 In 2005 , Liz drinks poisoned punch which Rebecca had intended for Eve . Liz accuses Eve of deliberately giving her the punch , and Eve is arrested for attempted murder . During the arrest and trial , Eve and Julian grow closer together and T. C. ends his relationship with Liz to reconcile with his ex @-@ wife . Julian makes a deal with Rebecca that he would give her anything she wants in exchange for her testimony that she saw Liz with the vial of poison ; the judge declares a mistrial . The plot then focuses on Eve 's love triangle with T. C. and Julian as she is torn between taking care of T. C. after his stroke and accepting Julian 's proposal of marriage . Eve discovers Julian 's affair with Valerie Davis , an employee of Crane Industries , leading to her decision to nurse T. C. back to health and renew their relationship to reunite their family . Julian later explains Eve that he was paying Valerie to search for their son ; Eve forgives Valerie , and she and Julian continue their search . In 2007 , Eve and Julian discover that Vincent Clarkson ( a blackmailer who raped and murdered several people ) is their son , and try to support him despite his criminal past . However , Eve cannot accept her son 's criminality and incestuous , adulterous affair with Chad Harris @-@ Crane ( Vincent 's uncle , adoptive cousin and brother @-@ in @-@ law ) and begins abusing drugs and alcohol . Her career and reputation suffer , and she has a breakdown after Vincent 's apparent death on August 30 , 2007 . In the show 's final NBC episode on September 7 , 2007 , Vincent is revealed as intersex ; he separates his identity into Vincent and Valerie , an indication of dissociative identity disorder . 
