The the death of a patient, Charlie is scared that he will be found responsible for the death and being struck off. Otto attends a complicated birth at a hospital in Dorset. Mulligan makes it very clear that he wants is Elizabeth and if she agrees to sleep with him he will give her the incriminating files he has on Otto.

Elizabeth continues to try and deal with the the situation involving Mulligan on her own but it soon becomes obvious that it has spiraled out of control. Angela ends up giving into her feelings for Otto but before anything happens between them, Elizabeth and Thomas show up at the hospital giving Angela a humiliating reminder that he is married.

A fundraiser and a beauty pageant at the hospital manages to bring everybodye together. Reluctant nurses end up agreeing to parade in their swimwear whilst raucous doctors jeer. Elizabeth is determined to keep her troubles with Mulligan from Otto, Richard and Jean as she puts on a brave face.