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Episode 294 "Gravity"
Original Air Date: October 18, 2007
Written by: Virgil Williams
Directed by: Stephen Cragg
Guest Stars:

Natacha Roi - Serena Lipnicki
Sarah-Jane Drummey - Joe' Kovac's babysitter
Stephanie Faracy - Hair Dresser Angie
Suzanne Krull - Mary Grant
Sam Scarber - Willie Archibald
Miles Heizer - Joshua Lipnicki
Derrek Lee - (Himself)
Joseph Castanon - Reggie Santo
Aidan/Andrew Gonzales - Joe Kovac
Michael Emanuel - Homer Grant
Maximillian Orion Kesmodel - Tommy Santo
Jacqueline Wright - Mom

Starring:

Maura Tierney - Dr. Abby Lockhart
Mekhi Phifer - Dr. Gregory Pratt
Parminder Nagra - Dr. Neela Rasgotra
John Stamos - Tony Gates
Linda Cardellini - Samantha Taggart
Scott Grimes - Dr. Archie Morris

Staff:

Troy Evans - Frank Martin
Stanley Tucci - Dr. Kevin Moretti
Malaya Rivera Drew - Katey Alvaro
Gil McKinney - Dr. Paul Grady
Gina Ravera - Dr. Bettina DeJesus
Angel Laketa Moore - Nurse Dawn Archer
Laura Cerón - Chuny Marquez
Jesse Borrego - New Admit Clerk Javier
Peter Rini - Paramedic Zach Flaherty
Louie Liberti - Paramedic Bardelli
Samuel L. Jones, III - Paramedic Chaz Pratt

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Abby is driving Luka’s SUV with Joe and his nanny in the back looking at a book. Abby says that it’s crazy how much he loves that book and the nanny says he must really miss Dr. Kovac Abby says that it won’t be too much longer and the nanny says she wouldn’t want him to forget who his dad is. The nanny is strapping Joe into his stroller and Abby flips through the book as she tells the nanny to try to get him to eat some kale today. She stuffs the book into his bag and then tells the nanny that she will see her around 5. She bends down to kiss Joe and tells him she loves him. The nanny leaves as she shuts the back of the van.

Cut to the ambulance bay doors as Pratt and Sam come out with Mrs. Fratelli…who is trying to convince them to allow her to provide makeovers for the ER staff. Her son, Paulie, was a patient and she wants to show them her appreciation. Manis, pedis, massages…on the house all day. An ambulance pulls in and Sam finally tells her to set it up in the break room. Mrs. Fratelli is ecstatic. She asks Sam if she has ever thought of going blonde. Abby approaches and Mrs. Fratelli hurries up and ask how she is. Abby responds that she is great and asks how she is. It is apparent that she has no clue who the woman is. Mrs. Fratelli says she will start with her and Abby asks who she is. The woman pulls her off commenting about her brown eyes.

Pratt takes the patient from the ambulance and his brother is one of the EMTs, The patient is Willie Archibald, 59 and a ground level fall. No head injury or chest pain. His hip is killing him. As they are wheeling the gurney in Pratt asks how Chaz is doing. His partner says he is doing great and he loves breaking in rookies. Also says he wishes he’d had a doc for a brother when he was coming up.

Cut to Tony on the phone talking to someone about Josh. Says the kid is terminal and he is moving so something – the surprise he is planning – will have to be done today. Tony is watching Josh and his mother pack his things up as he is talking.

Cut to Morris and Sam walking through the corridor talking about the makeovers. Morris says it will be good for morale but Sam doesn’t even remember treating the lady’s kid. Morris is aghast. Sam asks if he remembers everybody that comes through there. Gates approaches asking about a patient. Pratt fills him in. Dawn tells Morris that his broken leg patient is complaining and the crack addict won’t keep his gown on. Morris tells her to discharge the broken leg guy and she asks about the crackhead. He tells her to avert her eyes. Frank approaches with the new desk clerk, Javier, and introduces him to ‘everybody’. They all look up as Abby picks up a chart. She has had her hair done and it’s a feathery “Farrah Fawcett’ like style. Morris tells her nice feathers and she says the next person who says another word is dead meat. They all watch her, grinning,.. and Sam punches Pratt as they stifle their laughter.

