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The episode starts off with a man,
Vincent Jansen (age 34), and young girl, Sydney Carlisle (age 10), eating breakfast at a diner.
The little girl is picky and listless, Vincent asks for the check but is told
that their cash register is broken but it’ll be fixed soon. He grabs the girl
and heads out of the restaurant through the kitchen and out the back door.
Police cars pull up on them and the man picks the little girl up, pulls out a
gun and starts shooting wildly. A shoot out happens between the man and the
police, ending when Vincent takes a bullet to the forehead. Upon approach it
is discovered that Sydney was shot in the stomach.
In the ER, Eve and Dr. Clemente demonstrate
the latest equipment to the staff and no one takes interest. Abby and Luka are
called on a case and go outside to wait on the rig. Once outside in the
ambulance bay, Luka rages about how Clemente suspended Abby and Neela for “the
monkey business.” Abby shrugs it off as the ambulance pulls up. The patient is
the young girl from the diner. It is found out that she wasn’t really the man’s
daughter, he kidnapped her.
Moments later a young police officer from
the shooting is brought in, and is taken care of by Sam. As she brings his chart
to Admit, Frank harasses her about Haleh and asks who she plans on firing next.
Pratt, Luka and Ray are now taking care of the police officer also.
 Abby
asks Sydney if she was molested.
“Only when we play the married game,
Vincent loves me,” the little girl replies sadly. Chuny does a rape kit and it
is determined that she was raped.
The man from the diner (Vincent,) is
brought in next, Clemente butts in but is kicked out within the minute he enters
the trauma room. Eve is now helping with the police officer, keeper him
amazingly calm by asking questions about the police force. Over in Sydney’s
room, she’s asking about her stuffed animal puppy that was lost at the crime
scene. Abby calls her mother and reassures her about her daughter before handing
the phone over to Sydney who immediately starts to sob at the sound of her
mother’s voice. With the conversation ended, Dubanko and Clemente come check on
the girl and disagree on treatment.
Neela and Luka are working on Vincent now;
they talk about Michael’s homecoming that night when suddenly, Vincent wakes up
in a panic. He grabs Neela and almost crushes her hand. They calm him down and
he decides he wants to see Sydney, once again becoming hysterical.
“You want me to die!” he screams when Neela
refuses.
“I want you to shut up!” the frustrated
Neela mutters back. Vincent needs surgery soon, but there isn’t any operating
rooms available at the moment. Dubanko comes in and asks Neela assist him on an
exploratory surgery.
Back in the trauma room with Abby and
Sydney, Sydney has lost consciousness.
“Sydney, come on honey, come on baby,” Abby
pleads before rushing off to get help.
Eve is talking to the police officers that
are waiting, she walks off with Sam and confides to her that she once had a
fiancée who was a cop, he died on the job. With this knowledge and newfound
kinship, Sam explains her situation with Steve (Alex’s father,) and asks her to
look into why he might be coming to County. Eve agrees and the pair part.
Zoe (from the previous episode,) and her
father come into the ER. He wants to know why she was given a prescription and
what it was for. Neela tells him to wait, or else she’ll have Jerry make him
wait. After Zoe and her father go back to chairs, Jerry tells Neela that he
doesn’t like violence.
“I know, but he doesn’t,” she replies.
Neela returns to the curtain area where
Vincent is and starts the surgery. In the middle of it, Jerry comes in saying
Neela has a long-distance phone call. She tells him to get the number and she’ll
call later.
Sydney still has a tacky rhythm; Luka and
Clemente get angry at each other as they treat her. Luka gets so angry he stops
working on her, while Abby tries to keep it together and help Clemente. The two
male doctors start to bicker again when Abby shouts at them to “just stop!”
Finally they call a time of death. Abby sadly sews the ten year old up.
Neela
has finished working on Vincent, and is being harassed by a paramedic. He offers
hockey tickets or a quiet night in. Neela shrugs him off and attempts to call
the number she was given by Jerry. But is harshly interrupted by Zoe’s father…
again. She makes up some lies about confidentiality, when Ray walks by. Neela
excuses herself and pulls Ray aside and bluntly tells him he could go to jail if
he tries to tell them. Neela wanders out into the ambulance bay and dials the
number. It’s Michael’s superior, saying something about Michael not being able
to come home. Because she is on her cell phone, Neela can get the details but is
finally reassured that Michael is fine, he is just needed as a doctor some more
because of a patient overload.
Luka and Clemente are still arguing about
Sydney’s treatment, clashing over styles and letting things get out of hand,
when Clemente has a nosebleed. He hurries into the lounge where Abby finds him
and takes care of him. Clemente awkwardly apologizes, and Abby forgives him
bluntly.
Luka is talking to Weaver about being
Chief, and at first she doesn’t take him seriously but when he persists, she
agrees to submit his name to the committee.
Ray and Neela are off at the same time, as
they head out in the ambulance bay (after skipping the mandatory meeting,)
someone jumps Ray. Tackling him and beating him wildly. It turns out to Zoe’s
father, Neela is hysterical and Ray doesn’t fight back. Finally the man has
finished and Neela tends to Ray.
Luka is home (all alone,) when the doorbell
rings. Abby is turning to leave, he calls out and she shuffles in.
“Are you mad about something?” Luka
questions softly.
Abby erupts immediately, splitting to
ranting about Luka and Clemente being professionals and sobbing. Without
answering her speech, Luka grasps her face and gives her a soft kiss.
Reviewed by Khia and Tony on November 17,
2005
NBC Review
EMOTIONS RUN HIGH WHEN A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION MEANS LIFE OR
DEATH-JOHN STAMOS GUEST STARS--Neela (Parminder Nagra) gets all dolled up for
Gallant's homecoming (Sharif Atkins) and her co-workers seem to take notice but,
her plans change when she receives a call from Iraq. Meanwhile, Abby (Maura
Tierney) is caught in the middle between Kovac (Goran Visnjic) and Clemente
(John Leguizamo) when they disagree on how to save a patients life. When a cop
and a little girl become victims of a shoot out, Neela is plagued with the
decision of whether or not she should save the shooters life. Also starring
Laura Innes, Mekhi Phifer, Linda Cardellini, Shane West and Kristen Johnston.
TV Guide Review
November 10, 2005:
The Human Shield:
Gunshot wounds occupy the ER following a street
battle between cops and a kidnapper trapped with
his hostage: a 10-year-old girl gravely injured
in the fray. Her treatment sparks a dispute
pitting Clemente against Kovac. John Stamos
guest stars as a paramedic
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C. Thomas Howell - Vincent Jansen
