Mark's dad is up going through his wife's old record collection.  Mark tells him that he needs to get seen by a doctor about his emphysema.  Corday's mother is wanting to come and watch her perform surgery.  It is Valentines day and Amira is decorating for a party that they are having later.  Mrs. Connelly comes into the ER.  She is the wife of a patient Carter had taken care of after the nursing home fire a few episodes back.  Carter looks at her and sees that she will not have much longer to live.  Abby Lockhart treats her and sees that she is in congestive heart failure.  Mrs. Connelly makes it clear that she is ready to die and not to hook her up to any tubes or machines.  Malucci and Chen fight over a patient who ends up being a doctor, Dr. Hudson is his name.  Lucy takes care of a young law student complaining of head aches.  He is 23 years old and his name is Paul Sobricki.  She asks Carter if he would like to examine him, but he tells her that he trusts her diagnosis.  Mark tells Carter that he should supervise his student more closely, so he goes back in to check on Lucy.  At this point, he has altered mental status and symptoms of meningitis.  Carter and Lucy decide to do a spinal tap to rule this out.  Malik and Carter hold him down, while Lucy does the tap.  He begs them to stop, but she completes it.  The results are negative.  Dr. Corday goes in for a surgery and sees that Dr. Romano has brought his dog Gretal in for a procedure.  Lucy tries to get a hold of Paul's wife, but she can not be found.  She does find a friend and he comes to see Paul.  He tells Lucy how strange Paul has been acting lately and Paul mentions some recent muggings that have taken place.  Mrs. Connelly talks to Abby about how sweet her husband use to be on Valentine's.  He would always tell her, "Be Still My Heart".  Dr. Hudson will need radiation or chemotherapy for his condition.  He request chemo, but he crashes and they have to do the radiation.  Lucy asks Carter for some help with Paul, but he doesn't have any time for her.  Carter ends up telling Lucy to pass him on over to Psych. because he seems to have some mental problems.  Elizabeth's mother comes to the hospital to see her operate, but sees her with a dog instead.  A  family is brought in after a car accident.  The mother and father were seriously injured, but the children are okay with some scrapes and bruises.  The mother and father die after the staff try to save them and Luka and Carol tell the children.  The kids names are Robby and Julia.  Robby wants to see his parents.  Randi comes in for her shift.  Lucy finds Paul in the lounge and he notices that there is going to be a party.  Carter asks Lucy why Psych. hasn't been down to get him and she tells them that they are backed up.  He wants her to see another patient.  Mark, Elizabeth, her mom, and his dad all go to dinner.  David Greene ends up on stage singing.  Abby watches as Mrs. Connelly takes her last breath.  She goes to the roof and Carter goes up to check on her.  This was her first time she saw some one old die.  They remember the party, so they head back down.  Carter sees that Lucy see the man he told her to treat, so he goes to check on her.  At the party, the music is loud and they can't find the big knife to cut the cake with.  Carter goes into the room and sees a Valentine card on the floor.  He reaches down to pick it up and starts to read it.  We see Paul come out of the shadows behind him and stab Carter in the back.  He reaches back in pain and sees blood on his hand.  He says, "Somebody" and he falls to the floor.  As he struggles on the floor his eyes grow bigger.  The view he sees is from under the bed.  He sees Lucy on the floor covered in blood also stabbed.  She is still moving a little and her eyes are big.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-03-2000

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