, and he takes advantage of her interest. Althea and Nick come to blows over his tendency to side with Penny. Penny is brought home by someone who wants a word with Althea. Afterward, Althea decides she doesn't want to talk with anyone. Mike forces Nancy to face the fact that although her husband's dead, she has to continue experiencing life.
S1 • E1670
Liz offers to talk girl-to-girl with Penny after Nick tells her about Penny's latest stunt. In a slump because of his illness, Jody Lee mopes because no one has sent him a get well card. A returning Steve tries to surprise Carolee, but he's the one who gets the surprise. Later Steve updates Matt and Nick about the outcome of his visit to Karen. Nick returns the favor when Martha plays a joke on him.
S1 • E1671
Nick fills Steve in on the recent genetic research and saves him from Martha's prying. After Liz tells her about Jody's loneliness during his illness, Maggie offers an idea. Althea is having a six-cup-of-coffee morning over Nick and Penny. Later, Nick rejects Althea's request. Steve looks on knowingly at the tension in the Bellini marriage. Maggie warns Nick about short fuses. Steve returns to a room of ghosts.
S1 • E1672
Carolee's shoulder is ready for a lonely Steve, and neither knows what the future has in store for them. Maggie calls Matt's bluff when he refuses to take her dancing. Nick can't seem to get anywhere with Althea. She wants to talk about their relationship, but he thinks it's useless. Liz interrupts Steve and Carolee.
S1 • E1673
Althea and Nick continue to push one another away without communicating. Carolee realizes that Steve is vulnerable and on the rebound. Liz shares with Carolee a terrifying nightmare and admits to a sense of foreboding. Althea says some simple home truths to Penny then tells Nick exactly what she thinks, but he's fed up with her attitude. Carolee receives shocking news at Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1674
Steve cautions Nick about appreciating what he has before he loses it. Carolee shares the frightening news that she just learned and needs Steve's moral support in breaking it to someone else. Nick enlists Penny's help in trying to create a tabula rasa in the Bellini family, but she isn't thrilled with his plans. Carolee and Steve discuss his bedside manner. Having heard the news, Liz goes to Carolee and Steve with her fears, while someone from their past lurks outside Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1675
Liz finds it very difficult to not worry about the terrifying turn of events, but Matt reassures her. Althea wonders how she failed as a wife and mother. Jody shows off the get well cards that are beginning to flow in. Mike challenges Nancy to invite him over again. Nick and Penny prepare for Althea's surprise.
S1 • E1676
Nick and Penny's surprise party for Althea starts off well, until Nick presents her with a somewhat questionable gift. The Powers family tries their best to take Liz's mind off her fears, but she can't help wondering if there's any news from the hospital. Matt and Mike clash when Mike insists on leaving the dinner party early for his date with Nancy. Penny quietly smirks after Althea angrily realizes that she's being placated. An intruder enters Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1677
Nick and Althea ruminate over what went wrong with the surprise party. Penny subtly manipulates Nick into turning against Althea. Nancy detects Mike's foul mood, and he's surprised when she doesn't think that Matt was being unreasonable. Townsend goes to Matt's office. Mike becomes stranded. An impertinent Penny picks a fight with Althea, and the fight becomes physical.
S1 • E1678
Nick demands to know what happened between Penny and Althea. Althea declares their life together a nightmare. Liz attempts to smooth things over between Matt and Mike. Townsend refuses to believe Nurse Anderson. Nick ignores Althea and goes to comfort Penny. Liz admits to Mike that she doesn't understand his interest in Nancy. Townsend forces Nurse Anderson to make a phone call.
S1 • E1679
Matt receives a call from a confused Townsend who believes that Matt is late for a board meeting. Matt reassures Liz that Townsend isn't after her but thinks he's still Hope Memorial's chairman of the board. Armed with rum raisin ice cream, Steve catches Carolee completely off guard. Althea reminds Nick that she needs comfort, too, then she rejects him. Nurse Anderson panics over Townsend, who escapes with orderly Joe in pursuit.
S1 • E1680
Not understanding anything or where to go, Althea finds herself at Hope Memorial. Townsend eludes capture by Joe. Nick regrets the things he said to Althea and confronts Penny about her role in their problems. Later, Penny's outburst infuriates Nick. Townsend makes his way to the closed outpatient clinic where Althea is alone. Matt and a policeman arrive at the hospital to locate Townsend, but the evening ends in tragedy.
S1 • E1681
Phillip Townsend reaches the end of his unexpected visit to Hope Memorial. Nick wonders where Althea is. Matt phones Nick to give him the news about Townsend. Worried about Althea's absence, Nick refuses to talk with a contrite Penny. Later, he phones Matt who suggests that the police should be called. Matt has a nagging feeling that he's forgetting something about the incident with Townsend.
S1 • E1682
Nick relates to Matt the story of what happened at Althea's disastrous celebration. Matt and Nick are surprised at the location of Althea's car when the police call to say that it's been found. Steve gives Matt and Nick a clue to Althea's whereabouts. Matt suddenly realizes what he couldn't remember earlier. A desperate search for a neurosurgeon begins.
S1 • E1683
As they await the crucial x-rays, Matt tells Nick they don't have time for recriminations. Penny admits to Maggie that she deliberately wanted to make Althea angry. Carolee shares with Liz that she plans on waiting for Steve. X- rays confirm the doctors' worst fears. Steve tells Carolee about Townsend and the upcoming surgery. Nick is faced with an unthinkable task.
S1 • E1684
Matt suggests that Nick pull himself together, but he can't help but remember performing the surgery that killed his brother. A tense surgery begins in the operating room, with Maggie and Anna watching from the theater. Anna tells Maggie the latest about Ed. A crisis arises in surgery. Maggie makes an important phone call.
S1 • E1685
The staff at Hope Memorial are on pins and needles as a complicated operation drags on. Maggie and Steve disagree about his assessment of marriage, but Steve professes admiration for his colleague. The surgery is over, but another waiting game begins. Maggie laments how quickly life can change for the worse. One doctor wants to make a bargain with God.
S1 • E1686
Carolee attempts to help Penny. Jody has recuperated from his virus and wants to talk seriously with a reluctant Liz. Matt advises a born worrier that their patient, suffering from edema, will soon regain consciousness. Nick wants to make sense out of what happened with Phillip Townsend and feels that the trouble isn't over. Carolee does her best to make Penny happy. The patient awakens.
S1 • E1687
Grandmother Hamilton arrives to visit Althea. Nancy regrets a time when she wanted to say "I love you" to Paul, but she didn't tell him. Mike argues that it's never the time or place for Nancy to discuss living again. When he speaks sharply to Penny, Nick warns Carolee not to say a word. Grandmother Hamilton reassures Penny that things will return to normal, but Penny isn't convinced.
S1 • E1688
With rumors running rampant, Anna suggests that Matt make an official statement about the Townsend incident. Mike returns to the physical therapy room to pursue a conversation with Nancy. Nancy promises Paul's memory that he will never be dead to her. Nick continues his aloofness toward Penny. Grandmother Hamilton wonders what went wrong in Nick and Althea's marriage. A Shakespearean sonnet troubles Penny.
S1 • E1689
Mike's unexpected appreciation of his father surprises Matt. Nick laments to Matt about demanding his rights as a husband from Althea, and he admits that he was horribly insensitive. Penny confesses her sins to Grandmother Hamilton, who theorizes that God has a reason for the recent terrible events. Nick gives a heartfelt speech to Althea, reassuring her of the great love he has for her.
S1 • E1690
Steve gives advice to Martha who doesn't know what to say to Nick in view of the situation with Althea. Physical and mental exhaustion finally catch up with Nick in the research lab. A conversation with Althea deeply concerns Matt, who summons Nick to his office. Potentially encouraging news ultimately leaves Nick feeling guilty.
S1 • E1691
Matt advises Nick to play it by ear when seeing Althea, but he finds it difficult. Mike gives Nancy an irreverent, irrelevant gift, and it leads to a compromising position in the staff lounge. Matt urges Nick to be patient after their meeting with Althea. Dr. Simon Harris from pediatrics introduces himself to Nick. Maggie finds herself unprepared for a visit with Althea, and Matt offers little consolation.
S1 • E1692
Nick discourages an anxious Penny and Edna from going to visit Althea. Carolee informs Liz of Althea's diagnosis. Taking advantage of their open door policy, Steve brings liquid refreshments to the squarest ladies in the city, and he has a special reason for celebration. Liz tries to take Penny's mind off her problems. Steve teaches Carolee to dance, but he disgusts himself when he finds he's playing a familiar scene.
S1 • E1693
Liz advises Carolee to not put up with Steve's immaturity, but Carolee argues that he might be her last chance at happiness. Althea asks many questions, though Maggie doesn't feel comfortable answering them. Carolee defends Steve when Liz gives him a hard time about his behavior. Ginny decides that Mike's in love when he arrives with bouquets of flowers, and Liz realizes her warning has fallen on deaf ears.
S1 • E1694
Nancy wants to know who filled her physical therapy room with flowers, and Carolee's not saying a word. Anna attempts to interview Simon Harris, though he turns the tables on her. Maggie tries to get to the bottom of a patient's recurring headaches. Mike teases Nancy unmercifully about the identity of her secret admirer.
S1 • E1695
Nick refuses to accept what he considers a medical impossibility, but his patient proves it to him. Maggie overhears two nurse's aides gossiping about Mike's interest in older women. Althea wants answers that Nick and Matt aren't willing to give her. Nick is resistant when Matt wants to consult with psychiatrist Dr. Raymond Geller. Maggie tells Matt that the whole hospital knows that Mike's in love with Nancy.
S1 • E1696
Mike doesn't intend to let anybody rain on his parade, but he underestimates Matt, who insists on raking him over the coals again. Nick interrupts Martha and Steve discussing Althea. Mike realizes why he had very bad timing with Matt. Steve gives Martha a theory about Althea. A reluctant Nick meets with Dr. Geller, who is very interested in talking with him.
S1 • E1697
A reluctant Nick participates in a talk with Dr. Geller who has a theory regarding Althea's condition. Dr. Geller convinces Nick to discuss his relationships with Althea and Penny, and Nick recounts the past events that led to Althea's current situation. Maggie explains to Penny why seeing Althea isn't a good idea. Later, Penny ignores her advice and goes to see her mother, but is caught. Althea meets Dr. Geller.
S1 • E1698
Matt wants to have a talk with Nancy, but Maggie fears that it will backfire. When Anna invites Nancy for a girl's night out on the town, Mike insists that Nancy keep a date with him. Nancy tries to reject Mike's physical advances, then Matt catches them together in a romantic clench. Mike learns that Nancy made a promise to Matt. Matt is stunned by Mike's intentions toward Nancy.
S1 • E1699
Nancy doesn't want to answer Matt's questions, but she agrees to see him alone. Matt realizes that there's nothing to decide because the decisions have already been made. Nick explains Dr. Geller's theory to Edna who is distressed the prognosis for recovery. Edna proposes to Nick a plan that she thinks will be best for Penny. Mike encourages Nancy to not fear a future with him.
S1 • E1700
Matt tells Maggie that he caught Mike and Nancy in a torrid embrace at Hope Memorial, and he wants to take drastic action until Maggie makes him see reason. Nancy tries to put the brakes on Mike's passion. Nick seeks advice from Matt, who agrees with Grandmother Hamilton's idea. Nick phones Penny's father Dave. Matt wonders if Mike and Nancy have confused loneliness and need for love.
S1 • E1701
Steve expects a lecture from Carolee after his drunken interlude at her apartment. A distressed Martha doesn't want to joke with Steve. Nancy meets Shana Golan, a young physical therapy student from Israel. Thinking about Nick's situation with Althea, Martha recounts for Nick the death of her husband. Carolee sends Jody away from the staff lounge as Steve gets her discombobulated. Nick regrets not telling Althea how much he loves her.
S1 • E1702
Penny doesn't react well when Nick tells her that he called her father with a proposal. Simon attempts to tease and charm Anna. Liz doesn't remind Carolee to be careful and watch. Carolee's new outfit bowls Steve over, but she's not interested in a flick and a pizza. Penny reluctantly agrees to do as Nick asks, but extracts a promise from him first.
S1 • E1703
Mike detects a hint of bitterness in Maggie who reminds him that wishing doesn't make things go away. Carolee deems Mike and Nancy's young love a powder keg. Nancy introduces Mike to Shana, and she watches the couple intently from afar. After examining Althea, Nick needs comfort from Maggie. Dr. Geller wants to begin therapy with Althea, but she tells him that she's not feeling well enough to start.
S1 • E1704
Dr. Geller attempts treatment with Althea. When she insists that it isn't going to work, he persists. Nancy apologizes to Maggie and admits that she doesn't know if her feelings for Mike are genuine love for him specifically or a need to not be lonely. Dr. Geller hypnotizes Althea, but she fights to suppress a memory of a blue dress and a birthday party. Dr. Geller suggests to Nick that the key to Althea's problems may lie deeper than her recent problems at home.
S1 • E1705
Nick's troubles affect Carolee who uncharacteristically loses her temper at the nurse's station. Maggie tries to make nice with Nick, but he's still angry that Dr. Geller thinks Althea will cure herself. Steve's decision to join Nick after work bugs Carolee. Simon completely misses the mark when he describes Anna's dinner date. Steve restrains Nick from a bar room fight.
S1 • E1706
After their night out drinking, Steve and Nick end up outside Carolee's apartment, but she isn't amused. Steve explains why he had to get loaded, and he and Carolee eventually find themselves switching roles. Matt and Maggie have an intimate late night conversation. Nick finds his way to the Powers home. When Nick admits that he's tired of fighting, Matt reminds him that things have never been easy for him.
S1 • E1707
Matt and Mike are at it again at the crack of dawn over his relationship with Nancy. Mike suggests that Matt invite Mrs. Bennett to dinner. Nancy's patient Mr. Newton discusses with her the changes in his recovery and in his family's reaction to him. Nancy refuses Mike's invitation, and Shana interrupts their conversation. Nancy recognizes Shana's lack of knowledge as a physical therapy student. Dr. Geller suggests to Matt a deep psychosis in Althea.
S1 • E1708
Nancy and Shana discuss Nancy's special interest in Israel, and Nancy pries into Shana's personal life. A hungover Steve offers Carolee apology number 764 and raises eyebrows at the nurse's station. Dr. Geller surmises that Althea isn't pleased to see him and suggests it's because she's afraid of what he'll uncover in her subconscious. Carolee decides that Steve needs a caretaker. Nancy phones someone and lies about her whereabouts. Under hypnosis with Dr. Geller, Althea remembers seeing a sky blue dress and seeing the smiling face of her darling.
S1 • E1709
Althea confides in Nick that the idea of Dr. Geller delving into her mind frightens her, and she doesn't want to submit to it any more. Matt informs Nick that Dr. Geller wants to treat Althea with drugs, and Maggie has to referee the men. Later, Maggie commands Nick to join the family for dinner. A grumpy Matt speculates that he won't enjoy dinner with Nancy and admits he's prejudiced against her. Maggie questions Matt about his dislike for Nancy as Mike's girlfriend. Dr. Geller injects Althea with sodium amytal and puts her under hypnosis where she recalls an unpleasant party.
S1 • E1710
After he leaves, Maggie feels reprehensible for wanting Nick to stick around and help ease the tension at their dinner party for Nancy. Matt promises Maggie that he'll behave. Nancy is relieved when Maggie diverts her to the kitchen for private small talk that eventually turns into a "two olive conversation." Matt and Mike attempt to communicate. Maggie engages in a serious conversation with Nancy about Mike's feelings for her and his for her.
S1 • E1711
As she prepares to leave for her father's, Penny feels dead inside. Nick wants to be hated, but he tries to reassure Penny of his love for her. Nancy and Nick talk about emotional pain. Afterward, Nancy lectures Mike when he fails to see the world around him. An angry Althea wants to see Nick, and she demands answers from him that he can't answer.
S1 • E1712
Nick's eyes give Althea some of the information she needs, but when he refuses to answer her direct questions, she threatens to leave the hospital. Nick takes out his frustration on Carolee. Steve supports Nick, who can't get Althea out of his mind. Carolee's kind gesture, and later her silence, leads Althea closer to the truth she seeks.
S1 • E1715
Steve confides in Dr. Geller that he thinks Nick is headed for a crackup unless Althea is told the truth, but Geller will only consider what's good for Althea. Jody entices Liz with a picnic but not at the crack of dawn. Dr. Geller asks for the weekend to consider Steve's advice. Steve gets on his knees in the doctor's lounge to make a humble apology. Jody demands that Steve, Carolee, and Liz have fun on Independence Day.
S1 • E1716
Jody takes goodies to Althea but accidentally slips up and reveals something he shouldn't have. After Jody confesses his goof to Matt, Matt and Dr. Geller phone for Nick. Geller finally concedes to tell Althea the truth, but he warns Matt and Nick that there's a struggle in Althea that's like the Devil and the Good Lord doing battle. Dr. Geller tells Althea the complete truth.
S1 • E1717
Althea's reaction to the news doesn't please Nick, but she wants to be alone to discuss it. Nick admits to Althea his feelings about her reaction towards him. Patient Mrs. Freeman suggests that Mike and Nancy are the most serious people she's ever seen. Geller theorizes to Matt that Althea's reaction was fear, but he considers negative reactions to be progress. Althea's experiment fails, and she requests that Nick not visit her again for a few days. Nick reminds himself that he can be very understanding.
S1 • E1718
Arguing that he can't continue to live with ghosts, Mike accuses Nancy of seeking out tragedy and using the tragedies of others. A moment of levity between Anna and Simon is interrupted by a moping Nick. Maggie calmly but firmly informs Mike who will have to make adjustments in the Powers household. Nick informs Maggie of the latest development in Althea's case.
S1 • E1719
Mike confides to Maggie that in order for his relationship with Nancy to continue, he expects her to change. Shana tells her blind friend Paul that she brought him back to the United States so that he could find meaning in his life, and she urges him to fight. Later, Paul incorrectly theorizes about what his wife is doing now. Steve helps Mr. Sanchez who fears his mother has died in an accident. Carolee wants Steve to be his own man, leading to a Geronimo moment.
S1 • E1720
Maggie hopes that Nick won't go out of the frying pan and into the fire as Althea's treatment by Dr. Geller continues. Discussing his relationship with Mike, Matt likens himself to the Vietcong about to ambush. Shana stops by Nancy's apartment for advice regarding her blind friend. Back at home, Shana attempts to apply Nancy's technique on Paul, but she finds it more difficult than she thought.
S1 • E1721
Edna wants to visit Althea, and Nick tries to spare her the pain she might feel. Althea admits to Dr. Geller her doubts about Nick as her husband and wants him to clear up more facts for her. Dr. Geller explains the crux of Althea's problems to Edna but advises discretion with certain topics. Later, Geller puts a stop to questions when Althea wants to discuss her relationships with men.
S1 • E1722
Dr. Geller and Nick comfort Edna when she reacts emotionally following her visit with Althea. Nancy teaches Mr. Grant, a blind patient, to use his cane for independent mobility. Later, Mike agrees to have dinner with Nancy, but he makes it clear that he's still angry about their disagreement. Nick confides to Geller that Althea doesn't like him. Mike realizes what Nancy's fears are really about.
S1 • E1723
Mike wants Nancy to admit that she's in love with him. Dr. Geller confronts Althea with the knowledge that even after nine months of marriage, she doesn't like Nick, and he poses a threat to her. Geller encourages Carolee to cultivate a closer friendship with Althea, and later, Carolee makes Althea laugh. Nick encourages Edna to go back to Greenville but promises to take care of her daughter.
S1 • E1724
Jody wants to teach Liz all about southern juking. After Steve drops by for some hospitality, Liz asserts to Jody that Steve's going to hurt Carolee. Shana informs Paul she's going to enroll him in a blind school to learn Braille. Steve reassures Carolee that his relationship with Karen is finished. Paul fires Shana, and she promises to go as soon as he can show her that he can function in the world.
S1 • E1725
With Maggie acting as arbitrator between father and son, there's peace at last in the Powers household. After indulging in a sophomoric fantasy of Nick as her perfect husband, Althea daydreams about the reality of marriage to him. Nick is surprised by Althea's call. Martha and Steve help prepare a nervous Nick for what feels like a first date with his wife.
S1 • E1727
Nick paces outside Althea's room with a single pink rose for her. Later, Althea wishes that she could reciprocate Nick's profession of love to her. Shana detects Nancy's anger at Mike, and Nancy offers to work with Shana's blind friend. Althea seeks Carolee's advice about Nick. Steve listens with understanding as Nick grouses about scoring points with Althea by not being himself. A bold and brazen Carolee invites Steve to dinner.
S1 • E1730
Matt removes Althea's bandages, and afterward she admits that she feels more comfortable with him than she does her husband. Mr. Hansen, everyone's favorite patient, returns to the outpatient clinic. Maggie hopes that Steve won't chop her head off when she gives him advice about falling in love on the rebound. Althea's coldness toward her bugs Maggie. Later, an encounter with Mr. Hansen disturbs Althea when he mentions Penny's behavior during his last visit to Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1731
After speaking with Mr. Hansen, Althea barges into Dr. Geller's office and says she can't trust him. Later, back in Althea's hospital room, Geller has to order a tranquilizer when she becomes enraged at him and Nick for lying to her. Nick blames Geller for what appears to be a serious setback in Althea's progress, but Geller argues that negativity is a good thing in this particular case. A paranoid Althea worries that other things are being kept from her.
S1 • E1732
Mike dismisses Nancy's request for a supper date because she hasn't made up her mind about their relationship. Later, she invites Shana. Maggie worries about Geller's method of treatment for Althea. Matt bristles at Mike's rudeness toward Maggie. Over dinner, Nancy tells Shana about her problems with Mike, and Shana reveals that she's having similar problems with her blind friend. Mike and Matt continue to be at odds over Matt's sound advice.
S1 • E1733
When Steve asks her to dinner, Carolee jokes that she would follow any man offering chocolate mousse. Geller meets with Althea and convinces her to consider Penny's best interests instead of her own. Steve tries to reason with a very hurt Nick. Althea persuades Carolee to make her dinner date with Steve a quartet. At the restaurant, Althea and Steve have a wonderful evening, while Nick and Carolee stew.
S1 • E1734
Liz cools Jody with the excuse that Carolee will be home soon and wants time alone with Steve. Nick attempts to take control of the conversation at dinner but is interrupted. Althea invites Nick to her hospital room. When Steve is confused by Carolee's accusation of being insensitive, she explains that he's on the rebound and she's on the bound. Althea suggests that Nick be himself instead of the man he thinks she wants to him to be. But when he shows her who he is, there's an awkward silence between them.
S1 • E1735
Mike asks Matt for a transfer out of physical therapy duty with Nancy but doesn't like his father's answer. Simon lectures the father of a young patient who is diagnosed with hemophilia. Nancy goes to Matt with the same request that Mike had earlier, and she receives a similar response. Afterward, Mike loses his temper when Matt mentions that he spoke with Nancy. Matt takes Mike aside and calls him on the carpet for his behavior.
S1 • E1736
Althea announces to Geller that she's restless and needs to decide where she's going to live after being released from Hope Memorial. Steve and Nick have different opinions about the success of Nick and Althea's dinner date. Nick apologizes to Dr. Geller, but they disagree when Geller says that he wants to encourage Althea to return home with Nick. Althea tells Nick that as his wife, going home with him seems the logical thing to do.
S1 • E1737
Althea wants Nick to explain his lack of enthusiasm over her suggestion, but when he does, she uses Martha's interruption to avoid the conversation. Nancy stops Mike from initiating another argument. Nick seeks advice from Matt. Mike interrupts Nancy discussing a young patient with Matt and misinterprets the conversation to be about him. Althea admits to Matt her true feelings about moving home with Nick.
S1 • E1738
Nancy phones Mike wanting to see him, but he insists that she meet him at the Powers house instead. Shana advises Paul that he can't make the world bend and change to his own comfort. Mike dissuades Matt and Maggie from leaving for a movie before Nancy arrives. After they're alone, Mike demands that Nancy make an adult commitment to him. Paul's decision prompts Shana to a serious decision of her own. Nancy says the words that Mike needs to hear.
S1 • E1739
Mike and Nancy appear to set aside their differences after her admission. Nick arrives at Hope Memorial with a gift for Althea that passes muster with Nurse Anderson. A jovial Matt and Maggie return home their movie, but the mood changes after Mike makes an announcement. Nick presents his gift to a delighted Althea. Nancy is as uncomfortable as Matt and Maggie over Mike's declaration. Nick gives Althea a second gift that leads to a closeness between them for the first time in months.
S1 • E1740
Nick awakens from a terrible nightmare in which he's taunted by Althea. After speaking with Althea on the phone and learning that she looks forward to seeing him, Nick falls asleep and experiences a much more pleasant dream. Liz notices that Carolee is exhausted from a lack a sleep, but Carolee declares she'd lose ten nights of sleep for Dr. Steve Aldrich. Anna seeks gossip for the hospital newspaper and realizes that something's going on between Steve and Carolee. Steve admits that he enjoys a bit of gossip as long as it's about somebody else.
S1 • E1741
Anna cheerfully tries to get a story from Simon, who is preoccupied with the medical problems of nine year old Martin Walker. Mike wants another loan from his father. Simon consults with Matt about Martin Walker's liver cancer diagnosis. Paul urges Shana to get on with her life without him. Matt is a sucker when Maggie sides with Mike.
S1 • E1742
Nick can't figure out what Steve and Martha are up to when they turn the tables on him in the laboratory. Martha loves Nick's gift for Althea, while Mike presents one to Nancy, too. Shana interrupts a private moment between Mike and Nancy. Later, Shana is in a quandary about whether or not to bring Paul to Nancy for help.
S1 • E1743
Althea considers Nick's kindness, and later the two begin to rebuild their relationship, though Althea won't allow herself to fully yield to his advances. Carolee tries to learn Steve's zodiac sign, and he sneaks a kiss from her. Shana enacts a new plan to force Paul to learn to adapt to his disability. A simple question from Carolee causes Althea's mood to crash when she realizes that Nick holds all of the answers.
S1 • E1744
Nick and Althea ponder the same thing at the same time, but their timing is lousy when they try to connect. A bit of graffiti on the wall at Hope Memorial sends Matt into a tirade, but Carolee finds it amusing. Althea and Nick finally have an opportunity to make a connection. Simon wants to perform an important surgery for a young patient, but Matt has a dilemma in the clinic. Anna catches the graffiti culprit. Althea and Nick reach a decision, but secretly she's not entirely comfortable with it.
S1 • E1745
Matt has a meeting with Robert, the ghost writer responsible for hospital graffiti. Mike wants a little romance with Nancy in the physical therapy room. Maggie uses humor to soften Robert's prejudice against doctors. Paul refuses to go with Shana to Hope Memorial. During a physical therapy session, Mr. Grant detects Shana's turmoil. Maggie urges Mike to stop moving so quickly with Nancy.
S1 • E1746
Inspired by Mike and Nancy and Jody and Liz, Carolee invites Steve for dinner at her apartment. Liz rewards Jody for being so beautiful. Steve wants Carolee to play Roxanne to his Cyrano. Liz remarks on the difference between her outlook on life and Jody's, but he thinks that they complement one another. Mike dubs a contradictory Nancy "The Lady of the Warm Ice."
S1 • E1747
When Mike arrives home at dawn, Matt doesn't lecture his son, the psychosomatic lover. Althea comes to two decisions in her life, and she isn't intimidated by Dr. Geller's silence. Afterward, Geller expresses concern to Matt that Althea will soon experience real problems since she isn't ready emotionally to move forward with her life. Nick and Althea decide that they're going to be all right, but later Althea ignores a voice from her past.
S1 • E1748
Dr. Geller cautions Nick not to expect too much and then issues him a warning about what could happen with Althea. Nick grouses to Matt about Geller's pessimism. Matt agrees that Althea can return to work at Hope Memorial under certain conditions. Shana tells Paul that only he can free her by learning to stand on his own two feet. Althea and Matt discuss her plans for work. Paul remembers his past life. Althea keeps Nick at bay. Paul recklessly takes Shana's advice.
S1 • E1749
Paul forces himself down the stairs of the apartment house. Nancy suggests accompanying Shana home to meet her friend Paul and force him into therapy. Maggie receives news of a family death from her sister Nora, who also has a very serious request for Maggie and Matt. Nancy tries to calm a frantic Shana after she realizes that Paul has gone out alone.
S1 • E1750
After they fail to find Paul in the neighborhood, Nancy convinces Shana to phone the police. The Powerses collectively decide to open their home to seventeen year old Julie Forrest, Maggie's orphaned cousin. Steve and Carolee exchange friendly gestures. Shana phones the police again and worries that there's no news about Paul. Declining help from a stranger on the street, Paul has an accident.
S1 • E1751
While on the phone with the police regarding Paul's disappearance, Shana hears the sounds of sirens outside. A bored Althea needs frothy nonsense from Carolee, who diagnoses the reason for her friend's restlessness. Steve and Simon receive a visit from Carolee in the emergency room. Carolee and Steve disagree about the extent of Althea's recuperation. Paul is brought in to the emergency room, and Steve insists he spend the night for observation and tests. Paul refuses to phone Shana.
S1 • E1752
Simon phones the police with details of Paul's accident. Paul shares a room with Nancy's patient Mr. Grant, and the two men instantly clash. Shana receives news from the police. Steve and Carolee decide that Paul is a mystery man who appears to be hiding something. Shana appreciates Steve's concern for Paul, and later, watches secretly as Mr. Grant teases Paul. Afterward, Paul learns something interesting about his Hope Memorial roommate.
S1 • E1753
Steve confronts Shana over Paul's accident, and tired of all the lies, she confesses to him Paul's true identity. Mr. Grant suggests that it's time for Paul to learn to adjust to the world. Althea is haunted by Buddy's voice calling for her. Steve allays Althea's nightmares, and the two discover the different layers in one another.
S1 • E1754
Shana sadly realizes that Paul won't need her after today. Nancy reassures Shana that she intends to help Paul and will change his life forever. Mr. Grant forces Paul to help himself. Later, they trade stories about their life before blindness, but Grant dismisses Paul as a quitter and loser when Paul expresses admiration for him. Anna receives a letter from Ed and makes a request of Matt. Steve reminds Shana that there's no turning back now.
S1 • E1755
Shana has a confession for Paul that her devotion to him wasn't completely altruistic. Althea confides in Nick about her dream of hearing a little boy's voice. Steve and Shana prepare to take Paul for his tests. Anna and Nick discuss the letter she received from Ed. Nick expresses his concern for Althea's nightmares to Matt. Afterward, Steve drops a bombshell on Matt.
S1 • E1756
Matt wants to speak with Shana and advises Steve how to handle the situation with Paul. Maggie receives a phone call from Julie who insists that she doesn't need Maggie to escort her to town. Matt wants to understand Shana's motivation in hiding Paul's identity, and she explains his accident and presumed death in Israel. Matt insists that Paul be told the truth. Later, Matt finds himself in a bigger quandary when Mike begins to talk of his marriage and honeymoon with Nancy.
S1 • E1757
Mike storms out after miscalculating the reason Matt appears to hedge in giving him time off for his wedding. Later, Matt stuns Maggie with news of Paul's return from the dead. Althea dismisses Dr. Geller but is surprised to find that he finds her timing perfect. Martha forces Nick to set aside his bravado and have a serious conversation. Althea says goodbye to Geller. Matt explains his actions and plans to Maggie who wants to hide from the world.
S1 • E1758
Matt pays a visit to Paul who suddenly becomes deaf when Matt's personal questions begin to annoy him. Carolee attempts to deliver good news in Spanish, but she has a bigger hurdle to overcome when Steve won't share the secret with her. Matt promises to reveal the reason for his probing after Paul answers a few questions. Althea feels uneasy over the problems at Hope Memorial, but Steve persuades her to admit that it's because Nick has become a stranger to her. Matt reveals the whole truth to Paul.
S1 • E1759
Matt insists that Paul is a coward and decides to tell Nancy the truth next. Dr. Geller urges Nick to be strong and patient with Althea since her problems are far from over. Shana wants Matt to tell Nancy that Paul is alive, but he forces Shana to do it. Mr. Grant suggests that Mike consider a "Wyoming sky" for his honeymoon, while a hostile Nancy reels at the news that her husband is alive.
S1 • E1760
After Nancy dismisses him, Mike storms into Matt's office demanding to know what he said to Nancy. An emotional Nancy hesitates outside Paul's hospital room. Carolee persuades Maggie to tell her what's happening in Matt's office. Maggie stops Mike from going to Nancy. Paul insists to Nancy that he's as good as dead. Mike vows to his parents that he won't let Paul take Nancy away from him, but later, he finds Nancy and Paul in a tearful embrace.
S1 • E1761
Mike is hit in the face with reality when he meets Paul Bennet. Paul detects Nancy's cover-up of her relationship with Mike and urges his wife to not resurrect him. Shana begs Mike to listen to her, but he refuses to forgive her. Mr. Grant doesn't understand his run-in with Mike. Nancy and Paul remember their past and realize they can't forget it. Paul declares what's no longer important to him.
S1 • E1762
With her medical tests over, Althea reassures Nick that she wants to return home to live with him. Nancy goes to Matt when she can't find Mike. Carolee tells Matt that Mike went missing after his run-in with Mr. Grant. At Carolee's urging, Matt talks to a saddened Shana. Later, Matt grows concerned when Mike doesn't arrive home.
S1 • E1763
Mike takes a walk in the park to think things through. Paul explains to Nancy why he can't return to her. Mr. Grant interrupts a tense moment between Nancy and Paul, and he makes the situation even more tense. Carolee attempts to comfort Nancy. Mike imagines Paul and Nancy's reunion. Matt and Maggie are disturbed by evidence of Mike's anger. Mike returns to the park and is haunted by Nancy's taunts.
S1 • E1764
Julie phones Maggie and says she's coming by train instead of flying because she needs time alone to think about her situation. Matt admits that he's not happy with Julie's arrival while there's turmoil surrounding Mike and Nancy in their home. Carolee brings Althea a farewell present. Althea rejects a lecture on the birds and the bees from Nick. Nancy wants to know if Shana loves Paul. Shana is afraid for Mike, who last lost everything.
S1 • E1765
Mr. Grant tries to get through to Paul, but he stubbornly insists he'll divorce Nancy so she can marry Mike. Nancy and the Powerses continue to worry about Mike. A bum in the park advises Mike that he has two choices in life and wonders which one Mike will choose. Nancy is tormented by visions of Mike and Paul. Grant gets Paul to admit that he loves Nancy. Mike goes to Nancy's apartment, but she's at Hope Memorial. Grant tells Nancy that Paul still loves her.
S1 • E1766
Mike returns home, and Matt does his fatherly best to help his son. Althea is anxious to receive the results of her last tests. Mike expresses his appreciation to Matt and Maggie. Nick and Althea are nervous on the morning of her release from Hope Memorial. Matt brings Althea test results, and she misconstrues his depressed mood. Mike decides he wants to see Nancy right away.
S1 • E1767
Nick threatens to fire Steve for his sense of humor. Before Mike arrives, Nancy removes her ring. Later, she tells it like it is to Mike, but he suggests that despite her love Paul, he may not return her feelings. A bold Steve invites Carolee to his place for dinner. With nothing left to say, Nancy returns Mike's ring. Althea feels like a stranger in a strange place when she arrives home.
S1 • E1768
Having returned to the apartment with Nick, Althea begins to explore her past. Mike tells Matt and Maggie that Nancy has effectively ended their relationship by returning his engagement ring. Nancy visits Paul to attempt to force him to admit that he still loves her and needs her. Nick can't answer Althea's questions when she accidentally finds Buddy's old baseball glove in a closet.
S1 • E1769
Althea notices Nick's evasive behavior when he refuses to answer questions about the baseball glove. Maggie and Simon catch Mike taking out his anger on an innocent patient. Mike insists to Simon he wants to inflict his pain on someone else. Nancy uses a new strategy on Paul, who continues to insist that he's dead. Maggie fears what Mike might do if the scars don't heal. Mike confronts Paul. After talking about Buddy's death with Nick, Althea unconvincingly insists she's fine.
S1 • E1770
Carolee misinterprets an intimate dinner at Steve's apartment as a seduction attempt. Althea is frightened by her lack of feelings toward her children. Matt wants Mike to be tough and take his licks, but Maggie urges Matt to have compassion for his son. Carolee wants to keep her relationship with Steve simple and easy, but he has other ideas. Nick wants to communicate with Althea without talking.
S1 • E1771
An uncomfortable Althea stalls going to bed with Nick. Matt urges Mike to not give up on himself and become part of life again. Nick and Althea find they can't sleep their first night together, but for different reasons. Julie phones from the train station and spars humorously with Mike. Matt urges a sarcastic Mike to adjust his attitude before collecting Julie. At the station, Julie teases Mike then annoys him when she suggests he's uptight because of woman troubles.
S1 • E1772
Maggie is shocked into consciousness when Matt tells her that Julie has arrived unexpectedly. Waiting for Mike to collect their guest from the train station, Maggie worries that Mike will direct his recent hostilities toward Julie. Nancy attempts to convince Paul that she needs him. Julie tells Matt and Maggie her life story and her curious attitude toward her stepmother's death. Paul admits to Nancy his fear of blindness and death. Julie's personality traits trouble Matt.
S1 • E1773
Althea apologizes to Nick for their lack of intimacy her first night home, and they agree that patience is the answer. Julie makes breakfast for the family, but creates chaos in the kitchen when she and a grumpy Mike clash. Nick and Althea continue a tense morning of adjusting to one another. Julie fails to make Mike smile. Nick finds that Althea has retrieved Buddy's baseball glove, which she doesn't want destroyed.
S1 • E1774
Mr. Grant clears the way for Paul and Nancy to talk. Later, he spars with Martha but eventually charms her. Matt's suggestion for Mr. Grant thrills Martha, but Grant is less than thrilled at the idea. Anna returns to Hope Memorial with news of her meeting with Ed. Nancy encourages Paul to explore therapy and continue their life together, and he wants to leave town as soon as possible. Nancy fears for Mike.
S1 • E1775
Anna shares with Carolee the epilogue to Ed Stark, who is experiencing his post-adolescent adolescence. Matt and Anna exchange ideas about Mr. Grant. Paul practices with his cane. Shana and Paul meet again and say a heartfelt goodbye to one another. Nancy asks for Matt's reassurance that she's made the right decision for Paul and Mike.
S1 • E1776
Nick becomes grouchy when Carolee and Steve comment on his newlywed status with Althea, and Carolee wonders why the couple doesn't seem happily reunited. Julie wants to kiss Maggie then talks strangely about the death of her stepmother Elaine. An emergency involving Simon's young patient relocates Steve from the lab to the clinic. Maggie confides to Steve that Julie makes her uneasy. Julie writes a letter to Elaine. Steve irritates Nick whose rudeness prompts Althea to invite him to dinner.
S1 • E1777
Julie goads Mike into telling her about his relationship with the older Nancy, and after she teases him, he realizes he should've avoided Julie when he had the chance. Paul tells Grant about the plan to leave for New York with Nancy, and Grant shares his news of a PR opportunity that he has no intention of taking. Matt orders Mike to show up for his shift at Hope Memorial. Paul and Anna work on Mr. Grant. Mike literally has a run-in with Paul. Afterward, Mike reveals to his father that he's considering a drastic change in his career.
S1 • E1778
Martha becomes annoyed when Althea disagrees with her over the research lab filing system. Mike snaps at Simon in the clinic. Simon urges Mike to not join the Peace Corps for selfish reasons. Mr. Grant visits Martha and detects something wrong in her usually cheery voice. Althea and Steve share a lunch together, and he answers her questions about his marriage to Karen. Althea decides to rock the boat and reorganize the lab.
S1 • E1779
Carolee meets Julie, who doesn't make a very good first impression. Julie informs Matt of her desire to dedicate herself to helping mankind, and he offers to talk to the head of personnel at Hope Memorial on her behalf. Nick demands to know the reason for the tension in the lab. Martha gloats in her victory over Althea. Julie annoys Carolee. When Althea loses her cool, Nick notices that she yields to Steve's influence.
S1 • E1780
Mike accuses Nancy of being a lonely widow who used him, and his cruelty pushes her farther away from him. Steve advises Althea to lighten up on Martha as well as herself. Althea wants to keep her conversations with Steve in confidence. Matt and Maggie learn that Julie failed to keep the interview appointment that Matt arranged for her. Visions of a taunting Nancy haunt Mike who becomes unhinged.
S1 • E1781
Mike goes into a rage and trashes the physical therapy room after seeing visions of Nancy taunting him. Maggie worries that anything could set Mike off at this point. Julie returns home and tries to explain why she failed to keep her appointment in the personnel department at Hope Memorial. After knocking Mike out, Jimmy the hospital security guard calls for Steve, who convinces him not to involve the police. Julie reassures Matt and Maggie that Mike isn't really destructive, but then he receives news from Steve.
S1 • E1782
Carolee sees Steve and Mike emerge from the physical therapy room. Althea withdraws from Nick after they quarrel about her invitation to Steve, and he stalks off when she pretends not to see the real issue. Matt arrives at the hospital, where Steve explains Mike's violent outburst. When Matt asks Mike to explain it himself, he clams up, insisting he has nothing else to say. Nick attempts to placate Althea by allowing her to have Steve over for dinner, but she continues to give him a frosty expression. He goes to bed, alone and irritated, while she stays in the living room to read a book. In the physical therapy room, Matt loses his temper with security officer Jim Crawford, who insists that Mike's actions were willful destruction of property, and anyone else would be arrested for such a crime. Matt screams that the he'll take responsibility for the damages and his son. Having wrecked the therapy room, Matt harshly asks Mike if he intends to wreck his life, too, but Mike doesn't have an answer.
S1 • E1783
Matt takes Mike home. Steve suggests that it will be quite a while before Mike learns that he can't go around breaking things up because a woman rejected him. Julie tells Maggie about her cold, lonely life in the orphanage. Matt and Mike arrive home. Matt suggests to Maggie that the hospital board will have to know about Mike's behavior, and she thinks that Matt has already condemned him. Matt stops Maggie from going upstairs to comfort Mike, arguing that Mike needs to learn how to face adversity. Althea quietly decides for herself that she doesn't like Nick who she finds course and uncouth. She retreats into the darkness of the living room, thinking that she doesn't want Nick to touch her. Later, she phones Steve at Hope Memorial, and he feels that he's caught in the squeeze of her marriage to Nick when she insists that he come over for dinner. Carolee offers a solution of inviting them all to a dinner party at her house, which will be neutral ground. At the Powers home, Julie worms her way into Mike's room with milk and cookies. She encourages him to be a man and take out his anger on the person who caused all of his problems: Nancy Bennett. As Julie too eagerly eggs him on, Mike rips Nancy's photo to pieces.
S1 • E1784
Matt informs Maggie that he has to report Mike's destructive rage to the hospital board. Martha uses Paul to goad Mr. Grant into doing what everyone thinks will be best for him. Mike wants to get his father's inevitable lecture over with, but Matt surprises him with a very different approach. Althea receives an invitation from Carolee. After talking with Mike about his future, Matt reaches a decision. Nancy and Paul say goodbye to Matt and Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1785
Nick makes his surly displeasure known to a mischievous Carolee. Hope Memorial receives a new prize package in its public relations department. Nick touches a nerve with Althea in the lab, leading to a chilly squabble. Tired of all the tension, Steve states his case to Nick, who admits that his marriage is filled with a series of "blue zeroes." Althea grouses to Carolee about Nick's impatience, but Carolee assures her that things will improve at her impromptu dinner party. Matt dictates a letter to the hospital board that could end Mike's hospital career as well as his own. The dinner party at Carolee's apartment doesn't yield its intended results.
S1 • E1786
As Carolee's dinner party deteriorates, Nick continues drinking heavily. Althea refuses to leave with a drunken Nick. Later, Nick drowns his sorrows at a bar and pours his guts out to the bartender. Steve offers to drive Althea home. Nick's bartender encourages him to be the man of the house and become aggressive with Althea. Back at the Bellini apartment, Althea confesses to Steve that the thought of making love with Nick repulses her. An agitated Nick arrives home and is angered to find his wife and Steve keeping company together.
S1 • E1787
Steve puts Nick to bed after their near altercation. Speaking from his own experience with Karen, Steve tries to impart wisdom to Althea. Unable to sleep, Althea takes a sleeping pill and hypothesizes that she would be a more suitable mate for Steve than Carolee. Julie visits Mike's room in the middle of the night to dole out advice about being man, no matter what decision the hospital board reaches. Later, Mike makes an announcement to his parents. The Powers family, including Julie, enjoys a very late-night celebration.
S1 • E1788
Nick awakens to find himself in the dog house, and he tries to recall the events of the previous evening. Mike and Matt are left to their own devices in the kitchen when Maggie and Julie abandon them. Mike learns that he's been suspended, and the hospital board of directors could decide his fate sooner than later. Martha teaches Mr. Grant to use a script board for writing. Nick attempts to smooth things over with Carolee. Later, frustrated with Althea and Martha, Nick storms out of the lab.
S1 • E1789
Matt receives a visit from chairman of the board Dr. George Richards, who stops by to discuss the situation with Mike and offer Matt some serious advice. Maggie and Carolee fear that Richards wants Matt's head on a platter. Later, Matt tells Maggie that he and Mike must appear separately before the hospital board at 2 that afternoon. Carolee worries when her mother fails to answer the phone. Steve tries to explain to a jealous Carolee what he did with Althea for two hours before Nick arrived home from the bar.
S1 • E1790
Julie pesters Mike into admitting that he's been suspended from work. Later, she manages to make him feel temporarily better, until he receives a call from Hope Memorial. Althea thanks Steve for his help and consideration. Tension between Nick and Althea continues in the lab. Before the hearing, Matt insists to Mike that the hospital board isn't looking for a scapegoat. Hospital security guard Jim Crawford testifies to the board about the incident in the therapy room, but he lies.
S1 • E1791
Matt suggests to the board that he's dubious about Jim Crawford's testimony of threats from Mike, but his potential for prejudice in Mike's favor is questioned. When the board questions the reason for Mike's malicious behavior, Matt declines to reveal personal details. Julie begins her first day at Hope Memorial. The board decides that Mike should testify without Matt present and isn't impressed by Mike's explanation. The Powers family await a decision.
S1 • E1792
Dr. Richards wants to keep an open mind about Mike, but Mr. Benjamin insists Mike is spoiled and willful. Liz returns from her month long vacation, but not knowing the recent scandal, she puts her foot in her mouth with Matt. Carolee catches Liz up on gossip. Liz reveals that she's become a new, more positive person. An overwrought Maggie wants to challenge Jim Crawford's lie, though Mike argues that it doesn't matter. Julie befriends Liz. The scandal at Hope Memorial surfaces in the newspaper.
S1 • E1793
A grumpy Nick refuses Althea's request to look at the newspaper, but when Steve convinces him, he changes his tune. Mike feels it would be better for his parents if he were at a different hospital. Dr. Richards summons Matt and Mike to the boardroom. Althea bemoans Nick's manic depressive behavior. After Steve defends Nick and accuses Althea of being catty, she suggests he's afraid of speaking the truth. With Hope Memorial facing a newspaper scandal, Mike volunteers a drastic solution.
S1 • E1794
Nick shows Maggie the newspaper article about Mike and warns her that some people in the public won't be forgiving. Matt realizes that he will probably be accused of nepotism. Martha suggests that she and Althea have an honest, open, heart to heart talk, but it fails to improve their discord when Althea turns the discussion to Nick. Mr. Grant's new apartment proves a constructive distraction for Martha. Nick defends Martha against Althea's criticism.
S1 • E1795
Liz describes for Carolee her recent journey to self discovery. Mike stops by to welcome Liz home. Althea confesses to Nick the depth of her depression, but he manages to lighten her mood. Liz gives Mike sound advice regarding his future. After running into Nick and Althea at a restaurant, Carolee lies to avoid Althea's invitation. Afterward, Carolee declares Steve "nice-nice." Nick notes that Althea's attitude changed after meeting Steve and Carolee earlier. Althea angrily accuses Nick of only wanting to work things out with her sexually.
S1 • E1796
Matt refuses Mike's protests that he should resign from Hope Memorial, arguing that it would make the situation look even worse. Mr. Grant learns about Mike's predicament and the potential consequences if the board votes against him. Nick discusses with Martha the tension between her and Althea in the lab. Later, Nick confides to Matt that he's about to become as destructive as Mike if things don't change with Althea.
S1 • E1797
Matt protests to the board his right to confront Jim Crawford about the allegations he made. Mike faces Mr. Benjamin on the board. Mr. Grant and Anna face off on his first day when he wants to change the hospital newspaper's editorial policy in an attempt to help Mike. After another disagreement with Althea, Martha capitulates for Nick's sake. Althea attempts to dissuade Mr. Grant from his plan to help Mike.
S1 • E1799
Nick talks of going all the way in his marriage, and Althea pushes him off when he exercises his animal instincts. Carolee admits to Liz that she thinks she's serious about Dr. Aldrich. Althea tells Nick that she's going to a movie at the Rialto but goes to Steve's apartment instead. Steve wonders if Althea's visit is appropriate. Althea insists she's more comfortable with Steve than with her husband. Liz advises Carolee about Steve. After she admits she had no intention of seeing a movie, Steve encourages Althea to be honest with Nick.
S1 • E1800
Julie decides to make the Powers morning meal a victory breakfast. A hungover Nick awakens and wants to know where Althea went last night, but she refuses to continue the discussion. Mike proves to Julie that he can show tenderness and affection, and she surprises him with her reaction. After Martha mentions taking Mr. Grant to the movies last night, Nick's suspicions about Althea surface.
S1 • E1801
Althea insists that she and Nick are getting what they want, and she decides she wants her mother to come for a visit. Matt gives Dr. Creighton permission to ask Carolee if she wants a transfer to head of student nursing. On his first day back to the hospital, Mike waits on Julie, who's running late. Matt orders Mike to get to work pronto. Carolee ponders a new position. Nick and Althea continue their quarrel in the lab where Althea defends Steve from Nick.
S1 • E1802
Steve doesn't like being involved with Althea or their lies. Later, Althea lies again when Martha interrupts a tense moment between them. Martha wants a little talk with Mr. Grant after observing him struggling to use his script board. Julie insists on explaining herself and Mike to Matt. Martha insists that Grant won't be one of her failures. Julie's compliments fail to move Martha. Martha reminds Steve that Dr. Bellini should be their main concern.
S1 • E1803
Steve's suggestion that he should use another approach to handle Althea infuriates Nick. Matt refuses to allow personal differences to dictate hospital procedure when Nick demands that Steve be replaced. Julie offers to be the legman for Mr. Grant as he gathers gossip for the hospital paper. Later, he makes an observation about Julie to Anna. Nick admits to Steve that he wonders if Althea lied about going to the movie and was actually with another man.
S1 • E1804
Nick changes his mind about Mrs. Hamilton coming to visit. While arguing with Nick, Althea experiences blurred vision and then screams at Nick to leave her alone. Carolee tells Steve she's feeling ignored. Liz advises Carolee about the new job offer, and Dr. Creighton does his best to convince her, too. Nick describes the strange incident with Althea to Steve and asks him to report any odd behavior he notices. Althea angers Nick with her attention to Steve.
S1 • E1805
Julie shares her Hope Memorial observations with Maggie, who's amazed at Julie's energy. Maggie discusses the anatomy of patience with Mike. Mike bristles after learning that Julie explained and defended his lateness to Matt. Julie enlists Mike to help with her hospital newspaper story and ends up analyzing him very accurately. Maggie helps Matt see what Mike needs and doesn't need in a father.
S1 • E1806
Maggie reminds Matt that he'd feel guilty if he stood in the way of Carolee accepting Dr. Creighton's job offer. Nick wonders if Althea would respond to him if he made a real effort to change. Carolee's unconvincing performance convinces Matt to say what he needs to say. Later, Carolee agrees to give Julie the scoop, and she passes it on to Mr. Grant. Nick tells Matt about his new approach to Althea, but afterward, she seemingly shoots him down by inviting Mrs. Hamilton for a visit.
S1 • E1807
Mrs. Hamilton advises Althea that Nick isn't the one who's changed. Anna and Martha invite Carolee for a night out. Julie waits for Mike to give her a ride home. Mrs. Hamilton surmises that Nick would prefer to continue helping Althea alone, and he laments that the situation has been harder on him than anyone else. Althea disagrees with Nick about the significance of what he thinks is a solid memory. Julie stops Mike in his amorous tracks. Nick wonders if there's really an answer to his problem.
S1 • E1808
Steve receives a letter from Karen with very important news, but she keeps her address from him. Nick reaches out to Steve in friendship. Steve shares his letter with Althea who thinks that she and Steve have a bond. Later, Althea and Nick argue about Karen's importance to Steve. Jim Novak, a patient from her recent past, unnerves Althea. Upset by Karen's letter, Steve turns to Carolee for solace.
S1 • E1809
Carolee worries over a hasty decision and attends a disco with Steve. Jody Lee stops by the girls' apartment with a feast from the deli, but his and Liz's presence cramps Carolee's style when she arrives home with Steve. Carolee confides in Liz that she knows Steve isn't in love with her. With Mike and Julie out to see a movie, Maggie and Matt enjoy an evening alone. However, when the two fail to arrive home by 2 am, Maggie begins to worry about the combination of Julie's youthfulness and Mike's vulnerability. Maggie dismisses Matt's joke that she doesn't trust Mike, but her expression reveals her true feelings.
S1 • E1810
Maggie subtly questions Mike for details of his date with Julie and reminds Mike that Julie's just out of high school. Steve and Nick compare the potential to solve their respective personal dilemmas. Nick decides to take Steve's advice. Simon treats a young boy with a heart murmur whose mother wants to keep him an invalid. After Maggie expresses concern for Mike's judgment, Matt suggests she stay out of it. Nick sends Edna out for the evening so that he can prepare a romantic evening for Althea.
S1 • E1811
Althea approves of the romantic dinner that Nick prepared until she realizes that he's sent her mother to a concert so that they can be alone in the apartment. Liz reads Carolee's horoscope and draws parallels between the book's predictions and Carolee's relationship with Steve. Nick plies an uncomfortable Althea with champagne as she dodges his romantic overtures. Remembering Karen's letter, Steve drinks alone in his apartment. Althea's rejection of Nick's professions of love lead to a desperate act. Liz feels her predictions are vindicated when Steve phones Carolee. While attempting to flee from Nick, words from Althea's past echo in her mind.
S1 • E1812
After struggling with Nick, Althea runs into the street and is nearly hit by a car. Althea and Nick simultaneously recall harsh words spoken the night of her accident at Hope Memorial. Then Althea experiences a major psychological breakthrough. Edna returns to the apartment and warns Nick that it was too soon when he admits just how far he went with his wife. Steve finds Althea at his door and comforts her when she gives him an account of the evening's shocking events. Steve reassures Althea that everything will return to normal when she recovers, unaware that she already has.
S1 • E1813
Remembering their argument from last May, Nick goes to Hope Memorial in search of Althea, but he attracts the attention of Leonard, the night watchman. Nurse Duncan phones Matt about Nick's strange behavior. Althea spends the night at Steve's apartment, and he wonders what he can do for her. Nick explains to Matt what happened with Althea and why he thinks she might return to the hospital. Althea decides to keep something very important to herself. Maggie finds it odd when Althea phones her to say that she's all right.
S1 • E1814
Nick tells Edna about his visit to the hospital, and becomes annoyed after they receive word from Maggie that Althea called the Powers home. An angry Nick bellows to the lab that Althea walked out on him, and he barely contains his animosity for Steve. Carolee receives gifts from the staff on her last day as Matt's head nurse. Liz tells Carolee about the gossip of Nick looking for a missing Althea at 5 a.m. Matt leaves a gift for Carolee, and Mr. Grant makes a very special toast.
S1 • E1815
Matt and Carolee have a heart to heart on her last day as his nurse. Afterward, Matt tends to a very sore Nick who wants fresh blood in the lab. Althea reminds herself that she has to keep up the facade. Steve is shocked when Althea confides in him that she plans to ask Nick for a divorce. Fearing gossip, Nick requests that Matt keep Nick and Althea's marital problems under wraps at the hospital. Maggie finds an odd letter that Julie wrote to Elaine. Steve decides that Nick is an animal. Nick wonders just where Althea went last night.
S1 • E1816
Althea refuses to tell Nick who she spent the night with and lies about not remembering anything of the night of her accident. Anna helps Carolee move into her new office. Carolee has her first four crises as the supervisor of student nurses. Edna's attempts to intercede in Nick and Althea's conflict fails. Althea announces that she has to make some decisions. Nick and Edna both realize that Althea seems like her old self. Dr. Creighton encourages Carolee to make her new office her own. Nick admits to Edna that he's suspicious and wants to know who Althea was with.
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S1 • E1818
Mike reassures Matt that he's not ready to be serious with any girl, and Matt wonders about Julie's relationship with her late foster mother Elaine. The student nurses privately assess Carolee. Carolee tells Mike her plan for supervision through psychology with her student nurses. Steve brings Carolee a personal gift for her new job, but he becomes defensive when she brings up gossip about the Bellini marriage. Matt questions Steve regarding personal factors in the research lab and doesn't understand why Steve isn't as forthcoming as usual.
S1 • E1819
Simon explains Althea's condition to Mr. Novak, Althea's former patient. Maggie is puzzled by Julie's desire to buy Carolee a gift. Mike humors a kooky Julie. Maggie discusses Althea's behavior with Martha. Martha's unintended tactlessness irritates Nick. Maggie and Nick agree that Althea appears to be entering a new phase. Later, Maggie asks Matt if he thinks she's reading too much into the strange situations with Althea and Julie. Matt reacts when he learns that Mike went on an impulsive outing with Julie.
S1 • E1820
Matt speculates that when Julie finds a boyfriend, he'll have a beard and long hair. Julie leaves Carolee's gift with Nurse Buckley, who has other plans for it. Althea contemplates telling her mother the truth and admits she's beginning to see things more clearly. Mike warns Julie about Nurse Buckley, who was passed over for the job given to Carolee. After finding her letter to Elaine moved, Julie confesses to the family her reasons for writing to a dead woman. An ashamed Maggie decides to become Julie's best friend. Edna begs Althea to reconsider asking Nick for a divorce. Alone in her room, Julie decides to write another letter to Elaine since Maggie spoiled the previous one by touching it.
S1 • E1821
Anna solicits contributions for the Hope Memorial Christmas fund. Althea confides in Steve her plans for a divorce, but she promises that she doesn't intend to pursue him once she's free. Althea attempts to talk with Maggie as they once did when they were still close friends. Mike shares with Julie the gift Maggie really wants for Christmas. Anna encounters a bitter Nurse Buckley. Steve admits to Althea that he has been dishonest through his silence.
S1 • E1822
Althea thinks her transfer out of the research lab will help alleviate tensions. Later, she reassures Martha that she's not a factor in the decision. Miss Frobisher, Matt's new nurse, creates chaos at the nurse's station. Nick orders an angry Steve out of the lab. Martha warns Nick that she too has a breaking point with his rudeness. Julie wonders why Carolee hasn't thanked her for the gift. Althea informs Matt that she wants to leave the research lab.
S1 • E1823
Maggie agrees with Matt's decision regarding Althea's request and his suggestion about a new assignment for her. Mike, Anna, and Julie help Carolee arrange her new office. Carolee learns that Julie left a gift with Nurse Buckley that was never received. Maggie has a private conversation with Edna about Althea's current motives. A coy Julie questions Maggie about Carolee's interest in Steve, and afterward, she seals a mysterious letter.
S1 • E1824
Maggie and Simon notice that Althea deals like an old pro with an outpatient clinic patient. Nurse Buckley lies to Carolee that she left Julie's gift on the desk. Martha tells Steve that she has given up playing peacemaker in the Bellini marriage. Later, Althea wonders why Steve has come to the clinic to talk with her. After Steve leaves, Maggie sends Althea home in a distressed state. Nurse Buckley shifts the blame elsewhere. Althea dreams of Steve and calls out his name.
S1 • E1825
Matt is unable to reassure Nick, who believes that he's going to lose his marriage. Maggie shares with Matt a feeling that Althea is determined, and something is about to happen. Nick wishes that Edna would tell him what to do. Julie contemplates staying longer with the Powers family if she plays her cards right. Maggie and Matt speculate about the change in Althea and who she saw the night she ran out on Nick. Eavesdropping on Matt and Maggie, Julie resolves to learn all she can about Steve and the rest of the staff so that she can get everything she wants.
S1 • E1826
Julie's motives and her devotion to Elaine become clearer. Maggie regrets being suspicious of Julie and wants to be the one to help her if she needs someone. Nick's curiosity is aroused when Steve comments on how well Althea is working in the outpatient clinic. Later, Martha snaps at Steve after he becomes defensive about her very obvious probing questions. An angry Martha takes her concerns to Matt. Julie surprises Maggie with a desire to visit the prickly Nurse Buckley.
S1 • E1827
Julie instigates a chat with Nurse Buckley and innocently manipulates her. Mike tells Julie about Nurse Buckley's withdrawn daughter Linda, a nursing student. Julie expresses relief to Mike that she can stay with the Powers family after she turns 18. Nurse Buckley disapproves of the frivolity in Carolee's office decor and her progressive approach to the student nurses. Nick wonders if Althea has recovered and is keeping it a secret.
S1 • E1828
Althea slips out in the morning because she can't face Nick. Nick shares his suspicions about Althea's recovery with Edna. Simon and Maggie notice Althea's familiarity with the clinic. Maggie feels that Althea is on the verge of admitting the truth. Althea goes to the research lab to tell Steve her divorce plans. After Nick manages to get her alone, Althea refuses to talk with him. Edna advises Althea that she heard her calling Steve's name in her sleep.
S1 • E1829
When Julie questions Carolee about a nursing career, Carolee advises her to examine her reasons carefully. Julie makes subtle references to Carolee about Nurse Buckley and Steve. Later, Carolee conceives of a way for Mr. Grant to help Hope Memorial raise money. A petition by the student nurses agitates Nurse Buckley. Carolee tells Matt about Julie's nursing career plans.
S1 • E1830
Mike suggests that the family buy an extravagant Christmas gift for Julie to make her feel wanted. Dr. Creighton surmises Nurse Buckley's opposition to Carolee. Carolee admits to Creighton that she tried to dissuade Julie from a nursing career. Althea asks Maggie for the afternoon off in order to complete an important errand. Martha relieves Matt's frantic desk nurse and takes charge of the third floor nurse's station. Althea insists to Nick that their fight is over.
S1 • E1831
Julie tries to chat up Steve in the elevator and then eavesdrops on his private conversation with Althea. Martha fishes for information from Steve after learning that Althea and Nick have both taken the afternoon off. Later, she correctly guesses that the Bellinis are talking about divorce. Julie gossips to Mike about Steve and Althea. Althea confesses to Nick that she's fully recovered and is also convinced that they aren't right for one another. Nick informs Althea and Edna that he won't give Althea a divorce.
S1 • E1832
Edna shares with Maggie that Althea has recovered and plans to divorce Nick. Julie tells the Powers family what she overheard in the conversation between Steve and Althea. After Maggie realizes that Althea changed the night she left Nick, Matt explains what Nick did to push his wife away. Julie chats again with Nurse Buckley and subtly suggests a dislike for Carolee. Later, she "accidentally" lets slip insinuations about Steve and Althea's relationship.
S1 • E1833
Althea explains to Maggie what happened with Nick. Martha learns that Althea has recovered. Nurse Buckley expresses her disapproval of Carolee's progressive attitude. Carolee counsels Tina, a student nurse who is lonely as the holiday approaches. Dr. Creighton tries to calm his upset wife Eva. Later, Nurse Buckley agrees to Creighton's request that she support Carolee. After Martha explains the situation with Althea, including the fights between Steve and Nick, Carolee becomes afraid
S1 • E1834
The Powers family celebrates the holiday morning by opening their Christmas stockings. Mike presents Julie with a special gift. With Liz away and Steve volunteering to work in the outpatient clinic, Carolee faces a lonely Christmas until Mike and Julie pay a visit with a gift to replace the one taken by Nurse Buckley. Anna convinces Steve to share his brand of cheer in the children's ward. A contented Maggie can't help but wish the same peace for Nick and Althea. The staff of Hope Memorial gathers to sing Christmas carols. Actor James Pritchett delivers a special Christmas greeting to the viewing audience.
S1 • E1835
After Matt and Maggie find the nurses station unattended and phones ringing off the hook, Maggie jokingly gives Matt permission to take Martha for the good of the hospital even if it steps on Nick's toes. Nick bends Steve's ear about all the unwanted congratulations he's receiving and fills him in on Althea's recovery, unaware that an uncomfortable Steve already knows. Maggie warns Julie not to believe all the gossip she hears about the staff's private lives, and bristles when Julie mentions Althea's recovery. Nick begs Matt to talk to Althea and persuade her to stall the divorce suit.
S1 • E1836
Althea continues to avoid Nick, and Edna doesn't think her stubbornness can be dissuaded, even by Matt. Matt considers what he needs to say to Althea about her personal and professional life, and he has an idea of how solve his problem of getting Martha to run the nurse's station. Nick blows his stack after catching Althea in the lab apologizing to Steve. Matt asks Althea to have a cooling off period before proceeding with the divorce, and she remembers why she was never Matt's equal in pure logic.
S1 • E1837
Steve cancels his romantic evening with Carolee, who then must contend with her mother's probing questions. Julie tells Mike that she doesn't feel Carolee particularly likes her and suggests that Steve was looking at Althea, not Carolee, during the staff Christmas carols. Later, Julie overhears Steve arranging a secret meeting with Althea. Althea uses Maggie's filing work as a pretext to stay alone in the clinic, where afterward Steve arrives to warn her about Nick's threats. Although Althea and Steve agree that they can't be seen leaving Hope Memorial together, they're watched at a distance by Julie.
S1 • E1838
Althea retracts her promise to Matt when Nick admits that he put him up to it. When Althea tells him that she wants him to move out of the apartment, Nick accuses her of being involved with someone else. On New Year's Eve, Carolee requests that a serious Steve meet her at the nurse's station at midnight. Nick apologizes to Steve for blowing up over seeing him talking to Althea. Prickly patient Mrs. Glendennon persuades Julie into dispensing her medication. Carolee reads Julie the riot act for violating hospital procedures, prompting Julie to suggest that Carolee is tense because she's losing Steve to Mrs. Bellini. After Carolee slaps her, Julie vows revenge.
S1 • E1839
Carolee gives Liz the scoop of what happened with Julie and considers going to Matt with a resignation. Liz convinces Carolee to confront Julie privately and argues that Julie's accusations are unsubstantiated. Carolee approves Julie's nursing student application, which Julie accepts with the insinuation that it's a bribe. After Carolee attempts to make Julie understand that she's free to report her to Matt without the threat of recrimination, Julie swears that she'll keep the incident a secret. But, after leaving Carolee's office, Julie makes an appointment with Nurse Buckley. Nick needs reassurance that Steve is his friend and wants to talk with him about Althea, but Steve loses his cool when Nick wonders who Althea is seeing. Julie gives Nurse Buckley a very distorted version of the incident with Carolee, and Nurse Buckley invites Julie to her home, insisting that they become close friends.
S1 • E1840
Maggie congratulates Julie on acceptance to the nursing training program, but Julie uses the situation to insinuate that Carolee doesn't like her. Julie questions Maggie about the reasons why Nurse Buckley is disliked around the hospital. Althea confronts Matt and asks for a leave of absence that she intends to take with or without his permission. Nick tries to find out from Maggie where Althea went the night she left him. Julie has tea with Nurse Buckley and agrees to room in the dorm with her daughter Linda. Matt confides in Maggie that he approved Althea's leave but cringes at the thought of what Nick will do when he finds out. Althea requests a meeting with Nick.
S1 • E1841
Nick overhears Althea booking a flight to Mexico for a divorce. When he refuses to grant it, she threatens to expose his indiscretion. Consumed with jealousy, Nick insists that he has more questions to ask Althea before she goes. Julie says goodbye to the Powers home, but Mike reminds her that she'll always be part of their family. Linda defers to Julie's needs in the dorm. Before Nick leaves Althea's apartment, Edna urges him to stop torturing himself with unanswered questions, but he insists that he and Althea have unfinished business.
S1 • E1842
Althea informs Maggie of the her plans to travel to Mexico for a quickie divorce from Nick. Maggie counsels Althea, who declines to reveal her whereabouts the night she left Nick. Carolee and Julie agree to start afresh, but Julie continues her subtle manipulations. Carolee introduces Julie to Sally Granger, the president of the student body who has been assigned to help in Julie's training. Carolee confides in Sally the recent problems with Julie. Matt reminds Carolee that he doesn't want her to give Julie preferential treatment. Carolee is disturbed after Matt reveals that Althea is divorcing Nick. Julie insinuates to Nurse Buckley that Sally and Carolee are in league together.
S1 • E1843
Nick grouses to Matt that Althea is hiding things from him, and he suspects she's lying. Matt admits to a furious Nick that he wants to move Martha from the lab to the nurse's station to replace Carolee, prompting Nick to explode. Afterward, Nick hopes Martha will admit that Althea spent the night in her apartment, but Martha denies it. Later, Nick asks the same question of Anna. Gordon Dobbs, Althea's attorney, turns up at Hope Memorial with divorce papers for Nick to sign. At first, Nick refuses to sign but consents after learning that the divorce may be deemed invalid if either party has lied or perpetrated fraud.
S1 • E1844
Steve arouses Carolee's suspicions when he avoids another date with her with no explanation. Carolee wants to know from Steve is Nick is upset solely about the divorce. Later, Carolee learns from Martha Nick's suspicions that Althea is divorcing Nick because she has found someone else. Julie declares her group the Unholy Four and tries to get more information from her peers about Sally Granger. The student nurses are goaded by Julie into confronting Carolee and distrusting Sally. Carolee receives news that her mother is ill. Julie urges Linda to tell Nurse Buckley that Carolee will need a few days away from Hope Memorial.
S1 • E1845
During a conversation with Nick, who continues to obsess over Althea's whereabouts the night she left him, Steve accidentally mentions the phone call Althea made to Maggie early the next morning. Nick realizes that Steve could only have known about the phone call if he was with Althea, since she and Maggie never would have mentioned to him. An enraged Nick goes to see Matt, where he accuses Steve of having an affair with Althea behind his back. Nick demands that Matt get rid of Steve.
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After Nick informs him of what Steve accidentally revealed, Matt orders Steve to his office. Nick's fury forces Matt to threaten to have him removed from the hospital if he starts a brawl with Steve. A defensive Steve denies Nick's accusations and provides a flimsy explanation, but Nick warns him that he won't get away next time. Matt talks privately with Steve about Nick's obsessive state. Dr. Creighton finds Nurse Buckley in Carolee's office and suggests a substitute isn't necessary. Later, Buckley convinces Creighton to give her a set of duplicate keys to Carolee's office. When Anna volunteers to help keep an eye on Carolee's interests, Nurse Buckley becomes annoyed. Snooping around the office afterward, Buckley finds a locked strongbox. Matt wonders to Maggie if Nick may be right about Steve's involvement with Althea. A desperate Steve attempts to contact Althea in Mexico.
S1 • E1847
Steve finally contacts Althea at her hotel in Mexico, and she's distressed to learn of Nick and Matt's suspicions that she and Steve were together. Mr. Gonzalez, Althea's attorney, advises her to remain in Mexico until everything is settled. Althea receives unsettling news regarding the legality of her divorce. Steve finds Julie nosing around Carolee's office, and she makes insinuations about Steve's interest in the female staff. Julie spreads more gossip to Linda, who watches Julie attempting to find the locked strongbox.
S1 • E1848
Julie manipulates Mike into a Friday night date. Matt and Maggie debate questioning Julie further for information concerning Althea and Steve. Confronting Julie, Maggie decides not to pursue it. Julie wonders if Nurse Buckley managed to find a way to open Carolee's strongbox. Nurse Buckley introduces Julie to Dr. Dan Allison, who acts as a guidance counselor for the student nurses. Matt worries about Nick, and Maggie worries about Carolee should the Steve/Althea rumors prove true. Anna shares her concerns with Liz regarding Nurse Buckley.
S1 • E1849
Steve ignores Nick's refusal to give him the afternoon off. Later, Nick retrieves a note that Steve wrote and phones the airport to confirm a suspicion. After Linda mentions that Julie has a date with Mike on Friday, Cathy tells her that Julie is a double-crosser. Things begin to become very clear to Martha when Liz reveals the rumors regarding Althea and Steve. Steve meets Althea at the airport as she returns home from Mexico. Althea admits to Steve that she's afraid of Nick, unaware that he's secretly watching them from only a few feet away.
S1 • E1850
Martha asks Matt if she can be moved from the lab to the nurse's station as soon as possible because when Nick catches up with Steve and Althea, she fears there will be an explosion in the lab. Althea confides in Steve that she's afraid Nick will try to invalidate the divorce, or worse. Steve dismisses Althea's conviction that Nick could react violently. Julie boasts to Linda that she intends to get Mike under her thumb, and later, she warns Cathy not to trespass on the property of her boyfriend. Nick arrives at Steve's apartment for a showdown.
S1 • E1851
A fight erupts between Steve and Nick, but it's broken up by the arrival of the police who force Nick to leave. Parked at Oak Hill with Mike, Julie remembers that Elaine loved winter. Mike realizes that they've stayed too long on the mountain and are snowed in. Maggie admits to Matt that she's worried that Mike hasn't made it home, and they discuss the situation with Nick and Althea. Instead of walking for help, Mike and Julie decide to wait for the Highway Patrol to come by with a snowplow instead, and they pass the time in each others arms.
S1 • E1852
After spending the night together, Mike and Julie regret having to return to the real world. Matt doesn't realize the implications of finding Mike and Julie together in the morning. Steve meets with Althea in the student nursing lounge to tell her about his fight with Nick, and they're spotted by Mike and Julie. Julie confides in Linda that she isn't sure she wants Mike, but now that they've spent the night together, no other girl can get her claws on him. Steve confesses everything to Matt, who agrees that immediate changes will be necessary on staff to avoid more problems.
S1 • E1853
Matt reminds Nick that he has no proof of an indiscretion between Steve and Althea, but Nick argues that he's been a victim of fraud and will bust the divorce. A nervous Liz awaits a meeting with Matt. Nick has no choice but to allow Martha to go the third floor nurses station. Matt suggests that Liz turn up her collar if the lab becomes too stormy. Anna makes an emphatic suggestion to Nurse Buckley regarding Carolee. Matt offers Steve to Dr. Creighton. Nick meets with attorney Mr. Cummings about invalidating the divorce.
S1 • E1854
Martha removes her things from the lab. Nick taunts Althea about the time she spent with Steve, forcing her to make an admission that doesn't give Nick any satisfaction. Althea admits to Maggie that no matter what she does she only ends up making everything worse. Steve learns that he'll be working closely with Dr. Dan Allison from the medical college. Nurse Buckley retrieves Carolee's locked strongbox, and Julie persuades her to break into it.
S1 • E1855
Nurse Buckley confides in Julie about Dr. Creighton's wife Eva, who is an alcoholic. Julie and Nurse Buckley find a coded diary in Carolee's strongbox, and Buckley realizes its monstrous significance. Upon Carolee's return from Emma's, Steve breaks her heart. Creighton informs Carolee that Steve is his new assistant. A tearful Carolee turns to Creighton for comfort. Julie tells Linda that she spotted lipstick on Dr. Creighton's collar after his meeting with Carolee. When Linda wonders what they should have against Carolee, Julie warns her that if she sides with Carolee, she's siding against Julie. Nurse Buckley arranges a meeting with Dan Allison to tell him a secret that will shake Hope Memorial to its foundation.
S1 • E1856
Anna reveals to Carolee her suspicions that Nurse Buckley is planning to cause trouble for Carolee. Linda persuades her mother to reveal what she and Julie discovered in Carolee's strongbox, but Nurse Buckley swears her to secrecy. Matt tells Steve that Nick can't hold out too long in opposing lab assistant candidates. Julie insists that Pollyannas like Miss Simpson are good at duping innocent girls like Linda. Cathy goads Julie into asking Carolee for dating privileges. Steve antagonizes Mr. Brennan, a reporter from the newspaper who heard about Steve's fight with Nick. After Carolee refuses her request, Julie angers her by insinuating that she's guilty of favoritism.
S1 • E1857
Julie shares her dislike for Nurse Simpson with Mike and becomes annoyed when he refuses to see Carolee in a bad light, prompting Julie to insinuate an affair between Carolee and Dr. Creighton. Althea refuses to give Nick five minutes of her time to hear him out. Afterward in the lab, he asks Liz to be patient with him. Althea rejects Steve's simple offer. Simon's comments about an over-the-hill patient too old to become a mother upsets Maggie. When Nurse Buckley admits she isn't sure about the evidence in Carolee's strongbox, Julie makes her see that concealing a crime is as bad as committing one.
S1 • E1858
Nurse Buckley speaks confidentially with Dan Allison about her suspicions, but despite her protests, he insists that they share her concerns with Dr. Creighton. Creighton becomes very nervous after meeting with Dan and Nurse Buckley. Steve finds Dan to be preoccupied when they meet outside Dr. Creighton's office. Carolee is surprised when Dr. Creighton encourages her to not be frightened by Nurse Buckley. When Carolee excuses herself so that Creighton can take a phone call from his wife, he seizes the opportunity to steal the strongbox from her filing cabinet.
S1 • E1859
Feeling her loss of youth, Maggie has a difficult morning. Matt tells Maggie that he has identified a young doctor in Massachusetts as a replacement for Steve in the research lab. Chairman of the board George Richards questions Matt about Dr. Creighton's motives in choosing Carolee over Nurse Buckley and shows him a poison pen letter he received insinuating an affair between Carolee and Creighton. An indignant Nick barges into Matt's office demanding to know if Matt has hired research assistant Dr. David Field behind his back. Martha comments about Maggie's tears to Matt. Creighton desperately attempts to open the strongbox.
S1 • E1860
Steve suggests that he and Althea go away for a weekend to talk about their relationship, but she reminds him of another skiing weekend that holds painful memories for her. Dan cautions Nurse Buckley not to jump to false conclusions until they've heard an explanation from Carolee, but Dr. Creighton is late for their scheduled meeting. A simple meeting to give Althea control of the clinic becomes complicated by Maggie's neuroses. A confused Carolee is confronted by Dan and Nurse Buckley, and they're all shocked to find that the strongbox is missing from Carolee's filing cabinet.
