A woman and her on and daughter have been brought in.  The woman has been severely beaten and the daughter's hand is hurt also.  Doug is concerned that maybe the woman's boyfriend, husband or someone else in the house may be hurting them.  He asks the kids who it might be and they won't answer.  The boy finally gives in and tells Doug that it is his sister.  She has beaten her mother with a baseball bat because she didn't like the clothes she had been wearing.  The girl has beaten on her mother for the last 6 months or longer.  The woman dies.  Deb and Carter are with Benton and she is really impressing him.  This makes Carter look bad.  He is tired from preparing a presentation that is due.  Peter speaks with Haleh asking if she knows of any one who could care for his mother.  He doesn't want her to go into a nursing home.  She suggests a physical therapist named Jeanie Boulet.  A woman is brought in after attempting suicide by a drug overdose.  Her mother and daughter are with her.  The woman dies after Mark, Carol and Susan try to save her.  Haleh later asks Carol if it is hard to see cases like that.  Carol tells her that she tries not to think about it.  Haleh then asks her if she had left a note when she attempted suicide.  Carol responds that she didn't because she couldn't think of anything to say.  A coach brings in a boy who broke his leg.  Doug calls Tag to to an orthopedic consult.  They find the boy has cancer.  The boys father had died earlier from cancer and the boy is scared.  Doug spends a lot of time with him during procedures and makes the boy comfortable.  Peter meets with Jeanie Boulet about caring for his mother.  She wants to know if he can afford her on what he makes.  She lets him know that she is not a house keeper.  A man and a young girl are brought in.  She has been burned and he has saved her.  He has inhaled toxic fumes while doing so.  We also find out that he has cystic fibrosis which he already knew about.  He is not going to live.  The girl wants to be wheeled into his room with him.  She thanks him for saving her life.  Susan goes to her board review about the the Vennerbeck case.  Lewis speaks confidently and Kayson gets raked over the coals.  He is told that interns need to help the residents.  Susan feels good about this, but she is still mad at Mark.  Deb continues to impress Benton with her photographic memory.  Carter still can't seem to please him.  Peter meets with Jackie about Jeanie.  She still wants her mother to go to a home and Peter thinks it is because she and Walt want the house.  They can't continue their conversation because Peter keeps getting interrupted by his beeper; Jackie walks off.  A young man has been brought in after being severely beaten.  He says he is 18 years old, but we find out that he is only 15.  He is living on the streets after running away from home.  Doug tells him that he has AIDS and the boy gets up and leaves the hospital anyways.  This has been a bad day for Doug.  He goes outside to shoot some hoops and ends up playing with a little boy named Jake Leeds.  He is Diane Leeds son and she works upstairs in risk management.  Diane knows of Doug's reputation and keeps clear of him.  Dr. Kayson is wheeled in while Susan is on call.  He is having heart trouble.  Susan handles the situation very well.  She asks him what kind of care he would like, but she has to tube him before he can answer.  She wheels him upstairs to the OR.  The surgeon that is going to treat him doesn't care what kind of care Dr. Kayson wants.  Susan asks Dr. Kayson and he tells her.  Susan speaks up to the surgeon and tells him to do as Kayson has requested or she will have him before the review board and they will have him fired in the blink of an eye.  The doctor does as she says.  This makes Kayson happy.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-12-2000