Mark is on holiday leave and he decides to use his time to look after the baby – he’s pretty sure he’s solved Daisha’s immediate childcare problems. Daisha looking at the rota knows Mark’s going to have to go back to work in a few days and she’ll be left looking after the baby. She can’t afford childcare and she can’t have other people looking after her child anymore. Daisha sees no other options, she has to put baby Joe up for adoption.
Ric finishes his meeting and seems distracted. When Michael comments on this Ric admits Michelle is Leo’s girlfriend. Michael reacts and says does this mean that he’s a grandad? Ric looks more confused until Michael tells him about her C-section scar – she’s had a kid. Ric is blown away by the news, he might be a grandad and he didn’t even know. Ric makes a decision- all his other Director of Surgery duties are postponed for the day. He’s dealing with Michelle.
Sam finds Kieron and talk to him about his talent and his forthcoming New York show. Kieron explains that he doesn’t want to do that anymore as the only reason he plays is because of his grandfather. Kerion explains that his grandparents were acting as his parents and the woman he thought was his sister was in fact his mother and that the life he has been leading is one big lie. Kieron reveals he'll give up everything to have a life with Sam in England, but Sam struggles to take it all in and Kieron assumes this means he’s being rejected. Sam says of course he wants to get to know Kieron and have him in his life, but not like this - not if it means Kieron is throwing away his god-given talent
Ric treats Michelle, as he’s not going to give up on her. He asks her if she needs help as he knows she has a child. Michelle is desperate to change her life as losing Leo has been hard. Ric admits that he knows he got it wrong with Leo as he wasn’t there for him. He had four wives and always put his work first but he knows he’s missed out on so much - he wants to change.
Meanwhile, Maddy won’t give up on Callie and Linden. She virtually drags him to the scanning machine but the results aren’t looking good. Though Linden is vindicated, he doesn’t feel good about it. He makes some adjustments as to how they scan the brain activity and they see that she has epilepsy, which could be the problem. Perhaps all isn’t lost - Linden smiles for the first time.
Michelle wishes Ric had talked to Leo like this, as Leo never wanted to end up like he did. Ric and Leo didn’t have a good relationship, but if Ric had made the first move, she’s sure Leo would have been receptive. Michelle feels guilty too as they had an argument and Leo turned back to drugs for comfort. Ric decides to give her some space. However, when he comes back, she has disappeared.
Maria tries to find out what is getting to Sam but he doesn’t want to talk about it. He is clearly confused about what to do. He wants to be with Kieron but he doesn’t want to ruin his son’s future. Sam walks Maria outside and he is clearly upset. She tries to comfort him and they share a romantic kiss.
Both Max and Abra do their best to convince Kyla to go to Africa, but their pleas fail as she’s made up her mind. Abra is devastated. However after talking to Ric and Max, Abra re-evaluates the situation and decides that Kyla is worth the fight. Bowled over by Abra’s emotional plea Kyla sees the light: Max wants her to go, Abra wants her to and even she wants to go- what’s stopping her? Kyla agrees to go back with Abra. Everyone gathers for the party to bid Kyla farewell, safe in the knowledge that she and Abra are doing the right thing and that with both mother and son following their hearts they are both finally getting what they want.