S1 • E1861
Carolee learns the extent of Nurse Buckley's accusations. Dr. Creighton attempts to divert Buckley's suspicions away from Carolee. Dan speculates that the situation is more dangerous now that the strongbox is missing. Buckley refuses to name Julie as her witness. Julie reminds Linda that Carolee is their enemy. Dr. Creighton promises to protect Carolee, and realizes that Nurse Buckley still holds the key to the strongbox. Maggie speculates that the person who wrote the poison pen letter to Dr. Richards is either sick or full hate. Dan phones Matt to request a meeting.
S1 • E1862
Dan presents the facts to Matt, who surmises that one of the parties involved must be lying. Simon gives Maggie a piece of advice that gets through to her. Anna and Liz advise Carolee that Nurse Buckley has arranged things so that Carolee looks guilty no matter what she does. Matt reassures Carolee that he's convinced of her innocence but worries her when he suggests she may need defending from an enemy. Carolee reluctantly admits to Matt that she had two run-ins with Julie. Steve vows that he won't stand for Carolee being crucified over circumstantial evidence that's missing.
S1 • E1863
Maggie contemplates Matt's suggestion that she take a vacation. Matt confides in Maggie about Carolee's troubles and suggests having a talk with Julie. Steve admits to Althea that he's distracted by thoughts of Carolee and becomes annoyed when Althea mistakenly assumes he's referring to hospital gossip that Carolee and Dr. Creighton are involved. Maggie is surprised when Julie proclaims to be on Carolee's blacklist. When Mike sneaks into her bedroom, Julie warns him that they can't let anyone know about their relationship. Mike listens intently as Julie swears him to secrecy and proceeds to tell him the details of Carolee's trouble.
S1 • E1864
Liz experiences troubles with the research lab filing system. Mike asks Carl, Hope Memorial's janitor, to help him find the stolen strongbox. Liz admits to Nick that she didn't want to bring Althea into the lab to help her with the filing system. Martha's curiosity is aroused when Liz accidentally lets it slip that Carolee is facing another blow besides Steve's involvement with Althea. Carl searches the research lab for the strongbox. Dr. Creighton's attempt to break into the strongbox is interrupted by Nurse Buckley. When Creighton suggests the investigation might be dropped without any evidence, Nurse Buckley decides to recreate the notations she saw in the diary. Afterward a frantic Creighton gains access to the contents of the strongbox.
S1 • E1865
While Martha listens on the extension, Matt takes an anonymous phone call from a girl laughing about Carolee's affair with Dr. Creighton. Martha threatens to quit if Carolee is punished for unsubstantiated gossip. Matt asks Mike if he knows anything about the poison pen letters and prank phone calls, but Mike thinks his father refers to the missing strongbox. Matt cautions Mike to not get involved in the suspicions surrounding Carolee. Carl calls Mike with a tip that he's found something in the hospital incinerator. Matt and Mike find that the burned strongbox is empty, but Carolee's situation may be worse. The group contemplates leaking information that the box was found with identifiable clues.
S1 • E1866
Matt doesn't allay Maggie's worries for Carolee's plight when he suggests that innocent people have been fired over circumstantial evidence. Maggie wonders why the lock on strongbox is broken since the owner would have a key. Arriving at Matt's office to see the evidence, Creighton attempts to divert Dan's attention away from Carolee by suggesting that Nurse Buckley broke into the strongbox because the key couldn't be found. Matt privately questions Creighton about his relationship with Carolee, and Creighton overplays his outrage. Martha cautions Mike about driving on the icy roads. Matt tells Maggie that Creighton's behavior was unusual. When Mike defends Carolee to an annoyed Julie, she asks him if he'll defend her too one day if she needs him. Matt and Maggie face danger on the way home from the hospital when an oncoming car veers into their lane.
S1 • E1867
The victims from the car crash are brought into the emergency room at Hope Memorial, and one's dead on arrival. Maggie learns that the accident victims are the Corrigan family from South Dakota. Carolee laments to Liz that her life is in a wait-and-see period. Liz labels Julie an "omen of evil" and suggests one day there will be a showdown between Carolee and Julie. Maggie attempts to contact Phyllis Corrigan, the next-of-kin for the Corrigan family. As Nick is called in for surgery and the operating room gets prepared, a tearful Maggie watches over the youngest Corrigan and remembers that this is the second fatal accident she's been involved in.
S1 • E1868
Nick worries about two complicated surgeries that he must perform and decides he needs a miracle to save Mrs. Corrigan. Matt tells Maggie that Gary Corrigan will live, but he's not sure about Mrs. Corrigan. Mike is relieved to find that Maggie is uninjured, but he feels useless. Maggie's thoughts are with the Gary Corrigan, a young man about Mike's age, who will wake up and learn his father is dead. As Nick and Dr. Evans finish the first surgery on Mrs. Corrigan, a problem arises. Mike comforts Maggie. Later, she goes to silently watch over Gary. Mike joins Matt to observe Nick's surgery.
S1 • E1869
Following surgery, Nick struggles to save Mrs. Corrigan as her condition deteriorates. Carolee and Maggie offer reassurance to one another. Matt forces Nick to accept Mrs. Corrigan's death and orders him to get back to work. Maggie continues to express concern for Gary Corrigan. Dr. Richards stops by Matt's office to discuss the car accident. Steve tells Carolee how he feels about the rumors that she's having a fling with Dr. Creighton. Gary regains consciousness and asks Maggie not to leave him. Matt learns that Gary's aunt Phyllis Corrigan is arriving by plane.
S1 • E1870
Matt goes to meet Phyllis Corrigan's plane. Maggie requests that Dr. Evans delay Gary's surgery until Phyllis arrives. Dr. Richards questions Dan for further information after finding him with the burned strongbox. Dan's defense of Carolee fails to sway Dr. Richards, who feels immediate and decisive action must be taken to stop the rumors from spreading, even if Carolee is innocent. Phyllis' cool, businesslike demeanor toward Gary and the family takes Matt and Maggie by surprise.
S1 • E1871
Maggie disagrees with Phyllis about expressing tears for the dead. Phyllis shocks Maggie by preparing to fly back home to oversee a simple funeral for the Corrigans. Nick rejects Althea's sympathy for being unable to save Mrs. Corrigan's life. Later, he shows her why she shouldn't tease the animals in the lab. Althea confesses to Steve that she's ashamed for going to see Nick, and she doesn't know what possessed her to do it. Maggie learns that Gary is awake, but she decides she can't face him.
S1 • E1872
Matt and Dr. Evans break the news to Gary that both of his parents died. Maggie admits to Althea that she can't get Gary out of her mind. Althea realizes what a big mistake she made in attempting to console Nick. Matt tells Dr. Richards that Phyllis Corrigan's discipline disturbs him. Richards warns Matt that he has something serious to discuss that Matt won't like. Matt is stunned when Richards suggests a provisional suspension for Carolee and gives him to until the end of the week to agree. Maggie goes to see Gary.
S1 • E1873
Matt thanks Mike for standing by after the accident, and the two express concern for the shock Maggie experienced. Dr. Creighton becomes upset when Matt informs him that Dr. Richards wants Carolee to be suspended. Nurse Grant can't persuade a despondent Gary to eat. Mike introduces himself to Gary but in trying to help only puts his foot in his mouth. Julie tries to make Mike see that getting uptight about Gary won't help anybody. Mike accuses Julie of sounding bloodthirsty when she comments she's anxious to see the guilty party punished in the strongbox caper.
S1 • E1874
Matt interrupts Phyllis lecturing Gary about the family business and ushers her out for Gary to rest. Matt urges Phyllis to recognize the emotional healing essential to Gary's healing. Dr. Richards gathers Matt and Dr. Creighton for a meeting about Carolee's suspension, but a defiant Dr. Creighton flatly refuses to comply. Dr. Evans suggests using Maggie to counteract Phyllis upsetting Gary with her visits. Creighton subtly tips Carolee off to the possibility of a temporary suspension.
S1 • E1875
Maggie isn't sympathetic when Matt realizes he has no choice but to carry out the board's desired action. After accusing Matt of railroading Carolee, an angry Maggie goes to see Gary. Carolee lectures Linda about her falling grades, and Linda admits that she's having trouble sleeping. Talking with Carolee, Linda finally tells her that she's disturbed by Julie's insistence that Carolee is an enemy of the nursing students. Matt phones to meet with Carolee before she can get to the bottom of Julie's hatred for her. Matt experiences difficulty in telling Carolee that she's suspended.
S1 • E1876
After Matt breaks the bad news to her, Carolee runs into Maggie, who is outraged at the injustice of it, but Carolee defends Matt's decision. Maggie helps Matt look at the case of the strongbox in a new light when she wonders why the guilty party didn't destroy the evidence in the first place. Carolee stuns Dr. Creighton with the news that it's too late to help her because Matt has already suspended her. Creighton vows to Carolee that he's going to put an end to it once and for all. Maggie apologizes to Matt, though he admits that he's angry, too. Maggie tells Matt that she feels that Gary is reaching out to her. The Powerses are surprised when Dr. Creighton arrives at their home and announces that he has something to confess.
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Matt orders Martha to set up a meeting with Dr. Richards, Dr. Creighton, and Nurse Buckley, but changes his mind and says Buckley can wait until later. Nick goes to see Gary and silently apologizes for not being able to save his mother's life. Martha can't pry Matt's intentions out of Maggie, who promises that soon everyone will know about the meeting. Nick refuses to visit Gary with Maggie. Dr. Creighton hands over the journal from the strongbox for Matt and Dr. Richards to examine and offers a complete confession about what really happened.
S1 • E1879
Nurse Buckley pays Carolee a visit to offer a roundabout apology. After Buckley implicates Julie before going, Carolee requests a meeting with Linda. Steve presses Althea to tell him what happened with Nick the other day in the lab. Linda admits to Carolee that Julie wants her fired and confirms that Julie spread the rumors about Carolee and Dr. Creighton. When Steve continues to bring up the incident with Nick in the lab, Althea claims she doesn't feel well and cancels their dinner date.
S1 • E1880
Carolee calls Julie to her office for a confrontation. Julie lets down her guard long enough for Carolee to question her about her past. Recognizing Julie's insecurity and fear of being hurt, Carolee decides to not have Julie expelled from the nursing program. Maggie surprises Gary by bringing new artwork to his hospital room, and she learns that he has an interest in sculpting. Later, Maggie tells Matt that Gary remains enigmatic to her.
S1 • E1881
When Matt notices how down she is and offers a theory on why, Maggie insists that being around Gary doesn't depress her. Mike notices Maggie's desire to feel needed. Julie stops by the Powers house to tell Maggie about the burying the hatchet with Carolee, but Julie insinuates that everything was Carolee's misunderstanding. Maggie notes how much people need Matt, and she leaves to see Gary who might need her.
S1 • E1882
Gary finally opens up and begins to Maggie. Maggie wants to keep a drawing that Gary doodled on a hospital menu. Gary tenses up when Phyllis arrives to discuss business. Maggie encourages Nick to face Gary. Later, Nick reluctantly meets Phyllis. When he asks about Gary's state of mind, Phyllis obsesses over Gary's business acumen. Gary finds himself unable to concentrate on foundry business. Phyllis admits to Maggie that Gary's father Arthur was also a rebel in his youth, but pulls back when mentioning Gary's mother.
S1 • E1883
Martha recognizes the difference in Steve's demeanor, and a fatherly Matt notes that Steve's insecurities are showing. Maggie suggests to Althea that Phyllis doesn't respond to Gary's obvious needs. Maggie looks through a photo album and thinks about the past. When Matt jokes with her, Maggie becomes self conscious. Althea offers Steve champagne, but it reminds him of another time, another woman, and another place. Later, Althea rejects his advances.
S1 • E1884
Dan apologizes to Carolee for all the anguish she experienced over the strongbox affair. Steve and Althea talk about their disastrous evening together, and Althea admits she feared their relationship was all over. Nursing student Sally Granger admits to Carolee that her dream man is Steve Aldrich. When Carolee presents a different point of view, Sally reminds her that Steve is a swinger. Carolee talks to Steve about Sally's interest in him, but he dismisses it with humor. Later, Carolee loses her sense of humor and takes Steve's comments very seriously.
S1 • E1885
Matt interrupts Phyllis harassing Gary with more foundry business matters. Gary wonders if Maggie will come and see him today. Nick finds a pretext to visit Matt and then admits that he can't get Gary Corrigan off his mind. Matt speculates that there's something on Gary's changing spirits suggests something's on his mind, and Nick questions whether or not it could be a neurological problem. Maggie saves Gary from more boring work with Phyllis. Maggie talks sculpture with Gary, and after she leaves, he experiences a sharp pain in the back of his neck. Maggie primps and tells Matt that Gary made her feel needed. Reminding her that Gary was very banged up in the accident, Matt theorizes to Maggie that Gary could have a neurological problem.
S1 • E1886
Nick questions Maggie about Gary's behavior, and Maggie wonders if Nick suspects something other than a psychological problem. Phyllis discusses Gary's recuperation with Matt, but she's distressed to learn how much longer Gary must remain in traction before being released. Maggie vows to get to the bottom of Gary's bouts of despondency. Nick rejects Maggie's suggestion that he meet Gary. Gary asks Maggie about Mike and then admits that he too is following his father's career wishes. Phyllis rattles Maggie by commenting that Gary could leave Hope Memorial in a week.
S1 • E1887
Martha suggests to Matt that the third floor nurse's station is busy enough for a second employee to man it. Anna asks a very reluctant Matt to emcee the annual Hope Memorial Spring Frolic. Angry about Gary, Maggie barges in on Matt's meeting with Anna to complain, but Matt insists Phyllis misinterpreted his comments. When she wonders if he can be kept long enough for her to find out what's wrong, Matt reminds Maggie they can't keep Gary after he becomes ambulatory. Anna experiences a sharp stomach pain. Following an examination, Althea wants Anna admitted to Hope Memorial for tests.
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Althea diagnoses Anna and recommends admittance for a rest. When Anna argues against it, Althea admits that it could become very serious and will require surgery. Liz and Carolee lament having to work in close proximity to Nick and Steve after their failed relationships. News of Anna's illness reaches Carolee and Liz. Steve visits Anna and tells her that he wants to run more tests on her and reach his own conclusion about treatment. Althea loses her temper when she and Steve disagree about Anna's x-ray readings. Meanwhile, excruciating pain seizes Anna again.
S1 • E1889
Nick wants to consult further with Matt and Maggie about the Corrigan case, but he steadfastly refuses to meet Gary since he fears it might upset him even more. Matt shares with Maggie the dilemma of Steve disagreeing with Althea's diagnosis for Anna. The two realize that another doctor might have to intervene to reach a decision, and the logical choice would be Nick, since he operated on Anna. After Maggie confirms that Steve and Althea have differing opinions about Anna's case, Carolee realizes that Anna's condition could be touch and go if Steve is the doctor who is wrong. Maggie questions Gary, who denies that he experiences pain, but he persuades her to read poetry to him. When she leaves because of a meeting with Matt, Gary winces again.
S1 • E1890
When Steve argues with Althea his opinion that surgery for Anna is unnecessary, Matt acts as arbitrator between the two and sides with Steve. After accusing Matt and Steve of chauvinism, Althea prays that Steve is right, for Anna's sake. Althea defends Maggie to Phyllis, who complains about Maggie's over-zealousness. Maggie asks Matt for permission to perform an experiment on Gary to help him vocalize his conflict. A pleasant conversation with Gary takes an emotional turn when Maggie presses him too hard for an explanation, and Phyllis walks in to find them embracing.
S1 • E1891
Maggie tells Matt about her experience with Gary, and although he doesn't disagree with her opinion, he cautions her to stop playing God. After speaking with Martha, a determined Anna requests a meeting with Althea, who is upset to find that Anna has been working from her hospital room. Anna wants to know if Althea thinks she could die without the surgery. Later, to save Althea from worry, Anna refuses to give her consent, thereby relieving Althea of any responsibility. Maggie informs a reluctant Nick that she prepared Gary for him, and Nick finally agrees to meet with him.
S1 • E1892
Nick finally introduces himself to Gary and apologizes for not being able to save his mother, but Gary insists on blaming only himself for the accident. Althea speculates that Steve's opinion of Anna's illness is based on his need to be the dominate one in their relationship. Nick tells Maggie that he's puzzled by Gary's reactions and relates a moment when Gary seemed to shut down during their visit. While talking with Maggie, Gary experiences cervical pain.
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Gary talks to Matt about letting down his father and vows not to do it again, especially after he forgot an important business meeting he had to perform in Jamaica. Later, he relates a frightening dream about falling. Mike tells Matt about Dan Allison's ideas for the new medical services internship program at Hope Memorial. Steve and Althea enjoy a nice evening until she mentions Anna's illness, which leads to another disagreement between the two. Afterward, Althea insists upon leaving Steve's apartment alone. Matt learns that Maggie spent the evening with Gary.
S1 • E1894
Maggie apologizes to Matt for spending the evening reading to Gary when she should have been home having dinner with the family. Nick visits Gary to take a more complete medical history, but he's interrupted by the arrival of Phyllis. Maggie eavesdrops while Phyllis lectures Gary that Maggie is becoming too attached to him. Gary begins to talk strangely about loving both his parents, and then angrily rips Phyllis' business documents to shreds. Afterward, a suddenly calm and rational Gary can't explain his behavior. Liz inadvertently provides Nick with an idea about Gary's medical history.
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Matt fills Nick in on Gary's violent outburst. Nick questions Gary further about his past, and Gary describes a short-lived military career that ended with an accident during training. Maggie visits Anna but is distracted by thoughts of Gary. Nick phones medical personnel to gain access to Gary's military records. After Nick informs Matt and Maggie about Gary's military accident, news arrives that Gary received a hairline cranial fracture that led to his military discharge.
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Nick shares his preliminary diagnosis for Gary with Matt and Maggie. Maggie argues with Nick, who doesn't want to be the surgeon to operate. Matt insists that Phyllis be told about Nick's suspicions since she could interfere with Gary's consent. When Phyllis questions Nick's competence, he orders her to sit and listen. Anna experiences nightmares about her surgery, and when she awakens, she no longer feels any pain. Later, Althea sees a change in Anna's plates. Phyllis informs Matt of her decision regarding Gary.
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After Nick breaks the news to Gary, Phyllis interrupts Nick with news of her own. Annoyed, Nick goes to Matt to complain, forcing Matt to remind him that he refused to perform Gary's surgery himself. Phyllis implores to Gary to leave his medical decisions to her. Later, Gary drops a glass of water and loses consciousness. Matt wants Nick informed of Gary's latest symptoms and encourages Phyllis to not make any rash decisions, but she wants Gary returned home immediately.
S1 • E1898
Matt and Nick view Gary's old cranial x-rays. Nick urges Matt to find a way to prevent Phyllis from getting Gary discharged. A petulant Gary pouts and chastises Maggie for breaking her promise to visit him yesterday. Maggie witnesses another incoherent outburst from Gary. Later, Matt confirms for Maggie that if Gary undergoes surgery, it might be performed back home in South Dakota. Maggie tells Nick about Gary's recent outburst, which further convinces Nick that his diagnosis is correct. Nick vows that Phyllis won't remove Gary from Hope Memorial.
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Steve decides to invite Carolee out for a drink and explanation about Althea, but he finds Carolee laughing with Dr. Allison. Steve and Dan politely spar. Gary apologizes to Maggie for his inexcusable rudeness the day before. Maggie discusses Gary's case with him, and he decides to talk to Phyllis when he realizes that she's pushing for his surgery to be performed away from Hope Memorial. Steve takes Althea to lunch instead of taking Carolee. Nick performs an EEG on Gary. Maggie pushes Nick to perform Gary's surgery.
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Maggie begins to wonder why she's so interested in Gary's case, and Mike inadvertently offers her an encouraging piece of advice. Later, Maggie engages Phyllis in a discussion about allowing Gary to remain at Hope Memorial. Carolee refuses to play doctor with Steve and cautions him to not give her advice after he insinuates her interest in Dan Allison. Phyllis eavesdrops on Gary as he asks Maggie if the decision of where to have surgery is ultimately his. When Maggie hesitates to answer, Phyllis answers for her.
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Matt and Maggie tell Nick that Phyllis changed her mind. Nick shows Maggie the test results that prove his diagnosis of Gary was correct. Phyllis is told that Gary's situation is critical. Gary insists upon seeing Maggie after he learns that he needs surgery. Maggie agrees to Gary's request that she be in surgery with him. Matt approves Maggie's presence at the surgery, but he hopes it won't be too much for her. Maggie tells that she knows what she's up against with a devious woman like Phyllis Corrigan.
S1 • E1902
Phyllis learned that Gary's surgery has been scheduled for the next day, and then she worried to Matt that Gary isn't prepared for a surgery that could be life-threatening. Gary became upset when Phyllis presented him with a will to sign. Liz called for Matt to calm Gary. Liz enjoyed a chat with Gary about art. Althea accidentally tipped off Matt that Maggie missed a scheduled appointment with a patient. A concerned Matt continued to have an absent Maggie paged.
S1 • E1903
While Martha called around Hope Memorial trying to find her, Maggie prayed to God in the chapel to spare Gary's life. Later Matt told Maggie that Phyllis upset Gary, prompting Maggie to rush to his side. Gary decided that Maggie was the one good thing to come out of his personal tragedy. Gary astutely observed to Maggie the true nature of Nick's character. Dr. Philip Stern arrived from Boston to perform brain surgery and met with Gary.
S1 • E1904
Maggie doesn't want Gary to even consider the possibility that he might not survive Dr. Stern's surgery. Gary gives Maggie very personal possessions. Liz is surprised by Maggie's attitude when she suggests that Liz really doesn't know Gary at all. Carolee refuses to let Steve start over with her, and later jokingly accuses him of hitting on every woman in the hospital except young Sally Granger, who has a crush on him. But later, Carolee drives her point home when she catches him in a lighthearted moment with Sally.
S1 • E1905
On the morning of Gary's surgery, Maggie can't sleep, and Matt tells her that one day she'll break her ties with Gary. Later Maggie becomes annoyed when Matt intentionally lets her oversleep. Matt declines Mike's request to observe inside the operating room. Dr. Stern comments to Nick that Gary's surgery will be extremely delicate and difficult. Nick admits to Stern his personal stake in saving Gary's life. An anxious Maggie watches, worries, and prays to God as the surgery gets underway.
S1 • E1906
Mike arrives to watch the operation from the theater, and the surgery becomes touch and go. Dr. Stern begins to tire of operating as Gary's respiration to starts to waver. Althea tries to distract Phyllis from the operation and suggests that Dr. Stern's surgery is very painstaking. A doctor observing the surgery opines to Mike that Stern is taking too long. While operating, Stern collapses from a heart attack, forcing an agitated Nick to take over as surgeon, and then Gary destabilizes.
S1 • E1907
After Gary stabilizes, Matt assists as Nick continues the surgery. Maggie panics when Gary goes into cardiac arrest, and Nick's team fights to revive him. Steve reassures Carolee that his only interest in Sally Granger is medical. The heart team manages to save Gary. Maggie wonders if Gary suffered brain stem damage from the crisis. Matt admonishes Mike for becoming faint while observing the surgery, but Maggie reminds him what it's like to be a resident.
S1 • E1908
Nick needs answers about Dr. Stern's sudden illness. Maggie promises an unconscious Gary that he'll be fine and she'll always be there if he needs her. Maggie considers the possibility that she misjudged Phyllis when Althea reveals that Phyllis exposed a different side of herself. Maggie attempts to reassure Phyllis that Gary's surgery was a success. Sally primps and prepares for Steve's arrival.
S1 • E1909
Anna teases Carolee about Steve, while he tends to Sally. Sally speaks with Steve about the hypothetical marriage between her and a doctor at Hope Memorial, but he lets her know that he's just playing along with her. Anna suggests to Carolee that Steve is looking for an honorable way to jilt Althea. Steve tells Carolee that he leveled with Sally, but Carolee is unmoved. Anna cajoles Matt into emceeing the spring frolic. Complications arise in Gary's condition.
S1 • E1910
Matt and Maggie want an uncertain Nick to call the next play with Gary's case, but he's reluctant to use his judgment. Matt coaxes Nick into a decision. Carolee is all ears when Sally talks about Steve leading her on, but Sally insists she'll try again. Maggie and Matt keep watch over Gary after he's given more oxygen and time to regain consciousness. Sally's plans include Mike and his study of epidemiology. Nick tells Gary that he has to pull through. Matt makes an overwrought Maggie leave Gary's side.
S1 • E1911
Phyllis questions Nick about Gary's condition. Gary regains consciousness and calls out for Maggie. Steve tells Althea and Maggie about Dan Allison and Dr. Creighton's proposed apprentice program for the outpatient clinic. Maggie rushes to Gary's room when Nick phones her with the good news. Nick informs a devastated Phyllis that she can't visit Gary because he asked for Maggie. Steve puts off Althea. Nick blows his stack when he learns from Liz that the lab rabbits haven't arrived. Gary awakens to see Maggie.
S1 • E1912
Carolee urges Matt to put Anna out of her misery by agreeing to emcee the Hope Memorial spring frolic. Since Matt has a meeting, Maggie decides to spend the evening visiting with Gary. Carolee visits Liz, who receives a phone call from her father bearing bad news about her mother's condition. Steve instigates a talk with Althea regarding their friendship. Maggie's desire to stay even later with Gary troubles Matt.
S1 • E1913
Carolee informs Matt that Liz had to leave town since her mother's condition is dire. Phyllis asks Matt why she still can't visit with Gary. Dan Allison confides in Carolee about his ill wife, now in a sanitarium. Matt checks on Gary, who asks for Maggie. When Dan needs someone to take care of his son Billy for the weekend, Carolee volunteers her help. Matt breaks the news to Nick that Liz is gone and questions Nick's new research. After Nick admits that he's studying viruses, Matt speculates that Nick could be playing with dynamite.
S1 • E1914
Steve gives Althea a personal endorsement for Sally Granger in the clinic internship. Althea tells Maggie about her split with Steve, and Maggie agrees with the decision. Sally confides in Carolee that she's turning her attention from Steve to Mike. Carolee suggests that Sally babysit for Dan Allison to earn extra money. Steve apologizes for hurting Carolee and tells her that he and Althea are through. Carolee agrees to give Steve another chance, but she turns down his offer of a Friday night date, and doesn't tell him why. Maggie is distracted with thoughts of Gary when Matt wants to talk about a vacation.
S1 • E1915
After Matt pokes gentle fun of Gary's sketches, Maggie dreams of Gary sculpting her and his insistence that Matt doesn't appreciate her beauty. Mike finds Maggie calling for Gary in her sleep. Maggie defends her professional relationship with Gary to a concerned Mike. Dan admits to Carolee that he feels guilty about having her babysit for Billy and agrees that Sally can babysit during the weekdays. Gary and Maggie read a Shakespearean sonnet together, then he makes her nervous when he asks if she prayed for him during his surgery.
S1 • E1916
Dan introduces Carolee to his son Billy. Matt offers Mike a shot at working as Nick's lab assistant since Liz has left indefinitely to care for her mother. When Maggie arrives, Matt notices the tension between her and Mike. Maggie tells Matt the barest details of her nightmare about Gary. Carolee breaks the ice with Billy. Matt suggests that Mike bone up on virology before starting work with Nick. Maggie surmises that Matt is cross after she declines Mike and Julie's suggestion that the family go out to a movie together.
S1 • E1917
Carolee assures Dan that babysitting Billy is like a vacation for her. When Steve says that he can't find Carolee, Anna tips him off about her volunteer duties at Dan Allison's house. Maggie lectures Gary about the reality of their doctor-and-patient relationship, but he takes her comments as patronizing and is hurt. Steve stops by the Allison home to visit Carolee and meets Billy.
S1 • E1918
Sally finds Carolee looking very domestic at Dan Allison's house. After Carolee tells her that Dan accepts hiring her as a babysitter, Sally meets Billy. Matt talks with Althea. Carolee asks Sally if she's still interested in Steve. Later, Billy mentions to Sally that Dr. Aldrich visited Carolee the night before. Matt proposes to Nick that Mike replace Liz in the lab. Althea interrupts them and asks a distracted Matt if something is wrong. Dan returns to a sight of warm domestic bliss, and it makes him happy.
S1 • E1919
Nick asks a long-faced Matt to open up about what's getting him down. Matt confides that he and Maggie are drifting apart, and Nick wants to know if it's because of Gary. Gary gives Maggie a poem he wrote for her. Mike shows up to work in the lab. Nick gives Mike exacting instructions regarding the lab rabbits infected with an unknown virus for their experiment. Matt informs Phyllis that Nick should be able to target a date for Gary's release in about a week. Phyllis' insinuations annoy Matt. Maggie returns Gary's poem. Gary attempts to kiss Maggie just as Phyllis barges in.
S1 • E1920
Maggie gets tough with Gary, but he laughs and thinks she looks beautiful when's stern and authoritative. Maggie asks Nick to examine Gary because he's been too active creatively when he should be recuperating. Gary wants to know if Maggie sent Nick to him and questions Nick if Maggie's conversations about him are purely medical. Nick tells Maggie that Gary's only problem is being too hung up on her.
S1 • E1921
Althea goes to see Nick with fears for the Powers marriage, and after exchanging insults, they agree to work together to help Matt and Maggie. Phyllis has Gary sign documents and then argues with him when asks to read them. Maggie interrupts Gary and Phyllis, giving Phyllis an opportunity to leave with the papers. Nick confronts Matt about Gary's obsession with Maggie and postulates that removing the source of the problem should stop the problem. Maggie wants to take Gary a gift, but Matt demands that she go home. Phyllis phones Fred and cautions him that they're in trouble because Gary has become interested in company and wants to read the documents he's signing.
S1 • E1922
Phyllis assures Fred that she hasn't given them away, and they must be careful since they still need Gary's signature on documents. Mike notes the tension between Matt and Maggie. Maggie bristles when Matt allows Phyllis to see Gary, after he insisted that Maggie let him rest. Greta tells the family about the tricks Julie's puppy can do and Matt jokes with her about armadillos. Phyllis appeases Gary when he wants to examine inventory documents more closely, but she becomes nervous when he asks that she leave them with him. Maggie counters every statement Matt makes and doesn't kiss him goodnight as they go to sleep in silence.
S1 • E1923
Nick wants to talk with Matt about Gary's release. Steve suggests that Carolee can't have decent relationships with gentlemen if she continues to avoid them. Dan and Matt discuss potential research assistant Sigrid Vorst. After Matt surprises Phyllis with the news that Gary will probably be released in a week, she wonders if a sudden setback would revoke his release. Emma doesn't approve of Carolee's dinner date with Steve. An irritated Maggie questions Matt's motive in releasing Gary.
S1 • E1924
Maggie confronts Nick about his decision to release Gary, but he has some hard truths for her. Gary apologizes to Maggie, and they have a heartfelt conversation. Phyllis panics when Gary discovers serious discrepancies in the plant inventory, suggesting a big mistake or an act of fraud. Carolee and Steve's atmospheric evening comes to a halt after Carolee discovers a lady's earring in his sofa. Carolee suggests that she and Steve keep things simple.
S1 • E1925
Dan interviews Dr. Sigrid Vorst for Nick's lab assistant position. Sigrid refuses to judge Nick until she meets him. Nick shows Sigrid around the lab and finds he's met his match when she flatly tells him he should wear a mask and gloves around the lab animals. When Carolee prepares to spend another weekend sitting for Billy Allison, he admits that he's jealous. Nick hires Sigrid, but she declines to join him for a celebratory drink.
S1 • E1926
Phyllis lies to Gary that the inventory discrepancy was a simple mistake. Gary postulates that it could've been used against him later if had signed the inventory control documents. Phyllis looks worried when Gary says he won't rest until he gets back the documents he signed. Steve gives Althea a list of prospective student nurses for the outpatient clinic, but she's expecting something else from him. After Steve mentions seeing Althea, Carolee's reaction makes him realize that she's jealous, and he kisses her. Carolee reminds Steve she's looking for something permanent.
S1 • E1927
Matt and Maggie discuss Greta's upcoming 8th birthday and her devotion to animals. Nick becomes agitated after Dr. Vorst fails to show up on time for her first day as his lab assistant. When she finally arrives, he barks about timeliness until she reveals that she isn't going to accept the position. Nick wants an answer, and she tells him that their personalities are too disparate to work as a team. Matt insinuates to Maggie that Mike could be in danger from the super-virus infecting Nick's lab animals. Fred Hazlip pays Phyllis a visit and insists she get Gary to sign a power of attorney so that they can continue to conceal their embezzlement from the company.
S1 • E1928
Nick grouses to Matt about being turned down by Dr. Sigrid Vorst, and he recounts his poor track record with lab workers. Phyllis informs an incredulous Gary that she destroyed the inventory documents which could have proved fraudulent activity in the company. Gary reluctantly agrees to give Phyllis his power of attorney after she informs him that it was protocol established by his father. Later, as he learns to use a walker, Gary asks Nick if he could possibly have a setback in his recovery. Nick and Matt wonder why Phyllis would want Gary to sign over power of attorney when Gary's full recovery seems certain.
S1 • E1929
Carolee maneuvers Emma into agreeing to cook supper for Steve. Nick admonishes Mike for not thinking when he nearly exposes the control group of rabbits to the ones infected with the super virus. Mike swears that he'll follow protocol in the future, but then he sneaks an unauthorized Julie into the lab to look at the animals. Carolee invites Steve home for one of Emma's boiled New England dinners. Steve's flattery and charm are a hit with Emma.
S1 • E1930
Carolee apologizes to Steve for her mother's behavior, but he insists that he had an enjoyable evening with Emma. Steve's comment about having Emma as a mother-in-law annoys Carolee, who asks why she and Steve can't just enjoy being in the present. Phyllis attempts to dismiss Gary's concerns that someone in the company could be perpetrating fraud. Later, Gary tells a suspicious Maggie about exchanging power of attorney documents with Phyllis. Fred is happy that Phyllis managed to maneuver Gary into signing over his power of attorney. Phyllis is stunned when Fred suggests that Gary can't leave Hope Memorial alive.
S1 • E1931
Matt reconsiders sending Martha back to the research lab to assist Nick with clerical duties, but Martha has decided that she enjoys the quiet life at the 3rd floor nurse's station. When Fred stresses to Phyllis that they have to get rid of Gary, she begs him for another chance to dissuade Gary from pursuing an investigation into inventory fraud. Martha agrees to help Nick. Phyllis visits Gary, and appealing to his creative side, suggests he go to Paris to study art while she runs the company. Maggie encourages Gary to follow Phyllis' plan. Phyllis informs Fred that she made headway with Gary, but Fred doesn't think it's enough to protect them from going to prison.
S1 • E1932
Emma has several chores around the apartment requiring a handyman, and she asks Carolee if Steve has mentioned matrimony. Nick makes Mike recite the coding system for the research lab rabbits. Martha arrives to work in the lab, but Nick doesn't give her an opportunity to explain that she has been reassigned. Steve and Carolee realize that Carl, Hope Memorial's maintenance man, might solve Emma's household problems. Carl visits Emma and impresses her with handyman abilities, as well as his reverence for the past.
S1 • E1933
Gary examines the Paris travel folders and tells Phyllis and Maggie that he thinks he's made his decision about going abroad. Maggie questions Phyllis about her change of heart regarding Gary's involvement in the company. Althea orients Julie to the outpatient clinic. Julie agrees to play the piano for Anna's spring frolic. Phyllis' panic puzzles Gary after he firmly resolves to return to the plant in Pierre. Fred insists that Gary be eliminated and instructs Phyllis to leave all the details to him.
S1 • E1934
Matt and Maggie discuss getting Greta a real pet for her birthday, but Maggie says that Mike wants to be in charge of choosing the animal. Althea sings Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine and It Might As Well Be Spring for the spring frolic. Steve wants Miss Simspon to move to phase 2 of their relationship. Carolee makes Steve leave the Allison home at midnight, and she falls asleep on Dan's sofa. Later Dan arrives home from visiting the sanitarium. He confides in Carolee that he just learned that his wife's prognosis is terminal, and laments the fact that Billy will never see his mother again.
S1 • E1935
Carolee reassures a frightened Julie that there won't be an emergency while she's on her first night desk duty. Gary wants a sedative to sleep and talks with Julie about being an orphan. Fred slips onto the ward and hides while Julie is away from the desk attending to Gary. Julie catches Fred, but she mistakes him for a doctor. Carolee shares with Matt news of Mrs. Allison's terminal illness. Just as Fred is about to enter Gary's room, Julie spots him again, but he orders her back to her post. After she walks away, he enters Gary's room. Gary awakens. Fred grabs a pillow and puts it over Gary's face. Matt and Carolee drop by the desk to see how Julie is doing, and while they talk, Fred smothers a helpless Gary.
S1 • E1936
Fred smothers Gary, but as he leaves, he realizes Gary is still alive. A panicked Phyllis attempts to find Fred and phones Hope Memorial insisting that Gary's in danger. Matt and Carolee enter Gary's room and find Fred. Fred runs after attacking Matt. Carolee realizes that Gary is near death. Matt performs CPR on Gary and places him on a respirator. Carolee comments on the coincidence of Phyllis phoning just when Gary was in danger. Fred escapes Hope Memorial with security guard Len following him. A skeptical Matt listens to Phyllis' suggestion that her premonition about Gary was extrasensory perception. Phyllis learns that Fred was killed in a car crash while escaping the police. Matt orders Phyllis to remain at Hope Memorial under guard, or he'll call the police.
S1 • E1937
Maggie won't answer Gary's questions, though he later learns about Fred Haislip's death from the newspaper. Phyllis confesses everything to Gary regarding her part in the company's embezzlement. Maggie catches Althea taking pills. Althea professes self-hatred and a desire to still have Steve. Gary makes a promise to Phyllis. Carolee disappoints Steve by devoting more of her time to Billy Allison, but when he learns of her brush with Fred Haislip, his concern touches her deeply.
S1 • E1938
Nick wants Mike in the research lab instantly. Emma bugs Carolee about her late nights at the hospital. Nick informs Mike about the strange behavior among the lab rabbits and chews him out for failing to document aberrant behavior among a few. Later, Nick gives Mike permission to take one of the new shipment of rabbits as a gift for Greta's birthday. Steve confesses to Carolee his jealousy toward Dan. Dan returns home from the sanitarium and tells Steve and Carolee that end is nearing for Tammy.
S1 • E1939
Mike reassures Maggie that the rabbit he chooses for Greta won't be at risk of catching the super-virus. Nick dictates notes to Martha on the postmortem of one of the dead rabbits, which experienced symptoms of brain damage, irrational behavior, and paralysis before death. Gary has very personal gifts for Maggie. Nick gives Gary his official release from Hope Memorial. Maggie and Gary say goodbye. Mike chooses Greta's rabbit, but while distracted with the phone, he doesn't notice that he's placed its cage adjacent one containing an infected rabbit.
S1 • E1940
Mike takes Greta's pet without realizing that it made contact with a rabbit infected by the super-virus. After Althea experiences a dizzy spell, Maggie encourages her to stop taking tranquilizers. Maggie shares with Carolee the loneliness and depression Althea feels without Steve. Alone at home, Althea contemplates her tranquilizers and then takes another pill. Maggie phones to check on Althea, who fears she's getting sick again. Mike takes Greta's present home.
S1 • E1941
Maggie, Mike, Julie, and Carolee get Greta's birthday party underway. A miserable Althea hallucinates hearing Steve's voice. When Maggie mentions Althea, Carolee defends her relationship with Steve, though Maggie insists she's happy that Carolee and Steve are together. Althea mixes pills and alcohol. While talking with Matt, Steve receives a phone call from Althea and promises to go to her. Althea falls unconscious on the floor. Carolee overhears Matt inform Maggie that Steve is making a house call to Althea. Greta opens her gifts, and Matt recognizes the pet rabbit as one from the research lab. Greta cuddles the rabbit, unaware that it has been exposed to the super-virus.
S1 • E1942
Steve arrives at Althea's apartment and attends to her as she wails about her lonely life. Carolee becomes enraged when Steve cancels his date with her and won't reveal the name of his patient. Emma warns Carolee not to confront Steve in anger. Julie jokes about Greta's rabbit being a jinx, and Mike reassures her that the rabbit couldn't be infected because it never left its cage. An angry Carolee confronts Steve in Althea's apartment.
S1 • E1943
Carolee refuses to listen to Steve's explanation. Althea realizes the mess she made between Steve and Carolee. Maggie questions Matt about the level danger Mike, Nick, and Martha could be in by working around the super-virus. Matt makes it easier for her to let go, when Maggie thinks of Gary. Althea promises Steve that she'll make amends for her behavior. When Emma tells Carolee that a drunken Althea phoned for her, Carolee misinterprets the situation. Steve arrives at Carolee's apartment, but Emma insists that Carolee doesn't want to see him.
S1 • E1944
Dan informs Carolee that Tammy probably has just hours to live. Carolee continues to give Steve the cold shoulder. Two more lab rabbits die, and Nick begins to stage the progression of the virus. Mike tells everyone in the lab that Greta named her rabbit Panda. Carolee has a sweet talk with Billy about his mother and encourages him to have faith. Billy asks God to let his mother live. Steve turns up at Dan's, but Carolee makes him leave when Dan arrives home. Carolee is moved to tears.
S1 • E1945
Nick has an idea to involve the university in his virology study and runs it by Matt. When Althea fails to show up at work, Maggie goes to her apartment and learns about the incident with Steve and Carolee. Althea proposes leaving town for a while. Steve finally convinces Carolee to listen to his side of the story, but it fails to improve their relationship. After reading a letter from Gary, Maggie asserts to Matt that everything is going to be all right for them; meanwhile, Greta's rabbit sits alone in her room.
S1 • E1946
Althea returns to work. Steve implores Althea to refrain from talking with Carolee. Later, Maggie begs Althea to follow Steve's advice. Steve reassures Dan that he's not responsible for the tension between Carolee and Steve. Dan informs Anna that he needs to be replaced in the spring frolic since he's getting ready to stay by Tammy's side. Anna ropes Steve into replacing Dan in the spring frolic. Althea changes and her mind, and against Maggie's pleas, decides to speak on Steve's behalf with Carolee.
S1 • E1947
Steve insists that Althea refrain from speaking with Carolee, but when he fails to convince her that things have died down, Althea heads straight for Carolee's office. A furious Carolee accuses Althea of wanting to assuage her own guilty conscience. Matt advises Althea to not make a hasty decision about taking a leave of absence from Hope Memorial. Steve leaves when he realizes that Carolee really doesn't want to see him. Carolee ponders the situation with Steve. Thinking of Tammy, Dan suggests that Carolee say what's in heart while she still has the chance.
S1 • E1948
Mike shares with Nick that Dr. Vorst is referred to as a mental iceberg around the campus. Later, Nick becomes irate when Mike suggests that Dr. Vorst and her students have challenged his research. Dr. Vorst agrees to meet with Nick. Mike jokes with Julie that her dog Daisy is afraid of Panda. Matt and Maggie plan a little cast party after the frolic to give Althea a lift. Dr. Vorst visits the lab again and asks Nick to have a drink with her. He agrees and extends the invitation to dinner.
S1 • E1949
Nick admits to Matt that he had dinner and cocktails with Sigrid Vorst, who unlike Althea, is willing to look for the prince hiding within the frog. Carolee tells Steve about Althea's embarrassing corroboration of his story. Sigrid and Nick ponder the medical mystery of the super virus and fear what would happen if a human were infected instead of lab rabbits. Nick asks Sigrid for another dinner. Rehearsals for the spring frolic are the worst in Hope Memorial's history.
S1 • E1950
Matt gives Althea confidence before her sad song. Greta tells Maggie that she is now calling her rabbit "Tiger". Matt and Althea are the big hits of the spring frolic. In an expansive mood, Carolee's coldness toward Steve begins to thaw. Greta notices a change in Tiger's behavior. Matt fails to change Althea's mind about taking a leave of absence. Greta is bitten by Tiger.
S1 • E1951
Greta doesn't tell Maggie about being bitten by Tiger. The Powerses party is brought down by thoughts of Dan's sad predicament. Greta charms Matt and Maggie when tells them how much she loves them and how happy she is. Carolee informs Steve that she is willing to roll out the welcome mat on a probationary period. Dan returns home and brings news of Tammy's death to Carolee.
S1 • E1952
In the wake of Tammy's death, Carolee can only think of Billy. Emma cautions her daughter that she can't replace Billy's mother, and she shouldn't become too involved with Dan considering the very recent reconciliation with Steve. Althea ponders taking a cruise with Penny. Carolee tells Steve about Mrs. Allison's death. Steve theorizes that the Allisons will need Carolee for a while as they adjust to Tammy's passing. Carolee offers to spend the evening at the Allison home, and for the first time, she refers to Dr. Allison as "Dan."
S1 • E1953
Althea shares with Maggie that she wants to talk with Matt before she changes her mind about something important. Matt agrees to allow Althea to leave on an extended cruise to South America with Penny. Mrs. Halstead confides in Maggie about Greta's strangely aggressive behavior earlier at the duck pond. Matt finds it difficult to believe that Greta did the things that Mrs. Halstead accused her of, and he vows to straighten it out in the morning.
S1 • E1954
Greta tells her parents about Tiger's unusual behavior. Matt questions Greta about the incident at the duck pond, and she claims that she doesn't remember hurling rocks at the ducks or knocking down Mrs. Halstead. Simon counsels Matt when he brings up Greta's hostile behavior. Steve asks Carolee to attend Mrs. Allison's funeral with him. Later, he feels left out when everyone leaves, but Carolee remains behind to check on Billy.
S1 • E1955
Steve leaves Carolee at the Allison home, but before he goes, she assures him that they'll have time together. Dan compares Carolee to Tammy. Billy and Dan recall happier times with Mrs. Allison. Emma suggests to Steve that Carolee could become more deeply involved with the Allisons due to her sympathy for their situation. Dan admits to Billy that he hasn't contemplated their future, but Billy insists that they can depend upon Carolee.
S1 • E1956
Matt forgets to bring Greta a book she wanted. Maggie invites Althea to the Powers home for a farewell dinner before Althea leaves for her extended vacation. Matt refuses to let Greta handle one of his valuable books. Nick and Dr. Sigrid Vorst agree to have dinner together. Maggie gives Greta a tube of her old lipstick. Later, Greta experiences another episode of hostile behavior, takes Matt's book from the bookshelf, and defaces it by drawing on the pages with Maggie's lipstick.
S1 • E1957
Greta walks away in a daze after ruining Matt's book. Sigrid Vorst dines with Nick, who questions her about marriage and love affairs. Matt and Maggie plan their summer vacation. Nick takes Sigrid home, but she refuses to permit him a nightcap or a goodnight kiss. An infuriated Matt discovers his book that Greta defaced. Maggie and Matt realize that Greta's recent antisocial behavior isn't isolated.
S1 • E1958
Matt and Maggie are stymied after they confront Greta about the defaced book, but she claims that she doesn't remember doing it. Matt suggests that Maggie ask Simon if Greta could be so angry that she blocked out her actions. Althea says goodbye to Nick and apologizes for causing him pain. Nick grouses to Matt that Althea dredged up old feelings. Matt and Maggie say goodbye to Althea. Greta experiences physical symptoms and begins to run a fever, while Tiger shows signs of neurological deterioration.
S1 • E1959
Billy reminds Dan that he hasn't been around much lately. Steve attempts to charm Carolee, but she has to decline his dinner invitation because she already accepted one from Dan. Simon offers to check on Greta, whose fever remains static. Nick admits to Maggie that he cares what happens to Althea and wonders if his interest in Sigrid is just rebounding. Carolee offers to help Billy get into boy scout camp. Christina, Dan's cook, mistakenly refers to Carolee as "Mrs. Allison."
S1 • E1960
Dan apologizes to Steve for monopolizing Carolee, and they discuss her virtues. Maggie reports to Simon that Greta's pulse rate is accelerated even though her temperature has dropped. Steve brings gifts to Carolee in order to remind her that she needs to make time for him. Carolee keeps her promise to Billy. Greta's fever rises, and she demands that Mrs. Halstead get Maggie. Maggie and Julie head home after Mrs. Halstead informs Maggie that Greta refuses to have her temperature taken but appears to be burning up with fever.
S1 • E1961
A fretful Greta makes a very disagreeable patient for Mrs. Halstead. Maggie arrives home to find Greta's temperature has risen to 105 degrees. Matt orders Simon to prepare a room in pediatrics for Greta, who must be admitted to Hope Memorial. Simon questions Matt and Maggie about Greta's possible contact with any animals while playing. Matt and Maggie relate to Simon the incident at the duck pond, leading Matt to consider ornithosis.
S1 • E1962
Greta's fever continues to rise. After she calls out for Tiger, Simon and Maggie wonder if Greta could have been exposed to tularaemia despite the fact that Tiger was bred in captivity from a medical supplier. Simon suggests waiting for tests from the lab to come back before testing the rabbit. The doctors are stymied when antibiotics fail to affect Greta, and all her tests come back with negative results. Matt and Simon argue when Simon refuses Matt's demands that he treat Greta for haemophilus influenzae when it isn't indicated by test results. Steve and Carolee's evening is interrupted by news of Greta's illness.
S1 • E1963
Nick becomes involved in the mystery of Greta's critical illness. Dan gives Billy permission to invite Carolee on their excursion to the lake. Carolee is put off by Steve's frivolity in the face of Greta's illness. Matt becomes angry when Dr. Ennis from pathology appears to accept defeat with their inability to identify the infection plaguing Greta. Carolee doesn't immediately accept Billy's invitation. Nick inadvertently gives Matt a lead by mentioning dyes and stains.
S1 • E1964
Steve attempts to comfort a worried Maggie. Matt blanches when Greta wonders if she'll get better or end up like Billy's mother. Dr. Ennis apologizes for his altercation with Matt and informs him that Greta's illness is viral, though pathology still can't identify it. Matt delivers the good news to Maggie and Steve. Mike returns home to collect a toy for Greta and finds Tiger dead in his pen.
S1 • E1965
Maggie frets when Greta asks what it feels like to die. Mike informs Matt that Tiger is dead. Dr. Vorst brings Nick an interesting theory from one of her students. Maggie notices Mike's reaction when Greta asks about Tiger. Nick witnesses one of Greta's episodes of hostility followed by somnambulance. Matt and Maggie give Nick more information about Greta's behavior. Nick questions Mike about Tiger and then realizes its connection to Greta's illness.
S1 • E1966
Maggie tells Simon that Nick has an idea about Greta's illness. Mike admits to Martha that Nick believes that Tiger was infected with the super virus. Nick performs an autopsy on Tiger, and the dye test confirms infection. Dan offers his help to Matt. Carolee explains to Dan why she can't accept Billy's invitation. Matt learns that Nick's suspicions are correct.
S1 • E1967
Matt doesn't want Nick's hypothesis to leave the room until the tests are reconfirmed. A guilty Mike loses his cool. Nick organizes the team into action to save Greta's life. Matt has Nurse Ryker track down Maggie and breaks the news to her. Nick informs Matt and Maggie that the super virus isn't airborne. The experimental serum developed by Dr. Vorst's student gives Matt and Maggie some hope. Nick speculates that anyone who came in contact with Tiger could be a carrier of the super virus. Matt ponders the possibility of a city-wide epidemic.
S1 • E1968
Nick phones Sigrid with news about the experimental serum. Carolee learns the nature of Greta's illness. Results return from the blood tests on Matt, Maggie, and Mike. Matt and Nick talk to Greta who ultimately admits that she was bitten by the rabbit. Nick wants to know how Tiger became infected with the super virus. Sigrid agrees to Nick's request but not without a quarrel. Matt is summoned when Greta's breathing changes.
S1 • E1969
Matt's theory about Greta's heavy breathing fails to comfort Maggie. Sigrid helps Nick in the development of the experimental serum. Following Maggie's instructions to check on the condition of Greta's friends, Carolee must explain her mission to Emma. Steve stops by to see Carolee and Emma. Matt's idea helps Greta. Nick and Sigrid work on attenuation of the serum. Steve and Carolee bring Emma's Sally Lunn treats to Hope Memorial. Nick emerges with dreadful news about the infected rabbits.
S1 • E1970
Simon attempts to assuage Maggie's fears as Greta's condition becomes more critical. Later, Simon's words reveal his true opinion of the situation. Carolee insists that no one give up hope that Greta can survive. A tearful Maggie admits that she thinks Greta is going to die. Matt calls a conference with Nick and Simon, and Simon doesn't like Matt's decision to use drastic means in buying more time for Greta. Maggie doesn't know whom to trust when Matt and Simon strongly disagree about Greta's treatment.
S1 • E1971
After applying the cooling blanket, Greta's fever drops, but Simon fears that she won't be able to survive the shock to her system. Anna gives Simon a much needed lecture of encouragement when he feels that he's let everyone down. Nick, Martha, and Mike continue working around the clock to find a serum. Maggie wonders if they made the right decision, and Matt insists that Greta wouldn't have survived another day without it. Everyone worries that Greta might develop pneumonia.
S1 • E1972
Greta appears to have survived the immediate crisis. Simon cautions Maggie that they don't know what other complications could arise from the unknown virus. Matt can't reassure Mike that the worst is over. Simon makes a decision without Matt. Maggie and Martha pray in the hospital chapel for Greta, whose temperature rises again. Greta regains consciousness. Simon shows Maggie the results from Greta's blood tests. Maggie sends for Matt as Greta's condition begins to change.
S1 • E1973
The doctors are stymied by the sudden change in Greta's condition. Matt brings news of Greta to Mike and Nick and reassures Nick that he's never failed him. Billy and Greta lead Dan and Carolee to ponder the ironies of life. Carolee turns to Dan when Steve gives her the news about Greta. Pathology tests give the Powerses and Simon hope for Greta's recovery.
S1 • E1974
Matt and Maggie give gifts to Greta but avoid her questions about Tiger. Nick wants to get at the source of Tiger's infection and asks Mike to recall every detail regarding the day he took Tiger from the lab. Carolee explains to Steve that hugging Dan after receiving good news about Greta was merely a reflex action. Steve lets Carolee off the hook for her weekend picnic with Billy and Dan. After Mike recreates taking Tiger from the lab, Nick worries about a full scale epidemic.
S1 • E1975
S1 • E1976
S1 • E1977
Dr. Richards questions Matt about Greta contracting the super virus. Matt reassures Richards that the situation won't occur again, but he refuses to name Mike as the student responsible for the release of the virus. Matt and Maggie decide not to replace Tiger. Carolee agrees to Dan's suggestion to meet before the picnic. Simon approves Greta's release from the hospital. Matt and Nick privately agree that only time will tell if Greta has fully recovered from the virus. Dan begins to appreciate Carolee as much as his son does.
S1 • E1978
Greta is released from Hope Memorial, but she isn't told about Tiger before going home. Martha suggests that Nick destroy the super virus and start another research project. Once home, Maggie and Matt break the news to Greta that Tiger died. Greta privately blames Mike for Tiger's death. At his picnic with Carolee and Billy, Dan remembers and repeats a charming story about his past. Later, Carolee finds herself agreeing to another picnic with the Allisons. Greta retrieves a piece of Tiger's pen from the trash can.
S1 • E1979
Matt decides to re-assign Steve to the outpatient clinic. Mike completes his challenging term paper for med school and thanks Matt and Maggie for getting him through the super virus crisis. Dr. Richards orders Matt to meet with health commissioner Sam Larken tomorrow in Hope Memorial's hearing room. Steve invites Carolee on a picnic, though she won't commit to going. Greta hides the piece of Tiger's pen that she retrieved from the garbage. Mike notes Greta's hostility, and after he leaves, she accuses him of killing Tiger. Matt praises Mike for all of the hard work he put into his term paper. Later, Greta secretly slips out of her room. Emma declares that Carolee is in a dilemma with Steve and Dan. Greta shreds Mike's term paper and hides it with the wooden piece from Tiger's pen.
S1 • E1980
Matt dreads his meeting with Sam Larken, the health commissioner, and vows to continue shielding Mike's reputation. Maggie notes Greta's mischief making. When Matt refuses to name the student involved in the super virus leak, Larken stops the hearing and suggests that Matt is covering for Nick. Afterward, Matt warns Nick not to yell at Larken during tomorrow's hearing. Mike overhears Matt and Maggie discussing the problem with Larken. Nick's former sister-in-law Stella pays a surprise visit and tells him that his nephew Rico is headed down the wrong path.
S1 • E1981
Stella informs Nick that Rico is at a crossroads, and she fears seeing him die as his father Al did, involved with gangsters and pushers. Emma advises Carolee about her dilemma. Steve pays a surprise visit to Carolee. Maggie wonders if Matt's resignation could be demanded if he refuses to give the health commissioners what they want. Steve walks out after Carolee admits to him that she can't accept his invitation because she made another promise to Billy. Stella wants Rico to live with Nick, but Nick will only agree to talk with him.
S1 • E1982
Nick informs Matt of the decision to go to Chicago and visit his nephew Rico. Steve insists to Carolee that Dan is using her as a replacement wife, and he wants it to stop. Carolee shows Steve a newspaper editorial about the super virus scandal at Hope Memorial. Unaware that Maggie is the mother of the victim, one of her patients relates wild rumors about e deadly epidemic at the hospital. Matt and Nick face the health commissioners, but Matt refuses to divulge Mike's name. Commissioner Larken cautions Matt that he'll suffer the consequences for withholding evidence. Mike stuns everyone by arriving to testify at the hearing. After Mike's testimony admitting full responsibility, Matt stands to address the commissioners.
S1 • E1983
Matt requests that the commissioners conceal Mike's identity as the student responsible for the accidental release of the super virus, resulting in hostility from Commissioner Larken. When questioned by Commissioner Andrews, Matt gives an impassioned speech regarding the dedication of young men and women to the service of mankind. Commissioner Green is moved to an ovation by Matt's speech. Later, the commissioners adjourn the hearing to reach a decision. Carolee allows Dan to impose upon her to arrange a buffet dinner to thank his friends at Hope Memorial. Afterward, Carolee wonders if Steve was right about Dan taking advantage of her. Stella convinces Nick to return home with her today to confront Rico.
S1 • E1984
Commissioner Larken gives Matt the health commission's decision. Matt agrees to the recommendation regarding Mike's work in the research lab. Stella and Nick arrive in Chicago, but Rico isn't waiting for them. Nick finds Rico's switchblade. Matt informs Mike of the health commission's decision. After meeting a rude and hostile Nico, Nick suggests to Stella that he doesn't have the time to straighten out the young man. Mike goes home to rewrite his missing thesis. Greta steals another valuable book from Matt's bookshelf.
S1 • E1985
After her attitude toward him appears to change for the better, Mike performs a card trick for Greta. Steve's arrival at Dan's buffet dinner surprises Carolee. When Julie makes Greta adhere to her bedtime, Greta steals Julie's bracelet and stashes it with the other stolen items hidden in her bedroom. Steve begins drinking heavily at Dan's party, and his jealousy bubbles to the surface. Later, the party comes to an abrupt end with Steve spilling a drink on Carolee. Dan grabs Steve, insisting that he knows how to handle the problem.
S1 • E1986
An angry Dan spars with Steve over his drunken behavior toward Carolee. Carolee is annoyed by the quarrel between Dan and Steve. Later, Dan professes his true feelings to Carolee. Matt dismisses Maggie's assertion that Carolee and Dan are becoming involved. Mike tells Matt and Maggie about Julie's missing bracelet, and Maggie recalls that Mrs. Halstead's gloves also disappeared. Dan escorts Carolee and takes Emma by surprise.
S1 • E1987
Dan gives Carolee flowers and promises that she's going to see more of him until she begins to feel the way he does. Nick tells Matt and Maggie about his trip to Chicago as well as his failure with Rico. Steve attempts to apologize to Carolee, but angers her by issuing an ultimatum to drop Dan or else. Matt decides to assign as temporary chief of staff during his absence on a consultation trip to New York. Maggie decides to get to the bottom of the disappearing items in the Powers house.
S1 • E1988
Carolee gives Dan a welcome present as he takes over for Matt for a week, and Dan's comments give her food for thought. After Dr. Vorst agrees to continue working with him, Nick asks her out to a special restaurant for dinner. While teasing Carolee about Dan, Steve pulls her in for a passionate kiss. Later, he asks her for equal time since he can't force her to stop seeing Dan. Carolee agrees to see Steve after the picnic with Dan and Billy at Echo Lake. Stella phones Nick with bad news about Rico.
S1 • E1989
In Chicago, Nick speaks with attorney Vincent Ramos after Rico is picked up by the police in a gang-related roundup. Stella begs Nick to take Rico when Ramos suggests that the only way to keep the judge from sending him away is for a male relative to assume custody of him. When their boat floats away, Carolee finds herself marooned on an island off Echo Lake with Dan and Billy. Steve arrives for his meeting with an absent Carolee. Emma worries that something terrible has happened to Carolee. Steve phones the boat livery and learns that Dan's boat hasn't returned.
S1 • E1990
Just as Dan begins to get cozy with Carolee on the island, Steve arrives to rescue them. Dan notices a grateful Carolee kissing Steve. When Maggie's earrings become the next items in the Powers household to disappear, Julie suggests a supernatural explanation. Nick argues to Stella that he can't successfully look after Rico if Rico continues to reject him. Later, Nick makes a deal with Rico to spare him the possibility of a couple of years in a reformatory.
S1 • E1991
Stella promises Nick that he won't regret agreeing to give Rico a chance. Mike suspects that Julie is playing the "hard to get bit" lately. Rico tries to push Stella away when she approaches him tenderly before he leaves. Steve takes Carolee home, where Emma blames Dan's actions and praises Steve's. Mike asserts to Maggie that he sees Julie in a new light since she has matured over the last year. Steve rightly surmises that Dan wants to see Carolee without Billy's presence, but she refuses to have a serious conversation about their relationship.
S1 • E1992
As soon as they arrive home, Nick lays the ground rules for Rico, including getting a job. Billy suggests that Dan consider proposing to Carolee. A reluctant Rico meets Anna and Maggie. Maggie interrupts Greta before she can tear pages out of Matt's book. Rico is rude to Anna. Greta intentionally knocks over a dinner candle, setting fire to the tablecloth. Billy encourages Dan to make a move on Carolee before Steve does. Rico accuses Nick of taking him in to ease a guilty conscience for Al's death.
S1 • E1993
Nick lets Rico off his leash under the conditions that he clean the apartment and go out to find a job. Later, Rico deliberately ignores the orders. Nick wants a rain check on his interrupted dinner date with Dr. Vorst. Later, Steve enjoys a pleasant conversation with Dr. Vorst. After Carolee finds them together in the hospital lounge but doesn't show jealousy, Steve is disappointed. Rico and Nick engage in a physical altercation after Rico pushes Nick too far.
S1 • E1994
Maggie suggests that Nick give Rico a chance after Nick grouses to her that he's lazy, sloppy, and bad-tempered. Steve interrupts Dan attempting to schedule a date with Carolee. Carolee informs Steve that she wants a marriage or nothing. After teasing Nick about his date with a broad whose hair is out of a bottle and shape out of a store, Rico is surprised by Dr. Sigrid Vorst. Sigrid manages to get through to Rico. Nick's compares Rico to Oliver Twist, prompting him to pick the up book and read it.
S1 • E1995
Dan and Carolee send Billy off to his scout camp. Afterward, Dan proposes marriage to Carolee in a roundabout way. Carolee agrees to have dinner with Dan. Matt's opinion is sought by Dan, who receives a very special career offer. Matt gives Greta gifts from his New York trip, and she tells him about Maggie's missing earrings. Dan confides to Matt that he wishes Carolee weren't so pleased about his job offer. Greta gleefully examines her stash of stolen items. Matt learns about the mysterious incident that nearly started a fire in the Powers house.
S1 • E1996
Steve encourages Dan to permanently accept the job in Kuwait. Dan asks Carolee to wait on him. Steve interrupts Dan pressing Carolee to talk about their relationship. Carolee allows Steve to invite himself over to her apartment. Dan returns to town after his flight overseas is delayed. Carolee is distracted during her game of rummy with Steve and Emma. Dan goes to see Carolee before his flight, and Steve listens uncomfortably as Dan declares his love to Carolee.
S1 • E1997
Emma learns that Dan is in love with Carolee. Steve makes Carolee realize that Dan was also declaring war on him by making his intentions known. Dan almost misses his plane but tells the flight attendant that it was worth it. Carolee and Steve have a serious talk on the roof, where she admits to Steve that although he's fun to be with, he isn't as dependable and reliable as Dan. Steve cautions Carolee that he's a lousy loser. Carolee realizes that she doesn't love Dan, but Emma argues that love can come in time to those who give love.
S1 • E1998
Nick wants to solve the mystery of what went wrong the night Sigrid met Rico, but she suggests that he's created a mystery where there isn't one. Mike tells Julie that Maggie is planning a dinner with them, Nick, and Rico. Maggie theorizes to Matt that Carolee won't go to Kuwait with Dan because she's in love with Steve. After Greta floods the bathroom by leaving the water running, Mike finds her stuffed animal jammed in the drain. Matt and Maggie believe Greta's claims that she didn't overflow the tub intentionally.
S1 • E1999
Sigrid wants to meet with Steve regarding her lecture notes. Carolee asks Steve for time to think, and he asks her to supper. After Martha complains about being shorthanded in the clinic, Nick reluctantly agrees to request a student nurse from Steve. Sigrid cautions Nick that that Rico is a coiled spring of anger, prompting Nick to admit that Rico threatened him physically during an argument. Carolee receives a cablegram from Dan. Later, she declines Steve's invitation, and he retaliates by inviting Dr. Vorst. Nick grouses to Martha that he doesn't trust Steve.
S1 • E2000
Mike suggests that Rico's bravado is a cover-up for fear. Nick encourages Mike to talk to Rico. Steve entertains Sigrid, who jokes that her father warned her about men like Steve. Mike manages to befriend Rico by playing up his own penchant for making mistakes and getting into trouble. Sigrid makes a bet with Steve. Talk of binary code and computers helps Mike and Nick find common ground with Rico. Nick decides to take Mike and Rico out for a steak, and they end up at the same restaurant where Steve and Sigrid are enjoying a meal together.
S1 • E2001
Nick gripes to Matt that he feels like a pariah after Sigrid stood him up to go out with Steve. Julie asks Carolee permission to have the night off to attend dinner with the Powerses. Steve surprises Carolee by not getting miffed. Julie's talk of poltergeists and evil spirits makes Greta wonder. An overzealous Julie attempts to befriend Rico, who feels crowded and becomes prickly. Greta reacts to Rico's good luck rabbit's foot. Matt deems Rico an impossibility, but Julie decides he's a challenge.
S1 • E2002
After Nick lectures him about his rude treatment of Julie, Rico compares her to a hooker and suggests she enjoys getting roughed up. Mike tells Julie that he didn't like her making a play for Rico the previous night. Julie reminds Nick that she wants to show Rico around Hope Memorial. Sigrid doesn't want to talk about the incident in the restaurant, though she moves to defend Nick when he tells her that Matt is considering an end to the super-virus project. Mike makes more headway with Rico, but an overzealous Julie spoils it. Nick catches an angry Rico yelling at Julie. When Mike warns Julie that Rico is bad news, she insists she won't be defeated. Nick agrees with Rico about Julie, though he doesn't like Rico's actions.
S1 • E2003
Carolee's romantic dilemma becomes messier when she receives a cablegram from Dan. Later, she confides in Emma that she doesn't know how she feels about Dan, but she loves Steve, though she can't trust him. Sigrid tells Steve that she intends to help Nick save the super-virus research. Steve reads Dan's cablegram on Carolee's desk, leading to another fight and an ultimatum that angers Carolee. Afterward, Steve invites Sigrid on a date. Emma warns Carolee that she's going to get hurt if she doesn't make a decision. Later, Carolee phones Steve and realizes that Sigrid is with him. Steve kisses Sigrid passionately.
S1 • E2004
Rico insists that Julie has a thing for him, but Nick argues that he's just a girl scout project for her. Later, Nick considers letting Rico work in the research lab at Hope Memorial. Steve and Nick exchange words over Nick's need for help in the lab. Carolee attempts to make nice with Steve, and reminds her that he's not the waiting variety. Julie pays a surprise visit to the Bellini apartment to be friendly with Rico, who throws her out. After being scolded by Julie for being too rough with Daisey, Greta traps Daisey in the hall closet.
S1 • E2005
Julie finds Daisey locked in the closet and blames Greta, but it's dismissed by the family. Mike is angered when Julie tells everyone about her altercation with an offensive Rico. Later, at Hope Memorial, Mike sees Rico and threatens him, which is witnessed by Nick. Emma advises Carolee that she and Steve could be too stubborn for one another. Rico tells Nick that Julie is begging for trouble. Nick decides to let Rico work in the lab so that he can keep Rico and Julie apart. Matt suggests that Julie table her desire to help Rico.
S1 • E2006
Martha indoctrinates Rico to the research lab. Matt gives Nick news from that the hospital board has reached a decision regarding the super virus project. After speaking with Matt about the incident between Rico and Julie, Nick warns Rico to watch his step. Mike wants to intern at Hope Memorial and realizes he needs to stay friends with Nick. Julie interrupts Rico's pleasant conversation with Martha to annoy him. Later, while Martha is out of the lab, Julie provokes Rico then slaps him. Martha walks in as Rico manhandles hysterical Julie.
S1 • E2007
Julie accuses Rico of attacking her and claims she slapped him in self- defense. Rico becomes frustrated when no one seems to believe his side of the story. Julie goes to Matt about Rico, but Matt already knows. An impartial Matt's request that Julie stay away from Rico and Hope Memorial during her vacation annoys her. Failing to manipulate Matt, Julie incites Mike to attack Rico. When Rico decides to cut out and run, Nick reminds him that Bellinis continue to fight and scrap as long as they're still standing.
S1 • E2008
Nick cautions Rico to stay away from trouble and advises Carolee to stay away from Dr. Aldrich. Unaware of their relationship, Carolee gossips to Nick about Steve's new friendship with Sigrid Vorst. Nick is rude to Steve and asks Rico to get lost when Sigrid and Steve arrive at the lab together. Sigrid downplays Nick's gratitude for her saving the research project. Emma phones Carolee to inform her that she has a hand-delivered airmail letter from Dan. Dan formally proposes to Carolee in the letter.
S1 • E2009
Emma helps Carolee compose a response to Dan's proposal letter. Julie confides in Maggie that she's afraid of Rico and admits that she misjudged him. Rico complains to Martha about Julie, a tramp who's trying to knife him in the back. An innocent remark by Maggie enrages Rico. Later, Rico leaves Martha alone in the research lab to go take care of some unfinished business. Carolee receives another cablegram from Dan. Rico goes to the Powers house to confront Julie.
S1 • E2010
Rico attempts to find out why Julie keeps bugging him. Greta goes into another trance and begins to play in her room with the stolen items, oblivious to the ensuing argument downstairs between Rico and Julie. Emma phones Carolee with news of another cablegram from Dan. Carolee refuses to allow Emma to open and read the cablegram. After realizing that Julie is still manipulating him, Rico tries to leave, but Julie goads him into a fight that turns physical. Carolee laments to Emma that she's becoming more confused about the triangle with Dan and Steve. Julie grabs Rico's pocket watch, rips her blouse, and taunts Rico that she's going to ruin him. After Rico flees the house, Julie discovers Greta playing with the stolen items and threatens to tell Maggie. While struggling with Greta over Rico's rabbit's foot, Julie takes a violent fall down the stairs.
S1 • E2011
After watching Julie fall, an entranced Greta returns to her room. Maggie arrives and discovers an unconscious Julie at the foot of the stairs, though she doesn't notice Rico's pocket watch under a nearby chair. Nick questions Rico about his unauthorized leave from the lab, but Rico keeps quiet. Julie is transported by ambulance to Hope Memorial. Greta comes out of her trance and innocently tells Maggie that she didn't hear Julie's accident. Rico becomes nervous when news reaches him that Julie has been injured. Matt and Nick examine Julie and diagnose a concussion. Later, they attempt to determine why a simple household fall could have resulted in a broken arm and head injury. Nick becomes suspicious and Rico very nervous when Nick notices the tear in Julie's dress and speculates she could've struggled with someone on the staircase.
S1 • E2012
Steve speculates with Matt and Maggie on the possibilities surrounding the events leading to Julie's injuries. Mike learns what happened to Julie, and Matt tells him that Nick and Steve have theorized that she was possibly pushed by an intruder. Steve advises Mike of the plans for an electroencephalogram if Julie's condition doesn't change. Maggie questions Greta to find out what she was doing and what she heard when Julie fell. Later, an entranced Greta returns to admire the objects she stole. Maggie wonders why Greta didn't answer when she called for her. Mike asks Steve if there's a possibility that Julie won't survive.
S1 • E2013
Steve learns from the nurse that Julie was on the brink of regaining consciousness but didn't. Carolee visits Julie and appears worried. Despite his reassurance that Julie probably isn't in immediate danger, Steve admits that the situation could be serious. Matt examines Julie's x-rays and can't determine why she's still comatose. Detective Sergeant Cadman questions Matt and Maggie about Julie's fall and reminds them if Julie dies, it could be homicide. Rico panics after learning that the cops are involved in Julie's case and lies to Nick that he lost his father's pocket watch.
S1 • E2014
Dan stuns Carolee by making a surprise return from Kuwait. Carolee learns that one mistaken word in the cablegram she sent overseas led Dan to believe that she is now ready to marry him. The Powers family gathers in a vigil for Julie. Dr. Hendryx performs surgery on Julie to relieve the pressure in her brain. Now that he's home, Dan wants an answer from an indecisive Carolee.
S1 • E2015
Carolee consents to give Dan a chance to persuade her to marry him. Steve suggests that Anna interview Dan about Kuwait. Maggie learns from Detective Cadman that her neighbor Mrs. Nostrand reported seeing a young man enter the Powers home and exit about half an hour later. Carolee tells Emma that Dan has returned and is invited to dinner. Steve cautions Carolee that she can't keep Dan in limbo the way she has Steve. Dan stuns Carolee with the news that he wants to remain in Kuwait, but he told his superiors that he needs two weeks to get married. A semiconscious Julie says the word "dark" as Steve listens.
S1 • E2016
Julie regains consciousness long enough to tell Matt that she struggled with someone. Anna informs Matt and Maggie that Detective Sergeant Cadman is asking questions around the hospital about Julie's relationships with men. Emma advises Dan that she's on Carolee's side. Dan tells Carolee about the future that awaits them in Kuwait, and they make a date. Steve listens intently as Julie begins to speak of falling, but she slips back into unconsciousness. Maggie is uneasy over Greta's failure to have heard Julie struggling with someone on the stairs and wonders if she's confusing reality and fantasy.
S1 • E2017
Nick informs Martha and Rico that Julie has passed the critical point and is expected to regain consciousness today. Matt confirms for Nick that Julie struggled with someone. Steve phones Matt with news that Julie appears to be regaining consciousness. After Julie mentions calling to Greta, Matt asks her about her torn dress, and she tells them that a man tore it. Maggie learns that Julie identified struggling with a man, presumably the one Mrs. Nostrand saw. Nick asks Matt about Detective Cadman's investigation. Maggie hopes the attacker can be found before he kills someone. Rico panics when Nick brings news of Julie's accusation. Julie takes an unexpected turn for the worse.
S1 • E2018
As the heart team works to revive Julie to no avail, a nurse forces a determined Steve to make the decision to stop. Steve can't accept the first loss of a patient, and Julie's final words echo in his mind. The Powers family is stunned by Steve's news. Carolee seeks out Steve, but he ultimately comforts her with his wisdom about grief. After Mike discovers Rico's pocket watch, Maggie wonders if it could belong to Julie's attacker. Mike turns the watch over to Detective Cadman who deems the owner a murderer.
S1 • E2019
Matt confides in Anna and Nick about the clue that Maggie and Mike gave to Detective Cadman. Nick confronts Rico who admits that the watch is his, but he insists that he lost it the night of the dinner party. Later, Martha recalls that Rico showed her the watch the day he left the lab without permission. Nick realizes that Rico lost the watch the day Julie fell down the stairs. A bereaved Maggie laments not doing more for Julie and wishes the killer could be caught and forced to attend the funeral. After Nick grills Rico, he admits the truth but refuses to talk to the police.
S1 • E2020
Nick won't fink on Rico to the cops, but he vows to make Rico realize that the truth isn't his enemy. Carolee encourages a depressed Steve to not blame himself for Julie's death. Steve reminds Carolee that they should make the most of the days they have left. Nick confides in Martha what happened between Rico and Julie. Martha agrees to remain silent so that Rico will have a chance to go to the police on his own. When Detective Cadman stops by the lab, Nick refuses his request to interview Rico since he doesn't have warrant. Later, Nick finally convinces Rico to make a voluntary statement, but before they can go to the precinct, Cadman arrives with a warrant for Rico's arrest.
S1 • E2021
At Nick's urging, Rico waives his rights and makes a voluntary statement to Cadman, but his choice of words only reinforces a motive. Cadman informs Rico that the rabbit's foot is missing and implies that it was broken away from the watch when he pushed Julie down the stairs. When Cadman doesn't believe the story and takes him to jail, Rico reminds Nick that things would turn out badly with the cops. Carolee wishes that she weren't going to the Powers house with Dan because Steve needs her help. Later, Nick tells Matt and Maggie that Rico has been arrested on suspicion of killing Julie. Maggie believes that Nick is telling the truth but isn't convinced that Rico is. Matt offers Nick his friendship and support, while Maggie hopes to keep an open mind. Carolee worries about her student nurses who will be on edge once Rico is released on bail.
S1 • E2022
Nick and attorney John Colley take Rico home on bail after he spends a night in jail. Certain that he faces life in prison or worse, Rico rejects Colley's optimism about the case. Maggie debates whether or not Greta should be allowed to attend Julie's funeral. When he learns of Rico's arrest from the newspaper, an enraged Mike confronts his parents. Greta overhears Mike's rantings about Rico brutally pushing Julie to her death, and counters that Rico must be innocent since she didn't hear an argument between the two on the staircase outside her room. Following the funeral service, Matt comments on Greta's unusual behavior since she was released from the hospital. Maggie comforts a bereaved Mike.
