During a hospital review after her acupuncture presentation, Dr. Nancy is summoned to handle a critical patient's family causing a scene. She arrives late and meets Ms. Hawke—revealed as Summer—who criticizes Nancy's appearance, demands treatment, and threatens to ruin her career if refused. Nancy insists she cannot treat under current conditions. The confrontation sharpens when Summer delivers the key turn: "What if the patient is me?" The episode ends with Nancy forced to face that her refusal now directly implicates the person at the heart of the disturbance.