After an undercover mission goes wrong leaving Emily injured and suspended from Interpol, she goes back to the states in hope of escaping her memories. While there, she is no longer able to ignore the feelings she's been hiding for years and begins to realize that maybe she doesn't need to be alone. But the past isn't so easy to run from, and it always seems to find its way back.

After Alex is badly wounded, scaring the hell out of all her family and friends, Winn decides that it's time to do something about it.

Alex Danvers is a second year resident at National City General Hospital who is just trying to pay off her student debt and get by when Detective Maggie Sawyer starts to bring some light to her life by somehow always ending up in the ER.