This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ghandi Bob Arrollo

Halloween 5:07 pm

Elizabeth is checking on a patient and is quizzing two of her new medical students.  One is a man and the other a woman.  They are not to up to date on their medical knowledge.  They are only able to answer her questions, after she gives them many suggestions as to the correct answer.  She tells them to go home and study and to be back in the morning at seven.  Dr. Corday tells Jacy, the nurse, to be sure to tell the patient not to eat after midnight.  She doesn't want to have to reschedule his hernia operation again.  She then tells her that she is going home to trick-or-treat with Ella.  Jacy asks what Ella is going to be and she tells her a cow.  Jacy thought that she was a cow last year and Elizabeth tells her no, Ella was Dorothy, she was the Cowardly Lion and Mark (Elizabeth stops for a moment and then continues) was the Scarecrow.  Elizabeth tells her that she is going to get to be a farmer this year.  As she is getting ready to leave, a nurse tells her that she has received a phone call from her medical student, Nathan, who did not show up for his first day.  He will be there in a few minutes to explain why.  Romano has also asked to speak with her before she can leave.  She tells her to tell him that she has already left, but Dr. Romano overhears her, because he is still listening in over the cordless phone that the nurse is carrying.

Carter comes in to work dressed up in a skeleton costume.  Abby is also dressed as an old fashioned nurse, but they are the only two.  They did not receive the memo telling them not to dress in costumes.  Frank tells them that he doesn't celebrate Pagan holidays; it is for Satan worshippers.  Chuny and Luka are not getting along together.  She doesn't want to work with him any longer. Susan tells Abby that she came dressed as a naughty nurse?  Luka replies, Abby is dressed like a slut, whore type nurse.  Abby responds, maybe I should have dressed in that naughty school girl outfit you bought me when they were together.

Elizabeth finds Romano in the operating room doing gallbladder surgery on a pig.  She is surprised and disgusted and he tells her that he is sharpening his one arm skills.  She tells him that he shouldn't be operating, but he doesn't listen.  He is upset about what Kerry has done in his absence.  Corday seems to appreciate the proposal that Kerry made.  He does not want Kerry trying to get his job.  Elizabeth notices the pig's eye open and then all chaos takes place as the pig comes to.  Romano tells her to hold the pig down.

Abby and Carter work on a girl who was burned badly on eighty percent of her body.  Her name is Amy and she is not well at all.  Dr. Corday is still working on Wynn when Nathan comes in.  She sees who he is and she reminds him what time rounds started.  He asks her if she read the letter he sent, but she is too busy and doesn't want to hear his excuse.  Frank comes in and tells her that her nanny called to remind her that she has a flight to catch.  Elizabeth tells Frank to tell her to just bring Ella there.  She then tells Nathan to go work on some patients.  Nathan stops and takes some pills and then checks on his patient with the infection and sees that he is spreading.  It has spread a lot over the past twenty minutes.  Nathan sees Romano and tells him about the man.  He shows Romano the x-ray and tells him about the cellulitus, so Romano goes to see the patient.  Romano wants to take him right up to surgery and tells Nathan that he did a good job.  It all is happening too fast for the man and his girlfriend.  Susan comes up to see what is going on.  Romano explains to the couple that the infected tissue needs to be removed, before it really becomes life threatening.  As they head up to the OR, Nathan asks Susan if she thinks they caught it in time?  She reassures him that he did and thanks him for his help.  She sees that he is acting a little sluggish and asks him if he is coming?  He replies that he sometimes has a hard time getting to go; He has Parkinson's disease.

Back in the OR, Dale Edson and Corday are still operating.  They insist that they need to amputate the leg before his condition worsens, but Romano still wants to save it.  She tells him that it is a hopeless wound and that he is young and should be able to handle a prosthetic.  Romano tells them to just take it then.  He is feeling remorse over his own loss of his arm.

