Joan is forced to find a way to save Jim after Gregory's efforts to gain custody of his grandson become more extreme. Annie decides she can't give birth to a baby which would forever bind her to Matron and takes matters into her own hands. Matron has to choose between saving Stanton House and the life of her unborn grandson, and the former Stanton House girls rally around Patty and help her as she starts her own business. McNaughton makes fateful decision that has a drastic impact on Joan and Jim's future.