Hansen loyalties are tested by the surprise visit of a family patriarch, a rich, ailing curmudgeon who has lucrative propositions---with strings attached.

A critically ill infant preoccupies Syd, who's also entangled with a ubiquitous politician; a romantic getaway in the wild is anything but for Robbie and Tina.

Disclosures about politician Joe Connelly disillusion Syd, who's still battling a duplicitous drug company; the Robbie-Tina romance runs a rocky road.