Lauren is thrown when Matt informs her that if they use police methods to find her lost daughter, Kathy may be prosecuted and go to jail. Lauren is torn: if she looks for her daughter, she will have to reveal Kathy abducted the baby and falsified records; but if she does not use police channels, she may never find her. The news upsets Bailey in particular, who insists there must be other ways.

Worried that his mother's gambling addiction won't get better without his father's support, Chris tries to make his father see reason, but George can only see Patricia's actions as a source of shame. Chris despairs, but when the time comes for Patricia to go to court, George has a change of heart and agrees to help her through. Could this fractured family finally be coming together?