Bernard "Bernie" Fine is a highly successful businessman who moves from New York City to San Francisco for his work at the west coast Wolff's department store.

Jane and her mom reunite shortly after, and she invites Bernie to join the two of them for lunch at their friend's beachhouse at Stinson.

As her health continues to deteriorate, Liz decides to give up on chemotherapy, explaining she does not want to spend her final days on medicine.

Soon after, Bernie buys a vacation cottage in Napa Valley, and hopes to start a new life with Jane and Alexander.

Frustrated by the police's incapability to search for her, he uses the help of private detectives to locate her himself and secretly brings her back home.

While Bernie is handling all his current problems, he falls in love with a single doctor, Molly, who lives in Napa.