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Carter, nauseated by a patient’s stab wound, goes outside for air. He is counseled by Greene, who assures him that he feels sick because he is a doctor who has chosen to keep his feelings, and that Benton was also sick as a med student. Hathaway remains in a coma. Greene forcefully assures a patient with an ulcer that he does not have cancer.
Carter is seduced by a sexy patient. A family comes in after an alcohol-related car accident. Greene's wife has passed the bar exam and they have sex in the hospital's bathroom. Ross visits Hathaway, who is recovering from her suicide attempt. Carter saves a patient for the first time on his own after the patient goes unconscious from arrhythmia.
Hathaway has a hunch that a young patient's health problems come from his mother. Carter and Cleo try to help a sick boy and the unpopular student he fought with. Weaver leaves the ER due to the flu, while Malucci works in spite of it and Benton angles Romano's illness into some help for a young girl who was mauled by a dog.
The second patient has a compound leg fracture with no circulatory impairment, which Dr. Banfield takes herself for an orthopedic consult. The third patient was electrocuted and fell into asystole on the way in, and is declared DOA. The fourth patient has smoke inhalation, relatively minor burns and a pneumothorax, and is set up for a chest tube.
Benton orders Jeanie to write a summary of all the discharge notes for a patient that has been admitted many times over the past few years. Molly's parents (Peter Gregory and Chase Masterson) arrive, and it is revealed that they are separated. Mr. Phillips blames Mrs. Phillips for Molly's injuries.
Anne Fletcher, the author of Inside Rehab, a thorough study of the U.S. addiction treatment industry published in 2013, recalled rehabilitation centers derisively diagnosing addicts who were reluctant to go along with the program as having a case of “terminal uniqueness.” It became so ingrained that residents began to criticize themselves ...
Scott's cancer worsens, bringing him back to Jeanie's care. Morgenstern returns, but is having difficulties on the job after his heart attack. Chase is left with severe brain damage after his overdose, and Carter watches over him. Hathaway works on animal rights activists after a protest gone awry.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked it as the third in its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. [2] In 2009, it ranked the episode sixth. [ 3 ] The show's producers also consider it to be one of ER ' s best episodes, with John Wells saying he holds it up as "an example to everyone involved creatively of what the best of the show could be."