Of course that isn't much of a shock, but it was still pretty devastating. April recieved the news from Dr. H. who told of her she has to start chemo the following morning. April protests saying she needs more time to let work know and Dr. H. tells her that her cancer is a lot more aggressive than last time so has to start chemo ASAP or she only has 2-6 weeks to live. (Cue the tears) April needs a bone marrow transplant (thank God for Natalie) after chemo. April is upset about this but she holds herself together pretty well. She just calmly and sadly takes it in. She calls Leo immediately and heads home.
April shares the news with Brenna and Emma who are both upset. April insists it will be fine and asks for their help in getting ready for tomorrow. Brenna offers to miss school and her appointment with Dr. H. so she can help April with whatever she needs, but April wants her to live as normally as possible.
She calls her mom to let her know what is going on and interrupts Sara's reunion with George. He was just introducing her to his female colleague (whom Sara had seen him kissing the night before but was pretending she's seen nothing). Sara is obviously worried and so is George who takes her to the airport. He pulls her to the front of the line and informs the woman who is there and complaining about them cutting that Sara's daughter is starting chemo tomorrow and she needs to get to Boston. The woman graciously steps aside and the attendant regretfully tells Sara and George that he doesn't have any flights to Boston that day but through a connecting flight she can be there by midnight. She agrees and George says to make it 2 tickets. Yup George is coming home!
April tells Beth the news and they try to make it like its no big deal. April feels bad about Bernuda and Beth doesn't care one bit. April shares that she's afraid she won't have a wedding of her own and she fed bad that she'll miss the trip, Brenna'a 17th birthday, and Thanksgiving while in the hospital. Beth tells her not to worry about it.
April heads to work to tell Raquel about the chemo but before she can get into her office, Paul angrily busts out yelling about how they laid him off. April finds out its 'Black Tuesday' and a guy brought in by HR is screening all of the employees along with Raquel and laying off the ones who aren't absolutely necessary. Dom makes it through safely and when April goes in for her turn she's scared. She tells them that she won't be able to come back in tomorrow to find out their answer because she will be in the hospital for chemo. She tells Raquel that her cancer is back and she has to take another medical leave for treatment but she assures both of them that she loves her job and she wants to keep it. She leaves and heads to see Beth.
We meet a new guy, Finn I think, who is 16/17 and clearly has cancer. He and his family are meeting with his doctor who tells him that they have found a donor who looks like they'd be a match for him. Everyone is excited and his little brothers are fighting in the back. His parents are clearly very stressed and he is embarrassed. The doctor says the donor still has to undergo more testing and Finn has to get ready with more chemo. When they find out how much the transplant will cost, his parents look very concerned but they're obviously not going to say no.
Brenna goes to her appointment with Natalie and Dr. H. and she is asked if she has had any surgeries or procedures in the last 2 years. Brenna looks nervous as she quietly admits that she has an abortion 2 years ago. Natalie smiles reassuringly and promises no judgement is coming from her and Dr. H. assures her that doesn't count so she is so far so good.
George and Sara wait in between flights and talk. George says that he missed the girls and everybody really. He asks Sara if she's in a relationship and she laughs and shares that she sort of was but then she found out he was married. George playfully remind she's that the man she dated from the Internet was married to. Sara asks George if he is seeing anyone and she assures him that he can tell her if he is. She then asks if he is seeing the colleague and he admits that he is. He laments that they broke up to find easier relationships and they both ended up in complicated ones.
We go back to Finn who is getting chemo or sown sort of treatment. He and the make nurse talk and he comments on a video of Finn running a race, not realizing it was Finn. Finn shares that he wants to get back to that and he has a donor now.
April joins Beth on a boat as they pretend they're in Bermuda. They snack and talk and April shares how nervous she is about losing her job. They get kicked off the boat by a security guard. Afterwards, April meets up with Brenna so they can celebrate her 17th birthday together over a cupcake. Brenna shares that she never told April this but her being away in the hospital was really hard on her last time and she used to cry and feel like an only child and she hated it. She wants April to be ok and April promises her that she's "not Lois Lane, she's Super Girl." The girls get a call from their mom and they're excited that George is coming back. Sara and April talk and George is impressed at how Sara is handling everything.
April goes to see Leo and they sleep together. She asks him to meet her at her house for the impromptu Thanksgiving dinner and says she has an errand to run. She goes to Natalie's work and Natalie apologizes for not calling and asks if they're ok. April says that she isn't going to get in the way of Natalie and Dom but it's clear she isn't ok with that relationship. Natalie doesn't know how to react. April tearfully asks her to be the big sister Brenna needs while she's in the hospital and in case anything goes wrong. Natalie promises she will be and its such a tearjerker.
Sara and George continue hanging out in the airport until it's announced that their flight is cancelled. Back at the house, Emma and Brenna serve the terrible Thanksgiving dinner that they tried to cook and it's so sweet. Beth is there with them as well. Everything is good until they get the call from Sara saying the flight got cancelled. To make matters worse, April gets a house call from Raquel.
Raquel tells her that it has come down to her and Danny and given the enthusiasm Danny has shown Raquel has recommended that April get laid off. She also tells April that the HR guy said if April laid off, she would have grounds for a law suit because of her condition- so April will keep her job by default. April feels terrible that her cancer will cost Danny his job, so she quits even though it's the only thing she's ever wanted to do in life.
The next day, April meets with Dr. H. As they prepare for her hospital stay and April has a "whatever happens happens" attitude which Dr. H. Isn't happy about. She says that if this is April's attitude then she has already lost half the battle. Before getting her port put in, Dr. H. takes her to dilapidated room and tries to get April to let out her anger. Finally April starts yelling at Dr. H. about how angry she is that this wasn't caught sooner especially because April went to her weeks ago thinking something was wrong (Dr. H. maintains that April was still healthy then) and April begins smashing the walls and destroying this demolition room with a sledgehammer. She shares that she feels stupid for thinking she had actually beaten her cancer.
Once she's smashed out her anger and gotten her IV situation taken care of, she takes a walk in the hall. This is where Sara and George appear. April and her mom practically run to each other and hug each other. Sara says she'll never leave April again and April laughs and begs her not to take it to the extreme. She is also glad to see George.
Back in her room, she hangs out with Leo and marriage is jokingly brought up. April continues to try to pick a TV show to binge watch while Leo asks her to marry him. She thinks he's kidding and he explains that they've never been a normal couple so why act normal now. He gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him.....and she says YES!
Original air date 3/23/15
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