S1 • E2023
Rico plans to blow town while Nick attends Julie's funeral service, but Nick returns and catches him. Nick reassures Rico that he'll stand by him all the way. Julie's autopsy confirms for Matt that her death wasn't a result of the surgery she underwent to stop the pressure on her brain. Carolee grouses to Matt that just as she predicted, her nursing students are upset about Rico's release on bail. After Matt mentions to her that Steve is home sick, Carolee goes to him. Steve confides in Carolee his feelings of failure and stuns her with the news that he plans to resign from Hope Memorial. Detective Cadman pays a surprise visit to the Bellini apartment and informs Nick that Rico's bail has been revoked due to his juvenile record in Chicago. A dejected Rico leaves for jail with Cadman.
S1 • E2024
Carolee decrees Steve a good doctor and encourages him to not resign from Hope Memorial. Steve offers to stay if Carolee tells Dan to get lost. When she agrees, Steve kisses her passionately, but he stops things from going further because the circumstances are wrong. Emma chats with Dan about Carolee and reminds him of the power of positive thinking. Afterward, Carolee breaks the news to Dan that she can't marry him because she loves Steve. Dan questions Carolee if Steve reciprocates her love for him. Emma wonders if Steve and Carolee made love and hopes that Carolee never has to doubt Steve's love for her.
S1 • E2025
Colley informs Nick that the district attorney went before the grand jury and obtained an indictment for first degree murder against Rico. Nick rejects Colley's suggestion that Rico take a plea bargain for manslaughter or murder two. Rico isn't convinced by Nick's speculation that the DA wouldn't offer a deal if he could prove his case. Nick is disappointed when Rico considers accepting a deal for manslaughter. Matt advises Martha not to make any decisions about Rico until something is proven in court. Greta has trouble sleeping because she can't stop thinking about Julie and later awakens screaming.
S1 • E2026
Matt and Maggie run to Greta who cries out in her sleep. Greta confesses to struggling with Julie, but Matt and Maggie dismiss it as a dream. Mike and Matt argue about Mike's insistence that Rico is to blame for Julie's death. Maggie suggests that Mike is blaming Rico to avoid acceptance of losing Julie forever. Emma confuses Carolee's suitors. Carolee reminds Steve of the promise they made. Steve reassures Carolee that he and Sigrid were never lovers.
S1 • E2027
Detective Cadman goads Martha into telling him what she knows about Rico, Julie, and Rico's watch. Nick orders Cadman to stop snooping around Hope Memorial and loses his temper when he realizes that Martha might have said something to help the case against Rico. Martha explains what she told Cadman, and Nick wonders why Cadman is so interested in the pocket watch. Stella phones Nick after learning from a reporter about Rico's indictment for murder. Dan shakes Steve's hand and wishes him good luck. After Dan informs her that he'll accept the job in Kuwait now that she has rejected his proposal, Carolee hopes Steve won't let her down this time. Nick cautions Stella that if she doesn't have faith in Rico's innocence, the kid begin to feel guilty.
S1 • E2028
Nick and Stella visit Rico in jail. Alone, Rico confides to Stella that he dreamed of finishing school and becoming a doctor, but now he realizes that he has another fate coming. After Rico breaks down, insisting in his innocence, Stella implores him to trust Nick. Matt tells Nick that Julie's death has affected the family, particularly Greta, who is having nightmares. Mike gives Nick a backhanded apology and receives a lecture from Matt about his ignorance of the law. Cadman questions Rico to find out where the rabbit's foot fob is. An angered and confused Rico calls for the police guard. Nick and Stella drink a toast to Rico's freedom and the day he becomes a doctor.
S1 • E2029
Nick learns from Anna that Mike has been reassigned to the research lab. When Nick rejects the idea, Mike insists he can keep his personal opinions to himself. Dan uses hospital business as a pretext to get time alone with Carolee. Cadman theorizes to Matt that Julie was cut by Rico's watch chain when she struggled over the watch or the rabbit's foot fob. Matt and Cadman wonder if Julie could have struggled with someone else. Cadman is disturbed by too many unanswered questions and asks Matt to look around the house for the missing fob. Dan accuses Steve of sleight of hand in winning Carolee. Cadman interviews Mike who attempts to give Rico a motive for murder but becomes irritable when Cadman intimates that Julie could have lied.
S1 • E2030
Matt makes an offer to Steve to take over Dan's job, but Steve ultimately declines. Greta listens to Matt telling Maggie about the missing watch fob and admits that Rico showed her the fob the day he had dinner at the Powers house. When Matt asks Greta if she'd like to help him look for the fob, she asks to be excused because she's tired. Matt and Maggie note Greta's continued odd behavior. Upstairs, Greta looks at a picture book with a rabbit, goes into a trance, and retrieves the fob from her closet. Maggie doesn't believe that Rico would have been satisfied exchanging words with Julie since he was terrifyingly furious before he went to confront her. An entranced Greta doesn't hear Matt calling for her, but she snaps out of it when a thunderstorm begins outside. Later, Greta explains to Matt that she probably didn't hear him because of the thunder, but he tells her that he called her before the storm began. After Carolee turns down his suggestion that she skip her orientation meeting, Steve finds nurse Cathy Ryker waiting for the storm to pass, and he offers to drive her home.
S1 • E2031
Mike arrives home late and explains that he drove up to Miller's Ridge lookout because he feels close to Julie there. Matt irritates Mike who makes another crack about Rico killing Julie. Maggie offers to help Matt search for the fob. After they have dinner together, Steve allows a flirtatious Nurse Ryker to convince him to stay for a nightcap. Following a bit of innuendo regarding Steve's reputation with the women on staff at Hope Memorial, Cathy gives him a shoulder massage and suddenly kisses him. Steve disappoints Cathy by avoiding her seduction, but she smiles cunningly when she realizes that he left his coat behind. Greta cries out for Julie in her sleep. Awakening, she goes to the closet and retrieves the rabbit's foot fob. Mike discovers an uncommunicative Greta sitting on the floor. While examining Greta, Maggie sees Rico's rabbit's foot clasped in Greta's hand.
S1 • E2032
Matt phones Nick and asks him to come to the Powers house right away. Maggie wonders if Greta found the rabbit's foot while sleepwalking. Greta awakens but when Matt presses her to learn where she got Rico's watch fob, she suddenly avoids his questions. Carolee defends Steve's dependability to Emma. Later, when she can't reach Steve by phone, Emma realizes that Carolee is worried that Steve is having dinner with another girl. Nick remarks on the irony of all the bad luck the rabbit's foot has brought everyone who touched it. Maggie accidentally discovers Greta's stash of stolen objects. When Nick dismisses Greta's odd behavior as childish play, Maggie insists it's similar to Greta's actions when she was ill with the super virus.
S1 • E2033
After questioning Greta, Matt and Maggie realize that although she recovered from the fever, the super virus has affected her psyche. Matt mentions Dr. John Morrison, a New York doctor who works with disturbed children. Steve has a note from Cathy. Carolee works herself up over Emma's reminder that suspicion is like a dagger through the heart. Steve tells Carolee about his good deed for Cathy, but he neglects to mention that she kissed him. Carolee and Steve ponder their big step of going away for the weekend. Rico loses his cool when Nick and Detective Cadman inform him that Greta can't remember finding the watch fob. Nick phones Matt, who has decided to take Greta for a psychiatric session with Dr. Geller.
S1 • E2034
After Mike admits that he's not sleeping and can't stop thinking about Julie, Maggie advises him that he has to begin acting like a doctor and not allow his emotions to overcome his logic. Nick comments to Martha that he doesn't see how Dr. Geller could possibly help a little girl like Greta when he failed so miserably with Althea's therapy. Althea arrives at a motel in Colorado, and begins to fantasize conversations with Matt, Maggie, and Nick. Later, Althea realizes that she has to pull herself back together before she wanders off the end of the world.
S1 • E2035
Maggie is apprehensive about Greta's session with Dr. Geller. Matt comments that Greta won't recover unless she completely recalls everything that she's suppressing. Carolee receives a post card from Dan, while Steve is surprised to get a photo of his son from Karen. Carolee admits to Steve that she can't stop thinking about their proposed weekend together and its implications. Later, Steve cajoles Carolee into accepting his invitation to go away together. Greta becomes very emotional under Dr. Geller's questioning. Reaching a stalemate in the therapy, Dr. Geller suggests to Matt and Maggie that he use sodium amytal to break through Greta's resistance.
S1 • E2036
After Greta cries to Maggie that she doesn't want to talk to Dr. Geller about dead things like Julie, Maggie wonders if Greta saw Julie's murderer. Dr. Geller has Greta sedated and injected with sodium amytal. Cathy questions Steve about the note she left for him and makes a comment regarding his comings and goings from Carolee's office. Later, Cathy pays an impromptu visit to Carolee where she sings Steve's praises as the "darling of the hospital." Carolee bursts Cathy's balloon by admitting that she knows Steve took Cathy home the other night. As Matt and Maggie watch, Greta goes under control of the truth serum, but when Dr. Geller questions her about the rabbit's foot, she cries and begins to resist again.
S1 • E2037
Dr. Geller presses Greta, under truth serum, to talk about the rabbit's foot. When he reassures her that she won't be punished for what she says, she recalls struggling with Julie at the top of the staircase. Matt and Maggie are stunned when Greta reveals that Julie fell accidentally when the watch fob broke. Nick rejects Martha's wifely behavior. Alone in her motel room, Althea fantasizes about Nick deeming her a zero and belittling her as a wife, mother, and a lover. Dr. Geller assures Matt and Maggie that Greta will recall what she said under the influence of the truth serum, and warns them that she'll need intensive therapy to convince her that she wasn't to blame for Julie's fatal accident. Matt realizes that the tapes of Greta's session will have to be used to exonerate Rico.
S1 • E2038
Matt listens to the tape of Greta's session with Geller and phones Nick with an urgent need to see him. Steve shows Carolee brochures of Maple Tree Manor and Sky Haven, weekend retreats only two hours from Hope Memorial. After Nick listens to the tape of Greta's confession, Matt gives it to him to clear Rico. Anna gets Matt's blessing to accept a lucrative job offer in New York. Carolee postulates that Anna and Ed Stark might have their happy ending. Detective Cadman informs Nick that the district attorney has dropped the charges and won't need to question Greta. Nick breaks the good news to Rico. Rico and Nick make peace with Detective Cadman.
S1 • E2039
Rico ponders going back to high school, and concedes to Nick that not all cops are bad. Anna informs Nick about her job offer in New York, and he hopes marriage is in the future with Ed. When Rico asks him about a possible reconciliation with Althea, Nick raises a glass to freedom. Althea dreams of attending a board meeting in her negligee where she is being judged by all the men in her life: Matt, Steve, and Nick. After being found guilty in her dream of being unable to give or accept love, Althea awakens and starts to phone Matt, but realizing the time, she cancels the call.
S1 • E2040
Nick phones Matt with news that Detective Cadman kept Greta's name out of the newspaper story about Rico's exoneration. Maggie worries how Greta will deal with her guilt. Mike gets a lecture from Maggie regarding their injustice toward Rico. Later, Mike's apology to Rico backfires when they quarrel about Julie's character, and Rico blames Mike for starting the mess by causing Greta's infection with the super virus. Matt tells Maggie about Dr. John Morrison. Nick notes that something's bugging Rico, and Matt and Maggie detect the same thing in Mike. Nick swears to Rico that never will be too soon to see Althea again. Matt receives a telegram from Althea.
S1 • E2041
After Emma overhears Carolee mention her weekend vacation, Carolee lies that she's considering going with some other nurses from work. Maggie continues to worry about Greta, who doesn't want to leave her room. Matt receives a letter from Althea, sounding very lost and doubting her future as a doctor. Maggie forces a hesitant Greta to use the staircase where Julie fell. Carolee confides in Steve that she doesn't want to begin their relationship with lies, like the one she told her mother. Steve argues that they have a right to their privacy. Later, he becomes uncomfortable when Carolee mentions his love of Marlowe, which she learned from Cathy.
S1 • E2042
Mike admits to Nick that Rico pointed out his responsibility in Julie's death. Nick attempts to assuage Mike's feelings of guilt. When Rico misses Stella, Martha reminds him of the nice home he now has with Nick. Lynn Harper, Althea's tipsy divorced neighbor, drops by without an invitation and teaches Althea about the different directions in life. Nick rakes Rico over the coals when he receives a letter from one of his friends in Chicago. Realizing that Nick is angry about something else, Rico coaxes him into admitting that he's angry because Rico accused Mike of being responsible for Julie's death.
S1 • E2043
Carolee phones a department store to purchase a peignoir set for her weekend with Steve, but she has to avoid a nosy Emma's continuous questions. Dan phones, and after speaking with Emma, stews about losing Carolee to Aldrich. Steve reminds a tense Carolee that he's the man she loves. Carolee finds her peignoir beautiful but doesn't feel that she matches it. Dan calls Carolee with an invitation to dine with him on Saturday when he and Billy fly back to sell their home. Later, he quietly seethes when she refuses. Maggie tells Steve that Carolee seems uptight about something. Steve asks Carolee to trust him. Emma's comments about the weekend trip irritate Carolee.
S1 • E2044
Steve wants Carolee to tell him about the funny little vibrations she's giving off as they prepare to leave for Sky Haven on a "white stone day." Matt requests an afternoon meeting with Steve. Althea attempts to muster some conviction by phoning Matt and asking him if she can return from her leave of absence. Nick learns that Althea is ready to come back to Hope Memorial and bristles when Matt insists that he show her professional courtesy. Matt's request that Steve remain on call to observe Dr. Maynard's delivery of triplets threatens Steve's romantic weekend with Carolee, but Steve resolves to go anyway.
S1 • E2045
Steve notes Carolee's attempt to suppress something at Sky Haven, but his sweet toast to the beginning of their lifetime together puts her at ease. Matt tells Maggie about Althea's return. Matt attempts to contact Steve when Dr. Maynard's patient goes into labor with triplets. Maggie suggests to Matt that they invite Althea to stay with them as their guest. Dr. Maynard phones to ask Matt about Steve's whereabouts. Matt reassures Dr. Maynard that Steve hasn't forgotten, meanwhile, Steve and Carolee are locked in a passionate embrace at Sky Haven. Steve ignores Carolee's request that he phone the hospital. Matt fumes that Steve can't be found.
S1 • E2046
The morning after making love, Steve implores Carolee not to chip away at their relationship with doubts. At Carolee's urging, Steve phones Hope Memorial and learns that Dr. Maynard's patient has been admitted but not yet delivered her babies. Dan pays a surprise visit to Emma and questions her about Carolee's apparent tenseness. Emma worries when Dan phones Maple Tree Manor and discovers that Carolee isn't registered. At the hospital, Cathy informs Dan that Carolee and a group of nurses didn't go away for the weekend. Visiting with Matt, Dan overhears him talking with Dr. Maynard about Steve not showing up for the delivery of his patient's triplets.. Later, Dan spots Steve and Carolee kissing in the elevator. An annoyed Matt lectures Steve for allowing his personal life to interfere with work. Cathy watches as an angry Steve orders Dan to stay out of his and Carolee's life.
S1 • E2047
Carolee reminds Steve that she doesn't like lying to her mother. Emma is surprised to find Carolee home early, and Carolee is forced to lie to cover the fact she was with Steve. Carolee bristles when Emma tells her that Dan called Maple Tree Manor. An irate Matt grouses to Maggie about Steve's playboy behavior. Maggie proposes to Matt that Steve was protecting Carolee. Matt voices reservations about having Althea stay in the Powers home. Cathy pays an unexpected visit to Steve's apartment and questions his weekend relationship with Carolee. Steve throws Cathy out of his apartment. Emma lies to Dan for Carolee. Carolee confesses to her mother and defends Steve as a changed man who needs time to heal from his failed first marriage.
S1 • E2048
Mike becomes upset when he learns that Maggie plans to change the guest room where Julie lived in preparation for Althea. Maggie wonders to Matt about Althea's silence and what changed her. Nick informs Matt that Mike is feeling responsible for Julie's death. Matt informs Nick of Althea's imminent return. Nick insists that the Althea Davis/Nick Bellini Story is over. Martha suggests to Nick that Rico is homesick and proposes that he might be straightened out enough to go back to Chicago. Greta refuses to go downstairs and see Althea. Matt and Maggie welcome Althea home and invite her to stay with them. Althea tells Matt that she wants to go back to work tomorrow.
S1 • E2049
Althea raises professional concerns to Matt on her first day back at Hope Memorial. Rico misinterprets the conversation when he overhears Nick on the phone talking about the possibility of Rico returning to Chicago. Rico theorizes that Nick wants to get rid of him because Althea is back. Dr. Geller informs Matt that Greta's EEG was abnormal and could indicate structural brain damage. Matt orders a weary Geller to get a physical check-up. Geller advises Matt to not be too permissive with a demanding Greta. Althea avoids Geller's personal questions when he fishes for answers about her sudden need to be without companionship. Nick catches a curious Rico visiting Althea in the outpatient clinic. Nick and Althea share a cold encounter.
S1 • E2050
Steve leaves Carolee a note on her office desk. Carolee meets Althea in the outpatient's clinic, and the two resolve to put the past behind them now that Carolee knows that Althea isn't her rival for Steve's affection. Cathy finds the note Steve left, inviting Carolee to his apartment. Carolee rejects Dan's persistent invitations to dine with him. Steve and Dan almost come to blows when Steve finds him in Carolee's office. After treating a patient with an unhappy home life, Althea reminds herself not to look for a happy ending because there's not one to be found. Carolee admits to Steve that she told Emma the truth about their weekend together. Cathy pays an unexpected visit to Steve's apartment to return his raincoat and viciously tells Carolee about her dinner, nightcap, and massage with Steve.
S1 • E2051
Following the scene with Cathy, Carolee feels like a fool and accuses Steve of lies and deception. Steve forces Carolee to listen to his side of the story, but she refuses to believe him ever again. Maggie tells Althea that Greta may view her differently since Althea is staying in the guest room where Julie once lived. Althea confesses that she admires Maggie's strength and wishes that she had Maggie's warmth and generosity. Dan confides in Emma about his altercation with Steve and admits that he still loves Carolee. Returning home, a distraught Carolee rushes into Dan's arms.
S1 • E2052
A tearful Carolee informs Emma and Dan about Steve's lies and betrayal. Maggie speculates that Althea is having an identity crisis as a woman. Nick loses his cool with Rico, who questions him about his relationship with Althea and suggests inviting her over for a home-cooked supper. Getting Carolee alone, Dan exploits her anger at Steve by offering to give up the job in Kuwait and make a nice home for Emma and herself, if she accepts his proposal of marriage. Moved by Dan's promise to be an honest and faithful husband, an impetuous Carolee agrees to marry him.
S1 • E2053
Carolee stuns Emma with the news that she intends to marry Dan. Emma asks Carolee point blank if she really loves Dan. Matt cautions Mike about remaining focused during the last few months of med school. After Mike insists that he doesn't feel guilty, he overhears Dr. Geller speak with Matt about Greta's possible brain damage. Geller reports to Matt his opinion of Althea's behavior. Matt notices that Geller doesn't react when accidentally burned by a match and orders Geller to have a complete physical. Althea offers her shoulder to Steve, who fills her in on the situation with Carolee and Cathy. Carolee vows to Emma that she doesn't intend to communicate with Steve ever again.
S1 • E2054
Steve speculates that Carolee will contact him after she thinks about their argument and realizes she treated him unjustly. Dan informs Matt of his plans to remain at Hope Memorial and marry Carolee. When Matt worries about Dan and Steve's ability to remain professional, Dan suggests that Matt get rid of Aldrich. Martha cautions Rico about being an underground cupid for Nick and Althea. Nick tells Rico that the judge in Chicago won't reverse his decision, thus Rico must remain in Nick's custody. Rico receives another letter from Duvene, one of his Chicago buddies who wonders if Rico's snubbing his old life. After finding and reading the letter, Nick tears it up, but later forces Rico to write back after learning that Duvene's a pusher. Steve apologizes to Matt, who inadvertently informs him that Carolee and Dan are getting married.
S1 • E2055
Steve confronts Carolee, accusing her of being ruthless and having a closet full of different personalities. Upset from Steve's visit, Carolee phones for Dan. Rico returns to the outpatient clinic to apologize to Althea and recounts all of the nice things Nick has done for him. When Rico wants to find a way to get them together, Althea explains to him that she and Nick mix like oil and water. Matt proposes Nick's help after Althea diagnoses Dr. Geller with syringomyelia. Althea refuses to give up on Geller, but wonders if Nick can work with her on Geller's case. Carolee insists that she and Dan elope immediately, but he decides she's being too impulsive and refuses for her own good.
S1 • E2056
Carolee shreds a photo of Steve. Emma advises Dan that Carolee agreed to marry him in a moment of impetuous anger at Steve and hopes that Dan will be patient enough to give Carolee time to grow to love him completely. Matt tells Maggie that Althea has agreed to work with Nick on Dr. Geller's case. Maggie visits Carolee with well wishes for her wedding. Carolee rejects Maggie's offer to throw her a bridal shower. Dan's arrival makes Maggie uncomfortable when he and Carolee contradict one another about their vision of the ceremony. After Maggie leaves, Carolee hedges settling on a wedding date and stalls going to look at rings with Dan. Later, at home, Emma notes Carolee's wounded behavior and questions whether or not she's reacting to another encounter with Steve, which Carolee stubbornly denies.
S1 • E2058
Greta continues to give Althea the cold shoulder. Althea avoids Maggie's attempts to play Dolly Levi between her and Dr. Sorensen. Maggie gives Althea a message from Steve, and the two gossip about the odd relationship between Carolee and Dan. Althea speaks with Carolee, encouraging her not to throw away what she has with Steve. Later, Althea privately hopes that Carolee won't end up feeling as much a failure as a woman as Althea does. A gift from Althea doesn't elicit the desired effect from Greta. Althea dodges Maggie's questions.
S1 • E2059
Steve's attempt to talk with Carolee is interrupted by the arrival of Dan and Billy. Noting tension in Carolee, Dan vows to take care of Aldrich. Maggie tells Matt about her conversation with Althea. Billy expresses his happiness that Carolee is marrying Dan, but he wonders why they haven't set a wedding date. After Carolee asks Billy to help her pick out an engagement ring, Dan reminds her that it's their private business. Althea admits to Steve that she went to bat for him with Carolee, but she wouldn't listen. Steve takes Althea's advice and goes to the phone to call Emma, who might be able to defend him to Carolee.
S1 • E2060
Carolee phones home, but gets a busy signal, unaware that Steve is speaking with Emma. Steve asks Emma if he can meet with her. Rico confides in Martha his fear of Eddie Duveen. Martha cautions Rico that Althea and Nick are bad news together. Steve explains to Emma his version of what happened with Carolee and Cathy and tells her that he needs help to patch things up with Carolee. Carolee hangs up without speaking when she calls home, and Steve answers the phone. Althea interrupts Martha telling Nick that she doesn't want to get caught in the crossfire between him and Althea. Althea gives Nick her diagnosis of Dr. Geller's illness, and Nick agrees to consult with her. After confronting Emma and arguing about Steve, Carolee phones Dan to tell him she wants to set their wedding date.
S1 • E2061
Carolee asks Emma to stop questioning her motives for agreeing to marry Dan. Matt encourages Nick to be gentle with Althea as she's feeling vulnerable and has lost her sense of direction in life. Nick grumbles at Rico's suggestion that they have Althea over for dinner. After receiving a phone call from Eddie Duveen, Rico can barely hide his fears from Nick. Carolee and Dan set their wedding date for the second week of December, but disagree over the size of their wedding. Despite Carolee's wishes, Dan insists upon taking over all of the wedding details. Carolee is reminded of her weekend with Steve.
S1 • E2062
Carolee receives a post card from Anna who has reunited with Ed Stark and reminds Carolee that faith paid off. Steve tells Althea that he took her advice about speaking with Emma, but he hasn't heard from Carolee. Fixated on Anna's postcard, Carolee refuses Emma's request that they shop for wedding dresses. Emma tells Steve that she told Carolee about his visit, but it didn't change her anger at him. Steve explains to Emma why he didn't ask Carolee to marry him. Dan catches Steve leaving Carolee's office. Nick's agreement about the Geller case pleasantly surprises Althea. Nick promises that he and Althea together can convince Geller to undergo medical tests. Dan agrees to Carolee's suggestion that they wed in the chapel at Hope Memorial, but he has an ulterior motive in wanting to show Steve that Carolee is his possession now.
S1 • E2063
Maggie reminds Althea that today would have been Nick and Althea's second wedding anniversary. Nick lectures Mike about ignoring his med school studies in order to research experimental drugs that might reverse Greta's brain damage. Althea laments the fact that Carolee didn't take her advice and now may ruin her life by marrying Dan because of her anger at Steve. Althea walks away from Maggie's advice. Nick and Althea confront Dr. Geller with the facts of his case, and he finally acquiesces after Nick shouts at him. Later, Althea and Nick enjoy a laugh over their past shouting matches. Althea speculates that Geller is hiding something from them and maybe himself. Nick realizes that he and Althea married two years ago today.
S1 • E2064
Dan asks Matt to be his best man at the wedding, but Matt recalls his disastrous performance at Nick and Althea's wedding. Matt agrees to consider Dan's request that Steve be transferred to another department for Carolee's sake. Althea tells Nick that Dr. Geller has been asking her personal questions. After Martha acts coolly toward Althea. Nick orders her to demonstrate more respect, but Martha reminds him of Althea's troublesome behavior in the past. Maggie tells Matt that she thinks Greta might have deliberately left Althea's rag doll at a friend's house. Matt comments to Maggie that he has detected a disturbing hostility in Dan's attitude toward Steve.
S1 • E2065
Carolee demands that Steve leave her mother alone. Matt diagnoses Althea with self-pity and gives her his prescription to cure it. Cathy confesses to Steve why her timing was so perfect, admitting that she fought dirty for revenge because he wounded her first. Carolee finds Steve and Cathy together in the staff lounge. After Steve leaves them alone, Carolee informs Cathy that she's going to marry Dan, but Cathy isn't invited to the wedding.
S1 • E2066
Dan refuses to accept Emma's decision to not move in with Dan and Carolee after the wedding. Emma admits that she wants to go back to work as a floral arranger. Carolee asks Maggie to be her matron of honor, but declines Maggie's desire to throw a bridal shower for her. Matt tells Maggie that Steve refused to be transferred in order to make things easier for Dan and Carolee. Carolee argues with Emma about her meeting with Steve. Emma insists that she wasn't upset by the meeting, despite Dan's interpretation. Annoyed by her mother's insinuation that Dan chose to believe that Steve made her cry, Carolee vows to follow Dan's way from now.
S1 • E2067
Greta refuses to talk with Althea and locks herself in her room. Althea phones Maggie to alert her to Greta's strange behavior. Nick advises Althea to holler at Dr. Geller in order to force him into undergoing the tests. Rico wonders why Nick and Althea were consulting with another when Nick has always insisted that they could never agree upon anything. A stubborn Dr. Geller won't acquiesce to Althea's demands, but finally concedes after he nearly collapses. After he and Althea realize they can agree on a couple of things, Nick asks her to stop by and sample Rico's pasta fazool, but she politely declines.
S1 • E2068
Matt minimizes Maggie's concerns about Greta's strange behavior toward Althea. Maggie notices that Carolee has left Althea off her wedding guest list. Carolee confides to Maggie the importance of becoming Billy's mother. Steve interrupts Carolee and Maggie. Maggie suggests Steve admit that his relationship with Carolee is over, but he counters that he won't hide. Matt and Maggie question Greta who lies to them. Acknowledging Greta's deliberate lies and personality change, Maggie fears she's losing her little girl.
S1 • E2069
Maggie visits Dr. Geller before his lumbar puncture, and recounts to him Greta's latest lies and strange behavior. Matt orders Mike to stay and talk with him. Geller asks Althea to stop asking questions, but he eventually confesses why his work has become his entire life. When Matt lectures Mike about ruining his life, Mike angrily accuses him of being more concerned with his own image as chief of staff. Martha delivers a package to the Bellini apartment and takes a message from Eddie Duveen. Martha won't promise Rico to not tell Nick about Duveen's call. Dr. Geller's test results are in, but Althea's instincts tell her that something is wrong.
S1 • E2070
Matt laments to Maggie the problems he's having with Mike, who could fail med school. Maggie and Matt hear Greta coming out of the basement, but Greta boldly denies being down there. Carolee suggests that Dan contact his niece Toni, daughter of Tammy's sister Barbara. Dan disregards Carolee's decorating ideas for the living room, insisting that his home is perfect just the way it is. Cathy drops by Steve's apartment with goodies but leaves with the suggestion that he call her when his "appetite" returns. Matt returns from the basement with Althea's rag doll, which Greta has destroyed. After Greta admits that she hates anything to do with Althea, Matt makes airline reservations to fly to New York to see Dr. John Morrison.
S1 • E2071
A petulant Greta whines that she doesn't want to go New York without Maggie, but she fails to manipulate her mother into agreeing. Emma reminds Carolee that strong men like Dan are fine just as long as they accept their wife's point of view, too. Carolee and Emma decide to take Big Ben, their family's grandfather clock, to Dan's home. Steve throws Nick for a loop with the news of Carolee's impending marriage to Dan. At Steve's urging, Nick opens up about Althea's loss of confidence as a doctor. Althea attempts to console Maggie, who frets after Greta and Matt leave for New York. Althea expresses interest when Maggie speaks of Dr. Morrison.
S1 • E2072
Greta begins to develop a rapport with Dr. Morrison until he brings up her behavior toward the rag doll. Morrison shows a glimmer of recognition when Matt mentions Althea, but the woman he knew named Davis wasn't a doctor. Althea opens up to Dr. Geller about her travels. Geller asserts that Althea's personal doubts have spread to her professional life, and her personal doubts won't be alleviated until she learns to trust men once again. Later, Geller refuses to believe Althea's hunch that he's seriously ill despite a negative test for syringomyelia. Dr. Morrison diagnoses Greta, but warns Matt that her troubles are far from over, and she'll need constant psychotherapy. Geller phones Matt at Morrison's office to tell him that Hope Memorial will need a new Chief of Psychiatry and suggests he consider Dr. Morrison as a replacement.
S1 • E2073
Matt proposes that Dr. Morrison join the staff at Hope Memorial. Dr. Morrison declines to commit, but he does offer to at least visit the hospital. Nick theorizes to Martha that marriage sometimes ruins friendships. After Martha tells Nick that she took a phone call from Eddie Duveen, who terrified Rico, Nick phones Detective Cadman. When Mike confides in Nick that he needs help to pass his final exams, Nick suggests that he get intern Dr. Hank Iverson as a tutor. Mike and Nick disagree about Matt's influence on Mike. Matt phones Maggie from New York with an update on Greta.
S1 • E2074
Rico worries over the possible repercussions of talking to Detective Cadman about Eddie Duveen. Later, Rico admits to Nick and Cadman that he has received phone calls from Duveen. Cadman advises the Bellinis that he intends to contact a friend on the Chicago police force for more information on Duveen. When Billy brings up the subject of Steve, an agitated Dan admits that he doesn't like Steve and refuses to explain his reasons. Carolee and Dan's wedding dinner and honeymoon plans are affected by Carolee's memories of Steve. Rico is relieved to learn that Duveen has left Chicago, but is unpleasantly surprised when he turns up at the Bellini apartment. Duveen asks Rico if Nick works with drugs in the research lab.
S1 • E2075
An uncomfortable Steve leaves the clinic when he overhears Maggie discussing the bridal shower with Carolee. Maggie and Matt are reunited following his trip to New York. Matt informs a worried Maggie that Dr. Geller won't be able to continue working with Greta. Cathy scoffs at Steve's insinuation that Carolee might not marry Dan. In the hospital chapel, Carolee asks God to make her wedding a step in the direction of a beautiful life. Steve searches for a patient's mother but finds Carolee instead. After Steve confesses to Matt that he was certain he'd have a happy ending with Carolee, Matt grants him a leave of absence to visit his son in Germany.
S1 • E2076
Steve tells Althea that he's taking a leave of absence to escape the festivities of Dan and Carolee's marriage. Althea warns Steve against a life of recriminations. Dr. Geller tells Matt why he waited so long to undergo Althea's diagnostic testing. Matt informs Althea of Geller's decision to retire as chief of psychiatry. Geller discusses Althea's fear of loving a man with Matt. Steve decides to concentrate on his son. Cathy visits Steve to wish him a bon voyage. Steve agrees to consider giving Cathy another chance once he returns from Germany.
S1 • E2077
Althea suggests to Maggie that Carolee might still be in love with Steve. Matt tells Maggie that Dr. Geller is carrying the guilt of his family's death in Germany during the war. Dan decides that Carolee's jangled nerves are due to Steve. Carolee reacts with discomfort when Dan presents her with tickets to Jamaica then reveals that he and Tammy also honeymooned there. Maggie casually mentions to Carolee that Steve has gone to Germany. Carolee decides to invite friends from Hope Memorial to the ceremony. Maggie notes Dan's criticism of Carolee before they're even married.
S1 • E2078
After discovering that Duveen visited Rico, Nick orders Rico to never let him in the apartment again. Maggie reassures Mike that Matt only wants his son's happiness, and Mike reveals that he asked Nick to help him get a tutor for med school. Hank reminds Nick that he'd like to observe his work as an operating neurologist. Mike is late for his meeting with Hank, and the two clash instantly. Althea shares with Nick her guilt over Dr. Geller's retirement. Nick recommends another test for Althea to prove that Dr. Geller has syringomyelia. After Althea assures him that she doesn't mind his presence at Carolee's wedding, Nick's day suddenly brightens.
S1 • E2079
Dan refuses to allow Billy to take his model airplane to Emma's, where he's going to stay while Carolee and Dan honeymoon in Jamaica. Later, Carolee tells Billy that he can take his model plane with him. Sensing a rift between father and son makes Carolee very nervous about her impending parenthood. Pretending to be a medical salesman, Duveen phones Nick to fish for information. Nick innocently tells Duveen that they can't meet because he has a wedding to attend. With the knowledge that Rico will be home alone for several hours, an armed Duveen heads for the Bellini apartment.
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When there's no answer at the Bellini apartment, Duveen plans a surprise visit for Rico. Before the wedding, a nervous Carolee seeks reassurance from Emma. Arriving early at the chapel, Matt and Maggie reminisce about past weddings. Rico arrives home and finds that Duveen has tricked the super into giving him access to the apartment. Dan boasts to Matt that he's perfectly calm before the wedding because everything is going his way. Duveen describes to Rico his plans to rob the drug room at Hope Memorial. A suddenly nervous Carolee admits to Maggie that she's panicky because she doesn't want to get caught in the middle of another conflict between Dan and Billy. When Rico refuses to help him steal drugs from the hospital, Duveen forces him to go at gunpoint.
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Emma forces Dan to observe superstitious wedding conventions. Althea becomes nervous when she arrives at the chapel. A hesitant Nick worries that the wedding will bring up memories of his marriage to Althea and wonders where Rico is. Duveen and Rico arrive at Hope Memorial. Billy asks an uncomfortable Maggie why Greta isn't attending the wedding. Matt reassures Nick that he's not mad because Mike sought his help. Martha apologizes to Althea, and admits that Nick has been happier since he and Althea began working together. As the wedding gets underway, Duveen and Rico go into the drug room, where Duveen forces Jennings, the pharmacist on duty, to open the drug cabinet. During the ceremony, Carolee prays to God that she can be a good wife to Dan, while Dan silently gloats that he won Carolee. Billy thinks how nice it will be to have Carolee as a mother and Emma as grandmother. Emma prays for Carolee's happiness. The wedding concludes, and Carolee tosses her bouquet to Althea. When Duveen insists that he bind Jennings' hands, Rico grabs Duveen's gun, which fires during their scuffle. Rico falls to the floor, shot in the head, and Duveen flees.
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Nurse Ryker phones security to try to apprehend Duveen. Nick learns that Rico has been shot. Matt advises Maggie and Althea to go ahead to the wedding dinner but to keep quiet about why he and Nick have been delayed. In emergency, Rico begins to go into shock but regains consciousness briefly. A guilty Nick berates himself for attending the wedding instead of being home with Rico. Matt phones for Detective Cadman. Maggie and Althea lie to Carolee that an accident at a nearby plant has caused Matt and Nick to wait at the hospital. Nurse Ryker explains to Matt why she allowed Rico and Duveen to enter the drug room. Rico tries to talk to Nick then slips into unconsciousness. Matt informs Nick that Duveen has been captured. Nick realizes that he inadvertently helped Duveen take Rico from the apartment. Matt and Nick are disturbed by Rico's x-rays which reveal a bullet fragment lodged in a vital area of the brain.
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Nick worries over the conundrum of needing to remove the bullet fragment from Rico's brain but not being able to because of its position next to the vital core. In Jamaica, Carolee can't dislodge memories of Steve professing his love. Dan admits that for a moment during the ceremony, he wasn't sure Carolee would say "I do." Carolee promises Dan that she will spend her whole life trying to make him happy. Detective Cadman relates Duveen's confession to Nick. Nick hopes that Rico's courage doesn't prove fatal. Althea phones the newspaper in pursuit of a previously printed medical story. Nick advises Stella about Rico's condition but cautions her to not show fear. Rico asks Stella if the doctors are going to leave the bullet in his brain. Althea brings hope to Nick in the form of an article about a patient with the same condition as Rico.
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Nick explains to Matt the somersault technique for moving the bullet in Rico's brain away from the vital core. Billy asks Emma if he can call her "grandma". After the somersault procedure, wet plates show that the technique was successful. Matt suggests repeating the procedure to move the bullet to soft tissue, but Rico's condition suddenly begins to deteriorate. Billy inadvertently reveals Dan's controlling behavior to Emma. Carolee learns that she and Dan are staying in the same hotel where he honeymooned with Tammy. Dan tells Carolee that he wants to have a child with her, and then he stuns her with the news that Billy is adopted, the son of Tammy's missing sister. Carolee advises Dan that Billy should be told the truth, but he won't hear of it. New wet plates show that Rico needs surgery, and Nick is the most qualified to perform it.
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Nick phones Matt to tell him that Rico's condition is deteriorating. Althea confides in Matt and Maggie that when she was married to Nick, he had nightmares about operating on his brother Al. Maggie loses her patience with Mike after he fails to acknowledge Matt's concern for him. Althea removes one of Nick's burdens by staying with Stella during Rico's surgery. During their tutoring session, Hank pushes Mike to try harder. Matt reassures Nick that he'll pull Rico through surgery. Having saved one life, Althea's, and lost one, Al's, a tense Nick wonders if he should just quit while he's even.
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Rico wants to talk with Nick before surgery. Althea describes the details of Rico's operation to a worried Stella. Nick examines Rico's x-rays and orders the surgery to begin. Althea meets Dr. Geller in the elevator and describes the situation with Nick and Stella. Geller probes to find what man Althea failed with while she was gone, and she concedes that he's right but refuses to divulge the details. A tense Nick begins the surgery. Martha tells Althea that from the observation room, she saw Nick talking to Rico before surgery, but Nick looked strained. A tense Nick loses his patience during surgery. Martha asserts that Althea appears a changed woman and more vulnerable since her return. Nick has a feeling that trouble is waiting for them on the operating table. Stella can't forget being in the same situation when Al was shot in the head and died under Nick's scalpel. Althea accompanies Stella to the chapel to pray. Nick fears that Rico will herniate.
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Nick goes for the blood clot in Rico's brain. Stella begs God not to punish Rico because she wasn't a good mother to him. Stella experiences a terrible premonition that something has gone wrong, prompting Althea to leave her to check on the operation. In surgery, Rico herniates and stops breathing. Althea watches the surgery. Mike arrives to observe the surgery. Maggie informs Mike that Rico is still on a respirator. When Mike laments treating Rico badly, Maggie urges him to stop misjudging people, including Matt. Nick reaches the blood clot. Martha comforts Stella. Rico begins breathing on his own again. Matt offers to take over for Nick, but Nick wants to finish the surgery himself. Althea admits that she sees a tenderness in Nick that wasn't there before she left. Maggie wonders if that old black magic between Althea and Nick might be returning. Nick brings news of Rico to Stella.
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Stella wonders why two wonderful people like Althea and Nick broke up. Althea scoots out when Nick and the orderlies arrive with Rico. Rico briefly regains consciousness. Stella informs Nick that Althea blames herself for the failure of their relationship. When Nick retorts that Stella doesn't know what she's talking about, she encourages him to talk to Althea. In Jamaica, Carolee experiences a dizzy spell and nausea, which Dan blames on too much sun.Rico declares that he wants to be a doctor more than ever because he now sees the difference between Nick and Al. Nick thanks Althea profusely for saving the Bellinis from a total disaster. Althea insists that Nick doesn't owe her anything because they're friends.
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Carolee and Dan arrive home from their honeymoon to find a Christmas tree decorated by Emma and Billy. Adjusting the angel on the tree, Carolee experiences another dizzy spell. Hank insists that he doesn't have a chip on his shoulder and suggests to Matt that Mike is trying to wing it through medical school. A lonely Steve returns home from Germany. Matt receives word from John Morrison that he plans to visit Hope Memorial next week. Steve recalls his weekend with Carolee and their discussion about having children together. Cathy surprises Steve with a miniature tree on Christmas Eve. Declaring the past very dead, Steve decides to finally pop the cork on the champagne that Cathy brought him before his trip to Germany.
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Maggie beams over Greta acting like a normal girl on Christmas morning. Althea leaves to take Rico a Christmas present. Maggie notes that Althea mentioned being a three time loser with men, then she wonders who the third man was. Rico thanks Nick for saving his life, admitting that his father couldn't compare to a doctor. Althea gives Rico a stethoscope as a gift. As Nick looks on with admiration, Stella convinces Althea to stay for pasta fazool. Carolee enjoys the first Christmas of her new life and vows to make her next one even better. Stella asks Nick why he and Althea didn't have children when they were married. Dan isn't as enthusiastic as Carolee and Emma over the delivery of Big Ben to the Allison living room. Althea declines Christmas dinner with Matt and Althea to cover a shift at the hospital. Maggie recognizes Althea's deliberate attempts to be alone. John phones to tell Matt that he'll arrive on Monday. Matt wishes the audience a warm, meaningful holiday season.
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Maggie suggests that she and Althea spruce up for the elaborate dinner she has planned for John Morrison. Dr. Geller tells Matt that Althea admitted she's freshly wounded from a romance during her leave of absence, and they wonder who the man was. Dr. Morrison arrives at Matt's office. Steve and Carolee share an uncomfortably quiet elevator ride together. Cathy asks Steve if Christmas Eve was just a one night stand. Steve wants to stay put in the nurse's training school now that he's more insulated against Carolee. Matt interrupts Steve and Cathy's intimate conversation to introduce them to John. John meets Maggie but mistakes her for Althea. Matt and Maggie notice John's startled reaction to Althea's name.
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John arrives at the Powers home and meets a stunned Althea. As John talks, Althea recalls a previous conversation they had when she met him on her cruise. Emma and Carolee discuss Dan's irritation at Big Ben. Carolee snaps at Emma, who suggests that Carolee will feel better in a few days, as she does the same time every month. Matt and Maggie note the subtext of hostility between Althea and John. Althea walks out on John. In private, Maggie wonders if John and Althea have met before. Meanwhile, Althea and John discuss their failed shipboard romance.
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Maggie laments the most disastrous dinner party of the year, placing the blame on Althea who deliberately sabotaged their hospitality. Matt considers the possibility that Maggie was right when she theorized that John and Althea met once before. John confronts Althea, admitting that he loved her, and explains why he left her with just a note slipped under her stateroom door. Nick interrupts John's revelation that he was married when he and Althea became lovers on their last night together. John and Nick clash as John wants to continue talking with an angry Althea. Nick insists that Rico stop trying to marry him off to Althea. Mrs. Clark, Althea's patient, attempts suicide with a pair of scissors. After Nick wrestles the scissors away from Mrs. Clark, Althea seeks comfort in his arms.
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John phones Althea to profess his love, but she angrily cuts him off. Having overheard Althea's conversation with lady killer John Morrison, Nick invites her for a New Year's Eve drink, which she declines. John accepts the position as chief of psychiatry at Hope Memorial. Steve and Carolee find themselves together in the outpatient clinic but don't speak with one another. A talk with Steve prompts Althea to change her mind about Nick's New Year's invitation. Steve and Carolee reluctantly wish one another a happy new year when they literally bump into one another again. Over drinks, Althea admits to Nick that she likes him in a way now that she never did before, and they agree to be friends again.
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Mike recounts the mistakes he made in 1970 and decides his New Year's resolution is to never be young again. Maggie encourages Mike to find a new romance. Matt hopes he and Mike can be compatible again by the end of 1971. Rico speculates to Martha that Nick and Althea will get back together. Martha gets Rico to admit that he wants to go back to Chicago to help Stella. Matt and Maggie discuss the mysterious tension between Althea and John. Rico and Mike make their apologies to one another, and the talk gives Mike food for thought about Matt.
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Althea remembers John telling her that an affair was all he could offer her due to his marriage. Maggie attempts to clear the air with Althea over her behavior toward John at the dinner party, but Althea refuses to admit she and John were not strangers. Later, Althea is annoyed to learn that John has agreed to replace Dr. Geller. Steve requests more verbal communication with Carolee, who concedes. When Steve notices she's pale and dizzy, Carolee insists her husband can take care of her. Nick confirms for Althea that Dr. Geller's latest test shows a tumor on his spine. Althea refuses to accept John 's person-to-person phone call from New York. Afterward, she recalls a night on board the ship when John hoped they would collect a lot of wonderful memories between Caracas and San Francisco.
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Lying awake in bed, Althea remembers dancing under the stars with John on the last night of their cruise and making plans to meet him at the Top of the Mark in San Francisco. Rico encourages Nick to do something about Althea before someone else makes a move on her first. Martha informs Rico that Eddie Duveen has been arraigned for robbery and attempted homicide. Nick approves when Martha admits that she convinced Detective Cadman to speak on Rico's behalf to his judge in Chicago. Althea shows Dr. Geller the x-rays documenting his spinal tumor, but advises him that he might still be able to work part-time as a consultant. Dr. Geller's discussion of John moves Althea to tears. Leaving Geller's office, Althea runs into Nick and admits that they should've given Geller the news together.
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Carolee experiences another dizzy spell. Dan and Carolee receive a wedding gift from Dan's niece Toni Ferra, who doesn't know that Billy is her half-brother. Dan cautions Carolee against indulging Billy and warns her that he won't let her spoil the child they have together. Maggie overhears Greta asking Carolee if she can live with the Allisons because Greta doesn't like the person staying in the Powers house. Matt and Maggie discuss Greta's animosity toward Althea and Althea's tears at the mention of John's name. John offers to begin work at Hope Memorial in two days. After finding Carolee having another bout of nausea and dizziness, Emma wonders if her daughter could be pregnant, but Carolee insists it's just a bug she must have contracted in Jamaica.
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Hank apologizes for being so hard-nosed with Mike. Mike loses his temper when Hank mentions talking discussing Mike's tutoring with Matt. Nick overhears Steve and Cathy joking about their romantic evening the previous night. A furious Mike demands to see Matt. Nick sincerely thanks Steve for opening his big mouth, which led to a rekindled friendship with Althea. Hank seeks answers from Nick about why Mike is so angry with Matt, who from Hank's point of view, is what a good father should be. Mike angrily confronts Matt, demanding that henceforth Matt treat him like a stranger at Hope Memorial.
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Rico wheels himself down to the outpatient clinic and tells Althea that the stethoscope she gave him helped him hear Nick's racing at the thought of her. Arriving for his first day of work, John notes Carolee's cryptic reaction when she encounters Steve. John volunteers to sign a contract with Hope Memorial, indicating he has a deep sense of commitment to the hospital. Carolee reluctantly agrees that she and Steve can address one another by their first name. Steve wants to bury the past as Althea and Nick have, and he asks Carolee to consider being friends with him to make both of their lives easier. John explains to Althea that a month after he left her, his wife Jessica ran off to Paris with another man. When Althea reiterates that it's too late for them, John insists that they still love one another.
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Althea brings Carolee and Dan a wedding gift and also returns Carolee's wedding bouquet, which she caught and dried. Carolee confides in Althea that Steve wants to bury the hatchet as she and Nick did, and Althea supports the idea, adding that so many new strains arise without holding on to new ones. After Maggie recognizes the sad expression on Matt's face, Matt recounts Mike's anger earlier in the day, as well as his demand that Matt treat him as a stranger. Maggie encourages Matt to give Matt what he wants. When personnel phones with details of John's contract, Matt learns that John's middle name is Keith, and he realizes that Althea once knew a Keith Morrison. Althea confesses to Matt and Maggie that she and John met on the cruise to Caracas. After Althea claims to have a headache and skips dinner, Matt wryly comments that she also skipped about three-quarters of the truth. Dan notices Carolee's paleness and lack of appetite. After Billy mentions a visit by Steve while Dan was away last summer, Dan angrily orders him to go finish his homework, Alone with Carolee, Dan vows that Billy won't take advantage of women the way some men do, referring to Steve.
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When Althea says good morning to her, Greta slams the bedroom door in Althea's face. Maggie fishes for more information about Althea's relationship with John on the cruise, but Althea continues to remain coy. Maggie agrees to Althea's desire for a moratorium on discussions of John. Nick tells Maggie that John visited Althea in the outpatient clinic and was like a piece of lint she couldn't shake off her sleeve. Maggie and Nick discuss Mike's irrational attitude toward Matt, and Nick wants to intercede. Althea attempts to interest Greta in making a doll's dress with the toy sewing machine she gave Greta for Christmas, which Greta subsequently dumped in Althea's closet. Greta destroys Althea's dress and orders her to get out of their house. Althea insists on leaving the Powers house because Greta hates her. Later, Althea promises a distraught Maggie's she'll wait a short while before going, and she very reluctantly agrees to discuss the situation with John.
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Billy gives Carolee a mobile as a gift to apologize for tiring her and tells her that Steve thought it was funny that she's still wearing the cameo he gave her. Carolee agrees when Billy says he's glad that Steve is their friend, even if Dan doesn't like him. Nick slams down the phone when he learns that Althea is meeting with John. Althea recounts for John the latest incident with Greta. To her surprise, John doesn't agree with Dr. Geller and supports her decision to move out of the Powers house. Althea rejects John's suggestion that they hunt for apartments together but walks out when he asks if there's someone else in her life. John gets under Nick's skin by questioning why Greta's brain damage wasn't diagnosed sooner. Nick stuns John with the revelation that he and Althea were married and divorced. Dan is annoyed by Billy's mobile and takes it down. Billy overhears Dan demand that Carolee throw away the cameo because he doesn't want a reminder of Steve in their marriage.
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Martha shows Nick the goodbye cake she baked for Rico. John informs Althea of Nick's hostility toward him and questions why she didn't tell him that she and Nick had been married. Althea orders John to get out when he insults Nick as being out of Althea's class. Nick enlists Hank's help to ease the tension between Matt and Mike. Nick and Martha tell an emotional Rico that he's been released from Nick's custody and will be going home to Stella in Chicago this evening. On the pretext of discussing Greta's case, John manipulates his talk with Matt to discover more information about Nick and Althea. Rico detects Nick's dislike of John. Before they say goodbye to one another, Rico convinces Althea to have dinner with Nick as Rico's going away present to Nick.
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Carolee gives Emma the cameo that Steve gave her instead of throwing it away. Emma asks Carolee if she ever told Dan about the weekend she spent with Steve. Carolee denies Emma's insinuation that Dan is possessive. Althea tells Maggie about her plans to find a new apartment. Matt recounts for Maggie his conversation with John, and she reveals that Nick and Althea are having dinner together. Mike continues to treat Mike coldly. Hank and Mike get into a strong disagreement when Hank broaches the subject of Matt. After Carolee becomes nauseous and nearly collapses in the outpatient clinic, Althea suspects that she's pregnant.
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Billy tells Emma about Dan's reaction to the mobile and his request that she throw away the cameo. Emma remains reserved when Billy asks her what Dan has against Steve. After an examination, Althea says she thinks Carolee is pregnant and notices her panicked reaction the news. Speaking about Dan and Carolee's marriage, Althea realizes Carolee must have conceived before the wedding and encourages her not to worry what people will think. Nick gives Althea a lead on an available apartment in his building. Dan notes Carolee's quietness and distant behavior, prompting her to go to bed. Dan suggests to Emma that Carolee's current behavior reminds him of how she acted when she returned from her mysterious weekend last fall. Emma looks worried when Dan insists something's wrong with Carolee, and he's determined to find out what it is.
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Mike's attempts to befriend Greta fail when she refuses to trust him and insists she doesn't love him. Following the incident with Greta, Mike realizes that he has to do something to change the situation. Martha urges Nick to be cautious when he tells her that he plans to help Althea rent an apartment in his building. Nick yells at Matt because Matt still hasn't found a suitable lab assistant. Matt shares with Nick that Mike's grades might not be good enough for him to secure an internship at Hope Memorial unless Matt shows favoritism toward his son, who wants to be treated like a stranger. Later, Nick tries to make Mike see that he's being unreasonable with Matt since the other med students admire Matt's professionalism. Mike's tenseness eases as Nick offers to examine the lithium research to see if it could be helpful to Greta's recovery.
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Carolee stops Althea to ask about the results of the pregnancy test, but Althea has just dropped off the sample at the lab. After finding a note in Carolee's office with Toni Ferra's name and telephone number, Dan questions Carolee who admits that Toni lost her job and wondered if Matt would have a job for her. Dan hurts Carolee's feelings by accusing of her impulsiveness and acting on her emotions. He suggests that Toni's presence could be an unwelcome situation even though Billy doesn't know he's adopted and Toni's half-brother. Later Dan demands that he be given the results of the tests Althea is running as soon as they come back from the lab. In the doctors' lounge, John compares himself and Althea to Kate and Petrucchio from Taming of the Shrew, but Althea insists she isn't interested in him or his past. Steve arrives at Carolee's office and finds Emma waiting for Carolee and Dan. Noticing that Emma is wearing the cameo, Steve realizes that it bothered Dan and says that he hopes Dan doesn't keep Carolee caged in an attempt to possess her. When Emma suggests that Dan's possessiveness reflects his desire to make Carolee happy, Steve retorts that Carolee has looked anything but lately. At home, Emma receives a phone call from a repairman. She tells Carolee and Dan that Big Ben can't be fixed because the parts are no longer made, prompting Dan to suggest putting the clock downstairs in the playroom. For Carolee, Emma submits to Dan's wishes. After he leaves, Carolee apologizes to Emma who comments again about Carolee possibly being pregnant. Carolee imagines Althea's voice telling her that the baby could be early.
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Althea checks with the lab, which doesn't have the results of Carolee's test yet. Nick informs Althea that there's a nice apartment in his building, but she counters that she'd thought about an apartment in a hotel with a cleaning service. John interrupts Nick and Althea's conversation. Althea asks John to leave the outpatient clinic, which he does, though he insists he'll be back. Matt delivers Toni Ferra's lab assistant application to Nick, who complains that if she's young and single, she'll draw too much attention from the interns and never get any work done. Nick shows Matt the lithium research Mike did and suggests that maybe the lab can synthesize a compound to help Greta. Hank tells Nick that he bombed out with Mike and doesn't want to get any more involved in the situation with Mike. Althea goes to look at an apartment and changes her mind when she discovers that John is renting in the same hotel. John theorizes that there's nothing left between Althea and Nick, so she's free to pursue their relationship. To get away from John, Althea phones Nick and says that she has decided to take the apartment in his building.
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Nick wonders why Althea changed her mind about taking the apartment. Althea tells Nick that Steve considers the two of them a shining example of burying the past to become friends. John and Nick disagree about using lithium derivatives to treat Greta. John asks Nick if Althea has taken the apartment in his building and insinuates that he found out because Althea was in his hotel room during her phone conversation with Nick. John persuades Matt to approve a special project involving the outpatient clinic, and consequently will need Althea's assistance. Manipulated by John, Matt agrees to be the one to inform Althea about the project. After Althea gives her the positive pregnancy test results, a distraught Carolee begs her not to tell Dan and reveals that the baby is Steve's.
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Carolee confesses to Althea that she was a virgin the weekend she went away with Steve to the lodge, and that was when she conceived. Althea hides Carolee in the examining room when Nick arrives and demands that she let him in to talk. After Nick goes, Carolee refuses to let Althea drive her home, insisting she can't go home because she can't face Dan. A nervous Nick prepares for Althea's arrival and invites her to stay in his apartment while they wait to meet the building super. Althea tells Nick that she and John were in the hotel lobby, not his room, when she phoned Nick from a public phone. Later, he convinces her to let him fix them a drink, and she begins to relax. Alone in her office, Carolee mulls over her predicament. Steve arrives to ask if she has decided whether or not they can be friends. He admits that he knows it's over between them, but suggests they not hang on to bitterness when they shared something beautiful. She tearfully tells him that they can friends and apologizes for making such a drama out of everything. Noticing her tears, Steve asks if there's anything he can do for her, and she says no. After he leaves, Carolee wonders what she's done.
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After Emma continues to question her behavior, Carolee relents and admits that she's pregnant but swears Emma to secrecy until Carolee can get used to the idea of being a mother. Althea discusses the possibility of abortion with Carolee, who rejects the idea because she doesn't want to destroy yet another life. When Althea broaches the subject of Steve, Carolee quickly and emphatically says that she'll never tell Steve that he's the baby's father. Althea angrily refuses Matt's request that she assist John with his research project, and chastises Matt for using her to get himself out of a spot. Emma feels that Carolee is holding something back about the pregnancy, but Carolee reassures her that she can't keep anything from her mother. Later, Carolee remembers a day after their trip when she told Steve that she couldn't handle the pressure of lying to Emma. Back in the present Carolee wishes that she could tell Emma the truth.
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Matt delays Mike's interview about the internship until later in the day. Maggie cautions Greta that Althea isn't moving out because Greta told her to go. Greta tells Maggie that she hates the guest room and doesn't want it to be a new playroom after Althea leaves. Matt informs Nick that Toni Ferra is coming to meet them at the end of next week. Martha surmises that Nick has appointed himself Althea's protector from John and tells him not to cry to her when he finds a hole in his shining armor. Mike shares good news with Hank and Nick about graduating med school. Nick returns the favor to Mike with news of the lithium derivative research project. When Matt can only offer him a six month probationary contract due to his low senior grades, Mike angrily accuses Matt of bending over backward to punish him for being his son.
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Cathy wishes the "happy newlyweds" Dan and Carolee a good morning then flirts with Steve on the phone. Dan tries in vain to get to the bottom of Carolee's moodiness. John refuses to accept personal feelings as a reason for Althea to reject helping his project and vows to explain to her that she's not being exploited. Cathy wants to stop by Carolee's office because she has something on her mind. After Carolee recalls the night that Cathy came unannounced to Steve's apartment, leading to Carolee's breakup with Steve, she wonders what else Cathy could have to say. Later, Cathy confesses to Carolee that she set Steve up to make Carolee believe that he had seduced her and swears that there was never anything between them. Alone, Carolee cries that she can't take any more, and she calls Emma.
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Emma doesn't understand a distraught Carolee who says she's leaving for home to tell her everything. Maggie accidentally overhears John confronting Althea over her refusal to assist him in his project. Despite John's impassioned argument that Althea is allowing her personal anger to interfere, she remains steadfast, and John storms out. After John leaves, Maggie comes out of the examining room and lets Althea know that she overheard everything. Althea tells Maggie the complete story of her relationship with John and how deeply he hurt her. Carolee explains to Emma that Steve never had an affair with Cathy Ryker. Emma encourages Carolee to tell Dan about the baby and is stunned when Carolee confesses that Steve is the father.
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After Carolee vows that she can't hurt Steve with the truth and will let Dan think the baby is, Emma cautions her that the truth has a terrible way of coming out. Carolee has to consider Emma's advice that she tell Dan about the pregnancy before he figures it out and wonders why she kept the news from him. Maggie fears that Matt will see the turmoil in her face following Althea's confession. Nick mentions to Maggie his happiness over his newfound friendship with Althea. Maggie counters that she doesn't want to see any of them hurt but backs off when Nick suspects that she knows something he doesn't. Nick tells Maggie about the lithium project. Emma's lament, "if only you hadn't gone away for that weekend," echoes in Carolee's thoughts, prompting her to recall the day Steve invited her. Dan arrives home and claims to be shocked, not angry, at Carolee's agreement to be friends with Steve. Carolee finally tells Dan that she's pregnant.
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Althea wonders if Maggie kept her secret from Matt. Maggie loses her temper after finding that a sleepy Greta stayed up to paint pictures in the middle of the night. Matt questions Maggie about her bad mood, and she eventually admits that it's because he kept Nick's lithium research from her. Maggie clams up when Matt speculates that Maggie is keeping something else from him. Nick visits Althea in her new apartment and promises not to make a nuisance of himself as her neighbor. Maggie confesses to Matt what she overheard between Althea and John in the outpatient clinic. Matt and Maggie find Greta playing loud rock music in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.
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John apologizes to Althea for the scene in the outpatient clinic, but she says it doesn't matter. Maggie wants to see John about Greta. Althea urges Carolee to begin seeing an obstetrician. Carolee assures Althea that by living the lie that Dan is the father of her baby, she's going to get over her compulsion for honesty. Maggie consults with John, who urges her to tell Greta's teacher about the brain damage. John takes advantage of Maggie to persuade Althea into cooperating with the research project. After Dan mentions Sky Haven, Carolee remembers the beginning of the evening she spent there with Steve and realizes that she can't tell the truth.
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Dan wants to know if Althea and Carolee have calculated her due date and begins to plan the child's future, causing Carolee to become upset. When Billy reminds Carolee of the Valentine's Day bazaar at school, Dan accuses him of pestering her. Dan gleefully phones Steve with news of Carolee's pregnancy. Emma reminds Carolee that she only lasted ten days lying about the weekend she spent with Steve and wonders how she can keep up this lie for the rest of her pregnancy. Mike tells Hank that he's considering other hospitals after the raw deal he received from Matt. Hank suggests that Mike prove himself as a doctor at Hope Memorial. Billy laments to Carolee that Dan is sending him away to boarding school next week. Carolee promises Billy that she will talk with Dan and straighten out the situation by supper time. After Billy leaves, Carolee phones Dan and demands to see him.
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Carolee fails to change Dan's mind about sending Billy away. Toni Ferra, Dan's niece, arrives at Hope Memorial, meets Matt, and literally bumps in to Mike. Mike accepts Matt's internship at Hope Memorial, but announces that he's moving out of the house this weekend. Matt instructs Nurse Cromwell that he wants to see Hank first thing Monday morning. Nick wonders why a good-looking chick like Toni would want to leave a swinging town like New York, but hires her despite his reservations that a young doctor will sweep her away once she's trained. Martha officially introduces Toni to Mike. Now that he's on staff, Mike wants to work with Nick on the lithium project. Steve congratulates Carolee on her pregnancy. Carolee admits to Steve that Cathy confessed to setting him up and gives him a sincere apology. Steve confides in Carolee that he enjoys Cathy's company, but they have no future together. Carolee receives a call from Dan who says he won't change his mind about Billy, and he knows how to teach the boy a lesson he'll learn.
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Dan tells Carolee that Billy shouldn't have gone to her to get around him. Carolee confides in Althea that she should have listened to her instead of stomping around in self-righteous anger. Maggie confesses to Althea that she told Matt what happened between Althea and John. Carolee meets Toni. Dan becomes uncomfortable when Toni mentions her mother, who disappeared. Toni learns that Carolee is pregnant. Dan cautions Carolee against comparing Billy and Toni, since they don't know they're brother and sister. Carolee begs Dan not to gang up on Billy. Carolee feigns illness to speak with Billy alone, and she attempts to soften the blow of his departure. Billy reassures Carolee that he knows Dan talked her into agreeing with him, and declares that his father won't win this time.
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Early in the morning, Carolee realizes that Billy is missing. Dan informs Carolee that Billy ran away once before when he and Dan had a disagreement. Carolee tells Emma that she blames herself for Billy's feelings of rejection since Dan's doing it because of the baby. Matt refuses to say goodbye to Mike as he gets ready to leave the house for good. Maggie wishes Mike luck his first day on duty at Hope Memorial. Hank declines Matt's request that he act as Mike's supervising resident, but Matt forces him to do it. Carolee attempts to locate Billy, who is still missing after school. Matt admits to Maggie that he had an ulterior motive in choosing Hank as Mike's supervising resident. When Dan arrives home, Carolee convinces him to phone the police.
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Carolee continues to wait by the phone, while Dan visits the cops. Billy turns up at Steve's apartment, insisting that he'll run away if Steve tells Dan. A petulant Greta refuses to wear the school clothes Maggie set out for her and throws them in the floor out of defiance. Greta capitulates when Matt intercedes, leaving Maggie irritated. Steve appeals to Billy's love for Carolee by suggesting that she's probably worried sick about him. Billy agrees to let Steve phone a relieved Carolee. Maggie, upset about Greta, is cautioned by Matt to not put too much faith in Nick synthesizing a drug to cure the girl. At Steve's apartment, Carolee thinks about how at home she once felt there and beats herself up for making hasty decisions. Billy awakens and insists to Carolee that Dan is jealous and wants to keep her all to himself. He then reminds her of how there wasn't any jealousy back in the days when Steve used to visit them at the Allison house when Dan was gone. Carolee promises Billy that if he'll return home with her, she will make Dan see that Billy's place is at home with them. Before they go, Carolee thanks Steve for his support. He replies that he'd like to help more but thinks it would make the situation with Dan even worse. Carolee softly asserts that it will be all right, but as she goes, Steve doesn't appear convinced.
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When the cops tell him that Billy is safe, Dan phones home and is appalled to hear that the child turned to Steve for help. Carolee promises to explain later why she didn't send Dan to Steve's apartment instead of going herself. Maggie admits to John that she overheard his argument with Althea in the outpatient clinic, and although Althea is rejecting him, she does approve of his research work with children. Maggie comments that she's interested in it, too. Perhaps it would take her mind off her own troubled little girl. Dan dismisses Carolee's impassioned explanation of Billy's feelings, accusing her and Steve of being easily manipulated by an 11 year-old boy. However, Carolee manages to persuade him to let Billy stay, at least until the spring term. Before Dan goes, he comments that he needs time to decide Billy's punishment, which further upsets Carolee. Althea phones Nick, asking for his help in assembling some shelves. When Nick says that he doesn't want to crowd her, Althea insists that he stay, and she goes out to buy snacks and mixers for cocktails. While Althea is gone, John phones the apartment. Nick's voice on the other end of the line bugs him. Later, Nick tells Althea about Nick's call and offers to intercede on her behalf. Dan reveals to Carolee that Billy is being grounded henceforth from all activities except school and homework. Pleading Billy's case, Carolee casually mentions Steve's opinion, which prompts Dan to say that he intends to see Steve first thing tomorrow to tell him to stop interfering in their lives.
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Carolee fails to talk Dan out of confronting Steve. Dan tracks down Steve in the doctor's lounge and chastises him for being manipulated by Billy and for dragging a pregnant Carolee into the turmoil. Althea offers Matt an apology for keeping her relationship with John a secret, but Matt ends up teasing her about her plethora of playmates. Matt tells Nick that the board hasn't yet approved his research project and realizes how sore Nick really is about John Morrison. Steve admits to Carolee that it kills him to see a woman he loves treated the way Dan treats her. Carolee is stunned to hear that Steve still loves her. Steve reiterates his love, but recognizes that it's too late because she's married to Dan and is having his baby. After he leaves, Carolee laments that he's right. It is too late, though she's having his baby.
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Carolee recounts Steve's afternoon visit for Emma. After Dan fully grounds him as punishment and sets it for an indefinite period, Billy grouses to Carolee that Dan hates him, but says that he hates Dan, too. When Althea declines his invitation to dinner, Nick thinks she's cooled off again because of John and blows up. Later at home, Althea realizes that Nick was right when he called her a complicated, impossible dame, and she recalls the last night she and John were together on their cruise. John stops by Althea's apartment unannounced. After he convinces her to let him stay for a chat, John professes his love, explains that he understands how complicated she is, and begs her to give him a chance to make things up to her. As John moves in for a kiss, Nick arrives at Althea's door. Not realizing that John is in the apartment, Nick talks to Althea about their earlier quarrel. Althea convinces Nick to go, and after he does, she asks John to leave, too. Carolee suggests to Dan that he's being too hard on Billy, who needs to know that Dan loves him. Carolee complains to Emma that Dan unintentionally hurts people, like Steve, who Dan should've thanked for his help with Billy instead of accusing him of using the child to lure Carolee. Wanting her to face things honestly, Emma asks Carolee if she's still in love with Steve.
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Maggie informs John about patient Mr. Bronlee, whose daughter might be a candidate for John's research. John admits to Maggie his jealousy for Nick. Hank lectures Mike on his poor patient work-ups and spending free time in Nick's lab instead of catching up on work. Nick orders John to keep his nose and opinions out of Nick's research department. John wants Nick's comments in writing, and when he backs down, John tells him to take his hostilities elsewhere. After Matt observes that Mike is on his way in the elevator to the 4th floor, a rude and testy Mike snaps that he's going to pathology, not Nick's lab. Maggie's mood changes when an irritable Matt arrives home and insinuates she's being a busybody in Althea's love life. Maggie walks away in anger, refusing to accept Matt's apology.
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Maggie makes up with Matt when they get to work. Maggie tells Althea about the tiff she and Matt had because of Althea and John. After Maggie pleads with her to have a different perspective of him, Althea insists that John hasn't changed. Carolee asks Maggie to let Greta visit the Allisons to cheer up a grounded Billy. When Carolee casually mentions the pregnancy, Maggie asks if Dan knows because the father is always the last to know. Steve walks in as Althea and Carolee discuss her dilemma. Steve reminds Carolee that he'll be an obstetrician as soon as he passes his orals. Steve confides in Althea that he's worried about Carolee and hopes he isn't the cause. Nick recounts for Matt the confrontation with John. When Matt gives him the same advice that Maggie did -stay out of it- Nick wonders if they know something that he doesn't.
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Billy asks permission from Carolee to entertain Greta with his model airplanes, which Dan has banned from him while he's grounded. Althea arrives at Carolee's office to discuss the situation with Steve and Dan. Althea feels that Carolee is going against her own nature by lying about the baby's paternity. Carolee argues that too many lives are stake for her to tell the truth now, but Althea reminds her that her own life is important, too. Toni stops by to see Carolee and meets Althea. Carolee tells Toni that Nick and Althea were married. When Carolee reiterates her offer of putting Toni up in their guest room, Toni declines, explaining that she was uncomfortable with the expression on Dan's face at the time the offer was made. A concerned Billy phones Carolee for help because Greta's acting strange and scaring him. Carolee leaves for home after insisting that she doesn't need help, but Toni looks doubtful. Althea receives a call from John and says that she intends to keep their dinner date. Greta deliberately smashes Billy's prized model airplane. Carolee finds Billy grabbing an upset Greta's shoulders, demanding to know what's wrong with her. Greta tells Carolee that she wants to go home. Billy worries that Dan will blame him for the smashed model plane, but Carolee promises him that she'll make Dan believe the truth.
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Althea sees Steve after work hours at Hope Memorial. Steve admits he can't study for his orals at home because he just broods about Carolee. Dan gets home before Carolee comes back from taking Greta to the Powerses and accuses Billy of doing something to upset the girl. Carolee returns home and hears Dan disbelieving Billy's story. After Billy goes to his room, Carolee irritates Dan by taking Billy's side. Dan says that the child-rearing should be left totally to him, especially with his new baby coming. He insists that he and Carolee settle it once and for all. Upset, Carolee says she has to straighten out her office first and abruptly leaves. Nick drops in unannounced to to see Althea, who is getting ready for her dinner date with John. Althea declines Nick's dinner invitation, and realizing that he could crowd her again, he backs off. Making small talk, Nick tells Althea of his confrontation with Morrison then brings up Matt's suggestion that Althea can take care of herself. Later, John arrives with a large stuffed bear for Penny, a reminder of the prize from a bingo game she lost on the cruise. John wonders why Althea finally gave in and accepted his invitation after declining so many. She replies that Maggie's campaign for him worked. She also reminds him that their past on the cruise is just that; she wants to get to know who he is now. Alone in her office, the ringing telephone bugs Carolee. Steve enters the office, having heard Carolee screaming at Dan to stop calling her. He recognizes how upset she is and worries about her emotional state. He urges her to tell Dan that if he keeps upsetting her, she'll lose his baby. Carolee counters that she can't tell him that because he's not the father. Steve quietly realizes the implication of her statement and asks if the baby is his. Before she can answer, the phone begins to ring again.
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Carolee's office phone continues to ring as Steve absorbs the news that he fathered her baby. At the restaurant, John tries to adhere to Althea's rule that they forget about what happened before, but he reminds her that they are the sum of all their yesterdays. Carolee and Steve discuss how and when Carolee learned of her pregnancy. Carolee assures him that everything is her fault because she failed to trust and have faith in him. She doesn't understand why she wouldn't listen to Emma, who warned her not to move so impulsively into marriage with Dan. Matt and Maggie question Greta about the incident with Billy, and she candidly admits she crashed his model plane because she hates him, and he kept bothering her. After Greta leaves the room, Maggie ruefully wonders how it long it will be before Greta begins to hate her parents too as she does everyone else. While dancing with Althea, John rambles on about the past. He mentions receiving a cablegram from his wife Jessica the night before the ship docked. Althea is furious, unable to trust if he received the cablegram after they had made love in his cabin. Before storming out of the restaurant, she accuses him of using her for sex the final night of the cruise. Steve promises Carolee that together they'll find a way to sort out the mess they're in. The phones rings again, and Steve departs. Carolee answers the phone then assures Dan that she's on her way home.
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In the morning, Emma tells Carolee that she couldn't help overhearing Carolee's long argument with Dan. Carolee explains that Dan refuses to argue. He just insists he's right and won't listen to anything she has to say. Billy asks Carolee if she's mad at him because of Greta, and she reassures him that she isn't. After Carolee leaves for the hospital, Billy confides in Emma that he hates Dan, and Dan hates him. Emma appears mortified when Billy admits that it has always been this way, and his late mother Tammy used to cry because Dan wasn't like other fathers. Maggie runs into John at the elevator and says she's anxious to pursue a lead in his research. Later, Althea recounts for Maggie the disastrous evening with John, but Maggie says that she can understand John's feelings, if Althea unjustly accused him of being a liar. John calls the outpatient clinic to apologize, but he and Althea get into fight, which Nick walks in and hears. Nick gives Althea good news about Dr. Geller. While Althea leaves the clinic briefly, John arrives and gets into another quarrel with Nick, Althea's self-appointed watchdog. Althea returns to the clinic, but when she hears what happened between Nick and John, she gets huffy with Nick, reminding him that she can take care of herself. She leaves to go see Carolee. Carolee tells a relieved Althea about the previous night and her confession to Steve. After Althea leaves, Carolee phones Steve and says she wants to see him immediately.
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On her way to Parker's Department Store, Emma stops by Carolee's office to tell her that Billy honestly believes Dan hates him. Carolee suggests that Billy could be picking up on subtle clues in Dan's feelings then explains the secret of Billy's adoption. Carolee says that Dan made a promise to love Billy just as much as their child, a promise she can only ensure that he keeps if she doesn't tell him that Steve's the baby's father. On hospital rounds, Hank discovers that Mike prescribed morphine for Mr. Anders, an asthma patient, and chews him out as Matt observes. When Matt attempts to soothe Mike, he angrily asks Matt to not call him "son" and walks out. Later, Hank tells Matt that Mike is actually doing well. Grumpy from the encounter with Mike, Matt becomes annoyed with Maggie, who informs him that she agreed to having dinner with John and Althea if Althea accepts the date. Matt reluctantly agrees but reminds Maggie she should stay put of other people's problems when they have enough of their own. Carolee begs Steve to forget she ever told him the truth because nothing's changed. Steve advises Carolee she'll have to tell Dan the truth eventually, and the longer she waits, the harder it will be. He asks her to tell Dan that night that she wants her freedom.
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After Toni laments the awful wallpaper in her hotel room, Martha proposes that they might share Martha's home and invites her over to dinner to see the house. Mike comes into the lab looking for Nick, prompting Martha to leave the two alone. Toni praises Mike's lithium research, and he tells her the reason behind it -that he was responsible for Greta becoming infected and having brain damage. The conversation continues to go well until Toni mentions having a wonderful example like Matt as a father. She notices Mike's quietness and wants to know why he suddenly cooled down. At that moment, Matt comes in and makes a sarcastic comment regarding the lab being a magnet for him. Toni watches quietly as Mike storms out. At home, Carolee recounts for Emma the conversation with Steve. Emma agrees with Steve's suggestion that Carolee tell Dan the truth, adding that Carolee should do it before Dan discovers the truth from someone else. Carolee counters that Steve wouldn't tell Dan, but Emma reminds her Steve is still in love with her, and she's having his baby. Matt has Mike sent to his office. When Mike arrives, Matt lights in to him about the incident yesterday in Mr. Anders' room. Mike doesn't understand what the problem is, but eventually Matt tells him that Mr. Anders was nearly given a dose of morphine again today, but a nurse caught the mistake. Matt continues to berate him, arguing that tired residents make mistakes, and Mike should've been sleeping instead of visiting Nick's lab. Mike angrily informs Matt that he was taken off of Mr. Anders' case earlier. The medication order came from another resident. Matt attempts to apologize, but Mike cites it as yet another example of Matt believing the worst in him without checking the facts. Mike storms out, leaving Matt alone and disturbed that he's driven away his son again.
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Greta answers the door to Althea and shuts it in her face while Maggie is on the phone with Miss Lawson, Greta's schoolteacher. Althea has stopped by to drop off some papers related to John's research. Althea doesn't want to stay for dinner because of Greta. Maggie questions Greta about what happened at school. Greta declares Miss Lawson a tattletale, but admits that she got into trouble because she refused to go on a class trip and had to be forced into going. Maggie is dismayed when Greta says that all the kids look at her funny, and she hates them. After accusing Maggie of siding with them against her, Greta runs upstairs to her room. Matt arrives home in a foul mood following the incident with Mike earlier at Hope Memorial. An upset Maggie scares him with news of something terrible happening with Greta. He loses his temper, insinuating yet again that Maggie is working everything up into a high drama, and he can't take it. As the argument escalates, Greta eavesdrops from the staircase. Matt angrily suggests that Maggie needs a vacation from everyone, including herself, prompting her to dash out to her car in the beginning of a thunderstorm. John takes Althea a bouquet of roses to apologize for their ill-fated dinner, but she declines another evening at the trough with him. John tells her that he spoke with Dr. Geller, who speculated that Althea would compulsively punish her summer lover if she ever saw him again. Just as John insists that they settle things, Matt phones Althea's apartment looking for Maggie. Greta comes downstairs while thunder and lightning rage outside. Matt tries to reassure her, but she runs back upstairs. Driving to Althea's, Maggie remembers Matt's words to her. When she stops the car at a red light, a man suddenly opens the door and jumps into the passenger seat beside her. He pulls out a hunting knife then orders her to start driving.
