Kate is injured in a cattle yard accident, forcing Jill to run the practice on her own. It seems the order of the world has been restored when Jill gets to do some refreshingly routine vet work and achieves results, mostly without Kate's help or interference. But her world is thrown off kilter again when she and Kate perform highly illegal life-saving surgery on Larry Riley.

With Jill almost reconciled to the idea of an imperfect future with Kate, the past catches up with her when her father and brother, then Shane, all descend on them for an impromptu country lunch.

Relieved of the burden of her secret, Kate appears to have lost the will to challenge the area's destiny.