Doug is up early in the morning working on his Q&A reports.  He is a week behind.  Carol asks him what time he got up and he tells her that he never went to sleep.  Mark is on a ride along with the paramedics.  They hear gunfire and see that someone is down.  The paramedics call for back up, but Mark wants to go ahead and help.  The guy they saw down on the street was not shot, but badly beaten.  Kerry learns that Dan Litvak turned down the position as chief and that she is the only person left on the short list to take the position.  Carter is having to find a new place to live, since he lost his RA job due to the fiasco Halloween.  Roxanne is helping him look for a place.  The guy that Mark saved on the street is a male prostitute.  His name is Kevin Dulaney and he is only sixteen years old.  He was kicked out of his house by his dad when he was caught with a guy.  Mark wants to do a rapid HIV test on him.  Carol gives Doug a fancy long white lab coat, like all of the other administrator's wear.  Carter asks Peter how he was ever able to put up with him as a student.  He tells him that Lucy is driving him crazy.  Peter tells him that he is there to teach her and not to be her friend.  The test result comes back on Kevin and he is clean.  He does not have HIV.  Elizabeth tells Peter that she is no longer Dale's intern and she wants to be his new intern.  She does not want him to show her any favors, and he does not plan on it.  He is not comfortable with the decision and will think about it.  Kerry sees Peter outside with Reese and sees that he is deaf.  She had no idea, because Peter has not let any of them know.  She recommends someone for Peter to see about Reese's hearing.  A young girl is brought in by her father after a fall.  Jeanie suspects abuse by the father.  Mark learns that Kevin has blood clotting problems and he is worried that he might die on the streets.  Kevin has protein deficiency and is prone to blood clots.  Mark puts him on heparin and tells him he needs to take coumadin.  Carol and Lynette are taking care of an older gentleman named Stan Levy.  He has come to their clinic to have his blood sugar checked.  Carol offers to assist him and Lynette warns her of his kind.  His kind like to take advantage of nurses and want all of their time and care exclusively.  Carol takes care of him and gets bogged down with his care.  Lucy helps Carter with a boy named Brad Enloe and he is twelve.  He has leukemia and is sick with a fever and a sore throat.  Jeanie talks with Mr. Preston about what she suspects.  He quietly tells her that the reason she has been injured so much , is because they have been trying to break Guinness World Records.  This is hard for her to believe.  Mark tries to find a shelter for Kevin to go to, so that he will stay off of the streets.  Peter goes to see the doctor that Kerry recommended and he is surprised to see that she is deaf.  This makes him uncomfortable and she can sense it.  Her name is Dr. Parks and she is the best in the city.  Carol has a young black patient that she is tending to and who is concerned about her acne.  Lynette comes in and hears what Carol has to say to her.  Carol will only give her the medicine for the acne if she starts taking birth control pills.  The medicine that she wants to prescribe increases the chances of pregnancy and she makes it a rule of hers to prescribe it only with birth control pills.  The girl tells Carol that she does not plan on having sex until she is married and that her mother would not understand.  Carol tells her that she can not give her the medicine for her acne then.  This upsets Lynette and she confronts Carol about it.  Carter and Lucy's young patient Brad is a candidate for an immunotoxin therapy, but his mother's insurance will not cover it.  Lucy wants to do his IV, but Carter will not let her.  Mark tells Anspaugh that Kerry knows the ER better than any other candidate for the job, but Anspaugh already has someone else in mind for the position of chief.  Two brothers are brought in to the ER, Eddie and Marcus Haney.  They are carpet layers and they were in a car accident, where the carpet glue got all over the both of them.  They are stuck to each other and Eddie is injured.  He has an impalement and they need to get him to the OR.  Lucy gets to intubate him and she does a great job.  Kerry wants pictures taken of the incident to document interesting traumas for a new policy she is implementing.  Carter gets stuck to the guy's and so does Elizabeth.  They need to shock Eddie, but Carter and Elizabeth need to get unstuck to him.  They finally get pulled off in time for Kerry to shock him.  They rush him up to the OR.  Carter lost part of his beard when they pulled him off, so Lucy gets to cut his beard off.  Mr. Preston is working on his juggling for the world record, but Jerry does not see him and he bumps in to him.  Reggie, the police officer, comes in looking for Kevin.  Mark stalls him by telling him that he needs more tests.  Carter and Lucy's patient Brad needs to be admitted, but Carter has to lie to keep the insurance from not wanting to pay.  His mother overhears Carter telling Lucy this and gets upset with Carter.  She could lose her insurance coverage if she gets caught.  Mark lets Kevin go before they arrest him.  He gives him $50.00 and his pager number.  He also gives him the medicine that he needs.  He wants him to find a shelter to go to, so that he will be safe.  Carter finishes shaving his beard off.  Brad's mother took him home, where he will probably die soon from the leukemia.  Mark tells Kerry that they have reopened the search for a new chief of the ER.  She does not want to continue as interim chief, so she quits the position and will not reapply for chief.  Peter tells Elizabeth that he will let her be his intern.  Jeanie helps out the Preston's with jumping on a trampoline to break a record.  Mark goes to play poker with the paramedics.  Carter goes to see about a room for rent that he saw posted at the hospital.  Kerry answers the door.  It is her house and she rents a room to students.  She has been drinking and she asks Carter in.  Doug comes home from work early to spend time with Carol in a bubble bath. 

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 11-17-2000