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Althea and John continue to argue. He eventually gives up, deciding that she needs to find a weaker man to punish. After he leaves, she phones Matt, thinking that Maggie must have gone back home because of the bad weather. Matt glances out the window at the storm which is growing worse. Still driving, Maggie tells the stranger with the knife that she's worried about the car going off the road as it's getting icy. When she further states that the road they're on is taking them out of town toward the country, he replies menacingly that it could be just what he wants. Nick and John cross paths in the foyer of the apartment building. Nick winds up John by suggesting that Althea rejected him again. John makes it clear that Nick is Althea's ex-husband; therefore, he has no privileges where she's concerned. He ends the conversation by saying that no further discussion of subject is needed because he and Althea have nothing to say to one another. Althea and Matt speak again and wonder where Maggie could be. Matt feels that Maggie won't return home and asks if he can wait at Althea's apartment. Althea's doorbell rings, and she's disappointed to find Nick instead of Maggie. Nick gives her a special note from Rico that was included in a letter that just arrived. He tells her about his encounter with John and praises the way she handled him. Althea refuses Nick's offer of a celebratory drink because she wants to wait for Maggie. Matt arrives and tells Althea about the events leading to Maggie's departure in the storm. Maggie's car skids and almost goes off the road. The stranger notes how well she handled the car. She tells him that she's from Wyoming and used to this kind of weather, but she worries because they're heading toward the mountains. It will be harder for him to get away in her car and harder for her to get back to town once he lets her out. With a gleam in his eye, he informs her that he's changed his mind. He's going to take Maggie with him.
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Joe, a diner owner, is getting ready to close up when Maggie and her kidnapper Frank arrive. Frank warns Maggie to be quiet. He'll have a knife right next to her ribs the whole time. Frank ushers Maggie into a booth and slides up next to her. While Joe is away, Frank goes through her pocketbook and learns that Maggie is a doctor. Using a tube of lipstick, Maggie secretly writes "help me" inside a menu, but Frank finds it. He threatens her. As a doctor, she should know the damage a knife can do. At Martha's house, Toni isn't ready to accept Martha's offer of moving in. Toni fears Martha will tire of her after they work together all day, but she promises to think it over. They discuss Mike and how he clammed up when Toni mentioned his relationship with Matt. Martha suggests that Mike has starry eyes when he looks at Toni. Hank notices Mike sleeping in the doctor's lounge at Hope. Mike awakens and recounts the incident of Matt accusing him of incorrectly ordering morphine again for Mr. Anders. When Mike explains how Matt apologized, Hank fails to see why Mike is still so angry. He tells Mike that a real man would show forgiveness. At the diner, Maggie attempts to get Frank to leave without her. After he groused about being treated so badly by the owners of east coast dude ranches, she offers to give him her car so that he can drive back to Wyoming where he was happier. However, she encourages him too much, adding that she would love to go back to Wyoming if she could. A beaming Frank decides that Maggie brings him good luck and happily says that she's going to Wyoming with him.
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With Maggie missing for two hours now, Matt and Althea can't imagine where she is. Matt phones the Allisons, just in case Maggie went to talk with Carolee about Billy and Greta, but Carolee tells him that Maggie hasn't been there. Frank and Maggie arrive at an abandoned house where he's been camping out since it was vacated by a group of hippies. An uncomfortable Maggie comes up with ideas to convince Frank to let her go, but he insists she's soft, pretty, and good luck to him. Maggie grabs the car keys and makes a dash for the front door, but Frank grabs her as the storm continues to rage around them. At the Allison house, Carolee watches Dan making notes in his personal journal. She silently tries to think of a way to broach the subject of Steve and the baby. When Dan notices the somber expression on her face, she replies that she's thinking about Billy's mother Barbara. Dan says that Barbara cheated on her husband Paolo and had a child by another man. Carolee shouldn't waste her time thinking about such a woman. Carolee ponders if Barbara should have been honest with Paolo. Dan says that he would've handled that situation differently. He elaborates with a chilling response: he would have killed the wife's lover for spoiling his happiness. Carolee is stunned at his seriousness. Waiting for Maggie, Matt explains to Althea the big mistake he made in accusing Mike without first checking the duty roster. Maggie implores Frank to let her go, arguing that she can't go to Wyoming with him because of Greta. Frank opens Maggie's pocketbook, and seeing photos of Matt and Greta, he counters that Matt will take care of Greta. Maggie pleads with him. She can't leave her baby. Frank replies that if she wants a baby, they can have one together. He grabs Maggie and begins kissing her passionately. She tries to pull away from him, but he pushes her down and forces himself on her.
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Matt gets testy with the police when there's no news of Maggie. Carolee hears Steve's voice urging her to ask Dan for her freedom, then she hears Dan declaring he'd kill a man who ruined his happiness. The storm wakes up Billy who confides in Carolee that he dreamed she and Dan had a terrible fight, ending with Carolee leaving for good. Billy tells Carolee that he loves her more than Dan, and if she ever left, he wouldn't stay either. Matt berates himself for forcing Maggie out into a storm and letting her down. Althea asks a frightened and helpless Matt to let her declare a moratorium on imagined worries. Dan refers to Barbara Ferra as a tramp and cautions Carolee not to get too chummy with Toni. Carolee blanches when Dan reiterates that he would literally kill a man who humiliated him the way Paolo Ferra was humiliated by Barbara's lover. Cathy brings Steve a Chinese feast. When Steve cools her off, a confused Cathy doesn't understand what the problem is since Carolee is happily married and expecting Dan's baby. Matt receives word from the police that Maggie has been in a car crash.
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Before rushing out to Hope Memorial, Matt tells Althea that Maggie's car skidded off the icy road and hit a tree. Althea informs Nick of Maggie's accident, and he insists on driving her to the hospital. Toni asks Mike for clarification in his lithium notes, and he flirts with her. Matt shocks Mike with the news about Maggie. Matt confesses to Mike the events surrounding an upset Maggie leaving their house. Waiting in the emergency ward for the ambulance, Matt and Mike share the blame and reach an understanding. After Maggie is brought in, Matt says he'll never forgive himself if she's badly hurt. Later, x-rays show that Maggie has a basal skull fracture. Maggie temporarily regains consciousness and becomes terrified when she remembers "the man."
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Maggie is moved to a room and becomes conscious. Matt gives an amnesiac Maggie the few details of the accident that he knows. Suddenly, she screams "No, Frank!" and goes back to sleep. After finishing their Chinese feast, Steve insists that Cathy go home instead of spending the night with him. She presses him for an explanation, and when reminds her that life is simpler without strings attached, she refuses to believe that their fling is over. Nick draws parallels between Althea's accident two summers ago and the incident between Matt and Maggie that led to Maggie's accident. An uncomfortable Althea leaves as Nick keeps reminding her of their past. Talking with Matt, Maggie begins to piece together the events of the evening, but she still can't recall Frank. Althea wonders if someone could've been in the car with Maggie when she crashed. Maggie awakens and cries out. She recalls a man with a knife.
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Maggie tells Matt about the man with the knife and how horrible it was, then she loses consciousness. Althea considers the possibility that Maggie might have been raped. Matt blames himself for whatever Maggie went through after she left the house. Toni accepts Martha's offer to be housemates. Nick finds Toni working late in the lab and is impressed that she apparently earned her science degree instead of flirting herself to success. Toni admits that she doesn't know how to flirt. She relates the problem she encountered with Mike, how touchy he became about Matt, and her advice to him. Nick likes her straightforwardness but doesn't understand why Mike matters either way. Toni replies that she doesn't know either...yet. Mike supports Matt, who dreads finding out what really happened to Maggie. Mike admits to Nick that he's getting his head together where Matt is concerned. Nick reluctantly agrees to allow Mike to actively work on the lithium project. Mike doesn't answer definitively when Nick asks him if he digs Toni. Maggie screams out that she remembers. As Matt listens, Maggie recalls Frank getting into the car with her, but she can't remember where he took her because it was so horrible. Matt phones Detective Cadman to investigate a possible criminal assault.
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Maggie awakens with a terrible headache and no memory of where she went. Greta arrives to see Maggie and rejects Matt, whom she accuses of hurting Maggie. Not knowing the full story, Carolee tries to comfort Matt by reminding him that the accident could've been worse. Cathy wants to speak privately with Carolee. Steve confides in Carolee that he rejected Cathy's seduction, and decides that he will tell Dan the truth. A panicked Carolee begs Steve not to talk to Dan because she's scared that he really means he'd kill the man who ruined his happiness. Carolee becomes testy when Cathy grills her about why she broke up with Steve. Cathy says that Steve must be involved with another woman and resolves to discover her identity. Matt speaks with Detective Cadman, while Maggie dreams of Frank holding a knife to her ribs. Awakening, Maggie tells Matt that Frank took her to a diner. She remembers leaving with him, though her memory stops there.
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Maggie relates to John the distrust and animosity Greta feels toward Matt now. Mike visits Maggie and comforts her when she begins to cry while telling him about Frank. At Hope to provide some consulting for John, Dr. Geller visits Althea, who testily questions how ethical he is by gossiping with John about another staff member. Althea snaps that she'd be sick or still in love with the man who hurt her if Geller was correct in his speculation that she's compulsively punishing her former lover. Later, during the consultation, Geller asserts that John was Althea's lover. John finally admits the truth and explains his side of the story. However, John says that he fell in love with the sweet woman he met on the cruise, a woman who Althea no longer is. Geller makes plans to visit Maggie. Althea informs Maggie what the police found. Maggie continues to see Frank's face then begins to remember the abandoned house. She recalls attempting to escape and Frank pinning her to the door, but her memory stops again.
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On the day Toni is to move in with Martha, they settle the house rules first. Martha encourages Toni to invite Mike over for a spaghetti supper. Maggie wonders why the police haven't found any evidence of her attack as she knows it was all real, not a nightmare. Nick informs Martha that he agreed to allow Mike to continue working on the lithium research project. Martha cautions Nick of the danger of coming between a father and a son. A sleeping Maggie begins to dream of being attacked by Frank. Toni meets Hank, who asks if she's Mike's girl because she has such a strong interest in his character. Toni replies that before she starts up the path, she wants to find out where it leads. A startled Maggie awakens and instructs the nurse to find Matt because she finally remembers what happened to her.
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Maggie recounts for Matt her memory of being attacked by Frank. During the attack, Maggie pushed Frank, who fell and struck his head on a table. Maggie managed to grab her keys, make it to the car, and drive away as he ran after her. Carolee tells Steve about her talk with Cathy. In the staff lounge, Steve reaffirms his love for Carolee. As Carolee reminds him of Dan's violent disposition, Dan walks into the lounge and catches them together. Noticing Carolee's tenseness, Dan proposes that they go away together for the weekend in the country. Carolee snaps at Dan's suggestion they go to Sky Haven, which arouses his curiosity. Maggie worries that the police might not catch Frank. Matt tells Maggie about his road to reconciliation with Mike. Dan phones Sky Haven then decides to drive up there for information.
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Carolee learns from his secretary that Dan is going to be mysteriously late getting home. Emma irritates Carolee with talk of knitting for the baby. Carolee tells a startled Emma about Dan's violent reaction to the idea of a wife being married to one man and carrying the child of another. Dr. Geller tells Maggie that he knows Althea had an affair with John, and suggests that Althea is still in love with him. Geller admits that he owes Althea a big debt for saving his life, but he needs the help of her best friend to repay the kindness. Althea is taken aback that Maggie isn't more relieved about regaining all of her memory. Maggie persuades Althea to temporarily substitute for her in John's research project. Dan fishes for information at Sky Haven and has a spell when the desk clerk angers him. Examining the guest register, Dan wonders if Mr. and Mrs. Stan Andrews was a pseudonym for Steve and Carolee. Afterward, he bribes the clerk into letting him see the phone records to verify if Mr. Andrews placed a call to Hope Memorial.
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Steve comes looking for Carolee following the incident with Dan in the staff lounge. Carolee defends Dan against Steve's criticisms, adding that Dan isn't a villain. She further tells Steve that she's sick of the situation they're in. When Steve continues to dismiss Dan's threats, Carolee cautions him that he doesn't know what Dan is like. During a session with Greta, John helps her to understand that Matt wasn't responsible for Maggie being hurt. John's progress with Greta impresses Althea. Althea informs John that she'll work with him on the project while Maggie recuperates. John reiterates that when he told her he's through with the past, he meant it. After Dan arrives home from Sky Haven, Carolee notices that he's uptight, and he becomes irritable when she questions his whereabouts. Later, Dan writes about the afternoon in his private journal. He has verified that Steve registered under the pseudonym Stan Andrews, but wonders if Mrs. Andrews was actually Carolee. As he considers the idea, he is suddenly seized with chest pain and gasps for breath.
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Maggie helps Greta surprise Matt with an apology and a bear hug. Later, Maggie thanks Mike for no longer reacting to Matt with hostility. Toni declares that she intends to fall in love with a strong, tender man who knows exactly who he is, because although her father was tender, he wasn't strong. Mike tells Hank that he took his advice and made amends to Matt. Hank relates his conversation with earlier in the lab and asks if Mike is ready for Toni to check him out. Matt finds a sleeping Maggie having a nightmare about Frank. Maggie worries that Nick and Matt might think she imagined the kidnapping, then she fears that Frank might come back for her since he has her identification. Matt attempts to reassure Maggie that she's safe.
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Carolee finds a note from Steve on her desk with a request that she call him, but she ignores it. Steve confides in Althea his concerns about Carolee's stress and its effect on their baby. Althea says that she can't help Steve with Carolee, but she suggests that Emma probably can. Althea asks Nick to let a deliveryman into her apartment while she works a night shift, and gives him her house key. Toni shares with Nick her observations of Althea's admiration for him. Martha thanks Carolee for bringing Toni into their lives. While discussing Dan and the baby, Martha notes how tired Carolee appears. Steve confronts Carolee again, insisting she tell Dan the truth, and she recounts Dan's horrible mood after he disappeared the previous afternoon. Steve speculates that Dan secretly went to Sky Haven and uses this as proof that the truth is slowly coming out now.
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Fearing that Dan went to Sky Haven, Carolee begins to come apart at the seams. Steve tries to reassure her that Dan can't find out about them because Steve registered under the pseudonym Andrews. Carolee swears to Steve that she'll find the right time to tell Dan the truth. John suggests that Matt can help Maggie by giving her his love and allowing her to be frightened. Maggie is relieved when John proposes that he can change Greta's mind about Althea, but she's shocked when John doesn't seem enthused by her admission that Dr. Geller thinks Althea is still in love John. When Carolee wants to invite Toni to dinner, Dan says that he doesn't want the daughter of a tramp in his home. Afterward, Dan phones Sky Haven and offers to pay the desk clerk to find the clerk who was working the night Mr. and Mrs. Andrews checked in.
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Matt and Maggie discuss John's comment that Althea's love no longer matters to him. John receives a phone call from Penny. Althea doesn't necessarily agree with Maggie's assertion that John has a keen perception of Althea's relationship with Penny. John informs Althea that Penny called him then stuns her with an astute analysis of what happened in Althea and Nick's marriage and how it affected Penny. Althea quietly thanks John for speculating that Penny's psychological wounds have healed. Later, Althea can't forget Maggie's observation that Althea has gotten what she wants but isn't happy. Nick expresses supreme sympathy for Althea when he finds out that she stayed late for a consult with John. Althea reacts defensively at Nick's lament that she's working with a man she hates.
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Dan bribes the Sky Haven desk clerk to get a New York address for Harold Jamison, the clerk who was working the night Steve and Carolee checked in to the resort. Steve confides in Emma that he can't keep his promise to Carolee that he not tell Dan the truth. Nick admits to Martha that he's depressed because John Morrison is chasing after Althea, who's a proud dame and won't let him help her. Emma isn't sure that she disagrees with Carolee's desire to tell Dan alone. Steve suggests to Emma that Carolee could cause harm to herself and the baby if she continues to be stressed over the situation with Dan. After Steve makes her realize how unforgiving and angry Dan can be, Emma agrees to speak with Carolee. Dan tells Carolee that he has to go New York to gather some information and won't be back until the morning after. Before he goes, Dan orders Carolee to stay away from the staff lounge to avoid hospital gossip about her and Steve spending time together while her husband is away. Pretending to be Steve, Dan phones the personnel department at Hope Memorial and asks for a copy of his hospital ID photo.
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Nick tells Toni why Mike is down on himself, and she understands because her father was the same way, and she couldn't convince him otherwise. After Mike gets sick observing surgery on a little girl, Hank attempts to help him see that he's not a zero because he's less than perfection. Emma tries but fails to change Carolee's mind about releasing Steve from his promise. Mike relates to Toni the incident in the OR, and she makes a good attempt at boosting his spirits. She agrees to go on date with him for a movie and cheap dinner, adding that she'll even give him tea and sympathy if he's not too tired to stay awake.
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Steve learns from personnel that his photo was ordered by someone, but he dismisses it as a mistake. Toni inadvertently tips Matt off to Mike's problem in the OR, as well as his continued work on the lithium project. When Matt leaves quietly, Toni wonders if she said something out of line. Carolee invites Toni to dinner while Dan is away. Maggie arrives home from the hospital and promises to stop playing matchmaker. Carolee presents Steve with an argument that Dan's jealousy is the reason she has to tell Dan without Steve's presence. Steve talks of marriage once Carolee is divorced from Dan. Carolee agrees to ask Dan for the divorce as soon as Dan returns. Steve and Carolee find it odd when personnel informs her that her ID photo has been requested. In a New York restaurant, Dan shows Harold Jamison Steve and Carolee's photos, and he confirms that they checked in together. When Jamison comments that Steve and Carolee looked like honeymooners, Dan is seized with chest pain, knocks a tray out of a waiter's hand, and furiously bolts from the restaurant.
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Carolee realizes that she has to stop comparing Toni and Billy since neither are aware that they're half-brother-and-sister. Later she finds it odd that Dan's personal journal is missing from the desk. In New York, Dan writes in his journal about uncovering Carolee and Steve's tryst at Sky Haven. Dan experiences more chest pain. Maggie begins to wonder if she imagined what happened with Frank since the police haven't found a trace of evidence from her attack and kidnapping. Carolee watches cautiously as Toni and Billy get to know one another and realize how alike they are. Dan knows exactly what he has to do now that he knows the truth about Carolee and Steve. Billy tells Toni about the things Dan doesn't like. Dan phones and learns from Billy that Toni is in their house. Dan tells Carolee that he's coming home tomorrow and demands that she pick him up at the airport, insisting that she come alone.
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Mike visits Maggie and notices the change on her face when she mentions her headaches, dizzy spells, and unresolved fears about her experience with Frank. Steve confides in Althea that he thinks Dan is capable of extreme violence and worries what will happen when Carolee confronts him alone. Emma cautions Carolee that she has to tell Dan the truth as soon as gets off the plane because things are going from bad to worse. Matt tells Maggie about his conversation with Toni, suggesting that the two might have something going between them. Later, Matt welcomes Maggie home properly.
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Carolee phones Steve and requests an urgent meeting with him. John discusses the Acklen case, a mother who feels guilty about the death of her son in a fire while she was out drinking in a bar. Nicks walks in as an angry Althea chastises John for thinking he knows what a mother feels when she loses a child. Althea angrily warns Nick to stay out of her life when he decides Matt should know about John chasing after her. Matt vocalizes his displeasure to Nick over allowing Mike to keep working on the lithium project, explaining that he's trapped now because if he pulls Mike from the project, their relationship will suffer again. Carolee tells Steve that Dan has requested picking him up alone, and admits that she's terrified now.
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Steve attempts to make plans for tonight with a nervous and busy Carolee. Nick loses his temper with Hank, who expresses concerns about Mike assisting on the research project. When Martha discusses the unspoken chemistry between Mike and Toni, Hank argues that he's a doctor, not a matchmaker, and refuses to play cupid. Later, he agrees to see what he can do with Mike's schedule to get him a free evening. Matt apologizes to Nick for overreacting. Nick cleverly says that he overreacted too because of his argument with Althea about John and suggests that Matt suspend John's project until Maggie is well enough to return. Matt refuses to interfere in the private affairs of the staff, annoying Nick. Steve insists that he and Carolee meet Dan together at the airport in a public restaurant, arguing that Dan will restrain himself in public.
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Carolee tells Emma about the plans to tell Dan the truth tonight and asks her to get Billy out of the house. John phones Maggie to ask if he can stop by for a visit. Carolee can't escape Dan's voice reminding her that things will be his way from now on. Steve promises Carolee that everything will be over in a few hours and reassures her that Dan won't make a public scene. Carolee stuns Steve with the news that she intends to go home with Dan after telling him the truth because she can't just walk out on Emma and Billy. When John tells Maggie about Althea's reaction to the Acklen case, Maggie informs him of the similarity between that case and the death of Althea's son Buddy. Carolee arrives home and is stunned to find Dan waiting for her. Dan informs her that he's sending Billy away to boarding school, and they're moving to Kuwait. As Carolee begins to argue with him, he explains that he knows about her affair and realizes he has to keep her away from Steve to save their marriage. Carolee counters to a shocked Dan that they can't leave now because the baby isn't his, it's Steve's.
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Refusing to believe anything she has to say, Dan accuses Carole of being deceitful and betraying him then walks out. Maggie admits to Matt that she told John about Buddy's death but didn't reveal that Althea spent that weekend with Nick. Nick finds a morose Steve drinking tomato juice at Pete's Bar. They discuss Althea's involvement in John's project, and Nick proposes that John is using his skill as a psychiatrist to manipulate Althea. Carolee tries in vain to make Dan understand that she never meant to hurt him. Steve phones from the airport, wanting to come over and talk to him, but Dan warns him to not call back or ever come near their house again. Carolee asks Dan for her freedom because they can't continue with their marriage any longer.
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After Dan has left the room, Carolee quickly phones Steve and promises she'll talk to him tomorrow. Carolee recounts for Emma everything that was said in her confrontation with Dan. Althea stops by the Powers house with the April blues. Eventually she admits to Matt that she's down because of the impending anniversary of Buddy's death. Matt attempts to make Althea realize that she shouldn't feel guilty for losing Buddy. Later, he successfully finds a way to boost a depressed Maggie's spirits. Carolee tells Emma that Dan didn't react the way anyone thought that he would, and it's worse because he's torturing her by not saying anything.
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Carolee describes for Steve the situation with Dan, who believes that Steve and Carolee have been having an affair all along behind his back. Steve vows to set things straight, while Carolee admits that she's more afraid than ever. Hank tells Mike that he attempted to have him removed from the lithium project, but Matt decided to let Mike remain on the project. Mike is surprised to learn that Martha persuaded Hank to rearrange the intern schedule so that Mike can have a night off to date Toni. Carolee makes a hasty exit when Toni drops by her office to ask about taking Billy on an outing. Dan orders Billy to forget about Toni. Carolee overhears Dan tell Billy that Carolee isn't his mother. Dan recounts Carolee's proficiency as a liar and coldly informs her that he'll decide if and when she gets a divorce.
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John phones Althea to remind her of their planned meeting tonight. Matt tells Althea that the police have a lead in Maggie's case with the proprietor of a diner recalling a couple similar to Maggie and Frank the night of the storm. On the anniversary of Buddy's death, Althea declines Matt's invitation to dinner so that she won't have to be alone. Carolee tells Steve about Dan's cold, clinical anger and reluctance to divorce her because of his pride. John gives Althea an update on the Acklen case, and when she reacts predictably, he admits that Maggie told him that Althea had lost a son, too. Althea recounts for John the story of Buddy's death and admits that she still feels guilty despite having received therapy from two psychiatrists at Hope.
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Dan drops by Carolee's office and waits to take her home. After John escorts Althea home, she thanks him for what he tried to do in assuaging her guilt about Buddy. Martha suggests that Nick's becoming a bear again because he still wants Althea, and she advises him to do something about it. Following Martha's advice, Nick visits Althea's apartment on the pretext of reclaiming his hammer. He asks her why she came back to work at Hope Memorial, insinuating that maybe it was because she couldn't let go of familiar people. Nick notices that Althea has been crying, but fails to realize the significance of the day. Althea and Nick almost kiss, but Nick pulls away. Dan's desire to make sure their home life appears in order to others moves Carolee to anger. Afterward, Dan coolly informs her that he wants separate bedrooms, but won't allow his pregnant wife to humiliate him by walking out of their marriage.
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Carolee attempts to contact Steve, but he's busy taking his orals. Althea thanks John for being a good friend to her the night before and tells him that she doesn't want him to feel guilty for hurting her last summer. After Althea leaves, John phones Dr. Geller. Hank advises a snarling Nick to take out his aggression on the person responsible...John Morrison. Later, Nick barges in to John's office, ordering him to stop harassing Althea. Losing his patience, John informs Nick that he met Althea eight months ago on their summer cruise, but then refuses to say any more. Steve and Carolee share a kiss when he breaks the news that he passed his orals. When Carolee explains to Steve that she has become a prisoner in the Allison home, Steve insists on squaring things away with Dan tomorrow morning.
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Steve phones Dan and insists on seeing him. A hurt Nick confronts Althea about keeping her past relationship with John a secret from him, but their argument is interrupted by Maggie, who is returning for her first day of work since the accident. After giving Steve congratulations and a senior appointment in obstetrics at Hope, Steve's restrained reaction surprises Matt. When Althea says that she'll continue working with John until Maggie has had more time to recover, Maggie guesses that something has changed between Althea and John. Dan comes to see Steve in his new office, and when Steve wants to know what Dan can accomplish by avoiding making a decision about Carolee, Dan subtly threatens his new job at Hope Memorial.
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After the meeting with Dan, Steve phones Carolee to arrange a meeting as soon as possible. Matt brings Steve news of a cablegram from Karen in Germany, requesting an evaluation of Dr. Herzman. Mike confirms a dinner and movie date with Toni. Nick lets Martha know that he took her advice and confronted John, but with disastrous results. Dr. Manuel Davilla, Mike's roommate, teases him at the restaurant, then Toni puts her foot in her mouth when she says that Mike's attitude is that of a kid. Carolee agrees to Steve's request that she move out of Dan's house, and she resolves to go home and tell him immediately.
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Carolee informs Emma that they have to leave Dan's house, and unfortunately, she must leave Billy behind as she hasn't been able to protect him so far. When Nick stops by to talk about the other night, Althea reveals that it was the anniversary of Buddy's death, and John helped her talk through it. Nick's sarcastic remark that John's understanding won't bring Buddy back prompts Althea to order him out. Afterward, John delivers a giant stuffed panda like the one he bought Penny. He suddenly confesses to Althea that he did manipulate her with the research project, because he couldn't let her go, and admits that he will always love her. As he starts to go, Althea calls him back, and they kiss passionately. Carolee confronts Dan with her intention to move out, but he goads her into admitting that it was Steve's idea. As she gets ready to go, he cruelly warns her that if she dares leave him, he'll go straight to the hospital board with proof of Steve's amorality and destroy his career.
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Althea and John continue their romantic reunion. Maggie informs Matt that her basal skull fracture headache has finally gone away. Matt tells Maggie about the cablegram from Karen requesting an evaluation of Dr. Herzman, and she wonders if Steve's son needs a heart doctor since Herzman had previously observed an open heart surgery on a child at Hope Memorial. Nick drops by the Powers house to complain about putting his foot in his mouth with Althea over Buddy's death. Althea invites John to stay for a home-cooked supper. Emma learns that a frightening, controlling Dan intends to ruin Steve if Carolee leaves. John professes his love to Althea and asks her to marry him, but she will only agree to consider the proposal.
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When they argue about Dan threatening to ruin Steve's career if she walks out, Carolee assures him that right now she's only thinking of leaving for work. Nick brings Althea a bouquet of spring flowers, but she continues to lash out at him for forgetting the anniversary of Buddy's death and continuing the discussion about John when it should be closed. Carolee reveals to Steve that she didn't move out of the Allison home, though she refuses to admit that Dan blackmailed her into staying. John shows Althea his divorce papers from Jessica. John proposes to Althea again, then realizes that she hasn't told him that she loves him. Althea admits that she's altar-shy from two failed marriages. Carolee overhears Dan reminding Billy of what a perfect example of motherhood Tammy was. Later, Dan won't allow Carolee to help Billy with one of his model planes, arguing that he intends to lessen the bonds between the two instead of strengthening them.
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A grumpy Nick discusses with Matt the latest setback in his relationship with Althea, and asks him to intercede on his behalf. Toni relates for Martha the disastrous dinner with Mike. Maggie shares with Matt an observation that both Althea and John appear aglow. Matt and Maggie realize that Nick might be smarter than anyone in sensing Althea and John aren't over, but Matt fears Nick's in for a rough journey. Mike requests a meeting with Matt. John tells Althea about a turning point in his therapy with Greta and promises that Greta will soon love Althea again.
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Cathy admits to Steve that she talked with Carole to find out if he's seeing another woman. When he insists that the "other woman" is non-existent, Cathy retorts that she intends to keep watching him and find out. Dan threatens Steve that he will destroy Carolee's career as well as Steve's. Cathy overhears an angry Dan warning Steve to stay away from his wife. Mike tells Matt about getting sick while observing surgery, and Matt shares his own humiliating operating room experience. Steve speculates to Carolee that Dan is a bully who is bluffing with his threats, and if he's not, he's insane. Later, Steve convinces her to move out of Dan's house tonight.
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Emma attempts to convince Dan to let Carolee go, but he angrily retorts that he won't allow her the satisfaction of having her lover. Mike tells Hank about his talk with Matt as well as his opinion of Toni. During a session with John, Greta admits that she thinks Althea was sent to punish her for Julie's death. Later, John moves her in the first step toward liking Althea again. Carolee comes home early to move out and when she calls Dan's bluff, he threatens to never give her a divorce. After Carolee runs out, Dan finds Steve's address in the telephone directory and decides to give Carolee enough time to get there before he makes his move.
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Billy questions Dan, wanting to know what's wrong between him and Carolee. When Billy admits he thinks he's the cause of their problems and agrees to go away to boarding school, Dan reassures him that he's not to blame. Afterward, Dan promises to settle things once and for all but has another heart spell. With nowhere else to turn, a distraught Carolee goes to Althea, who tries to comfort her. Steve wants Cathy to keep quiet about Dan's accusations, and she angrily accuses him of only wanting to protect Carolee and himself. Carole decides to go see Steve, just as Dan arrives at Steve's apartment demanding to see Carolee.
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After searching Steve's apartment, Dan refuses to leave. Maggie worries about Greta, late from her session with John. John phones Maggie to tell her that he and Greta have concocted a surprise for someone. Dan assures Steve that he's not bluffing about going to the board to have Steve declared morally unfit for medicine. Althea is delighted to find a beaming Greta with John. Greta presents Althea with a drawing of a rag doll to replace the one Greta destroyed, and they happily reconcile. Carolee arrives at Steve's apartment in time to hear Steve threaten to kill Dan.
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Carolee returns home and tells Emma about her quarrel with Dan, then they both bristle hearing a car on the street that they think might be Dan's. Matt and Maggie are joyously surprised when Althea turns up at the Powers house with Greta. Greta shows Matt and Maggie the rag doll painting she drew for Althea. Althea concedes to Matt that she's changed her mind about the kind of man John is. Matt suggests to Althea that Nick is deeply contrite, but his words fail to move her. Dropping by Althea's apartment with champagne and flowers, Nick is irritated to discover John there alone. Nick accuses John of manipulating Maggie and using Greta to worm his way into Althea's life. Althea arrives home to find Nick and John waiting for her.
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Nick leaves with his champagne and flowers when he realizes that Althea and John have planned a romantic date. A euphoric Althea celebrates Greta's breakthrough. John jokes about brainwashing Althea into marrying him. Hank compliments Toni for helping to reconcile Matt and Mike. Nick tells Hank that his confrontation with John was a failure, and Hank surmises that Nick is still in love with Althea. Althea reveals to John that she can't accept Nick's apology about Buddy. Afterward, she assures John that she's considering his proposal.
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Billy tells Carolee about his conversation with Dan and reiterates that he feels responsible for Carolee and Dan's marital problems. At a restaurant, Dan demands another drink and clutches his chest in pain. Martha discovers that Toni's gloomy mood is a result of not hearing from Mike after she called him a kid. Maggie sings John's praises to Matt and suggests that they might buy a box of rice since Althea appears to be falling in love with John. When Carolee wants to talk, Dan attempts to goad her into another shouting match by referring to Steve as her lover. After he orders her to bed, Dan phones New York heart specialist Dr. Howard Spencer.
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Dan insists that Dr. Spencer perform a heart catheterization in New York. Steve wants to know why Carolee failed to move out of the Allison house, and she insists they leave that idea for now. After telling Nick about the wonderful progress John has made with Greta, Althea forgives Nick. Mike senses a chilly reception in the lab, but when he and Toni begin to talk, they each apologize. Later, Toni asks Mike over to Martha's house for a home cooked supper. Dan informs Carolee that he's going on a short trip to New York, but he refuses to tell her the reason. Carolee demands that Dan leave Emma out of their problems. When he fails to respond, she asks him if he's sick, to which he replies that he never felt better.
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Martha finds a beaming Nick singing Italian songs in the lab following his reconciliation with Althea. Matt offers to send John to an international psychiatric conference in New York. John cautions Matt that Greta's recent progress isn't a complete cure, as she could possibly regress. Matt receives a phone call from Karen Werner, calling from Berlin. Karen confides in Matt that her son Erich has a congenital heart defect of which Steve has no knowledge. Matt agrees to consider performing open heart surgery on Erich if he can be safely moved to the United States. John gives Althea until the end of next week to give him an answer to his marriage proposal.
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Steve and Hank notice that Nick's mood is much higher since Althea forgave him. Steve fills Althea in on the latest developments in his war with Dan. Hank and Toni discuss Mike and spaghetti dinners. Maggie stops by the lab to introduce herself and thank Toni for bringing Matt and Mike back together as father and son. After Matt demonstrates a serious interest in seeing home movies of Erich, Steve realizes that it's connected to the cable he received from Karen. Later, Matt admits that Karen hid Erich's heart defect from him, and Steve is left speechless at the news that the child's only hope for survival is open heart surgery.
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Cathy arranges a conference call for Matt with several heart surgeons then learns that the patient is Steve's son. Matt appears unsure when Nick reveals that Althea forgave him, and he coyly insinuates the possibility of a remarriage. When Carolee tells him that she doesn't care why Dan is making a mysterious trip to New York, Steve speculates that she's becoming complacent with their situation. Steve informs Carolee about the trouble with Erich. Cathy confronts Carolee but refuses to say whether or not she intends to spread news of Steve and Carolee's affair all over the hospital. Althea confesses to Maggie that John proposed, and she cites New England caution as the reason she hasn't accepted.
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Carolee tells Emma about Erich's illness and mentions that she also questioned Dan being sick because he's behaving so strangely. In New York, Dan meets with cardiologist Dr. Spencer who diagnoses him with preinfarction syndrome and gives him a 75% chance of having a massive coronary. Steve shows Carolee home movies of Erich and points out that there's nothing in his appearance to suggest that the child is ill. Carolee convinces Steve to return to work. When Carolee returns home and finds that Dan is back, he grills her about seeing Steve while he was gone, and she skillfully answers him without revealing she and Steve were together. After Carolee asks if torturing her is more important that finding his own happiness, Dan says that he'll consider her suggestion and might find a practical solution after the baby is born. Later, his true feelings are revealed in a journal entry in which he swears he'll pay her back for destroying his last few months of happiness.
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Nick questions John about the progress he's made in Greta's therapy. Hank correctly surmises that Nick wants to expedite the lithium project in order to cure Greta with medicine before John does it with psychotherapy. Carolee gives Steve one shred of hope that Dan is considering letting her go after she had the baby, but Steve is skeptical. Cathy tells Steve that she's sorry about Erich. She also promises not to tell anyone that she overheard Dan's accusations, but warns him that a vengeful Karen might air his dirty linen if she discovers his secret. John invites Althea to join him in New York at the psychiatric conference, urging her to take a few days off, but she's noncommittal. Later, Althea turns down a persistent Nick who pressures her to have a lasagna dinner with him. Nick voluntarily leaves in order to avoid another argument. After he goes, Althea phones Matt to request a few days off work.
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Matt approves Althea's request for the weekend off. Althea confirms for Matt that John was the one who convinced her to forgive Nick. Matt notices that Althea appears uptight when he asks her where she's going on her days off. Greta happily accepts another rag doll from Althea, and Maggie notices how happy Althea looks, too. Maggie urges Althea to stop fighting her attraction to John and marry him. Matt can't determine if surgery for Erich is even possible until the cineangiogram arrives from Germany. Steve confides in Matt that he can't forgive Karen for keeping Erich's heart condition a secret. Althea decides she's behaving like a skittish spinster. John convinces Althea to meet him tomorrow in New York at the top of the RCA building.
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Mike just wants to forget everything when Maggie recounts his past relationships and offers him advice about Toni. Shortly before his plane is to depart, John returns to give Althea a list of his faults, and she promises to meet him in New York. Matt informs Maggie that Erich has been diagnosed with Teralogy of Fallot. Maggie suggests that Karen turned to Matt not just as a doctor but as a man too since she once loved him. Mike and Toni's nice spaghetti dinner comes to a screeching halt when Toni discovers that Mike hasn't tried to observe surgery since the last incident, and she insists that he needs to try again. Before he storms out, arguing that he doesn't need a mother, Mike angrily kisses Toni, leaving her confused.
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To avoid another incident like San Francisco, John phones from New York to let Althea know he'll be slightly delayed meeting her tonight at the RCA building. Nick brings Althea a compass as a going away present because he thinks she's driving to New England. Toni tells Martha about her second strike with Mike at dinner, but Martha counters that at least he kissed her. Matt asks Toni to kept her left-hook going with Mike because her last jab at him worked. Althea meets John in New York and consents to marry him. John eagerly proposes driving across the state-line to find a justice of peace.
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Driving across the state-line to marry, John and Althea decide it's fate when the song from their cruise begins to play on the radio. Dan notes in his journal that Carolee and Steve will be happy when he's dead so while he's still living, he's going to make them suffer. When Carolee reminds him that he promised to consider letting her go once the baby is born, Dan retorts that she has to "behave" in the meantime. A phone call from Dr. Spencer interrupts Carolee imploring Dan to tell her what's on his mind. Later, while Carolee questions him about Dr. Spencer, Dan experiences an angina attack, which Carolee notices. Arriving at the justice of the peace, John asks a tense Althea if she's lost her nerve. John realizes that he doesn't have a ring, and Althea tells him she's superstitious about borrowed rings. Althea and John are married in a ceremony she'll never forget.
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Althea and John begin their honeymoon in a second-rate motel by the highway, and she tells him why she's superstitious about borrowed rings. Talking about the lithium project with Toni, Martha suddenly realizes that Nick is in a race with John to find a cure for Greta, because Nick wants to win Althea back. Martha cautions Toni that Nick isn't a quiet loser at love. After Carolee grouses to Emma about Dan's cat-and-mouse games and how he manipulates her like a puppet, Emma suggests that maybe the strain is causing Carolee to be overly sensitive. Althea assures John that she likes where they are now much better than the cruise because now it's real. John promises Althea that she will never be hurt again like she was last summer when he walked out of her life.
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After rejecting Mike's overtures of friendship, Greta screams that she doesn't love him any more. Disturbed by Greta's outburst at Mike, Maggie begins to cry, prompting a serious Mike to resolve to find a permanent cure for her. Matt expresses his reservations to Nick regarding the heightened activity in the lab for the lithium project, speculating that he and John are still in competition. Awakening the morning after their wedding, John says "hang the bloody conference" when Althea realizes he's going to be late for the first session. Matt tries to reassure Maggie that Greta's setback is temporary. Matt and Maggie review the slides of Erich's cineangiogram, and Matt admits that the odds aren't good.
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When Mike stops by the lab and asks for a truce, Toni reminds him that she hasn't declared war. Mike admits that when he kissed her in anger, it was actually lust. They agree to forget their fight, until Toni learns Mike intends to go without sleep to help Nick with the lithium project. After she insists he'll fall apart, Mike bellows that he doesn't need a mother and storms out. Matt shows Steve the cineangiogram of Erich's heart, but Matt says that he's still unsure that he'll perform the surgery. While Steve is still with him, Matt receives a call from Karen, who begs and then convinces Matt to operate. Karen hangs up after Steve takes the phone. Nick sends a grumpy Toni to lunch, though she decides to take a walk instead. She ends up on the same elevator with Mike's roommate Emmanuel who fails to chat her up. Maggie attempts to make Nick realize that he won't win Althea by working overtime to cure Greta, but she gives up when he mistakenly assumes that things are going so much better now that he and Althea are friendly again. Toni interrupts Emmanuel giving Mike advice about her. She explains her feelings for him then pulls away when he kisses her, saying it's her, not him.
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Mr. and Mrs. Morrison return home from New York. Althea declares that she loves "living in the now" because she loves John and being Mrs. Morrison. Nick tells Hank about the good vibrations he senses between himself and Althea, and Hank replies that maybe Nick doesn't need to work so hard on the project if he really has Althea's support. After Mike refuses Nick's suggestion that he go home, Matt arrives at the lab with the same advice then leaves without a fight when Mike counters that he promised a distraught Maggie that he'd find a cure for Greta. John and Althea agree to live together in her apartment. While John is out collecting his clothes, Nick turns up at Althea's apartment demanding that she listen to him because he has something he's gotta say to her.
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Althea reluctantly allows an insistent Nick into the apartment, but with a caveat that he can't stay long. Nick reviews their personal history following their divorce but suggests that they now know how to smooth over the rough patches they hit. Matt arrives home feeling down from his meeting with Steve and phone conversation with Karen. Wanting to discuss Greta's hostility toward Mike, Matt phones John's hotel and discovers that he's permanently checking out. Proposing marriage to Althea, Nick kisses her passionately, but she pulls away and stuns him with the news that she married John. Althea orders Nick out when he angrily accuses her of conning him and using him as her patsy. Arriving home to find Nick dragging Althea into a gutter quarrel, John insists that Nick is going to leave. Nick sarcastically wishes John and Althea hollow good luck. John sets Nick straight about his relationship Althea, revealing they weren't just acquaintances but were lovers on their cruise last summer. Nick goes quietly seething after John states flatly that Nick has no place in their lives.
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After leaving Althea's apartment, a raging Nick goes to the lab at Hope Memorial and smashes a tray of test tubes. Althea tells an incredulous John that before he arrived back home, Nick proposed remarriage to her. Althea tearfully admits that she's heartsick about everything because Nick has no one. Carolee tries to cheer up Billy with plans for a special birthday party, but he reminds her that he's still grounded because he ran away last winter. When Carolee argues that Dan might change his mind if she talks to him, Billy counters that Dan doesn't love her any more than he loves him. Carolee reassures him that everyone in the house loves him deeply regardless of their relationships with one another. Mike finds a brooding Nick in the lab and the two have a tiff when Nick appears to give up on the project. Nick challenges Mike to find a way out of their dead end, being able to experiment on human beings with their lithium compound. After Nick leaves, Mike ponders figuring a way out of the dead end. When Althea considers moving out of the apartment to get away from Nick, John convinces that they have stay because Nick is the one who needs to adjust, not them. He adds that even though Nick is only three floors down, he's a million miles out of their lives.
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An angry Nick phones Matt, demanding to see him that morning. When Maggie notices her glowing appearance, Althea reveals that she and John were married. Maggie insists on giving John and Althea a wedding dinner at the Powers house. Cathy wryly tells Steve, on his way to see Carolee, that they should work out a phone signal just in case Dr. Allison decides to drop by. Steve shares with Carolee the news that Erich's tests confirm he has Tetralogy of Fallot, and Karen will be bringing him from Germany for open heart surgery at Hope Memorial. Cathy and Nick literally run into one another outside Matt's office door. Nick rails at Matt about the lithium project, and when Matt balks that Nick's still competing with John, Nick angrily tells a stunned Matt to stop pretending that he doesn't know Althea ran off and married John. Refusing to accept Matt's pity, Nick declares himself lucky to have gotten out alive. He storms out to find Althea standing at the nurse's station with Cathy. Nick boldly insists that he and Cathy go out to celebrate him being roasted over a spit. Althea tells Matt that her happy, newlywed face was ruined by a fistful of mud, slung by Nick as rice for the bride.
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Althea tells Maggie about her confrontations with Nick, as well as his proposal before he knew she married John. She also wonders what else besides Cathy Ryker he might throw at her. Nick admits to Martha that he destroyed the tray of test tubes after finding out Althea eloped with John, but tells her she can throw away her crying towel for him because he's happily free. Mike accuses Toni of coming on to him then acting like a frightened virgin. Toni admits that she was as turned on as he was, though she says he turns her on too much. She further explains that she can't be flippant or casual about sex because of a bad experience a few years ago, then she and Mike kiss again. The Powerses toast the newlyweds with champagne and rice, but the occasion is marred by a cable from Karen who says that Erich is sinking fast and will arrive in town for surgery that night. As Matt prepares to dash off to Hope Memorial, Maggie laments that a black cloud hangs over every dinner party with John and Althea.
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At Hope Memorial, Matt shows Steve the cable from Karen. Steve insists on awaiting Karen at the airport and riding back to the hospital in the ambulance with her and Erich. Cathy gives Steve her heartfelt wish that everything turns out well with Erich. Sensing he wants to back out, Cathy asks Nick if he still wants to keep their date, but he reassures her that he does. Learning from Martha that Althea married John, Hank speaks with Nick who declares that he's grateful to John for saving him from marriage, which he deems a cage with steel bars. After Nick gives them the cold shoulder, Matt tells Maggie that Nick blames them for not telling him about Althea's relationship with John. Erich is loaded into an awaiting ambulance. Steve questions why Karen chose to risk Erich's life by transporting him to America when Dr. Herzman could have done the surgery in Germany. Afterward, he wants to know why she kept Erich's condition a secret when every time Steve kissed his son, it might have been for the last time. At Nick's bachelor pad, he and Cathy discuss their interpretations of one another. Nick thinks that Cathy looked hurt with Steve, and she believes that he tried a little too hard to laugh and smile at dinner. Later, Cathy takes Nick's brandy from him to show how nurses can comfort. He responds by demonstrating who comforts the nurses.
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As Nick and Cathy are locked in a passionate kiss, she pulls away citing a need to breathe. She explains that she and Nick are both carrying torches for other people, and suggests they slow down. When Cathy mentions that one of her problems is Steve living around the corner from her, Nick suddenly has an idea. Cathy puts the brakes on the evening, saying that she doesn't want to lead Nick on, but she gives him one last kiss for the road before she goes. At the hospital, Matt informs Steve that Erich's condition is weak. Steve recalls meeting Erich in Germany and arguing with Karen about taking him out to the park. When John and Nick bump into one another in the foyer of their apartment building, Nick suggests that John and Althea move out because he has an idea to move his date in. An agitated John refuses to give up their apartment in order for Nick to move in a playmate. Matt coaxes a drained Karen to go home and get some rest. She agrees to leave in the morning if Erich's condition doesn't change. Matt insists that Karen face the reality of Erich's condition, reminding her that he wouldn't perform open heart surgery on a child unless there was no other option for survival.
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Toni shows Mike "Compound D", a new drug being synthesized that hasn't caused side effects in the lab animals. She tells him that it hasn't been tested yet on humans. Mike questions Toni further regarding her refusal to be nonchalant about sex, and she admits she was in a bad relationship with a resident at the New York hospital where she once worked. Maggie suggests to John that he and Althea should move out from Nick's apartment building. Dan refuses to follow Dr. Spencer's advice to tell Matt about his heart condition. Later, Dan hides his medical records behind some books on his bookshelf. Carolee wants Dan to lift Billy's punishment so that he can have a birthday party. Dan agrees to take Billy out for a father-son dinner, though he won't allow a party where Billy's friends might view Carolee as Billy's new mother. Matt tells Maggie that Karen believes he can work a miracle to save Erich. Even though it could be lethal, Mike sneaks into the research lab and injects himself with Compound D.
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Maggie sings John's praises to Althea and offers her opinion that she and John would be better off moving out of their apartment. Later, Maggie meets Karen, and they resolve their past issues regarding Karen's infatuation with Matt. After noticing that some of his Compound D appears to be missing from the vial, Nick questions Martha about it. Martha learns that Nick had proposed to Althea before he realized she married John. Althea and Nick are accidentally trapped together when an elevator at Hope Memorial stalls between floors. Waiting to be rescued, Althea apologizes for the manner in which she told him about her marriage. A sarcastic Nick retorts that he's happy to not be caged by her and suggests she save her sympathy for her new husband.
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Nick tells Toni that several units of Compound D are missing. Mike visits the lab and relates to Toni that he had a night of wild dreaming. A furious Hank stomps into the lab angry because Mike missed his early morning assignment in the operating room. Not recalling that Manuel tried to shake him awake, Mike insists he's hallucinating from exhaustion as an overworked intern. Toni realizes that Mike secretly injected Compound D. Althea doesn't recognize new volunteer Helen Fawcett, who she saved from suicide-by-scissors last December. Helen attributes her recovery to the fine psychiatrists at Hope and wonders if Althea married Dr. Bellini. Althea relates to John her conversation with Nick in the stalled elevator. Nick and Mike discuss the long testing process of Compound D.
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Erich's condition shows signs of improvement. Steve attempts to be friendly with Karen and proposes that she stay in the United States after Erich's operation. A sad Carolee tells Emma that Dan won't allow her to give Billy a birthday party because he doesn't consider her Billy's mother. Steve recalls the frosty reception he received from Karen in Germany when he went to visit Erich for the first time. Carolee tries to comfort Steve over Erich's condition, and Karen catches them kissing one another. Karen angrily chastises Steve for making love with a nurse while his son could be dying. Matt tells Karen and Steve that Erich's latest x-rays are clear of pneumonia so he has to operate now.
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As the heart team prepares for surgery, Matt and Maggie discuss the strong likelihood of Erich's death, but Maggie reassures Matt of their confidence in him. Dan tells Billy that he's planning a special father-son dinner for his birthday, but when Dan refuses to allow Carolee and Emma to attend, an upset Billy wonders why he hates them and says he doesn't want a birthday celebration. Angry over Billy's outburst, Dan tries to call Carolee at Hope Memorial. Matt and the heart team prepare Erich for surgery as an anxious Steve and Karen watch from the operating theater. Steve opines that Karen always lashes out when she feels threatened, and her passionate praise of Matt suggests that she might still be in love with him.
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Steve remembers more of his Christmas visit with Erich in Germany and Karen's refusal to let him take the child for a drive even though Karen insisted he was healthy. When Nick is a bear in the lab over the missing Compound D, Martha reminds Toni that she warned her about Nick being a sore loser in love. The two wonder why Nick is continuing to push the project when he and John aren't competing for Althea now. Manuel stops by the lab and tells Toni about Mike's hallucinations, which Manuel suspects could've been the result of Mike getting high on a new drug. Karen remembers being told by German doctors that Erich could receive surgery with a heart-lung machine if he he lived until age five. Surgery on Erich is finished, but he has to face the hurdle of having his body rewarmed.
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Steve contemplates Karen's insistence that it's impossible to make a life with another man even though a colleague in Germany has professed his love for her. Karen loses her temper with Nick, who stops by the operating theater to observe Erich's surgery. Steve wonders what's going on in Karen's head. As Erich's body is being warmed, his heart suddenly stops, but Matt manages to massage it into beating again. Hank tips Nick off about Mike's recent problems, including his missing an operating room assignment. Nick states that he'll drop Mike from the lithium project if he's too tired. Erich goes into cardiac arrest again, but is saved once more. After Erich is moved to the recovery room, Steve sees Karen embracing Matt. Steve realizes that life with another man is impossible for Karen because she's in love with a married man...Matt.
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Dr. Hendryx complains to Matt about Mike missing his OR duty. Steve confides in Carolee that he thinks Karen didn't bring Erich to America for treatment earlier because she's still in love with Matt and couldn't face him. Matt informs Karen that Erich will have to stay in the United States for at least a month as he heals. Dan charges into Carolee's office, accusing her of sabotaging his relationship with Billy by making him out to be a villain. Matt questions Mike about missing his assignment with Dr. Hendryx. Mike agrees to apologize, but he insists that none of what happened was his fault. He reiterates that he'll voluntarily drop out of the research project if his internship suffers. After Mike leaves, Matt calls for Nick.
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Karen doesn't want to talk with Maggie or Steve about Matt's orders that she and Erich not go back to Germany immediately. Steve presses the point with her, speculating that she's afraid to stay because she's still in love with Matt. He reminds her that Matt's in love with Maggie, so there's no point in running off with Erich. At Pete's Bar, Nick admits to Steve that he wants to move Cathy into his apartment building. Their relationship surprises Steve, but Nick reassures him that Cathy didn't reveal any details of her breakup with him. Mike grouses to Toni that he has to apologize to Dr. Hendryx for something he didn't do. Toni says that she thinks Manuel did try to awaken him the morning he missed his OR assignment. She further states Manuel's observation that Mike was talking out of his head, as if he were on some kind of new drug. Mike denies taking Compound D and asks her to trust him. After she leaves the lab, he injects himself with another round of the drug.
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Steve confides in Carolee his theory that Karen would rather run back to Germany than admit her true feelings for Matt. Maggie tells Matt that Karen is having financial problems and urges him to give her a job to help support herself while Erich recovers at Hope Memorial. When Steve has to leave his office for a few minutes, Carolee answers his phone, but the caller hangs up. Matt decides to hire Karen. Matt and Maggie discuss Mike's incident with Manuel and Dr. Hendryx. Maggie defends Mike, but Matt thinks that he's so exhausted from his intern duties and burning the midnight oil on the lithium project that it's affecting his mental health. After injecting himself with Compound D, Mike notes his reactions in a journal. Toni arrives and finds the hypodermic needle and a notation that Mike intends to double his dosage next time. She realizes the severity of his reaction from the initial dose and is terrified at the prospect of what will happen if he increases it. When she tries to make him see how dangerous it is, he implies that if she attempts to stop him, their relationship will be over. He embraces her, promising that nothing will happen to him, but Toni isn't convinced.
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Steve gives Carolee blood pressure medication from Dr. Steiner, and she tells him that she answered his phone, but the caller hung up. John and Althea talk about Nick's desire to move them out and a playmate in, and Althea laughs it off as bluster on Nick's part because he's hurt and angry. Maggie drops by Althea's with a wedding gift. Althea cautions Maggie to watch out for Karen, though Maggie thinks their problems over Matt are in the past. Dan barges into Steve's office trying to catch Carolee there and says he knows they were together because he was the one who phoned and hung up. Dan doesn't believe Steve's explanation that Carolee came to see him about Erich. Steve is outraged when Dan speculates that Steve would lose his hold over Carolee if she were to miscarry his child. Dan coldly informs him that he plays for keeps and storms out.
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Martha notices that something seems to be troubling Toni. Toni tries but fails to convince Mike to tell Nick that he's injecting himself with Compound D. Mike persists in his belief of the new drug and says Nick would stop him if he knew. Martha walks in to find Toni in Mike's arms, but after Mike leaves, Martha senses that Toni is still troubled. Matt demands Nick remove Mike from the lithium project and return his lab key, despite Nick's claims that they're on the verge of a breakthrough with Compound D. Karen reluctantly accepts Matt's offer to put her back on staff at Hope Memorial during Erich's recovery period. Karen is surprised when Matt admits that the job offer was Maggie's idea. Nick asks Toni to leave the lab and prepares to break the bad news to Mike.
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Nick informs a defensive Mike that Matt has pulled him from the project. When Nick asks Mike for the key to the lab, Mike lies about not having it with him. Althea tells Steve that Maggie suggested hiring Karen, but Steve thinks she won't accept a position at Hope. Nick plans a date with Cathy to pick up where they left off previously. Later, Nick playfully slaps Cathy's backside when he knows that Althea is watching them. Mike goes to a locksmith to have the lab key duplicated. Cathy cautions Nick that she doesn't want to have a glorified one-night stand with him, because she knows how he feels about Althea. After Nick promises they don't have a care in the world, he kisses Cathy passionately. In the hospital lab, Mike prepares to inject himself with the third dose of Compound D.
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Mike records his reactions after injecting a double dose of Compound D. Karen continues to demonstrate hesitancy about working at Hope Memorial and declines Matt's offer to place her in the outpatient clinic with Maggie and Althea. Steve asks Karen if she's afraid to be around Matt for just a few months. In the staff lounge, Toni confides to a skeptical Hank that she had a bad omen about tonight and felt compelled to return to the hospital. Steve goes too far with his insinuations, prompting Karen to declare that she and Erich will go back to Germany and never return to the United States. Hank can't get Toni to tell him what's happening with Mike, who begins to experience serious side effects from the drug in the lab. Matt confronts Hank over not reporting to him Mike's failure to show up for OR duty with Dr. Hendryx. Toni goes to the lab and finds Mike in a state of severe hallucination. Believing that he can fly, Mike smashes the window, as Toni screams in horror.
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Toni wants to mend Mike's cut hand, but he insists he needs more room to take off for his flight. He grabs a stool and continues to smash out the windows. Althea speaks on the phone with her mother and tells her about John. Toni attempts to placate Mike until she can get help then saves him when he starts to leap through the broken window. After Mike runs from the lab and heads toward the roof, Toni calls Matt for help. Cathy gives Nick the third-degree about his marriage to Althea. Nick suspects Cathy wants a signed contract of commitment and warns her that he won't be conned or manipulated by another woman. On the roof of Hope Memorial, a dazed and confused Mike wanders to the railing and peers over the edge. When Toni arrives at the roof, Mike climbs through the railing on to the narrow ledge. He becomes agitated when Matt shows up, forcing Matt to leave. Mike implores Toni to fly with him, and she stalls for time by claiming that she's cold and needs to get her sweater from the lab. Matt instructs Toni to phone John and Nick for help, but no one else. Matt keeps an eye on Mike, who continues to dangle precariously from the railing.
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Mike insists to Matt that he can fly. Matt reminds Mike that he promised to wait for Toni. When Nick doesn't believe that Cathy was jilted by Steve for another woman, she's forced to tell him that Carolee and Steve are still an item even though she's married to Dan. Nick promises to keep the secret and pulls Cathy in for another embrace, but they're interrupted by a call from Toni, who tells Nick about Mike. Later, Toni is frantic to get in contact with John. Hearing Toni's raised voice, Hank comes into the lab, and she tells him everything about Mike injecting himself with Compound D. When Mike tires of waiting for Toni to come back, Matt scrambles to stop him from jumping off the ledge. He tells Mike that he wants to see things from Mike's side of the world and asks Mike to help him up over the railing so that they can be on the same side. Before Mike can relent, he spots Nick and accuses them of ganging up on him. Nick wants to call the police and have a net set up above the street, but Matt says it won't do any good because at ten floors, they're too high for it to be effective. Nick appeals to Mike to come down off the ledge and help him with the Compound D project. Mike angrily tells Nick to shove off because Nick pulled him from the project. Hank arrives with news that Toni can't get in touch with John. Nick warns Matt that Mike is beginning to slur his words, and with the drug racing through his nervous system, he won't be able to hold on to the railing much longer.
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Nick suggests that Matt distract Mike, and Nick will grab him. Worried that Mike will fall from the roof, Matt decides to wait and see if John can talk him down. Billy realizes that Dan was angry with Carolee because Billy refused his father-son dinner, so he agrees to go. On the roof, Mike becomes tormented by Matt and Nick's voices echoing in his mind. While visiting Maggie, John phones his service and receives Toni's urgent message. Nick notices the physical changes in Mike and tries to get him to explain any side effects he's experiencing. John, Althea, and Maggie prepare to leave for the hospital. Mike becomes agitated by Nick's questions and refuses answer any more. Dan comes home and retrieves his journal, hidden in the bookcase. He writes about Carolee poisoning Billy against him. Billy approaches Dan to say that he'll attend the father-son dinner, but when Dan continues to disparage Carolee, Billy backs away, saying he wants nothing from Dan. Later, Billy secretly spies Dan hiding the journal. John arrives at the roof. Nick warns him that he doesn't have much time because Mike will begin to experience vertigo and loss of muscle control. John approaches Mike, but Mike lowers himself down from the ledge, unsure that he wants to talk because he's got more fascinating things on his mind.
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Mike calls for Toni to come to him. Matt and Nick argue about whether or not to try and grab Mike since John's getting nowhere with him. Nick tells Toni that Mike could soon begin having seizures. Toni admits to an angry Nick that she knew Mike was injecting himself with Compound D. John suggests to Mike that his research isn't for science but to make himself look important. As John starts to walk away, Mike insists it's a lie, and John challenges him to prove it. Steve argues with Karen that Erich has a right to two parents, even if they can't be together, but the conversation disintegrates when they discuss Karen's infatuation with Matt and Steve's Lothario behavior with pregnant, married Carolee. On the ledge, Mike starts to experience motor problems and seizures. Realizing they can't wait any longer, Matt tells Toni that he's going to ask her to do something risky. As Toni approaches Mike, Matt organizes the hospital emergency squad. Toni softly admits to Mike that she's scared, when he becomes angry and decides that she doesn't want to fly with him. She holds out her hand, requesting that Mike help her up over the railing. As he bends over the railing to hoist her up, she grabs him, pulling him back onto the roof. The emergency squad rushes out to subdue him. As they take him away, Nick says he has to get the drug out of Mike's system before it kills him.
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Nick prepares Mike for barbiturate poisoning therapy even though it's a different class of drugs. Matt realizes that Nick doesn't know what to do about a drug he synthesized and demands that he get it out of Mike's bloodstream before it kills him. John grouses to Althea, blaming Nick for being at fault for Mike nearly falling to his death. Nick reads Mike's blood work, which doesn't look good. Matt admits to Maggie that they're not sure how to flush the drug from Mike's system since it's experimental. Matt wonders if the conversation he had on the roof with Mike will be the last one they ever have. As Mike loses consciousness, Nick tries to slap him awake but fails. Toni confesses everything to Martha, who tries to make a guilty Toni realize that she saved Mike. Matt and Nick attempt to rouse Mike, but he lapses into a coma. Worried about Mike, Maggie experiences a dizzy spell in the staff lounge. Nick has an idea that must work to save Mike's life.
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Nick and the emergency team prepare Mike for hemodialysis. Althea catches Maggie having another dizzy spell. Karen sees a distraught Maggie in the lounge. Mike's dialysis treatment begins. Althea tells Karen about Mike's situation. When Karen turns on the hero worship of Matt, Althea confronts her about her past interference in Matt and Maggie's marriage, and Karen opines that it's none of Althea's business. Matt declares Mike's condition touch-and-go. Toni and Maggie meet in the staff lounge, where Toni confesses that she knew what Mike was doing with Compound D but deliberately kept it a secret. Mike's latest lab work shows that Nick's dialysis treatment is beginning to work. Nick begs an unconscious Mike not to walk out him.
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Mike regains consciousness with no memory of trying to fly off the roof, and Nick tells him that he overdosed on Compound D. Matt gives Maggie and Althea the good news that Mike's out of the woods. Matt quietly thanks Nick for helping things turn out right with Mike. Althea accuses John of being unfair to Nick by blaming him for John's failure to talk Mike down off the roof. Dan believes that Carolee left her knitting out in the open to remind him she's carrying Steve's baby. While arguing about Billy, Dan has another attack but snaps at Carolee to give up when she asks if he's sick. Matt and Maggie visit Mike. Maggie informs Mike that Toni saved his life and is feeling guilty because she didn't stop him sooner.
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Nick relents when Toni insists on visiting with Mike, who has been moved to a private room and is off dialysis. Toni describes for Mike everything that happened last night, since he still can't recall any of the events. Carolee shares with Steve her suspicions that Dan is ill and seeing a Dr. Spencer in New York. Steve looks for Dr. Spencer in his physician's directory but finds that there are nineteen doctors with that name in the city. Later, Steve suggests that the only thing bothering Dan is hate, which no doctor can cure. After Martha deems Compound D a "road to nowhere," Nick says they can learn from their mistakes and is more determined than ever to see it through. Steve stuns Carolee with the idea that Karen might target her now that she knows Steve is in love with her, and hopes that Karen doesn't find out that he's the father of Carolee's baby. Before falling asleep, Mike wants to tell Toni something important but realizes he should wait until his head is together.
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Nick examines Mike. Althea mentions Maggie's recent dizzy spells to Steve, but they disregard them as emotional. She also tells him that she doesn't care to see a repeat of the problems Karen caused in the Powers marriage two years ago. Mike attempts to square things with Nick, who wants to continue the project by working on a new, improved Compound E. Althea comments to Steve that she wishes things to work out well for Nick. Cathy offers an exhausted Nick some of her "Ryker's therapy" in the staff lounge, and he arranges a rendezvous with her at his apartment tomorrow night. Matt visits Mike, who apologizes for all the rotten things he said on the roof. When Mike offers his resignation, he's surprised that Matt insists no one's being fired. Mike says one good thing came out of the experience because Nick's now hard at work on Compound E. Matt quietly thinks to himself that they'll just see about synthesizing of another drug.
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Nick informs Toni that he doesn't plan to fire her as he needs her now more than ever since they're on the road to progress with Compound E. Matt phones Nick, demanding to see him immediately. Billy confides in Emma that Dan hides things around the house, like his personal journal, and he doesn't understand why everyone defends Dan. Hank talks with Toni about prima donna Dr. Hendryx and wishes that Nick would take over Hendryx's teaching position. Toni reminds Hank that Nick is needed even more in the research department. Matt stuns Nick with his decision to terminate the lithium project. While Nick argues otherwise, Matt mercilessly accuses him of carrying out a personal vendetta against John Morrison, while ignoring other research projects. Nick retorts that Matt is canceling the project out of revenge because he blames him for what happened to Mike. As Matt refuses to budge on the matter, informing him that a formal letter to stop the project will be forthcoming, Nick coldly declares their friendship is over.
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Before he storms out of Matt's office, Nick bellows that he means it from the bottom of his heart when he says he's canceling their friendship. Nick stuns a bewildered Toni with the news that Matt canceled the lithium project, and says he doesn't want her sympathy. Concerned that Nick didn't answer her when she called out to him from the nurse's station, Cathy phones Nick for reassurance that he's not angry with her. Nick tells her that their date tonight is the most important thing in the world to him. Matt puts Karen to work in obstetrics beside Steve. Karen questions Matt about his tense demeanor. Since Toni is his "real family," Billy visits her in an attempt to get her to talk to Dan about his treatment of Carolee. During their conversation, Billy mentions that Dan has been angry ever since the night that Carolee invited her over for dinner. At Nick's apartment, Cathy encourages Nick to stop playing the jolly, swinging bachelor and tell her why he was so angry earlier. After he does, he offers to take Cathy on a guided tour of his apartment, and they stop at his bedroom door to kiss.
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Maggie notices how reserved and quiet Matt is when he comes home from work, but she doesn't push him when he tells her that he's just tired. Carolee talks with Toni, who tells her about Billy's visit and his concerns. Carolee insists that Toni is misreading the situation after Toni takes responsibility for the problems between Carolee and Dan because Dan is upset by Toni's presence. When Toni decides to speak with Dan herself, Carolee is emphatic that she not. Mike stops by Martha's house with ice cream for Toni. Matt finally tells Maggie that Nick has ended their friendship. Now that his head is together, Mike declares his love to Toni. She replies that she thinks she loves him, too, though she's not a girl who commits herself easily. After Toni informs Mike of Matt's decision to end the lithium project, Mike starts to rush off to confront his father, but he stops himself from impulsive behavior. Matt assures Maggie that he canceled the project because Nick wasn't behaving professionally, adding that their feud will end when Nick ultimately shouts it out of his system.
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To get Billy away from the tension in the house, Carolee proposes sending him away to camp for the remainder of the summer, but Emma worries that it will backfire with Dan. Dan arrives and overhears his name mentioned in Carolee and Emma's conversation. Carolee runs her idea past Dan, who accuses her of attempting to separate him from his son. During the argument, Dan questions whether or not Carolee is really carrying Steve's child, since it could be a trick that Steve contrived and talked Carolee into perpetrating. Stunned, Carolee softly suggests that Dan is ill, not physically, but mentally. Dan coldly slaps Carolee's face, knocking her to the floor, and he stalks out. Later, Toni arrives at Dan's office and tells him that she spoke with Billy and Carolee. She implores him not to be angry at Carolee for bringing her to Hope Memorial or befriending her. Furthermore, she presses him to admit that his hostility toward her is real, even though she doesn't understand why he feels that way. The conversation makes Dan angry, and he eventually blurts out that Toni's mother was a tramp who abandoned Billy, her son, so that she could run away with her lover. Upset, Toni dashes from his office. Maggie turns up late to work in the clinic because of another dizzy spell. Althea learns from Maggie that Matt canceled Nick's project. Maggie is forced to admit that Matt thinks Nick pushed the project because he was in competition with John for Althea's love. Althea laments that she's the cause of yet another disappointment in Nick's life. Emma finds Carolee with an ice pack on her eye. Carolee lies that she became dizzy, fell, and hit her head on the mantel. Emma wisely asks how Carolee ever thought she could hide what really happened then says sternly that this can't go on any longer.
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Emma phones Steve and makes plans to meet with him. When Nick rejects Cathy's advances in the lab, she wonders if he didn't take things as seriously as she did and wonders if he's going to ask her out again after last night. Hank can't believe that the lithium project has been canceled since Nick gives 180% to everything. When Mike questions him about the reasons the project was dropped, Nick greatly minimizes the situation, insisting he has other things to think about. To prove his point, he impulsively phones Cathy to take her to lunch since they missed dinner last night. John urges Althea to stop making herself a part of the problem between Matt and Nick, but she counters that she is a part because she failed to tell Nick the truth about her relationship with John, consequently instigating competition between them. Emma confides in Steve her fear of Dan then reveals that Dan hit Carolee. Steve instructs Emma to have Carolee leave the house before Dan gets home and go to the safety of his apartment. When Emma isn't sure can do it, Steve warns her that Dan is insane, and Carolee is in far more danger than she realizes.
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Carolee arrives at Steve's apartment, where she recounts Dan's theory that they lied about Steve being the baby's father so that they could get rid of Dan more easily. Steve cautions Carolee that she's in serious danger. Althea questions Matt's decision to drop the lithium project, and he assures her that he did it because of Nick's lack of objectivity rather than to punish him for what happened to Mike. An upset Toni tells Martha everything she learned from Dan and admits that the bottom has dropped out of her world since Paolo knew the truth about her mother but lied. Steve proposes that Dan could be clinically insane and might not stop with just slapping Carolee, since he previously suggested Steve would lose his hold over Carolee should she lose the baby. When Carolee reminds him that Dan will go to the hospital board in an effort to destroy Steve's career, Steve decides that he'll resign before Dan can make a move.
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Steve calls Emma, instructing her to go to the Hanover Hotel. Dan walks in as Emma is on the phone speaking with Steve, but he doesn't hear the name of the hotel. Emma chastises Dan for striking a pregnant woman. When he attempts to learn where Carolee is staying, she retorts that she won't tell him, unless he plans to use physical force on her, too. Dan argues that sometimes physical violence comes from love instead of hatred, then he insists he wants Carolee back and a second chance. Emma cautions Dan to not try to find Carolee. Althea and Nick meet in the lobby of the apartment, and she angers him by attempting to intercede in his estrangement from Matt. Nick snarls that he doesn't need Matt's friendship; right now he only needs Cathy Ryker. Carolee tells Steve she has second thoughts about him tendering his resignation from Hope Memorial, but from his point of view, they have allowed Dan to get the upper hand too many times. If Steve resigns now, he can continue his career at any other hospital regardless of what Dan tells the hospital board. He cautions her that their primary concern is making sure that Dan doesn't find her. At the Allison home, Dan is on the phone with the taxi company, trying to find out where Emma was dropped off after she left.
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Having seen Nick storming out, John questions Althea to find out what happened, but she says she doesn't want to talk about it. Martha suggests to an upset Toni that a vindictive Dan could've lied to her about her mother's affair and illegitimate child. Toni desperately insists that she has to know if Dan lashed out at her with a lie or the truth. John asks Althea if she assumed all of Nick's guilt for him when they were married the same way she's doing now. When Toni nixes Martha's suggestion that she make Dan prove his accusations, Martha insists that she talk to Carolee about it. Cathy emerges from Nick's bedroom and kisses him passionately. Nick admits he had a hassle with Althea earlier, prompting Cathy to complain about the constant memories of his ex-wife. Later, she tries to goad him into talking to Althea in attempt to persuade her to relinquish her apartment.
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With the thought of Steve resigning his job tomorrow, and throwing away ten years of his life, Carolee wonders if she's worth it. Dan becomes angry when he can't get any information from hotel desk clerks about whether or not Carolee and Emma are registered. He experiences another heart spell as he slams down the phone. When Billy comes home, Dan pumps him for information, though Billy doesn't know where Carolee has gone. Billy speculates that Dan made Carolee leave and doesn't know himself where she went. Dan retorts that he doesn't, but he knows who does, and begins to dial Steve's telephone number. While sewing, Maggie experiences vision problems. Later, when Matt dismisses trying to placate Nick, Maggie angrily accuses him of being inhumane, then she has a terrible dizzy spell. She doesn't recall what she said to Matt in anger, but assures him that she's fine. Carolee presses Emma into telling her about her encounter with Dan. Emma admits that she's terrified of Dan and worried that he'll find them the same way he traced Steve and Carolee to Sky Haven. At the Allison house, Dan yells at the telephone operator to keep trying Steve's unanswered phone, because he knows it's not out of order.
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Toni tries to contact Carolee for verification of Dan's claims but finds that Carolee has called in sick. At Martha's urging, Toni decides to confront Dan though in Carolee's presence. Carolee promises Steve that she'll stay locked in the hotel room. With Erich soon to be moved to a crib, Karen thinks she might be able to return to Germany more quickly than she previously thought. Steve suggests that if she could get over her feelings for Matt, she could accept a permanent job at Hope Memorial so that they could raise Erich together. Karen angrily rejects Steve's ideas and phones Maggie to discuss a grave concern. Billy visits Toni at the lab and tells her that Carolee and Emma left the Allison home after Dan was mean to them. Toni promises Billy that she'll do everything in her power to reunite them. After a talk with Hank about Nick's odd behavior, Mike is determined to find out from Matt why the lithium project was canceled. Mike attempts to get to the bottom of Toni's behavior, too, but she doesn't want to talk about the things that are troubling her.
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At the hotel, Carolee and Emma are nervous. The ringing phone startles them, but it's only Steve calling to check on them before he goes into surgery. Carolee doesn't tell Steve that Emma had a confrontation with Dan as she was leaving the Allison home. Before Steve can scrub for the operation, Dan waylays him, demanding to know Carolee's whereabouts. Steve sarcastically asks if Dan wants to find her so that he can beat her up again. Hank accidentally overhears Dan suggesting that Steve is the one in need of a good beating. Learning from the housekeeper that Dan and Billy are both out, Emma decides to go back to the house and collect more things. Karen tells Maggie about Steve's theory that she is afraid to stay in town too long because of her obsession with Matt and argues that he's wrong. When Maggie wonders why Karen thought that Steve would ever say such a thing to her, Karen shares her fear of Steve. She thinks that something's troubling him, and he could react violently. Steve goes to see Matt and confesses the whole sordid story of Carolee's pregnancy and Dan's abuse toward her. Matt refuses to accept Steve's resignation without first hearing Dan's version. Dan visits the taxi service that collected Emma from the Allison home and tries to use his credentials as a doctor to obtain the address where Emma was taken. He becomes frustrated when he learns that the dispatcher who took the call is out and won't be back for two hours.
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Matt is unable to contact Dan, who didn't leave a forwarding number with his answering service. Steve presses Matt to accept the resignation and avoid a major hospital scandal, but Matt again refuses, arguing that Steve is too valuable an asset to lose. Furthermore, Matt vows to stand by Steve if Dan should go to the hospital board out of personal vengeance. After Althea declines having lunch with John, she confides in Maggie her concerns about John's attitude toward Nick. Matt informs Mike that the lithium project was canceled because Nick became too personally involved in it, and several other labs are involved in the same research. Matt reassures him that Nick's anger will eventually cool down. Emma returns to the hotel and tells Carolee that the housekeeper showed her Dan's shopping list, which included champagne and flowers to celebrate Carolee's proposed homecoming. Carolee and Emma fear that Dan might already know where they're hiding. Dan phones Matt, who demands to see him at the hospital immediately.
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Alone in the hotel room, Carolee continues to panic every time the phone rings. Toni is tormented by the situation with Dan and Billy. Martha suggests to Mike that Toni needs a lot of love right now. Mike talks with Nick about the canceled project, but Nick refuses to reconcile his friendship with Matt. Nick cautions Mike that it's over, and Mike should move on and mind his own business as Nick is now doing. Martha sends Mike to the park where Toni is contemplating on her break. Mike attempts to find out what's troubling her, but she retreats from him. He promises to come by her house later that night. Steve stops by the hotel, and Carolee tells him that Dan has arranged a homecoming for her. Steve informs her that tomorrow morning, they're going to find a divorce attorney.
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At Dan's meeting with Matt, Matt suggests that Dan start handling his personal affairs with more discretion and compassion. He reveals that Steve has already told him the full story and cautions him not to take his grievances to the hospital board. Dan loses his cool, revealing the darker side of his personality, and begins to accuse Matt of not only condoning adultery but being on side with Steve and Carolee against him. Dan angrily storms out, vowing that he'll find out where Carolee is hiding. Althea overhears Karen being uncharacteristically solicitous to Maggie, whom she later warns that Steve thinks Karen is still obsessed with Matt. When Maggie insists she doesn't believe it, Althea ruefully suggests that Karen has succeeded. Nick delivers an update on his research project for Matt to report to the hospital board, and Matt takes the opportunity to try and reconcile. But, the two men end up quarreling again with Nick declaring their friendship dead. Dan thinks the board will believe his claims since he intends to show them evidence. He goes to Dr. Steiner's office to obtain Carolee's OB-GYN file, but finds Karen working in Steiner's place. After Karen refuses his demands that she give him the file, he realizes that she's Steve's ex-wife and stalks out in a huff. Dan's behavior prompts Karen to sit and read Carolee's case history. Dan phones the taxi service, screaming that he wants the address where Emma was dropped off.
