Lynda Clark

Nightmares give Ben clues to the murderer of a celebrity doctor who was selling secrets about a client to the press.

Artie, Ben Healy's brother, holds-up a local store in Trinity for a cheap watch. Ben and Lucas respond to the robbery and Ben accidentally shoots Artie. Artie, injured but still conscious, takes Lucas hostage. Lucas persuades Artie to go to the hospital to have the bullet removed and Artie insists that afterwards an ambulance takes him to the base by 11:00 p.m. Artie has a bomb on him that is set to go off at 11:00 p.m. In a struggle, Dr. Matt injures his hand and Ben has to perform the surgery to remove the bomb. Ben successfully removes the bomb and comes out looking like a hero.

Merlyn discovers that Lucas is not dead when she goes to the grave to question Lucas about Caleb's behavior. Because Lucas is not dead, the full potential of his evil powers are not yet recognized. Billy discovers from medical tests that Lucas is not dead. He and Ben dig up the casket before Lucas suffocates. Lucas does not want anyone to know that he is still alive. Meanwhile, Caleb is trying to find out the full potential of his powers by attempting to kill Gail, leaving him sole heir of Lucas' will.

Yancy can't find certain files and believes Lucas has them. Billy and Selena go to Lucas' house to look for the missing files and end up making love in Lucas' bed. After their moments of passion, Billy continues the search for the files, but ends his search when Lucas suddenly returns home. Caleb is getting more enthralled with the notion of being Lucas Buck's son and reveals his new found powers when Lucas is mysteriously "murdered." The evil is passed when Lucas "dies" and his dying words are spoken to Caleb. Billy is arrested for the murder of Lucas Buck. Lucas is remembered by a good number of people who attend his funeral.

Radio talk show host Mel Kirby approaches Lucas for help in bringing his show to television. When Lucas refuses Mel and his co-anchor wife, Mel vows to ruin Lucas. Meanwhile, a depressed Caleb decides he wants to give Merlyn a second funeral - by throwing a party for the dead.