After Matt and Maggie find the nurses station unattended and phones ringing off the hook, Maggie jokingly gives Matt permission to take Martha for the good of the hospital even if it steps on Nick's toes. Nick bends Steve's ear about all the unwanted congratulations he's receiving and fills him in on Althea's recovery, unaware that an uncomfortable Steve already knows. Maggie warns Julie not to believe all the gossip she hears about the staff's private lives, and bristles when Julie mentions Althea's recovery. Nick begs Matt to talk to Althea and persuade her to stall the divorce suit.
—Skip Eastport