Abby and Grady are working on a middle aged patient complaining of back pain/groin pain. He hasn’t fallen or injured himself, just can’t get comfortable. Grady adds that he’d had a small hematuria the day before. Abby says it sounds like a kidney stone and the wife moans about the 20th anniversary trip the next week. Abby assures her that he will be fine by then and says they will give him some medication. She asks Grady what his plan is as they walk toward the desk. He reels off meds and asks about labs. Abby tells him to just do a UA to rule out an infection. He leans over as she is wiping a name off the board and tells her that he…uh…likes…uh…what…. ‘Shut up, Grady,” she says without missing a beat. Abby presents two patients to Pratt. As he signs the charts he is questioning the meds/procedures and finally asks if she is ready for the yearbook pictures later. ‘Bite me,” she says. He is laughing as she stalks off. Pratt turns to Mr. Archibald and asks how he is feeling. Chuny holds up his x rays and Pratt says there is not fracture but he also has no space in his joint. Pratt tells Chuny to set up a rheumo screen. Mr. Archibald asks what that is and Pratt explains that he has arthritis in his hip joint, that all the cartilage is gone and it’s just bone grinding on bone. Says he is surprised the guy is still walking and ask how he manages the pain. Archibald blows it off and Pratt says he is going to refer him to the ortho clinic because there is a good chance he needs a hip replacement. Archibald says they told him that the year before but he can’t afford the insurance or the surgery. He is 59 and too young for Medicare. Frank is standing closely behind Pratt who finally asks if he can help him with something. Frank asks Archibald for an autograph. He says he was originally from Cleveland and the only reason he became a Miami fan is because he got traded down there. He spells out his name and then asks Pratt if he hasn’t ever head of Wild Man Willie Archibald…..one of the greatest quarterbacks alive. Frank notices the man’s ring and asks if it is what he thinks it is. Archibald says it’s his ring from Superbowl 8. Frank says he got three sacks in that game. Pratt leaves them to reminisce and approaches the desk. Dawn and Javier are talking about their common backgrounds as she holds her nails out to dry. She asks Pratt to hand her a chart. Javier obliges and tells her those tips look fierce on her. Pratt is disdainful.

Cut to Tony heading to the elevator with his ICU patient. Neela says hello from behind a counter and he stops. He gives the nurse directions about the patient and then moves to the counter to ask how Neela is doing. She says it’ her first day aback and she’s good. She thanks him for the flowers and get well card. He asks about Ray. She tells him as far as she knows he is good. He sent her a letter the week before. Gates says, ‘Give him my best, Mayday.” and turns to walk away. Neela says he never told her why he calls her ‘Mayday’. Tony says it’s the name of his favorite Bond girl. Grace Jones…starts off as a bad guy and saves the whole world. Neela grimaces and he grins. Tells her she is lucky because it could have been ‘Pussy Galore’. Nice exchange. Tony heads to the elevator and runs into one of his EMT friends. The guy asks where he has been and Gates tells him stuck up in the ICU. Bards asks why he didn’t tell him about Chaz and Gates is confused. Morris is striding with Sam again and compliments her on her new do. He asks if she has found anyone who remembers treating Angie’s son and she says not a soul. Morris says he has ordered the works package for the end of his shift…and his last night with Hope. Frank tells him it will take more than that to save his ugly mug and Javier says “My god…he is so mean.” Pratt tells him that’s his baseline and he will get used to it. Javier hopes not. Katey steps up with a box for Ray and wants people to put things in it for a care package. Sam asks how he is doing and Katey says she is thinking about visiting him in a couple of weeks. Morris pipes up and says welcome back as Neela ease her way toward them. They are all glad to see her. Pratt asks how she is feeling and she says a little sore and stops in shock to say ‘oh my god’ as Abby approaches. She is dumbstruck and Abby tells her ‘I know…I’ll explain later.” Neela tells her she still has a few things left at her place and wants to stop by later. She cannot take her eyes off Abby. Abby tells her to stop looking at her like that and Neela says she can’t help it. (Excellent reaction from Paraminder. She really has her game on in this episode!) Morris says he thinks it looks good. Abby rolls her eyes as the teasing from the rest of them continues. Pratt, Morris and Frank trade quips about Charlie’s Angels and how Farrah was their favorite…she was so hot…the one with the red bathing suit….would look at that poster for hours…the one with that Mexican blanket thing….they had that one hanging at the precinct office and he looked at it every day….did I ever have some boyhood fantasies about her….etc. Abby’s eyes flip from them to Neela (who is still grinning) . She says this is totally creeping her out. Sam adds ‘you and me both.’ Abby tells them she will be in the ladies’ room if they need her and Neela says she will walk with her. Pratt tells Frank to get the lab results on Mr. Archibald. Tony moves toward Pratt and asks why he didn’t tell him about his brother. Could have made it easier for him if he’d known. Pratt bristles and tells him to get back up to the ICU. Frank hands Pratt Archibald’s lab reports.

