Into That Good Night

Dr. Mark Greene (ANTHONY EDWARDS) tries to find a heart donor for Sam Gasner (ALAN ROSENBERG - "L.A. Law," "Civil Wars"), a good-natured family man whose heart will not survive until morning. Gasner dies with his wife and daughter near his bedside, causing Dr. Greene to think of his own family. Dr. Greene must decide whether to leave Chicago, Illinois, and follow his wife, Jennifer (CHRISTINE HARNOS), to her new job, clerking for a federal judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dr. Douglas Ross (GEORGE CLOONEY) counsels an asthmatic girl's mother, who cannot afford the necessary medication. He also treats a pregnant woman who was in a car accident and went into premature labor. Later, Dr. Peter Benton (ERIQ LA SALLE) operates on the female gang member who caused the accident.

Benton again meets his former patient, liquor store owner Ivan Gregor (JOHN LA MOTTA), who has now shot his own toe off. John Carter (NOAH WYLE) suspects he got herpes from Liz (recurring regular LIZ VASSEY). Dr. Susan Lewis (SHERRY STRINGFIELD) tends to a college fraternity brother, who drank himself into unconsciousness, and contends with many poorly timed calls from her mother, frantic to have Susan help Susan's sister get a job.