Peter comes by Carla's early to drop some things off that she will need for when Reese comes home.  He goes over some procedures that she may need to know and she tells him to stop being so morbid.  She tells him to go to work.  Carol and Doug go skating together.  He refuses to wear a helmet because he doesn't want to mess his hair up.  Mark gets a knock on his door early in the morning; it is Jen.  She is concerned about Rachel.  Rachel doesn't like being around Mark because of the way he has been acting.  Jen tells Mark that they are both worried about him.  She is going to keep Rachel away from him, until he is more like himself.  Carter has been listening to some motivational tapes and he feels happy, healthy, and terrific.  Carter is introduced to two more new students, Ivan Fu and James Sasic.  Anna lets him pick the one he wants first this time, so he chooses Ivan.  Kerry compliments Doug on a research paper he had done three years prior.  She wants him to update it and have it reviewed, so that he can get some grant money to sponsor his work in the ER.  They can not continue to pay for his services out of their budget.  Mark has a patient, Jeremy Willis, who thinks he is an angel.  Carla's friend comes with her to pick her and the baby up to take them home from the hospital.  This makes Peter very nervous.  Elizabeth sees them and is surprised.  She had no idea that he had a baby and a wife.  He tells her that she is not his wife.  A boy with asthma is brought in.  His name is Jaime Landeta and Anna is going to take care of him, but his mother wants him to see Dr. Ross.  Doug comes and takes over his care.  This continues to upset Anna.  Al comes in to see Jeanie.  He tells her that they let him go at the job.  They gave him a lame excuse, but he knows that it is because he has AIDS.  He worried that he will not be able to find another job in construction now.  Anna asks Carol why she use to date Doug.  She can't see how she put up with him.  Doris ends up back in the ER.  She is high on crack, just as she was a few episodes back when Mark discharged her.  There is a bad accident on the freeway involving a junior high bus.  A man on a motorcycle was being chased by the police and caused the accident.  Ten of the patients are brought in to the ER.  A girl's arm is hanging off and she has to have surgery.  One of the kids die.  Carol sees a trail of blood leading to the ladies bathroom.  It is Doris.  She is having a baby.  Carol tells her not to push, but she does and the baby falls to the floor.  When Mark comes in, and later Peter, Doris tells them that Carol dropped the baby.  Jeanie is taking care of a man with a collapsed lung due to his broken ribs.  She yells for a doctor, but nobody comes.  She ends up having to reach into a cavity to save him.  Kerry walks in and is upset with her.  Doris's baby is dead.  He was dead before it was born.  Peter gets upset by it and calls to check on Reese.  Mark did not see if Carol dropped the baby or not, so he can not say that she did or didn't.  Doris asks Carol if she will be able to still have kids and Carol tells her yes.    Doug is about to prescribe a steroid for Jaime's asthma, but he learns from his mother that Jamie doesn't have asthma, but strongyloides.  The medicine that he was going to prescribe could have hurt him.  The mother told Doug that Anna was going to check him, but then he took over his care.  Doug goes and fusses at Anna about it, right before he has to tell the mother of the boy who died about her son.  Carter takes care of the guy who was driving the motorcycle and caused the accident.  He crashes and Benton comes in on his way home and takes over.  He takes him up to surgery, where Elizabeth takes him so that Peter can go home to Reese.  Anna tells carter that he needs to talk to Benton about stepping in and taking over his patients.  Carter catches up with Peter.  He wants to know why he has been acing so hateful toward him and ignoring him.  He wants Benton's respect.  Benton is hurt and angry at him for quitting surgery and going to Anspaugh about it instead of coming to him.  Carter was afraid that he would have tried to talk him out of switching.  Peter tells him that if he doesn't want to be treated like his student, then he needs to stop seeking his approval.  Carol comes to Mark and tells him that he was the one who checked on Doris the last time she was in the ER and that he was the one who discharged her.  She will not be able to cover for him if she decides to sue the hospital or him, just as he was not going to be able to cover for Carol when she said that she had dropped the baby.  Mark tells her that  we can't help those who can't help themselves.  Carol replies, "No, Mark. Those are exactly the people we should be helping."  Kerry reminds Jeanie of the guidelines that she agreed to if she was going to continue to work in the ER.. She doesn't want anything like that to happen again.  Peter goes to see Reese.  He is in the bed sleeping peacefully with Carla. 

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-24-2000