Now that Simon has jilted Karen, she and Nick profess their love for one another and she reveals to him that she's pregnant with Simon's baby. Meanwhile, a celebration is planned at the Darling mansion, where Simon and Tripp plan to celebrate their new partnership and go public with their bio-fuel patent. In other developments, Simon picks Jeremy to pull off his fake murder, but Nola thinks it's a trap. She is desperate to save her brother, but she fears that in return, Simon will hurt Jeremy. Meanwhile, Andrea learns of Brian's plans to cheat on her with his ex-wife and throws him out of the Imperial, forcing Brian to shack up with Nick. And Patrick meets again with Congressman Whatley (John Schneider) who hit on him, but this time it is the congressman's wife, Dana (Krista Allen), who is making moves on Patrick