A needle prick received while treating a patient places Julia in a difficult position when the woman, a recovering drug addict, refuses to give her consent for a blood test. Told of Julia's predicament, Wayne illegally obtains a blood sample for testing but when the results come back, Julia, feeling compelled to inform the patient that she has syphilis, makes an anonymous phone call to the woman's GP. Wayne is subsequently arrested and charged with assault when the woman goes to the police after being discharged. While returning to the hospital with a man who has attempted suicide, Arch and Macy's medivac helicopter is forced to make an emergency landing.