Edgar finds himself at a crossroads when a patient dies in surgery after he talked him out of trying holistic medicine. Meanwhile, his ruthless daughter falsely accuses a colleague of plagiarism.
As his health deteriorates, Edgar is deported from China and forced to face his failures as a father and as a husband, his friend's suicide attempt and to experience the medical field from the other perspective - that of a patient.
In China, Edgar is asked to treat a controversial politician accused of organ trafficking while back in England Nicola goes up for a job and Lileth bonds with a dying doctor interested in holistic medicine.
