Carol takes care of a college student named Lori.  She is upset because of something that happened to her the night before.  She went home from a party with a guy she barely knew and she doesn't remember anything until she woke up this morning with some of her garments down.  Carter plays basketball against Mark and Doug.  He loses and gets to take care of a patient of Mark's choice.  Mark gives him a woman named Babs Chenovert, who complains of a burning in her chest due to some chili fries she has eaten, but Mark thinks she is a crack head.  Two victims are brought in after a shoot out at a fast food place.  One is a white employee and the other is a young black man named Kenny Law.  The employee seems to be in worse shape than Kenny, so Mark tends to him first.  His brother Chris is there with him and wants to know why his brother isn't getting the same treatment.  He heard that the staff thinks he is a gang banger.  Chris grabs Peter and tells Mark to get out.  Peter takes Kenny to the OR.  Carla Reece is brought in after a minor fender bender.  She is 6 1/2 months pregnant.  Jeanie Boulet is tending to her and does not know who she is.  Jen and Rachel come in to see Mark.  Jen's mother has had a stroke and they are leaving to go to see her in Florida.  Mark tells Jen that Rachel can stay with him, so that she won't miss any school or soccer practice.  Carter learns that Babs was seen at St. David's, but they did not realize how bad off she really was.   Carter sees that she has heart problems and is not a drug addict.  A man in a wheelchair was hit by a car.  His name is Brown and he is high on booze and drugs.  Kerry takes care of him.  She wants him to go into detox, but he is not crazy about the idea.  All he wants are some more drugs for his pain.   Jeanie is concerned that Carla may have RH blood factor.  She tells Carla that they need to contact the babies father to find out his blood type.  Carla tells her that the father is Peter Benton.  Carol's patient Lori gets her test results back.  She has been given a drug by someone at the party to knock her out to have sex with her.  She was raped and needs to go to the police about it.  Kenny's friends start filling up the waiting area to find out his condition.  Mark continues to ask Malik to keep them informed.  A basketball player from the other team has been shot by a drive by shooter and brought in.  Mark tells Chris that his brother's shooting was drug related and he does not need to retaliate.  This makes Chris even angrier.  Jeanie goes in to surgery where Peter is and tells him that she needs to see him.  She needs his blood.  She tells him about Carla, but he does not go see her.  Kerry talks to Mark about getting Brown into a detox center at the hospital.  Kerry tells Brown that if he will go into rehab, that she will give him a shot of drugs.  He accepts the offer.  Babs has a heart attack and has to go for angioplasty.  Kenny Law ends up dying in surgery.  Mark has to go tell the family.  Carla begins having contractions and Jeanie has Dr. Coburn come down to se her.  Carla is afraid of needles, but she lets Jeanie hook her up.  She doesn't feel the pain of the needle and the contraction later stop.  Dr. Hicks asks Peter to join her team as a surgeon.  He accepts and she reminds him that he will be working with Carter again.  Maggie takes Rachel to Doc Magoo's to eat after her shift is over.  Kerry's patient is wheeling himself out of the ER.  He is not going for any treatment.  Kerry tells Lydia that he will be back and she agrees that he will, but next time the nurses will have to deal with him.  Mark, Doug and Carter go back outside for a basketball rematch.  Malik is getting off of work and Mark asks him to join the game.  Peter comes down to check on Carla, but she is sleeping.  He sees the videotape of Carla's ultrasound and watches it.  He sees that they are having a boy.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-17-2000