Grace and Nick get excited for the mail, waiting to see if their college acceptance papers have arrived. Nick finds out that he has gotten in. Grace’s envelope is thin and she makes up an excuse to open it later. Martha, happily back as Mayor commissions a portrait of herself, but is disappointed by the first pass at it. Two guests staying at Grey House struggle to connect so Cassie comes up with activities to get them spending time together. Sam welcomes the new interns at the hospital and learns from Adam that one of them may have an issue with compassion.