Ella and Caitlin clash with Richard over the ethical issues involved in the death of a baby conceived by IVF. At the same time, Richard tries to calm his client Alison Cathcart who's still angry after the verdict in her civil action against Ella and Tony. Layla gets an unsettling e-mail from Vietnam, as Happy tries to secure indemnity coverage for important but very experimental medical research. Ella must talk inexperienced nurses in a remote rural area through life-saving procedures by phone. The class action lawsuit and a flood of new claims puts MDA's future at risk, but new Board Member Vince Phillips is full of ideas.