Richard's mysterious past may no longer be a secret. Richard's in the middle of a tough mediation when his larrikin Dad arrives from retirement in Tasmania to tell Richard he's remarrying. Dad was a tram driver and things are a little tense with his high-flier son. Just as Jamie is about to tell Ella he's quitting his shifts in Emergency, a teenage boy is brought in after a car smash. Jamie and Ella work to save the boy, but his parents insist their religion prohibits blood transfusions. Simon and Amanda discover that not only was there no anaesthetist present at the contentious birth or even available at the hospital, but their obstetrician member is part owner of the hospital.