Jeannie is upset with Al because he has not been looking for work.  Jeanie tells Al that she is going to go file for her unemployment.  It is a lie, she is really going to meet with someone Maggie Doyle recommended about getting her job back.  Anspaugh tells Kerry that she handled Jeanie's situation very well. Mark is a little tired.  He is having a hard time keeping up with Cynthia.  She has worn some lingerie that Mark gave her as a gift.  Carter's cousin Chase comes to see him.  He was bitten by a spider.  Carter introduces him to Anna and Chase tells her that Carter's nickname is "Scooter".  Ellis West introduces himself to Mark.  Mark introduces him to Kerry, but she tells him that she has already met him.  Carol gets on to Cynthia for the way she has been acting around Mark.. She tells her that it is inappropriate.  Cynthia tells her that she should be glad that Mark is happy.  Jeanie comes in to work.  A young man comes in and he is in a lot of pain.  He has sickle cell and needs Demerol.  He tells Kerry that is the only things that will help him.  She just thinks that he wants the drugs.  She does not give him enough to  even help his pain.  She tells Carol to street him.  A woman and her mother are brought in after a car accident.  The young woman, Allison, has an open femur and has hurt her larynx.  Elizabeth takes care of her and Peter takes care of the mother.  Kerry sees that Jeanie has come to work, so she goes to speak with her.  Kerry tells her not to see any more patients and Jeanie makes a note of it.  Kerry tells her not to humiliate herself by having to be removed by security.  Allison's mother has died and Elizabeth rushes her up for surgery.  She wants to save her leg, but it will be a difficult operation.  Mark's lawyer, Herb Spivak, comes in to do some procedures.  Mark tells him to keep a low profile.  A woman and her husband have been fighting and she has ran him over.  They have both been brought in and she has been handcuffed.  Carter takes care of the woman, Darlene, and Anna takes the man, Eddie.  Eddie works for the police motor pool and the cop their is taking his side.  Doug is back at work.  Carol is glad to see him.  Mark arranged for Carol to get some time with Doug in the exam room.  Cynthia walks in and catches the two of them making out.  Jeanie gets called up to Anspaugh's office.  Carter gets arrested for disposing of the contents of his patient's stomach.  This was evidence for the man and is an obstruction of justice.  Anspaugh tells Jeanie that he will let her back to work if she will drop the suit.  She agrees, but Kerry does not.  This undermines her authority.  Anspaugh tells her to deal with it.  Carter gets fingerprinted and has his mug shot taken.  The man with sickle cell comes back in pain.  Doug treats him with more Demerol.  Rachel comes to the ER for Mark to take her to her dental appointment.  Mark asks Cynthia to do it for her and Rachel seems to like her.  Herb gets to shock a guy's heart and this makes his day.  He tells Mark that the Kenny Law lawsuit has disappeared.  Al tells Jeanie that he starts in Atlanta on Tuesday.  He wants her to go with him.  She wants to stay, since she has gotten her job back.  Jen comes to pick Rachel up.  Cynthia had taken her to get a makeover after her dental appointment.  Jen and Mark are both shocked at what they see on their eight year old girl.  She has heavy makeup on and purple hair.  Jen is not pleased at all and Mark isn't too happy with it either.  Anna comes and bails Carter out of jail.  She tells him that it is his Christmas present.  Carter kisses her.  Allison ended up in a coma and Elizabeth is feeling guilty about haven done the procedure on her.  Jeanie comes home to fins all of Al's things gone.  Al comes in and she seems relieved that he had not left yet.  She tells him that her life and her job are here.  He tells her that he will keep in touch.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-30-2000