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10. Soul

It's Jackie's one-year anniversary of sobriety; Jackie and Frank fight, He feels he took a big unreciprocated step forward in their relationship, and now he's taking one backward; Wally, an 80 year old gay man with advanced liver cancer is admitted into the hospital. Thor instantly gravitates toward him; Zoey acts very professionally and rigid around Prentiss after their intimate evening; Carrie is notified there will be a peer review of her first few months of residency, Coop pleads for her to stay but Akalitus, Prentiss and Jackie vote against; Wally asks Jackie to administer his last rites; When Zoey learns that Grace isn't going to Jackie's anniversary celebration she rents a car and kidnaps Grace from school, Grace has a breakdown; Jackie nonchalantly takes the pill from her ring box and swallows it, she arrives at her celebration stoned in front of everyone including surprise guest O'Hara who has flown in for the special day.

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As Jackie prepares to celebrate her one-year anniversary of sobriety, Jackie struggles to rekindle with Frank, who feels he has made an unreciprocated step forward in their relationship. Meanwhile, Thor connects with Wally, a gay 80-year-old patient dying of advanced liver cancer, and tearfully commends Wally for his legacy. Gloria fires Carrie after receiving an overwhelmingly negative performance review by her peers; however, upon consulting with a lawyer, Carrie reveals her sexual relationship with Coop and uses it as leverage to retain her position at All Saints. Zoey discovers that Grace is not attending Jackie's sobriety celebration and decides to pick her up at school; Grace is distraught and has an emotional breakdown about her mother. Frank reunites with Jackie and they reconcile, with Jackie admitting that she loves him. While getting ready for her anniversary party, Jackie nonchalantly takes the pill that she has been hiding in her jewelry box and swallows it. She then attends her anniversary party – which is attended by Kevin, Grace, Fiona, Frank, Eleanor, and the All Saints staff – and announces her one year of sobriety.

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