Cut to Pratt talking to Willie quite sternly. His labs show a drug dependency. Willie tells him he has been using vicodyn that his mother gets for him. He can’t keep a job because he can’t walk…now he can barely drive for his messenger job. He has been taking the vicodyn for years…maybe 3 or 4 a day. Pratt tells him that he can get him on the free surgery list but Archibald says he is on the list. It’s an eighteen month wait. Pratt is distressed. Tells him he can’t let him keep popping vicodyn like its candy. He will see what he can do to get him bumped up on the list. Willie finally removes the Superbowl ring and hands it to Pratt. Tells him to sell it…maybe on eBay. Its real gold and diamonds. Pratt tells him he can’t…but Willie says he can’t live with this pain any longer. Please.

Cut to the bathroom where Abby is dousing her face with water and drying it. Her hair is straight again and twisted into a hair clip in back. Her cell phone rings and she takes it out of her pocket. ‘Wait..wait…wait…what happened?” she asks. She asks where she is and then charges out of the bathroom and through the ER to the ambulance bay. She bumps into several people and then tells Grady to ask Pratt when he tries to stop her. She opens the door and races out into the ambulance bay. She takes a blood covered Joe from the panicked nanny and races back into the ER with him.

Sam is racing through the ER and passes Abby’s kidney stone patient. His wife asks if she has seen her doctor because she said she would be right back. Same tells her to wait a minute and then hurries into a trauma room announcing that she has the pedes cuff. Morris, Grady and Abby are working on Joe. Pupils are equal and reactive. He has spontaneous resps. The terrified nanny is standing by the door answering Abby’s questions. He fell from the bridge part of the jungle gym….about six feet. The baby moves his foot and Abby asks him to pen his eyes. She asks the nanny if he moved or cried and the nanny says no. He has a 3 centimeter lac on his forehead. Grady is draping her with a lead apron and Chuny is putting one on as well. Abby asks if he fell on head or his back and the nanny says she didn’t see. Abby tells her it’s her job to watch him. The nanny apologizes and Abby tells her that she is sorry too and to just leave. The nanny wants to stay but Abby tells her she will let her know how he is. Abby is working on him as a machine is beeping and Sam tells her he is going to get everything. He is getting the best that they’ve got.

Cut to Josh’ room in the ICU. He is in a hurry to leave but Gates steps up. Tells him not to be in such a hurry. Josh thinks Johns Hopkins refused him for the study. Gates tells him to relax, he has faxed the consent forms…but he warned them about Josh. Someone is going to try to win back all the money Gates has lost. Josh tells him that Texas Hold ‘em isn’t his game. Gates tells him good news and news….bad is that he can’t go home to pack for Baltimore. Good news is…that it’s a surprise. His mother is in on it too and Gates pushes the wheel chair out of the room.

Cut to Pratt and Frank studying the Superbowl ring. Frank tells him that it’s because of guys like Archibald that there is even an NFL today. He was lucky to make 35 Gs back then….not like the clowns’ today, half of them criminals or crybabies. He heard that Ditka himself auctioned off his championship ring to help out some of these old guys. He asks if he can hold it. Frank tells Pratt the ring is priceless, earned with sweat and blood on the gridiron. He can’t sell it. Pratt nods thoughtfully. Javier pulls him away for two patients and Pratt takes the ring from Frank. He passes Sam in the hall and asks bout Joe. She tells him that Morris has got it and he woke up a few minutes ago with purposeful movements.

Sam enters the trauma room and says she brought two gowns in case he throws up again. Joe is sitting up on the table crying and Abby is on the phone trying to reach Luka. She is leaving a message about his condition and tells Luka to call when he gets the message. Chuny tells her its okay, he will call her back, as Abby hangs up the phone. She approaches the table and asks Grady what he is doing. Says she will do it. Morris says he knows how to derma bond a lacteral. Abby tells Morris Grady is an intern and what if it gets infected or leaves a big scar, does he want to be responsible for that? Grady says better me than you and Sam agrees. Chuny says they are ready in CT and Abby says no CT. Abby says they agreed to just observe and Morris says that was before he vomited. Abby is worried about the long term affects of radiation. Morris rolls his eyes. Morris insists that because of the vomiting she knows he needs a scan. She reels off everything they have done and Morris finally says if this were a patient and not her son, what would she do?

