10. Fallout

Flora Banks, a young woman, tells Bill and Virginia that she got pregnant from her participation in the study, and wants to know who the father is. Bill and Virginia disagree as to whether to maintain study confidentiality or divulge the father's identity. Ethan learns that he has been denied a future job at the hospital. Barton informs him that it is because he failed his performance review, as some of his superiors had concerns about his professionalism and character, which Ethan interprets as Bill's doing. This leads to a physical altercation between the two.

DePaul struggles to get sufficient funding for her Pap smear proposal, and tries heeding Virginia's suggestion to use charm when speaking to University Chancellor Fitzhugh, to no avail. Margaret consults with a prostitute, who deduces that Barton is gay. She subsequently meets with Austin. Lester makes a romantic overture to Jane, who responds positively. Virginia finds out that the father of Flora's child is Austin, informs him of this, and gives Flora $2,000 from the study’s discretionary fund, both of which anger Bill. Before he can do anything about it, however, Virginia quits, and goes to work for DePaul as her secretary, telling her that they should try focusing on charming the Board of Trustees.