Carol comes back to work despite her mother wanting her to.  She has flashbacks of her suicide attempt.  

  Madam X comes in singing and wakes up Dr. Benton from his sleep.  Carter introduces himself to Carol.  He asks her if they have met before, then he remembers seeing her being brought in on a gurney after the suicide attempt.  She jokes about it.  Mark and the others also seem to joke about it despite Doug asking them all to be cautious.  Mark tells Doug that Jen has gone on a job interview.  Doug still feels guilty about Carol's drug overdose.   Susan gets a patient with heart trouble.  It is one of Dr. Kayson's patients.  He comes in and is not pleased about the care she has given him.  He said that his patient needed angioplasty and not the drug treatment she was giving.  She has to go before an educational review board of her peers about it.  No one supports her.  Doug asks Carol out for lunch, but she ends up going with John Taglieri instead.  They have been dating and this makes Doug jealous.  Mark tries to help a mother and her son from an abusive situation.  The boy and mother do not seem to want any help when the father shows up.  The show ends with the E.R. staff welcoming Carol back home to the E.R..  She tells everyone how lucky she is (as she continues to see flashbacks of being brought in on a gurney).

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-04-2000

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