Kimber's suicide devastates Christian, who seeks emotional comfort with her estranged mother, Brandy, who arrives in Los Angeles for the funeral. Sean postpones his trip to Africa with Curtis out of respect for Christian's pain despite knowing that the narcissistic Christian will get over it quickly. When Curtis goes to Africa alone, Sean has an intimate encounter with Curtis' doctor wife Sarah. Sean and Christian operate on a woman, Sheila Carlton, whose face was horrifically scarred by the pet chimpanzee owned by her best friend Jane, who herself is emotionally crippled with guilt over killing the animal to save her friend's life.