Mark finally gives in and chooses Kerry Weaver as the new Attending, only if she will back Susan Lewis as Chief Resident.  Kerry has a lot of plans for the E.R. and the staff is not too happy about it.  Shep refuses to go to his "shrink" appointment.  This upsets Carol.  It is John Carter's graduation day and he invites Peter Benton to his graduation party, but he will not go.  A 2 day old baby is brought in with fluid on it's lungs and unresponsive.  It had been delivered in the hospital just a few days prior and released with it's mother 15 hours after the delivery.  This upsets Carol very much.  Dr. Morganstern offers Carter a place on next years red team and he accepts, especially since Peter is not involved.  Al comes to talk with Jeanie.  He is confused and upset about all of his meds.  Jeanie is upset also.  Al has to tell all of his previous partners from the last 10 years about his HIV status.  He is not proud of it and Jeanie tells him that he shouldn't be even when they were married.  Jeanie has Chuny draw blood for her to be tested, but we do not find out the results yet.  Mark meets Jen for lunch, but of course he is late as usual.  She tells him that she and Craig are getting married.  Mark is stunned.  Doug meets with Karen.  He accuses her of changing the amount on her prescription from 10 to 100 for the Percodan that he prescribed for her hurt foot.  She gets defensive and throws the bottle at him and walks away.  Loretta is back in the E.R.  Mark finds her sitting outside smoking a cigarette.  She asks him to be the guardian of her children if and when she dies.  He has to turn her down.  Carter spends time with the young girl named T.C.  She is in Pediatric ICU for liver problems.  She has been moved up the list for a transplant.  She and her parents are scared.  Carter spends time with her while her parents talk to the doctors.  He misses his graduation.  We also here Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen's name get called out.  She has graduated also, but we do not see her.  Susan turns down the Chief Resident position.  She tells Mark that there is more in life than the hospital.  She seems to blame her work for not being able to keep Little Suzy.  Jeannie tells Peter that Al is HIV positive and that he should get tested.  Peter is shocked.    Carol tells Mark that she quits the ER.  She is fed up with the way the hospital treats it's patients.  Carter sees Peter sitting on the floor in one of the exam rooms and he goes in to check on him.  Peter is actually nice to him.  They have a good talk and he reminds Carter that graduation is over and that he is a doctor now.  Carter leaves smiling.  He finds Morganstern and asks to be put on Peter's team in the fall.  Carol tells Shep that she quit her job and that she will not stay with him if he does not seek help for his anger.  He drives away.  Carter has a package waiting for him at the front desk.  It is a lab coat that has John Carter, M.D. on it.  Susan asks him to stay and help with the people the paramedics just brought in.  He says okay.  She hollers Dr. Carter come on.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-08-2000