When Robin Scorpio turned up alive, Patrick Drake left Sabrina to get back together with his wife. Sabrina had been pregnant with Patrick's child, but sadly, a car accident caused her to go into premature labor, and the baby didn't survive. Per Soap Central, Patrick and Robin ended up calling it quits, and he started a fling with Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco). Sam's husband, Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), had been presumed dead, and Emma worried that he would return as her mother did. Jason did come back, and Robin then moved to Paris. Patrick and Emma went to visit her there, but she had gone missing. Emma's grandparents, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) and Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers), jumped in and rescued Robin. Patrick and Robin reconciled and eventually moved to Berkley, California, with Emma. Thus, all three actors were written off the show via Michael Fairman TV.

McCullough went into directing, and Thompson chose to take the role of Billy Abbott on "The Young and the Restless." Silzer spoke to Soap Opera Digest about her character having to leave abruptly. "I am very sad about her moving, but I understand that this was the best way to write our story since Jason [Thompson, Patrick] was leaving," she said. Silzer expressed an interest in coming back, stating, "My Grandma Anna has a huge house now, and she might be lonely and need to see Emma! We could have super-long sleepovers!"