Missing

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Episode 210 "Missing" a.k.a. "Mistaken Identity" a.k.a. "Identity Crisis"
Original Air Date: 12/04/03
Written by: David Zabel
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Guest Stars:

This episode starts in Alex's room, where we see the X-Ray hanging on Alex's wall, that Luka Kovac took of his skull. Samantha Taggart wakes Alex up, and reminds him she has to go to work. It is a Saturday. Once Sam is at work, we see Abby, Neela, and Lester each in front of a laptop. They are taking tests, and Abby complains because they are too hard. Lester is on number fifty, Abby is on number forty-one, and Neela is finished with her test. Abby does not like being a med-student very much. She is going to med-school for a doctor, because she was a nurse. When Abby is about 3/4 done with the tests, Frank starts piling things up on her. She insists that her nursing shift has not started yet, but she has to hurry to finish her test. When she is finished with her test, she hurries up, taking the work, and heading out to see Mr. Benitez, to take his vitals. As Gallant comes in, Frank tells him Valerie called. She can't wait to see him, and her plane is arriving at 3:10. As everyone stares at Gallant, he lets them know that Valerie is his sister. Pratt is dumb-founded, thinking he had every girl in town. Everyone then asks Gallant about his sister, and he tells them that they are twins. Lester feels like adding to the conversation, so he let's everyone know he wore fishnets and stilettos when he was in High School. Next, the camera views Neela, Gallant, and Pratt, all standing around a table, wondering why Romano was the center of the canvas.

Frank announces Romano's ceremony is today, in the church, at the hospital. Neela says, " Poor man." as she hears about Romano's death. Although some people are grieving, some people are silently cheering. Corday is managing something to say, and the rest of the co-workers want to draw sticks to see who's going. They all hated Romano. Next, we see Sam and Alex walking to the memorial for Romano outside, with Elizabeth Corday standing there. Sam tells Alex that he died in the helicopter crash, and Elizabeth looks at the picture of him and her in their surgery caps, both grinning merrily. While the paramedics wheel in a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna, Corday catches Weaver, and asks her to say something at the memorial. Johanna's boyfriend, who was shot in the chest, is right behind them. Later, Weaver hands the speaking part off to Susan Lewis. While Thomas, Johanna's boyfriend, is lying on the gurney, he wonders if Johanna is okay. Abby points to the next door.  Meanwhile, next door, Johanna is telling the doctors how it happened. Suddenly, Alex is visible through the glass trauma doors. He is watching Luka Kovac work, and he follows Luka, when Luka goes into trauma room number two, by walking by the glass doors. Next, you see Sam and Alex walking down the hall. While Neela is working on a patient, she receives a phone call. She excuses herself, walks outside, and speaks Punjabi to someone on the telephone. The last thing she says is in English, which is, " No! I said I can't come." She hangs up, and goes back into the room to continue working. Sam plops Alex down into a chair in reception, and tells him to study for a math test. Susan says a few words to Alex, and walks out. Meanwhile, Luka and Frank are talking about Luka going back to Africa to the Congo for a little while.

Luka talks with Alex about wrestling, and Alex admits to Luka that he hates wrestling. Frank joins into the conversation. Luka then tells Alex to go away. We then cut to a scene where Luka is bandaging Alex's arm, so he can get out of gym class. A guy next door is saying there is nothing wrong with the kid, and so Luka closes the curtain. Pratt then has Luka sign off a chart, which needs to be done. We then cut to a scene where Sam is wheeling a guy, along with paramedics, who lost four fingers. Alex, who is always getting into trouble, goes into the trauma room, and when no one sees him, he grabs a finger. Next, we see Neela who is talking to Johanna. Johanna tells Neela that she went to the South Side just for getting some illegal drugs. Thomas and Johanna have grown up together, but have only dated for a year. Thomas ends up just having a broken leg, and not a major injury from the bullet. They are going to admit him, which means that they are going to have to call their parents. As Johanna doesn't want them to call their parents, Thomas does. It cuts back to the scene where the guy with the fingers is, and Susan Lewis is confused. There are now three fingers, when their was four. Sam goes to Alex, and after fighting with him, receives it back. Everyone at the front desk is looking for the finger, in the garbage, etc. They all can not seem to find it. Sam then gets mad, because she finds out Luka put the fake splint on Alex's arm. Alex admits he hid it in the lounge refrigerator.

Sam thinks Alex made the story up, with the story about the wrestling thing. Pratt, Haleh, and a Medic now appear with a little girl about five to six years of age, and is a Jane Doe. She has no identification on her, and Abby thinks Somebody must be looking for her. Johanna and Thomas turn out to be fifteen to sixteen years of age, and are Amish. Jane Doe is crashing in the trauma room, and everyone is trying warm blankets. Elizabeth is seen at the funeral looking at the cookies.  Neela and Susan Lewis are working on Mr. Benitiez, the one Abby was taking the vitals on. Luka approaches Sam, and apologizes. She then tells him he knows nothing about raising kids, and to stay out. She doesn't want things getting weird. Ken, a guy from social services, goes to Abby, and tells her that the parents are on their way, and Abby sincerely thanks him. But when the parents arrive, sadly, Jane Doe is still Jane Doe. The girl was not theirs. Gallant later finds his sister, Valerie, in the lounge.

Neela comes to Luka for some help, and Luka gets mad and walks away. Susan Lewis then comes into the picture, and scolds Neela for asking Luka. The Amish mother shows up, and then proceeds to try to tell Johanna and Thomas it's time to come home, because they got into fatality trouble. Thomas is ready to come home, but Johanna doesn't want to come home. As Abby, Neela, and Lester trade papers after correcting them, Neela lies, and tells Abby she did not finish correcting hers. Gallant and Valerie meet up into the lounge, and then walk outside, where they meet Pratt. Pratt invites them to dinner with him, to Ike's across the street, Gallant and Valerie were already going there, and so they all go out to dinner. But, Gallant has the look on his face like he wants to beat up Pratt. The little girl wakes up at the end of the episode, and tells Weaver her name.

Reviewed by ERisTHEbestTVsho on March 20, 2004