Cherryvale Clinic

When Melanie arrives, she is upset to find an anxious Viki waiting for a missing Colin. Viki wants to get her "final" chemo treatment underway; she feels confident that she will be in remission but she is still worried. "If I'm so sure, why am I so scared?" Melanie explains it is "perfectly normal to be afraid" but Viki confesses it is much more than the cancer that is bothering her. As she tells Mel about her family being in "such a mess," Kelly interrupts them. Melanie excuses herself to go and look for Colin. Kelly apologizes to Viki for what has happened between she and Joey and Kevin. "I don't understand...why it happened...you must be very disappointed in me." Of course, Viki doesn't place any "blame" on Kelly and is sorry she doesn't "know where to begin to help you." Kevin comes in, followed by Joe; while they wait for Colin to show, they try to make small talk and are not very good at it. Kevin finally breaks the awkward silence when he tries to assure his mother that she shouldn't worry about the three of them because "we'll work this out...we'll take care of ourselves." Believing it is her fault, Kelly apologizes to Viki and leaves the room. Following Kelly outside, Joey tells his wife that he hates seeing her "like this...this has been a nightmare for all of us." Kelly wants Joey to tell her "what you want me to do and I'll do it." Joey surprises Kelly with his response. "I think we should talk about getting a divorce."

Colin's House

Colin and Lindsay hover at Nora's bedside where she is apparently now hooked up to EEG equipment that shows "abnormal brainwave activity." Colin is upset with Lindsay. "That drug you gave her did something to her...and...it wasn't good." When Lindsay claims that she was justified in doing what she did because Nora "would have crucified us both," Colin isn't buying into Lindsay's mental justification and instead is feeling very guilty and scared for Nora. Later, Colin empties the drawer of the nightstand, putting Nora's jewelry and the tape into an envelope but keeping the contents secret from Lindsay. While Colin and Lindsay argue, Nora stirs and opens her eyes, but she only stares into space and doesn't speak when Colin asks her to. Downstairs, the doorbell rings and Melanie lets herself into the house calling for Colin. He finally comes downstairs claiming he overslept or had "a touch of the flu." When Melanie asks Colin about the "seizure drug...still in clinical trials" he removed from Cherryvale, he claims no knowledge of it and acts hurt that Lanie would try to ruin his medical career "out of vindictiveness." Melanie notices Lindsay's purse on the foyer table and calls for her sister to "come out or I'm coming up..." Lindsay comes downstairs and tells Melanie that she "needed someone to talk to" and Colin had surprisingly helped her "feel more stable." Lanie asks if Colin gave her the drug and, for once, Lindsay doesn't have to lie when she tells her sister he did not. Colin angrily tells Melanie to leave the since she isn't there for a reconciliation. After Melanie leaves, Lindsay instructs Colin to "get the rest of Nora's things together and get her out of here." However, Colin is "not letting Nora go anywhere."

Asa's Mansion

When Renee is waiting as Asa returns from the ranch, he "knew you'd come to your senses and come home." Asa confesses that he was lonely at the ranch without Renee but she warns him not to "assume" her presence means that she has come back to him. Renee explains that a "prominent Philadelphia lawyer" will be coming to the mansion and one of them will become his client: Asa, if he chooses to confess to setting up Will, or, if not, she will ask him to handle "my divorce." Asa doesn't wait to give Renee his answer. "You and your lawyer, go to hell. Get out. Leave me alone." As she leaves, a tearful Renee warns Asa that he will "lose the rest of your family...lose everyone who still cares about you...end up bitter and alone." Asa places an urgent call to his own lawyer.

