Two hours later Darlene sat in a waiting room waiting for the arrival of her oldest brother and older sister, plus her brother in law. She had told them that their mom and dad were in a car accident but had not told them that their mom died and there dad went crazy. Jackie was sitting beside her and was surprisingly calm now after seeing Dan.

D.J. was the first to walk in, and he went to Darlene. "You've been crying!" he yelled, making fun of his sister.

Darlene thought about firing off a sarcastic comeback, but chose not to. Instead she put a hand on both of D.J.'s shoulders and looked him right in the face.

"Mom died, D.J. She never made it here. Dad is okay but he won't be able to leave for a few days." She watched as her brother fell silent and pulled himself into a hug with her.

It had been a while since they were this close but she hugged him back. Becky appeared, and joined in. D.J. was the one to tell Becky.

"Mom's dead Becky." Jackie could no longer stand seeing these three siblings having a close moment alone and joined them followed by Mark. They stood huddled like that for as long as they could.

Meanwhile Dan woke up again. This time he remembered what happened and went to rub his hand over his forehead but discovered he couldn't. He looked down and saw the soft leather restraints secured to his wrists.

"Oooh…" He said to himself as he turned his body to see out the window, which had the blinds open so the doctors and nurses could keep an eye on him.

The guard at his door just happened to turn around and saw that he was awake. He paged Dan's doctor but remained where he was.

It only took a minute for Dan's doctor to come to his room.

"How do you feel Mr. Conner?" The doctor asked even toned. He was being very cautious even though Dan was unable to do anything physical.

"Tired and my head hurts. You tackled me." Dan said, pointing his finger at his side.

"You remember that?" The doctor said still even toned.

"Yeah, I do. I'm sorry I don't know what happened to me." The doctor studied Dan's face and body language. The doctor came to the conclusion he was being sincere.

"You had a psychotic break. It wasn't you're fault."

The doctor watched as Dan's mind floated away from the room and he went still and quiet.

"Mr. Conner?" The doctor said.

"Oh…Uh what'd you say?"

"What were you thinking of, just now?"

Dan went quiet again trying to put it into words. He spoke but quietly trying to fight off tears as the realization of his wife's death took him over.

"I was just thinking of my wife and my mom…"

"You were thinking of them because they're both passed away?" The doctor guessed trying to understand Dan's mind so he could decide whether or not he could release Dan when his 72 hours were up.

"No, I had to commit my mom to a mental hospital. Apparently she has schizophrenia and I never knew about it…"

The doctor listened and took all this in. He became aware that Dan could've inherited his mother's psychiatric disorder and that could've been the reason for him becoming violent, but the doctor doubted it, since Dan was past the age when the symptoms would show.

"Your daughter was here earlier with your sister…?" The doctor guessed Jackie was his sister.

"Sister-in-law. They didn't see these did they?" Dan suddenly became self-conscious about his restraints.

"They did, but I explained to them to that I'd take them off once I'm sure you're not dangerous to anyone…or yourself."

"Not on purpose." Dan joked, making a mental note to be on his best behavior so they'd take off his restraints. "Can I see my kids please?"

"If me or another doctor or nurse is in the room yes. I believe they're in the waiting room. I'll go get them." The doctor left the room, and Dan fought the urge to cry again. If he started crying there was no way he could rub his eyes.

Ten minutes later the doctor came back. "They'll be here in a minute. I told them they had to wait a few minutes."

"Why?" Dan asked confused.

To answer his question, the doctor pulled Dan's blanket up and over his arms to his hide his wrists. Dan couldn't fight the urge to say: "You know you could just take them off."

"Not tonight." The doctor replied, right before Darlene, D.J, Becky, Mark and Jackie walked in, all with smiles screwed on their faces.

"Hi, Dad!" D.J ran to his dad and gave him a hug. Dan felt a little odd about not being able to hug him back.

"Sorry, Son. My arms are too sore to hug you back." He lied while also screwing on a smile to his face.

"It's okay. I'm just glad you're alive…"

"Me too dad." Becky said taking her turn and hugging her dad.

"Dad I'm sorry about mom…" Darlene said trying to not repeat what her brother and sister said.

Dan was caught off guard by this and felt even sadder. "I know. And I am too. You're mom always loved all of you and I want to you to remember that. She even loved you Mark she'd just never admit it." Mark teared up at this and went to his father in laws bedside.

"Thank you, Dan."

"You're welcome. Now can I have a moment alone with Jackie please?"

Everyone agreed and shuffled out the door, leaving the doctor and Jackie alone with Dan.

"Jackie, I am so, so, sorry. I tried helping her, but I couldn't reach her all the way." Dan admitted, feeling terrible. Jackie teared up for the millionth time and hugged Dan. They both gave in and cried together.

"It's not your fault Dan. It's that god damned drunk drivers fault."

Dan took a deep breath and stopped crying. "That other driver was drunk?"

"Yeah, I called in a favor with the officer who showed up at the accident site."

Somehow this made Dan feel even worse, just knowing his wife died because of a drunk driver. "Is there anything you want from home Dan?"

Dan lightened Jackie's mood with a joke. "My son would be nice."

"I'll try Dan."

The doctor who had been standing off in the corner of the room looked at his watch. "I'm sorry but I have to make my rounds and he can't be alone with anyone just yet…"

"Okay. Bye Dan, I will take care of Jerry." Jackie said making her way out of the door.

"Hey Jackie wait!" Dan called. "I love you."

Jackie just nodded and walked out into the hall. That was the first time Dan had told Jackie he loved her, and it made her feel happy despite Roseanne's death.