Power

Romano observes the emergency room by following Greene around all day. Romano makes sexist comments about a few female staff members, including Corday and Hathaway, to Greene. Lucy begins a second emergency room rotation under Carter's tutelage. An elderly patient, Dottie Armstrong (ANNE BELLAMY), is brought to the hospital by her neighbor, Gladys (JEAN SINCERE), against the wishes of Dottie's husband, Army Armstrong (FORD RAINEY). Army insists his wife suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Lucy examines Dottie and treats a bedsore. Against Carter's advice, Lucy orders a psychiatric consult for Army because he exhibits symptoms of depression. The psychiatrist agrees and notes Army's suicidal tendencies. Lucy reexamines Dottie's wound and realizes it is actually a bullet hole. Gladys inadvertently stopped Army from murdering his confused wife and then killing himself.

Carter tells Roxanne he doesn't want to have a relationship with her anymore after she tries to sell insurance to Phyllis Farr (HOLLAND TAYLOR - "The Truman Show"), a patient who markets synthetic pheromones. Hathaway finally decides to send Ross a letter informing him about her pregnancy, but she does not want him to return to Chicago just because of the baby. A terrible storm causes a power outage. The facsimile machine ceases to function as Hathaway tries to send her letter to Ross. Auxiliary generators power up the critical equipment. After awhile, the backup generators fail, and the staff works frantically to keep patients alive. A 20-year-old comatose female patient from another floor is beaten, sexually assaulted and left at the emergency room. Corday saw a man dressed as a technician deposit the woman. Later, Corday identifies the dead body of the same man--he hanged himself. After the power returns, Greene takes Corday to a video arcade.

Series star LAURA INNES makes her directorial debut.