Commissioner Larken gives Matt the health commission's decision. Matt agrees to the recommendation regarding Mike's work in the research lab. Stella and Nick arrive in Chicago, but Rico isn't waiting for them. Nick finds Rico's switchblade. Matt informs Mike of the health commission's decision. After meeting a rude and hostile Nico, Nick suggests to Stella that he doesn't have the time to straighten out the young man. Mike goes home to rewrite his missing thesis. Greta steals another valuable book from Matt's bookshelf.
—Skip Eastport