Victoria accepts Mel's visit, who had a relapse into drugs. She offers to accommodate him, in spite of her mother's opinion. Mel then has a feeling of faintness and Victoria drives him to the private hospital where Scott takes care of him. Tori once again claims a cheque from Mason to be able to pay her own bills and to take care of Mel. Mason finally accepts, but is suspicious that his former spouse is doing drugs once again. Pearl fears that Rita is packing for Kansas. To keep her, he writes her an anonymous letter indicating that a lover would be ready to give in to her. Rita is persuaded that it is Jake. Ted confides in Mason. Mason finds words to encourage him to give up drinking alone to forget his problems. Cruz accepts Harry's package: it is a figurine which Cruz had sculpted some years before. Seeing that Andrea is moved by his work, Cruz decides to give it to her. Andrea confesses to Cain that she went out with Harry in the past. With a gesture of jealousy, Cain destroys the figurine. He discovers that it has been signed. Cruz arrives and explains to Cain that it is his signature. But Cain realises that it is the same sign as on the bullet which would have killed Andrea's father... Dorothy Lane will reappear in the series as from episode 945.
—Johnny Quick