Doug is sleeping on the couch at the Abbott's home.  Carol wakes him up and tells him that Ricky is still alive.  She is on her way to work and she tells him that she will see him there.  Doug goes upstairs to check on Ricky and Joi.  Doug increases his dilaudin (pain medication).  Joi tells him that she does not think she can take much more.  She does not want to watch him suffer like she had to watch her other son suffer before he died of the disease.  She asks Doug to please help her.  Today is Romano's first day as acting chief of the ER.  He has made a few changes and has delegated jobs to both Kerry and Mark.  Carter learns that Dale and Lucy are still seeing each other.  Peter is taking sign language lessons at $50.00 a day.  He will need it three times a week if he is going to learn it.  Mark sees Mobalage and asks him how his urology visit went.  He didn't go, because he does not want his wife to find out about his problem.  Mark tells him that he will speak to his wife if it will help.  The paramedics arrive at the ER and they have Ricky Abbott with them.  His father called for them.  He wants his son intubated and kept alive.  Carol calls for Doug.  Doug comes in to see what is going on and he tells Mr. Abbott that he is the doctor taking care of his son.  Mr. Abbott hauls off and punches Doug in the jaw and Doug drops to the floor.  They are unable to help Ricky and he dies.  Jerry tells Kerry and the rest that a big snow storm is on its way in and he wants to leave early, but Kerry tells him no.  A detective comes in to investigate Ricky's death.  A young lady is brought in after a tae-bo injury.  She was kicked and Lucy is tending to her.  Mark is very upset with Doug.  He trusted him and look at what happened.  Doug gave Joi the code to the P.C.A. machine to administer the dilaudin.  Anspaugh finds out about the incident and he closes down Carol's clinic, because she furnished the P.C.A. machine.  Anspaugh tells Kerry and Mark that he has never been so disappointed in two people in his whole life.  Lucy learns Tae-bo as she is tending to her patient.  Carter goes to see what is keeping her so long and as he opens the door, Lucy kicks him in the chest and he falls to the floor.  An investigator speaks to Doug about the incident with Ricky.  Lucy tends to Carter after he hit his head and she kisses it.  Then she goes for his lips.  Carol tells Doug that Romano and Anspaugh has closed her clinic.  He tells her that he is sorry.  She tells him that he was only thinking of himself and not the consequences of his actions.  Chuny catches Carter and Lucy locked up in the exam room.  She interrupts before anything other than kissing can happen.  Joi finds Doug and apologizes for all the trouble.  There has been a school bus accident and Mark is on his way to go help out.  Doug wants to go with him, but Mark tells him no.  Doug decides to drive himself and Jeanie offers to ride along with him.  A snow plow has hit the bus and several children are injured.  Doug loses control of his car and he and Jeanie crash.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 11-16-2000