Dr. Corday is with a
patient named Mr. Willow. He is
eaten up with cancer and in a lot of pain.
He is surprised that nothing was removed
doing an exploratory surgery. He
wants more of his questions answered, but
she insists that he speak with an
oncologist. He persists to know what
his chances are and she tells him that he
has less than a ten percent, five year
survival chance with chemo. You can
see in her face that this is difficult to
discuss, as memories of Mark must be
flooding her mind. Romano is on the
phone outside the room arguing with his
insurance company. He is surprised
to see that she was only in the room with
her patient for ninety seconds. He
tells her that she will need to get her
own complaint box, and she assumes he is
referring to her patients. He is
actually referring to her student, Paul
Nathan. Romano calls him the martini
shaker, but Elizabeth doesn't pay him any
attention. She tries to explain to
him that being on rotations will be hard
for him with his disease. Romano is
concerned that the ACLU will get wind of
this and make trouble, so he tells her to
make sure that he doesn't kill anyone.
A girl named Sara Paspalas
is brought in by a cop after being found
unconscious on the El train. Abby and
Harkins are tending to her. Harkins thinks
that it may be drug related and orders a tox
screen. Abby tells her that maybe a head
CT, spinal tap, and other tests may be good
also. Jerry tells Abby that Weaver called
to reschedule their meeting to 1:00pm about the
nurse's petition. Abby's says okay, then
asks, What petition?". Abby's brother Eric
walks up and she seems surprised to see him.
He has rented an airplane and flown to Chicago
with a girlfriend, which surprises her even
more. He introduces her to Jody, who is
feeling sick, and is the reason they came to the
ER. Eric tells Jody that Abby is his big
sister and comments that she looks more like his
little sister. Abby asks her what seems to
be the... (Jody throws ups on Abby's shoes and
Abby finishes her question)...problem?
A thirty-six year-old man is
brought in with three gun shot wounds.
Chen is tending to him as he is brought in.
He is a rough biker looking guy and has lost a
lot of blood, but his mouth is working fine.
Malik comes to assist Chen and he tells them to
keep the chocolate homo away from him.
Abby and Eric discuss what is going on and how
old Jody is. She tells him that she is
barely out of her teens. Eric tells her
that Jody is an aspiring writer. She also
wonders how he can afford a plane and he tells
her that he is just renting it. She is
also curious about how he has already got time
off when he has just arrived at the base.
Dr. Corday and Dr. Chen are
still working on their gun-shot victim. He
tells Corday that he wants the American doctor
and she tells him that Chen is the American
doctor. Dr. Chen has to put a syringe in
his chest to remove blood that has gathered
around his heart. They waited until he was
sedated before doing this though. Harkins
comes in to the room asking Abby if she has seen
Sara. Abby tells her to look for her, that
she is busy with a patient. Harkins leaves
the room and Nathan comes in to get Dr. Corday
for another patient. She follows him in to
where Carter and Haleh are treating a woman
named Alison DeLuca, who is only twenty-six
years-old and is in respiratory distress.
She has an oxygen tank with her, but it is
empty. They see that she has visible scars
and must of had some sort of surgery.
Elizabeth tells Nathan that she heard about his
conversation with Dr. Romano. She tells
him that he needs to follow protocol and follow
the chain of command when addressing concerns
about her. He tells her that he will try,
but doesn't seem to care. Carter tells
them to be quiet as he listens to Alison's
lungs. She has the lungs of an
eighty-year-old chain smoker and Corday asks
Nathan what this could be. He answers her
and tells her that she is drowning in her own
mucus.
Back in the trauma room where
Chen, Malik and Abby are tending to the gun shot
victim, Haleh comes in. Abby asks her what
the petition is all about. Haleh tells her
that she signed it just like all of the other
nurses. Malik tells them that he didn't
sign it. Abby wonders why she wasn't told
about it, and Haleh tells her that they didn't
think should would do anything about it because
of her previous relationship with Luka.
Pratt comes in and wants to know why there is a
man with three gun shot wounds and why he wasn't
called. Chen calls him a trauma queen.
The man has come to and is upset to see what Dr.
Chen has done. When she did the procedure,
she messed up a tattoo that he was fond of.
He threatens to cut her up for doing it and this
spooks Dr. Chen. Pratt asks her how she is
and she walks away.
