A drive by shooting occurs in a very busy neighborhood.  At least 3 people have been shot.  One is a pregnant woman who was shot in the abdomen.  Carter is two hours late for work and is stuck in a cab in traffic.  It appears that he is coming straight from the airport since he has his luggage with him.  Four new third year students show up.  One of them is a young woman named Harper Tracey.  Jerry puts her to work doing a work up on a woman who is a little off in the head.  She can't seem to quit talking.  Mark sends the other 3 students to a room to read.  He tends to forget about them until later on when it is time for him to go home.  Carter finally makes it in and runs straight up to meet Benton in surgery.  Benton, naturally, isn't too happy with him.  Mark is now the Attending.  Susan suggests an old room mate of hers named Jane for Chief Resident.  Benton and another surgeon work on the pregnant woman and deliver her baby.  Peter is embarrassed by the lack of studying Carter has done over the summer.  The baby is okay and was not hit by a bullet.  Carter cleans it up.  Carol holds a meeting with all of the E.R. nurses.  She informs them of the training renewals that they need.  She is also going to have to re-certify.  She will be doing a ride-along with the paramedics within the next two weeks.   Morganstern asks Mark who he wants for this years Chief Resident, and Mark replies with Jane.  Morganstern tells him that he needs someone with different qualities of himself.  He suggests Kerry weaver from Mt. Sinai Hospital.  The other doctors are not very fond of Doug Ross.  Mark gets a patient with a rash.  Her name is Loretta Sweet.  She is a prostitute with 2 kids.  Two paramedics named Ray Shepherd and Raul come in with a drunk man that is choking and his son that called 911.  Carol saves him.  The son tells her that he has done this many times before.  Carter gets to show Harper how to do an I.V.  She hits the vein the first try, unlike Carter had done.  Carter has brought in souvenirs for a lot of the staff.  His favorite seems to be a voodoo type doll he uses to represent Dr. Benton.  Kerry Weaver comes to see Mark.  She asks him, When do I start?".  Carter gets sick and faints while helping Benton with the gang banger that had shot the pregnant woman.  The guy dies.  Doug invites himself to Carol's for pizza and a movie.  The Psych patient that Harper took care of plays her Cello for everyone.  Mark runs to catch the train.  Susan and Little Suzy go home and Chloe spends time with her as Susan looks on.  Jeanie and Benton seem to still be together.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-07-2000