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Dr. Mark Greene (ANTHONY EDWARDS) claims to have the flu and misses work, but he's really taking time off to make love to his wife, Jennifer (CHRISTINE HARNOS), while Dr. Douglas Ross (GEORGE CLOONEY) reluctantly substitutes for him as chief resident. In the process, he realizes how difficult Greene's job really is. Ross treats a boy with a blocked breathing passage and argues with Dr. Peter Benton (ERIQ LA SALLE). Benton is particularly headstrong and stubborn these days because not only did he lose the Starzl Fellowship to Langworthy (TYRA FERRELL), but his family situation is upsetting him. The reappearance of his brother, Walter (VING RHAMES), and his mother, Mae (BEAH RICHARDS), make him realize that his family has problems. Third-year medical student John Carter (NOAH WYLE) helps Benton with a diagnosis for a young high school wrestler (KEVIN CONNOLLY) who has starved himself to stay in his weight class. Meanwhile, Dr. Susan Lewis (SHERRY STRINGFIELD) tries to find out why her lover Dr. Cvetic (JOHN TERRY) is so bad-tempered lately. Nurse Carol Hathaway (JULIANNA MARGULIES) helps a young rape victim (BRIGID WALSH) who is afraid to cooperate fully with the police, especially when she must submit to humiliating procedures to collect evidence. Carter becomes infatuated with Lewis. |