Cargo Tanker

When Todd brings him food, water and seasick medication for his voyage, Will is disgusted at the prospect of going somewhere in "this steel coffin." Todd accuses him of being a baby about the whole process which only makes Will more sure that Todd is "crazy" and that he shouldn't have listened to him about leaving the country. Todd then invokes his strongest weapon, Will's love for his family. While Will hopes that Sam may be able to keep him out of jail, Todd agrees that he will try, but if he fails it will "break his heart" and then Will would have his father's "total collapse on your conscience." Todd counters Will's theory of the tape as evidence by saying that "Asa will make sure nobody hears this tape." When Will decides he could go to Statesville and do his time, Todd exaggerates the conditions of a prison and warns Will not to let his "pain, loneliness and shame" show when his loved ones visit. Will takes out the letter he wrote to Jessica and admits that he didn't mean the things he wrote about being glad that she and Cristian would be together. He wants to go to Jess and explain his true feelings, but when Todd taunts him with the fact that Cris and Jess are "very happy," Will rips up the letter. However, when Todd tries to explain that "women do this," Will informs him that he has "no idea of what we had" but agrees that he will "stay" and "do this." After Todd leaves, Will discovers that Todd forgot his cell phone and decides to use it to make a call.

Courthouse

Sam, Hank, Jessica and Cristian are disappointed by Judge Fitzwater's newest decision regarding Will. Although she finds the evidence compelling, she is bothered by "the still absent tape recording" and "can't overlook the fact Mr. Rappaport remains a fugitive...people do not run away when there's nothing to run away from." She dismisses the petition but grants Sam's request that she dismiss without prejudice, allowing him to petition the court again if Will or the tape turns up. Sam appreciates Hank "going to bat" for him and Will but is disappointed that he "was so close to finding" him and vows that he "can't give up" although he assures Hank that if Will is planning to leave the country, neither he nor Ben helped. Outside the courtroom, Sam negotiates with Hank regarding his other clients, Jessica and Cristian. He asks the D.A. to "look at the bigger picture" and not let Asa "victimize" them, too. Hank won't drop the charges, but does agree to Sam's request that they be reduced to misdemeanors with the sentences suspended, one year's probation and community service. Inside the courtroom, Cristian sees how upset Jessica is at the judge's decision and suggests, "You can lie to me but don't lie to yourself...you still care about Will a lot." Jess admits that she does care, she doesn't want to see Will go to prison because it's "unfair" but she's "not sorry I won't see him again." After Sam advises that they take Hank's plea bargain and "get on with your lives," Cristian asks Judge Fitzwater to help speed up his annulment from Roseanne. Judge Fitzwater declares that he and Jess are both "too young to be married...especially for a second time" but finally agrees to see "what I can do."

Later, in the hallway, as Sam begins to talk to Hank about his thoughts concerning a new DNA test for Matthew, they are rudely interrupted by Asa loudly informing Sam that his attorney is "filing a petition" for a new DNA test on behalf of his grandfather, "yours truly." Jessica overhears this exchange and is upset by her grandfather's claim of doing this "for us...for you." "Matthew is much better off as a Rappaport...you have hurt every single one of your grandchildren...I don't want you to hurt Matthew, too." When Asa vows that if Matthew is indeed a Buchanan, he will "lay claim to him," Jessica explodes. "I don't even want to be a Buchanan...I can't wait to be Mrs. Cristian Vega." After Jessica walks out on him, Asa muses that she "could have done a hell of a lot better" than "that kid" but doesn't take kindly to Sam's suggestion that Asa take Jessica to court so that he could "have your whole family in a courtroom then...you don't have to sit home all alone." Insults fly back and forth between the two men about how they will face off in a courtroom until Hank steps in and tries to get Asa to back off by invoking Bo's name and what he would say if he was there. Hank knows that "Bo doesn't want a test this way." But when that doesn't work, Hank vows to Asa that he is now "that much more determined to nail you for framing Will" and he is going to locate Bo and "if he doesn't come here and put the brakes on you, I'll do it...that's a promise."

Later, standing alone in the hallway, Sam answers his cell phone and is surprised to hear Will's voice. Through a bad connection, Sam is confused by Will's apology for not making it home "for the reunion...Nora coming home." Sam tells his son that Nora is dead but Will stuns his father. "Didn't you get the word? Nora's alive. She is. I saw her. She's alive."