Dr. Corday, Carter and Nathan
are finishing assessing their patient with
breathing problems. Nathan wants to follow
up on her being placed on the transplant list.
Dr. Corday has other plans for him and he seems
to not be interested. She tells him that
he needs to be at an M and M at three and she
leaves him in the room with Carter. Carter
sees Nathan's frustration and Carter assures him
that she is a good teacher. Nathan
replies,
"that's what they keep telling
me".
Abby sees Jody to see how she is doing.
She asks her where Eric is and Jody tells her
that he went out for a smoke. Abby goes to
look for him and runs in to Luka. She
tells him that she is being sent to the
principal's office because he can't get along
with the nurses and his attitude problem.
Luka is not bothered by it. Harkins is
still looking for Sara and Abby heads outside to
find Eric. Susan is getting a young man as
he is being taken out of the ambulance. He
was hit by a car in a skateboarding accident.
Abby asks her if she has seen Eric and Susan
tells her that she pointed him to the news stand
for a pack of cigarettes. He is also going
to pick her up some lottery tickets. The
jackpot is up to eighty-seven million.
Abby tells her that she has a better chance of
being hit by a car. The young man takes
offense to the comment.
Abby catches up to Eric and he joking is
embarrassed that she found him buying a tabloid
and not by the cigarettes. Abby wonders
why he has started smoking at his age?
Eric tells her that she has been smoking off and
on since she was eight. Abby asks him more
personal questions and tells him that at least
Jody isn't pregnant. She wonders what is
going on with her brother. A man hollers
down for some help. Abby yells for a
gurney and arrives to find Sara passed out on
the stairs leading up to the El train. She
is also seizing. The guy who found her
tells them that maybe he could kiss her to get
her to wake up.
Carter checks on Alison.
They discuss her condition as Nathan listens on.
They have called her father and he should be on
his way. She is allergic to some medicine
that could help her. She has pneumonia and
this is the fifth time this year. She
tells Carter that it is a new record for her.
She wants to sign a D.N.R. Nathan looks on
and is confused as to why. Her liver is
sick and her lungs are shredded. Nathan
tells her that antibiotics will make her feel
better. She tells him not to be offended.
She is ready to die.
Corday, Luka and Abby are
working on Sara. She is still seizing and
not doing well at all, but she finally stops
seizing. She has cut her head when she
fell down. Carter comes in to get
Elizabeth to witness a DNR, but she tells him in
a moment. Elizabeth shows Harkins how to
do an intubation on Sara, as Nathan watches on
from the nest exam room. Jerry has stocked
up on lottery tickets and asks Abby if she is
interested in buying one for two bucks.
She tells them that they are selling them across
the street for only one buck and he replies that
his have his special numbering sequence.
Carter comes down the hall and sees Eric and
Jody smooching. Abby has witnessed it
also. Carter tells her that Jody seems to
be feeling better. Abby replies that she
should after haven been given one hundred and
twenty-five milligrams of Demerol. Carter
has learned that Jody is almost twenty-one and
that she and Eric are in love. Chen asks
Jerry to call her when the labs for Fay Graham
come down. He offers to sell her some
lottery tickets and she reminds him that
re-selling lottery tickets is a felony.
A police officer and his
partner come in to the ER. Her hand has
been lacerated from the an earlier shoot out.
Jerry reminds Abby that she is late for her
meeting with Weaver, so Abby asks Nathan to take
a look at it, since he is on a surgical
rotation. Carter sees that Mr. DeLuca has
arrived. He wonders why she has not been
placed on a ventilator. Carter tells him
that she has pneumonia and liver problems.
This makes him wonder again why she is not on
the ventilator. She must be suffering he
tells him. Carter tells him that she has
signed a DNR. He tells Carter that she is
depressed and is just a kid, Carter reminds him
that she is twenty-six and is dying. He
tells Carter that they are all dying. She
is in a lot of pain and is allergic to the
medicines that can help her. Her dad wants
her to get the transplant and Carter asks him
why? So that she will have to suffer
through all of this again? The father
replies that if he doesn't want to fight for
her, then he will find a doctor who will.
Elizabeth watches as Nathan
sutures the officer's hand. This is the
officer's first week on the job and she is
concerned about her career choice.