Cut to Gates and Serena walking down a sidewalk with Josh holding his hands over his eyes. They finally let him take his hands down and he is looking at a Wrigley Field entrance. Gates shows him tickets for third base line seats, right behind the on deck circle. Josh is disbelieving and tells him he can’t afford those tickets on his salary. Gates tells him it’s all about who you know.

Cut to Abby, Sam and Bettina rolling a gurney with Joe on it to radiology. Bettina asks about an IV and Abby said he was doing so well they didn’t think he needed one. Bettina says a little whiff of ketamine will usually do the trick but Abby doesn’t want him sedated. Bettina says they can’t get a good look unless he is completely still. Abby wants to try something. She settles him down on the scanner and pulls a book out of his bag. Joe is whining and she hands him two small toys to hold. She tells Bettina if it doesn’t work, then she can sedate him. She sits close to him and Joe is quiet and she flips through the pages of the book, ‘Daddy Takes a Trip. She reads about ‘me and uncle Niko…we love the beach.” And ‘this is your dad, missing you and wishing you were here’. The scanner moves and Joe is still.

Cut to Gates, Josh and Serena sitting behind the Cubs dugout. Derreck Lee steps out of the dug out and turns to ask if he is Josh. Josh is dumbstruck. Tony introduces him and Lee shakes their hands. He hands Josh a baseball signed by the whole team and tells him good luck in Baltimore. As he turns to leave, Josh calls him back and tells him that statistically his opponents tend to pitch high and outside to him and with the wind blowing out today so to lay off that stuff and he will murder them. Lee grins and thanks him. Josh doesn’t know what to say and Serena says that’s a first!

Abby and Sam are sitting on the floor in radiology. Joe is playing on the blanket nearby. Abby is trying to reach Luka with her cell phone. Sam tells her that when she finally reaches him she will have nothing but good news to tell him. Abby says that she thought NICU was hard but they were at least together then. He was brand new and she didn’t know him then. But now he is…Joe. Abby stands up as Bettina turns around from looking at his films and starts to talk. She tells her that everything with the CT is fine except for a small area which would probably be fine except that it’s in the area of his laceration. She says he needs an MRI. Abby sighs and says after all that he needs to be sedated anyway. Bettina says they need him to be quiet for 45 minutes. Sam tells her they will take him to the ER and let Chuny start the IV since she is the best stick around. Abby wants LMX cream and Sam says she will put it on right now and give it time to work.

Cut to Pratt and crew working on a patient from the ambulance right in the ambulance bay. Chaz’ partner tells him to go refill the airway box. As Pratt is wheeling the patient in, he hands him off to Grady and sees Chaz emerging from the ambulance front angrily. He is waving something red at his partner and asking what it is. Chaz asks what it is and his partner is laughing. Says he thought he might want to wear them for his boyfriend. Chaz swings and the partner pushes him off only to be met by Pratt’s fist. Chaz is furious. Pratt picks up a red bra and Chaz snatches it from him.

Cut back to the trauma room and Joe is screaming on the gurney. Abby is shaken as Chuny and a male nurse prepare to start an IV. Chuny promises to be quick and Abby starts to cry. She says she doesn’t think she can watch. Chuny tells her that she’s not the first mom that can’t watch but Abby says she doesn’t want to desert him. Sam tells her they can go in the next room and she will sit with her. Abby kisses Joe and tells him that she loves him. Joe wails and watches her leave. Abby and Sam pull them selves up to sit on a gurney and Sam glances at her. Abby is very uncomfortable. She sighs heavily as they hear Chuny crooning to him. Sam muses and remembers when Alex was three. He was in a bounce house at the carnival getting knocked around by 5 and 6 year olds. He kept crying ‘Mommy! Mommy!’. She tried to go in after him but the attendant thought she was a stupid teenager and wouldn’t let her in. Abby asks what she did. Sam says she stood on the outside smiling and cheering him on and encouraging him to get up again and again. She said that it hit her right then. Kids are going to fall….and all you can do is be there and hope that they keep getting up. Joe screams again and Abby is miserable.

