After a wild bucks party, wedding bells chime for Martha and Bowditch. McNaughton comes clean, Viv contemplates Pete's proposal and Maggie gives birth to a baby girl. Meanwhile, amidst betrayal and secrecy, Joan must face the hardest decision of her life. The Police offer Jim a deal - a reduced sentence in return for coming in from the cold. But when this is revealed to be a trap, Jim flees again just as Joan learns that he has been unfaithful to her. She breaks the relationship in a tearful goodbye. Maggie has lost trust in everyone, including Shirley. Shirley and Joan beg Matron for assistance with the Welfare Department, and even Leon helps to find a live-in maid job for Maggie.