Carter's angelic patience with drug testing runs out when scolded for having skipped a superfluous pill by Greene, who suddenly collapses but refuses help or explanation. Luka enjoys Abby spending the night at his place, while her mother Maggie seems turned into a model (house) mother and applies for a buyer job, but has to be thrown out and almost arrested, ultimately disappearing. Corday is questioned relentlessly about her surgery on Patterson, till she feels forced to a crucial lie about a spinal fluid check. Mark has neurological and oncological confirmation of an inoperable brain tumor, merely nine months life expectancy if treated, yet pretends to be fine until confiding into Carter and Corday. Benton refuses to stand back from the raped girl of his badly attacked nephew Jesse, to work out how they interact with a street gang.
—KGF Vissers