Pratt comes out of a treatment room with Chaz’ partner. The guy is saying that e was just playing a joke. Pratt says that jokes are supposed to be funny. He tells him to come back in a few days and he will check his eye out. Angie approaches saying that she has empty chairs….Pratt tells her no thanks and Morris says he is ‘there’ at the end of his shift. She asks Frank if he wants his eyebrows waxed. Javier tells him she should because he has two caterpillars over his eyes. A disgruntled Frank says that unlike some…he is not vain about his appearance. Javier walks away and says that it must make it easier.

Morris is examining the wrist of a little kid who fell off his desk at school. Mom says he hasn’t been sleeping and Reggie says it’s because of the Boogey Man. He tells Morris that he has seen him and he has big eyes, crazy hair and green skin. Morris tells him he can give him something for the Boogey Man. Dawn comes in and says Abby’s kidney stone guy doesn’t look so good.

Abby’s patient is gray and in a lot of pain. Morris asks for labs and Dawn says they only sent a UA. He asks for the films and the wife says Dr. Lockhart didn’t see them. Morris takes a quick look and says that kidney stones aren’t the problem. He orders a series of labs and tells Dawn to get surgery down there right away. The wife is alarmed. Morris tells her that her husband has a mass in his kidney. Mass? Like in tumor? Dawn gives a hemecue reading and the wife is saying that Abby said he would be okay.

Cut to Abby’s worried face reflected in the glass as Joe is being pulled through the lighted circular MRI machine.

Cut to Pratt pushing Archibald’s wheel chair into another treatment room. He is explaining that he has gotten him into a program that is free of charge and meets three times a week at the hospital. He says if they can get him weaned off the vicodin then he can get the surgery. Archibald is skeptical but promises that he will lay off the pills. Pratt explains that he got him bumped up on the list for a hip replacement. They are now going to shoot a long lasting pain killer and steroid into his joint that will last for a month. If the surgery is going to take longer then they will do it again. “Cool?” Pratt asks as he hands him back the ring. Archibald signs the consent form and Pratt rolls him in the table to prepare him. He asks how many times he has done this and Pratt says he isn’t going to…..she is….as Bettina enters the room. Archibald grins and tells Pratt he is going to have to leave the room.

Cut to the trauma room where Morris Dawn and Katey are working on Abby’s patient. The wife passes out form the sight of the blood just as Neela enters. Morris, Katey and Neela examine the films as Dawn takes the wife to the family room. He is hemmoraging around his kidney and needs surgery. Neela calls for a central line and prepares to do it. Katey argues that if they sit on him there he is going to crash. Morris asks Neela what her plan is and she says she is going to inflate the arterial line in the renal artery so they can get his pressure up and he will have a better chance. Morris tells her that’s ballsy. Cut to the baseball field. Gates, Josh and Serena are having a blast.

Cut back to the trauma room and Neela’s plan has worked. She sends the patient up to the OR and as Katey is walking out she tells Neela that she got lucky. Neela tells Katey that when Ray got hurt she was in shock…they all were. Katey snipes ‘Poor you..” “What happened to Ray has nothing to do with me,” Neela snaps. “HE was the one that got piss drunk at Abby’s wedding and stumbled in front of the truck. Even he says that.” “You done?” Katey asks snidely. Neela tells her that she can hate her as much as she likes…she really doesn’t care…but she will NOT take the blame for what happened to Ray…Got that? Wooo! EXCELLENT smack down from Neela and very nicely done by Paraminder. Hmmm….goodbye, Katey…..at last.

Cut to the sight of a very calm Joe lying on a gurney and Abby’s hand caressing his belly. She is till worried and doesn’t look up as Pratt enters the room. He asks how he is doing and Abby whispers that he is just coming out of it. He asks how she is doing and she starts to cry and says she has been better. Pratt rubs her back and asks if she has talked to Luka yet. She shakes her head and says that it’s really different when it’s your kid on the table. She says it would be a lot easier if she wasn’t doing this alone. Pratt assures her that baby Joe is going to be okay and she is….not alone. Abby looks up gratefully and then Sam enters with Joe’s films. She tells Abby that Bettina wanted them taken to her right away and apologizes that she couldn’t come with them. Everything is fine. No blood in the edema. Pratt chuckles and asks what he said to her. Abby wipes her cheeks and sighs.

