In the contaminated OR, a light glowed from Earl's corpse that stood to infiltrate the entire hospital with biotoxin. Rayner ordered Jason to seal off the board room. "What about the people inside?" Jason demanded. Patrick explained to Rayner that Jason had gone to explain the situation to the people in the board room. Spinelli took the phone when Patrick threw it down and, on orders from Rayner, hacked into the hospital computer to try to contain the biotoxin. Patrick reufsed Sam's offer to go into the board room herself. Rayner assured Sam that he wouldn't use Spinelli's hacking against him, in this instance.... Patrick went into the OR and sealed off the vent. He then removed the tocis spheres from Earl's corpse and updated Rayner.

In the GH board room, Kate collapsed. Claudia thought she was faking it, which irked Sonny. Sonny wanted Trevor out of there; Carly tried to fetch help but the door was locked. Jason told her not to open the door. Jason said that they had been exposed to an airborne toxin. Ric tried to get Edward to calm down. Kate was extracted for treatment. On Claudia's recommendation, everyone started working to try to seal off the air vent. Anthony seemed to think that the situation was funny. Tracy was worried about Edward. Trevor began to panic. Sonny praised Claudia for her quick thinking in sealing the vents. Jason called Carly and gave her an update. Anthony goaded Trevor, who collapsed. Sonny consoled Carly and tried to assure her that they would be fine. Claudia did not like the sight of Sonny in Carly's arms. Claudia was about to tell Sonny that Anthony shot Kate when she collapsed.

Luke trained a weapon on the hoodlum he caught trying to steal money from The Haunted Star. Luke ordered the chatty thief to put the money down; he complied. The guy claimed that he was the best bartender Luke would ever find. Luke challenged him to prove it. Luke was impressed with the concoction he whipped up. The man introduced himself as Ethan Lovett, from central Australia. The men got to know each other. Ethan claimed never to have heard of Luke. Ethan called Luke's bluff about making up the outlandish cocktail names. An increasingly wasted Luke ended up passing out. Ethan took his gun and disabled it, then began pocketing the cash, only to be thwarted by a very much awake Luke, who had another weapon. "Hands up, money down," commanded Luke.

Nikolas and Lulu discussed the woman who saw who looked exactly like Emily (were his hallucinations returning?). They then heard about the biotoxin from Sam and Spinelli. Nikolas confessed his feelings of guilt to Jason, since he left Nadine in the board room in order to chase after the Emily lookalike. As Sam and Spinelli chatted with Lulu, another medic went down. Upon hearing this, Rayner ordered the entire hospital to be placed under quarantine. Patrick got on the Intercom and broke the news to everyone in the hospital. Meanwhile, someone was up to no good in the OR....

At home with the baby, Robin pleaded with Emma to eat. Her patience thinning practically to oblivion, Robin went to get her unexpected visitor, Mac. Mac tended to Emma, then tried to get Robin to tell him what was wrong. She asked if Mac would stay with Emma so that she could attend the benefit. Mac didn't want Robin driving in the blizzard. Mac got word that the hospital was in crisis and he left. Robin assured him that she would be fine.