1. 12.04.00 - Monday: Fate [Premiere]
Aired: 12/4/2000
Following the blast, the jarred inhabitants of the Recovery Room shakily begin assessing the damage and are relieved to discover that no one seems seriously injured. Meanwhile, out in the parking lot, a vehicle fills with flames in the wake of the bombing. Jamal panics to find a groggy Alison lying beneath the overturned pinball table but Mary assures the young man that his girlfriend has only suffered some cuts and bruises. Fearing the worst when Joe reports that Dr. Thornheart's car is on fire, Lucy hesitantly reveals to Kevin how she spotted Ian and Eve talking outside the Recovery Room just seconds before the explosion. Jack offers to take a grateful Livvie to visit her grandmother. Unwilling to believe Lucy's tale, Kevin rushes to the hospital to search for his wife. Livvie explains to a confused Estelle why Rachel had to go away for some badly needed ""rest"". Later, Livvie watches admiringly as Jack easily manages to soothe her grandmother. Joe tells a horrified Kevin that two bad