Morris and Grady are walking the kidney stone guy’s wife to the elevator. She is worried that the mass is malignant. Morris tells her one thing at a time and the elevator closes with Katey helping her. Abby is pushing Joe’s stroller through the door behind them. Grady asks how hey could have missed a 6 cm mass. Morris tells him that you can’t catch everything. Grady says it was gigantic. He walks away to finish some charts as Abby asks if that was her kidney stone guy. Morris avoids her questions and asks if she doesn’t have enough on her plate today. She is insistent and he finally stops walking and says ‘probably renal cell carcinoma’. Abby is aghast. She told him he would be okay. Morris assures her that they are a team…they back each other up…that the guy’s tumor is not her fault. He tells her to go home and take care of her boy. Chuny and Sam hug her and tell her to take care. Abby thanks them and leaves, clearly distraught.

Cut to a huge mass of M&M candies being poured out on a desk top. Morris is sorting out all the green ones and putting them in a pill bottle. Twenty more minutes and he will be in the capable hands of Angie – upgraded to the premium package. Sam asks about the candy. He calls it boogey man repellent. Sam says it’s a lie but Morris says it’s a little thing called the placebo effect and walks away. He is explaining to Reggie that the pills are very strong and very bitter so they have to be disguised in candy. He also tells him he can only have two a day or they will stop working. Mom is grateful.

Cut t Abby driving in the car with a sleeping Joe in the back seat. She is leaving another message on Luka’s phone and tells him she still doesn’t know where he is. Maybe he is at the hospital and she hopes everything is fine. She tells him Joe is fine. The MRI was clear so to ignore all of her other messages. They are on their ay home and will be there in about 20 minutes. She hangs up and glances in the rear view mirror. A bright light flashes in her face and she swerves through traffic, crashing the car into the curb. Joe begins to scream and she reaches back to cup his cheek in her hand.

Cut to Pratt stepping into the very busy break room. Chuny and Javier are getting their nails done. Pratt squeezes between them and Chuny tells Javier in Spanish about Pratt and Chaz. He asks Pratt if his brother is single. Pratt scoffs and shakes his head. He slips into a leather jacket and is leaving when Morris says he will see him tomorrow from behind a screen. Pratt asks what he is doing and Morris tells him getting a treatment…and maybe he should stay and get something done. Pratt laughs and says he’s good. As he leaves Moretti is arriving. Pratt asks how the conference went. Moretti says that the EM Conference is no mere conference. Some of the greatest medical mind sin the country come together and share ideas…. Big waste of time eh? Pratt asks. Moretti says yeah and turns away. Pratt tells him that his boy Gates picked up Von Willdebrands in a patient and that the ICU must be doing him some good. Moretti stops but then keeps walking. Pratt shakes his head and tells him it was a pleasure talking to him. Pratt goes into the ambulance by where Chaz is cleaning out the rig. He is mad. He tells Pratt he made him look like a bitch…he doesn’t need him to fight his battles. Pratt says it wasn’t like that at all. Chaz asks if they call him faggot and whistle at him in the shower too. Pratt says all he saw was his little brother getting pushed around. Chaz said that if his big brother the doctor stands up for him, they will respect Pratt. If he stands up for himself, they will respect him. Pratt agrees. He pats his heart. “Whatever you need, man,” he says. “You got it.” He holds out his hand and Chaz shakes it which is followed by a ‘man hug’. Nice scene.

Back in the break room Javier and Chuny are still going at it in Spanish. Dawn comes in to tell Morris his asthmatic in two is having trouble. She thinks he may need a chest tube. There is a crash as Morris jumps off his table. Dawn hurries back into the treatment room and is followed by Morris – with a green facial mask and some kind of goop in his hair making it stand up all over. He is dealing with the asthmatic when Reggie wakes up, screams in terror and starts swallowing green M&Ms like there is no tomorrow. Close up on Morris as he asks what is wrong.

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND-County General is turned into a beauty parlor for the day when a gracious former patient decides to provide free beauty treatments. Abby (Maura Tierney) is distraught when baby Joe is brought in after taking a serious fall off the jungle gym. Dr. Gates (John Stamos) makes a baseball dream come true for a young boy with a terminal illness. Meanwhile, Dr. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) is trying to stick up for his brother but finds he is just making matters worse. Scott Grimes, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini also star.

TV Guide Review

October 18, 2007: Gravity:

Staff members receive makeovers when a former patient returns doling out beauty treatments. Elsewhere, baby Joe is admitted to County after a serious spill at the playground; and Pratt realizes his efforts to defend his brother are not helping.