AU of the coffee factory fire. Lucas' undiagnosed weak heart valve is further damaged when an explosion released hydrochloric acid, which he breathed in while rescuing Ted Conlin; a piece of flying metal from that explosion struck Robert, critically wounding him. Ripley, Pruitt, and Rigo (Vasquez) are all alive; Ripley and Sulivan are fathers of young daughters; Pruitt and Elena live happily as spouses, as do Rigo and Eva. Burke returned to GS to perform Lucas' surgery.