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Carolee tells Emma that she's cautiously optimistic things will work out because she and Steve now have Matt's support. Cathy irritates Althea by asking about her apartment, which Cathy wants for herself. A smug Dan finally gets the information he wants from the taxi service. John and Althea engage in another discussion about Nick. Althea admits to John that she can deal with any problem except a lack of communication. After mentioning to Nick that she talked with Althea about the apartment, Nick testily reminds Cathy that he's calling the shots in their relationship. Carolee hears a knock at the hotel door and a voice telling her that it's the room steward, but when she opens the door, Dan appears and forces his way into the room. A terrified Carolee recoils. Dan sees the bruise on her face and apologizes for hurting her. He says that he just wants her to come back home to him, and everything will be all right. To validate his point, he claims that he sought advice from Matt, who agrees that they should try to reconcile. Carolee replies that she doesn't believe him, and it won't happen. When she goes to call for help, Dan snatches the phone from her and tells the hotel operator to hold all calls because she's resting.
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Dan continues to apologize to Carolee for hitting her and begs her to come back to him because his life depends on it, but she rejects him, vowing that she will never go back. Matt meets with Steve and admits that he was wrong when he thought Steve was overreacting about Dan's insanity. Matt says that he saw a completely different side to Dan then reiterates his promise to defend Steve to the hospital board. Steve phones Carolee but is told that the operator has been instructed to hold all calls to the room. At the hotel, Dan reminds Carolee that she turned to him when she was alone and pregnant. Carolee bolts for the door, but Dan blocks her escape. Althea talks with Maggie about still wanting the best for Nick, though John doesn't understand her concern for her ex-husband. As the situation between them becomes even more tense, Carolee slips up and almost tells Dan again that he's sick in the head. She pleads with him to understand that she just wants her freedom because she and Steve love one another. With animosity, an agitated Dan reveals that Dr. Spencer has diagnosed him with a heart condition. He's gravely ill. He orders Carolee to go back home with him where she's going to pay him back for all the suffering she's caused him. Steve arrives outside the hotel room. Dan grabs Carolee's shoulders then releases her as clutches his chest and collapses to the floor. As Steve begins to pound on the door, Carolee, loosens Dan's collar and hovers over his body.
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Carolee lets Steve into the hotel room. Steve examines a motionless Dan and realizes that he's in heart failure. After he phones for an ambulance, Carolee tells Steve how Dan found her then relates his crazed insistence that she would return to the Allison home with him to pay for all the pain she caused him. Maggie visits Nick in the lab. She reminisces about a lovely fishing trip they enjoyed with Matt the previous summer and wonders if they couldn't do it again. Nick reports the quarrel he and Matt had earlier when Matt called him childish and appeared to dismiss the importance of his research work. Waiting for the ambulance to arrive, Steve gives an upset Carolee a sedative. She tells him about the happy plans she and Emma had to find an apartment in their old building. Maggie goes to see Matt to verify Nick's claims, and Matt admits that he did find Nick's behavior childish compared to the problem he faced with Dan and the hospital board. Matt explains the situation in full detail ultimately admitting that Steve and Carolee were right in their assessment of Dan...he is mentally ill. At the hotel, Steve notices that Dan's color is beginning to improve. Matt receives news of Dan's collapse, orders the cardiac unit into action, and decides to handle the case personally. As the ambulance nears the hotel, Dan's breathing becomes labored, and Carolee watches him start to move his hand.
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Dan awakens in the intensive care unit at Hope Memorial and says he feels like he's been run over by a bus. Matt reassures him that he's going to be fine. In the lounge, Mike talks with Hank about Toni, whom Mike loves. Mike tells Hank that something serious seems to be bothering Toni, but she won't tell him what it is. He intends to find out when he goes to see her on his break tonight. Mike's problems prompt Hank to share a similar experience he had with his old girlfriend Laurie. Martha enters as Hank's leaving to answer a page, so Mike catches her up on the situation with Toni. When he tells her that he's pushing Toni to open up, Martha suggests that no one likes being cornered. Carolee tortures herself with "what ifs," lamenting the fact that if she had reacted differently, Dan might not have gotten so agitated and collapsed. Steve tries to make Carolee accept the fact that this is exactly what Dan wants...for her to feel guilty and to be punished. As Carolee proposes one final what-if, what if Dan doesn't survive, Matt enters the room with a grave expression on his face.
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Matt reports to Carolee and Steve that Dan has suffered a massive coronary. He tells them that nitroglycerin pills were found in Dan's pocket. After Carolee reveals that Dan has been seeing a Dr. Spencer in New York, Matt places an urgent call to him. Karen daydreams about Matt telling her what a dividend it is to have her back on staff, and then she recalls Steve asking her if she can take being around Matt daily when she knows that he loves Maggie. Althea enters and overhears Karen talking to herself about Matt. Nick follows and wants Althea to know that he wasn't responsible for Cathy asking her about the apartment. Althea tells him that she just wants him to be happy, though aggressive girls like Cathy typically haven't been his style. Matt wonders if he should be Dan's doctor because Dan is convinced that Matt has sided against him with Carolee and Steve. Karen finds Steve talking to baby Erich and stops him from picking up the child, arguing that it's Matt's advice. The two begin to quarrel about it, and Karen stuns him with the news about Dan coming to Dr. Steiner's office for Carolee's OBY-GYN file. Karen says that the records indicate Carolee became pregnant a month before she married Dan and theorizes that Steve is actually the father. Matt cautions Carolee that the next two weeks will be the most dangerous for Dan following his coronary. Matt receives a call from Dr. Spencer's answering service informing him that Spencer is unavailable. Matt stresses the urgency of finding Dr. Spencer quickly for a consultation.
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Matt offers to step down as Dan's doctor since Dan considers him an enemy, but Dan counters that he wants Matt, who's the best. When Dan asks to see Carolee, Matt reassures him that she's fine, but Dan presses for a visit. Mike goes to see Toni on his break, and she finally confesses that Dan deemed her mother a tramp and suggested that she'll turn out just like her. Mike insists that tomorrow morning they'll confront Dan and demand that he prove his claims. Emma tells Maggie that Mrs. Reynolds, the Allison family housekeeper, is looking after Billy, who doesn't know about Dan's hospitalization. Matt reports to Carolee that Dan wants to see her, adding that they need to abide by his wishes because they can't risk upsetting him in his current condition. Carolee admits to Matt and Maggie that Dan told her she'd have to pay for the misery she caused him, but Matt counters that Dan brought it all on himself. Dr. Spencer phones from New York and informs Matt that he forwarded Dan's medical records to Dan personally. Based on memory, he reveals that Dan was diagnosed with a diffuse heart defect, meaning that Dan isn't a candidate for bypass surgery. Alone in his hospital room, Dan thinks to himself that he didn't tell Carolee he was ill because he knew she'd provoke him into having a heart attack. Although she succeeded in causing him harm, he managed to survive, and soon as she agrees to visit him, she's going to find out that it's made him stronger than ever.
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Emma frets over Carolee's decision to visit Dan, but Carolee counters that she has no choice because Dan must be kept calm. Nick emerges from the bedroom after an encounter with Cathy and finds that she has taken off her wig...she actually has long blonde hair that Nick finds very sexy. Over dinner, Althea mentions to John that Cathy spoke to her about giving up their apartment. John balks at Althea's assertion that Nick was upset with Cathy over the incident since she was the date Nick had the night he suggested that the Morrisons move out so that he could move his new playmate into the building. After Cathy says one too many times that Nick would make a good father, he strongly cautions her that he isn't looking for any kind of domestic scene. Carolee visits Dan in intensive care. He begs her to please go home with him and help him heal his heart, at least until after the baby is born. He stops short of promising to give her a divorce if she still wants Steve and her freedom. Carolee reluctantly agrees, but after she leaves his room, she steadies herself, mortified that she has agreed to Dan's request. Upset, she phones Steve, insisting that she see him immediately.
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Carolee stuns Steve with the news that she has promised to return to the Allison home until the baby is born, but Steve realizes she had no choice considering the fragile state of Dan's health. Steve worries that Carolee is once again burdened by Dan. Dan surprises Matt with the news of Carolee's return home. Nick learns of Dan's coronary from Steve and Carolee. Matt questions Carolee about her decision, thinking that maybe Dan was confused, but she confirms that she's doing it because of Dan's condition and to take care of Billy, who must be told what has happened. Worried that he's falling into a trap with Cathy, Nick asks an uncomfortable Steve to describe his previous relationship with her. Steve compares Cathy to Annie Oakley, adding that when she shoots, she never misses her target. Steve drives Carolee to the Allison home, where they reminisce about the happy times they had there with Billy while Dan was away tending to Tammy. After Steve leaves, Carolee begins to recall the bad times with Dan including his threat to never let her have a divorce or a life with Steve Aldrich.
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Matt confides in Nurse Rios that he's giving Dan IV medication to stabilize his blood pressure, but he wants Dan to think it's just a normal procedure they always follow. Matt assigns Hank to assume responsibility for Dan's overnight care. Emma is shocked to find that Carolee has agreed to return home and is sacrificing her own needs for Dan once again. Carolee reminds her that Dan was once very kind and considerate, back in the days when she was caring for Billy during Tammy's illness. Emma opines that Dan is nice when he's getting his own way. Reading a book in bed, Maggie is overcome by an excruciating, high-pitched sound in her head. Greta comes into the bedroom, wanting Maggie to tell her and the rag-doll a story, but Maggie snaps at her, ordering her to get back in bed. Matt arrives home in time to hear Maggie losing her patience with Greta and offers to tuck her in. He notes that Maggie appears uncharacteristically upset, just as she was the day she took his head off over his comments about Nick. Later, while Matt showers, Maggie hears the high-pitched squeal again and covers her ears. She recalls being with Frank in the deserted house, but unlike the story she previously reported -with him as the aggressor- she remembers pestering Frank to take her to Wyoming. When she says that Greta will be fine without a mother, Matt can take care of her, Frank decides that something's wrong with her and calls her "loco." Maggie awakens and tells Matt that she must be losing her mind. He gets her to recite her social security number, which she does perfectly. He jokes that he saw that test in a movie, suggesting she's not insane but simply went to bed too strained and fatigued. He advises her that nothing's wrong, and she's just fine.
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Carolee wants to break the news to Billy about Dan, but finds a note saying that he's gone fishing. Toni stops by to see Carolee who confirms that everything Billy said about the situation in the Allison home is true. Toni tells Carolee that Dan deemed Toni's mother a tramp and implied that Toni will turn out just like her. Althea fixes John a special breakfast but gives him a list of topics that she wants to discuss so that everything is out in the open between them. John withdraws when Althea pressures him to talk about his relationship with ex-wife Jessica, whose mistakes Althea doesn't want to repeat. Despite Althea's persistence, John won't talk about Jessica then excuses himself, claiming that he has an appointment with a client. Carolee tells Toni that Billy is her half-brother, but she can only base that assumption on what Dan said. Billy arrives home and is happy to find Carolee back and Toni visiting. Carolee gives Billy the news about Dan's coronary. Billy admits that he wished for something terrible to happen to Dan because he made Carolee and Emma leave. He asks Carolee if Dan's illness is his fault, but she reassures him that it's not, and she'll prove it to him.
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As Carolee prepares to go visit Dan, Steve warns her to be careful. Even sick in the hospital, Dan can't be trusted. In the outpatient clinic, Althea overhears Maggie snapping at one of their patients. Maggie admits that she has been short-tempered with Matt and Greta, too. Then she relates the strange dream she had about Frank and how everything was the same as it actually happened....except that Maggie and Frank's roles were reversed. She says that she was really bothered by Frank's comment that she's crazy. She half-jokingly wonders if she is going crazy. When Althea fusses over what she should wear to the hospital party, John starts to give her the same advice he always gave Jessica but stops himself. Althea takes the opportunity to question him further about Jessica, and he withdraws again. Although Carolee tries to convince him otherwise, Dan realizes that his condition is dire, otherwise Matt wouldn't have ordered the vasopressor drip. Dan says that he wants Billy sent to Bainbridge, the boarding school. Carolee objects, arguing that it would be a terrible time to send the child away, but she backs off when Dan starts to become agitated. Carolee agrees to have him enrolled, but says she'll need information about his real parents to complete the paperwork. Dan tells her that Billy's real father is a cheap musician named Webb. Dan decides that Carolee can take him in the autumn to visit Billy at Bainbridge. He then asks Carolee for reassurance that she'll stay with him for as long as he needs her. She slowly, reluctantly accepts his hand and agrees.
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Matt tries to reassure Dan that he's doing well, but Dan is suspicious about Matt having his vital signs checked constantly. Nurse Rios suggests to Matt that Dan needs the vasopressor to keep his blood pressure up. Matt orders it to be increased but wants it done while Dan is sleeping. Nick meets Cathy for a drink at the bar and asks her to take her short wig off again. When he mentions seeing Carolee and Steve looking shell-shocked earlier, she makes a sarcastic remark, which irritates Nick. Before Billy visits Dan, Steve cautions him not to upset his father and to not mention that Steve brought him there. Afterward, Steve learns that Dan's infarction prevents him from bypass surgery. His only hope is that his heart can heal itself with support from the medical staff. Matt worries about the strain Carolee is under, which also concerns Dr. Steiner. Billy has a quiet word with Dan, but before he goes, he accidentally reveals that he's talked with Steve. Later, Dan discovers that the vasopressor dosage has been increased, though Nurse Rios maintains that it hasn't. Dan thinks that she's lying just as Matt and Carolee have been lying to him. He imagines that they're all laughing at him in his helpless, vulnerable state. He decides that there's something he can do to pay them all back before he dies.
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Dan continues to seethe with paranoia about being lied to by everyone, adding that even his coronary couldn't shame Carolee into staying away from Steve. Karen confronts Steve about being the father of Carolee's baby, and he counters with an accusation that she placed Erich's life in danger because of her obsession for Matt. Dan recalls Matt insisting that Dan would have to contend with him first if Dan went to the board to file complaints against Carolee and Steve. Dan theorizes that Carolee and Steve have cooked up a major plot and drawn everyone around them into it. He vows that he's not as helpless as they think he is. Althea and Steve show up at Pete's Bar to discuss Steve's concern for Carolee. Meanwhile, Nick is getting over his annoyance at Cathy's catty remarks. Karen goes to see Matt and tells him that Steve is obsessed with the idea of Karen having an obsession for Matt. Matt tells her that Steve is currently under a great deal of pressure but holds back on the details. At Pete's Bar, Althea consoles Steve with the thought that Carolee's promise to Dan was made under duress and therefore isn't really valid. They exchange a friendly kiss, which Cathy sees. She promptly suggests to Nick that Steve is fooling around with Althea again, but this only incites his temper. He says that Steve and Althea are old friends, but Cathy's behavior merely confirms Steve's comments that Cathy has a vengeful streak. He warns her that it's a turn-off to him. He doesn't want to see her tonight or tomorrow night either. Alone in his hospital room. Dan vows that if he has to die, he's going to make sure that someone pays for his death.
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Nurse Rios phones Carolee on Dan's behalf and asks her to visit Dan immediately, but Carolee says she has another meeting. Carolee verifies for Toni that Billy was the product of an affair between Toni's mother and a musician named Webb. Disagreeing with Steve about Carolee seeing Dan again, Carolee swoons from a dizzy spell, but Steve catches her. Mike teaches Karen how to get with it in 1971 American slang. Steve gives Carolee a kiss for strength in the elevator on the way to her meeting with Dan. Mike tries to convince Toni that Dan might not have been truthful about the man named Webb. Toni feels that she'll be suspended in midair until she discovers the truth about her mother. When Carolee explains to Dan that she was late because she had to resolve a problem in pediatrics, he sarcastically asks if she's telling him another shaded truth. Furthermore, he says that her scheme with Billy fell apart, because Billy told him that he had been in Carolee's office with her and Steve. He's convinced that she's carrying on with Steve right under his nose again. He wants to ask one more thing and insists she answer him honestly. Is it possible that she will return to him for good? Carolee hesitates, but at his urging, she tells him that it isn't possible. After Dan closes his eyes, she leaves the room. Alone, Dan says that Carolee will be responsible for everything that's going to happen to Steve Aldrich.
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Dan demands that Nurse Rios summon Matt. Before she goes, Nurse Rios checks the vasopressor and turns on the cardiac monitor alarm. Carolee tells Matt that Dan is even more paranoid now, thinking they're all in cahoots. She admits that she told Dan that she would never return to him permanently and feels that her visits are causing more harm than good. Dan confronts Matt about his lie that he's getting better, offering the increased vasopressor dosage as proof. Matt suggests that Dan's rages and suspicions are working against him, so Matt decides to withhold all visitors. An agitated Dan counters that he's lashing out because he feels so helpless and persuades Matt to reconsider. Later, Matt instructs Nurse Rios to stop all visitors except Carolee. Nurse Rios calls Carolee back to Dan's room. Althea and Nick try to comfort a teary Carolee, on her way to see a madman. John finds a chummy Althea and Nick in the lounge reminiscing about Carolee and Dan's wedding. In Dan's hospital room, he appears to offer Carolee a heartfelt apology for the way he has treated her, Emma, Billy, and even Steve, a remark which surprises Carolee. Dan counters that when he was well and strong he had time to hate, but he can't now. He wants to make amends to those he has hurt. He asks Carolee to persuade Steve to see him tonight before he leaves the hospital. He knows that if she asks Steve, he'll agree. Carolee says that she'll try. After she leaves, Dan smirks to himself that if he has to die, Steve is going to be the one to pay for it.
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Maggie looks forward to the senior doctors' party tonight. Matt tells her about the latest problem between Carolee and Dan and theorizes if Dan recovers, he can't come back on staff at Hope Memorial without a clean bill of mental health from John Morrison. Carolee informs Steve that a contrite Dan wants to see him to make peace, but a skeptical Steve can't shake a bad feeling about it. Cathy drops by the lab to spread gossip about seeing Steve getting cozy with Althea. Martha warns a devious Cathy not to pump her for information. Hank speaks with Martha regarding an equally devious Dr. Hendryx who is coming down hard on Mike. Maggie experiences the piercing sound in her head again. Later, she suddenly loses her temper over Mike's joke about love, which is witnessed by a disturbed Matt.
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When Nurse Rios refuses his request to see Steve, Dan becomes upset and begs her. At the hospital formal party, Matt confides in John about Maggie's recent sudden outbursts of anger. Steve receives a call from Nurse Rios and agrees to visit Dan. Dr. Hendryx deems Nick's manners insufferable then starts in on Matt about Mike's unreliability. John finds Althea chatting with Nick, and when he whisks her away to dance, she jokes that he's being possessive. Althea theorizes that John thinks she uses comments about Jessica as a weapon against him. Steve arrives at Dan's hospital room. Nick declines Maggie's suggestion that she use the relaxed mood of the party to talk with Matt. Maggie is curious when Althea questions her about whether or not she talked about her ex-husband Kurt with Matt. Althea admits that every time she speaks of Jessica, it touches a nerve in John that causes him to shut down. Before she leaves Steve alone with Dan, Nurse Rios sets the cardiac alarm monitor. Dan pretends that he has accepted losing Carolee to Steve and declares that once he's released from the hospital, he'll give Carolee her freedom. At first Steve doesn't believe him, but eventually Dan convinces him that he'll do anything it takes to live. Before Steve goes, Dan persuades him to change the bottle of vasopressor and not send Nurse Rios back in since he needs rest. After Steve has left, Dan smirks that Steve bought it all, but he forgot to ask the price. His arm outstretched, he reaches upward to shut off the cardiac monitor alarm.
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Dan struggles to reach the monitor alarm but ultimately manages to switch it off. In the car on the way home to celebrate Billy's birthday, Steve stuns Carolee with the news that Dan says he'll divorce her once he's released from the hospital. Dan gloats that he tricked Steve into changing the vasopressor bottle, leaving his fingerprints on it, so that he has the final power over Steve and Carolee's life. Hank tells Nick that Dr. Hendryx is giving Mike a hard time and asks Nick to have a chat with Hendryx. Nick admits that he doesn't like Hendryx either but agrees to talk with him. Mike tries to cheer up Toni by inviting her to be a part of his family. Toni says that the only one who can help her is Uncle Dan, who has all the answers she needs. She insists that he has to get better and tell her what she wants to know. In his hospital room, Dan realizes that he's got to shut off the valve on the vasopressor drip. Steve admits to Carolee that he never thought he could feel anything but hatred for Dan, but when Dan agreed to release Carolee, he felt compassion and gratitude. Dan recalls Steve saying that he never meant to hurt him, but Dan thinks he was lying, just as Matt was. Dan reaches the IV valve and turns it off. He's certain that he will die, and Steve will pay for it. As he gasps his last breath, he vows that Carolee will never forget him. The cardiac monitor flatlines in eerie silence.
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Billy finds it hard to be excited about his birthday cake while Dan is lying in the hospital. Emma assures Billy that Dan's heart attack wasn't because Billy wished something bad would happen to him. Billy says that he partly believes it, but will fully believe it once Dan comes home. Meanwhile, Dan's body lies undiscovered in his hospital room. A joyous Carolee tells Emma that Dan agreed to divorce her. Emma is skeptical at first because of Dan's past deviousness, but when Carolee convinces her, Emma decides that it's the best birthday present that Dan could have given Billy. Matt has slipped away from the party to go to his office and read Dan's file. Maggie comes in looking for him. Matt laments the fact that he can't challenge Dr. Spencer's prognosis that Dan isn't a candidate for bypass surgery. He admits that Dan won't survive without surgery, so if he hasn't improved by morning, he'll ask Carolee for permission to perform a risky surgery. On their way back to the party, Matt and Maggie check on Dan and find him dead. Matt wonders how Dan died without Nurse Rios being alerted. Billy blows out his birthday candles. He says his wish is that Dan would come home soon. He hopes his father will be friends with Steve and Carolee again, and they will all help him celebrate his 13th birthday next year. The phone rings, and Carolee receives the news from Matt that Dan is dead. While Billy is in the kitchen getting ice cream, she instructs Emma to make up an excuse so that she and Steve can return to Hope Memorial.
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When Matt wants answers from Nurse Rios about leaving Dan alone, she explains that Dan insisted on seeing Steve. She swears that she turned the cardiac monitor alarm on before she left. After she says that she didn't turn the vasopressor valve off following Dan's death, a suspicious Matt orders the room sealed. Carolee laments the fact that Billy has lost two parents in two years. Edna's terse letter, left unsigned, worries Althea. John shares with Althea the concerns Matt has about Maggie's recent sudden emotional outbursts. Carolee recalls for Matt her last meeting with Dan earlier in the day and wonders if her giving in to him caused what happened. Steve flashes back to his final meeting with Dan, who was more calm than he had ever seen him. Matt thinks it hardly seems possible that Dan went from being enraged in the morning to unbelievably calm in the evening. After Steve backs up Nurse Rios' account of setting the alarm before she left, Matt stuns him and Carolee with the news that both the alarm and vasopressor valve were turned off. Matt says that Dan's death wasn't natural, and he picks up the phone to call the police.
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Police Detective Ernie Cadman, brother of the cop who investigated Julie's death, has photos taken of Dan's hospital room. After speaking with Nurse Rios and Matt, Cadman reaches the conclusion that Dan was murdered. At the Allison home, Carolee tells Emma what happened to Dan. They discuss the joy of Billy's birthday party and how quickly things turn around. As Carolee wonders if there's enough love in the world to comfort Billy's grief, she looks up and sees that he has quietly entered the room. She breaks the news to him that Dan died a few hours ago. Emma and Carolee try to convince Billy that he wasn't responsible for Dan's death. Billy says that now that he's lost both his parents, he's an orphan. When he wonders if he'll be sent away, Carolee holds him tight, reassuring him that they're his family now, and he won't go away as long as she has two arms to hold him. Matt speculates to Maggie that the police will want to see Steve tomorrow. Emma asks if it might soften the blow for Billy if he were to find out that Dan wasn't his father, but Toni is his half-sister. Carolee isn't sure and isn't ready to decide with everything happening. Matt reveals to Maggie that the police will want to talk with Steve because Dan didn't die a natural death, and Steve was the last person to see him alive. Nurse Rios remembers that she asked Dan to have Steve tell her before he left, but he didn't. She also says that it appears someone changed the bottle of vasopressor, which is now closer to the bed than she left it. After talking with Nurse Rios, Cadman requests that the vasopressor bottle be dusted for fingerprints, adding that the murderer may have done them a favor by leaving his signature.
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Cadman phones headquarters and learns that there were fingerprints left on the vasopressor bottle. He reveals that he'll have another set in just a minute. He goes to interview Steve who tells him about his last conversation with Dan. Steve refuses to describe the exact nature of the conversation, only that it was personal. Before Cadman leaves, he hands Steve a photo of Dan for identification. Steve takes the photo, unwittingly leaving his fingerprints on it. While Althea visits Carolee at the Allison house, Nick stops by, too. He and Althea agree that they are even with one another in saying unkind things to one another, though Althea feels that on the whole, they've said more nice things to one another, otherwise, they wouldn't still be talking. Maggie informs Matt that she and Emma are planning Dan's funeral, and she has suggested having the service in Hope Memorial's chapel, where Dan and Carolee were married. Matt reveals that Karen discussed with him Steve's suspicions that she still has a thing for Matt. Maggie is surprised Karen opened up to him as it was hard enough to discuss it with her. Cadman phones police headquarters to find out if the prints from the vasopressor bottle match those on the photograph of Dan. Carolee tells Steve that she has gone over all the possible suspects, but she can't think of anyone who would want to kill Dan. Cadman arrives and meets Carolee. After Carolee leaves, Cadman suggests that Steve forgot to tell him something earlier. He then informs Steve that his fingerprints were found on the vasopressor bottle.
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Cadman wants Steve to explain why his fingerprints were on the vasopressor bottle. When Steve excuses himself to keep an appointment with a patient, Cadman insists that he'll come back in an hour to ask more questions. While discussing the murder with Althea, Maggie experiences the high pitched sound again. She tells Althea that she saw an ENT, but no ear infection could be diagnosed. Althea confides in Maggie about her mother Edna's sudden absentmindedness. Toni laments the fact that the truth about why her mother left died with Dan. When Martha suggests she can't go any farther, she counters that she'll back up and find another road. Steve declares to Althea that he has to see the police again, but he can't answer all the questions they want because he wants to make things easy for Carolee. Althea reassures Nick that she meant the things she said to him at the Allison house. Nick engages Dr. Hendryx in a conversation about Mike and the other interns, but Hendryx becomes irritated and makes a sarcastic comment about Nick retreating from neurology into research. Cadman interviews Steve, who suggests that the person who switched off the alarm and IV valve is Dan's murderer. Cadman says that the alarm valve was ridged, so fingerprints can't be lifted from it. Steve refuses to reveal his personal reasons for talking with Dan, saying only that they had resolved their differences. After Cadman leaves, Steve phones Carolee to advise her that they should not share details of their personal relationship with the police. Cadman informs Nurse Grant that he needs to see Matt immediately about something very important.
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Detective Cadman questions Matt and reveals that Steve's fingerprints were found on the IV bottle. Despite Matt's protests that Steve shouldn't be suspected, Cadman retorts that Aldrich's avoidance of discussing anything personal makes it impossible for him to satisfy his suspicions. Exiting, Cadman assures Matt that he'll stick around Hope Memorial to ask more questions. Matt decides he needs to see Steve immediately. Karen finds Steve visiting Erich. Noting Karen's newfound happiness, Steve asks her to reconsider leaving America for Germany. After Steve leaves, Karen says to Erich that she can't face the pain of staying and not having the man who saved his life, so they're leaving as soon as they can. Nick grouses at Martha, who has thrown away one of his neurosurgery journals. He tells her about the crack Dr. Hendryx made earlier, mocking Nick for retreating into research. Martha can't completely disagree, and Nick snaps that he operates when he needs to. Steve shares with Matt his reluctance to tell Cadman the whole truth because he doesn't want Carolee dragged into the investigation. Matt cautions him that Cadman won't give up until he finds out everything he wants to know. Later Matt has a pleasant conversation with Karen beside Erich's crib. Steve sees them together, and after she declares that she won't consider staying in the United States, Steve says she said everything she did for Matt's benefit. He stalks off, leaving Karen to tell Erich that his father forces her to play dirty whenever he lashes out. At that moment, Cadman arrives to question her about Steve's personal affairs. Karen insists she can't help him as Steve isn't a part of her life. She makes a comment that he's only charming to all the nurses. Cadman smiles. He thinks she did have something valuable to tell him after all.
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The morning of Dan's funeral, Steve phones Emma to offer his help. She says Carolee will need him afterward. Nick tells Hank that he tried to talk with Dr. Hendryx, though it didn't go well. Nick jokes that Hendryx is a first-rate neurosurgeon but needs a lobotomy on his ego. Hank suggests that Nick should forget reasoning with Hendryx and instead, replace him. A saddened Billy wonders what will happen to Dan's clothes. Emma tells him that some will be given away, but they'll keep some, too, because when a person dies, you keep a bit of them alive in your heart. Billy asks if that's true even when the person didn't love you. Carolee overhears his remark and swears on scout's honor that his father did love him. Cadman questions Nick about an altercation involving Steve and Dan last winter in the staff lounge when Steve declared that he would kill Dan. Nick very obviously doesn't want to say anything damaging, so he excuses himself as late for the funeral. After the funeral, Carolee berates herself for not being more compassionate to Dan, but Steve reminds her that they can't bury the fact that Dan was unbalanced. Carolee pumps Steve about his mysterious upcoming meeting with Nick, as well as his long interview with Cadman. When Carolee persists for details, Steve admits that he forgot to tell the police that he changed Dan's bottle of vasopressor. Carolee worries what will happen if the police think he's lying. At Hope Memorial, Cadman pumps Cathy about her relationship with Steve and the other woman he was seeing besides her. She becomes nervous, spills her coffee, and tries to leave. Cadman threatens her that he can question her at the hospital or downtown. Cathy sits to answer his questions. Steve speculates to Carolee that the real murderer will be found, and he'll never see or hear from Cadman again.
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Nick tells Steve about his encounter with a nosy Detective Cadman. After Steve confesses to Nick that he fathered Carolee's baby, Nick realizes that if Cadman ever finds out, he'll have a motive for Steve murdering Dan. Mike encounters a nervous Cathy in the elevator, and Cathy wonders how she's going to swing having a pleasant evening. After a lonely Toni laments the fact that Billy is the only person she has left, Mike proposes marriage. When she declines, he wonders if she just doesn't love him enough. Althea tells John about Maggie clawing at her ears to block out the high-pitched noises she keeps hearing. Althea suggests driving up to Greenville tomorrow to see Florence, then broods when she calls but Florence doesn't answer. Steve swears Nick to secrecy, asking him to not let on to Carolee that he knows the truth about the baby. Cathy arrives at Nick's apartment and is startled to see Steve. Later, she informs Nick that Cadman cornered her to ask questions. An angry Nick badgers her into admitting that she told Cadman about Steve and Carolee's affair. She defensively suggests that it wasn't her fault that Steve and Carolee brought it all on themselves.
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Nick tells Steve about his encounter with a nosy Detective Cadman. After Steve confesses to Nick that he fathered Carolee's baby, Nick realizes that if Cadman ever finds out, he'll have a motive for Steve murdering Dan. Mike encounters a nervous Cathy in the elevator, and Cathy wonders how she's going to swing having a pleasant evening. After a lonely Toni laments the fact that Billy is the only person she has left, Mike proposes marriage. When she declines, he wonders if she just doesn't love him enough. Althea tells John about Maggie clawing at her ears to block out the high-pitched phantom noises she keeps hearing. Althea suggests driving up to Greenville tomorrow to see Edna, then broods when she calls but Edna doesn't answer. Steve swears Nick to secrecy, asking him to not let on to Carolee that he knows the truth about the baby. Cathy arrives at Nick's apartment and is startled to see Steve. Later, she informs Nick that Cadman cornered her to ask questions. An angry Nick badgers her into admitting that she told Cadman about Steve and Carolee's affair. She defensively suggests that it wasn't her fault that Steve and Carolee brought it all on themselves.
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Waiting for Cadman to arrive at the Allison home, Steve urges Carolee to keep their relationship a secret, but she counters that Cadman might have a better understanding with that knowledge. Cadman confronts Steve about the threat he made against Dan in the staff lounge and won't let him stay for Carolee's interview. Althea tells Maggie that Edna has been diagnosed with Wernicke's syndrome. Maggie phones Greta, instructing her to tell Mrs. Halstead not to bring her to the hospital for her session with John because he's going to Greenville. Afterward, she experiences the phantom sound again and a dizzy spell. Cadman probes Carolee to ascertain why a situation with Billy running away would prompt Steve to threaten Dan. Maggie cautions Steve that he should worry about himself instead of Carolee because Detective Cadman won't give up asking questions. At the Allison home, Carolee does her best to avoid Cadman's questions about the incident in the lounge, insisting that she wasn't there and consequently couldn't know what the quarrel was about. Cadman moves on to ask her about another incident when Dan turned up at Steve's apartment, pounding on the door demanding to see Carolee. Carolee pretends she doesn't know anything, but Cadman reveals that Miss Saunders identified Carolee as hiding in the hallway and eavesdropping on the argument. Stunned, Carolee offers the flimsy excuse that she and Dan argued, so she went to see Althea, and later Steve, because they were involved in the situation professionally. Cadman says that Steve threatened to kill Dan for tormenting Carolee. Carolee, unable to respond, sits quietly, and Cadman leaves. After he's gone, she quickly phones Steve, saying she has to see him immediately.
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At the Greenville hospital, John and Althea await Dr. Venable. When he arrives and is introduced to John, he appears confused then suggests that Althea visit her mother alone. Althea realizes that Dr. Venable is being evasive, which for him is unusual behavior. Maggie finds coping with the outpatient clinic alone overwhelming, and she loses her temper when Mrs. Halstead shows up. Karen overhears an angry Maggie talking with Mrs. Halstead about Greta not giving her the message so she could have her treat of seeing the new babies. Karen quickly offers to take Greta to see Erich once she's finished looking at the babies in the nursery. Afterward, Karen has coffee with Mrs. Halstead in the lounge and pumps her for information about Maggie. Mrs. Halstead tells her about Maggie's recent erratic behavior. Karen thinks to herself that the Powers marriage may not actually be as idyllic as it seems. Dr. Venable reveals to Althea that her mother's recent memory has been damaged because of the stroke, and she believes that Althea is still married to Nick. Since he wants to avoid any shock to the patient, Dr. Venable suggests that Althea not confuse her with any mention of John. Edna wonders why Nick didn't come to see her. She tells Althea to bring him with her next time as she's eager to see both of her children.
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After Mike's suggestion that Toni needs the support of a family, Maggie makes preparations to give them a dinner party. Matt's attempt to defend Steve to Cadman only makes Steve look more guilty. Later, Cadman goes to the Allison home and finds Billy alone. Questioned by Cadman, Billy innocently recounts the hostility between Steve and Dan, including the scene at Steve's apartment when Billy ran away. An incensed Carolee discovers Cadman questioning Billy and sends the boy out of the room. Cadman cautions Carolee that Billy will ultimately learn the truth about his father's death. And when the police learn it, too, it's going to be in all the newspapers.
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Althea continues to fret about Edna's amnesia and her belief that Althea is still married to Nick. Mike warns Maggie to avoid talking about Dan or Toni's family because Toni is very sensitive to family problems. Edna asks Althea to bring wonderful son-in-law Nick to visit her next weekend. Maggie's successful dinner party takes a nose dive when she accidentally makes a comment about Toni's folks. Mike tries to calm an upset Toni, but she insists it's her problem, not his. She reiterates that she can't marry him until she's sure of who she is. After Althea finally admits her mother's problem, John disagrees with the therapeutic approach: allowing Edna to think that Nick is still her son-in-law. John pouts that he wants to be more than Althea's chauffeur in the situation.
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Althea lets Nick know about Edna's illness, as well as her belief that they're still married. Nick admits that he was always fond of her mother and offers to send Edna a bouquet of flowers. Matt shares with Maggie his conversation with Cadman, who is increasingly convinced that he's uncovering incriminating evidence against Steve in Dan's murder. After Maggie experiences another dizzy spell, Matt demands that she receive a physical from Karen. Cadman presents his case against Steve to district attorney Darryl Harrigan, but Harrigan doesn't feel the case is strong enough, unless Cadman can prove an extramarital affair between Steve and Carolee. John urges Althea to tell Edna that she's missing a few years from her memory, and Althea is now married to him. Althea makes a reservation to fly back to Greenville for the weekend.
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John apologizes to Althea for the disparaging remarks he made about Dr. Venable, but she decides she doesn't want John to accompany her to Greenville. John overhears Althea's conversation with Nick regarding the flowers he sent. Afterward, John questions why she told Nick about her mother's illness. Matt insists that Karen examine Maggie. Hank gives Matt "the Iverson style" report of Mike's performance, as his six-month probationary period is coming to an end. When Karen fails to find a medical problem with Maggie, she suggests it might be emotional, prompting another angry outburst from Maggie. Later, Karen gleefully thinks to herself that the Powers marriage isn't perfect. Althea grouses to Maggie that she's near the end of her rope with John's Texas-sized ego and lying to her mother about Nick.
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Althea ponders Nick's kind words about Edna. Edna awakens, asks where Nick is, and tells Althea to call him. Carolee suggests to Steve that he should worry about Cadman, whom Carolee opines won't give up until he uncovers everything. Steve counters that Carolee shouldn't worry herself about anything except the health of herself and their baby. Nick remembers Althea's bout of amnesia two years ago and how Edna reassured him that Althea would love him again once she regained her memory. Cathy arrives and annoys Nick with her insistence that he tell her where things stand between them. While Cathy talks to him, Nick can only hear Althea's voice praising him for his kindness toward her mother. Back at the hospital in Greenville, Edna tells Althea that she and Nick have earned their happily ever after. At that moment, there's a knock at the door. Althea is surprised to see that the visitor is Nick.
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Edna revels in Nick's visit. At the Powers house, Matt tells Maggie that Mike received a show of support from Hank, so Mike's internship will be extended to a full year. Maggie hears a thumping noise which begins to drive her crazy. Matt reveals that it's just a shutter, but Maggie winces at the noise and complains that she's getting a headache from the lamp because the light bulb isn't bright enough. Martha offers to take Toni to The Cape to take her mind off her problems. Mike drops by and says that he's decided to take his father's advice. He'll back off trying to help her, but he'll leave the door open just in case she needs him. Nick and Althea have dinner together and discuss old times. Later, he decides to spend the weekend in Greenville at a motel.
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Althea phones John from Greenville, and he's annoyed that she didn't call him sooner. Miss Saunders wants to speak with Detective Cadman again. Althea asks Nick his opinion of Edna's medical care in Greenville. They also discuss Nick's frustration with Dr. Hendryx at Hope Memorial. Enjoying their conversation, Althea decides that she doesn't want to fly home alone and wonders if she can ride back with Nick. Matt approves John's attendance at a symposium in Los Angeles. John thinks it would make a splendid honeymoon if he took Althea. He can't wait to collect her from the airport and give her his good news. Cadman visits Miss Saunders at her apartment, and after several false starts, she finally tells him that she overheard Steve accusing Dan of being insane, and Dan countering that Steve and Carolee had been having an affair since they spent the weekend at Sky Haven. Furthermore, she heard Steve declare that he would kill Dan if Dan continued to torment Carolee over the affair.
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Carolee takes Erich a Steiff giraffe. Steve arrives and chastises her for not being at home and resting. Karen enters unexpectedly, very unhappy at Carolee's presence. Steve bristles when Karen insults Carolee. After Carolee leaves, Karen informs Steve that she was questioned by Cadman and suggests that the two of them together in the hospital appears quite indiscreet. Furthermore, she wants Carolee kept away from Erich. Mike is elated to learn from Matt that despite a few problems (including his involvement with Compound D), his internship is being extended to a full year. Later, Mike thanks Hank for his glowing recommendation to Matt. Steve requests that Matt grant Carolee an emergency maternity leave to get her away from hospital gossip.
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John learns that Althea is driving back home instead of flying. Althea has injured her foot at Edna's house and will need medical attention at Hope Memorial. Driving home, she and Nick discuss how well the weekend went, and she thanks him for going along with the ruse that they're still married. Carolee tells Steve the details of Billy's nightmare, in which a faceless man murders Dan then menaces Billy. Steve says he'll speak with Billy about the dreams. Cadman visits Sky Haven to investigate Miss Saunders' claims that Steve and Carolee began an affair there. Nick and Althea rehash the night he proposed to her after she had just married John. The Sky Haven desk clerk identifies Dan's photo and recounts for Cadman his meeting with Dan last autumn. John catches Nick carrying Althea into their apartment building.
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A curt John insists that he'll take care of Althea, who is diagnosed with a torn ligament. Steve talks with Billy about his nightmares. Nick attempts to straighten out the situation with John, but John is rude and sarcastic. He's certain that Nick had an ulterior motive when he went to Greenville and pretended to be Althea's husband for Edna's benefit. Billy confides in Steve that he thinks he let Dan down, and by mentioning Steve in the hospital, he's partially to blame for Dan getting upset and dying. Steve attempts to assuage Billy's guilt and help him view the situation differently. John and Althea quarrel over Nick's presence in Greenville. Eventually John apologizes for his reaction, but when he tells Althea about the Los Angeles trip and she refuses to go due to her injury, John once again blames Nick. This leads to another argument, with Nick sarcastically observing that he sees everything very clearly.
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Nick tells Maggie about the incident in which John caught him carrying an injured Althea into the apartment building. He worries John will turn his hostility toward him on to Althea and asks Maggie to intercede. Later, Matt wants Maggie to make an appointment with a neurologist because of Karen's concern for her. Maggie becomes angry but agrees if it will get everyone off her back. Toni returns from The Cape with a seashell for Mike, and he jokes that he hears a Mermaid telling him that Toni loves him. Hank and Nick discuss how far Mike has come. They're happy about his extended internship. John goes to the research lab to have it out with Nick over his continued interference in Althea's marriage. When John orders him to stay away from Edna and stop pretending that he's Althea's husband, an angry Nick punches him, which Maggie witnesses as she enters the lab.
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Karen decides to discover from Matt whether or not there are problems in his marriage. Nick stops by the Morrison apartment to find out if his visit to Greenville created a hassle for Althea with John, but Althea replies that John accepted it as an enormous gesture on Nick's part. Matt informs Carolee that she's to begin her maternity leave immediately. He reassures her that it's to protect Hope Memorial's investment in her, though she astutely suspects that he's doing it at Steve's urging. Later, Carolee refuses to even consider leaving town for a while, insisting that she intends to stand by Steve. Matt assigns Karen to cover for Althea in the clinic. Karen confides in Matt that she thinks Maggie's angry outbursts are emotional, then recounts how Greta and Mrs. Halstead have commented on Maggie's erratic behavior. Martha informs Nick that John phoned for him earlier and sounded irritated. Nick fears that John will direct his anger at Althea.
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Nick tells Maggie about the incident in which John caught him carrying an injured Althea into the apartment building. He worries John will turn his hostility toward him on to Althea and asks Maggie to intercede. Later, Matt wants Maggie to make an appointment with a neurologist because of Karen's concern for her. Maggie becomes angry but agrees if it will get everyone off her back. Toni returns from The Cape with a seashell for Mike, and he jokes that he hears a Mermaid telling him that Toni loves him. Hank and Nick discuss how far Mike has come. They're happy about his extended internship. John goes to the research lab to have it out with Nick over his continued interference in Althea's marriage. When John orders him to stay away from Edna and stop pretending that he's Althea's husband, an angry Nick punches him, which Maggie witnesses as she enters the lab.
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Matt finds Maggie alone in the dark and wonders if she's having another mood, but she says that she's troubled about Althea, who looks wounded because John has failed to call her from Los Angeles. Maggie hopes John will come to realize that Nick doesn't want to break up Althea's marriage. Carolee explains to Emma that Steve has been formally charged with first degree murder and therefore can't be granted bail. She doesn't understand why Steve told her to go away and never come back. After speaking with Adam Reynolds, Matt heads to the jail to talk sense into Steve. Emma advises Carolee that the time has come to tell Billy the whole truth about his parentage so that his nightmares and guilt over Dan's death will stop. Later, Carolee phones Toni to arrange a meeting. Matt tries to convince Steve to trust Adam Reynolds with the truth, and Steve agrees to try.
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Reynolds warns Steve that if he continues to play games with him, Steve's going to lose. Steve agrees and begins to recount the last time he saw Dan alive. After explaining the meeting with Dan, Steve confesses to Reynolds that Carolee is carrying his child, not Dan's, but swears that he and Carolee weren't having an affair. He further explains to a skeptical Reynolds that he and Carolee slept together one time at Sky Haven, and Carolee only discovered the pregnancy a month after marrying Dan. Steve insists that he didn't want Dan dead because Dan had finally agreed to give Carolee her freedom. Martha recalls the days when Carolee would visit and laugh the loudest. Martha thinks that girl will laugh again, but Carolee ponders if she's gone forever. Carolee tells Toni about Billy's recurring nightmare and proposes telling Billy the truth. Toni worries that Billy could be hurt by their mother's infidelity, but Toni agrees to be there when he's told. In his cell, Steve experiences a nightmare in which Dan accuses him of talking Carolee into a shabby weekend instead of really loving and committing himself to her. Steve awakens and realizes that Dan was right.
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Matt arrives at the Allison home to find Carolee being bothered by a constantly ringing phone. Carolee wails that the press has already convicted Steve with a front page story in the morning paper, and the vultures are calling her for a comment. When Carolee refuses to go away to the country, Matt cautions her that she had better grow a thick layer of insulation because it's going to get worse when the trial begins. Carolee is relieved by Matt's revelation that Steve has finally confessed everything to Adam Reynolds. Nick bristles when Hendryx deems Steve a bad apple spoiling Hope Memorial. Later, the two quarrel over Hendryx's petty jealousy of Matt and the abrasive manner in which Hendryx treats Mike. Afterward, Hendryx demands a meeting with Matt to arrange a reprimand and an apology. Nick visits Carolee. He tells her that he punched John but worries that he only ended up hurting Althea. Carolee admits that the first time she met John, she felt that he picked up on tensions around him and was amused by them. Consequently, she doesn't think he's truly an understanding or caring man. Reynolds meets with Steve and says that after reviewing the case, he wants Steve to appear before the grand jury when it convenes, because Reynolds now believes him and thinks the jury will, too. When he realizes that Reynolds is asking him to confess everything in open court, thus exposing Carolee, he angrily refuses.
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After phoning Althea to see if she needs anything, Nick recalls their drive back from Greenville. Karen notices Maggie experiencing the piercing sound and clutching her ears. Maggie snaps that she received a clean bill of health from the neurologist. She continues to lose her temper over Karen's suggestion to Matt that Maggie's mood swings are because of problems in her marriage. After Karen leaves, Maggie phones Matt and yells at him when he says she doesn't sound as healthy as Dr. Franklin claims she is. Karen, returning to the clinic for her car keys, overhears Maggie snapping at Matt. Toni and Carolee prepare the best way to tell Billy the truth. Later, the two are relieved when Billy easily accepts the news. Nick isn't happy to see Cathy who drops by unexpectedly. She insists that she's hung up on him, not Steve. She doesn't want revenge against Steve nor is she really jealous of Althea. She explains that she's just a little possessive because there's a gap between who she is and who she wants to be. With self-deprecation, she pleads with Nick to help her. He wonders why she puts herself down when she does several things well. He shows her one of her "talents" by pulling her into a passionate kiss.
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Maggie phones Althea and reassures her that John hasn't called because he's busy with the psychiatric symposium. Alone in an LA restaurant, John recalls the night he and Althea dined at the top of the RCA Building in New York, and he proposed marriage. Later, a pretty young raven-haired girl catches his eye. Adam Reynolds phones Carolee and asks to see her tonight. Carolee and Emma rejoice over Billy's acceptance that he's adopted and Toni's half-brother, but Emma worries that he doesn't know that his mother ran off with her lover. Reynolds informs Carolee that at his urging, Steve's brother Jason will arrive from Texas tomorrow. After explaining the grand jury system to her, Reynolds encourages Carolee to persuade Steve that he has to tell the complete truth in court; otherwise, he faces indictment for Dan's murder. Matt tells Maggie that Nick made waves again by his run-in with Dr. Hendryx. Maggie apologizes to Matt for her sassy behavior on the phone earlier. John phones Althea from his table, while the pretty girl who caught his eye earlier sits beside him, demurely sipping her cocktail.
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Steve's brother, Dr. Jason Aldrich, arrives at the jail. They haven't seen one another in five years, the last time being a meeting at the airport the day Jason flew his late wife Jenny's body back to Texas. Steve says that he was surprised that Jason remarried and is now the husband to Jenny's sister Doreen. Steve declines allowing Jason to contact their mother Mona, who is lolling around Majorca with her child groom. Steve realizes that although far apart, they are similar in some ways since they both fell in love with nurses. Steve explains to Jason how he and Carolee came to be in their current predicament. Jason is surprised that Steve hasn't told the police the whole story, but Steve insists he won't. Karen gloats over the thought of Maggie losing her temper with Matt and blaming it on end-of-the-day exhaustion. Karen suggests to Matt that she's staying on in the United States to help boost Steve's morale by having Erich around. She's overjoyed when Matt tells her that he'll have personnel change her from a temporary to permanent staff member at Hope Memorial. Before leaving to see Steve at the jail, Carolee meets Jason, who cautions her that Steve isn't the sort of person to change his mind. Matt meets with Hank and Mike regarding Dr. Hendryx's complaints. Although Hank defends him, Mike decides to not fight an official reprimand. Matt supports him with the idea that it takes a lot more courage to not fight. Carolee urges Steve to see her because his life depends upon it.
S1 • E2301
Carolee argues with Steve about going before the grand jury with the truth and she refuses to leave until she convinces him to do so. Billy wonders who his real family is now, explaining to Emma that if Dan wasn't really related to him, then neither is Emma and Carolee. Emma reassures him that Carolee is his legal mother. Billy asks if they knew he was adopted, and he's curious why Dan didn't tell him earlier. Fearing that he's close to asking about his real mother, Emma stalls him with a snack before his date with Toni. In jail, Carolee begs Steve to do what she asks of him. Matt confronts Nick with Hendryx's request for a formal apology, suggesting that he be a bigger man than Hendryx. Matt loses his cool when Nick accuses him of sticking Mike with a phony rap by not requesting a hearing with the board and says he won't apologize even if Matt has to fire him. Before their date for a hamburger and movie, Billy questions Toni about their mother Barbara, wanting to know why she left Toni and allowed Dan and Tammy to adopt him. When Billy suggests calling Barbara, Toni is forced to admit that she doesn't know where their mother is. Carolee informs Emma that Steve absolutely refuses to go before the grand jury. She once wondered how much she would cost him and realizes that the price just keeps going up and up.
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Nick grouses to himself about making an apology to Hendryx. Later, he complains to Martha, who theorizes that Hendryx gets to him because he could do Hendryx's job better, and neurosurgery was Nick's first love. Carolee blames herself for failing with Steve, arguing that she has always acted immaturely with him, but Emma counters that she can't break down a man with an extremely individual set of values. Carolee laments that in an age of women's liberation, Steve acts with enormous chivalry. Afterward, Carolee agrees to Emma's suggestion that she talk with Jason about it. After spending the night with Vanessa, the girl from the restaurant, John lies to her about his occupation and real name. After Vanessa pressures him into spending another night with him, John secretly phones the hotel's front desk to check out. Nick recalls the events leading to his fight with John and says that although he wasn't right for her, Althea deserves a lot better than John, too.
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Jason explains to Carolee that Steve's behavior is based on his conversion to honorable love, and he doesn't want Carolee to be "the notorious Mrs. Allison" in the press. Carolee is distressed by Jason's admission that he's never been able to sway Steve. Matt praises Mike's maturity in not fighting Dr. Hendryx's demand for a reprimand. After Matt admits wondering if Mike's decision was based on being a Powers, Mike tells him that he was persuaded by Toni's new outlook on life. Mike hopes that the farther Toni moves away from the problems in her family, the more likely she'll be to accept a future with him. Having a hamburger before their movie date, Billy questions Toni more about their mother, but she insists that she doesn't remember because Barbara left when she was eleven. Angry that Jason appears to be giving up on trying to change Steve's mind, Carolee accuses him of walking away from his brother. Jason recounts for Carolee his wife, who was killed in Vietnam when their jeep hit a mine. He finds Carolee very much like Jenny and agrees to fight for Steve, but says he needs ammunition. He wants to talk with the one person who might get through to Steve. He asks Carolee to phone Matt Powers.
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Nick phones Althea to see if she needs anything. A smug Karen is solicitous to Maggie and slyly says under her breath that Maggie doesn't know she's not going anywhere. Karen annoys Nick when she appears to doubt Steve's innocence, arguing that the police wouldn't charge him with murder without cause. Nick angrily reminds her that the child she loves so much is a part of Steve, too. Later, in the elevator, Cathy compliments Karen on Erich's good looks, adding that he looks like both Karen and Steve. Karen retorts that Nick thinks fathering a child turns an ordinary man into a god, even though his point of view isn't accurate. Cathy ponders the idea and says to herself that it's accurate for Nick. Maggie complains to Nick that Karen keeps surveying her as if there's a crack in her facade that Karen is determined to find. After Nick tells her his idea about going to visit Edna on the weekends when Althea isn't there, Maggie cautions him about John. Cathy insists on taking a report to Nick, and afterward she goads him to saying he'll prove that he loves children as much as she does. Karen remembers her talk with Maggie then shares with Erich that she's staying on staff at Hope Memorial permanently because she thinks they have a good chance to share Matt's life.
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Jason arrives at Hope Memorial to meet with Matt. Realizing that Cathy has a campaign in mind with her comments about fatherhood, Nick lectures her that he can't be tamed or domesticated. Adam Reynolds, who is a college friend of DA Harrigan, stops by his office in hopes that Steve's case won't go to the grand jury, but Harrigan is convinced that Steve's guilty. He suggests that Reynolds save his presentation for the jury because he won't stop it from going to trial. Nick convinces himself that he shouldn't consider John when it's Althea who needs his help with Edna. He recalls last New Years Eve when they resolved to be friends again and decides that based on that, he has a right to help her. Matt explains to Jason the threat Dan made to go to the hospital board against Steve and Carolee. He advises Jason that Steve won't change his mind unless Jason can find a way to convince him that Carolee won't be hurt. Jason postulates that scandal loses its impact with every mile moved away from its source and thanks Matt for helping him.
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At the jail, Jason and Steve discuss Jason's visit with Matt. Jason reveals to Steve that he has plans for him and Carolee once Steve is freed. Mike implores Martha to expound on the joys of married life with Toni. Mike becomes concerned when Martha says that Toni has a date tonight, until he learns that the date is with Billy for a hamburger and a movie. Hank wants to get to the bottom of Mike's distraction in the emergency ward. After Mike admits it was because of Toni, Hank orders him to leave his personal life outside the hospital, or Hank will make Dr. Hendryx look like Snow White. Steve realizes that Jason is selling more than a job opportunity with talk of joining his hospital in Texas. Realizing that Jason has come to change his mind about testifying, Steve loses his temper. He hurls years of resentment at his brother and orders him to go back to Texas.
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Nick recalls the conversation in which he didn't tell Althea why he really slugged John. Althea recalls speaking with John and his declaration that he has a basket of regrets. While visiting with Althea, Maggie tells her that Karen might not return to Germany, then recounts the smile on Karen's face after overhearing Maggie snapping at Matt. Althea cautions Maggie to head Karen off at the pass where Matt is concerned, but Maggie worries about overreacting the way she did two years ago. Althea insists that she go home and talk to Matt. Matt discusses with Maggie the complicated situation between Dr. Hendryx, Mike, and Hank, as well as Nick's accusation that Matt is sacrificing an innocent Mike. Not wanting to worry Matt further, Maggie says she doesn't remember what she wanted to talk about with him. Nick drops by to give Althea some Brown Betty then shares his idea about visiting Edna in Greenville. Althea asks Nick if he hit John because of her. Once again, Nick fails to tell her the real reason. After he leaves, Althea phones Maggie to find out if she shared with Matt her feelings of insecurity regarding Karen and disagrees when Maggie admits that she's decided to table that conversation for now. John surprises Althea by returning home. When he attempts to apologize for their differences, she insists that she doesn't want an apology, but rather she wants to understand him. Questioning him further, she notes that he seems to have developed the same post-punch amnesia that Nick has because neither one recalls what precipitated the fight.
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Toni tells a visiting Carolee that she made her mother out to be a warm, caring person, but it backfired because now Billy wants to find her. She has an idea about contacting the musician's union in an attempt to locate Billy's natural father. Adam Reynolds tracks Carolee down at the research lab and requests a meeting with her. Maggie alerts Matt that John has returned, but Althea doesn't know that Nick hit him because John accused him and Althea of spending the night together in Greenville. She also warns Matt that she thinks it would be unhealthy for Karen to return to Hope Memorial permanently. Matt stuns her with the news that he already told Karen she could stay. When Maggie reacts, he reassures her that she's seeing flames from a dead torch. Later, Matt deals with John, warning that he doesn't want another recurrence of fighting with Nick. Against Matt's wishes, John offers an explanation of the fight, and unaware that Matt knows the truth, John lies about the reason. Carolee explains to Reynolds that she and Jason failed to change Steve's mind. She offers to testify to the grand jury on Steve's behalf, but finds that she can only testify during the actual trial, which seems inevitable. Speaking with Carolee, Reynolds realizes that only someone with medical knowledge would have known how to murder Dan by shutting off the vasopressor and cardiac monitor alarm. Carolee says that she can't think of anyone at the hospital with a motive to kill Dan, but armed with this new lead, Reynolds immediately phones Matt.
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Cathy brings ingredients to learn how to make Rico's pasta fazool and wants Nick to tell her if she's being too aggressive. John assures Althea that he doesn't hold a grudge against Nick. She suggests that he phone Nick and ask him around so that they can shake hands. Matt considers rotating Mike to pediatrics early to get him away from Hendryx, but Hank advises against it. Reynolds asks Matt if Dan had any enemies at Hope Memorial and is disappointed when Matt can't think of any. Hank tells Reynolds about the incident in which Dan blocked Steve from entering surgery, though Reynolds was hoping to hear about an enemy other than Steve. Nick agrees to bury the hatchet with John, only after John says that he doesn't believe anything happened between him and Althea in Greenville. After John agrees, Nick leaves his dinner with Cathy to go up to the Morrison apartment. When Martha drops by with papers for Nick to sign and insists upon waiting until Nick returns, Cathy excuses herself to finish cooking dinner, adding she's cooking for two. John puts on a grand show of apology to Nick for Althea's benefit. Martha understands Cathy's motives perfectly. Nick returns and remarks that because of him, everything's just perfect upstairs in the Morrison apartment.
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Reynolds suggests giving Steve a polygraph test because Harrigan is an honest man and might drop the charges if he knows that Steve is telling the truth. When Steve worries that he might be asked questions about Carolee, Reynolds reassures him that he'll only be asked direct questions about whether or not he killed Dan. Toni shares with Mike her determination to find out more about her mother's lover, especially after Billy's questions. Mike and Toni disagree when Toni says she wants to go to New York where Barbara's affair with Webb, the musician, began. Maggie informs Althea that Matt rehired Karen as a permanent staff member. Althea tells Maggie about the truce between John and Nick, and thinking that everything is out in the open, Maggie accidentally reveals that John thought Nick and Althea had an affair in Greenville. Althea walks out, and Mike enters the outpatient clinic to ask Maggie's advice about his behavior with Toni. Maggie becomes upset, telling him to go somewhere else with his problems, then she experiences the piercing sound in her ears again. Althea attempts to comfort Maggie, but she insists she's the problem, not Althea or Mike. Later, John phones and Althea agrees to meet him for lunch at Pete's Bar, where she wants to get something off her chest. Reynolds returns with news that Harrigan has declined giving Steve a polygraph test. The only hope now is that Harrigan can uncover a clue that the police missed.
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Nick introduces Cathy to Adam Reynolds, who had been unable to take Rico's case last year. Nick tells Reynolds about the incident in which Carolee referred to Dan as a madman. Cathy remembers a similar incident in which she heard Dan shout at Steve, "You'll never get her! Never!" Reynolds quickly excuses himself to speak with someone else. Martha interrupts Cathy and Nick, and after Cathy leaves, Martha suggests that she has many faces, but Nick only sees the face Cathy wants him to see. Nick orders Martha to drop it when she continues to caution him about Cathy. Reynolds goes to see Matt about something vital. Maggie confesses to Nick that she inadvertently told Althea that he and John fought because John accused them of shacking up together in Greenville. Nick rejects Maggie's pitch to reconcile Matt and Nick's fractured friendship. Maggie hones in on Nick's comments about what things would be like if he ran the neurosurgery department instead of Hendryx. Reynolds tries to learn more about Dan from Matt, who theorizes that Dan lived in a gray area between sanity and insanity.
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Nick stops into the outpatient clinic to see Althea, but she's out to lunch with John. Afterward, in the staff lounge, Nick has a run-in with Dr. Hendryx, who angrily swears that Nick will pay for it. Over lunch at Pete's Bar, John realizes from Althea's cold tone that she's acting suspicious, and she confronts him about his accusations to Nick. Maggie seeks comfort from Matt over her goof in the Nick/Althea/John situation. Matt admits that John attempted to charm him, too, but John omitted the real reason for the argument. John continues to charm Althea, arguing that he wouldn't have invited Nick up to shake hands if he ever thought the two had been guilty of an indiscretion. Across the room, Matt agrees with Maggie that John's shading of the truth was basically a lie. Nick stops by the outpatient clinic to get Maggie off the hook with Althea, but Althea insists she didn't blame Maggie for simply telling the truth. When Nick tells her about his side of the phone conversation with John, Althea realizes that John has been dishonest with her again.
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Reynolds tells Steve that Cathy remembered a threat she overheard Dan make to Steve. Steve recalls for Reynolds more details of the same argument. Carolee laments the irony that she's going to be the "notorious Mrs. Allison" in all the newspapers once Steve goes to trial, and then she'll testify anyway. Steve gives Reynolds a letter to pass on to Carolee. Mike uses Hank as a sounding board in his worry that Toni will go to New York and meet the resident she was once into a heavy scene with. Reynolds delivers Steve's letter to Carolee. In a flashback to telling Dan that she would never return to him, Carolee explains to Reynolds why she once referred to Dan as a "madman." Reynolds is intrigued by the fact that Dan said that Steve would never have Carolee, just after learning he wouldn't either.
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Carolee reads Steve's letter in which he declares his love to her and apologizes for not marrying her when he had the opportunity. Matt arrives at the jail to visit Steve, and promises that Carolee won't be alone when she has the baby because he and Maggie will be there for her. Steve is surprised by Matt's news that Karen has decided to remain on staff at Hope Memorial, though he doubts her motives are so altruistic toward him. In the outpatient clinic, Althea makes sarcastic comments about Karen not visiting Steve or even knowing his attorney Adam Reynolds. When Karen pretends to be appalled, Althea suggests she's a lovesick lady trying to make trouble in the Powerses' marriage. Althea proposes striking a deal for them to each back off, but Karen refuses. Matt pays a casual house call on Carolee. Carolee informs Matt that she won't be a shining example for Hope Memorial after the trial, then requests that he move her back to being a floor nurse. Before taking a call from Reynolds, Matt denies Carolee's request. He informs Carolee that he has to go back to the hospital to show Reynolds the room where Dan died.
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At Hope Memorial, Reynolds asks Matt to have Dan's hospital room set-up with the same cardiac equipment there when Dan died. Martha thinks that Toni has approached her search for Webb very unscientifically. Althea confronts John with his lie that he didn't accuse Nick of shacking up with her in Greenville. Eventually, John confesses that he lied, but he manages to manipulate Althea again. Their conversation is interrupted by a call from Dr. Venable, who advises Althea that Edna is well enough for the truth now. Althea suggests to John that they can all start over with a clean slate of truth. Mike admits to Toni why he was so upset about her decision to go to New York. She reluctantly tells Mike about her relationship with Vito, whom she could no longer find anything in him to admire at the end. Reynolds explains to Matt the since he doesn't have access to the prosecution's evidence, he wants to view Dan's room as it was to look for a possible clue. While recreating the scene, Matt recalls that the I.V. set-up was next to Dan's bed instead of at the foot as it should have been. Reynolds realizes the significance of Matt's new information.
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Reynolds requests that Matt leave Dan's room set-up temporarily. Jason returns to see Steve one last time before leaving for Texas. The two brothers have apologies for one another, and Steve confesses that his secret to women is "dangle them hope," but says he's a reformed charmer because he and Carolee are both paying for it now. Matt reveals to Maggie that he promised Steve that they would commit themselves to Carolee as she prepares to give birth, but Maggie finds it a privilege. He tells her that Carolee also asked to step down to floor nurse again, and although he wouldn't grant the request, he knows that he might have to defend her to the board of directors. Before going, Jason promises to return for Steve's trial. Matt tells Maggie about the new clue in the case. Believing that there's a solution to Dan's murder in the details, Reynolds pushes Steve to recall everything about his last meeting with Dan. After Steve remembers that Dan asked him to move the I.V. rig closer to him, Reynolds realizes that it could mean the difference between prison and going free for Steve.
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Cathy questions Nick about Rico and why he came to stay with Nick last year and suggests he was more of a father to Rico than an uncle. Nick reminds her that she's rapping on the wrong door with idea about marriage and kids. Martha catches Nick and Cathy kissing in the lab. A tired Maggie feels like she's in the bottom of a well and isn't engaged by Althea's concerns about Karen staying on at the Hospital and finding a new apartment. Hank suggests to Martha that Nick doesn't feel he's needed in the O.R. for neurosurgery. A dazed Maggie walks past Nick in the lounge and fails to hear him calling to her. Althea tells Nick that everything has been cleared up between her and John, and she also says that she intends to introduce John to her mother now that Edna has improved. After hearing that he's not needed in Greenville, Nick asks Cathy over for dinner, playfully suggesting that he has an idea how they can work up an appetite.
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Reynolds tells Matt that Steve remembered moving Dan's I.V. rig at Dan's request. They discuss the inconsistencies in Dan's behavior and comments. After pondering Steve's emotional letter, Carolee admits to Emma that she feels like she's going to be all alone soon when she has the baby. Emma takes the hurt away then presents Carolee with a carriage blanket to be monogrammed with S. A., Steven for a boy or Stephanie for a girl. Toni drops by the Allison house and tells Carolee about her plans to go to New York. Toni has an idea that she might get information from an old friend of her mother, but her nephew is Vito, and Toni's afraid she cross paths with him while she's there. She also expresses concern that Barbara might want Billy back once she finds out that Tammy and Dan are dead, but Carolee insists she can take that chance. Matt enters Dan's room and finds Reynolds in Dan's hospital bed, hooked up as Dan was when he was hospitalized. Reynolds, who five years earlier had also been a cardiac patient, demonstrates for Matt how Dan could have carried out his own suicide in order to frame Steve for murder and ensure that he would never have Carolee.
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Reynolds attempts to make Matt understand the possibility of Dan's suicide. Matt recalls an incident that did suggest Dan's thinking as insane. Nurse Rios arrives at Dan's room. Finding Maggie returning from clearing her head on the hospital terrace, an overly solicitous Karen fusses over her and later expresses enormous concern for Steve's plight. Nurse Rios recalls Dan's desperation to have Steve visit him the night Dan died and how he persuaded her to override Matt's instructions that he have no visitors. John finds Maggie in the lounge and stops to talk about Althea, but the conversation turns hostile when Maggie's health is mentioned, and she reacts angrily. Matt recalls his last meeting with Dan, in which Dan accused him of lying about the vasopressor, and Matt ordered all visitors stopped, including Carolee. Reynolds speculates that Dan was upset because he needed Carolee to lure Steve to his room. He says that the answer lies in Carolee's memory, if he can just find it.
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Steve fantasizes Dan taunting him with his promise that Steve would never have Carolee, followed by Reynolds and Carolee pressuring him to tell the grand jury the truth, and Nick bellowing at him for putting a pregnant Carolee in danger. Althea and Nick discuss telling her mother the truth. Nick says she can't leave anything out about the mistakes he made in their marriage, but Althea replies that she can't make him out the villain because Edna's too smart; she knows otherwise. Reynolds visits Carolee to tell her that he knows who killed Dan, and she's stunned at his conclusion that Dan committed suicide. She has a flashback to her meeting with Dan when he convinced her to arrange a final meeting with Steve. Carolee remembers that she wanted Steve to see Dan in her presence, but Dan objected violently. Reynolds realizes that it was because Dan didn't want a witness to his frame-up of Steve.
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After Karen and Nick share a silent ride on the elevator, John gets on. He and Nick make small talk about John and Althea's planned visit to see Edna in Greenville. Nick asks John to send her his regards, but after he steps off the elevator, John huffs, "That'll be the day, Bellini." Karen pays a visit to Steve at the jail, where she oozes concern for him. Steve doesn't believe her, until she presents him with a photo of Erich she took earlier that morning. Touched by the gesture, Steve apologizes for doubting her motives. While waiting to be escorted out after the visit, a gloating Karen says that if she can convince Steven of her sincerity, the rest will be easy. John receives a surprise phone call from Vanessa, his one-night stand from Los Angeles, who has managed to track him down. She playfully chastises him for standing her up, but offers a return engagement since she'll soon be in New York. When John won't commit to flying down to New York to meet her, she counters that she can fly up to him. Just as he reminds her of his possessive wife, Althea drops by his office. John quickly ends the call and lies to Althea that he was arranging to have another doctor handle his patients while they're in Greenville. Althea notes his nervousness and a warm, flushed face. Afterward, in the outpatient clinic, Althea and Nick discuss their mutual distrust of Karen, whom they believe has no real interest in Steve. Althea confides in him about her run-in with Karen over interference in Matt's marriage. Karen enters while they're talking and realizes they were speaking of her. As they look on incredulously, she happily and transparently tells them about her visit with Steven and how he sends each of them his warm regards. Later, John calls the clinic and is annoyed when Nick answers the phone.
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Reynolds arrives at the jail demanding to see Steve immediately. Deep in thought about Reynolds, Matt bumps into Toni in the corridor outside the research lab. They discuss Mike's problem with Hendryx. Afterward, Toni confides in Matt about her own dilemma with Billy and her mother. Matt urges her to accept Carolee's offer to find Barbara, even if it puts Billy's custody in danger. Later, Althea urges Matt to find a position for Karen at the university, arguing that Karen is causing a strain on Maggie and, in her opinion, has not gotten over her infatuation with Matt. Matt insists that Karen got his message when he rebuffed her, and he says that she still remembers it. When Althea counters that something is wearing Maggie down physically and mentally, Matt agrees that he's seen it, too, though he disagrees that Karen is the cause. Reynolds lays out his theory about Dan's suicide to an incredulous Steve. When Steve asks how Reynolds can prove it in court, he says that they might not have to prove it all.
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Reynolds attempts to convince Steve that Dan hated him enough to commit suicide. He adds that if Harrigan believes it, they can avoid the grand jury and a trial. Matt recounts Althea's concerns about Karen to Maggie, who insists that Althea is wrong and should mind her own business. She further says that if Karen were the one causing her strain, then why did she speak pleasantly with Karen in the lounge but then snap at John? She confides that she feels like something's wrong, and wonders if she needs psychiatric counseling because she's losing her mind. After suggesting that Matt keep Karen working in the clinic, Karen takes Erich to Matt's office for a visit. There she plays the helpless female, asking Matt for advice about an apartment and a used car. Reynolds brings Carolee to see Steve in jail so that they can convince him to tell District Attorney Harrigan the whole story regarding Carolee and Dan. Reynolds leaves Carolee and Steve alone to decide together. Carolee begs Steve to allow Reynolds to tell Harrigan everything. Despite his warnings that they would be handing Harrigan his prosecution case on a silver platter, he eventually concedes to give it a chance.
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Cathy stops by the lab to see Martha, who makes her wait. Nick visits Steve in jail, and Steve gives him Reynolds' theory that Dan committed suicide and framed him for murder to keep him away from Carolee forever. Cathy wants to know why Martha doesn't like her, and Martha wonders why Cathy needs a friend. Eventually she forces Martha to reveal her true feelings. She hasn't liked Cathy since the day she attempted to pump Martha for more information about Althea, and Martha sends her away defeated. Althea and John prepare for this visit to Edna, who phones and asks about Nick. John mentions phoning the clinic and having Nick answer. After telling Nick about his nightmare, Steve worries that Reynolds hasn't returned from the district attorney's office. He tells Nick that Harrigan didn't believe him before and asks why Reynolds is so sure Harrigan will listen this time.
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A hopeful Carole joyously shows Emma all the things she bought to prepare for the baby and is certain that Steve will be with her once Reynolds tells DA Harrigan his theory. At Hope Memorial, outside Dan's former hospital room, Harrigan thinks that Reynolds is making too big of a suspenseful production as they wait for Matt. Carolee explains to Emma what Reynolds is doing and decides that Harrigan just has to see the truth. Toni confirms for Mike that she is definitely going to New York and realizes that Mike is worried that she'll see Vito. After Matt arrives, Reynolds proposes to Harrigan that Detective Cadman's investigation was flawed from the beginning due to his bias. Reynolds and Matt explain, and then demonstrate, how Dan committed suicide. Hank asks Toni to buy his old girlfriend Laurie's record album while she's in New York. Reynolds gambles with Steve's freedom by revealing every personal detail of Steve and Carolee's relationship to make Harrigan understand Dan's motives. Harrigan agrees that Reynolds has put on a very persuasive show.
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Hank and Mike treat Mary Nell Jarrett, a young girl brought into emergency after she took a fall down the stairs while sleepwalking. Reynolds' plan backfires when Harrigan says the only person who can corroborate Steve's claims is the late Dr. Allison. Toni angrily accuses Mike of spreading locker room gossip about Vito to Hank, Realizing that she was wrong, she apologizes for projecting her fears on to him. Hank disagrees with Mike, who speculates that Mary Nell Jarrett is an abused child and considers calling the police. After dismissing Reynolds' case as not factual, Harrigan assures him that they'll surely see one another in court after Steve is indicted. Reynolds laments to Matt that his plan failed, and now he has break the news to Steve.
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Steve writes a letter to Jason to explain Reynolds' theory and his efforts to avoid a trial. After arriving at Greenville Hospital, John eases Althea's worries about Dr. Venable's decision to bring Edna up-to-date. Toni recounts for Martha her misplaced red hot fury at Mike earlier. After Toni confides that she's terrified of possibly meeting Vito in New York, Martha suggests she intentionally see him on her own terms so that she can rid herself of the ghosts from the past. Althea informs Edna that because of her stroke, two years of her memory are missing. Afterward, Edna becomes distraught over hearing about Althea and Nick's divorce. Reynolds breaks the news to Steve that Harrigan doesn't believe Dan committed suicide. Steve declines relieving Reynolds from the case but demands that Carolee not be told.
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Harrigan phones Matt to request a meeting about his new problem with Steve. Karen stops by Matt's office playing the helpless female by asking for advice on buying a used car. Noting Matt's distraction with a problem, Karen jumps to the conclusion that it's Maggie and tells Matt she hopes he's rid of his problem soon. Althea stalls John from meeting Edna, arguing that her condition is more serious than she thought. She admits that Edna is upset by the divorce from Nick, whom she wants to help reconcile with Althea. John asks if Althea wants to protect her mother or Nick. Nick prepares a romantic evening for Cathy as a reward for her help in Steve's case. Reynolds informs Matt that Steve doesn't want Carolee to know that the case will move forward to the grand jury, but Matt agrees with Reynolds that she must be told. Declaring it his responsibility, Matt picks up the phone to call Carolee.
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Over the phone, Matt informs Maggie that he has to break the news about Steve to Carolee, but Maggie is distracted by her headaches and fears that something is terribly wrong. Later, Maggie phones her father in Wyoming and admits that she has a sad feeling, like a premonition. Greta awakens and goes downstairs where she finds Maggie crying. Maggie makes Greta promise not mention the crying jag then impatiently sends her back to bed. Matt explains to Carolee why Reynolds' plan backfired. Carolee doesn't see how Reynolds' defense will convince a jury if it didn't convince DA Harrigan. Back home, Matt discusses with Maggie her mood on the phone earlier. When Maggie goes to the kitchen for coffee, Greta returns to the living room to tell Matt that Maggie was crying. After catching her talking with Matt, an irritated Maggie yells at Greta for disobedience. Matt asks Maggie not to take out her frustrations on Greta. Later, Matt goes to tuck Greta in, and Greta needs reassurance that Maggie is OK. Downstairs, Maggie falls asleep. She experiences a nightmare in which Frank appears. He asks her if she can be sure that his kidnapping her wasn't just a dream and she made it up to punish Matt for their argument earlier that night. As he torments her with the idea that she's plain crazy, a screaming Maggie awakens to Matt. He tells her that everything is all right, but she sobs that it isn't.
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Carolee informs Emma that DA Harrigan didn't believe Reynolds' story. She laments that everything is her fault since she convinced Steve to let Reynolds lay out the case for Harrigan. Maggie recounts for Matt her phone call to Wyoming and sending Greta to bed. Matt tries to make her see that Greta told him Maggie's secret out of concern for her. Billy accidentally overhears a hopeless Carolee comment that Dan is going to haunt their lives forever. Maggie admits to Matt that she had a nightmare in which Frank taunted her about making up the story of her kidnapping last winter. When Matt continually refers to Frank as a crazy cowboy, Maggie bristles at the word crazy and says that's how Frank described her. Dan haunts Billy's dreams, warning him that he'll be punished like never before if he ever tells anyone about Dan's personal journal. Carolee races into Billy's room when he awakens and screams for Dan to let him go.