Nathan can't find Luka, so he gets Dr. Weaver to check on the baby, who has a high fever.  She wants to do a spinal tap to see where the infection is coming from.  Elizabeth goes to use the phone and sees Romano sitting quietly alone.  They discuss the surgery, but this is no consolation to him.  She tells him that after she had Ella, she had a hard time treating young patients, but she got over it.  He opens up and tells her that he knows that he is not liked by many, but he does know that he is a good surgeon and is good at what he does.  He saves people's lives everyday.  If he can do that...  He is unable to finish the sentence.  Elizabeth sees his pain and she comes closer to speak with him.  She tells him that she knows that he is an excellent surgeon and that he will be again.  Romano touches her softly on her cheek and her eyes grow big.  She tells him that she is being paged.  She stands and leaves the room.  She pauses outside the door and then continues to go to the ER.  The nanny has brought Ella in, so that she can catch her flight.  Elizabeth apologizes and tells her that they got busy and that she was unable to get away.  She will see her when she returns in a few days.  Carter is with Amy and she is not doing well at all.  Elizabeth asks Lily to take Ella.  Luka is upset when he sees Chuny and Nathan treating the baby.  They tell him that they are following Weaver's orders.  Luka is very upset that they are putting the baby and mother through all this unnecessary workup.  Nathan goes in to where Elizabeth and the others are treating Amy.  Chuny comes in and tells Abby that she is filing a grievance on Luka.  Elizabeth needs to give Amy an IV and Nathan tries to help, but he punctures the bag.  She asks him what he is doing?  She tells him to go and see if he can find Amy's family and he walks out of the trauma room.  Abby tells Elizabeth that she is being too hard on him considering.  Elizabeth replies, "Considering what?".  Abby replies that he has Parkinson's and Elizabeth had no idea.

10:09 pm

The doctors are still trying to save Amy.  Elizabeth asks how long she has been down and Abby tells her twelve minutes.  Just then, they get a pulse.  Out in the hallway, Abby sees Chuny throw Luka a paper, she tells him that it is the baby's labs.  Luka tells her thank you as she walks away still angry at him.  Abby realizes what is wrong with Chuny.  Luka slept with her.  Luka tells Abby that it was just one time.  Abby reminds him about the mother that he slept with in the ER a few weeks earlier and he tells her that she never minded it.  Abby tells him that she never let it effect her work.  Abby tells him to apologize to Chuny, but Luka doesn't want to kiss her butt.  Abby replies, "That's how this whole problem started".

Wynn's partner Terry watches as Wynn is taken up to Intensive Care.  Pratt tells him what is happening and then dismisses him.  Terry replies that if he would have told them that he was family, they would have let him go with him.  Pratt tells him to go home and get some rest, but Terry reminds him that everything they had burned up.  Everything except for the leopard skin print dress that he is wearing.

Luka sees Simone with her baby.  She tells him how the baby reacts to her touch and tells him how long she has waited to have a baby.  His fever has come down slightly, but his condition is still serious.  She tells Luka that she has had two miscarriages, lost boyfriends and has been through a lot of procedures to have this baby.  Luka tells her that his organs will shut down, but Simone still speaks with her baby boy.  Luka asks her what she would like to do.  She replies, "I don't know, "I don't know".

Elizabeth finds Nathan and he is holding Ella.  He tells her that Lily had to go do something and she gets him to hand Ella to her.  She asks him if he reached Amy's parents and then asks why he didn't tell her.  He could have saved her the embarrassment.  He is a little upset to know that his condition has embarrassed her.  She wants to start over and tells him of her demands.  He will have to make rounds, read his books and pass his tests.  He tells her in frustration that he has done enough reading and that he is there to treat patients.  She is willing to pass him if he follows her demands, but this does not interest him.  He wants to be treated like all of the other students.  She replies, "You're not like other students".  Corday gets called away and she tells him to return tomorrow as she leaves.

Abby finds Weaver sleeping and wakes her up.  She wipes the drool from the side of her mouth and Abby tells her that she needs her to pronounce a patient.  She asks Abby if the NICU ever got the baby, but Abby tells her that it is too late.  She points out that the baby died and Weaver sees Simone holding him and rocking him.  Abby tells her that Luka convinced Simone to sign a DNR.  Weaver asks where he is and Abby tells her that he has already gone home.  She tells her to call a social worker down to speak with Simone and offer her some grief counseling.

Carter is treating a drunk named Woody who gets a little fresh with Abby when she walks up.  This puts Carter in a playful mood with Abby as they walk away.  Elizabeth bumps in to Romano on her way out with Ella.  He has gathered her wedding band from the drain and this surprises her.  He tells her what happened earlier was just a momentary weakness on his part and that it will not happen again.  She tells him that he will get through what is bothering him.  Elizabeth and Ella get on the train and head home.  The next morning, Elizabeth is doing rounds with the same two medial students as the day before.  They are still having trouble answering her questions.  Paul Nathan arrives, late, and is able to answer what she asks.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on December 05, 2002