Life's a battle zone for Veronica: She copes with haunting postwar stress and attends a veteran support group, her marriage continues to collapse, and her father falls victim to Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Sonia bonds with a young mother struggling with a weighty decision; and Chloe gets saddled with the most demanding of patients---a doctor.

Veronica cares for three college students with meningitis, with the staffers holding intense interest in the trio's lusty, soapy love triangle. Meanwhile, Sonia works with an intractable hand-transplant patient; Chloe helps a soon-to-be bride; and Sands' sister arrives.