Elizabeth hints to Nathan by saying,
"If
it's not what you were expecting there's no
shame in exploring other options." Harkins
comes in to get Dr. Corday and she goes with her
to the hall. Nathan comes after her and
asks her about the care. She tells him
that she should see a social worker for her
stress and Nathan gets upset. Corday tells
him that he needs to start thinking like a
doctor if he plans on being one. Nathan
can't understand why she is being so cold with
her patients. Harkins continues to explain
what she has found. She suspects that Sara
was given some kind of date rape drug.
Abby arrives at her meeting late.
Mary Cain, Romano and Weaver have begun without
her. They have viewed the petition against
Dr. Kovac and see that only the female nurses
have signed and that Abby's name was not on the
petition. Mary comments about Abby's
previous relationship with Luka and Abby gets
offended. Romano comments, "So it's true.
You are all suckers for the accent". She
wants a full investigation.
Carter sees that Nathan is in the
room with Alison. She seems to be feeling
a little better. Nathan has given her
flowers. He tells Alison that there is
hope. Abby has come down to speak with
Luka before Kerry can get to him. She runs
in to Eric and gets stopped. She watches
as Weaver gets to Luka first. Eric is
wanting to stay with Abby while he and Jody are
in town. Abby can't listen and watch what
Weaver is doing at the same time. He asks
her for the keys to her apartment. Weaver
is done with Luka and he heads in to the lounge.
Weaver asks Corday to do a rape exam on the
patient, they are down one ER Attending now.
Abby runs after Luka in the lounge. Luka
tells her that he was suspended pending
investigation.
Corday, Abby and Harkins do a rape exam on Sara,
while she is still unconscious. Abby
doesn't think that it is a good case for Harkins
to be doing. Chuny comes in and tells them
that Sara's father has arrived. Abby tells
her not to let him come in. They conclude
that Sara was indeed raped. Corday sees
Nathan in the room with Alison still. She
jokingly asks Carter if they are dating now.
Carter doesn't think that Nathan will make a
good surgeon. Sara's father asks Corday
what is going on with his daughter. She
takes him aside.
Pratt's shift is over and he is on his way out.
He sees Jing-Mei and stops to check on her.
She is working on charts and acts as if she is
still shaken up about her patient's threat
earlier. Pratt tells her to leave with
him. Haleh and Abby discuss the petition
as they are in the drug lockup together.
Haleh likes Luka, but she has to stick with the
nurses. She tells Abby that doctors come
and go, but that it is the nurses that makes the
ER run. Corday goes to get Alison and move
her to another room. There are multiple
victims coming in and they need to clear a
space. People were hit by a car while
standing in line to buy lottery tickets.
Nathan is still encouraging Alison.
Harkins comes to tell Corday that Sara has come
to.
They remove the tube from her throat and ask her
what she remembers. She remembers being on
the train with Pat and Andy and they were
heading to the city. They tell her that
they found a specific drug in her system and she
makes it clear to them and her father that she
doesn't do drugs. Corday gets ready to
tell her about the rape and Sara's father asks
to speak with Corday out in the hall. He
does not want Corday to tell her what happen.
She doesn't remember it and he doesn't want her
mind damaged from the trauma. Corday tells
him that she may have AIDS and needs to be told.
He assures Corday that they will seek treatment.
Corday gets called away to treat a man who was
in the lottery accident. He has a foreign
body protruding from his forehead. He
tells them that he was next in line for the
lottery ticket. He is anxious to get the
winning number, but he will need to have
surgery. Abby has a phone call from Eric
and she speaks to him over the speaker. He
is wondering where her blender is because he
wants to make a milkshake. Corday tells
Abby to get off of the phone. He tells
John hi and he wants the four of them to go
dancing after work. Nathan comes to get
Carter. Corday tells him to discharge her
with a fresh oxygen tank, but Nathan tells them
that she wants a consult with the transplant
team. Carter can't believe his ears.
He sees her father standing in the hall very
happy. He tells Carter that Nathan
convinced her not to sign the DNR. Carter
tells him that she has already signed it.
Mr. DeLuca tells him that she can just un-sign
it. Carter tells him that she is still not
a good candidate for the transplant.
Carter speaks to Nathan about this. Carter
is very displeased about what he has done.
Nathan mentions stem cell research and this
makes Carter even more angry. He tells him
that he has given them false hope. The
flowers were an interesting touch he tells
Nathan. Carter realizes that Nathan is
doing this out of his own need to find a cure
for his own disease.
