In the O.R., after Matt opened up patient Earl Bragg, then entire surgical team collapsed. Matt tried to get people out but was too late. When anesthesiologist Andy fell, he inadvertently hit his equipment and gas was released into the room.
Jason phoned Rayner and informed him that he located Bragg. Rayner said that if Bragg ingested the poison and he's operated on, people will die.
As Emma cried, Robin tried desperately to get a babysitter, to no avail. She was so angry that she started throwing things, which upset Emma even more. Robin occupied herself with household chores, telling herself that Emma would cry herself to sleep. Later, when Emma stopped crying, Robin wondered if something was wrong with her. "I don't deserve such a beautiful baby," Robin cried.
In the boardroom, Kate arrived. Carly ordered Olivia to get rid of her. Olivia asked Kate not to make a scene but Kate accused her cousin of being disloyal. Olivia confessed that she watched Sonny kill Karpov in cold blood and she should keep Sonny out of her life at all costs. Kate accused Olivia of still having feelings for the man and ordered her to get out of her way.
At the nurse's hub, Nikolas was stunned to see a woman who looked like Emily. He hung up the phone and went to find her, but the mystery woman was gone.
Along the road, Johnny found Maxie in her car after crashing into a snow drift. He carried her into an abandoned garage. Maxie regained consciousness and Johnny told her that he was driving the other car and she nearly cut him off. Maxie got Johnny to admit he was driving too fast, then she admitted that she was, too. They told each other about their respective fights with their significant others. Maxie told Johnny he shouldn't have lied to Lulu. He agreed. Johnny found some beer outside and opened up two of them. Maxie told Johnny that he can feel safe in confiding in her.
Anthony arrived at G.H. and met Ric. He called Ric on his relationship with Claudia. Anthony mentioned that Claudia knows he can walk, that he shot Kate and his plans for Sonny. Anthony pressured Ric to fess up to blabbing but Tracy interrupted their exchange.
In the boardroom, Claudia planned to tell Sonny her suspicions about Anthony but then Carly interrupted. She asked Sonny to kick Kate out. Sonny reminded Carly that Michael's situation was not Kate's fault. Carly then spotted Ric and Anthony. Sonny asked if she wanted them out but Carly said she'll take their dirty money and do something positive with it.
Jason arrived at G.H. and put Patrick on the phone with Rayner. Afterward, Patrick donned a hazmat suit, entered the O.R. and pulled out Elizabeth. Jason was shocked to discover that she was one of the victims in the O.R. He reached Matt, who told his brother to get everyone else out first. Jason got another shock when the next victim pulled out was his mother, Monica. Andy was pulled out afterward and was pronounced dead. As Spinelli checked the hospital blueprints to find out where the O.R. air ducts went, Patrick pulled Matt out of the O.R.
After Nikolas returned to the boardroom, Nadine saw that he was distracted. Nik then spotted the woman in the beret again. Nadine noticed and asked who she was. He said he'd like to know, too. Nikolas approached the woman but it was someone else. Later, Nik confided in Lulu that he saw Emily in the hall.
Patrick showed Jason Bragg's X-rays and said one of the five spheres he had ingested had been cut. All that damage was from only one sphere. Rayner called Patrick and said that he needs to go back into Bragg's body and retrieve the other four spheres. Just then, Spinelli interrupted to say that the O.R. air duct connects to the hospital boardroom. In the boardroom, Kate approached Sonny to tell him her news about Claudia but then collapsed in his arms. Unbeknownst to anyone in the hospital, gas continued to leak into the O.R.
