Robin Mullins

After being turned down for the fellowship she was hinging her future on, Dr. Zoe Hart decides to take a stranger up on his offer to work at his small Alabama medical practice.

A sudden, mysterious bleeding illness quickly spreads through Trinity, causing death and devastation, as well as the arrival of a new doctor. As the townspeople fall victim to the plague, Matt suffers a breakdown and Lucas turns to Dr. Peele for help. After a romantic encounter with Lucas, Gail is suddenly stricken. Meanwhile, Caleb appears to be immune to the epidemic's bloody "evil force," as Merlyn hovers and watches the horror with dispassion.

Upon Gail's announcement, she faints in Lucas' office and is taken to the hospital where she is told that she is pregnant. She knows (and so does Lucas) that it is Lucas' child. Gail threatens to have an abortion and even attempts to kill herself because she knows that she is carrying the evil offspring of Lucas Buck. Billy and Selena become more involved and fall in love. They plan to leave Trinity, but Selena fails to show up for the departure because she is still under the influence of Lucas.