Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures

Ming is ready for her plans for artificial insemination, Chen is fantasizing about street races and infidelity. The sperm donor, Fitz, their medical school classmate and Ming's former boyfriend, is considering reinstatement at the hospital.

Ming and Fitz reminisce about being residents in the hospital; Fitz is staying; Ming still wants him as the donor.

Fitz takes stock of his abilities as a doctor, his motives as a friend and his true feelings for Ming.

Chen visits his dying grandfather in Brisbane; Ming and Fitz remember their time as residents while they plan for the artificial insemination.

Christmas Eve brings chaos to the emergency room for Fitz and Chen at the hospital; Ming gets some unwanted advice on fertility from her father.

Fitz travels to Guatemala to rescue a man who has bleeding in the brain; Ming performs a complicated birth; Chen considers his options outside medicine.

Fitz contracts a mysterious illness after transporting a patient from China; Chen is infected after examining Fitz; Ming considers adoption.

Ming finally sees her dream of being a mother come true, though the donor plans she and Chen made with Fitz undergoes some changes. Through this, Fitz learns how to love and be loved, and Chen feels confident to pursue a writing career.