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Carolee probes Billy to understand the nightmare he had, but hearing Dan's threatening voice in his mind, he keeps quiet. When Matt wonders why Maggie is still suffering nightmares about Frank, she angrily retorts they have other more important things to discuss. Over hot chocolate, Carolee realizes that Billy is intentionally resistant to talking about his dream. Maggie fails to remember Matt's earlier account of his visit with Carolee. After Carolee encourages him to trust her, Billy recalls for her the night he witnessed Dan hiding his personal journal behind books on the bookshelf, and Dan's frightening warning to never tell anyone. Later, he warns Carolee that they can't ever touch the journal because Dan will come back to punish them. With Carolee's reassurance that it could help Steve, Billy retrieves the journal for her. Carolee reads various passages from the journal then screams for Emma to come right away.
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Carolee tries to phone Reynolds but can't reach him. Afterward, she reads to Emma passages from Dan's journal which document his hatred of Steve and Carolee and his desire to get his final revenge by committing suicide and framing Steve. At the Greenville Hospital, Althea introduces her mother to John, who turns on his English charm. Edna learns how John and Althea met, and after hearing that he also works at Hope Memorial, Edna says that he must know Nick. She thanks John for helping Althea and Nick with their ruse to convince her that they were still married, adding that as an active participant in the plot, it must have been much harder for poor Nick. Cathy and Nick's playfully romantic evening is spoiled when Nick becomes upset because she used one of his old medical journals as a hotplate for their meal. Cathy grills a defensive Nick about why he only performs neurosurgery occasionally. Unable to reach Reynolds, and over Emma's strong objection, a determined Carolee insists on driving to the jail with Dan's journal.
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In jail, Steve recalls how happy he and Carolee were the day that he was arrested for Dan's murder. Cathy suggests fun and games with Nick, but he's too engrossed in the neurosurgery journal, so she begins to question him about his family, which appears to annoy him. She admits that her first big affair was with a married man . When she pushed him to leave his wife, he did...but for another woman. Her track record wasn't any better when she tried to keep Carolee and Steve apart. Cathy declares that she isn't gong to make the same mistakes with Nick. Driving to the jail with the journal, Carolee slams on the brakes when another car runs a red light and nearly hits her. Visiting with Althea's mother, John has enough of Edna constantly singing Nick's praises and later grouses to Althea that her mother was more interested in praising Nick than meeting her new son-in-law. At the jail, the guard tells Steve that a hysterical pregnant lady is there to see him.
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Reynolds visits Matt at home to berate himself some more because his plan to free Steve backfired. He phones the Allison home to see if Carolee spoke with Dr. Spencer, then learns from Emma that Carolee rushed off to the jail with Dan's journal, which could clear Steve. At the jail, she shows Steve the journal and recounts how she was nearly in an accident trying to get it there. Steve becomes concerned about her and the baby, but she says that she's fine; she only had a little twinge afterward. They read aloud passages from the journal which document Dan's hatred for them and his plans for revenge. Mike tells Hank that he can't stop thinking about the little girl he treated. He's sure that she was abused and is still thinking about contacting authorities. Hank counters that he should be more concerned about making accusations that could be false and end up causing a lawsuit for Hope Memorial. Carolee and Steve continue reading Dan's journal. They find it difficult to believe the depth of hate he harbored against them, but they can't deny that it amounts to a signed confession by his own hand.
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Maggie recounts all of her symptoms and realizes they add up to something being terribly wrong. Karen wonders how she can find out what's happening in the Powers marriage when Matt won't confide in her. At the jail, Steve notes the iciness of Carolee's hands. He worries that she might have hit the steering wheel when she braked to avoid an accident. Karen goes to the Powers house on the pretext of wanting to buy some of their old furniture for her new apartment. She finds a way to mention Althea's constant nagging about Karen's former obsession with Matt, and Maggie snaps again. Matt and Reynolds, having arrived at the jail, are told by Carolee how she came to be in possession of Dan's journal. After they read aloud relevant passages to Steve's case, Reynolds says they will need examples of Dan's original handwriting to authenticate the journal. Matt suggests that he and Reynolds go to the university where there should be many documents written by Dan. Carolee and Steve rejoice in their good fortune, but then she's seized by a sharp abdominal pain.
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When Carolee collapses in pain, Steve has Matt and Reynolds brought back in. Matt phones for an ambulance, and Steve reassures Carolee that he doesn't think she's in labor. However, he whispers to Matt that it could be premature separation of the placenta. Steve is angered that he can't be released, as Carolee and Matt leave for Hope Memorial in the ambulance. A distressed Carolee tells a worried Matt that she fears she's losing the baby. In the emergency ward, Mike talks with Hank about his fears of Toni seeing the doctor she was once in love with. Hank flatly tells him that he has to let go of any worries he has regarding Toni's past. John and Althea disagree over his opinion that Edna should have been told all of the uncomfortable events that led to her divorce from Nick. John speculates that he doesn't stand a chance of Edna's acceptance until she gets over her idealistic view of Nick. The ambulance arrives at the hospital, and Carolee is rushed in the emergency ward.
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Carolee is brought into Hope Memorial, and Matt realizes that she's hemorrhaging. At the Powers house, Karen questions Maggie about why she's troubled, but Maggie won't confide in her. At the hospital, Dr. Steiner can't be located. Matt knows that Carolee needs an emergency C-section. Toni has discovered that Maria Avanzo, her mother's old friend, still lives at the same address in New York City. Martha reiterates that Toni should deliberately see Vito instead of risk running into him by coincidence, but Toni worries how she'll tell Mike. Maggie phones Toni with the news about Carolee and wants to take Toni to stay with Billy since Emma will need to be at Hope Memorial with Carolee. Dr. Steiner is finally located, and the hospital staff prepare an operating room for Carolee.
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At Hope Memorial, Dr. Steiner prepares Carolee for a Cesarean. Back at the jail, Steve berates himself for failing to see the severity of Carolee's condition. Carolee's condition is diagnosed as couvelaire uterus. The placenta has begun to separate, causing bleeding into the peritoneal cavity and possible rupture of the uterus. Maggie takes Toni to the Allison home to stay with Billy, and collect Emma. Emma becomes upset since she had promised to be with Carolee throughout the whole childbirth process. Back in surgery, Carolee's daughter is delivered, but a weakened Carolee is still in danger.
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As Carolee's surgery continues, Dr. Steiner reports that she won't survive unless her bleeding can be controlled. Reynolds goes to see Steve, who is disappointed that he doesn't know more about Carolee, other than that surgery was indicated. Reynolds reveals he has been unable to make direct contact with DA Harrigan. In the middle of the night, Nick gets up, and Cathy tells him that he was calling for Al in his sleep. Nick gives her a brief explanation of what happened to his brother. In surgery, Steiner decides a hysterectomy is necessary, but Matt suggests an alternative. Harrigan arrives at the jail, where Steve and Reynolds show him Dan's journal and handwriting samples to authenticate its validity. However, the district attorney appears unmoved. He wonders why Carolee isn't there to back up Steve's claims. Steve loses his cool and begins to take a swing at Harrigan, but Reynolds restrains him. As Harrigan leaves, he says ruefully that they might still see one another in court.
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Steve is tormented by a nightmare in which he's in the operating room with Carolee and Matt yells at him for his selfish ways. Detective Cadman arrives in the middle night to say that he read Dan's journal. He realizes that Steve is innocent. Steve angrily accuses him of jumping to conclusions, and when Cadman counters that he was just doing his job, an unforgiving Steve orders him to get out of his cell. Althea and John are both having a sleepless night because of the situation with Edna. John is bored with the subject and insists he wants to like Mrs. Hamilton, but she has to reciprocate. Later, Althea goes to have breakfast with her mother. Edna says that she does like John; however, she feels that Althea is trying to "sell" him to her. She argues that they have to earn one another's love. Matt brings Steve an update on Carolee and the baby. He's stunned to learn that DA Harrigan hasn't been swayed by the Dan's journal.
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Emma remains at Carolee's bedside to reassure her, but she has no word on Steve. At the jail, Matt assures Steve that Carolee and the baby are fine. Steve regrets losing his temper and trying to slug Harrigan when the district attorney didn't outright buy the whole story. Adam interrupts Matt and Steve with the good news that Harrigan now accepts Steve's innocence, and Steve will soon be released. Matt makes Emma leave Carolee's side so that she too can get some rest. Carolee thanks Matt for all he's done for her, and then they're surprised by the arrival of Steve. Steve and Carolee share a tender reunion with a future now full of hope.
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Mike shares with Martha his new revelation that regardless of Toni's past in New York, it all contributed to making her the woman he loves now. A restless Althea rises early to go see Edna and leaves a sleeping John behind. After spending the night with Nick, Cathy phones him later and asks about the nightmare he was experiencing. He tells her that he had the same dreams about his brother when he was married to Althea. Althea returns home in a festive mood, and John asks her if she was brainwashing Edna into liking him as much as she does Nick. Althea suggests bringing Edna home to recuperate with them after she's released from the hospital, so that she can get to know John better. John wonders how that would help when Nick is right there with them in the same building. Toni rejects Mike's offer to accompany her to New York, arguing that it's something she has to do alone.
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Carolee recovers from the birth of baby Stephanie while Steve waits by her bedside. Karen continues to undermine Maggie especially concerning Greta.
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Steve returns to work at Hope Memorial. Matt informs Steve that he helped Karen find an apartment and a car, which surprises Steve since he had offered to help her. Matt also tells him that due to the complications surrounding Stephanie's birth, Carolee may be unable to have any more children, news that Matt will leave to Steve to break to Carolee. Adam visits Carolee and says that Steve's legal file is officially closed. He returns Dan's personal journal, adding that Carolee probably never wants to see it again, but it's now her property. After Adam goes, Carolee can't help but have another look at it. Adam sees Matt and mentions that he passed Maggie in the hallway but didn't speak to her because she wasn't smiling. Emma brings Carolee an azalea, sent by Mr. Winters, the hospital florist. Emma suggests that she check with real estate agents to find a new house to start her life with Steve. Steve stops by and finds Carolee perusing the journal. He vows that they'll burn it together when she leaves the hospital since everything in it is part of their past. Carolee tells Steve that she wants a house full of kids, but he doesn't mention Matt's news that she can't have another child. Matt is on the phone with Maggie when the line suddenly goes dead.
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Maggie is having a bad morning in the kitchen. She puts orange juice in the scrambled eggs and jumps when Greta quietly enters the room. Noticing that Greta isn't wearing the skirt she sewed for her over the weekend, Maggie becomes enraged, ordering her to go back and change immediately. Matt comes in during Maggie's tirade, and she launches an attack on him after he points out that she's being too strident with Greta over something so insignificant. Later, at Hope Memorial, Matt assigns Hank to neurosurgery and Mike to pediatrics. Mike mentions Mary Nell Jarrett and his suspicions that she's being abused, but Matt repeats the same hospital policy that Hank mentioned in the emergency ward. Hank sarcastically wishes pediatrics luck since Mike obviously knows more than anyone else at the hospital. Afterward, Mike goes to tell Maggie about his new assignment, but when he mentions Greta, Maggie accuses him of being in cahoots with Matt and begins screaming hysterically at him. Matt, having overheard the incident from the hallway, tells Mike that something's happening with Maggie that they can't ignore any longer.
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Matt apologizes to Maggie for what happened earlier in the kitchen, but he still wants to meet with her in his office. An irritated Maggie grouses to Althea about Matt allegedly helping Karen find an apartment and a car, and she's ticked off too that Karen is telling different stories about Greta's behavior. Martha shares with Toni a stormy past between Nick and Althea. Toni makes plans to go to New York in her search for more information about Barbara and Webb Sutherland. Nick offers to take Mrs. Hamilton out for a dinner while she's in town visiting and says he's grateful that Althea hasn't reminded her of the ugly details of their divorce. Maggie goes to Matt's office but is very cool since she believes he sent Mike to talk to her about Greta. Matt quietly suggests that it's time for neurological tests with Dr. Hendryx. Maggie asks point blank if he suspects she has a brain tumor. He replies that he wants to make sure that she doesn't.
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Hospitalized for an EEG and other brain tests, Maggie asks Dr. Hendryx what could be wrong with her if she doesn't have a brain tumor. John speculates to Matt that Maggie isn't showing symptoms of psychiatric neuroses; however, he agrees that something is clearly wrong with her. Karen drops by Maggie's hospital room to gush about having Matt's help in her selection of a used car. Later, Matt walks out when Maggie says sarcastically that she doesn't need his help. Nick and John meet in the staff lounge. Nick discusses his plan to eliminate any future strife between them all. After he leaves, John says to himself that there won't be any strife unless Nick asks for it. Maggie becomes unhinged by a ticking clock, which seems to grow louder. When she reaches for a carafe of water, she accidentally knocks it off the table. Her screams bring Nurse Duncan running, but when Maggie insists she heard the carafe shatter, Nurse Duncan shows her that it's solid plastic and still intact. Dr. Hendryx enters and doesn't comfort Maggie with his joke that she's too young for dementia.
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Maggie shares with Althea the preliminary test results, which don't indicate a brain tumor. John tells Althea that he doesn't think Maggie is neurotic or psychotic. Steve and Carolee engage in a discussion of the future and their fears that if they marry too soon, it will result in more gossip and scrutiny. Cathy visits Carolee to drop off a baby gift, monogrammed baby spoons for Stephanie. When Cathy notes that she had them monogrammed with an "SA", for Stephanie Allison and later Stephanie Aldrich, a defensive Carolee asks where she heard a rumor of their marriage. Cathy quickly says that she overheard Dan and Steve quarreling over Carolee and just assumed that they would be together, as they've always meant to be. She apologizes again for her role in keeping them apart, but Carolee won't hear of dredging up the past. Cathy notes Carolee's radiance and how attractive a woman must be to a man when she's the mother of his child. John and Althea cross swords over Nick's desire to take Edna to dinner. Steve visits Karen and Erich in their new apartment and almost catches Karen in the tale she told about the hospital in Berlin. Emma insists that Carolee not let anything, especially hospital gossip, stand in the way of her finally being Steve's wife.
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Maggie is tormented by the sounds of a ticking clock and Dr. Hendryx's voice telling her that she's too young for dementia. Dr. Hendryx and Matt examine the results of Maggie's neurological tests. Hendryx insists that he couldn't find a physical problem for Maggie's symptoms, leaving Matt to sigh that psychiatry is the next step in her case. Carolee and Steve agree to a March wedding. After Maggie refuses to go and visit with Carolee, Matt goes instead. With Carolee out of the room, Steve admits that he hasn't told Carolee that she probably will not be able to have any more children as a result of the problems during Stephanie's birth. Matt declines Steve's offer to make him the best man, suggesting that it would be uncomfortable since he was Dan's best man. As an alternative, he offers the Powers home for the wedding ceremony. In Matt's office, a disturbed Maggie reads about dementia praecox, a disease whose symptoms are the same as hers. Matt returns to the office and tells her that he hopes John can help her. Maggie yells that she knows exactly what's wrong with her now, and therapy sessions can't help her.
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Matt wonders what Maggie meant when she told him that she found what she needed in his medical book. Carolee asks Althea to be her matron of honor when she marries Steve, and Althea is joyous at being named Stephanie's godmother. Later, Althea is perplexed by Maggie's drained behavior and assertion that it's been a particularly busy day in the clinic when it hasn't. After Maggie leaves, a concerned Althea calls Matt, who follows Maggie home. Maggie continues to act irrationally with Matt. When he goes to get ice, she falls into a strange fantasy in which Frank chastises her for her brusque behavior with family and friends, then he tells her that she's "loco." Matt returns to find Maggie screaming at Frank's taunts, and she finally agrees to see John tomorrow.
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Matt talks with John about the recent developments in Maggie's ever deteriorating mental state. Althea and Steve discuss Karen, who Althea thinks is using Steve to get to Matt. Hank shares with Nick that he believes Dr. Hendryx is Nick's enemy. Althea and Steve wonder if Karen's letter from Berlin was a lie she created as an excuse to stay in America. Steve asks Nick to be his best man at the wedding. Matt and John agree that Maggie's neurological tests should have shown a brain tumor if she's physically ill. Matt tells John that Maggie has agreed to see him professionally, and he hopes that Maggie will be candid enough for John to diagnose a problem.
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Worried because she is now seeing visions of Frank during the day, Maggie recounts the symptoms of dementia. Althea informs Maggie that Karen turned to Matt only after she had refused Steve's offer to help her shop for a car. Nick tells Althea that John wants to find out more about the circumstances leading to their divorce. Maggie is unmoved by Karen's overly solicitous behavior. In a therapy session with John, Maggie admits that she thinks her problems are due to subconscious hostilities toward Karen and her past with Matt, but when John suggests that she stop playing psychiatrist and stop putting up smokescreens, Maggie walks out in a huff.
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John confides in Althea that he thinks Maggie's responses in their session were rehearsed. After Althea shares the good news that she's to be Carolee's matron of honor and Nick will be Steve's best man, John mopes off to his study. Steve thanks Emma for standing by him through the worst of times. When an unhappy Carolee appears with Dan's journal, Steve encourages her to burn it in the fireplace. Later, he suggests that they leave the Allison home and all of its unhappy memories behind. Cathy suggests to Nick that he's going to be uncomfortable at the wedding when he has to stand by Althea, but he counters that he isn't bothered. Meanwhile, John voices the same concern to Althea, who replies, "I sleep in your bed, sir, but I do not lie on your couch."
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Matt ponders whether or not John can make a diagnosis in Maggie's odd, irrational behavior. When Mike drops by and tells Matt about his conversation with Maggie in which she screamed at him, Matt reveals that he found Maggie terrified in the living room, but she refused to explain why she was upset. Toni confides in Martha more details of her affair with Vito. Mike offers Toni one of his ring, asking that she consider it an engagement ring. She puts it on a chain around her neck to carry for good luck next to a locket containing a photo of her father. At the Powers home, Matt's questions irritate Maggie, who lashes out at him, blaming him for ruining her sewing. Frustrated, Matt snaps back at her, pointing out that she hasn't sewn anything since he arrived home.
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Maggie can't escape thoughts of dementia and how her symptoms fit the disease. Greta's questions about having an uncle make Matt and Maggie nervous. When Nick tries to get rid of her, Cathy pretends to lose her gloves so that she has to stay longer. Carolee suggests postponing the wedding until she and Steve can start their new life away from the Allison home, but Steve refuses. Matt and Maggie discuss Maggie's Uncle Bill, who had dementia. Maggie privately realizes that her symptoms mimic his, and she prays that she hasn't inherited the disease.
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Karen attempts to place more doubts in Matt's head about Maggie's relationship with Greta. Later, Karen is delighted when Maggie phones Matt then hangs up on him in a spat over the caterers for Steve and Carolee's wedding. John tries to get ballet tickets to ingratiate himself with Edna. Maggie can't stop thinking about her Uncle Bill's dementia. Karen's annoying discussion of the upcoming wedding sends Maggie running from the outpatient clinic. Having witnessed Maggie fleeing, Althea confronts Karen. John confides in Matt the failed therapy session with Maggie, and John resolves to gain Maggie's trust.
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After experiencing more cognitive problems in the clinic, Maggie remembers that her Uncle Bill also couldn't perform routine tasks. Althea mistakenly believes that Karen was responsible for Maggie's odd behavior. When she tries to talk to her about Steve and Carolee's wedding, Maggie runs out of the clinic. Later, Althea confides in Nick that she thinks something is seriously wrong with Maggie. In New York, Toni visits the apartment of Maria Avanzo. Noting that Toni isn't married, Mrs. Avanzo insists she say hello to Vito while she's in town. Toni is disappointed to learn that Mrs. Avanzo hasn't seen Barbara in twelve years. She knows nothing about Barbara's whereabouts or Webb Sutherland. Martha cautions Nick about the wedding because as best man and matron of honor, he and Althea will spend a lot of time together. Mrs. Avanzo phones Vito at the hospital and invites him over for a surprise. Maggie vows to fill her head with as much as she can so that there won't be room for piercing sounds.
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Vito arrives at Mrs. Avanzo's apartment and is pleasantly surprised to be reunited with Toni. Toni is hopeful when Vito claims that the name Webb Sutherland is familiar, but when Mrs. Avanzo leaves them alone to go to the store, Toni becomes nervous. Matt tells Mike about Uncle Bill and the history of dementia in Maggie's family. Mike shares with Hank that he gave his class ring to Toni for good luck but would rather have given her an engagement ring. Still alone with Toni, Vito admits that he's familiar with Nick's research and knew that Toni was working for him at Hope Memorial. Toni dodges all of Vito's overtures to escort her around New York, and then he says that he remembers hearing Barbara call out Webb's name when a man with a guitar case showed up on her doorstep. After Vito says that he knows lots of musicians who might have a lead on Webb, Toni gives him her phone number.
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While discussing the wedding with Carolee, Maggie experiences the high-pitched sound. Steve shows Carolee design plans for their new dream home. Maggie schedules an emergency appointment with John. Althea tells her mother that Nick is taking her out tomorrow night for a special dinner, but unknown to Althea, John has managed to get tickets to the sold-out ballet performance for the same night. In a session with John, Maggie loses her temper. John encourages her to do whatever she wants just so long as she tells him the whole truth about what she's experiencing.
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Maggie fails to convince John that her problem is an inability to be a good wife and mother to Matt and Greta. Later, she tells herself that her symptoms might not be dementia at all and she'll just concentrate on acting sane. At Pete's Bar, Steve tells Nick about the plans to build a new house and leave their unhappy memories in the Allison home. Nick recalls that he and Althea couldn't stay in their old apartment either following their divorce. Althea takes Maggie to lunch at Pete's, where Althea notes Maggie's strange behavior. Althea learns that John managed to get tickets to the sold-out ballet and starts to call Nick to cancel his dinner date with Edna, but John insists upon giving Nick the news himself.
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Maggie apologizes to Matt about their disagreement over having the wedding catered and says she'll take his advice, but she becomes angry and slams his office door after finding out that he and John discussed her failed therapy session. Witnessing the tension between Matt and Maggie, Steve offers to move the wedding to City Hall, but Matt insists that he and Maggie want the ceremony held in their home. Later, Steve visits Karen and Erich in their new apartment. For once, Karen is very congenial and professes a desire to bury all the old suspicions between them, starting with her speculation that Steve is the father of Carolee's baby. Maggie begs Matt to forgive her for her mercurial behavior and promises that everything will be all right as long as they continue to love one another.
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Martha teases a jealous Cathy with news that Nick has a date tonight with another woman. Cathy is relieved when Nick reveals that he's actually taking Edna Hamilton out, but then Cathy begins to nag him about not being invited to Steve and Carolee's wedding when John will be going with Althea. A pleased Nick makes a very special reservation at the Chanticleer Room for dinner. Emma is adamant that Carolee not postpone the wedding so that Steve won't have to sleep in the same bed Carolee once shared with Dan. Later, Emma secretly phones the superintendent in her old apartment building. A smirking John visits Nick in the lab and gleefully informs him that he'll have to reschedule his dinner with Edna because John scored tickets to the final ballet performance of the season and will be taking her there instead.
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Maggie confides in Althea that she couldn't bring herself to tell Greta about Uncle Bill, who died from dementia after being committed to a mental institution. Toni and Vito visit a jazz club to find a friend who might know how to contact Webb Sutherland. While waiting, the two discuss their past. Visiting Mike at the hospital, Greta admits that she wishes Mike were still living at home because Maggie's mad at her all the time. Mike reassures Greta that Maggie loves her and is actually mad at herself. Martha receives a call from Toni, who says she's taking another day before she comes back. Althea is incensed to learn from Nick that John waited until the last minute to tell him about the change in plans with her mother. Alone in the clinic, Maggie has another vision of Frank taunting her about being as loco as her Uncle Bill.
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Althea angrily confronts John over his tactics with Nick, and John goads her into admitting that she once considered Nick the villain in their marriage. Emma reassures Billy that Carolee still loves him even though she's giving all of her attention to baby Stephanie. Later, Emma asks Billy if he'd like to live with her, just the two of them. Billy wonders if Steve will adopt him, as he intends to do with Stephanie. Maggie admits to John that she saw Frank in the clinic and fears that she just invented him as a way to punish Matt. John draws a parallel between the trouble of Matt and Maggie's marriage and the problems Nick and Althea had in theirs. Then he manipulates Maggie into telling him that Nick once accused Althea of being a failure as a wife, a mother, and as a woman. After her session with John, Maggie phones George Cadman at police headquarters.
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Maggie arranges a meeting with Detective Cadman. Matt and John discuss Maggie's latest session, and Matt realizes that he's always at the center of Maggie's troubles. Althea apologizes to Nick for John's behavior and reassures him that she hasn't discussed with John intimate details of their marriage. After Althea confides in him her fears for Maggie's growing instability, Matt considers taking Maggie away on a vacation. Maggie meets with Detective Cadman, who informs her that they haven't made any progress in the kidnapping case. He reminds her that Frank still has her keys and identification and stresses that he doesn't doubt her story, adding that only a very sick person would make up a tale of being kidnapped and assaulted.
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Mike learns from Martha that Toni stayed an extra day in New York. Toni goes to Vito's apartment in anticipation of meeting his friend who might know the whereabouts of Webb Sutherland. Cathy talks with Steve about the upcoming wedding and learns that he's going to adopt Stephanie legally. Toni finds that Vito's friend has already gone, but he left behind a record album featuring Sutherland. Vito questions Toni about the current man in her life, and when she tells him about Mike, Vito grabs and kisses her. Angry, Toni pulls away from away from him. He says that her kiss was just like old times, and he thinks she's lying about having a man in her life. He kisses her again, but this time, she kisses him back passionately. Matt surprises Maggie with brochures to a tropical paradise, and he suggests that a vacation is in order just as much for his nerves as for hers. Toni phones Vito to tell him that she lost Mike's ring and wonders if she left it at his place. Vito pretends to look for the ring then says he couldn't find it. After they hang up, Vito smiles smugly. He's holding the ring and chain in his hand.
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John arrives home to find a note from Althea, who has gone over to Carolee's for a ladies only night. Steve brings Nick home with him, and Nick and Althea reminisce about good times from their past. Emma tells Steve and Carolee that she's giving them the gift of starting their married life alone. She has gotten her old apartment back and plans to live there with Billy. When Carolee says that they can't afford to pay rent on two places, Emma reveals that she's been hired by Mr. Winters to work in Hope Memorial's floral shop. John phones the Allison home to speak with Althea, and Carolee innocently tells him that she and Nick just left. Steve suggests that Carolee hold off on thoughts of another child when she jokes about filling the bassinet again once Stephanie outgrows it. Back at home, Althea notes John's hostile mood. He tells her that he knows she was with Nick, despite her claim that she was having a ladies night with Carolee. When she tries to explain that Nick came home unexpectedly with Steve, John accuses her of having a double standard where people's feelings are concerned: one for Nick and another one for him.
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Matt plans a vacation in the Caribbean for himself and Maggie. Maggie's mood is elevated by not having any dementia symptoms for 24 hours. Althea shares with Edna the problem she's having with John, who is upset over her being with Nick at Carolee's house, but Edna fails to understand why Nick's presence bothered John. Toni arrives home from New York and cries to Martha about her experience there. A confused Martha tries to understand what Toni means when she says that Mike might be able to forgive her, but she can't forgive herself. Drifting off to sleep, Maggie has another vision of Frank, who says that she can't get rid of him because he's the only person who'll tell her the truth. He asks if she's really going to burden her nice husband with a crazy wife for the rest of his life.
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Althea realizes that John isn't going to get over her accidental meeting with Nick. Maggie tells Matt about her latest dream of Frank, but she resolves not to stick Matt with an insane wife. She then chooses a random travel brochure, selecting Trinidad as their vacation. Toni confides in Carolee about meeting Vito in his apartment. Althea is delighted to see a joyous Maggie, who tells her all about her upcoming trip to Trinidad with Matt. Toni shares with Carolee that she kissed Vito and was reminded of Dan's accusation that she's a tramp just like her mother Barbara. She admits that although she ran out when she finally came to her senses, she wanted to stay with him. She didn't get any closer to finding her mother, but ironically, she found herself.
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Vito phones Toni at Hope Memorial. He presses her about how she responded to his kisses, and while playing with the chain and ring, he continues to deny finding it. When Hank comes into the lab, Toni abruptly ends the call, pretending to Hank that she was speaking with someone else. She tells Hank that she found out that his old girlfriend Laurie walked out on her recording contract a few months ago, and reveals the few details she learned about Webb Sutherland, downplaying her encounter with Vito. Emma makes preparations to move back to her former apartment. At lunch, Carolee suggests to Steve that her biological clock is ticking, and she notes that he seems to avoid any discussion of having another child. Toni makes a phone call in attempt to trace Sutherland, but it's unproductive. Mike visits Toni, who admits that she lost his ring. He brushes off her guilt, arguing that it's OK if that was the worst thing that happened to her in New York. He kisses her repeatedly, but is unsure when she insists that nothing else happened on her trip.
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Edna and John disagree about the incident in which Nick and Althea met at Carolee's house, but Althea didn't call John and tell him. Edna defends Althea by saying that it probably never occurred to her to phone her husband, and John says that's exactly the point. Karen asks Eric if he'd like to call Matt "Daddy" and thinks to herself that she could offer Matt real happiness if he only he didn't have to keep up the pretense of a happy marriage with Maggie. However, Karen is later annoyed to learn from Steve that Matt and Maggie are going to Trinidad for a second honeymoon. Nick stops by to pick up Edna for their dinner date, and while she readies herself, he and Althea laugh about old times. At dinner, Edna notices when Nick tries hard to diplomatically dodge her questions about John. John phones Althea from a patient's home and says curtly to expect him home when she sees him walk through the door.
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Toni won't tell Martha what happened in New York. Nick offers to help Toni in her search for Sutherland, who is also from Chicago. Martha has an ill feeling about Steve and Nick's plan to be married by Reverend Wheeler, the minister who also officiated at Nick's wedding to Althea. Toni meets Mike in his intern quarters. Mike senses that she's upset about something other than the lost ring, which he offers to replace with an engagement ring. Toni turns down the ring, arguing that she won't accept an engagement ring until she's ready to accept a wedding ring, too. Alone in Matt's office, Maggie tries not to reread the entry on dementia in Matt's medical book. Later, she encourages him to make peace with Nick so that Nick won't feel uncomfortable in their home for the wedding. Toni finally breaks down and confesses to Martha what happened in Vito's apartment. She fears that Dan's accusation was right. She is a tramp and worries that she won't remain faithful to Mike if they get married.
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Having conned the super to let her in Nick's apartment while he's out, Cathy replaces his shelf paper and experiences a dizzy spell. Nick, arriving home, is annoyed to find her there and quickly leaves. Afterward, Edna drops by with an Apple Brown Betty for Nick. Cathy seizes the opportunity to sing Nick's praises, adding how nice it was of him to visit her in the hospital despite John's feelings. Nick talks with Althea regarding Edna's constant questions about John. He warns her that Edna is getting close to realizing that he and John aren't friends at all. Nick assumes a defensive stance when Matt goes to the lab but calms down when Matt says that he only wanted to make Nick feel welcome again in their home. Cathy attempts to convince herself that everything will work out if she's pregnant with Nick's baby. Matt plans a romantic Valentine's Day dinner at the Chanticleer Room for Maggie. Edna returns to Nick's apartment with more questions about his relationship with John and Althea, and she isn't fooled by his lies. After she leaves, he phones Althea to arrange a meeting.
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Althea uses the pretext of going to the deli to slip away from Edna and meet Nick. Nick tells Althea that their lies have only made things worse for Edna, and since it's all for John's benefit anyway, Nick no longer wants any part of their schemes. When John arrives home with a bag from the deli, Edna tells him that Althea just went out to the deli, too. Matt and Maggie enjoy a lovely evening at the Chanticleer Room. They decide to wait until Easter for their trip to Trinidad so that they can take Greta with them. Maggie is feeling her old self again, until she suddenly begins to hear the high-pitched sound. Edna presses John for information about his "friendship" with Nick, and John says that Dr. Venable was the one who suggested they deceive Edna for her own good. When Althea arrives home and isn't wet from the rain, John knows that she never left the apartment building. She confesses that she went to see Nick, adding that they'll talk about it later. John replies that she can take her time; he knows it will take a while to think up another excuse.
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Mike admits to Hank that he's afraid Toni discovered in New York that she hasn't gotten over Vito. Maggie tells Greta that they're taking her with them on their Easter trip to Trinidad. Matt's decision to look for what's right with Maggie instead of what might be wrong resonates with Mike, who resolves to use that strategy on Toni. John confronts Althea about going to see Nick, going so far as to say that the situation smacks on a ménage a trois. They continue to argue about the situation until Althea resolves to tell her mother the complete truth. John saves his best for last, shocking her with the assertion that she shouldn't be surprised that Nick wants to leave her holding the bag since he once accused of her being a failure as woman, forcing her to run out in the night and become the victim of Philip Townsend. Althea demands to know how he discovered that information. John admits that Maggie inadvertently told him during a therapy session. Althea defends Nick, saying that she was equally responsible for what happened. She orders him to forget it. She wants it buried in the past. But John thinks to himself that one doesn't throw away a weapon when it can be used for protection.
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Althea comes clean with her mother about the deception she, Nick, and John engaged in the last few months. Althea explains John's behavior as being a result of his marriage to Jessica, but Edna says that his reaction to Nick has been extreme, and there comes a time when people should stop blaming others for their own actions. Steve and Carolee discuss Karen's reaction to the news of Matt and Maggie's second honeymoon. Carolee reiterates that she wants more children. Karen drops by Matt's office wanting to babysit Greta while he and Maggie are in Trinidad, but she's irritated to learn that Greta is going on the trip, too. After Carolee vocalizes being worried that John was upset by being left out of their impromptu gathering the other evening, Althea lies that John is a very understanding man.
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Toni learns from Nick's connection that Webb Sutherland was living in Memphis in 1969. She also receives a special delivery letter from Vito who theories that fate brought them back together. Carolee wonders if Toni is still in love with Vito. John warns Nick not to concoct any more excuses to see Althea since Nick has removed himself from the situation with Edna. Toni reads Vito's letter but decides that she can't subject herself to that kind of heartbreak again. Nick tells Althea about his encounter with John and cautions her that John isn't a Sir Galahad. Althea suggestively counters that just before everything came to a head with her mother, Edna had spoken with a very chatty Cathy at Nick's apartment. Nick quickly phones Cathy and demands to see her immediately.
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Maggie tries to be as loving as she can with Greta and manages to keep her temper in check when Greta goes on about wanting a $5 dart board. But later, while on the phone with the caterers, Maggie is overcome by the high-pitched sound. Nick verbally accosts Cathy in the research lab, yelling at her for causing trouble with Edna. Cathy angrily screams back that she would have kept her mouth shut if Nick had bothered to tell her about the situation, adding that they should share their lives and not just Nick's bed. She runs out crying that she's only guilty of thinking that Nick's a great guy. Outside the lab, she thinks to herself that Nick wouldn't come down on her so hard if he knew that she's going to have his baby. Maggie finds $5 missing from her purse, and automatically accuses Greta of stealing it to get the dart board she wants. Her relentless behavior makes Greta cry, but after finding the missing bill on the floor, Maggie says she must have been insane to think Greta stole it. Althea suggests that she and John take a second honeymoon to help their marriage, just as Matt and Maggie are doing, but a defensive John instantly decides that Althea must have an ulterior motive. After she mentions that Cathy talked to Edna at Nick's apartment, John speculates that Nick used Cathy to turn Edna against him, and decides to straighten his mother-in-law out immediately.
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Matt tells Althea how much Maggie has improved since he proposed taking her on a second honeymoon. Nick informs Althea that he told off Cathy for interfering with Edna, and admits that he was sore because Althea put him into a position where he had to be dishonest. John rushes to confront Edna while she's alone. He does everything he can to debunk the myth that Nick is godlike. John tells her that Nick ruined his own marriage by belittling Althea as a wife, a mother, and as a woman. He suspects that Nick is not only primitive, but violent as well. When Edna refuses to believe his accusations, John says he's going out for tobacco but doesn't know when he's coming back. Maggie seeks solace from Matt, revealing to him the incident in which she accused Greta of stealing money from her purse. Matt dismisses it, arguing that Maggie has been under incredible stress lately. Maggie counters that no pain in her head should make her react so irrationally with her own child. Althea arrives home to find John gone, and Edna packing her bags to leave.
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Edna tells Althea that she's going back home because Althea's marriage is already threatened without her presence. She elaborates by revealing John's hostility toward Nick as well as his speculation that Nick is not only primitive but violent. Edna says that unlike Althea, John appears to hold grudges, and the two of them have to settle that difference if they're going stay married. Steve describes Karen as an iceberg, you never know what's going on below the surface, and Carolee wonders if she might let Erich visit them so that he can get to know his little sister Stephanie. Karen daydreams of a romantic life with Matt, who promises that he's taking Maggie to Trinidad to say goodbye. Karen thinks to herself that she wouldn't stay in the United States for 10 minutes if she thought she didn't stand a chance of taking Matt away from Maggie. As Althea prepares to take Edna to the airport, she leaves a note for John, telling him that she's furiously angry.
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Toni throws Vito's letter in the trash. Martha tries to assuage Toni's fears of being a tramp like Barbara by reminding her that she's also Paolo's daughter. Toni remembers kissing Vito. Carolee jokes with Steve about needing a bigger desk to hold all the pictures of the children they'll have, but then she remarks that Steve gets a grave expression on his face every time she mentions children. After Carolee leaves the room, Steve confides in Emma the extremely dim chance that Carolee will ever bear another child. Mike visits Toni with a pledge to stop badgering her. He gives her a pearl engagement ring and as he proposes marriage, she hears Vito's voice arguing against marriage. Toni decides to accept Mike's proposal. When Martha phones to say that she's having car trouble and will be spending the night with a friend, Mike promises that he won't leave Toni alone.
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Matt receives a call from Hank reporting an influx of patients from a nearby explosion in an apartment building. Mike and Toni enjoy their time alone in Martha's house. Althea returns from the airport before John decides to go home. When he finally arrives, Althea lights into him for going home early so that he'd have a clear field to say bad things about Nick to her mother. John defends his actions, arguing that all of his points regarding Nick's brutish behavior are true. Althea counters that Nick wasn't solely to blame. He said things that night in the heat of anger, and she provoked his temper. John coldly suggests that Althea has an uncontrollable compulsion to protect Nick no matter what he does. It's a flaw in herself that she denies. As their argument escalates, John packs his bags. Leaving the apartment, he snaps that he's going to stay in a hotel and wait for Althea to sort herself out. Matt phones Maggie from Hope Memorial to say that the explosion crisis is over. He reassures her about the incident with Greta and the missing $5. Shocked by John's departure, Althea calls Nick and asks if she can come talk things over with him.
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Maggie thinks to herself how wonderful Trinidad will be since she'll be with Matt and Greta, the two people she loves most. Her positive thoughts are interrupted by another vision of Frank. Frank wonders what kind of mother would accuse a poor little girl of being a thief without bothering to look for the lost money. He asks her to remember a similar incident when she was a girl. Her Uncle Bill falsely accused her too, just before he was locked up in the mental institution. As the vision continues, Frank wonders why she keeps putting up a smokescreen with John by not admitting that insanity runs in her family. He comes up with a plan. Maggie should make up a fictitious patient whose symptoms are the same as her own and asks John for a consult. Frank warns her to hurry; she's running out of time. After Frank vanishes, Maggie begins to create a case file for the fictional Jane Collins. Steve is surprised when Cathy turns up unexpectedly at his apartment. She hedges until he's on the verge of asking her to leave. Eventually she admits that she needs an OB because she suspects she's pregnant. Althea goes to Nick's apartment, where she recounts her quarrel with John. She says that John's coldness frightens her. Suddenly she and Nick embrace then kiss. Coming to her senses, she pulls away him and leaves. Later, she phones the garage to have her car gassed and brought around front. Despite the rain and slippery roads, she plans on taking a long trip.
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Althea drives in a storm to Greenville. She recalls her fight with John and realizes that she needs Edna desperately. Matt comes home from working at the the hospital and has a quiet talk with Greta about Maggie. In spite of the incident with the missing money, he says that Maggie is getting better. Still on the road to Greenville, Althea remembers the time that John gave her a list of his shortcomings and promised to change anything she didn't like about him. Then she recalls Nick's anger when he proposed marriage a second time, only a day after she secretly married John. Cathy confides in Steve that she's certain she's pregnant; her period is eight weeks late. When Steve appears shocked to learn that Nick has no idea, Cathy assures him that Nick wants children. Steve doesn't agree, but most of all, he doesn't want to get caught in the middle of a sticky situation between the two of them. He does agree to secretly examine Cathy tomorrow on her lunch break. Althea continues to remember Nick and John. She wonders to herself if she's married to one man but still in love with another one.
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After examining Cathy, Steve thinks she is pregnant, but they have to wait for confirmation of the AZ test. Noting that she doesn't seem as elated as yesterday, he reminds her that although he can't perform one, abortion is legal in some states. Cathy instantly rejects the idea, arguing that she wants the baby, and Nick will too. Carolee and Nick discuss Stephanie and Carolee's desire to have another child. Nick jokes with her that babies just aren't his scene. Mike wonders why he ever worried about Vito after Toni suggests they get married on the day his internship ends. Steve tells Carolee that two years between pregnancies is recommended by most obstetricians. Nick recounts for Steve his earlier conversation with Carolee and urges Steve to tell her that she can't have more children. When Steve mentions Cathy's desire to attend the wedding with him, Nick says that Cathy isn't that special. She's just fun and games.
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After remembering his meeting earlier with Althea, Nick phones Steve and suggests they go out and get drunk the night before Steve's wedding. Althea calls John, who says she acted like a child in running home to mother in Greenville. Edna reminds Althea that they only have John's word about the problems in his marriage to Jessica. Althea wonders if John projected his own negative feelings of resentment and jealousy on to Jessica. When Althea speculates what would've happened if Nick had proposed to her first, Edna replies that she would've married John anyway because she believed she was in love with him at the time. Alone in the living room, Maggie envisions herself speaking with John about her fictional client Jane Collins, but John won't listen when she screams that the file is really hers. Then John taunts Maggie with the news that there's no cure for dementia. Back in reality, Frank phones Hope Memorial from a distant phone booth and asks if Maggie still works there. Matt finds a dazed Maggie in the living room. He tells her that he's glad she's getting back to normal and reassures her that their trip will be wonderful for them. Still on the pay phone, Frank tries to find out how much farther east he can go on $8.50. He hangs up, takes a swig of whiskey, and is pleased that he's about to get closer to Maggie again. Nick arrives home and can still smell Althea's perfume. He resigns himself to being alone and having to live with it. Althea realizes that she has to face John, as well as Nick, and has no idea what's she's going to say.
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As the ceremony gets under way, Maggie experiences her own private hell, certain that she is losing her mind and ultimately Matt. Matt notices Maggie's crying jag, but she simply dismisses it as sentimentality for the situation. After more than a year of being kept apart by unfortunate circumstances, Steve Aldrich and Carolee Simpson are finally joined in holy matrimony.
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After the wedding, Nick escorts Althea back to her apartment, where she finds it's been ransacked. Steve carries Carolee and baby Stephanie over the threshold to begin their new life together. A jovial Matt is oblivious to Maggie's torment that she has to leave him in order to spare him from being tied to a crazy wife. Unaware of Cathy's pregnancy, Carolee asks Steve if Nick really cares for Cathy, and he tells her that Nick admitted to still being in love with Althea. Althea discovers that a gold pin, a gift from Nick, has been stolen. The two talk about always being there for one another, and Althea impulsively confesses that she made a mistake in marrying John, whom she isn't sure she ever really loved.
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Nick and Althea discuss her deteriorating relationship with John. When she comments that her mother holds Nick in very high esteem, he cautions her to leave him out of her marital problems. Vito turns on the charm at the nurse's station and cajoles Miss Frobisher into giving him Toni's home telephone number. Before Vito can leave, Hank passes by and recognizes him as his old buddy "Mac" from their New York hospital days. Maggie debates whether or not to confide in Matt her fear that she's slipping into dementia, but she realizes that she can't leave him unless there's someone else to take her place as a wife and mother...someone like Karen.
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Toni composes a letter for Barbara, intending to send it to Webb Sutherland in Memphis. Vito stops by Martha's house and returns Mike's ring that Toni left in his apartment. Martha gives Vito an icy reception. John returns home, learns about the robbery, and criticizes Althea for letting Nick phone the police. After Althea goes to bed, John pays a visit to Nick's apartment and apologizes for Althea involving him in their problems. He further admits that Nick was right about it being uncomfortable with them all living in the same building. John says he's determined to do something to get them out of Nick's hair. Vito phones Nick and requests a meeting tomorrow at Hope Memorial. Martha advises Toni that she can close the door on Vito and her past now that she has Mike's ring again.
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Althea becomes annoyed at John's cool manipulation of her and Nick. Toni returns Mike's ring and promises that she's through with Vito for good. John plans to sublet Althea's apartment. Nick refuses to tell Althea about John's visit last night. Vito meets with Nick and strokes his ego to gain a job working in the research lab. Frank phones the outpatient clinic looking for Maggie. John admits to Althea that he apologized to Nick for mistakenly accusing Nick of interfering in their marriage, when all along Althea has been the one to drag Nick into the middle of their problems. Furthermore, he reveals that he is subletting the apartment. Althea becomes enraged, arguing that it's John's possessiveness that causes all the problems in their marriage. She surmises that the situation was the same when he was married to Jessica. John calmly picks up the phone, calls the realty company, and cancels the sublet. He says that she's misread him again and comments on her flaring temper. He saunters out of the room, leaving her mortified.
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Carolee tells Maggie that she's using the Powers marriage as model for her union with Steve. Maggie imagines telling Matt that she intends to end their marriage. After Matt releases Erich from medical care, Karen suddenly realizes she'll no longer have a pretext for seeing Matt. Later, she flatly refuses Carolee's request that Erich spend Saturday afternoons with Steve and Stephanie. Cathy is thrilled when Steve confirms her pregnancy, but fails to agree with his assessment that Nick is happy being a bachelor. She also nixes Steve's suggestion of getting an abortion. Carolee spots an upset Cathy leaving Steve's office, and becomes upset herself after Steve avoids her questions about the reasons for Cathy's behavior. Maggie goes to see Matt, intending to tell him her plans, but their meeting is interrupted by an overseas call from one of Karen's colleagues in Berlin. After Matt and Maggie learn that Karen has lied, and the Berlin hospital is holding a job for her, Maggie heads straight to confront Karen.
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A determined Maggie confronts Karen and forcefully lays into her for all of her recent deceptions. Ultimately, Karen admits that she's still in love with Matt and never would've returned to the United States if hadn't been for Erich. Toni reveals to Mike that Vito requested a meeting with Nick, but speculates that he'll soon be gone. Maggie forgets the plans she made with Matt for a trip to Trinidad, and then she wonders how she'll ever be able to give Matt to Karen. Mike and Toni arrive at the Powers house to announce their engagement, though Matt and Maggie aren't surprised. The two suggest a June a wedding, but Maggie privately wonders if she'll have deteriorated into dementia by then.
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Matt questions Maggie about her behavior, but she insists that everything's fine. Carolee's suspicions about Steve and Cathy's encounter the day Carolee saw an upset Cathy leave his office prompts Steve to confide that Cathy is pregnant with Nick's child. Maggie wants to talk with Karen, who has called in sick. Althea fills Maggie in on John's behavior, which Althea thinks is possessive and manipulative. Carolee and Althea agree that Nick can always be counted upon when things get tough. When Cathy experiences spotting, Steve prescribes hormones to help, but he cautions her that she could still lose the baby. He encourages her to tell Nick about the pregnancy. After Althea brings up the Trinidad trip, Maggie phones the travel agency to inquire about their cancellation policy.
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Karen worries about Maggie's impending visit. Hank learns that his old friend "Mac" is actually Toni's former boyfriend Vito McCray. He tells Toni that in college, Vito was nicknamed "Mac the Knife" because he cut down everything in his path to get what he wanted, and Hank thinks that Vito's more interested in Toni than working for Nick. An exasperated Martha informs Nick that a desperate Cathy has been by the lab numerous times looking for him. Maggie arrives at Karen's apartment and lights into her again about her feelings for Matt. Her persistent questioning leaves Karen in tears. Before she leaves, Maggie cryptically tells Karen that what happens next depends upon Karen. Later, Maggie is overcome by the high-pitched sound in her head. She thinks to herself that Karen does truly love Matt, so Maggie will soon have to give him up.
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Nick ruminates about his encounter with Althea following her quarrel with John, and her confession that she no longer loves her husband. Carolee tells Steve that she has been given a clean bill of health by Dr. Steiner, so she wants to become pregnant again as soon as possible. Afterward, Steve visits Emma at the hospital flower shop and tells her that he plans to break the news to Carolee tonight that she probably can't have another child. A moody Nick decides to take in a movie, but as he's leaving, Cathy arrives and invites herself in, assuring him that she's going to put him in a terrific mood. She goes on to recount how happy Steve and Carolee are with their marriage and new baby. An impatient Nick senses where the conversation is leading. He quickly cuts her off by reminding her that they're no longer item. But, he's completely speechless when she suddenly blurts out that she's carrying his baby.
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Cathy tells Nick that she isn't joking about the baby, and she isn't late either. Steve performed an AZ test, which came back positive. When she attempts to convince him that she's going to give him what he really wants, a baby, he reiterates that he told her from that beginning that it was only fun-and-games between them. He never wanted a serious commitment. Cathy continues to describe a happy scenario of family life until Nick is forced to suggest that she terminate the pregnancy, and she runs out in tears. Carolee stops by Steve's office while he's out and accidentally finds her medical file on his desk. She reads the report and is horrified to learn of her diagnosis. At that moment Steve arrives. A furious Carolee angrily accuses him of treating her like a child by keeping the news from her. Maggie considers her options, but realizes that if she goes to Trinidad with Matt, he won't believe her later when she tells him that she doesn't love him and wants a divorce. When Matt arrives home with airline tickets to the Caribbean, Maggie stuns him by saying that she's going to Wyoming instead, and she wants to go alone.
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Maggie's dad has noticed her headaches and a problem with her legs. John arrives for an intimate weekend with his patient Lisa Kincaid.
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Steve interrupts Karen's plans to invite Matt and Greta over for a visit. She threatens to stop his visiting privileges for Erich, and he threatens her with a custody suit.
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Maggie is confused and wonders what's wrong with her legs. Matt knows something is very wrong and doesn't believe anything she's saying. Toni rips up the letter to her mother that came back, addressee unknown.
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Frank confronts Maggie on the roof of Hope Memorial, and when he kisses her, she's horrified to realize that he's real and not her imagination. Carolee gives Andrew Winters the third degree at her dinner party. Maggie deems Frank crude. Deciding that's what she likes, he attacks her. Carolee's dessert cake falls, and she laments to Steve that she thinks Andrew Winters just wants a slave. She worries he might marry her mother. Matt phones security to locate Maggie inside the hospital. After showing Mike the letter that Maggie wrote, and security reports not finding her on any floor, Mike suggests that she might have gone to the roof. On the roof, Maggie bites an amorous Frank. He snarls that she shouldn't have done that, and if she likes it rough, that's exactly what he'll give her. He viciously attacks her again, just as Matt and Mike arrive. Matt sends Mike for security, and then Frank pulls out a very large knife Holding it to Maggie's throat, he cautions Matt that no one will take her away from him.
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Maggie urges Matt to let Frank take her with him, but Matt argues that she's ill. Frank, still holding the knife, screams that everyone is lying to him. He doesn't believe that Maggie's sick. Martha offers her home for Mike and Toni's wedding. When Toni explains that Maggie already agreed to organize it at the Powers house, Martha counters that Maggie seems very troubled. Still holding Maggie at knife-point, an antsy Frank asks Matt what it's going to be because he and Maggie have some traveling to do. Martha volunteers to be Toni's stand-in mother because she and her late husband Ralph always wanted a daughter. Toni decides that she won't ever find her mother, while in New York hospital, Webb Sutherland writes a letter to Barbara. Vito informs Webb that he wasn't able to diagnose him with lupus and orders more blood tests. Webb wonders if Toni is a smokescreen so that Vito can find Barbara, but Vito insists that he never wants to see her again. Vito says that he hopes Toni might give Mike his walking papers. After Vito leaves, Webb tells Barbara in his letter that Vito has replaced her with her own daughter. Hope Memorial security officers arrive on the roof with their guns drawn, escalating Frank's agitation. Frightened that Frank could harm Maggie, Matt sends security away. As Frank begins to leave with Maggie, Matt offers to fight him for her. As the two argue, the sounds in Maggie's head grow louder. She suddenly collapses, distracting Frank. Matt lunges for him, throwing punches. Frank drops the knife, but when Matt tries to grab it. Frank attempts to stab him. Matt manages to deflect the blade. Frank lunges for him again, but loses his balance and falls backward over the edge of the roof, plummeting to his death six stories below.
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Maggie is under sedation, and John remains comatose. Matt tells Althea that Detective Cadman identified Maggie's attacker as Frank Barton, and he was the one who kidnapped her last year. Irritated that Steve suggested abortion and has persuaded Carolee to agree with him, Cathy demands her medical records, but he refuses to give them to her, instead offering to forward them to another doctor. After Cathy snarls that Althea doesn't love Nick, Althea turns up at Steve's office and recounts the whole story of learning about John's lies and then causing his fall. Emma asks Carolee to watch Billy while she and Andrew drive up to Wyndham Falls to visit Andrew's daughter Dorothy. A very direct Carolee expresses her concern that Emma is too vital a woman to be a cook-and-bottle-washer slave for Andrew Winters. Maggie regains consciousness, but she believes Matt tricked her into hospitalization when he insists that Frank was real and fell to his death off the roof. Maggie becomes hysterical, tries to escape, and is placed in a strait-jacket.
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Following sedation, Maggie awakens to find herself in restraints. Mike gently and calmly explains that Matt was telling the truth about Frank, but Maggie begins to get agitated again and wants to be released from the restraints. Althea worries about how long it's taking John to come out of the coma, and Nick attempts to reassure her that John's vital signs are improving to normal levels. Althea torments herself for causing John's accident. She says that as soon John wakes up, she wants to tell him that she loves Nick. After Nick sends Althea out, he implores John to come out of the coma. Mike insists to Hank that Vito is totally out of the picture; meanwhile, Vito phones Nick from New York to remind him that he's interested in working for him at Hope Memorial. Althea visits Maggie to apologize for coming on so strongly the day Maggie was in her apartment. She's shocked when Maggie says that she hasn't seen Althea since she got back from Trinidad. Maggie begins to cry. She says that nothing lasts forever...love, hope, second honeymoons. Everything is all over.
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Upset from her experience with a disoriented Maggie, Althea explains to Nick that Maggie asked Matt for a divorce because she's losing her sanity. While discussing Maggie's behavior, Nick begins to consider her symptoms and states that the final word about a diagnosis is still left to be said. Matt visits Maggie, who is becoming more withdrawn from reality and repeats the phrase, "Nobody can find me." Following his visit with Maggie, Matt phones Dr. Weldon to have her transferred to the psychiatric wing indefinitely. Matt meets Karen outside Maggie's room, and when Karen feigns concern for her, Matt orders her to his office where he confronts her about her lies. She finally admits that she confessed to Maggie her love for him. Matt forcefully assures her that he loves no one but Maggie. After he states coldly that they have no past, no future, and for the present they're only strangers, a devastated Karen flees the room in tears. Nick secretly goes to Maggie's room and gives her a physical examination. At Althea's urging, John opens his eyes but doesn't respond to Althea's questions. Nick rushes into Matt's office saying that he has a hunch, and if he's correct, Maggie's going to be OK.
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Althea begs John to speak to her instead of slipping away into unconsciousness. Nick presents his theory to Matt that Maggie suffered a subarachnoid bleed from her skull fracture last year and has developed basalar arachnoiditis. Matt grants Nick permission to take over Maggie's case. Nick tells Matt that he would like it if they could forget their feud over the canceled lithium project, and Matt replies that it's already forgotten. Matt attempts to make Maggie understand that she can trust him and Nick, and they want to perform tests to make her well again, but she just wants to disappear. As John begins to come around, Althea gives him meager details of the accident. He feels that she's leaving something out and recalls her face looking at him in anger as he stood on the chair before the fall. Ultimately, Althea is forced to admit that she caused the accident when she threw the tobacco tin at him after he accused her of adultery with Nick. Nick's arrival to the room enrages John. Nick explains that all of John's tests were normal, and he has a minor occipital fracture. Tiring of him playing doctor, John orders Nick to get out of his room.
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Nick tells Althea his hunch about Maggie having basalar arachnoiditis instead of dementia. Althea thinks that she gets out of John's life and into Nick's just as soon as Nick releases John from the hospital after final tests. Steve confides in Carolee about Cathy's deal with Nick, and he theorizes that she's becoming paranoid and mentally ill. After discovering Vito's resume in the lab, Martha cautions Nick about hiring Vito because of his past with Toni, but Nick refuses to listen. When Karen sends a urinalysis to Carolee instead of a progress report, Carolee wonders what's in Dr. Werner's mind. Althea assures John that although angry, she never meant to hurt him, and she reminds him of how conscientiously Nick worked to help him. John replies that Nick was simply trying to make amends for being his wife's lover. Althea insists she has not committed adultery, but she adds that she never stopped loving Nick and married John without really loving him. John becomes quiet and appears to peacefully accept what Althea is saying. When she offers to get him another doctor to perform the final, routine tests before he's discharged, John quietly says that he and Nick can put up with one another for one more day.
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After putting Erich to bed, Karen decides she won't be able to sleep and takes a drink. She remembers her conversation with Matt in which he rejected forever. Matt agrees that despite Maggie's confusion and fears, they have to perform a battery of tests on her tomorrow. Nick suggests they pray. Mike finds Vito's resume while visiting Toni in the lab and says that Vito turning up everywhere is burning him up. Toni insists that she faced the past, and it's over. Besides, she doesn't think Vito will leave Municipal Hospital in New York for much smaller Hope Memorial. In New York, Vito goes to see his boss, Dr. Granson to complain about not getting approval for his immune deficiency project proposal. Granson accuses him of only wanting to see his name in lights and warns him that their research department doesn't exist for one man's personal glory. Vito mentions that Nick read the proposal and wonders if he were to put his positive opinion in writing, would Granson approve the project? Granson retorts that if Nick thinks it has such merit, maybe Vito should just go work for him at Hope Memorial. Vito says he just might. Wanting to forget everything, Karen swallows sleeping pills with a glass of wine. Waiting for Maggie's test results, Matt points out that although Nick is dedicated to research, they can always count on his skill as a surgeon when it's needed. Desperate for sleep, Karen can't remember how many pills she's taken and swallows the last sleeping pill from the bottle.
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After swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills with wine, Karen lies unconscious in her apartment. Nick stops by the Aldrich apartment to tell Steve his theory that Maggie has basalar arachnoiditis. Steve informs Nick that Cathy wants her medical records and still intends to have the baby. Erich's nursemaid phones Steve when Karen won't answer the door. Cathy pumps Althea for information about John, and just as she's about to ask Althea something else, they're interrupted by a cool Nick. Emma tries to tell Carolee about the evening she and Andrew spent in Wyndham Falls, but Carolee is too distracted by thoughts of Steve at Karen's apartment. Althea tells Nick the latest development with John, then they kiss again. Nick has something he wants to tell Althea later tonight over dinner. Steve gains access to Karen's apartment, finds her unconscious, and discovers the empty pill bottle. He manages to rouse her to consciousness, giving her the choice between black coffee or a stomach pump. Steve orders Karen to talk, and she begins to ramble about Matt, how she loves him and didn't know that Maggie was sick. Steve phones Carolee to come over immediately.
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Nick instructs Hank to read up on basalar arachnoiditis because Nick wants him to assist with Maggie's surgery. John says he doesn't believe either Nick or Althea after Nick swears that he and Althea haven't slept together. Nick goes out of John's room in a huff, assigning Hank to perform John's final release tests. He subsequently phones Althea, insisting that he see her to talk about John. Carolee arrives at Karen's apartment, where Steve tells her about the overdose. Karen begins to come around and begs Steve to believe that the overdose was accidental. Steve and Carolee recall the previous time Karen overdosed, and Steve refuses to accept that this time was another accident. He admits that even if it were an accident, Karen is unstable. Erich could've been in danger, and Steve intends to do something about it. Following a meeting with Nick, who told her about John's accusations, an angry Althea confronts John, warning him to never set foot in her apartment again. Hank interrupts them to perform reflex tests on John. John is afraid and Althea appears skeptical when Hank realizes that John doesn't have any sensation in his legs.
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A panicked John insists that he can't move his legs, and when it's questioned, he points out that his involuntary reflexes are abnormal. John demands answers to questions that Hank can't answer. In private, Hank tells Althea that he agrees with John's theory that there may be a spinal injury. Steve phones Erich's nursemaid and orders her to keep Erich at the Aldrich apartment for the time being. Steve and Carolee debate the situation with Karen, and Steve refuses to allow Carolee to stay with him when he talks with Karen. After Carolee returns to the hospital, Karen emerges from the bedroom. Steve confronts her with her past overdose. He says that he can't risk a third attempt, and as such, he thinks it would be best if Erich stayed with him and Carolee. When Karen forbids it, he tells her that given what just happened, she doesn't have a choice. Karen pleads with him to please not take her child away from her. Althea finds John furiously attempting to move his legs to no avail. He accuses her of causing his paralysis. She threw the tobacco tin at him and made him fall because he hit her with the truth that she slept with Nick.
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Maggie's encephalogram proves Nick's theory correct. Matt approves surgery for tomorrow with Hank assisting, and because it brought good luck with Althea and Rico, Nick wants operating room 3. Andrew invites Emma to dinner and dancing at the Chanticeer Room to give Carolee and his daughter Dorothy something to really cluck about it. Toni offers Martha her speculation that Vito was using the application to Hope Memorialsoley to get ahead in his own job at Municipal. Matt phones Nick, requesting that he return to his office immediately. When Nick arrives, he finds Dr. Hendryx, to whom he must defend his choice of Hank to assist in Maggie's surgery. When Hendryx refuses to allow it, he and Nick get into a shouting match as Matt watches. However, Matt overrules Hendryx, who stalks out seething with anger. Privately, Matt admits that Hendryx is a gifted surgeon who started out well at Hope, but somewhere along the way, his personality changed. Nick suggests that Hendryx needs someone to teach him the right way, and he's the man to do it. Matt proposes that Nick go back into neurosurgery a little more actively. In fact, he has an idea. If Nick agrees to return to surgery, he could still supervise the research lab with another doctor running it. Nick says he knows just the man and initiates a call to Vito in New York.
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Nick learns from Althea that John is claiming that he can't move his legs. Matt attempts to explain to Maggie that Nick has diagnosed her condition, which is reversible, but she is distant and can think only of Greta. Karen throws herself on Steve's mercy, offering him a key to her apartment to check on Erich at any time and swearing that she won't have another accidental overdose. Reluctantly, Steve agrees to return the boy to her, as long as he can keep an eye on Erich's welfare. After speaking with Hank about John's condition, Nick is suspicious because the x-rays were normal. He orders additional x-rays to see if there is any spinal damage and then tells Hank of his intention to return to neurosurgery after they operate on Maggie.
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Mrs. Halstead sends Matt a message that Greta has refused to visit Maggie. Hendryx goes to see Matt again, still angry that Matt overruled his decision to pull Hank from assisting in Maggie's surgery. His anger only intensifies after Matt informs him that Nick is going to be more active in neurosurgery again. A casual meeting between Carolee and Cathy turns hostile when Carolee continues to reject Cathy's criticism of Steve. During the quarrel, Cathy suddenly experiences abdominal pain. Later, Steve tells Carolee that he agreed to return Erich to Karen, but he hopes he hasn't made a mistake in view of Karen's history of breaking promises to him. An angry Hendryx goes to the lab to have it out with Nick, who isn't there. Hendryx curtly instructs Martha to tell Nick that he's coming back again for some straight answers.
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Hendryx goes to the lab in the name of self-preservation and warns Nick that he'll give him something to be sorry about if he tries to push him out of neurosurgery. Mike asks Toni if they can delay the wedding until Maggie has recuperated, and she agrees. Vito phones Nick who informs him that he can start at Hope Memorial immediately. Afterward, Nick says to himself that Hendryx dropped the glove, and now he's going to pick it up. Vito is happy to join Hope Memorial. He gloats about the unexpected dividend of getting hired before Toni can marry Mike. Althea visits John to reiterate that she never meant to harm him. It was a ghastly accident. John smirks. He thinks she's there for forgiveness, but she says she wants understanding. Furthermore, she'll stay with John until he's able to walk again. However, John twists her intent, arguing that she wants him to walk so that she can go to Nick. Upset, Althea leaves the room in tears and sees Nick in the corridor. He has examined John's x-rays again and thinks he knows the reason for his paralysis. Nick shows John that there's a fracture of the seventh thoracic vertebrae and speculates that neurosurgery will cure him. However, John refuses to allow Nick to operate, He wants a surgeon with no personal stake in his recuperation. He wants Carl Hendryx.
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Matt phones home to arrange a visit between Maggie and Greta, but Greta insists that Maggie doesn't love them any more. She says that she doesn't love Maggie either. After Matt hangs up, Greta tells Mrs. Halstead that she's going upstairs to change, then secretly slips out the front door. Althea informs Nick of her decision to stay with John. She asks if Nick really can cure him, or did Nick just say that to ease her mind? He assures her that he did mean it, but there's a problem. John wants Hendryx to perform the surgery, and Nick fears that Hendryx will reject Nick's recommendations because Hendryx considers him the enemy. Matt arrives home and calls out for Greta. Nick breaks the news to Althea that Cathy is pregnant with his child. Althea takes it well, insisting that they will all deal with the situation like rational adults. Nick presents John's case to Hendryx, who doesn't readily accept Nick's diagnosis. Althea says she'll be right over when Matt calls to ask if Greta is there because she's missing from the Powers home.
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Matt and Althea instigate a search for Greta. Carolee tells Emma about Karen's near overdose. Steve pays an impromptu visit to Karen where he promises to keep her secret and encourages her to build a new life for herself. After he leaves, Karen tells Erich that promises can be broken if things become too impossible for her. Emma talks with Carolee about her upcoming date to the Chanticleer for dinner and dancing with Andrew. When Carolee reminds her of all the room there will be in her and Steve's new house, Emma declines living when them again, preferring to live alone. Just as Matt phones the police to report Greta missing, Karen arrives to tell Matt that Greta is safe at her apartment. Althea overhears their conversation, and after Karen leaves, Matt explains to Althea how Karen used Maggie's illness to try and get Matt.
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At Hope Memorial, Greta says that she didn't mean what she said last night about hating her mother, and she gives Maggie a kiss before she's wheeled away to surgery. Martha advises Toni to stop worrying about Vito. Nick tells Hank he's to make the first cut, and surgery begins on Maggie as Matt and Althea observe from the gallery. Althea confides to Matt her fears that Dr. Hendryx won't agree with Nick's theory that surgery will correct John's paralysis. She admits that she wants John to walk again so that she can make it up to Nick for being so stubborn in their first marriage. Nick and Hank complete surgery on Maggie, and Hank is more certain than ever that he wants to be a neurosurgeon. After observing the surgery, Toni discusses with Martha her admiration for Nick's skill. Furthermore, she enjoyed sharing the experience with Mike and hopes they can share in their relationship the way that Matt and Maggie do. Vito phones the lab to let Nick know he's late because he had a flat tire. Upset, Toni hangs up and informs Martha that Nick has hired Vito to work in the research lab.
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Mike is upset to learn that Nick has hired Vito to supervise the research lab. After Toni treats him icily, Vito informs her that she isn't the star attraction of Hope Memorial. Karen attempts to defend herself against Althea who tells her in no uncertain terms how glad she is that Matt has finally severed his friendship with her. Realizing that someone has given Althea an account of the personal events in her life, Karen jumps to the conclusion that Steve broke his promise and gossiped about her, but she's stunned when Althea insists she learned the truth from Matt. Vito asks Hank to stop calling by the nickname "Mac the Knife," and Hank agrees to do it only after Vito stops earning that reputation. Nick and Hank commiserate over Hendryx, whose tests have proved Nick's diagnosis of John's paralysis correctly, though Hendryx hasn't agreed to perform the recommended surgery.
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Althea insists to Karen that Steve said nothing, but Matt told her all about Karen's machinations to take him away from Maggie. After Matt tells Nick that he knows about his rekindled relationship with Althea, Nick swears that they have never had an affair. Cathy corners Althea to tell her about the pregnancy, but when Althea states emphatically that her marriage is over, and she and Nick intend to reconcile, Cathy decides it's all a conspiracy. She declares that she's going to find someone who will take her side. Karen confronts Matt, who admits that he did tell Althea everything because she's a close friend and has a right to know. Defeated, Karen gives Matt two weeks notice. She's quitting Hope Memorial. Nick goes to see Dr. Hendryx in an effort to cool the war between them. Although he appears to accept Nick's reassurance that he isn't interested in becoming the director of neurosurgery, Hendryx still refuses to agree to John's surgery, arguing that the paralysis might eventually correct itself.
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Nick agrees to ask Matt to intercede in John's case since Dr. Hendryx could hinder John's swift recovery. After Cathy experiences a dizzy spell, Steve cautions her that she needs to seek medical help immediately, and he offers to transfer her records to another OBGYN. Althea expresses her concern to Nick that a seemingly unbalanced Cathy is massaging John's legs. Cathy's talk with John about her and Nick is interrupted by Dr. Hendryx. Matt informs Steve about Karen's resignation, and when he mentions that she has apparently made prior arrangements, a concerned Steve phones Karen, ordering her to not leave until he has a word with her.
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Steve confronts Karen, who refuses to tell him where she's going after she stops working at Hope Memorial. Incorrectly assuming that Steve blabbed to Althea about the overdose, Karen coldly tells Steve that he brought this all on himself by betraying her confidence. She snarls that he can browbeat his new wife from now on. When Steve opines that Karen is running away to Berlin, she retorts that if she is, he can't stop her. Matt and Nick pay a visit to Maggie, who says that her chest hurts. Nick appeals to Matt about intervening in John's case, but Matt is reluctant because Dr. Hendryx is the department head of neurology. After Nick theorizes that with surgery John could walk within a month, rather than years, Matt gives in.
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Carolee reassures a nervous Emma before her date with Mr. Winters. Matt has a consult with Dr. Hendryx regarding John's case, but Hendryx wants only to fit John with a brace and have him use a wheelchair. Furthermore, Hendryx counters that he has much more surgical experience than Nick, who has performed OR duties only a few times in the last several years. Mr. Winters and Emma enjoy an evening of dinner and dancing at the Chanticleer Room. Matt informs Nick that Hendryx won't budge on surgery for John, and John has agreed to follow his advice. Steve breaks the news to Carolee about Karen and shares his fear that she's planning to take Erich back to Germany. He phones Adam Reynolds to inquire about instigating a custody suit within the next two weeks.
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After overhearing Martha say that she has plans for the evening, Vito wastes no time in scheming to get Toni alone. Selecting a project favored by Nick, he asks to have one of the assistants stay late to work with him. Mike is immediately suspicious of Vito's request and realizes that he hasn't given up on winning Toni back. Later, Mike is late for his emergency ward shift when he and Toni go out to get ice cream. Steve reports to Carolee that Adam has suggested that Steve try to have Karen declared an unfit mother based on her two suicide attempts. Martha reads Vito's rejected Municipal Hospital project report and suggests that he run it by Nick. Hank berates Mike for being late for his EW duty, warning him that he needs to concentrate on his career rather than being jealous of his girlfriend's old lover.
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Nick pleads with Althea to leave John, since he and Hendryx are both refusing surgery, but she can't bring herself to break the promise she made to stay with him until his paralysis subsides. They decide to appeal to John themselves. However, John flatly refuses to let Nick near him since the rare surgery could result in severing his spinal cord. Later, John practically beams when Cathy confides that she's pregnant by Nick. A furious Karen confronts Steve with the restraining order preventing her from leaving the country that has just been served to her. Steve informs her that he's through trying to be reasonable with her. He intends to tell the judge about her unfitness as a parent by citing her drug overdoses, as well as almost allowing Erich to die by not seeking treatment for his heart condition. Karen stuns Steve with a counter-threat. She has obtained a copy of Carolee's OBGYN records, and if Steve proceeds with his plans, she'll use the records to prove he fathered Stephanie out of wedlock.
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John is shocked when he discovers that Nick has already told Althea about Cathy's pregnancy. He wonders how Althea can tolerate Nick's tom-cat behavior and the sick triangle that has been created from his actions. Althea responds by insisting that Nick didn't know about the pregnancy until after he ended his relationship with Cathy. Steve informs Nick about Cathy's dizzy spell and his recommendation that she see another doctor. Althea's conversation with John regarding Nick leaves her in tears. Steve tells Carolee about Karen's threat to declare him an unfit father based on his affair with Carolee and her subsequent pregnancy. Nick makes a final appeal to John, insisting that he thinks surgery will correct his condition, and he doesn't trust Hendryx. Without surgery, John might remain half a man and in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Nick asks that John allow him and Hendryx to each defend his case, and then let him decide between them.
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John ponders Nick's suggestion. Later, he encounters Greta in the hall outside Maggie's room. Greta says that John should have Nick operate on him since Nick cured her mother with surgery. Nick wants to see Cathy privately during her break. He reassures her that he doesn't hate her, and he's concerned for her health. Cathy misconstrues his statement to mean that he has feelings for the baby, too. She tells him that she would be willing to marry him, despite his love for Althea. Incredulous, Nick can't believe how easily Cathy can hear only what she wants to hear and disregard everything else. But, Cathy simply smiles. If he wants her to, she'll see another doctor and take good care of his baby.
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Matt discusses with Mike the new mobile unit he has planned for Hope Memorial to offer medical services in under-served areas of the city. Matt has selected Mike and Hank to staff the first unit. Carolee fills Emma in on the latest developments with Karen, and her threat to declare Steve an unfit father. Matt counsels Mike about his jealousy over Toni and Vito, but Mike says that he trusts Toni completely. Vito is the one who is untrustworthy. Althea fears that news of Cathy's pregnancy will reach the hospital board and endanger Nick's position at the hospital. Toni refuses Mike's request that she no longer agree to work late with Vito, arguing that Vito is her superior, and the project is worthwhile. Infuriated, Mike leaves, vowing to sort the situation out himself.
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While Toni is out of the lab, Mike tells Vito in no uncertain terms that Toni won't be working late for him anymore. Vito replies that he isn't interested in Toni, and he wants only to make a career at Hope Memorial because he couldn't go any farther at Municipal. Steve reports to Matt the latest threats from Karen, as well as his conviction that Karen plans to go back to Germany with Erich. Matt agrees to speak with Karen as he's the one person who might convince her. Vito blabs to Toni about the confrontation with Mike and reiterates that he doesn't want to cause problems between them, so he won't ask her to work late. Afterward, he calls Dr. Riley at Norcross Hospital, who is working on a similar research project. Vito manipulates Dr. Riley into inviting him and his assistant for a visit to compare notes on their research. After Dr. Hendryx rejects Nick's challenge to defend their cases to John, John persuades Matt to meet with Nick and Hendryx on his behalf.
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Nick and Dr. Hendryx meet in Matt's office, where Nick accuses Hendryx of being too afraid to operate on John. Martha and Toni discuss Mike's jealousy of Vito, whom Toni now believes is more interested in advancing her career than winning her back. But, Martha notes how Toni's opinion of Vito's intentions has completely reversed. Nick dismisses Hank's warning that he doesn't want Hendryx as an enemy. Matt informs Karen that he knows all about the custody suit, and he too believes that she plans to return to Germany. Karen is furious to discover that Steve confided in Matt about her latest overdose, but Matt tries to make her see that he did it out of concern for Erich rather than to spite her. Furthermore, he still would like to help her get on staff at Kingsbury Hospital. Karen appears to finally agree, prompting Matt to phone his contact at Kingsbury. Hendryx and Nick present their cases to John, who decides to allow Nick to perform the surgery. A furious Hendryx stalks out and later vows to repay Nick for this humiliation.
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Althea is ecstatic to learn from Nick that John has elected to have the surgery. She's certain that John will be mobile again within weeks, and then she will finally be free of their marriage. Martha spots a joyous Nick and Althea locked in a passionate embrace. Althea warns Steve to be cautious about Karen until she has accepted a job at Kingsbury and is working there regularly. Althea saw the look of fury in Karen's eyes when she was served with the restraining order and doesn't trust her. Matt helps a recuperating Maggie out of her hospital bed walk a bit. Nick satisfies Martha's curiosity about his kiss with Althea, and she in turn kisses him in elation.
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Nick and John have a civil conversation in which Nick promises to his best to cure John, who should regain sensation in legs approximately three weeks following surgery. John thinks to himself that Nick wants to cure him so that Althea will be free to leave him and remarry Nick. Mike and Toni offer to postpone their wedding until Maggie is released from the hospital so that she can organize it. Toni chastises Mike for embarrassing her the night she worked late with Vito. She reiterates that nothing is going on between them, and she wants Mike to understand that her work is very important to her. However, Mike says that he isn't sorry he laid down the law to Vito. Nick shares with Matt his fear about the possibility of heavy bleeding during John's surgery, a problem that occurred when it was performed previously at Municipal. Althea grouses to John about Cathy using her pregnancy to trap Nick, and she stresses once again that she will stay with John only until he can walk again. After she leaves, he phones Cathy and asks her to visit him following his surgery. He has something to discuss with her.
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Carolee keeps Althea company in the surgical gallery as John's surgery gets underway. Althea comments to Carolee that Cathy is warped. Cathy visits a medical building and selects obstetrician Dr. Clifford DeSales. Dr. DeSales, who is an old school buddy of Steve's, phones him to let him know that he's now in town practicing obstetrics, too. Cathy meets Dr. DeSales, giving him a false name and claiming that she lives in Wyndham Falls. She nervously dodges all of his his questions. Nick begins the most delicate part of John's surgery. After Althea informs Carolee that she overheard Karen cancel her meeting with the chief-of-staff at Kingsbury Hospital, Carolee rushes out to call Steve, who's not in his office. Dr. DeSales breaks the news to Cathy that she's carrying a dead fetus and will need a D&C, but she insists that she's still pregnant. When Dr. DeSales makes an appointment for her to return tomorrow for the procedure, she reluctantly agrees then rushes out of the office. In surgery, John begins to bleed profusely as Nick's surgical team attempts to stop it.