Carter speaks with Corday
about what happened. He would prefer her
to keep him up on the surgical ward. If he
is to come down to the ER, he would like her to
directly supervise him. Jerry is excited
because they are about to announce the lottery
jackpot winner. Carter heads to the lounge
where he finds Abby. She is concerned
about Eric. She notices that he is acting
weird, but Carter hasn't noticed. This is
because he doesn't know him as well as Abby
does. She practically raised him.
She is concerned that he might be bi-polar.
They calculate his age and decide that he has
past the age. Carter caresses her and
comforts her.
Jing-Mei and Pratt are
getting frisky at his place. All of a
sudden, the apartment door opens up and Leon
comes in. He is excited about having the
winning lottery ticket. Jing-Mei gets up
and rushes to pull her shirt back down over her
torso. Pratt takes Leon out into the hall,
while pulling up his pants and zipping them.
Leon tells Pratt that Jing-Mei looked HOT!
Kerry catches Abby on her way
out and tells her that Dr. Kovac will be
back tomorrow. He is going to go through
some counseling (probably like the sexual
harassment class that they took in "Secrets &
Lies"). Apparently Abby's opinion didn't
count and she is fed up with being nurse
manager, but she doesn't quit. Elizabeth
tells Abby to discharge Sara and Abby can't
understand why she isn't going to tell her the
truth about what really happened. Nathan
listens on as Corday explains that she is a
minor and that she has to respect her father's
wishes. Abby tells Corday that she will
have to discharge her and Abby leaves.
Corday looks over to Nathan and congratulates
him. He will be on call tomorrow night for
32 hours. He had better go home and get
some rest. She then goes in and sutures
the head wound on Sara. Corday decides to
tell her what really happened. As she is
telling Sara that she was raped after being
drugged, Sara interrupts her. She cannot
believe that they did a pelvic exam on her while
she was unconscious. She tells her that
she wasn't raped and that she took the drugs
herself. She does that sort of thing every
weekend and it makes all the boys like her
better than any other girl. Elizabeth
can't believe it.
Carter, Abby, Eric and Jody
are at a Navy Pier where some sort of party is
taking place. They are sitting around the
table discussing childhood stories. Most
of them are embarrassing stories about Abby.
While Abby asks about how Eric is able to be off
of work, Jody mentions that he is there job
hunting. Abby is once again surprised, but
Eric tries to embarrass Abby again, so they get
up and go line dance. This leaves Jody and
Carter alone at the table. Jody can see
that Abby and Carter have a good relationship.
She shows interest in the song and convinces
Carter to go line dance with the rest.
Carter seems to know what he is doing when it
comes to country line dancing. He seems to
be having a good time, as does the rest.
Corday is on her way up to
the El train platform and she sees Nathan
sitting there waiting for the train. She
cordially tells him hello. She tells him
that he did well getting his patient Alison
places on the transplant list. This is a
hard thing to do. She sees that he is
shaky and asks him if he has taken his
medicines. He has not been taking things
as scheduled because of his work. The
train pulls in and Elizabeth heads toward the
doors. She sees that Nathan is not getting
up and realizes that he is unable to. She
asks if she can help him, but he tells her that
he will just wait and catch the next one.
His meds will kick in soon.
Reviewed
by Tony Conner on December 06, 2002
NBC Review
DR. CORDAY BUTTS HEADS WITH NEW SURGICAL
RESIDENT OVER DYING YOUNG WOMAN -- DON CHEADLE
("OCEAN'S ELEVEN") GUEST STARS -- Dr. Corday
(Alex Kingston) clashes with the new surgical
resident (guest star Don Cheadle, "Ocean's
Eleven") over his intervention in the treatment
of a sickly young woman (guest star Nora Zimmett)
who signs a "Do Not Resuscitate" agreement while
Abby (Maura Tierney) wonders aloud about the
erratic behavior of her visiting brother (guest
star Thomas Everett Scott). Elsewhere, Abby
feels torn when she is caught between an
official nurse's complaints against Dr. Kovac (Goran
Visnjic), her former lover. In addition, Dr.
Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) comforts Dr. Chen (Ming-Na)
after she feels threatened by a patient and
Corday suspects that an unconscious, 14-year old
female patient has been sexually assaulted. Noah
Wyle, Laura Innes, Paul McCrane and Sherry
Stringfield also star. TV-14
