Matt approves Althea's request for the weekend off. Althea confirms for Matt that John was the one who convinced her to forgive Nick. Matt notices that Althea appears uptight when he asks her where she's going on her days off. Greta happily accepts another rag doll from Althea, and Maggie notices how happy Althea looks, too. Maggie urges Althea to stop fighting her attraction to John and marry him. Matt can't determine if surgery for Erich is even possible until the cineangiogram arrives from Germany. Steve confides in Matt that he can't forgive Karen for keeping Erich's heart condition a secret. Althea decides she's behaving like a skittish spinster. John convinces Althea to meet him tomorrow in New York at the top of the RCA building.
—Skip Eastport