New general surgery doctor Edel Swift deals with a litany of emergencies that walk into the Clarence Street Clinic and Dan is quite taken by her but he is also obsessed with Lucille and even more so when he finds he cheated at poker and she now owns his shares. Elsewhere, Lorcan finds out that Annie has tested positive for HIV and has to break the news to her but the stress of it makes him take it out on Clodagh. As a result of Annie's test Dave turns up and threatens him again with exposure but Clodagh intervenes and tells Dave that he also is HIV and she had him ...