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Nick and the surgical team manage to get John's bleeding under control. Carolee stuns Steve with the news that Karen has canceled her appointment at Kingsbury Hospital to meet the chief-of-staff about a transfer. Nick successfully completes John's surgery. Steve confronts Karen, accusing her of duplicity again, but she argues that she had to cancel the appointment because she's been left alone in the outpatient clinic while Maggie recuperates and Althea anxiously awaits the outcome of John's surgery. Upset by Steve's threats to take Erich away from her, Karen phones an airline.
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With John in the recovery room following surgery, Nick and Althea fall into one another's arms. Carolee reads a telegram from Steve's mother Mona and wishes that she was there to watch Stephanie grow up. Nick warns Althea that John's recovery won't happen overnight, and he'll try to take advantage of it. Althea suggests that Nick talk to Matt about the situation with Cathy, because Cathy is a loose cannon, and Althea fears that she might end up giving the board of directors a twisted version of the story. Karen phones Dr. Krilling in Germany then begins to pack suitcases for Erich's thrilling adventure. When Steve arrives unexpectedly, she hides the suitcases in the closet. Steve apologizes for jumping to conclusions earlier in the lounge regarding the canceled appointment at Kingsbury Hospital. Karen assures him that she rescheduled the appointment for tomorrow morning at 9am and wants to begin a new life by making the right choices. Thrilled at her apparent change, Steve tells her that he's dropping the custody suit against her. Before he leaves, he makes a date to see Erich again tomorrow afternoon. Once he's gone, Karen phones the airline to confirm the reservation that she has made for her and Erich to fly to Berlin tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
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Cathy experiences another dizzy spell and remembers that Dr. De Sales told her that her baby is dead. Dr. De Sales arrives at Hope Memorial for his lunch date with Steve and does a double-take when he sees Cathy, who isn't wearing her wig. Steve and Dr. De Sales catch up and talk about old times, including Steve's brief marriage to Ann Larimer as a teenager. De Sales reports to Steve that Ann is now a doctor herself and practicing in Boston. Althea pays a visit to Maggie. They get caught up on the current situation with Nick and John, and Althea shares her plan to marry Nick once John can walk, and she divorces him. Cathy tells Althea that John has requested that she visit him, prompting Althea to urge Nick to tell Matt everything about pregnancy as soon as possible. After Althea informs him that Karen failed to show up for work, Steve phones Kingsbury Hospital and is told that Karen never rescheduled her appointment. Steve quickly phones Karen's apartment and begins to panic when there's no answer.
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An ecstatic Carolee goes to Steve's office after finding the perfect house for them, but her mood changes when he reports that Karen is missing. Carolee feels that Karen wouldn't violate the court's restraining order, though they decide to go to her apartment just to be sure. After finding the invitation Dr. Riley sent to Nick for Vito and Toni to visit him at Norcross Hospital, Vito flatters Nick profusely for his success in John's surgery. Now in a good mood, Nick approves of Vito and Toni's visit. Afterward, Martha cautions Nick about Vito's sneakiness, but he blithely dismisses her. Steve and Carolee manage to get a key to Karen's apartment from the building super and find that everything is gone except for the toy giraffe that Carolee gave to Erich. Steve confirms with the airline that Karen and Erich were on that morning's flight to Germany.
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Nick examines John, who can't wiggle his toes, but Nick feels that it's too soon anyway. Cathy, pretending to be Kitty Reed, phones Dr. De Sales' office and cancels her appointment for the D&C, despite his warning that she must receive treatment. Toni agrees to attend the Norcross Hospital visit with Vito, and he promises to have her back in time for dinner with Mike that night. Later, Mike's temper flares at the news, though he apologizes when Toni reassures him that it's just business. Meanwhile, Vito phones Dr. Riley to inquire about motels somewhere between the two hospitals. Nick notes the worried look on Cathy's face following her call to Dr. De Sales, but she assures him that she is fine. Cathy visits John, who insists that Althea is confused about her feelings and needs a new perspective. He tells Cathy that he has a plan to keep Althea and unite Cathy and Nick.
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Steve reports to Matt that Karen has left with Erich for Germany and kicks himself for ignoring the warning signs that she was untrustworthy. Steve wants to take an emergency leave to go to Germany, where Adam Reynolds has found an attorney who can help him. John's latest tests show an improvement in his reflexes, though he still can move his toes. A distressed Steve and Carolee anxiously await an open circuit to call Karen's old apartment in Germany. Nick confesses to Matt that Cathy is pregnant, and wanted Matt to know before the hospital board hears a distorted version of their affair. Matt decides that he must speak with Cathy. Cathy and John enter into a conspiracy for her to become his therapist and help him learn to walk again, but hide his recovery from everyone so that Althea will stay with him. Cathy sees the logic in John's scheme. With Althea out of the way, she will have a clear path to Nick. Matt phones Steve, requesting that he and Carolee come to his office immediately. He has just received a telegram regarding Karen and Erich, and the news is very bad.
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Matt breaks the news to Steve and Carolee that the plane carrying Karen and Erich to Germany has crashed. Karen is dead, but Erich has apparently survived, though there is no word on his condition. Steve attempts to contact Dr. Krilling, the man in Berlin who wanted to marry Karen. John urges Cathy to start looking more innocent and reassures her that he'll get her assigned to his case. Later, John convinces Nick to dismiss his current therapist and allow Catht to assist him. Matt meets privately with Cathy and after insisting that Nick won't marry her, he encourages her to take a voluntary leave of absence until after the child is born. This way, she can come back to her job afterward and avoid censure from the hospital board. Cathy requests a couple of weeks to think about the offer before she decodes. Matt agrees, though he cautions her to consider the offer carefully as a lot is riding on her decision. Carolee packs Steve's luggage for his trip overseas. Meanwhile, a phone call from Dr. Krilling finally arrives.
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A bad connection prevents Steve from taking Dr. Krilling's call. Carolee suggests they pray while they wait. Martha cautions Toni that Vito is moving very fast a new employee, and Martha doesn't like the conflict it's creating between her and Mike, but Toni naively states that it's just business. Nick presents a gold rose pin as a gift to Althea, replacing the one stolen in her apartment robbery. Althea has a bad feeling about her Cathy's motivations when Nick tells her that Cathy is replacing John's current therapist. Afterward, she goes to see John and argues to him that Cathy is a troublemaker, but John quietly dismisses the idea. Steve and Dr. Krilling finally are able to make contact. Steve learns from him that Erich survived the crash because he was in the tail section of the plane. Karen had just gone to the front of the plane, which was destroyed by fire upon impact. Krilling assures Steve that Erich was not injured, and Steve makes plans to fly there tomorrow morning. John calls Cathy with the news that she's now working with him.
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Nick releases Maggie from the hospital. Matt tells Nick about the conversation he had with Cathy, and they both hope that Cathy makes the right decision for everyone. Later, Nick promises Cathy that no matter what she decides, he is concerned for her the baby. Cathy replies that they're both just fine, while alone in his office, Dr. De Sales recalls breaking bad news to Kitty Reed. John shares with Matt that despite past hostilities with Nick, he's grateful for Nick's skill as a surgeon. Unable to let Kitty Reed's case go, Dr. De Sales phones Wyndham Falls and finds no record of Kitty, her doctor, or a fire. Cathy confides in John the options Matt presented to her, and John reminds her that she has leverage in Nick's child. Dr. DeSales vows to find Kitty Reed.
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On their way back from visiting Norcross, Vito says that Dr. Riley suggested that they travel home by this route. Mike and Hank go out on their first mobile unit duty. At a rundown apartment house they force their way into a flat after hearing a man inside moaning and screaming. Hank suspects the man is ill due to lead poisoning, and the patient, reluctant to receive care, insists that he's dying from cancer. After much arguing, they eventually convince the patient to let them admit him to Hope Memorial for tests. Carolee and Emma have an appointment to see the dream house she found for herself and Steve. Vito tries to ignite old feelings in Toni by reminiscing about a special night they once had in Central Park, but she doesn't take the bait. Later, he says that the car is driving funny, so he pulls off the side of the road to check the engine. While Toni waits inside the car, Vito arranges it so that the car won't crank again. He suggests going to find a motel to make a phone call.
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Steve arrives at a hotel in Germany, while in a motel back in the United States, Toni is trying to contact Mike from a motel that Vito found. When she's unable to reach Mike, who is still out with Hank and their new patient, Vito attempts to persuade her into going to dinner with him, but she refuses. Dr. Rolf Krilling visits Steve with more details. The plane carrying Karen and Erich crashed 80 miles from Frankfurt. Following an explosion and fire, the front part of the plane was reduced to ashes. Krilling visited the crash site, where Karen's purse was recovered for identification. Krilling tells Steve that he had asked Karen to marry him several times, and she declined, leading him to believe that she was in love with a man, probably married. He had hoped that her return to Europe was because the other man was out her life, and perhaps she would finally consent to marry him. At the Wayside Motel, Vito comes back with a bottle of Chianti and tries to put the make on Toni, but she pushes him away. At that moment, the phone rings. It's Mike returning her call. Toni begs him to come and get her immediately. Krilling and Steve makes plans for Steve to go to Erich. In Feldsburg, 200 miles south of Frankfurt, a German official is interrupted by a disheveled Karen, who walks into his office dazed and confused. She announces that she doesn't know where she is or who she is.
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Toni realizes she must keep Vito's antics a secret from Mike who she thinks would kill him if he knew. Mike arrives at the motel to collect Toni. He deduces that something has upset her, so she tells him everything except that Vito made a pass at her. Matt and Greta share a happy reunion with Maggie back home from the hospital. They are joyous that everything is finally back to normal. Mike probes an upset Toni for more details, but she suddenly suggests that they elope that night. Carolee and Emma are delighted when they visit the house she found, though Emma persists in her determination to not live with him. Carolee expresses her fears about becoming a new mother to Erich when they are strangers to one another. Mike and Toni discuss whether or not they should hold off on marrying so that Maggie can enjoy arranging the wedding, but Toni says that she can arrange a big celebration for them instead. Convinced, Mike decides that they should head for the state line.
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Nick and Althea visit Maggie at home. Maggie says she is anxious to return to work, especially since she'll be needed now that Karen is gone. Matt and Nick discuss how obstructive Hendryx is being as well his threat to repay Nick for humiliating him. Matt remarks that when Hendryx was first hired, his personality was very different. Nick says that they don't actually know anything about Hendryx, which is just how Nick wants to keep it. Althea reiterates her distrust of Cathy, who she fears she is looking for more gossip to spread. John is unable to summon any sensation in his legs. He and Cathy talk about their plans, which Cathy says need to expedited since Matt is pressuring her into taking a leave of absence. John proposes that they might find a use for Dr. Hendryx in their plans, since he and Cathy are friendly, but he and Nick are not.
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Mike and Toni arrive at the home of a small town justice of the peace. Matt stops by to visit with Carolee, awaiting word from Steve. Steve phones from Germany to say that he and Erich will be returning to America later that afternoon. After they conclude their call, Steve answers his hotel room door and finds his mother Mona has arrived for a surprise visit. Mona informs Steve that she has divorced his stepfather and has stopped in Frankfurt while on her way to Paris. Steve mentions that he has been reunited with Cliff De Sales, and they discussed Ann Larimer. Mona says that she knows Ann is now a pediatrician. Then they discuss Carolee, whom Steve describes as being very different than Ann, not a Junior League type. Mike and Toni are married by the justice of the peace.
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Hank informs Althea that Cathy has performed two physical therapy sessions with John in one day. Mike phones Matt to tell him that he and Toni were married. Martha shares with Althea her concerns about Toni and Vito, who she thinks is doing a snow job on Nick. Afterward, Vito enters the lab and is annoyed by Toni's absence and Martha's questions. When Matt stops by the lab and breaks the news of Mike and Toni's elopement, an irritated Vito makes a hasty exit. Althea confesses to Maggie the details of John's fall and also tells her that Cathy is pregnant with Nick's baby. Hank confronts Vito about the way he is manipulating Toni and causing problems for Mike.
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At the nurse's station, Althea overhears Cathy speaking with John on the phone. She later tells Nick that she was suspicious of Cathy's tone. Steve and Erich return home, and Carolee tells him that she has found a house to buy that she thinks will be perfect their new family. In a German hospital, Karen calls Erich's name, but she can't remember who he is. Her doctor informs her that she's being sent to Berlin because the label in her dress suggests it's from a German shop, so Berlin might hold a clue to her identity. John confides in Cathy that even though he hasn't regained sensation in his legs, he feels somewhat better. He then instructs her to tell Dr. Hendryx about her pregnancy. John theorizes that Hendryx will hold Nick accountable, and to avoid losing his neurosurgery position, Nick will be forced to do the right thing with Cathy. With Nick out of the way, Althea will stay with him. John warns her to leave his name out of it, and picks up the phone to call Hendryx.
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Cathy hesitates going through with John's plan, arguing that Hendryx might side with Nick, but John assures her that the plan will work. Matt won't allow an eager Maggie to return to work until Nick agrees. They discuss Mike's elopement, which Matt thinks occurred because Mike was afraid he'd lose Toni if they waited any longer. Matt wants an explanation from Hendryx about his threat to Nick, as well as his failure to find Nick a suitable office in the neurosurgery department. Nick is frustrated when he examines John, and John insists that he can't move his toes. Cathy meets with Hendryx to confide in him the details of her pregnancy. Hendryx reassures her that he's going to do what he can to help her.
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Steve encourages Cathy to make an appointment with his obstetrician friend Dr. DeSales. Cathy phones him, pretending to be Kitty Reed, and says that she has gone back to her original doctor. When DeSales informs her that he was unable to verify any of the details she initially gave him, she hangs up on him. Hendryx speaks with Matt, who is not happy to learn that he knows about Cathy's pregnancy. Hendryx insists that he won't have a morally unfit doctor in his staff. Matt warns him that if he goes to the hospital board with the news, everyone will suffer. As Hendryx continues to disparage Nick as someone he doesn't want, Matt becomes angry, arguing that he wants Nick. He's chief of staff, and it's his decision alone. Hendryx wonders if Matt really does have the final word.
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Nick decides that Maggie is fine, but he wants her to wait a few more days before returning to her duties in the outpatient clinic. Althea tells Maggie that Nick is beginning to grow frustrated by John's lack of progress. He should feel some sensation in his legs by now. Mike and Toni visit Maggie and later Martha, who insists that the newlyweds continue living with her. Toni confesses to Martha the incident with Vito that led to her elopement, but priding herself as an honest person, she's conflicted about keeping the whole story from Mike. John manipulates Althea by calling her at night to say how depressed he is over still being paralyzed. Nick turns up at Althea's apartment. He's impatient with John's slow recovery. He wants to make love with Althea, but she refuses, reminding him of her promise to remain John's wife until he has recovered. Nick snaps that she can go to bed alone with her self-respect, and he storms out.
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Nick apologizes to Althea for becoming so upset last night, but his apology sparks another argument between them. Carolee urges an uncommitted Steve to buy the dream house. When Mona phones unexpectedly to say that she plans to visit them, Steve finally agrees to buy the house. Matt praises Hank and Mike for a successful first outing with Hope Memorial's new mobile unit. This meeting is followed by a visit from Clark Bowman, chairman of the hospital board. He reports to Matt that he heard the story of Nick and Cathy's affair from Hendryx, who claims that Matt is refusing to deal with the situation. Bowman advises Matt that Nick needs marry Cathy, otherwise there will be a big mess with the hospital board. Bowman suggests that they move quickly because the board will convene again in three weeks.
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While Cathy massages his legs, John suddenly feels sensation and wiggles his toes. However, he hides his progress from an increasingly frustrated Nick. Matt orders Cathy into his office to tell her how much damage she has done by spilling her secret to Dr. Hendryx. He advises her to take an immediate leave of absence, otherwise she could be dismissed from Hope Memorial along with Nick. Mortified, Cathy bolts from the office. Nick grouses to Althea about John's lack of progress compared to patients at Municipal who received the same surgery. Matt informs Nick of the latest developments with Cathy and passes along Clark Bowman's suggestion that Nick resolve the conflict by marrying Cathy. Enraged, Nick demands to see Cathy immediately.
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Confronted by Nick, Cathy lies that she didn't intend to tell Hendryx about the pregnancy but claims he forced it out of her when she had a dizzy spell in his presence. Nick suggests she save herself by taking the leave of absence that Matt advises. Cathy tells him that regardless of what he thinks, she never meant to hurt him. Steve isn't as excited as Carolee regarding Mona's impending visit. Vito congratulates Toni on her marriage and feigns ignorance when she speculates that he arranged the trip to Norcross so that he could make a pass at her. She tells him that he won't get another chance because she'll never trust him again. Nick fails to tell Althea about Cathy and Hendryx, but later, Cathy tells her. Cathy stuns Althea with the accusation that she is to blame for the mess, because if she wouldn't continue pursuing Nick, he'd be free to marry and give her child a name. Furthermore, if Nick ends up getting fired, it's Althea's fault.
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Cathy wails to John that their plan has backfired. She and Nick may both lose their job. John disagrees. This added pressure might force Nick into making the right decision, and to help it along, John says he'll go home to the apartment, forcing Althea to take care of him. Cathy tips him off that Nick is beginning to grill her about John's physiotherapy because Nick is certain that John should have regained sensation by now. Hank admits to Mike that he was happy to see the look of disappointment on Vito's face when he found out about Mike and Toni's wedding. Matt becomes annoyed after Althea informs him about her talk with Cathy. John tells Althea that he wants to go home from the hospital and also return to work. Privately, he gloats over the fact that he'll have Althea's attention every minute of the next three weeks.
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Maggie is elated on her first day back at work. Toni tells Martha that Vito has assured her that he won't be a problem now that she's Mike's wife, but she realizes that he will be a problem until she's completely honest with Mike about the Norcross trip. As she and Emma begin to unpack in the new house, Carolee experiences jitters over Mona's upcoming visit. Nick expresses hope to Althea that Cathy will make the right decision before the hospital board reconvenes, however Althea speculates that Cathy won't take a leave nor will she get an abortion. To that end, Althea says that he should go ahead and marry Cathy. Later on he can free himself. Stunned, Nick flatly refuses, countering that he hasn't done anything wrong and believes he can convince the board to agree with him. He goes on to say that they're not going to wait for John's recovery either.
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Mike presents Toni with a wedding band, but their sweet moment is ruined when Toni admits all of the things Vito did on the Norcross trip. Mike resents her for keeping it from him and angrily walks out. After Carolee buys new sheets and towels for Mona's visit, an irritated Steve reminds her that Mona isn't a queen deserving of royal treatment. Emma defends Carolee's desire to make a good impression on her new mother-in-law. Maggie goes to thank Toni for sending her flowers as a welcome back gift. She realizes that something is wrong and gently tells Toni that families are there for one another in bad times as well as good ones. Steve stops Carolee's phone call to a home décor store.
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When Steve asks Cathy if she has scheduled a meeting with Dr. DeSales, she informs him that she doesn't want help from any of Nick's friends. John is ready to be released from Hope and declares that he wants Cathy to keep performing his physical therapy, but Althea says that she'll do it instead. Carolee and Steve move into their dream home. Althea bristles when Nick speculates that John is lying about his paralysis so that Althea won't leave him. Cathy cautions John that he won't be able to fool Althea if she does his leg massages, but he counters that he just fooled Nick again that very afternoon. Furthermore, Althea has temporarily forgotten that she once loved him. She's vulnerable to people in need, people like him.
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John expresses joy at being home again and thanks Althea for all the touches that have made it so homey. He notes that she still has Max the Bear, the stuffed animal he bought for her before they were married. Toni models her new wedding band for Martha, who opines that Mike won't stay mad at her for too long. Matt offers Mike a residency at Hope Memorial, but Mike blows up when Matt reveals that Toni confided in Maggie about Vito and the Norcross trip. Matt chastises Mike for treating Toni so badly when she told him the truth and only delayed it for what she believed to be his own good. The sound wisdom prompts Mike to return to the lab and Toni's arms. Nick drops by Althea's apartment after John has gone to bed. He isn't amused by Althea's story of the funny time she and John had trying to get him into his pajamas. Annoyed, Nick makes a crack about them being a friendly threesome and then suggests that she should have thrown away Max the Bear.
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John apologizes to Althea for all the nasty things that he's said to her. Nick congratulates Vito on the good impression he made at Norcross, but later, an icy Martha lets Vito know that she's aware of his deceptions. At first Vito defends himself, but he ultimately becomes hostile, reminding Martha that she works for him, and he doesn't care about her opinion of him. When Steve mentions Cathy's continued reluctance to get another doctor, Nick tells him about the trouble she caused when she told Dr. Hendryx that she's pregnant. Nick says that he isn't worried because he'll make the board understand his position. Steve counters that the board is only concerned with the hospital, and they may decide that Nick's personal behavior will affect his professional behavior, too. Althea admits to Maggie that she finds John's apologies genuine. She also feels that his accident and recuperation have softened him. They discuss the latest developments with Cathy, balking at the notion that a nurse could accidentally get pregnant. Althea admits that no matter how the situation turns out, she will somehow be blamed.
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Vito attempts to snow Mike with congratulations for his residency appointment. At first, Mike is hostile and refuses to shake hands, but reluctantly gives in after Vito very carefully explains his version of the Norcross trip. Carolee wants to host a wedding celebration for Toni and Mike in the new house. Emma notes the arrival of a beautiful crystal bowl from the department store, and reminds Carolee that what she really wants from Mona can't be bought. Vito wants Toni to read his work on the immune disorder project. Maggie expresses her fears about Nick's future to Matt. Mike offers to take Toni out for dinner to celebrate his residency appointment, but when he finds out that Vito gave her his project notes to read, he becomes enraged and orders her to quit her job.
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John tells Althea that he should have believed her when she insisted that she and Nick weren't involved, and he regrets falsely accusing her. Matt suggests that Nick consider Althea's advice that he marry Cathy and divorce her later. He points out that by the time that he's free from Cathy, John will probably be fully recovered. Nick violently objects, pointing out that he won't be railroaded into marriage just to give a child a name or appease the Hope Memorial board. While out on another mobile unit duty, Mike and Hank find a little girl they recognize as Mary Nell Jarrett, the little girl brought in to Hope Memorial last winter for a fall down the stairs, which Mike suspected was child abuse. Noting fresh bruises on her face, Mike pushes his way into the Jarrett apartment to confront Lorraine Jarrett. She denies any abuse toward the child, and when Mike won't give up his questioning, she threatens to phone the police. While Althea is out shopping, John practices moving his legs. When she and Nick come back to the apartment, Althea notes that John's leg is in a different position, and she's thrilled with his progress. However, John demonstrates the change in position by simply picking his leg up and moving it. A suspicious Nick doesn't buy the explanation. He decides that John has secretly recovered.
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John becomes angry at Nick's accusation that he's recovered and now faking paralysis. Mike informs Matt about Mary Nell Jarrett as well as his suspicion that Mrs. Jarrett is afraid of her husband. Matt advises him that they can't do anything unless they have the voluntary cooperation of the parents. At the Jarrett apartment, Al Jarrett is drinking beer. He grouses to Lorraine that he was fired from his job because money is missing, He becomes even more agitated when she lets it slip that doctors from Hope Memorial examined Mary Nell for her most recent injuries. Deciding that Mary Nell must have tattled, he takes off his belt and goes to punish the child. Nick helps John into bed. Afterward, he continues to speculate to Althea that John has been lying about his recovery. But how can he prove his suspicions?
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John persuades Althea to come home for lunch. Toni wants to keep her dinner date with Mike, who says he's still angry because she allowed herself to be conned by Vito again. Mike stops by the hospital room of Tennessee Eddie Hawkins, the patient from the apartment house whom he and Hank suspected of having lead poisoning. Eddie, a neighbor of the Jarretts, tells Mike that Al is on parole, and he's only Mary Nell's stepfather. John surprises Althea with a lovely lunch that he's ordered in. He thanks her for taking such good care of him and admits that it was his own jealousy that precipitated the accident which has left him impotent. With Althea successfully snowed, he presents her with the strand of pearls he previously offered her at The Chanticleer Room. Althea accepts them as a token of his gratitude. Mike decides to go back to the Jarrett apartment and try to convince Lorraine to take Mary Nell to Hope Memorial, where the child will be protected. Fearing Al's violent reaction, Toni begs him not to go alone. She suggests he take Hank with him, but Mike says Hank is on duty at the hospital. He then throws Vito in her face, arguing that if he can't interfere with her job, she can't interfere with his.
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Nick hears from Dr. Riley and is annoyed to discover that Vito has shared all of their research notes without Nick's approval. Nick admits to Maggie he shouldn't have released John from the hospital because he now requires Althea's constant attention. Mike and Vito square off again over Toni reading Vito's project notes, and Mike admits he has asked Toni to resign as Vito's lab assistant. Maggie tries to make Nick see that Althea's suggestion he marry Cathy is for his own good, especially since John's stalled recovery will keep Althea away from him for some time. Mike returns to the Jarrett apartment, where Mary Nell cries in pain from the beating Al gave her. Spotting belt marks on the child's back, Mike fears she might have a broken rib. He appeals to Lorraine to go with him to Hope Memorial. She is resistant until Mike asks if she ever fears Al might kill Mary Nell. Finally, she agrees to go. Maggie recaps her conversation with Nick to Althea, but is afraid it had the opposite effect than she intended. Actor Jim Pritchett (Dr. Matt Powers) steps out of character to thank the National Academy of Arts and Sciences for awarding The Doctors the first Emmy presented to a daytime serial.
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Toni shares her fears about Mike's safety with Martha. They realize how dangerous Al Jarrett could be, especially as a parolee who could be arrested for abuse. Matt informs Maggie that Clark Bowman has been hospitalized for tests, which will buy Nick and Cathy more time since the board won't be able to reconvene in Bowman's absence. Al becomes enraged when he discovers that Lorraine allowed Mike to take Mary Nell to the hospital. He blames the child for his problems, including the likelihood that his parole will be revoked. Steve speculates to Althea that Nick will never marry Cathy even if it means losing his job. Mona phones Steve from Boston and asks him to come collect her. A furious Al heads to Hope Memorial to get Mary Nell back.
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Entering Mary Nell's hospital room, Mike catches Al attempting to carry her out. Al puts her back in bed and backs down when Mike states forcefully that she's been hospitalized under a court order because of belt marks on her back. Al tries to explain his behavior, promising that it won't happen again, but leaves as Mike is unmoved. Mona arrives at the new Aldrich house. A nervous Carolee makes her first faux pas by mistaking Mona's gift of finger bowls as tiny flower pots. Next, she raises Mona's eyebrows by referring to Steve's playboy past. Steve explains to Mona that he and Carolee live a modest lifestyle without servants. Al goes back home to abuse Lorraine over his predicament. He decides that they must get Mary Nell out of the hospital because her injuries are all the proof the police need to send him back to prison. As he leaves, he grabs a gun, saying that he'll only use it for intimidation.
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Matt and Maggie relax at a lakeside cabin. John begs Althea to forgive his dishonesty. He explains his behavior as a result of his parents' acrimonious divorce, and his own fear and avoidance of marriage. He promises her that he won't lie to her again, and he wishes that he could convince Nick, too. Mona wryly agrees with Steve's earlier assertion that Carolee isn't "the Junior League type". Steve says that she's "his type." He also defends Carolee's earlier comment about his being a playboy, which is true. Carolee admits to Steve she's upset over his not telling Mona the truth about Stephanie's parentage. Mona continues to assume that Stephanie is Carolee's daughter by Dan Allison. Maggie shares with Matt her wish that Nick would get over his obsession with John and belief that he's a liar. Meanwhile, John gloats over his successful snow job on Althea. Now he just needs to find a way to make Nick believe he's truthful.
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Martha sings Mike's praises for his intuition about Mary Nell's abuse. Since Toni hasn't quit as Vito's lab assistant, Mike decides to work a late shift. Maggie tells Matt that she found Cathy's accidental pregnancy unlikely and wonders if it was just an old trick to trap Nick. When Martha grouses about Vito rubbing her the wrong way, Nick says she should rub him back. Toni calls Mike to the lab to continue their disagreement about Vito. Mike reminds her that Matt can get her a job at Kingsbury Hospital, but Toni wonders what would happen if there were another handsome young doctor there, too. Mike reiterates that he trusts her, but Toni turns the situation back on his distrust of himself. Infuriated, Mike sarcastically wishes her luck in justifying her point of view and walks out, slamming the door behind him.
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Hank cautions Mike that he should have gone to the police instead of going to the Jarrett apartment alone. He fears that the situation isn't fully resolved. Lorraine arrives at Hope Memorial looking for Mike, and a nurse says that a nasty man was looking for Mike earlier. Mona continues to express dismay at Carolee for deeming Steve a playboy. Steve finally confesses to her that he fathered Stephanie, and Dan Allison died from a heart attack. However, he doesn't tell Mona about Dan's death initially being a suspected murder for which he was arrested. Mona decides that if Carolee had trusted Steve in the first place, they could have avoided any problems they had getting together. Claiming jet lag, she makes a hasty exit to go upstairs and lie down. Carolee expresses annoyance over Steve failing to tell Mona the whole story about Dan's death. A distraught Lorraine interrupts Vito and Toni, saying she's desperate to find Mike because her husband's there to snatch Mary Nell. While the desk nurse has her back to the door, Al sneaks into Mary Nell's room, threatens her to be quiet, and takes her from the room unnoticed. Mike arrives moments later and calls for security when he realizes Mary Nell is gone. Toni, Vito, and Lorraine get there seconds later to hear the news that child is missing. Lorraine warns them that Al has gun, prompting Vito to take off down the stairs exit.
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Security is on alert to find an armed Al and Mary Nell inside Hope Memorial. Toni leads Lorraine to the staff lounge to wait while the hospital is searched. Althea and Nick continue to declare their love for one another, but Nick flatly refuses Althea's advice to marry Cathy. He reiterates that John is trying every trick in the book to worm his way into her life. Mike spots Toni and Vito together in the elevator, and just as the doors close on them, Toni warns him that Al has a gun. When Althea goes home, John tries a new approach, lamenting the fact that he's half a man, an allusion to his sexual impotence. His despair moves Althea, who attempts to allay his fears for recovery. Searching the hospital basement, Mike finds a puppet Mary Nell has dropped, leading him into a linen supply room where she and Al are hiding. An increasingly erratic Al pulls his gun on Mike, who remains calm as he attempts to talk the man down. Mike coolly offers to take Mary Nell's place as Al's hostage. He will leave the hospital with Al and stay with him until they're across state-lines, going anywhere Al wants to go. Mike begins to move slowly away, his back to Al, but then he turns suddenly and lunges for the gun. It fires, and Mike falls to the floor. Al takes aim again to finish the job, but before he can shoot, Vito bursts through the door and spoils the next shot. As Vito struggles with Al, Toni rushes to a wounded Mike's side.
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Mike is rushed into the emergency ward with a head wound, but the shot only grazed him. He's told that Vito saved his life by spoiling Al's aim. Mike wonders if he'll ever get Vito out of his life. Hank goes to give Toni an update on Mike and finds her being comforted by Vito. Matt, alerted earlier by Toni, arrives at the hospital and is relieved that Mike hasn't been seriously injured. Matt goes to see Nick in the lab. He informs Nick that he has requested to the board that he be allowed to testify on Nick's behalf. Matt wants it known that Cathy refused to take a leave of absence even with a promise that she'd still have her job afterward. Nick shares with Matt his suspicion that John is faking paralysis to keep Althea. Matt admits that he doubted Nick's theory at first, but he now realizes that John shades the truth to his own advantage. A relieved Toni goes to see Mike, and having been given a second chance, they make up. Irritated that Vito used Toni's emotional state to give her an embrace, Hank curtly reminds him that saving Mike's life didn't give him special rights to Mike's wife.
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After Matt says that he's talked with Nick about their situation, John admits he knows Nick distrusts him. It's because of his past lies and deceptions. But, John vows he's through being dishonest no matter what gain he might receive from it. He declares that the whole world will know the second he's able to move a single toe. Carolee overhears Steve's phone call to Jason who grudgingly agrees to keep Steve's secret from Mona. After he hangs up, Carolee worries that if he doesn't tell Mona everything now, it will blow up in their faces later. Matt agrees that John can return to work at Hope Memorial on Monday. With Matt gone, John quickly phones Cathy with the news that he's regained sensation in his lower extremities and a little bit in his knees. He knows that he'll soon be walking again. Emma surprises a pleasant Mona with a bouquet of fresh yellow roses. Carolee attempts to mend the growing rift between her and Mona, but she only makes the situation worse. Althea also tries to patch things up with Nick, though she maintains that John has changed and is being honest when he says he still can't feel anything. Nick laughs at Althea's naivete. He decides she should only have contact with John at his bedtime so that he can't influence her any more than he already has.
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Steve and Nick discuss Nick's triangle with Althea and John. Steve draws a parallel between Nick's demands on Althea and his own on Carolee when she wouldn't leave Dan. Nick points out the difference. Dan was really sick, but John is faking it. Mike deems Vito a hero for saving his life, thanks him, and they shake hands. After Mike leaves, Toni says that she read Vito's notes on the immune project and thinks he did a great job. He's chuffed because Toni has approved it while his old boss at Municipal wasn't impressed. It gives him hope that Nick will approve, too. He kisses Toni on each cheek in gratitude, while Mike returns just in time to witness it. Matt has Mike in to talk about choosing his specialty and for an update on Al Jarrett, but Mike's mind is on Vito kissing Toni, and the idea that Vito is the better man. Nick goes to John's and finds it locked. Inside, Cathy with John, who has just stood on his own. After he's let in, he's suspicious about what was going on behind a locked office door. He informs John that Althea will be coming home very late from now on, and he, not John, is the man in Althea's life.
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Cathy phones John, worried that their schemes will be exposed, and he attempts to allay her fears. Nick tells John that if he's well enough to resume working, then he doesn't need Althea's continued help. Mona and Steve have lunch at Pete's Bar, where she presses him for more details about the animosity between him and the late Dan Allison. At the apartment, John chains the door and tries to stand on his own. When Althea arrives home and can't get the door open, she runs to get Nick. Matt and Maggie talk about Steve's attempts to steer Mona away from conversations about Dan. When Nick and Althea return to Althea's apartment, John has managed to get himself back in his wheelchair. He apologizes for causing alarm, and while Althea is sympathetic, Nick accuses him of chaining the door for privacy so that he could practice standing up. Nick then walks out in disgust.
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Cathy wonders to herself if her fetus really is dead since she's not gaining weight and hasn't felt the baby move. Althea admits to John that she's troubled by the intensity of Nick's hostility toward him after last night's incident. Carolee worries about Mona learning the whole truth of her relationship with Dan and Steve's arrest for his murder. Mona cautions Carolee about the line between employer and employee when Erich's babysitter Delores refers to Carolee by first name. Noting Mona's affection for Erich, Carolee urges her to spend time with Stephanie, too. Cathy visits John in his office to help him practice walking. She confides in him her fears that her baby is dead, and she won't be able to continue with their plan. John calmly reassures her that she's in no physical danger from not having a D&C. He suggests that if she follows his advice and stays the course, she can marry Nick and reveal her miscarriage afterward.
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Althea admonishes Nick for his hostility toward John, but he counters that she's being very naive. John is secretly recovering; Nick is sure of it. Mike plans to speak with child welfare and urge them to give Lorraine custody of Mary Nell. Nick reminds Althea of finding John on the floor and suggests that John fell while attempting to walk. Althea continues to dismiss Nick's assertion that John is being deceptive and asks that he try to muster some kindness for him, but Nick refuses. Hank tells Toni that he saw her in Vito's arms after Mike was shot, and he offers his own "safe shoulder" to cry on instead. When he reiterates what an opportunist Vito is, Toni says flatly that Vito doesn't always get what he wants. Later, Toni confronts Mike over his coldness, and he admits that he saw her kissing Vito in the lab. Toni gives him the same response she gave Hank, arguing that Vito doesn't always get what he wants. When Mike is unmoved by her explanation of the incident, she retorts that she made marriage vows to him, but she didn't agree to completely change herself. Matt advises Althea to set a time limit on her devotion to John's recovery and stick with it, even if his condition has not improved.
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Nick asks Martha if his thought processes are crooked, and she assures him that he "thinks straight." Steve tips Matt off to a future dinner invitation from Carolee, but warns him that he and Maggie shouldn't mention Dan Allison around Mona. Mona blanches when Billy asks if he should call her "Grandmother" as he does Emma. She requests that he refer to her by name since she's much younger than Emma. Later, Billy accidentally lets it slip that Dan was actually his uncle and was mean to Carolee and Steve. Steve suggests that Mona try not to show favoritism for Erich over Stephanie. Matt speaks with Nick about the trouble between him and Althea, offering the same advice that he gave to Althea: set a time limit for staying with John and then leave regardless of his condition. Nick counters that he's right about John's duplicity. He knows that John has regained sensation in his legs and has been practicing walking behind locked doors. Therefore, he refuses to meet Althea halfway.
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Nick overhears Cathy arranging another meeting with John in his office. Toni explains to Mike the innocence of her kiss with Vito, and the two reconcile. Matt informs Althea that he spoke with Nick, but to no avail. Althea confides to Maggie that despite Nick's unwillingness to give John the benefit of the doubt, she'll take Matt's advice and leave John for Nick in one month. After reading a newspaper article detailing Webb Sutherland's hospitalization at Municipal for a blood disorder, Toni realizes that Vito must have known where Webb was all along. John practices walking in his locked office with Cathy's help. He insists that he's got to improve nerve function because he's still impotent. At that moment, Nick arrives and begins to bang on the office door. John makes it back to the wheelchair, and Nick barges in, accusing him of faking his paralysis. Before John can protest, his walker falls out of the closet and onto the floor. Nick takes it as positive proof of John's deception, but John quickly lies that the he's keeping the walker as motivation for his future goal of walking again. Enraged, Nick grabs him out of the wheelchair, screaming that John will walk for him. A horrified Althea arrives to see Nick's physical tirade and leaps to John's defense. Furious, Nick storms out.
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Following the incident with Nick, John tells Althea that he wants to leave their apartment tonight, as he's afraid of what Nick might do if he loses control of his anger again. In fact, John is worried that Nick might victimize Althea, as well. In a New York hospital, Barbara Ferra is reunited with Webb Sutherland after she receives his letter. Althea goes to confront Nick about his cruelty and hostility toward John in attempt to alleviate the conflict between them.
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Althea confronts Nick over his treatment of John and wants him to apologize for losing control, but he vehemently refuses. Carolee asks Steve to have a talk with Billy about not mentioning their trouble with Dan to Mona. Billy finds Steve's request strange since he was cleared of any wrongdoing and wonders why Steve wouldn't want his mother to know. Mona reveals to Carolee that Steve asked her not to play favorites with the grandchildren then opines that Carolee's feelings for Stephanie may include a bit of jealousy toward Erich. Nick goes back to the lab and sarcastically asks Althea for an itemized list of all the things he needs to apologize for to John. Althea attempts to make him understand that nothing justifies his cruelty toward John, adding that John wants to move out because he's afraid of what Nick might do next. As the argument escalates, Althea finally asks Nick what it will take to make him see what a monster he's become. Nick reminds her that the last time she called him a monster, they ended up getting a divorce. The whole situation seems like deja vu to him because once again, things are only fine when he agrees with everything Althea wants. He coldly tells her that if she wants Morrison, she's got him because it's all over between them.
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A stunned Althea finds Maggie in the outpatient clinic and relates the fight that just ended her future with Nick. Maggie tries to reassure her that Nick broke up with her in anger and will change his mind once he's cooled down, but Althea doesn't think so. Nick said it and meant it. They really are finished. Worried about what Vito might be doing to Toni, Barbara asks for Webb's help in finding Toni so that she can warn her daughter away from him, but Webb doesn't want any part of it. However, he ultimately admits that Vito was his doctor at Municipal Hospital. Later, Barbara phones Municipal and is told that Vito is no longer on their staff. Maggie and Althea continue to discuss the possibility that Nick will change his mind after his anger abates, but Althea is convinced that their relationship is truly over. She adds that it might have been a good thing, since she could have married him again and found herself in the same horrible marriage they had the first time around.
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Maggie informs Matt of the blow-up between Nick and Althea, but considering their past history, Matt fairly dismisses it as a temporary situation. However, Maggie then relates how upset Althea became after Nick's hostility turned to physical aggression with Nick, pulling him out of the wheelchair and demanding that he walk. Maggie urges Matt to intercede by talking to Nick and helping see things from Althea and John's perspective. After catching glimpse of Althea, Martha realizes that something terribly wrong. She goes to Nick and tells him that they shouldn't throw away what they have together because of a disagreement. Carolee tells Steve that she was embarrassed by his talk with Mona over her favoritism toward Erich. Matt phones Nick, who doesn't answer the phone because he's distracted by thoughts of the fight with Althea. After remembering that Althea called him a monster, Nick picks up the phone and calls Cathy. He wants to see her right away to discuss marriage.
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Cathy imagines John telling her how to respond if Nick questions her about John's walker. Nick recalls Althea once reassuring him how John couldn't compare to him, then her saying the opposite by accusing him of being a monster. After John arrives home, Althea promises John that they no longer have to fear Nick's outbursts. Matt tries to no avail to change Nick's mind about Althea and John. John cautions Althea that the kind of heated breakup she and Nick experienced might only be temporary, but Althea is convinced that it's permanent. Cathy arrives at Nick's apartment, and he immediately theorizes that she and John are keeping a secret about John's alleged paralysis, but Cathy pleads innocent. He warns her that she knew the rules all along and agreed to abide by them, but since she's carrying his child, he's now prepared to marry for the sole purpose of giving their child a name because the kid is the only innocent party in the whole mess. If Cathy still wants to marry him, with a loveless marriage being fully understood, she can have it.
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Cathy wishes that Nick had made his marriage proposal before she lost their baby, and she realizes that she has to keep that a secret until after they're married. Before going to the Aldrich dinner party, Matt warns Maggie to avoid the subject of Dan Allison. At the party, everyone tries to avoid talking about the problems between Dan and Steve, causing a nosy Mona to work even harder at finding out why Dan could have hated Steve. Nick presses Cathy for an answer to his proposal, but she worries that he and Althea will eventually make up, effectively voiding today's proposal. Nick insists that he's made up his mind and is being straight with her. They can even go tomorrow for their marriage license. Cathy wants to know how soon they can marry, and Nick points out that since her pregnancy isn't showing yet, they should do it soon. However, he wants the marriage to take place at city hall. When Cathy says she would like to get a new dress for the occasion, Nick reiterates that it will be a marriage in name only, and thus, not a festive occasion. Obviously wanting more, Cathy approaches him softly and with tenderness, but when he says that he has a headache, she quietly relents and leaves.
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Cathy stops by Nick's apartment before work, and when he requests that she drink a glass of milk for the baby, she privately remembers Dr. De Sales breaking the news to her that the fetus was dead. Carolee and Steve discuss their dinner party, which Carolee deems a disaster because of the tension surrounding everyone trying not to talk about Dan, while Mona did her best to ask everyone about him. Steve realizes that the time has come for him to reveal everything to Mona, but he'll have to wait until tomorrow tonight because he and Dr. De Sales are attending a medical school reunion in Boston later that evening. Cathy is mortified to enter Steve's office, where Dr. De Sales is waiting for him. Dr. De Sales recognizes Cathy as his former patient who miscarried, though Cathy lies that his patient was actually her twin sister Kitty Reed. Dr. De Sales seems unconvinced of her story, and he suggests that she urge her "sister" to have the D&C he recommended as soon as possible because it could be hazardous to her health if she doesn't. Cathy tells him that "Kitty" already had the procedure in Chicago, where she has moved with her husband. Getting away from De Sales, Cathy bumps into Nick on the elevator, and he comments that she looks as if she's seen a ghost. Later, completely panicked, Cathy phones John and informs him that her plan to trick Nick isn't going to work.
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Cathy tells John that although Nick has proposed marriage, she can't go through with their plans now that she has bumped into Dr. De Sales and lied to him about having an identical twin sister named Kitty Reed. Furthermore, she's beginning to feel guilty about marrying Nick when she's not really pregnant. John counters that she should take this opportunity to make Nick as happy as she thinks she can. Mona learns about Steve's overnight trip to Boston and encourages him to phone Ann Larimer. She also comments about Karen's fine lineage, being the daughter of a renowned doctor, and how she passed on that lineage to Erich. In Germany, amnesiac Karen has been given the name Erica Brandt by Dr. Lantz. Karen tells Dr. Lantz that she's compelled to go to Berlin, where she thinks she might find a clue to her real identity. John plays Althea brilliantly by singing her praises and theorizing that Nick couldn't possibly reject her permanently. When she continues to argue that she and Nick are finished, John slyly suggests that she's going to crack from all the strain and encourages to drive off to parts unknown for a few days in order to relax. In fact, John will call Matt to arrange the time off. He reassures her that by the time she returns, the situation with Nick will be completely sorted out.
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Nick and Cathy prepare to go to city hall for their marriage license. Althea requests two days from Matt, who encourages to run to Nick, not away from away him. Mona and Dr. De Sales have a brief reunion, and she tells him to remind Steve to contact Ann Larimer while they're in Boston. He sings Carolee's praises to Mona, saying that Carolee is exactly the kind of girl Carolee needs, and he also defends Steve's decision to remain on staff at Hope Memorial rather than go into private practice. Cathy recalls her meeting with Dr. De Sales and wonders if he believed her lie about being Kitty Reed's identical twin sister. At city hall, Nick and Cathy encounter a brusque license clerk. Nick is irritated that they will be required to have one witness at the wedding who knows each of them. While completing the application for a license, Cathy asks Nick if Althea still has a hook in him. Matt gives Althea the time off she requested, but as she leaves, she refuses to give him any contact information as she wants complete privacy, which she can't get at home or at Hope Memorial.
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Maggie and Mona have a pleasant encounter at Hope Memorial. but later Maggie admits to Matt that she feels like she's walking on egg shells around Mona by consciously trying to avoid the topic of Dan Allison. Furthermore, Maggie has the feeling that Mona won't stop asking about Dan until she's satisfied that she knows everything. Matt and Maggie discuss Althea's sudden departure and desire to be incommunicado. Matt opines that John is too close to the situation to be giving Althea advice on how to handle the situation. When he compares Nick and Althea to oil-and-water, Maggie disagrees. She decides to arrange an "accidental" meeting between them at the Powers house as soon as Althea returns. While Nick is still out, Martha takes a phone call from the marriage bureau requesting an English translation of Nick and Althea's Mexican divorce decree. A thrilled Martha incorrectly assumes that Nick and Althea are going to remarry, but when Nick arrives back at the lab, he stuns her with the news that he intends to marry Nurse Ryker. At the Powers house, Mona instigates a conversation with Billy and turns the topic to Dan. Billy attempts to evade her persistent questioning, but when she presses harder, he lets it slip that the police thought that Dan had been murdered, and Steve was jailed for the crime. Hearing the news, Mona clutches her chest and collapses on the sofa. She instructs Billy to phone Matt. She thinks she's having a heart attack.
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Mike laments to Maggie that he feels a shadow has been cast over his marriage to Toni. Dr. DeSales attempts unsuccessfully to convince Cathy that Steve wasn't responsible for the loss of Nick's baby and urges her not to be bitter. The possibility of Emma's engagement to Andrew cheers Carolee, who decides the couple should be married at the Aldrich home on Stephanie's birthday. Mona and Carolee clash over Mona's insistence that Steve has settled for less at Hope Memorial than he would achieve in private practice. Mona privately views the exchange as Carolee turning down an offer to "become one of us." Cathy recalls Dr. DeSales diagnosing her with a missed abortion, which she blames on Steve. Cathy declares that Steve has his baby now, but he's going to have his happiness taken away.
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Mona informs Steve about the conversation she had with Carolee, in which Carolee berated her for being obsessed with fat checkbooks over people. However, she fails to admit that Carolee was simply defending Steve's integrity as a doctor. The conversation ends with Steve very distressed, since he only wants peace and goodwill between his mother and his wife. Mike confides in Maggie the problems he is encountering in his marriage. He cites an example of Toni's fear that she's tramp just like Barbara. Maggie implores Mike to be gentle with Toni and stop pushing her so hard until she's able to accept the situation with Barbara and Vito.
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Continuing to blame Steve for losing her baby, Cathy realizes that she has to get out of the psychiatric ward and back to work if she's going to make Steve pay for killing the baby. Carolee feels attacked when Steve overreacts to her quarrel with Mona. He encourages her to not discuss their finances or Hope Memorial with his mother. Toni doesn't feel the Christmas spirit when Mike wants her to go holiday shopping with him. Martha apologizes to Nick for interfering in his relationship with Cathy, but after she hears him tell Adam Reynolds that he wants to delay the annulment, she angrily reminds him that he's not responsible for Cathy's actions. Cathy tries to convince Matt that she needs to return to work as soon as possible. When he counters with a" three or four month leave of absence" first, she becomes agitated and thinks to herself that his plan won't work for her at all.
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Cathy orders Nurse Crowmell to find Nick immediately. Nick tries to dodge Martha, who continues to nag him about his phone conversation with Adam Reynolds. Althea insists to a grumpy Nick that Matt told her about Cathy's suicide attempt, not John. Matt defends the mobile unit program's success to Clark Bowman, who has questions about the Mary Nell Jarrett and Tennessee Eddie Hawkins cases. Martha proposes that Mike fight for Toni on a new battleground by asking Matt for a few days off to take her away. A beaming Emma tells Carolee that she and Andrew are taking a month's cruise to South America for their honeymoon. Carolee confides in her mother about Mona's tactic of distorting her words to Steve. Cathy stuns Nick with the news that she's changed her mind about the annulment, but when he refuses to help her with Matt, she angrily orders him out of her hospital room.
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After she and Mona disagree over picking up a fussy Stephanie, Carolee wants to discuss honestly their miscommunication, which Mona suggests might be because they are from completely different backgrounds. Matt approves Nick's request to have a rotating group of residents in the research lab as replacements for Vito. Nick tells Matt that Cathy became angry with him when he wouldn't lift a finger to convince Matt to take her back on staff at Hope. Nick makes up for his recent lack of surgical teaching by asking Hank to assist in an operation. Matt grouses to Maggie about Clark Bowman's reticence for the mobile unit and says they must win him over. Mona phones Steve, insisting that he has to come home immediately. Fearing that she's having heart problems, Steve rushes back to the house only to find Mona calmly planning to move to a hotel. She needs his help lifting her heavy bags. Steve ultimately surmises that the move is a result of her misunderstandings with Carolee, but Mona cleverly demurs that it's not Carolee's fault. She convinces him that her departure will be the best thing for everyone; she knows what she's doing.
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John demonstrates for Althea his use of crutches and suggests an evening at the Chanticleer Room. Althea encourages John to stop treating Cathy in order to help Nick, for whom she no longer feels any sorrow. But, John won't agree, arguing that he intends to help Cathy, just as she helped him during his paralysis. Mike is disappointed to hear from Matt that Clark Bowman didn't dig his and Hank's report on their mobile unit cases. After Matt says that hearing from the patients might move Judge Bowman, Mike says he'll run it by Tennessee Eddie Hawkins when he and Hank go out tomorrow on another mobile unit run. Matt clears Mike's request to have a couple of days off to try to break through Toni's depression. Steve wants to know if Carolee had another run-in with Mona then tells her that Mona moved to the Parkview. Frustrated, Carolee attempts to explain what happened, but once again, Steve finds her at fault and stalks out. Cathy has a session with John. When he fails to agree that she should be released from the psychiatric unit and placed back on staff, she becomes furious and threatens to expose the secret that he knew about her miscarriage and helped her fool everyone. She warns him that he better do something to help her because she has nothing to lose, but he does.
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Following John's session with Cathy, Althea realizes that something is troubling him. John silently wonders to himself how he's going to sell Matt on letting Cathy return to work, lest she tells everyone that he faked his extended paralysis and helped her perpetrate a fraud against Nick. Mike tips Hank off that Judge Bowman needs more convincing about the mobile unity. John tries to have a word with Matt regarding Cathy, but Matt has to delay their talk. Mike and Hank arrive at Tennessee Eddie Hawkins' apartment, but a young woman named Donna informs them that Eddie moved. She says that he's coming back in the afternoon to collect his belongings. Hank and Mike decide to return later. John manipulates Matt into agreeing to take Cathy back, though only in an administrative capacity. Hank wonders if he and Mike are being snowed by Donna, and Hank notes how nervous she was as she carefully opened the door and cautiously checked the hallway. Althea treats Mr. Baylor, an irritable patient who insists he's in pain and needs a stronger painkiller. Carolee grouses to Emma about Mona. Nurse Sam arrives in the lounge with keys to a new car, which she presents to a dismayed Carolee. Carolee reads the accompanying note, a thank-you from Mona. Donna's boyfriend Jerry goes to her apartment. When she worries about his past drug use, he insists he's clean and will stay that way if she sticks with him. He persuades her to let him move in. Before he goes, she asks if he can let two doctors in later to see the former tenant, since she'll be out on an interview. Jerry agrees, thinking to himself that the doctors will have medical bags filled with "goodies."
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Matt stuns Althea with a warning that Cathy is returning to work at Hope, and he based his decision on John's recommendation. Carolee decides that she won't accept Mona's gift of a car, but Steve cautions her to think very carefully before she throws a gift back in Mona's face. Realizing she has no choice, Carolee quietly and reluctantly agrees. Matt tells Mike that he wants to experience the mobile unit field work first hand, so he's going to replace Mike when Hank goes back to see Tennessee Eddie Hawkins. Althea shares with Maggie her intention to still leave John when he regains full use of his legs because although she likes and admires him, she doesn't love him. Maggie suggests that Althea needs time alone without a man in her life. Althea cautions Steve about Cathy's imminent return to work. He vows to keep a wide berth between himself and the troublesome Miss Ryker. Althea agrees, adding wryly that when Cathy has an ax to grind, she goes after someone with it.
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Matt confirms for Steve that Cathy is back on staff at Hope Memorial. Carolee and Althea discuss Carolee's mother-in-law problems. Althea points out that Carolee has won because she has a new car, and Mona is no longer living in the Aldrich house. Mona manipulates Matt into admitting that he doesn't look down his nose at doctors who go into private practice, and he wouldn't stand in the way of a doctor leaving for his chosen arena. Afterward, Matt and Maggie share a playful moment before he leaves with Hank for the tenement house to see Tennessee Eddie Hawkins. Mona asks for Steve's help with selling her home in Majorca. When they arrive at the tenement house, Hank goes to see another patient while Matt waits at Donna's apartment to see Tennessee Eddie. Jerry, Donna's junkie boyfriend, lets Matt in, explaining that neither Donna or Eddie could be there. As Matt goes to leave, Eddie draws a gun and blocks his exit, arguing that they have other business to address.
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Matt attempts to determine what happened to Donna and Tennessee Eddie. Jerry, who is showing physical signs of withdrawal, insists that they aren't at all involved. He wants to know where the other doctor is and the bag with drugs. Matt lies that he's alone and asks why Jerry thinks he might have drugs. Mike and Maggie discuss the mobile unit and how Matt lit up over an opportunity to get out from behind his desk and go out in the streets where the action is. At that moment, Jerry is pressing Matt for drugs. There's a knock at the door. It's Hank calling for Matt. Jerry shoves the gun in Matt's face, but Matt yells for Hank to go back to the hospital. He then tries to reason with Jerry, withholding his medical bag to stall for time. Matt asks Jerry how he got his habit and learns that he picked it up in Vietnam. Matt asks if he doesn't want a better life for Donna, because addiction can be cured. As they talk, Hank has made his way down the fire escape to just outside the apartment window. Seeing the situation, he carefully attempts to raise the window but finds it locked. Carolee doesn't buy Emma's suggestion that Mona has changed. Carolee believes that gifting her with a car was just another ploy because it makes Carolee look ungrateful and wrong in her assertion that Mona doesn't like her. Jerry tells Matt he'll count three for the medical bag and will use his gun if he has to. As Matt hands him the bag, Hank smashes the window as a diversion. Jerry turns and fires, but Matt grabs and subdues him. He rushes to Hank, who has been shot in the shoulder. Later, at Hope Memorial, Hank can't move his arm. In private, Matt informs a concerned Nick that the bullet would is right above Hank's brachial plexus. Nick examines Hank, who fears that he's going to lose use of his arm. Performing surgery this morning was his swan song. Nick argues that he's not writing off his investment in him as a surgeon.
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Cathy finds herself going full circle when she's forced to move in to the nurse's quarters at Hope Memorial. Nick brings Cathy her belongings but wonders why she returned to the nurse's quarters. She makes excuses, claiming that she doesn't want to be alone. When she mentions how much she liked his apartment, he blanches. She reminds him that she knows that part of her life is over. She doesn't blame him for anything. Privately, she tells herself that she does blame Steve, and she'll never forgive him. Meanwhile, Steve happily picks up his daughter to waltz her around the room. Matt and Hank review the events leading to Hank being shot. Nick examines Hank again, and some of the tests are promising. Nick swears he'll put Hank back together, but later, Nick confides in Matt that if the bullet did hit the plexus head on, Hank doesn't have a prayer of performing surgery again. Carolee tries to teach Stephanie how to walk, and after she's caught by Steve, they realize they've each been tutoring her. Cathy wonders how she's going to get into Steve and Carolee's house to carry out her revenge, but then she realizes she doesn't have to.
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Mike attempts to cheer up a pessimistic Hank, but it's to no avail. Carolee informs Toni that Emma and Andrew left on their honeymoon, and she's happy that Billy and Toni made up. Toni suggests that she and Mike delay their trip so that Mike will be there for Hank's surgery, but Mike says he can't do anything for his friend. He comments grimly that Nick might not be able to help him either. Carolee admits to Matt that she was surprised to see Cathy smiling and friendly at the nurse's station. Carolee finds it strange that Cathy would prefer to come back to work so soon instead of taking a leave of absence. Nick's request to have Dr. Hendryx assist with Hank's surgery astonishes Matt. When he reveals that Hendryx is away for two days, Nick insists he'll wait. Hendryx is the best man for the job, and Nick's not willing to gamble Hank's career on anyone else.
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Cathy gives effusive declarations to Matt about her gratitude to him for letting her return to work, and she promises that she won't disappoint him. Next, she phones Steve to arrange a meeting, but he begs off by saying he's too busy. Nick informs Adam Reynolds his intention to have his marriage to Cathy annulled, though only after Hank's surgery. Martha thinks that 1973 will be a great year for Nick. She hopes that he will go to Althea to reconcile their differences. Nick insists that he'll only find happiness without any dames in his life. Matt gives the same speech to Althea, who declares that she needs a vacation from men. Harold Baylor, Althea's irritable patient, attempts to switch his case to Maggie. When she says there's no reason because he's getting excellent care from Althea, he becomes agitated. Althea arrives to hear the end of the conversation. Later, she and Maggie wonder if Baylor could benefit from a psychiatric consult with John, since his pain appears psychological instead of physical. In the lab, Cathy gives Nick the same song and dance routine about being sorry for her behavior and grateful that he's being so good to her. She insists that she can't move forward until she receives Steve's forgiveness, but he won't talk to her. Although Nick is reluctant to get involved, Cathy cons him into appealing to Steve on her behalf.
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An angry Cathy phones Nurse Sam and demands that she get back from break immediately because Cathy doesn't want to be late for her appointment with Steve. Steve worries that Stephanie will have flat feet and not develop arches if Carolee doesn't get the child out of stiff soled shoes. Cathy stops Carolee at the elevator to admire Stephanie. Cathy pours out her heart to Steve, begging for his forgiveness. He reluctantly agrees, adding the caveat that they must still go their separate ways. John hobbles on elbow crutches to show Althea his progress. Althea informs John about the case of Harold Baylor, and her suspicion that his problem is psychological instead of physical. John agrees to talk with Baylor. Cathy goes to see John, who opines that she has gone overboard in her attempt to mend fences and wonders why. She expresses her irritation at everyone's distrust of her and reminds John of the secret she holds over his head. Furthermore, she might find another man and have the baby she lost. John contemplates her words. Cathy bumps into an uncomfortable Carolee holding Stephanie. Cathy comments about how Stephanie grows prettier every day. Then she fantasizes telling Stephanie that she's going to replace the baby that Steve killed.
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Nick shows up at the Powers home to appeal for Matt's help in convincing Dr. Hendryx to assist with Hank's surgery. Matt is apprehensive because of Nick and Hendryx's contentious past history, but Matt finally agrees to speak with Hendryx. After learning that Nick hasn't officially instigated annulment proceedings, Matt cautions him that he thinks Cathy is still troubled. Nick disagrees. He believes that she has learned a very hard lesson. John arrives home to find Maggie visiting Althea. He tells them about his session with Harold Baylor. John senses that Baylor is a mama's boy who is afraid that he can't live up to his mother's expectations and isn't ready to commit to the hard work necessary to become an accomplished violinist. Hence, he uses his perceived pain to avoid work and rejection. Althea decides that she'll confront Baylor with John's theory. Mike and Toni bask in their New York hotel where they rediscover passion, and Toni seems to forget about Barbara. Mike likes Toni suggestion that they go to the record store Toni visited on a previous trip to see if they can get Lauri James' album as a present for Hank. Matt shares with Maggie that he doesn't have a good feeling about Nick's desire to have Hendryx on Hank's surgical team. Steve informs Althea about his visit from Cathy. They agree they're uneasy about her newfound gratitude and gushing pleasantness, since it's the complete opposite of her attitude just days ago. John decides he's suspicious, too.
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Cathy solicits Carolee's forgiveness for accusing Steve of her killing her baby. Cathy claims that she now realizes the child might have lived had she continued taking the hormones Steve prescribed. Feeling pity, Carolee forgives her. Before Cathy leaves Carolee's office, she overhears Carolee making an appointment with Stephanie's pediatrician. In New York, Mike and Toni go a record store to buy Lauri James' album for Hank. Althea gives Carolee a snowsuit for Stephanie, and Carolee can't believe that she created such a beautiful child. Matt and Dr. Hendryx examine Hank's angiogram. Matt shocks him with the news that Nick has requested him to assist in Hank's surgery. Appalled, Hendryx recounts two previous times in which he and Nick had run-ins, and Matt sided with Nick. When he flatly refuses to consider the request, Matt threatens to fire him. A furious Hendryx snarls that Matt can tell Bellini he won yet again. Cathy slinks back to Carolee's office while she's out. Althea informs Carolee that her marriage to John will be ending when he's fully recovered. Carolee realizes that she left a file in her office and has to go back. Mike has an idea to give Lauri herself as a gift for Hank when the record store clerk tells them he has Lauri's address. Cathy looks at Carolee's appointment book and gets the date and time of Stephanie's appointment just as Carolee returns. Cathy covers by saying she had dropped a file earlier and came back to collect it. She exits and thinks to herself that she now has to work really fast.
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Nick discusses the upcoming operation with Hank, who can't get doom and gloom off his mind. Hank admits that even Lauri James is invading his dreams and reveals how they met when he was an intern and she a nurse at Municipal Hospital. Hank is surprised that Nick wants Hendryx to assist. He reminds Nick that Hendryx still wants to pay him back for perceived past slights. Althea talks with patient Harold Baylor. She tries to explain her theory about his pain, but he won't listen and accuses her of just attacking him because she can't diagnose what's wrong with him. Martha visits Hank to give him a pep talk about his surgery. Baylor says Althea is the one who needs a psychiatrist and stalks out. Maggie wonders if Althea is being honest with herself about her feelings for John when Althea admits that she respects him and considers him a friend. Hendryx stops by the lab to find out if Matt delivered his sarcastic congratulations. Hendryx and Nick disagree about Hank's case. Hendryx argues that Nick's too unrealistic with expectations about Hank's recovery. He believes that Hank won't regain full use of his arm. Furthermore, Nick is setting Hendryx up to be humiliated once again. However, Hendryx gives pause when he learns from Nick that Hank was shot while saving Matt's life. Armed with this new background information, Hendryx agrees to assist in the surgery. But privately, Hendryx wonders: if he didn't hear the full story, did the head of the hospital board?
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Just before going into surgery, Hendryx makes catty remarks to Nick and Matt. Hendryx continues to wonder silently what the hospital board chairman would think of Hank being shot while saving Matt. Lauri James arrives at Mike and Toni's hotel room. She approaches them cautiously, saying she only responded to their invitation because they know Hank. Mike reveals that Hank was shot in a bungled drug robbery. He suggests that Lauri visit Hank at Hope, but she responds with the title of her most popular song, "No Way." She explains that she's not the same person Hank once knew. Because of her adamant refusal, Mike and Toni agree to keep their meeting with her a secret from Hank. At Parker's department store, Cathy tries on wigs and annoys with the saleslady with impatience and displeasure over every model. She finally selects a dark wig, and then grumbles about having to buy new makeup so that the getup doesn't look phony. Hank's surgery is completed. Cathy phones the Auburn Hotel to book a room and kitchenette for her and her baby. She thinks to herself that in 48 hours, she'll have Stephanie.
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Following Hank's surgery, Nick visits Cathy in the nurse's quarters and spots a childcare book that she's been reading to prepare for Stephanie. She lies that she needs it because she wants to go into pediatric nursing once Matt allows her to work with patients again. Afterward, Nick goes to see Hank and informs him that he thinks the surgery was a success. It is likely that Hank will regain use of his arm and hand. Mike and Toni also stop by to see Hank, having gotten back to town from New York. They present him with Lauri's album but keep quiet about meeting her. Hank speculates that the song No Way was written because there was no way Lauri was going to be stuck with neurosurgeon. He wonders where Lauri might be now. Dressed in her dark wig, Cathy meets manager Dwayne at the Auburn Hotel to look at the room she requested. She gives the name Kitty Norman and almost slips up by mentioning a daughter, which she quickly changes to a son. She tells a nosy Dwayne that her son's name is Nicky, named after his father. Dwayne takes a liking to "Kitty". He becomes solicitous and compliments her on being a classy lady, adding that he can spot a real phony a mile away. Back at Hope Memorial, Nick returns to see Cathy and finds the childcare book has marked pages. He picks it up and remarks that when she sets her mind to something, she really goes all the way.
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Cathy thinks to herself that she has to buy blue for Stephanie and pretend she's a little boy because Carolee will have everyone looking for a little girl. Next, she phones the pediatrician to confirm the date and time of Stephanie's appointment. Only one more day, and then she and Stephanie can be happy together. In the staff lounge, Carolee remarks to Steve that she doesn't buy Cathy's solicitous behavior. She would rather she be her old snarky self. Mona phones Steve and asks him to stop by her hotel to look at her real estate papers. Althea explains to Harold Baylor's mother that she may be part of her son's problem. Althea ultimately manages to convince Mrs. Baylor she must stop protecting Harold. She resolves to go home and talk to him. Steve is surprised but thrilled when he gets to Mona's hotel room, where Ann Larimer is in town visiting. Ann and Steve discuss their weekend marriage, years ago, annulled by Ann's parents. She tells Steve about her late husband Chris, a doctor, who died from endemic fever when they were working in Africa. Mona suggests that she and Steve help Ann return to her own work as a doctor. When Ann says that Mona told her all about Steve's son, he remarks that she should have mentioned his daughter, too. He shows her a photo of Stephanie. Ann thinks he's blessed to have her. Meanwhile, Cathy phones the Auburn Hotel to arrange for a crib. She's desperate to stop by tonight and get everything ready for her son Nicky.
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Carolee reads Stephanie a letter from Emma, who's having a marvelous time dancing in Brazil with new husband Andrew. As Cathy visits the new room with groceries, Dwayne finds her struggling at the door and insists on helping her. He says that he made the hotel clean her kitchen. Cathy is taken aback when he begins questioning her about her husband, forgetting that she had lied the day before about him being killed in Vietnam. She accuses him of tormenting her as he presses for details of her husband's death. After she finally gets rid of him, she panics, thinking she needs to get out of there. But then she realizes that she has no choice. She has to be ready to get Stephanie tomorrow. Steve arrives home. He and Carolee begin a relaxing evening with talk of the children, but Carolee bristles at Steve's revelation that he spent the afternoon with Ann Larimer and Mona. He notes Carolee's apparent jealousy. He explains the death of Ann's husband, which touches Carolee. Furthermore, they are all scheduled to meet tomorrow at Pete's. Steve thinks that Carolee and Ann will like one another. Also, Mona didn't have ulterior motives in their meeting. Meanwhile, Mona comments to Ann that although Carolee is sweet, she's not "their kind of people." Mona encourages Ann to move on from loss, but Ann feels she isn't ready without Chris to draw on fro strength. Mona counters with the suggestion of starting a professional partnership with old friend Cliff De Sales. She smiles at the thought that Ann, Cliff, and Steve could all work together again since they have the same backgrounds and values. Cathy daydreams that she and Stephanie are alone together without anyone bothering them until they're ready to go where they want to go, together. Tomorrow, she won't have to pretend any longer because it will be real. Dwayne stops her as she's leaving. He stuns her with the news that he's in the room right next to hers, and he can't wait to meet her son.
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Steve and Carolee have a hamburger with Ann at Pete's Bar. Looking at photos of Stephanie, Ann comments how blessed Steve and Carolee are. Cathy plans her time line for snatching Stephanie while keeping the baby from crying. Steve introduces Nick to Ann, and the two get to know one another after Steve and Carolee leave to go back to work. When Althea and John arrive for a quick lunch, too, and are seated at the next table, Ann notes Nick's discomfort. Althea attempts to concentrate on telling John the latest developments in the Baylor case, but she's distracted by Nick and Ann's obvious laughter. As Cathy times the sequence of events leading to Stephanie's kidnapping, Nick arrives unexpectedly. He pressures her to go with him to Adam Reynolds' office to sign a document expediting the divorce. She becomes agitated when she thinks that he's asking her to go immediately, but calms down after he suggests going immediately following work. He presses again about her nervousness, causing her to lose control. She tries to leave, desperate to get to the nurse's station, but Nick blocks her way. He won't let her go until he gets to the bottom of her agitation.
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Carolee mentions to Maggie that she can't imagine life without Stephanie. Having appeased Nick, Cathy daydreams about conning Jaynie, Stephanie's nursemaid, into handing the child over. Cathy is certain her plan is going to work. Matt informs Cathy that he's leaving to keep a meeting with Dean Sutherland at the university. Cathy checks her watch. Everything is going according to plan. When he is unable to reach Dean Sutherland by phone, Matt stops by the clinic before leaving. He confides in Maggie his guilt over being responsible for Hank's shooting. Now that Tennessee Eddie has disappeared, saving the mobile unit could be a washout. Cathy spots Jaynie and Stephanie stepping off the elevator, but just as she gets to them, Carolee arrives to spoil Cathy's plans. Althea returns to the clinic triumphant from her lunch, but despite the smiles, Maggie detects a strain in her. Cathy worries that she only has thirty minutes left. Althea snaps at Maggie for asking impertinent questions. Afterward, she apologizes and confesses that seeing Nick with another woman at Pete's rattled her. When Sam comes back from break, Cathy phones Carolee. She says that Matt called and needs Carolee at the university immediately. Cathy then sends Sam to Carolee's office to babysit Stephanie. Cathy is stunned when Matt appears at the nurse's station. There was a mix-up, and Dean Sutherland came to Hope Memorial for the meeting. He asks Cathy to get her steno-pad and come to his office. As Matt enters his office, Carolee arrives at the nurse's station to ask Cathy where to meet Matt at the university. Carolee then leaves, just missing Matt, who steps out of his office again and catches Cathy leaving the nurse's station. He orders her to come at once to his office at once. She stands stricken as this is her last chance to grab Stephanie.
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Matt stops Cathy from leaving and notes how distracted she is. She says that she was just going on her break and asks if they can delay the letter for a few minutes, but he insists. She is unable to concentrate and finally convinces him to let her type a rough draft and bring it back. Back at the nurse's station, she phones Sam and says that Carolee wants Cathy to go get Stephanie and take her to Dr. Morley's office. Sam can return to duty at the nurse's station. Before Cathy can leave, Nick arrives. He begins to grill her again about her nervous state. She replies that his constant insistence that something's wrong when it isn't is getting on her nerves. Baylor confronts Althea about having him discharged from Hope and turning his mother against him. Cathy snatches Stephanie and has a near miss with Nick by the elevator. Althea encourages Baylor to seek therapy from Nick, and he ultimately agrees. In the nurses' quarters, Cathy promises Stephanie that they will be very happy together. Nick tells Matt about his meeting with Ann Larimer. He changes the subject to Hank when Matt asks if Ann is a new interest for him. Nick suggests using Hank in the lab while he recuperates since working with patients will only remind him of what he currently is unable to do. Besides, if Hank's nerve doesn't heal properly, he won't have a future in surgery anyway. Althea goes back to the clinic where Maggie informs her that Dave has phoned for her about a problem with Penny. Cathy tells Stephanie that from now on, she must be called "Nicky". On the phone, an upset Althea tells ex-husband Dave that she's catching a plane for California. Maggie and Althea try to work out what could possibly be wrong with Penny. Althea worries because Dave sounded afraid, and he would only do that if something were dreadfully wrong. In the nurses' quarters, Cathy has put on the dark wig and bundled up Stephanie. She says that she's her new mommy and loves her very much. Now they must be very quiet until they're out the door of Hope Memorial. As they start to leave, there's a knock at the door. It's Nick, calling out for Cathy. He continues to knock as she panics.
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Yelling for Cathy, Nick tries the door to the nurses' quarter, but it's locked. Cathy, holding Stephanie, remains very quiet. Maggie and Toni discuss Matt's guilt and Hank's relationship wit Lauri. Toni shares with Maggie that she and Mike met Lauri in New York, but she isn't interested in helping Hank because she has some grievance against life. After Nick leaves, Cathy dodges Nurse Butts and slips out of the nurses' quarters. Carolee tries to find Matt at the university, unaware that she's been sent there on a wild goose chase by Cathy. Nick grouses to Maggie because he can't find Cathy, and their appointment time with Adam has been changed. Maggie admits that they all have doubts about Cathy. Cathy and Stephanie arrive safely at the Aurora Hotel. John learns from Maggie that Althea has flown to California because Dave called about Penny's rebellion. They discuss marriages, and when John insinuates he still has a chance to build something constructive with Althea, Maggie sets him straight. Althea isn't interested in a relationship with any man. On the flight to San Francisco, Althea remembers Maggie's comment that John might be able to help with Penny's situation, and her own praises for John's handling of the Baylor case. Carolee returns to Hope Memorial and learns from Sam that Cathy took Stephanie to Dr. Morley's office and lied that it was on Carolee's orders. At the hotel, Cathy tells Stephanie that no one will think of looking for them so close by, and soon they will leave to start a new life where no one will find them.
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Carolee questions Sam about Cathy's instructions. After phoning Dr. Morley and learning that Cathy never brought Stephanie for her appointment, Carolee sees Matt, who insists that he never wanted her to meet him at the university. Hank tells Martha about his surgery, but he's not sure even an operation from the Great Bellini can restore him enough to perform surgery. Matt ushers Carolee to his office as they wonder where Cathy took Stephanie. On the plane to California, Althea recalls her last conversation with Maggie and wonders what she'll find at Dave's house. Matt tries to reassure Carolee that Cathy is somewhere in the hospital just entertaining Stephanie because she's so fond of the child, but Carolee asks when was the last time Cathy did anything logical. Hank plays Lauri's record "No Way" for Martha. He recounts how Lauri left nursing to see if a club tour was the life for her because there was no way she could see herself married to a young, struggling neurosurgeon. Martha realizes that the song No Way was Hank's song. Martha encourages him to contact the record company and try to find Lauri. Hank counters that she probably met and married someone after her European tour. In New York, Lauri listens to her copy of the record. She then dials the operator to place a person-to-person call to Hank, but she hangs up without completing the call. Matt and Carolee find the pom-pom from Stephanie's snowsuit in the nurse's quarters. With everything else gone, Carolee realizes that Cathy has taken her baby.
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Matt orders security to search Hope Memorial. Steve arrives and is told by Carolee and Matt that Stephanie has disappeared with Cathy after Cathy sent Carolee on a wild goose chase. Matt believes that Cathy is probably still in the hospital, though a distraught Carolee isn't so sure. Mike cites John's amazing recovery to cheer up Hank, who remains pragmatic about his chances of continuing a surgical career. He sends Toni and Mike away so that he can listen to Lauri's record again. Outside Hank's room, Toni wonders if maybe they should contact Lauri as Hank's heart is breaking. Mike disagrees. He thinks Lauri is self-centered and doesn't care. In New York, Lauri remembers her meeting with Mike and Toni. She wonders if maybe she should have told them the truth: her life has fallen apart. Carolee reaches the conclusion that Cathy kidnapped Stephanie because she hates Carolee and wants her to suffer. After Steve counters that Cathy's obsession is now with Nick, Carolee realizes that Cathy actually took Stephanie because she blames Steve for the baby she lost. Matt returns with the news that security couldn't find Cathy or the baby inside Hope Memorial. He then phones the police to report Stephanie's kidnapping to Detective Cadman.
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Steve blames John for allowing Cathy to return to staff, but Matt says ultimately it was his decision to approve or deny her return. Matt sends Carolee to her office on the pretext of retrieving a photo of Stephanie for Detective Cadman. As soon as she's gone, he calls Maggie, instructing her to go to Carolee's office as soon as she can. Nick snaps at Martha, who hasn't heard from Cathy. Nick phones Adam with news that he can't find Cathy, who is due for their appointment. Martha gives Cathy the benefit of the doubt to soothe Nick, but she secretly feels otherwise. Maggie urges a distraught Carolee to cry. She reminisces about the time that Kurt Van Allen's sister kidnapped Greta when she was a baby, but Carolee can't get past her own guilt for being tricked by Cathy. Nick walks in as Carolee collapses in tears. Cadman arrives to meet Steve under unpleasant circumstances again, and notices that Steve is holding back in answers to his questions. Steve is forced to finally reveal that Cathy became pregnant by a nameless doctor at Hope Memorial and blamed Steve when she miscarried. After listening to the story, Cadman theorizes that Cathy took Stephanie to replace her dead baby, and if that's the case, Cathy won't contact them ever again. Steve will have to find a way to break the devastating news to Carolee.
