As Helen visits the hospital for a check-up, she encounters her doctor's new nurse Jane Cronin, a single woman who is hesitant to meet someone new after getting out of a five-year relationship.

The second date goes successfully, but this time, Tom is afraid to commit because he feels he isn't the kind of man Jane's looking for.

Helen succeeds in convincing her son see Jane again by employing jealousy, but just as things are going well between the couple, she learns that her cancer is back.

This fuels her determination to finally get Tom to settle down with Jane, which frustrates Katie into telling her that she is meddling so much with her son's life that she is not allowing him to move on and live it on his own.

Meanwhile, a torn-apart Tom goes out drinking and a woman there drags him onto the dance floor, then convinces him to take her home, although he's reluctant to do so.

Jane initially distances herself from the Rosners, but as Helen's condition worsens, she offers her support to the elderlly woman.