Brot picked up Taylor for her physical therapy session. When they started
reminiscing, he pulled away, and Taylor called him out on it. He tried to
focus the conversation on her need for healing and she was equally stubborn
in trying to get him to confront the issues between them.

At the hospital, Joe filled Jake in about the uprising in the village where
Jamie and Jeff were working. The upshot? The Martin men, Tad included, were
missing. Jake regretted that Tad had put himself in the line of fire. JR
came by in search of David and ran into Amanda; he tried to plead with her
not to sever her ties to him, but she insisted that she was bad for him.
After she rushed off, Jake appeared and told JR that he'd deserved the
decking he received from JR at ConFusion. Jake told Tad that JR had gone
missing in the Congo; JR told Jake that David was worming his way into
Krystal's life and had forced Joe to step down as chief of staff.

At Windwind, David tried to convince Krystal not to regret their night
together. He was extremely successful, as before too long, they were ripping
each other's clothes off. Joe called Krystal and told her that he needed to
speak to her in person. She tried to put it off, but he insisted that it was
urgent. Krystal feared that Joe knew of her infidelity. She went to the
hospital and had another anxiety attack when Joe told her about Tad (and
David and JR had words over the dedication of Babe's wing).

Taylor showed up at the hospital while Jake was losing his temper with a
nurse. He explained to Taylor that he was dealing with the disappearances of
his brothers and nephew. They also chatted about Brot; Taylor said she
feared that once Brot knew she could walk, he would leave her again.

Observing David when he rushed to Krystal's aid during her anxiety attack,
JR told Jake that he suspected an affair. David spoke at the dedication as
Amanda, JR, Jake, Joe, Krystal and others looked on. After David's speech,
Jake spoke to the crowd, revealing that David had blackmailed Joe into
stepping down. "I don't know which is worse," said David. "Your bad timing
or your bad taste." David denied any wrongdoing and told Jake that he was
fired, effective immediately. David returned home and tried to reach
Krystal, who didn't answer her phone because, as it turned out, she was also
at Wildwind. She said that David's return had destroyed her life; he
countered that she was just upset about Babe. "I miss her so much," Krystal
wept, falling into David's embrace.

Jake, with his office packed up, was approached by Amanda, who asked him if
he would be okay. He apologized for having called her a hooker and assured
her that it wouldn't be long before David got what was coming to him. Amanda
next approached JR, who was about to have a glass of champagne. "You don't
need that," she said. "You're right," he replied. "I need you." He swept her
into a kiss.

Bianca and Reese discussed how to stop Erica from making their wedding a
circus. They chatted about eloping but Bianca didn't want it to look like
they were running away. Zach entered and suggested that they wed at the
casino. Reese and Bianca invited them to spend New Year's Eve with them
(he'd forgotten that today was the big day).

At the penthouse, Ryan tried to assuage Greenlee's fears about Annie. With
Emma slated to go to Opal's for the night, Ryan had romance on his mind, but
Greens had to go to the hospital to spend time at Kendall's bedside. After
she left, Emma came downstairs and asked Ryan if Greenlee was her new mommy.
Ryan reassured the girl that her mom was getting the help she needed and
that Greenlee was their good friend.

At the hospital, Greens encountered Reese and Bianca. Binks went to see
Kendall and Reese and Greenlee bonded over their respective relationships.
Reese's words about her love for Bianca struck a chord with Greens. She
raced back to the penthouse, where Ryan gave her a gift (a new dress), then
popped the question. "I can't!" she exclaimed, after flashing back to the
disturbing images she'd seen in her dreams. Reese, meanwhile, returned to
the casino and explained to Zach that she was flying solo for the moment
because Binks was home with a fussy Gaby. At home, Binks gave last-minute
instructions to Rachel and was on her way out when she was surprised by an
unexpected visitor: Simon, Reese's ex-fiance. At the casino, Reese and Zach
watched the New Year's Eve countdown together and he gave her a New Year's
kiss, which, while on the cheek, was nonetheless rather intimate and left
her seeming jarred.

Brot went to see Zach about how he got the charges dropped. Zach assured
Brot that he didn't owe him anything. After their bonding session, Brot went
back to Taylor's. He suggested that they practice walking. But when she fell
into his arms, he became uncomfortable and beat a hasty exit. She was
crestfallen.