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At the Aldrich house, Nick is the phone with Matt, telling him that Steve is attempting to sedate Carolee. Steve explains for Nick how Cathy managed to trick everyone and snatch Stephanie. Cadman arrives and asks Nick about Cathy's mental state. When Nick realizes that Cathy might take Stephanie and disappear forever, he asks to help since he helped get the Aldriches into the mess. In California, Althea questions a hesitant Dave about what's wrong with Penny. As he explains that Penny became rebellious and angry after she fell from a horse last August, Penny listens outside the door. Before Dave can complete his explanation, Penny barges into the room and tells Althea that she's going blind. Dave assures Penny that when she sees Dr. Randall, the ophthalmologist, she'll realize that she's just jumping to conclusions. Althea attempts to give Penny hope by pointing out that there are many more doctors and many more opinions. But Penny is resigned to the fact that she has to start memorizing everything before she can't see again. A restless Carolee fights the sedative Steve gave her. They watch the televised appeal to Cathy that Cadman and Nick give on the local TV news. Cathy also sees the appeal, but bitterly replies to the set that her baby's name is Nicky, not Stephanie. As Carolee begins to cry, Steve reassures her that Nick's appeal will get through to Cathy, but Cathy declares she'll never call.
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After putting Carolee to bed, Steve phones Cadman and learns that the TV appeal hasn't produced any leads. He checks on Carolee, who is still awake. Steve informs her that Cathy hasn't called, but Steve feels that Nick got through to her. Carolee fears that by the time someone calls, Cathy will have left town. Steve lies that Cadman has a theory that Cathy will return Stephanie once she thinks they've suffered enough. Nick berates himself for not recognizing the clues when he saw Cathy's earmarked baby book. An irritated Althea asks Dave why he waited so long to inform her of Penny's problems and becomes angry when she discovers that Penny had shown signs of illness, such as the time she ran into a lamp. He tells her that Penny has lost some of her peripheral vision, but the ophthalmologist told her he was optimistic. However, in private, Dr. Randall revealed to Dave that Penny's vision had deteriorated, and she would eventually have to be told that it wouldn't improve. Althea is horrified by Dave's words. In a nightmare, Carolee hears Stephanie's cries, but when she goes to the crib, it's empty. Steve arrives and says that they sent Stephanie to Emma's. Carolee realizes Emma is in South America, so Steve counters that Stephanie is getting her shots at Dr. Morley's office. Carolee says no. The doctor isn't there at night. She begs Steve to tell her the truth, to stop protecting her. He insists that Stephanie is fine. He hands the child to her. Carolee screams in terror when she realizes it's just a doll. Carolee's cries bring Steve running. He awakens and soothes her. It was just a bad dream. But Carolee suddenly remembers that Stephanie really is gone. It wasn't just a nightmare, she screams.
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Mona attempts to placate Billy's worry for Carolee, but an exhausted Steve snaps at him over breakfast. She volunteers to stay with Carolee all day so that Steve will have one less worry. Steve finds Mona incredible when she dismisses Nick's TV pleas for Cathy's decency, arguing that Cathy should be offered whatever she wants monetarily. Billy overhears Steve tell Mona that Detective Cadman thinks it's unlikely they'll ever get the child back because Cathy wants to replace her dead baby. Althea finds Penny awake at dawn, watching and memorizing the colors of the sunrise. Althea urges her not to shut herself off from people who want to help her, because Althea isn't convinced of Dr. Randall's diagnosis. In tears, Penny admits that she's scared. Steve continues to lie to Carolee that Cathy will tire of tormenting them and lead them back to Stephanie. Carolee wonders if Stephanie is all right; meanwhile, Cathy tries to soothe the crying baby. Cathy recalls Steve insisting that his job is delivering babies, not getting rid of them. Back in the present, she bitterly says that Steve owes her, and since he never paid, she's collecting herself. Carolee sends Billy to school, speculating that Stephanie will probably be back when he gets home. He leaves, and the look on Carolee's face suggests she doesn't believe it.
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Steve remembers lying to Carolee that Cathy will probably return Stephanie, but he feels that it had to be done to keep Carolee going. Martha visits Carolee at the Aldrich house and learns how Cathy tricked everyone at the hospital to kidnap Stephanie. But, Martha doesn't believe the theory that Cathy's intent was revenge. Althea wants Penny to return East to live with her when the school term is over. Penny is reticent because of John and how she was in the way during Althea's marriage to Nick. When Althea assures that things will be different now, Penny says that she doesn't want any of her old friends like Mike or Martha to know about her condition because they will pity her. Mona insists that Carolee wasn't to blame for not realizing Cathy's intent. Her kindness elicits an apology from Carolee who is sorry that she misjudged Mona before. Althea phones John to tell him that Penny is coming home with her, but there's no answer. Maggie stops by Steve's office with the evening newspaper. She wonders about the paper's statement about the police waiting for a ransom demand when Nick told her that Detective Cadman believes otherwise. Steve admits that he lied to Carolee because the idea that Cathy will never return the child would kill her. Maggie questions if a lie might make the situation worse. On the phone with Billy's school, Carolee learns he's missing, too.
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Martha shares with Steve her theory that Cathy took Stephanie to replace her dead baby, not because of revenge. She feels this way because she knows of an almost identical situation that happened when she lived in Arkansas. Steve admits that she's right, though he cautions her not to tell Carolee, who doesn't know. Steve receives a call from Carolee, informing him that Billy failed to show up at school. Thinking it might hold a clue to where she's hiding, Matt questions John about his therapy sessions with Cathy. After Matt leaves, John listens to the cassette tape of his notes on the session. He thinks to himself that the false impressions he gave on the tapes were necessary in case anyone ever wants to check his files. Althea phones John at the office and is distraught over learning about the kidnapping from the Hope Memorial operator. She insists on flying back immediately. She gives him the news of Penny's accident and vision loss then broaches the subject of him moving to the Parkview since there are only two bedrooms in their apartment, and three are needed. Billy returns home. Carolee is angry with him at first until he says he cut class because Carolee needed him, someone she could talk with and not have to pretend like she does with Mona. Billy inadvertently mentions to Carolee that he overheard Mona and Steve talking about Cathy and reveals they don't think she's going to bring Stephanie back. John realize s that he has to find a way to change Althea's mind. Carolee phones Steve, ordering him to stay in office because she needs to see him immediately.
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Carolee angrily confronts Steve over his lie. She tries to make him understand that he makes it worse by hiding things from her. She questions the newspaper article mentioning there haven't been any ransom appeals. Steve explains that Cadman did it intentionally to make Cathy think they aren't on to her plan. Carolee insists on making a television appeal to Cathy so that she can tell Cathy how to take care of Stephanie. Cathy assures Stephanie no one will find them, but there's a knock at the door. Cathy quickly puts her dark wig on. The caller is Duane, who has a copy of the evening paper. He says he's worried about her and the baby. He thinks she must be nervous because of the kidnapping, but Cathy feigns no knowledge of it. She quickly gets him to leave, stressing brusquely that they don't need anything from him. John discusses with Maggie the situation with Penny. He uses the conversation to confide in her his need to now move out to make room for Penny. He goes on to suggest that it's the wrong time for him to leave when he could help. Duane returns and notes the resemblance between Nicky and the kidnapped baby in the newspaper. Cathy reminds him that the kidnapped child is a girl, while she has a boy. When Stephanie begins to cry, Duane starts to change her diaper, causing Cathy to panic. She gets rid of him again and insists to Stephanie that they have to go now.
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Cathy phones a hotel in a desperate attempt to find another room for the night, but doesn't have any luck. She knows that she and Stephanie can't stay now that Duane has noticed the resemblance to the kidnapped Aldrich baby. At the TV station, Carolee explains to Matt that Cathy doesn't know how to care for a baby, so she's got to go on television and tell her how to take care of Stephanie. Althea informs Dave that she's taking Penny back east with her. She wants Penny to be examined by a Dr. Rosenthal in New York, and she needs her mother. Dave wonders if Althea can devote her full attention to Penny since she has another emotional attachment, meaning John. Althea reveals that her relationship with John is over, and she has asked him to move out. Dave thinks it's a lot to take on: a broken marriage and a broken daughter. Duane returns to Cathy's apartment with a gift for the baby. He offers to get a maid to babysit for Nicky while he takes Cathy out for a steak, but she says she's uncomfortable leaving him alone with a stranger. Duane turns on the television to watch Carolee's appeal. On camera, Carolee begs Cathy to protect Stephanie. She suggests that Cathy not force Stephanie to eat cereal, because she doesn't like it. Duane notes the coincidence of Nicky crying earlier because he doesn't like cereal either. After the broadcast, Carolee wants to stay at the station in case Cathy phones the hot-line that has been set up. Duane answers Cathy's phone and talks to the Hotel Rutherford, which doesn't have a room for her. He becomes suspicious of her sudden desire to move out tonight. When Cathy runs to the kitchen to check on her dinner, Duane begins to change the crying baby and is stunned to find she's a girl.
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After discovering that the baby is actually a girl, Dwayne confronts Cathy. She tries to lie her way out of it by saying that her late husband Nick wanted a son more than anything in the world. Fearing he wouldn't come home from Vietnam, she told him that the child was a boy, and when he died, she continued to pretend "Nicky" was a girl because it was her last tie to her husband. A skeptical Dwayne continues to probe, firing off one question after another. Cathy loses her temper. She tells him that she and her baby just want to be left alone. She's moving out of the hotel to get away from him and his persistent questions. Angry at her rejection, Dwayne coldly retorts that he's going, and he won't ever bother her again. On the plane back home, Althea recalls her conversations with Penny at Dave's house. Althea thinks to herself that John will have to get used to the idea that Penny is her first priority now. Cathy daydreams that Dwayne returns and continues badgering her with questions. While listening to the record, Hank dreams of Lauri singing No Way in concert. As the song ends, Lauri actually appears in his hospital room. He wants her to catch him up on the last few years since she left him at Municipal Hospital. He asks meekly if she found a rich husband and settled down, but she admits that the kicks went out of singing, so she gave it up. When he counters that she could still be a nurse, she tells him "no way." Dwayne phones the hot-line number that the TV station setup. He wants to report information about the kidnapping of the Aldrich baby. Cathy peeks out the window. It looks like it's going to snow, but she says that she can't wait. She and Nicky have to get out of there. She yanks her wig off and begins to pack a suitcase.
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Dwayne gives his information to the TV hot-line. Nick comforts Carolee at the Aldrich house. She swoons in fear for Stephanie's safety, and confides in Nick that she's afraid a deranged Cathy will kill Stephanie. A slowly unraveling Cathy is haunted by daydreams of Nick, Matt, Steve, and Carolee all asking her questions. She tries to cover her ears and block it all out. She cries that she just wants to be left alone with her baby. Spotting the same baby book in Carolee's house that Cathy had at the nurse's quarters, Nick remembers talking with Cathy about it and berates himself for being so dumb as to not recognize the signs. Steve and Matt arrive at the Hotel Auburn with Detective Cadman. They question Dwayne. When he talks about Mrs. Norman and her baby boy, Steve wonders why he even called the hot-line, but as Dwayne explains that the baby is actually girl and Mrs. Norman's husband's name was Nick, they realize that they have found Cathy and Stephanie. They make their way to Cathy's room. Dwayne unlocks the door with his pass-key, but Cathy has it chained from the inside. Steve calls to her through the open door. When she doesn't respond, Cadman charges and bursts the door open. They quickly search the room, but find it empty. Realizing the window is raised, Cadman asks Dwayne where the fire escape leads. He says it doesn't. There's only a ledge and a fourteen story drop to the street. Panicked, Steve rushes to the window.
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In Cathy's hotel room, Detective Cadman stops Steve from going out on the ledge to retrieve Stephanie from a deranged Cathy. Cadman warns Steve that if he goes, Cathy will likely jump. After trying to reason with her and failing, Cadman orders a rescue squad to the roof, hoping they can descend and get Cathy. Steve talks to Cathy through the window, but she insists that she wants everyone to leave her and her baby alone. Lauri visits Hank in his hospital room. She tells him about her boredom with a singing career, but she withholds the real reason that she stopped singing. On the plane home, Althea flashes back to her final conversation with Dave and their talk about how upset Penny really is. Cadman calls for a safety net and floodlights to be set up below Cathy. Matt crawls out of the ledge to speak with Cathy. If she'll come back inside, he promises to let her go back to the Hope Memorial staff. Cathy says flatly that she's not interested. She only wants to start a new life with her baby. Realizing that Cathy truly believes Stephanie is the child she would have had with Nick, Matt suggests that Nick might be able to help and tells Steve to call him. Steve wonders how he'll be able to get Nick to the hotel without arousing Carolee's suspicion.
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Nick arrives at the hotel and goes out on the ledge to get Cathy and Stephanie. He cajoles her with talk of how she made him realize he had a need for fatherhood after helping Rico. He claims he now wants her and their baby, but when he accidentally refers to Nicky as "her," Cathy realizes that he's lying. She screams at him to leave her and Nicky alone. After phoning to check on Althea's flight, John recalls his last conversation with her, in which she spoke of him moving out of the apartment so that Penny can stay with her. He's interrupted by Matt, who phones with news of Cathy and asks for his help. John agrees, and Matt says that a police car is being sent for him. At the hotel, John arrives and admits his partial blame for the situation since he convinced Matt that Cathy was stable. He adds that in her current state, Cathy might make all sorts of wild accusations. A policeman ties a rope around John, who carefully, but a bit unsteadily, eases himself out on the ledge. Cathy is defensive, but John manages gets to her by saying that once she and the baby are inside, he'll pretend to take her to Hope Memorial but will actually drive them to the airport and help them get away. Cathy is skeptical, but John convinces her by pointing out that he wants to help her get away so that she won't be around to reveal his secrets. Cathy finally passes Stephanie to him. John quickly moves back to the window to get Stephanie safely inside. Alone on the ledge, Cathy decides that she's been tricked. She slips, and her foot drops between two ledges. She's left alone and sobbing, as she tries to dislodge her foot.
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Struggling to free her foot from between the ledges, Cathy screams that John tricked her. He took Nicky, now he's going to leave her on the ledge to fall. John starts to go back out after her, but Matt tries to persuade him not to since he's still unsteady on his legs. Matt wants to send the trained cop instead, but John fears Cathy will jump if she sees the cop's uniform. He climbs out the window, instructing the cop to hold the rope extra tight, as there will be two of them. Matt sends Nick to the roof to get Steve for Stephanie. On the ledge, John tries his best to get Cathy to take his hand, but she accuses him of wanting to kill her. She says now that he has Nicky, he can push her off the ledge and solve all of his problems. He assures her that he wants to help her, but she continues to bellow otherwise. Returning from the roof, Nick hears Cathy arguing with John. He runs to the window and looks out, just as Cathy screams, "Your scheme worked for you, Dr. Morrison, but not for me!" John grabs Cathy's shoulder, but she recoils. As she pulls away from him, she loses her balance and falls off the ledge, her scream echoing as she plummets down to the street. A mortified John can't move and says he isn't sure he can get back in. Matt goes out on the ledge to guide him back inside the hotel room. Shaken, John swears he did what he could to save her. Detective Cadman returns with the news that although there was a safety net, Cathy missed it when she fell. Everyone is stunned by her death. Steve leaves to take Stephanie home. Detective Cadman has a few more questions for John and Nick. Cathy's final accusation against John reverberates in Nick's mind. On the plane home, Althea thinks about John and the need for him to move out. She recalls being with him as he took his first steps on crutches. His moving out is the only way. Cadman gets his last details from John as Nick watches them intently. After Cadman finishes and steps out for a minute, Nick coyly asks John what Cathy meant when she said that John's scheme worked for him, but not for her. John leaves. Cadman returns to question Nick. Nick says simply that he failed Cathy. He stays behind in her room to contemplate everything that just happened. He can't forget Cathy's final words to John.
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Matt's decided to quit and drafts a resignation letter; Steve tries to reach Jason in Italy; Mona discusses the board's actions with Steve, Stacy and Virginia; Penny types Matt's letter; Mike tries to comprehend why his father is quitting.
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Matt relaxes at home after resigning; Billy and Greta don't know what happened; Sara watches Nola get ready for work; Virginia tells the girls Matt resigned; Steve visits Ann then sees Matt and Billy; Ann learns of a treatment for Carolee.
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Matt learns from Mike about the grand jury; Jerry takes Penny out to where Nola works; Ann impresses Steve when she gives Erich and Stephanie presents.
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Jason arrives in Madison and finds the Powers case even stranger when he discovers that Virginia is Joan Dancy's mother. Maggie is surprised by Paul's unwavering concern for Matt. Greta tells Matt that Billy intends to teach her how to develop film in his darkroom , but Matt cautions them against spending too much time together alone when they're at an age they can't control their feelings and emotions.
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Carolee reacts to the name "Billy." Ann phones Dr. Simmons, and he urges her to go to New York to meet with Dr. Brandt. Althea promises to speak to the hospital board about Eleanor becoming a volunteer at Hope Memorial. Maggie bristles when Mona wants to talk about the situation with Matt. Steve confides in Jason that he isn't sure he'll ever hear from Carolee again and must think of moving on for the sake of the children.
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By deciphering ancient Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Simon Chokoisky has decoded the Five Dharma Types. This knowledge can give you the insight needed to discover who you are at the core of your being and finally steer your destiny toward true happiness.
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In this module we cover the most effective way to physically write your goals and why that is so important to ultimate goal achievement.
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Mike debates committing an act of revenge against Colin or doing the best thing for Hope Memorial. M.J. refuses to listen to Colin's declarations of love and caring. Maggie inadvertently reveals to Mona that Billy and Greta are living together out of wedlock. Sara blanches when Mike insists they have a hell of a talk after he finishes his hospital shift.
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Mike stuns Matt, M.J. and Colin with a suggestion as to how Colin can peacefully remain at Hope Memorial. M.J. tries to make Mike see that he's a greater man than Colin, but Mike feels like a failure. Sara fears Mike has heard the incriminating audio tape she made about her sexual desires. Mike orders Sara to collect him from the hospital at midnight so that they can take a long drive together.
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A desperate Sara confides in Nola her fears that Mike stole the incriminating tape and listened to it. Doreen picks up a "Mr. Goodbar" patron in the Medicine Man then seduces him after he reveals that he once worked as a private detective. Greta realizes Mona is displeased that she and Billy are playing house at the Aldrich home and decides to explain the situation in person.
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Nola and Colin say goodbye to one another. Barney is thrilled by Nola's news, but she's still in denial. A reluctant Sara allows Mike to take her on a long drive, where her worst fears are realized. Later, Mike forces her to listen to her own ugly words. During a struggle for possession of the tape, Mike loses control of the car and crashes.
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Kim stops by the Medicine Man to make a play for Luke, much to Missy's chagrin. Matt admits to Maggie his tendency to criticize Mike while ignoring the good in his son. Missy and Luke spend a quiet evening stargazing together. The Powerses receive a phone call from Michael Paul's babysitter who informs them that Mike and Sara are overdue and haven't called. At the crash site, one of the passengers attempts to exit the overturned car.
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A state trooper discovers Sara and Mike's overturned car and calls for an ambulance. Greta tells Billy about her plan to ease tension in the Aldrich household by speaking frankly with Mona. Billy is impressed by Greta's tenacity, but later he admits to Steve that while he cares for Greta, he's not in love with her. Steve encourages Billy to live life on his own terms. The accident victims arrive at Hope Memorial, and one hasn't regained consciousness.
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Sara and Mike are sent for x-rays at Hope Memorial. Matt and Maggie receive a phone call from the hospital informing them about the accident. Nola also arrives at the hospital to be with Sara and Mike. Although their x-rays are clear, one of the crash victims experiences a precipitous drop in blood pressure, which Matt fears is pericardial effusion.
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Matt phones Colin with news of the accident and begs him to perform a procedure to relieve the accident victim's pericardial effusion. Matt and Maggie fear what could happen if the patient awakens during the procedure and suddenly moves with Colin's needle poised against the heart. Later, as Colin begins the delicate procedure to drain fluid away from the pericardium, the patient begins to speak.
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Colin completes the procedure. Billy informs Greta about Mike and Sara's accident. Mike recalls his wedding day but then has visions of the argument that led to the car crash. Billy admits to Carolee that Greta makes him uncomfortable because she always needs more than he can give. Sara and Mike see one another for the first time since the accident, and they come to a horrible realization about its aftermath.
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Doreen disturbs her one-night stand by referring to him as "Steve" and talking strangely about death. After reviewing the patient's case, neurologist Dr. Cummings has sobering news for the Powers family. Nola informs Barney and Luke of the accident despite a promise to keep quiet. Luke is puzzled by Doreen's odd behavior.
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Maggie has to deliver bad news. Luke suggests Missy move in with Sweeney, but Missy is reluctant because Sweeney knows nothing about her. Matt recalls Mike's unusual behavior the day of the accident, and Maggie doesn't understand why Sara seems to blame herself. While sitting at a sedated Sara's bedside, Barney hears her mumbling about needing love even though she's bad.
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Dr. Speer attempts to help Sara, who feels so guilty she wants to die. Mona voices her displeasure to Steve about being the last to know that Billy and Greta are living together. M.J. ignores Colin's offer to cook dinner for her. Mike shocks Matt with his vow to raise Michael-Paul alone and cut Sara out of his life. Mona makes a decision regarding where she'll go once she's released from the hospital.
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Kim encourages a grumpy Billy to not get too hung up on the responsibilities of life. Missy promises to give Sweeney an answer about moving in together. Later, Missy discusses the situation with Mrs. Craig, her parole officer. Greta informs Mike that Michael-Paul is upset by his parents' absence and wants to go home. But, Mike confides in Maggie his desire that she care for the child because he doesn't want Sara to have anything to do with his son.
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Mona says goodbye to roommate Mrs. D'Amato, who is released from Hope Memorial. Nola promises to tell Mona privately why she hasn't left the mansion yet. Nola overhears Sara talking with Michael-Paul and realizes how much her sister loves the child. Doreen's disturbed state becomes more apparent to those around her. Maggie regrets having to honor Mike's wishes by keeping Sara away from Michael-Paul. Mona is devastated by a sudden, unexpected tragedy.
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Dr. Speer counsels Mike to let go of his anger. Nola gives Luke her good news. Dr. Cummings brings news to Mike and Sara, but Mike wants nothing to do with his wife. He orders her out of his, and his son's, life. Greta speaks with Mona, and the two reach a warm understanding when Greta admits Billy doesn't share the same feelings for her that she has for him.
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Nola promises to help Sara by talking with Mike. Colin expresses his sorrow to Sara over everything that has happened. Later, Colin says he'll return to Australia unless M.J. gives him a reason to stay in Madison. Sweeney and Missy discover one of Doreen's bills from the hospital in Boston. Missy makes a decision regarding moving in with Sweeney. Unaware of Mike's bitterness, Barney reminds a dejected Sara of the wonderful husband and son she has and orders her to give Michael-Paul a big hug and a kiss.
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Sara decides to do what's best for Michael-Paul, which is to have a mother and a father. However, Matt and Maggie refuse to go against their son's wishes. Nola promises to speak with Mike tomorrow and convince him that Sara is the best thing for his son. Luke confides in Steve about Doreen's bizarre behavior and expresses his fears that she's becoming as disturbed as Eleanor Conrad was. Nola spreads her good news at the Aldrich home. Billy and Greta discuss Mona's stance on their relationship, but they agree they aren't ready for marriage.
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Nola makes a case for Mike to let Michael-Paul go home with Sara. Later, Mike speaks with his son, who makes the same request. Greta is impressed by Kim's financial freedom. Kim encourages Greta to get away from parental control and remarks that she's looking for a loft apartment where they can throw big parties. Doreen attempts to procure drugs from a new doctor, but also hopes to soon throw flowers on Carolee's grave.
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Doreen loses her temper when the new doctor refuses to write her a prescription for amphetamines. Mike surprises Sara with his decision about Michael-Paul, but his bitterness toward her is unchanging. Afterward, Mike makes another surprising request of Colin. Maggie hopes Colin will go back to Australia as soon as possible because he's brought nothing but trouble with him, despite being a brilliant cardiologist. Doreen storms into the hospital clinic, demanding an appointment with Steve and refusing to take "no"as an answer from Sweeney.
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Arriving home from her stay at Hope Memorial, Mona is stunned by Nola's unexpected news. Carolee discusses M.J.'s renewed interest in Colin and feels she's playing with fire. Sweeney gives Carolee Doreen's Boston Hospital bill for leukemia tests, which makes Doreen's odd behavior suddenly seem clear to her. However, when Doreen finds out, she rips the bill to shreds and loses her temper.
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Mrs. Craig, Missy's parole officer, urges her to come clean with Sweeney about her past transgressions. Mike orders Sara to keep quiet about the argument that precipitated their accident. Hank offers Matt and Maggie advice about Mike. Sweeney receives a surprise visitor at her door.
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Sweeney is shocked by her surprise visitor's revelations. While dining at the Medicine Man with M.J., Colin learns disturbing news about Nola from Barney. Mike opens up to his hospital roommate Hank Chambers. Sweeney and Missy have a very important conversation, but Missy can't be consoled.
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Mel succeeds in his mission to gather personal information. Nola admits a partial truth to Colin. Sara betrays Mike's confidence while talking with Maggie. Doreen offers Carolee a gift. Later, Mel informs Doreen that everything is now in place to begin her evil scheme.
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Doreen grows paranoid that her careful plans will go awry, when her alibis leave for Kim's party. Steve and Carolee quarrel over telling Jason about Nola's condition. Mel sets Doreen's evil plot in motion. Barney and Sweeney note Doreen's odd behavior. After she leaves in a snowstorm, Steve regrets fighting with Carolee.
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Billy's jealousy is aroused at Kim's party. A paranoid Doreen silently reassures herself that everything is going to plan. Carolee meets trouble on the road. Steve enlists the help of former Hope Memorial head of security Cappy Randall to make contact with Jason. A subdued Carolee arrives at her final destination.
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Carolee's predicament has her confused. Mel admits he was hired to do a job, though he refrains from revealing Doreen's involvement. Kim's Wild party draws police attention, which terrifies Missy just as she's dancing with Luke and beginning to enjoy the scene. Steve attempts to phone Carolee, but the number she left has been disconnected. Carolee declares that the person who hired Mel must be crazy.
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Carolee wonders who hates her, but Mel isn't telling. Auntie Kim's First Annual Winter Carnival draws protests from neighbors. Helping M.J. babysit Lee Ann, Colin reminisces about his own daughter, prompting an unexpected kiss. Missy freaks out when the police arrive at Kim's loft. After getting a disconnected phone line, Steve grows concerned about Carolee's absence.
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Doreen reminds Mel that he's in deep, but she's not. Steve and Matt search Carolee's patient files for a clue. Lt. Perry arrives at Matt's request, which sends Missy into another tizzy. Mona and Nola drop by the hospital to visit Steve, who scrambles to keep his mother unaware of what's really happening. Carolee realizes the full extent of Doreen's madness.
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Carolee tells Doreen what she thinks she wants to hear, but Doreen insists her rival should suffer. While looking through the patient files, Sweeney makes a suggestion that could lead everyone in the right direction. Luke and Missy are confused by Doreen's high spirits at The Medicine Man. Carolee struggles while Steve tries to distract the children who want their mother.
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M.J. suggests how Mike can utilize his anger to improve his condition. Kim is unsympathetic to Billy's tears. Nola and Colin have different views of a supportive family. Steve tells Mona about the situation with Carolee, and she takes action. Carolee warns Mel that Aldrich name means much more than he knows in Madison, but he issues a chilling retort.
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The police appear to zero in on a suspect. Kim bad mouths Missy and offers to help Luke at The Medicine Man. Doreen feigns innocence when questioned by the police. Sweeney encourages Luke to gain Missy's trust by getting her to reveal the awful past that led to her incarceration. Doreen makes a move on Steve.
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Carolee takes action to get out of her predicament. Dr. Simon Tracs offers the possibility of hope for Mike. Mike realizes Sara may possess greater responsibility for his current situation. Bettina reassures Sara that her life with Mike can still be fulfilling. Steve receives sinister news from Lt. Perry. Doreen taunts Carolee.
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Mel wants to end Doreen's plot before they're caught. Maggie speaks with Lt. Perry then breaks the bad news to Steve. Missy suffers a violent nightmare involving her stepfather. Mel instructs Carolee to write a letter to Steve. Doreen delights in the thought that Steve will soon hate Carolee. Carolee arms herself with a makeshift weapon and prepares to strike.
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Carolee's plan fails. Cappy brings news of Jason to Steve, Mona, and Nola. Steve tells Stephie and Erich why Carolee isn't around lately, and Doreen exploits the situation. Missy opens up to Sweeney about an abusive stepfather. Mel admits that Carolee turns him on. Carolee suggests to Mel that Doreen is lying about her finances.
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Everyone is stunned when a letter from Carolee arrives at Hope Memorial with the news that she has run off with another man. Although Lieutenant Perry is convinced of the letter's veracity, Steve has other ideas. M.J. reminds Mike how he and Sara helped her get her life back on track after the tragic fire at Andre's. Mike's spirits are lifted with a visit from Michael-Paul.
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An angry Mel wants a meeting with Doreen. M.J. surprises Matt with news about Mike. Missy confides in Luke that she's on parole but fails to tell him the details of her conviction. Barney sings to Sweeney. Doreen manipulates Mel with promises of more money, forcing her to phone her father Evan.
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Mel and Carolee's relationship becomes physical. Maggie and Steve find something odd regarding Doreen. Matt attempts to persuade Mike not to go alone with the journey he's on. After Matt leaves, Steve and Hank offer Mike more encouragement.
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Doreen misses a call from her father's secretary. Kim advises mopey Greta and Billy to be more proactive about Carolee. Nola seeks medical advice from Steve. Evan phones The Medicine Man and gets Luke instead of Doreen. Luke is stunned by Evan's words. Later, the same word gets to Steve, who wants answers from Doreen.
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Doreen buckles under Steve's questioning about the money she wants from her father and her knowledge of Carolee's letter. Lieutenant Perry isn't moved by Steve's new information. M.J. convinces Mike to have surgery at Hope Memorial. After her encounter with Mel, Carolee is more determined than ever.
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Cappy agrees with Steve's suspicions and meets Doreen at The Medicine Man. Billy spots Carolee's watch in Doreen's possession. After speaking with Steve, Billy begins to understand what's really happening. Observing Greta's tender care of Lee Ann, Kim remembers her own unloved childhood.
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Steve allows Billy to become involved but warns him to be careful with Doreen. Nola has a chance encounter with Colin at the Croft mansion. Carolee rejects Mel's overtures of friendship. Billy arrives at Doreen's hotel suite and begins his investigation.
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Steve and Billy confirm the watch in Doreen's possession as Carolee's, and Billy begins surveillance at the Madison Arms. Carolee insists to Mel that Evan disinherited Doreen, who is playing Mel for a fool. Lieutenant Perry confirms that Carolee's letter was written on stationery from the Madison Arms. Later, Mel demands his money from Doreen. Doreen retrieves a pistol and laughs maniacally at the thought of committing murder.
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Doreen inadvertently leads Steve, Billy, and Cappy to Carolee. Maggie reminds Greta she can come home after Greta laments not being closer to Billy now that they're playing house at Kim's loft. Cappy radios a message to Lieutenant Perry at police headquarters. Steve arrives just as Mel, Carolee, and Doreen converge. With guns drawn and agreements broken, a shot is fired.
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A violent shootout leaves two victims critically injured. Hank and Mike tease M.J. Mike tells Matt about his decision regarding surgery in Houston. Matt is summoned to the emergency room. Lieutenant Perry fails to receive the whole truth and nothing but the truth from one of his witnesses. One gunshot victim is dead and another is prepped for life or death emergency surgery.
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Luke and Missy turn a corner in their relationship when she manages to say aloud she's on parole, and he responds that he loves her. Sara brings news of shocking events to The Medicine Man, where Hank and Bettina are celebrating their third wedding anniversary. After Sara admits to Barney her culpability in Mike's situation, he reassures her that with patience and understanding, she and Mike will soon celebrate their first anniversary together. Bettina advises Sara to break down Mike's walls. A grim surgery is underway on the shooting victim, but Matt declares it's in God's hands.
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Nola receives a letter from Jason, but she fears Carolee will expose the secret she's carrying. Colin is summoned when the shooting victim develops an arrhythmia after surviving surgery. Mona phones Evan Fleming and suggests he come to Madison. Greta notices bruises on Carolee, whose tears of joy also mask an inner pain.
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Dr. Tracs meets with Matt and Maggie to discuss Mike's upcoming surgery. Feeling that she's pushing Mike too hard for forgiveness, Matt takes a hard line with Sara. Barney's graphic description of the warehouse shooting makes Missy uncomfortable. Missy laments to Sweeney her fears of Luke's possible reaction when he finally learns what crime she committed. M.J. doesn't have an answer for Sara, who wants to know her secret for communicating well with Mike. While discussing M.J.'s newfound closeness with Colin, Sara flees in tears. Mona and Evan reminisce about Jason and Doreen's early marriage, and Evan blames himself for the things that went wrong in Doreen's life.
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Carolee confides in M.J. the full extent of her encounter with Mel. More information about Mel comes to light. Steve bristles when Lieutenant Perry presses for a statement from Carolee. Nola visits Carolee but upsets her terribly by refusing to admit the truth about her pregnancy. M.J. grows concerned when Steve says Carolee will have to give all the details of her experience to the police.
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The staff of Hope Memorial gives Carolee an uncomfortable welcome back party. Mike rejects Sara's kiss, but she vows to stand by him. Mike admits his fear to Luke. After Carolee confides in her about Mel, Maggie insists she seek professional help. Luke gives Missy a sweet gift. Matt and Steve receive the unexpected results from Doreen's blood test.
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Greta visits Mike and offers encouragement. A panicked Nola plots to intercept a letter from Jason to Mona. The night before surgery Mike reminisces about falling in love with Sara, and Hank is happy to lose a bet. Following an extravagant night on the town with Colin, M.J. suddenly withdraws when talk turns to Nola, leading an irritated Colin to storm out.
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Mike is prepped for surgery, but Matt doesn't feel he has the proper will to survive. Sara realizes that Matt blames her for Mike's behavior. Maggie insists to Matt that the family remain united. Nola lets Sara down. Carolee must face Lt. Perry's questioning, which Steve halts when Carolee becomes too emotional. As Mike's surgery winds down, Sara vows to fight for her marriage regardless of Matt and Maggie's feelings toward her.
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Dr. Tracs informs the Powers family that Mike should see results in ten days time. Maggie offers her support to Sara. A frustrated Billy considers dropping out of college. Kim continues to give Billy and Greta irresponsible advice while flirting with Luke. Missy and Luke enjoy an afternoon at the movies. Matt convinces Steve to help bring Doreen back to reality.
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Nola finds a letter to Mona from Jason in the morning mail. After Sara admits to her father that Matt thinks she should give up on her marriage, Barney suggests to Matt that Sara and Mike will have a long life together. Mike finds a way to minimize Dr. Trax's hopeful prognosis. M.J. confesses to Carolee about finding Nola and Colin together. Nola reads Jason's letter which confirms he left Madison because of Nola's infidelity. Mona catches Nola destroying the letter and demands an explanation.
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Mona warns Nola she'll discover why Nola is so intent on stopping the search for Jason. Carolee confides in M.J. her reluctance to be intimate with Steve again. Mona gives Cappy the envelope to Jason's letter in hopes that the postmark might help them find him. Nola informs Colin they need to talk, but he begs off to take M.J. a gift. Carolee cries about keeping secrets.
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When Steve begins to notice Carolee's odd behavior, she talks with Maggie, who begs her to undergo counseling. Lee Ann and Greta begin to cramp Kim's style, and Kim has another bitchy encounter with Missy. Billy asks Steve about obtaining a job at Hope Memorial, but when Steve offers financial help in the form of a loan instead, Billy rejects it.
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Maggie suggests to Mike it's time for him to stop being so angry at Sara. Nola reluctantly agrees to meet Colin at his hotel suite. Sara grouses to Nola about Nola not being there for her during the situation with Mike, but Nola insists she has her own problems to resolve. Nola later meets with Colin and blackmails him into pressuring Mona to stop the search for Jason.
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Mike asks Hank to do him a favor on Sara's birthday. Missy meets with Mrs. Craig, her parole officer, and expresses her fears about being intimate with Luke. Against Sweeney's advice, Luke meets Missy at Mrs. Craig's office. Mike's gesture gives Sara renewed hope at her birthday celebration.
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Maggie makes sure Carolee gets the help she needs. Steve informs Nola that Cappy should soon make contact with Jason. Carolee takes Maggie's advice and prepares to tell Steve the truth. Colin yields to Nola's blackmail, but is it enough to persuade Mona?
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Carolee tearfully reveals to Steve what happened between her and Mel., and Steve reassures her of his love and devotion. A frustrated Billy walks out after a pleasant discussion with Greta regarding Lee Ann and his responsibilities turns sour. Matt's disappointment at Mike's lack of post-surgery progress prompts Mike's theory that he's always been a failure as a son because he didn't try hard enough. However, after Matt leaves, Mike notices a sudden change in his abilities.
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Mike hides his newfound abilities from Hank and M.J. Reminiscing about their mother's death, Sara and Nola plan to add a small reading library to one of Hope Memorial's waiting rooms in Virginia's honor. Assured that she and Mike won't ever have children, Sara decides she'll give all of her attention to Nola's baby. Nola is about to share a secret with Sara when Colin interrupts them. Mona tells everyone that Cappy was unable to contact Jason, who has sailed off for parts unknown. During a visit with Mike, Sara's insistence on breaking down Mike's wall leads to anger, and he accidentally reveals that his condition has improved.
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Despite his good news, Mike rejects Sara. Hank congratulates Mike in his progress but overcome with emotion, wheels himself out of the hospital room. Matt and Maggie are delighted to hear Sara's good news. Afterward, Matt has to sedate Doreen with Thorazine when she begins to hallucinate. Bettina comforts Hank, who admits that although he's genuinely happy for Mike, he wanted to be the one who received a miracle. Carolee becomes upset when Steve refers to their collective situation, for which Carolee claims sole ownership. Frustrated, Steve phones Maggie for help.
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Irritable and hungry, Billy lashes out at Greta. Kim convinces Greta to go after him, offering to take care of Lee Ann, who is fussy and feverish. Evan insists upon an apology to Steve for the grief Doreen caused his family. At the Medicine Man, Billy rejects Greta's attempt to make things right, prompting Matt and Maggie to drive her home where they find Kim neglecting the baby. After examining Lee Ann, Matt and Maggie decide to rush her to Hope Memorial.
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At Hope Memorial, Dr. Lavery places Lee Ann in pediatric ICU and orders a spinal tap. Sara's impromptu visit to Mike during his physical therapy session with Dr. Mitchell makes him self-conscious and unable to perform. Nola and Sara agree to a pact to spend more time with one another and not keep secrets. Colin gives M.J. a bouquet of jonquils, which Sara and Nola each notice. Hank admits to Mike that he was jealous of his recovery, and the pair sing Zippity Do Dah. As a grim Maggie emerges from Lee Ann's room, Greta begins to cry for her baby.
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The doctors theorize Lee Ann could have either bacterial or viral meningitis but must await lab tests to confirm it. With Lee Ann's temperature dangerously high, antibiotic treatment is initiated. After learning about Lee Ann's illness, Carolee insists she and Steve rush to Hope Memorial but she admits she fears leaving the house. Mike notes M.J.'s elation following her lunch with Colin. Sara comes to visit Mike, just as M.J. comments that Colin has nothing to do with Mike and Sara's estrangement. As Sara reads a letter Michael Paul wrote to him about coming home, Mike suddenly becomes enraged.
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Mike's behavior toward Sara regresses to hostility when he accuses her of using Michael Paul to get what she wants. Using the situation with Lee Ann to her advantage, Nola suggests that Mona arrange a trust fund for the unborn Aldrich baby, just in case something should happen to either one of them. Carolee warns Nola to tell Mona the truth about her pregnancy or risk Carolee telling her first. Matt doesn't want to tell Greta that Lee Ann could die. Barney attempts to counsel Billy, who wants to run away from his responsibilities just as Barney once did. Greta watches helplessly as Lee Ann begins to have a seizure and wishes Billy were there.
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There's a turning point in Lee Ann's condition. Missy and Luke appreciate the romantic moonlight just before dawn. Mike flinches when Greta compares her love for Billy with Sara's for Mike. Dr. Mitchell confides in Matt and Maggie that he wants to see Mike go home, despite his lack of progress. Colin asks M.J. to compile a list of why they shouldn't become lovers. After finally arriving at Hope Memorial, Billy must face an angry Matt, who unleashes his fury.
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Evan urges Carolee to visit Doreen, whom he feels is no longer the person they once knew. Steve seeks help for himself from Marge Nolan, Carolee's counselor. Greta returns to the loft where Kim is entertaining Martin, her handsome but thick mechanic. Greta becomes alarmed at the thought of Billy removing his belongings from Kim's. When Doreen becomes agitated and needs restraint, Nurse McBride coaxes Carolee into helping her. A phone call to ICU regarding Lee Ann is from Billy, but when Nurse Marion gives the receiver to Greta, Billy hangs up.
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Nola suggests that Sara remind Mike how their relationship started -with a kiss. Billy packs his belongings, admitting to Greta he can't handle all the pressures and responsibilities in his life. As he walks out on her, Greta's patience erupts in anger. Nola tries to convince Carolee to keep quiet and pretend Nola never told her what happened with Colin. Sara takes Nola's advice, but when it begins to work, Mike orders her to get out.
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Carolee admits to Steve that she can no longer make simple decisions in her life because she hasn't control over anything, which is a typical reaction following rape. Mike writes a poem about his encounter with Sara. After he throws it away, Bettina retrieves it and uses it as proof to Sara that Mike is making progress. Learning from Steve about Nola's visit to Carolee, Mona attempts to discover why Nola is being so secretive and edgy. Steve reassures Carolee that he'll be patient in resuming a physical relationship with her.
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Colin manages to embarrass M.J. in front of the other nurses. After Barney and Sweeney perform a song dance at The Medicine Man, Luke advises his father to be more macho and mysterious with Sweeney. Maggie realizes how much Greta has grown and what she must face alone. Mona agrees with Steve's suggestion that they discontinue the search for Jason. M.J. accepts a dinner date with Colin.
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Matt informs Mike that it's time he was released from the security of Hope Memorial. Greta takes Lee Ann home from the hospital and calls to tell Billy, who is apathetic. Steve presents Carolee with a silk dress and diamonds for their special upcoming date. Sara and Mike manage to have a civil conversation about the state of their relationship. Mike wonders how they can possibly survive as a couple under rough circumstances when they didn't make it under the best ones.
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Carolee expresses her fears of intimacy to M.J but is determined to make love with Steve. Mona summons Sara for a visit then tells her about Nola's strange behavior such as burning the letters from Jason. Skeptical at first, Sara questions Nola, who accuses Mona of turning her own sister against her. M.J. discovers that her dinner date with Colin is actually a catered supper in his hotel suite. Steve whisks Carolee off for their own romantic evening.
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Three couples enjoy the evening in Madison. At a Russian restaurant, Carolee sips champagne and dances happily with Steve. At Colin's hotel suite, a fine French supper is served, though M.J. attempts to extend the meal to avoid being alone with Colin. Matt and Maggie sit by the fire at home, and Maggie admits to Matt that she feels lost with no children in the house. Back at the Aldrich home, Carolee wants to make love with Steve, but panics when he moves his body on top of hers. Alone following their dinner, M.J. hesitates at Colins suggestion that it's time they go bed; however, he begins to remove her clothes and won't take no for an answer.
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Following her romantic night with Steve, Carolee feels like a failure and cannot be dissuaded otherwise. Nola attempts to cover her tracks when Mona scrutinizes the details of her condition. Colin manages to embarrass M.J. the morning after their big date. However, she's later touched by his sweet gesture. Carolee vows to change her life, beginning with a confrontation of Nola.
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Missy seeks confidential birth control advice from Maggie. Carolee wants to return to work at Hope Memorial, though Steve isn't sure it's a good idea. Mona believes that Nola has an appointment with Dr. Burkey, but Nola goes to see Dr. Caswell instead, and she uses an alias. Dr. Caswell rejects Nola's insistence that she be given drugs to induce a May labor.
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Mike wants to move into an apartment, but Hank offers him sobering advice about his new life. Matt arranges Doreen's transfer to a facility for the criminally insane. Carolee cautions M.J. about Colin when M.J. is elated following the night she spent with him. Sara is determined to attend Mike's dinner with Matt and Maggie, from which Mike intentionally excluded her.
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Carolee confronts Nola, whose whole life is now a lie. Mona returns during their private conversation and insists she and Carolee make a lunch date so they can talk and catch up. Hank gives Mike tips for dressing himself in the wheelchair. Nola loans Sara a beautiful gown Nola purchased with Mona's credit. Matt, Maggie, and Mike congregate to leave for The Medicine Man, unaware that Sara plans to join them.
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An evening at The Medicine Man gets off to a bad start when Sara appears as an unwelcome surprise, and Mike begins to drink in the presence of Colin and M.J., who are enjoying their new relationship. An upset Carolee instigates a quarrel with Steve. Mike loses his temper as everyone appears to treat him like an invalid. The tension between Carolee and Steve evolves into passion.
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Dr. Mitchell tells Mike that it's time he leaves Hope Memorial and offers to counsel Mike and Sara about the sexual aspects of Mike's disability. Mike issues a warning about Colin to M.J., while M.J. encourages him to trust Sara. Mona reveals to Carolee her plans to arrange a trust fund for Nola's baby. Unable to hold the secret any longer, Carolee prepares to tell Steve that Nola could be carrying Colin Wakefield's baby.
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Steve learns the truth about Nola's pregnancy from Carolee, who cautions him that Nola will do anything to hold on to her position in Mona's mansion. Mona is horrified by Nola's decision to place a newspaper ad for a nursemaid. Maggie helps Greta by giving her the passbook to a bank account which has accrued all of Greta's money from birthdays and Christmases. Matt and Maggie discuss the possibility of Mike returning to their home.
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Doreen begs Carolee to help her as she's strapped to a gurney and carted away to a psychiatric facility. Carolee and Steve realize that Carolee can now move on from her ordeal. Sara and M.J. have a conversation about relationships. Mike tells Michael-Paul that they're going to live with Matt and Maggie without Sara. Sara issues Mike a final ultimatum.
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After giving Mike his ultimatum, Sara leaves as he remains silent. Having witnessed an upset Sara, M.J. cautions Mike that his anger is only punishing himself and his son. Mona arrives home to find the mansion full of potential nursemaids and Nola giving orders to Mrs. Sturgis. M.J.'s excitement over attending a concert with Colin wanes when he's called away to Houston on urgent business. Nola receives word that Steve and Carolee are on their way over to speak with her. Mike finds Sara holding Michael Paul in the hospital chapel.
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Sweeney arrives home to find Missy and Luke getting passionate on the sofa. After throwing Luke out, Sweeney confronts Missy with the birth control pamphlets she found while cleaning. Mona complains of mild angina and decides to cancel her date with Hugh McCluskey, prompting Nola to scramble to get rid of her before Steve and Carolee arrive. Sara cries to Matt and Maggie about Mike's unwillingness to forgive her, but Matt suggests she not give up on him. Steve and Carolee aren't moved by Nola's argument that Mona is ill and mustn't be told about the baby's possible paternity. Mona returns from her date just as Steve and Carolee insist on telling Mona the truth.
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Matt's opposition to Sara begins to wane. Mike refuses to listen to Hank, who feels Mike is wrong to believe his marriage is finished. Steve and Carolee discuss Nola's deception, which Steve is certain will be exposed if Nola doesn't give birth by May 15th. Sweeney is uncomfortable leaving Missy alone. Matt informs Mike that he will be released from Hope Memorial tomorrow and must decide where he's going to live.
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The staff prepares a send-off for Mike, who orders Hank to leave him alone about living with Sara. Nola is thrilled with quirky nursemaid Mildre Trumble. Sweeney, Missy, and Luke decide to all go to Boston together. M.J. gives Mike a book of poetry as a going-away gift. Greta visits Mike before his release and Mike's words to her at Lee Ann's birth come back to haunt him. Sara is anxious to know if Mike will leave with her or return to the Powers home.
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Luke tells Nola that Evan Fleming wants to sell Doreen's share of The Medicine Man. Steve demands a private meeting with Nola after over- hearing her speak to Barney of being "locked in" to the Aldrich fortune. Mike makes the decision to leave with Sara. M.J. admits to Carolee she feels lost without Colin. Following a party given for Mike's homecoming, he coldly informs Sara that he'll live with her, but not as man and wife.
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Steve reveals to Nola that he's the executor of the trust fund Mona arranged for the baby, and if the child isn't born by the due date he calculated, he won't approve the trust fund. Mike agrees to treat Sara with kindness but warns her that it's all he can give her since he's crippled. Luke, Sweeney, and Missy drive to Boston. After their interview is a disaster, Mona refuses to hire Mildred, but Nola reassures Mildred that she'll fix everything. Passion between Luke and Missy prompts a visit to a romantic inn.
S1 • E4189
Luke and Missy check in at the Heritage Inn, where Luke plans a romantic evening of lovemaking. Steve and Carolee arrive at Billy's new pad and are horrified to find that he's flunking college and smoking pot. Billy tells them that he's rejecting all the things that were once important to him as he tries to find himself. Matt and Maggie visit with Greta, who wants to help Mike any way she can. Attempting to let Luke make love to her, Missy experiences a violent memory of being attacked by her stepfather Carl and fights back at Luke.
S1 • E4190
A stoned and angry Billy decides to visit Greta following his meeting with Steve and Carolee, but he instigates an argument with Greta and storms out. Colin returns from Houston. Unable to have sex with Luke, Missy explains to him that her stepfather molested her and tried to rape her while her mother turned a blind eye to the abuse. Missy doesn't answer Luke, who asks if it was because of Carl that she was sent to prison. Later, when Luke goes out for food, Missy gathers her belongings and leaves without him.
S1 • E4191
Missy packs her bags and ignores the ringing phone, which is Luke calling to find her after she left the inn without him. Reassuring Mildred that she will be hired, Nola feigns cramps to gain Mona's sympathy and have her wait on her hand-and-foot. However, Mona continues to refuse Nola's request to hire Mildred, as Mona plans to interview new applicants. Mike rejects Sara, arguing that he can't get close to her and be hurt again. Missy finally answers the phone, but when Luke says it was his fault, Missy hangs up and leaves.
S1 • E4192
Missy goes to hide out with Greta but has to encounter a nosy Kim who is still attracted to Luke. Steve speaks with Greta about Billy's drug use and voices his concerns. Sara attempts to help Mike when he falls out of his wheelchair, though he manages to right himself without her. Luke turns to Mike for help, and Mike suggests he try Greta. Missy confides in Greta about her past then insists she has to leave Madison. Nola secretly meets with Mildred and promises she will get Mildred hired by using the baby as a weapon.
S1 • E4193
Sweeney becomes upset returning from Boston to find that Missy has called in sick to work, and Luke can't find her. Colin wants to live with M.J. though she pushes for marriage. Carolee won't go with Mona to buy baby furniture for the nursery. Steve and Carolee agree that he'll stall signing the trust fund papers until June. Luke explains to Sweeney what happened between him and Missy in Boston. Sweeney won't tell Luke the full truth about Missy's past, arguing that Missy must tell him herself. A stoned Billy has a run-in with Luke at the Medicine Man. Luke phones Greta looking for Missy, but Missy refuses to speak to him.
S1 • E4194
Missy realizes that she has missed an appointment with Mrs, Craig, her parole officer, and goes to see her. Nola reiterates to Mona that she needs Mildred as a nursemaid. Furthermore, she hasn't the security of a trust fund, and doesn't feel respected in Mona's household, so she's considering moving out. Remembering that Missy didn't see Mrs. Craig, Luke decides to check her office. Missy explains to Mrs. Craig what happened in Boston. Luke arrives at Mrs. Craig's and spots Missy's jacket in the waiting area.
S1 • E4195
Nola's plan has worked, and she calls Mildred to move in. At Mrs. Craig's office, Missy doesn't want to talk with Luke, and the situation escalates when she admits she stabbed Carl to death when he tried to rape her. Mrs. Craig ushers Missy back inside the office for a quiet talk. M.J. fumes when Colin tries to move his belongings into her apartment, and she sends them back with a reminder that she wants marriage. Mona visits Steve to tell him that Nola is threatening to move out unless the trust fund is signed, but Steve wants Mona to call her bluff. Mrs. Craig counsels Missy that she must trust Luke now that he knows the whole truth about her past; however, when they go back to see him, Missy wails that he's gone.
S1 • E4196
Nola enlists Mildred's help in making Mona believe Nola is moving out. Mike rejects Dr. Von Holt's offer to discuss sexual function. Alone with Dr. Von Holt, Sara is advised that experimentation is the only way to determine whether or not Mike is impotent. Mike admits to Matt that Sara is his companion and nothing more. Mona and Steve confront Nola, who feigns innocence about Mildred's presence in Mona's house. Steve calls Nola's bluff.
S1 • E4197
After Mona experiences chest pains, Steve backs down from the fight with Nola. While receiving massage therapy from Sara, Mike fantasizes kissing her. Missy confides in Sweeney that she never wants to see Luke or any man ever again. Hank and Bettina interrupt Sara's attempt to get closer to Mike. Mike jokes about his his celibate lifestyle, but Hank wonders if it's really a fear of intimacy. Nola attempts to lay more guilt on Mona by complaining of cramps and attributing them to the stress of moving out.
S1 • E4198
Missy overreacts at a patient's touch and wants to quit Hope Memorial, but Maggie changes her mind. Luke tries to compose a letter to Missy and daydreams about their time together. Nola speculates she's experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions then prevents Mona from phoning Dr. Burkey. After Mona leaves, Nola admits to Mildred that she's actually seeing another doctor, who she attempts to phone but can't reach as the phone is dead due to a thunderstorm. As the storm worsens, Nola says she's really afraid.
S1 • E4199
Stranded in the Croft house during a raging thunderstorm, Nola sends Mildred in search of a working phone. Sweeney worries Missy will soon suffer a breakdown, but Greta arrives to support her. Carolee and M.J. ponder the "porcupine dilemma" proposed by Colin. Maggie cries to Carolee about feelings of emptiness without a baby, though she hides her tears from Matt. When Mildred is unable to contact Dr. Caswell, a bleeding and cramping Nola fears she'll lose the baby.
S1 • E4200
Alone and frightened, Nola wishes Virginia were still alive. Matt correctly surmises Maggie was crying during her conversation with Carolee. A stoned Billy and his rowdy friends are ordered out of The Medicine Man by Luke. Steve forces Billy to go home with him and attempts to lecture his son along the way, but Billy rejects Steve's conservative lifestyle. Colin insists upon driving Mona home following a hospital board meeting, and they arrive to find Nola continuing to cramp and bleed. As Colin prepares to take her to the hospital, he admits that he doesn't know whether or not Nola will lose the baby.
S1 • E4201
At The Medicine Man, Luke fills Greta in about Billy's earlier altercation, and advises her the best way to help him is to leave him alone. Luke doesn't want to call Missy but defends her against Kim's accusations of neediness. Colin explains the "porcupine dilemma" to M.J. Mildred is confused by Nola's declaration of hatred for Colin Wakefield. Dr. Frankel and Nola are at odds when his tests reveal the baby is too small for a due date of May 15th. After Mona phones Steve with news of Nola's hospitalization, he contacts Dr. Burkey, who reveals that he has never heard of Nola.
S1 • E4202
Dr. Frankel informs Steve and Carolee that Nola has a mild separation of the placenta. Mona learns Nola lied about under Dr. Burkey's care, but Nola insists she did it to ensure privacy in her pregnancy. Matt and Maggie discuss the quietness of their home without children, while Matt expresses regret at having not spent more time with Mike when he was a boy. Sweeney doesn't feel very generous toward Missy's mother and stepfather, but Missy realizes she has to forgive them for her own good.
S1 • E4203
Nola engages Dr. Frankel to manage the remainder of her pregnancy. Steve agrees to sign trust fund papers if Nola's baby is born by May 15th, but he warns her to stop using the baby as a weapon against Mona. Barney urges Luke to face Missy, pointing out the mistakes he made with Virginia and Billy made with Greta. Carolee inadvertently reveals to M.J. that Nola was the patient Colin was seeing when he stood her up for dinner. After claiming she doesn't love him and ordering him out of her life, Missy cries out for Luke, but it's too late as he's driving away.
S1 • E4204
After leaving Missy, a drunken Luke seeks advice from Mike. Meanwhile, Missy goes to Kim's loft to see Greta. Greta and Mike attempt to counsel their friends. Mike suggests Luke say three little words to Missy, though Mike is unable to say them to Sara. Sara confides in Bettina her belief that she and Mike are both fantasizing about loving one another. Kim brings home strangers Randy and Harry to start a party and facetiously refers to Missy as "Snow White." Just as the party gets underway, Luke arrives at the loft wanting to confront Missy.
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Luke spirits Missy away after Greta tips him off that Missy is intentionally pushing him away. Nola tells Mona she fears she won't survive childbirth and worries what will happen to her baby if she dies. Barney and Sweeney reminisce about their past when things were much simpler. An emotionally distraught Missy confesses to Luke that she stabbed her stepfather to death with a pair of scissors when he attacked her, but no one believed her story.
S1 • E4206
Carolee arrives at Billy's flat and lets herself in when she finds the door unlocked. Inside, it takes an ampule of ammonia to rouse Billy to consciousness. Realizing that he's stoned and hungover, Carolee attempts to lecture him, but Billy is belligerent and uncooperative. Carolee eventually retreats, but orders him to attend a family dinner later that evening. Maggie attends to Lori Lynn Walters, a five year old girl with a history of ventricular septal defect. Worried that her cold could be symptomatic of something more severe, Maggie calls Colin for a consult. Mona tells Steve about Nola's nightmares of seeing herself in a coffin and reiterates her desire for Steve to sign the trust fund papers, but when he balks at Nola's manipulations, Mona says she'll have new papers drawn up making Nola the sole executor. Colin examines Lori Lynn and notes her resemblance to his late daughter. Detecting a possible heart murmur, he wants her hospitalized for tests, though her parents insist she remain an outpatient. Steve seeks advice from Colin regarding Nola, and Colin cautions him that if anything should happen to the baby, Mona's heart couldn't withstand a shock.
S1 • E4207
Missy agrees to give Luke five minutes of her time as she awaits a bus home from Hope Memorial. He attempts to assuage her feelings of guilt and shame regarding Carl's abuse and subsequent death, but it's to no avail. Missy cries that she can never be a proper wife or a lover. Carolee tells Steve about the incident with Billy. She wants to cook his favorite meal for dinner and suggests the only way they can reach him is through love instead of lectures. M.J. confronts Colin with his sin of omission, standing her up while doctoring Nola, but Colin counters that he deliberately said nothing because he knew M.J. would react badly. After he reiterates that there's nothing between them, he phones Nola to arrange a meeting. Nola instructs Mildred to stand outside her hospital room and turn Colin away when he arrives because she has no desire to see him.
S1 • E4208
Mildred successfully prevents Colin from seeing Nola, but he vows to return. M.J. shares with Carolee her plan to live with Colin., arguing that even if she's later hurt, it's better than losing him now. Carolee and Steve are annoyed when Billy shows up late and under the influence for the Aldrich family dinner. Arriving at Hope Memorial with a gift for Colin, M.J. finds him in Nola's hospital room.
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Billy's erratic behavior spoils the family dinner. Learning from Luke that Billy failed to keep his shift at The Medicine Man, Steve and Carolee offer to help their son resolve the issue causing his substance abuse; however, he refuses. M.J. confronts Colin over his continued relationship with Nola, but he manages to assuage her fears. Luke daydreams about Missy. Colin experiences a nightmare in which his patient Lorrie Lynn Walters becomes his deceased daughter Cassie.
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Steve offers a truce with Nola if she agrees to stop manipulating Mona. After she returns for treatment of a fever, Lorrie Lynn Walters is admitted to Hope Memorial, but Colin hesitates performing surgery on an infected heart valve. Matt interviews Hank for a hospital staff position. Carolee stuns Steve with the revelation that Nola had an affair with Colin, who could be the father of her unborn baby.
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Maggie suggests Missy talk with a counselor or Carolee regarding her fear of intimacy. Steve confronts Colin about his affair with Nola and coerces him into stopping Mona's preoccupation with arranging the trust fund for Nola's baby. A jealous Sara secretly watches as M.J.'s therapy session with Mike includes close physical contact and laughter. Luke and Missy try to salvage their relationship. Nola rejects Colin's orders to cease using her unborn child as a conduit to the Aldrich fortune.
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As Lorrie Lynn's condition deteriorates, a frightened Colin declines surgery in favor of antibiotics; however, Lorrie Lynn has developed a resistance to medication. Hank and Bettina celebrate Hank's new job with Sara and Mike. Tipsy from celebratory drinking, Mike impulsively kisses Sara, but then pulls away. While watching over Lorrie Lynn, Colin remembers his late daughter Cassie, and expresses his fear that Lorrie Lynn might not have much time left.
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Nola researches activities that might induce labor. Carolee avoids answering Mona's questions about Steve's hesitation are signing the trust fund papers. Later, Mona reveals she had new papers drawn up that do not require Steve's approval. Colin admits to Maggie that he must save Lorrie Lynn's life because he feels as if his daughter Cassie is haunting him through the young patient. Carolee confronts Nola about her lies and machinations and offers a warning that the trust fund could be revoked at any time if fraud is proven.
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Nola continues her attempts to induce labor by May 15th in order to solidify the notion that Jason fathered her baby before leaving Madison. After Carolee tips him off to Mona's new trust fund not requiring his signature for approval, Steve vows Mona must be told about the baby's possible paternity. Matt rejects Maggie's idea that they have another child. Remembering advice Barney once gave her, Nola concocts a plan to ensure her baby is born on the right date.
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As part of her plan, Nola convinces Luke to loan her money, though he's unable to come up with the $5000 she requests. Hank questions Mike about his impotence, wondering if he's physically incapable of making love or just afraid to try. Colin updates Mr. and Mrs. Walters on Lorrie Lynn's condition, which remains unchanged, though he asks M.J. to assist if he's forced to operate. Mike agrees to allow Sara to drive him to work once his new shifts begin. Nola schedules an appointment for the next morning with Dr. Frankel.
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Maggie secretly orders a pregnancy test for herself. Nola attempts to bribe Dr. Frankel into inducing labor, despite his argument that the baby isn't ready. Kim overhears Luke, on the phone with Nola, discussing money. Maggie admits to Colin she has always known that he would be forced to operate on Lorrie Lynn Walters. Steve and Mona quarrel about Nola's desire to get her hands on the Aldrich fortune through her baby. When Steve confronts her, Nola lies that Dr. Frankel examined her and said she's ready to give birth.
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Steve places Dr. Frankel in an awkward position when he confronts him and Nola together. Unwilling to lie, Dr. Frankel admits to Steve that Nola isn't ready to give birth; however, Nola claims she misunderstood him. Missy is helped by Carolee's experience as she confides in Missy about being raped by Mel. When the last antibiotic fails to help her, Lorrie Lynn is marked for surgery. Colin tells Mr. and Mrs. Walters about his late daughter Cassie and promises to save their daughter.
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As Lorrie Lynn's surgery nears, the staff at Hope Memorial fear her chances for survival are slim. Maggie experiences conflicting emotions when her pregnancy test results are negative. With her due date passed, a panicked Nola decides to run away to Boston, and after giving birth, simply lie about the date. In their haste to leave before Mona returns home, Mildred inadvertently leaves a large suitcase in Nola's path. Nola trips over the suitcase, falls to the floor, and gasps in pain.
S1 • E4219
After tripping over the suitcase and falling, Nola experiences a painful contraction and begins to bleed. Maggie confesses to Matt she took a pregnancy test, which was negative., and even though he didn't want another child, she still feels sad. Surgery for Lorrie Lynn gets underway, but as the hours pass, and her situation becomes more tenuous, Colin decides to repair her heart wall in addition to the faulty valve. Mona arrives just as Nola is being taken by ambulance to Hope Memorial, and Nola laments something will go terribly wrong with her baby's birth. Surgery takes a grim turn when Lorrie Lynn's blood pressure suddenly drops.
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At Hope Memorial, Mildred denies that Nola did anything to initiate labor. Dr. Frankel and Steve are suspicious of Nola's sudden labor, which could be due to a separation of the placenta. Dr. Frankel requests Steve's assistance as something could possibly go wrong with Nola's case. Surgery continues on Lorrie Lynn, with Colin working to repair the hole in her heart. After fears that she may have been on the heart-lung machine too long, surgery ends, and everyone waits to see if Lorrie Lynn's heart will resume beating on its own.
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Complications arise as Nola prepares to give birth, and Steve and Dr. Frankel work to save the baby. Mr. and Mrs. Walters deem Colin a genius as he emerges from the operating room to report that Lorrie Lynn has survived surgery in which he repaired her heart valve and the heart wall. Mike visits Hope Memorial a day ahead of his first shift back to work and has a new, improved attitude. Maggie tells Matt that she has moved on from her sadness and is hopeful about their future.
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Nola successfully gives birth to a healthy daughter, though Steve still suspects the baby is premature. Having saved Lorrie Lynn, an elated Colin wonders if M.J. would share his dream of returning to Australia, marrying, and having another child. Still high on drugs, Billy drops by Kim's loft with a giant Teddy Bear for Lee Ann and some money for Greta. Billy declines looking in on Lee Ann, as he has plans with his friends. He promises to come back another day, and Greta gives him a tender kiss goodbye, adding that he and his friends should be careful. As the family celebrates Nola giving birth, Mona vows to find Jason, using a State Department contact, and inform him of his daughter's birth.
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Convinced that Colin fathered Nola's baby, Steve and Carolee worry what will happen when Jason is found and Mona learns the truth. Nola rejects nursing her daughter, arguing that she has everything she needs with formula and a crib. Sara visits Nola, who raves about the experience of childbirth. Colin also stops In to see Nola, but Nola insists he was only interested in ensuring his cardiac unit at Hope Memorial. Matt happily observes Mike in his element, working the ER for his first shift back at work at Hope Memorial. However, when several victims of a terrible car crash are brought in, with one already dead, Mike is stunned to find that a bloodied Billy is among the victims.
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Billy is the sole survivor of a car crash, but the staff at Hope Memorial scrambles to save him when he stops breathing. Nola concedes to Mona's desire to name the baby "Jessica", but with a compromise: Nola will be the first person to inform Jason of his daughter's birth once Mona's State Department contact locates him. Ray, Greta's handsome blind date arranged by Kim, arrives just as Greta receives a phone call informing her of Billy's accident.
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An unnerved Greta arrives at Hope Memorial during Billy's crisis, which is later determined to be the result of illicit drug intoxication. Nola very reluctantly holds baby Jessica but subsequently plays the doting mother when Mona stops in for a visit. Colin distracts M.J. from discussing Nola and the baby by luring her into bed. Although Billy's x-rays don't reveal anything sinister, Greta insists on staying with him as she's afraid she'll never see him again,
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As family and friends gather round his bedside, a semi-comatose Billy drifts in and out of consciousness. Dr. Frankel informs Nola that Jessica's physical appearance indicates a premature birth, and Nola panics to learn this diagnosis is documented in her medical chart. After Kim expresses a desire to buy Doreen's interest in The Medicine Man, Luke suggests she work it out with Nola, who also wants to buy the remaining share. Steve tells Nola about Billy's condition but warns her that Mona must not be told.
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After Maggie and Mike theorize that Billy could have bleeding around the brain, neurologist Dr. Karl Von Holt is called in for a consult. Billy regains consciousness and learns that both of his friends were killed in the car accident. M.J. and Carolee disagree about Colin being the father of Nola's baby. Dr. Von Holt examines Billy but reports to Maggie that Billy's non-reactive pupils are probably the result of still being under the influence of angel dust. However, while talking with Greta, Billy falls asleep and can't be awakened.
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Preparing to go home and enjoy her life as a divorcée, Nola feigns having a cold to avoid telling Mona that Jessica must remain hospitalized a little bit longer because she was premature. Fears about Billy's condition grow when Dr. Von Holt reports weakness on the left side of Billy's body, and his pupils aren't reacting to light, all indicative of pressure on the brain stem as the result of bleeding. While practicing on the parallel bars at the hospital, Mike experiences a breakthrough as he manages to stand on his own for a few moments before falling.
S1 • E4229
A CAT scan reveals a growing subdural hematoma in Billy's brain, which will be treated by specialist Dr. George Loeb. Bettina comforts Hank, who wishes he could stand on his own legs as Mike did. The Aldrich and Powers families are on tenterhooks as Dr. Loeb has to immediately drill a hole in Billy's brain to relieve building pressure and stop the rapid deterioration of neurological functioning. When Mona demands to know what Nola is hiding, Nola makes up another lie to explain Jessica's extended hospitalization, but Steve finally confesses to his mother that the baby arrived slightly prematurely. Matt and Steve lament Billy's drug use, whose symptoms masked a potentially fatal brain injury.
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Nola continues her attempts to cover up Jessica's premature birth, prompting Mona to declare that she's not the fool Nola imagines her to be. Hank and Bettina visit Mike and Sara to celebrate Mike's breakthrough. Sara learns that Mike stood on his own for a few moments, and her sincere elation over his progress helps him realize she genuinely loves him. Following Dr. Loeb's procedure, Billy regains consciousness. Nola manages to intercept a phone call from the State Department for Mona. Assuming Mona's identity, Nola suggests not pursuing Jason, who has left Guatemala for Brazil. When Mona finds her ending the phone call, Nola lies that it was a wrong number.
S1 • E4231
Sara and Mike discuss the potential for him to make love to her, though he feels the holdup is a spiritual one instead of physical. When Matt grouses about Billy's effect on Greta, Maggie observes that although Greta still cares for him, she doesn't need Billy in the desperate way she once did. Billy admits to Mike he wants to use his time alone in the hospital to reflect upon his life and try to get himself back together. Noting Nola's defensiveness regarding Jessica's premature birth, a suspicious Sara wonders if Nola had an affair near the time of the baby's conception.
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Nola races to the bank to transfer the trust fund into her personal account, but she returns dismayed after being told it would take a court order to touch the money. Following an influx of fan letters, Barney and Sweeney give an impromptu performance at The Medicine Man; however, Luke and Missy deduce the letters were faked by Barney. M.J. insists to Steve and Carolee that Nola's premature baby has nothing to do with Colin. Nola eavesdrops on Mona telling Steve they must not allow Nola to interfere with the State Department locating Jason. Nola fears Jason's return will expose Jessica's paternity. Steve decides to confront Colin about his affair with Nola.
S1 • E4233
Steve demands a meeting with reluctant Colin. Sara and Mike enjoy an evening with Michael Paul. Steve warns Colin about Jason's impending visit, adding that Jessica's paternity will be settled, and Colin might just find Nola and her baby on his doorstep. M.J. interrupts Colin and Steve's tense conversation. Later, driving home from their evening out, M.J. notes something appears to be troubling Colin, but he excuses his quiet demeanor by admitting how very much she means to him. Playing a game of "likes and dislikes" leads to reignited passion for Mike and Sara.
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Mike explains to Sara his reason for not making love to her the previous night, and she reassures him that everything will be fine. However, Sara is worried about Nola's refusal to admit that Jessica was premature. Nola confesses everything to Luke, adding she desperately needs his help in dealing with Mona. When he refuses to participate in her scheme, pretending to be with the State Department in a phone call to Mona, Nola is intrigued by Richie, a Medicine Man employee who happens to be an actor. Carolee warns Colin he must admit he could be the father of Nola's baby to avoid hurting M.J., but he calls Carolee a "disturbed woman" and insists he wants to protect M.J.
S1 • E4235
Colin phones Nola and threatens her into meeting with him. Maggie brings Lorrie Lynn Walters to visit Colin. Missy confides in Greta her feeling that she's losing Luke because she can't give him what he needs physically, and she doesn't expect him to wait on her. Nola's arrival interrupts a moment between Colin and M.J. Billy promises Matt he realizes he has hurt Greta and intends to make things up to her, but Matt and Steve privately agree that a reconciliation between their children would be a disaster. Nola lies to Colin she would have aborted the baby if she ever thought he might be the father. When Nola leaves, M.J. returns and walks out again after Colin says he doesn't know what exactly she means to him.
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Mike has a new bed delivered as a surprise for Sara. M.J. tells Colin their conversation wasn't about ultimatums, but he decides to spend his evening with Sherry, Hope Memorial's fund raiser who happens to share his affinity for personal relationships with no commitments. Matt and Maggie volunteer to babysit Michael Paul so that Mike and Sara can have an evening alone together. M.J. is miserable without Colin and questions whether or not she made a mistake in expressing her feelings. Matt reassures Greta that she can always count him as a father. Carolee speculates Colin is afraid of the intense love M.J. offers him. Mike springs his surprise on Sara.
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Mike finally says the words Sara has longed to hear. After Luke refuses to participate in Nola's scheme to trick Mona, she seeks help from Medicine Man busboy Richie. Sherry wonders what has happened to a conflicted Colin, the former "playboy of the western civilization." Nola rejects Kim's plan to purchase Doreen's share of The Medicine Man, and afterward, Kim grills Richie about his relationship with Nola. Mike and Sara reunite.
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When Kim notices a frustrated Colin can't reach M.J., she decides to join him at his table at The Medicine Man, but he dismisses her. Next, she turns her attention to Luke, which doesn't go unnoticed by Missy. Steve wants to concentrate solely on his relationship with Carolee, then they are interrupted by a phone call from Colin, concerned that he hasn't heard from M.J. Missy suggests Luke seek solace from Kim as she can give him the physical relationship that she can't. Colin urges M.J. to hang on just a little bit longer until he can want the same things she does in a permanent relationship.
S1 • E4239
Steve receives an incoming call from Brazil, but the connection is lost. M.J. confides in Carolee about Colin "practically proposing" the proposing the previous evening, and Carolee encourages her to wait for Jason to comment on Nola's baby's parentage. Mona informs Nola that Jessica is being released from Hope Memorial and will be home tomorrow. Mike feels like a new man the morning after his night in bed with Sara. Steve finally makes contact with Jason via telephone, but due to a bad connection, they are unable to communicate. Jason decides he can get back to Madison quicker than having a full conversation with Steve on the phone.
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Greta notices that Kim is uncharacteristically uptight. Steve and Carolee aren't happy when Billy contemplates moving back in with Greta. Luke forces Richie to choose between working for him and playing Nola's joke on Mona. After Richie agrees to Nola's plan, an angry Luke fires him from The Medicine Man. Kim admits she's upset because it's her "damn birthday," and her parents haven't acknowledged it. Richie practices his role for Nola, pretending to be an employee of the State Department with news about Jason.
S1 • E4241
Jason boards a plane bound for Madison. Mona welcomes Jessica home to the Croft household. Matt concedes to Sara that he was wrong about her reconciliation with Mike. Nola coaches Richie on pretending to be Mr. Fairchild from the State Department. After speaking with "Mr. Fairchild," a devastated Mona finds Jason's behavior difficult to accept. Greta isn't receptive to Billy's ideas about living together again, arguing that everything has changed, including her own feelings for him. Mona realizes she must face the fact that Jason isn't coming home. On his flight to Madison, Jason envisions Nola.
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Missy feels self conscious wearing an attractive blue dress for Luke. M.J. informs Carolee of her intent to accept Colin's marriage proposal and insists Carolee stop mentioning the possibility that Colin fathered Jessica. Jason goes to a jeweler to shop for a ring. Greta tells Maggie about her decision to not let Billy move back in, and the two discuss the difficulties and joys of parenting. Missy dazzles Luke in her blue dress. Colin selects an engagement ring.
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Believing that Jason isn't returning to Madison, Nola tells Luke that she can use the trust fund to get a loan to a buy Doreen's share of the restaurant . Colin fantasizes proposing marriage to M.J. and runs into Nola at The Medicine Man. Jason's plane touches down in Madison. Greta's surprise birthday party elicits a decidedly unexpected reaction from Kim, who directs her feelings toward an innocent Missy. Nola finds herself alone with Jessica. Having arrived in Madison, Jason remembers how he thought he had left everything behind him, including Nola.
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Feeling she has the world with a big bow on it, Nola prepares to meet with her banker and purchase Doreen's share of The Medicine Man, just as Mona's unexpected arrival interrupts Jason, who is reading the terms of Jessica's trust fund. Mona reminds Jason that a child is the strongest investment in the future. Matt shares his gourmet lunch with Maggie and Sweeney. After learning about Jason's return, a distressed Nola abruptly walks out on the banker. Mona wants to see Jason holding his child.
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After receiving a phone call and learning that her mother Emma is ill, Carolee decides she must go and be with her in Wyndham Falls. Jason Kong's to avoid the confrontation with Nola. Planning a reconciliation , Nola makes herself extremely physically attractive for Jason and waits for him, baby Jessica in her arms.
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Jason arrives at the Croft mansion, where Nola awaits with the baby in her arms. Missy joins Kim and Barney in a rendition of Happy Days Are Here Again. Dr. Von Holt advises a recuperating Mike to observe patience, but Mike wonders to Maggie if he harbors subconscious resentment against Colin. Maggie encourages Mike to take the last step in order to make the first. Nola wants a kiss from Jason, but he prefers to talk. Nola goes first, attempting to explain her desire to hurt him through an affair with Colin and then offering her love to him. A silent Jason stares coldly at her as she nervously finishes and waits for his response.
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Jason walks out with a warning to Nola; he has something to do, and she'll find out what it is soon enough. Nola tries to win Mona's help by describing a life with Jason and Jessica, but a tearful Mona tells her she has no idea what that kind of new life would mean to her. Barney plans a one year anniversary for The Medicine Man, and Luke reluctantly joins his father and Kim in a dance. Jason undergoes a blood test. Colin reminds Sweeney not everyone is the marrying kind. Luke's overprotective nature annoys Missy. Jason contemplates being a father to Jessica, but then the results of his blood test arrive.
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Steve explains why Jason cannot be the father of Jessica and how Nola became the "liar of the year." Jason promises to be gentle with Mona when breaking the bad news, but he insists he must leave Madison. Colin professes his love to M.J., though he needs a little space and time. Nola goes to Sara for help but continues to keep her sister in the dark about her affair with Colin. Mona spares Jason's confession because she already suspects the truth. Now they must decide what to do about the baby and Nola.
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