Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen is back and she is a doctor. She does not like being called Deb now. Mark's dad has run away from his retirement home. Another person is missing and Elizabeth has to ask Dean Rollins where the person is. Mark has to run to San Diego to check on his father. Kerry's car has broke down and Malucci volunteers to work on it for her. Luka helps 2 young men who are brothers. Dillon is 18 and has burned his hand. He is taking care of his mentally retarded brother Jake. Al brings in a young runaway. Dean tells Elizabeth that the only person he will tell where the missing body is is the girl's sister, Linsey. Cleo takes care of a teen age girl who had a car accident and has hurt her wrist. The girl is a basketball player and is concerned about playing in that day's game. Cleo thinks that the girl is under a lot of pressure and offers to put her hand in a cast so that she can take a break from playing. Linsey and Elizabeth go to see Dean and he tells her some awful things and she runs out of the room. Malucci has to tell his young patient that he has cancer and will not live long. D.C.F.S. comes to get Jake even after Luka told Kerry to let him handle it. He tells Kerry that families need to stay together. He tells her that his wife and girls were taken and killed. Dean Rollins tells Corday that if she will help him die, he will tell her where the missing body is. Mark asks his dad to come live with him in Chicago. Malucci fixes Kerry's car and shows interest in Jing-Mei.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-01-2001