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Multiple casualties arrive at the er due to an explosion in a high school science class. Several students and their critically injured teacher receive treatment. One student, Nathan Perez (ISAIT DE LA FUENTE), has a serious eye injury. His father (MIGUEL SANDOVAL) tries to attack Howie (PATRICK RENNA), the boy who changed the chemicals in class as a joke and caused the accident. Greene subdues Mr. Perez, but the man stops breathing. Carter and Greene work feverishly and revive the father. Malucci treats Quinn (BROOKE BLOOM), a distraught student with burns, but fails miserably at calming the girl. He asks Lucy for help and marvels at her excellent and natural communication skills. During the chaos of the many emergencies, Lawrence becomes noticeably confused and very agitated--something both Greene and Weaver witness. The cafeteria job does not work out for Meg. Hathaway examines her and tests reveal Meg's drug problem. Hathaway secures a bed in the detox unit for Meg, a position originally promised to one of Lucy's patients, Jesse (VINCENT KARTHEISER), an attractive artist with a cocaine problem. But Meg leaves without any help. Benton treats Benjamin Hearn (JEFF PETERSON), a 16-year-old with cystic fibrosis, who suffers a tear in his liver due to an accident. His father (JOHN DENNIS JOHNSTON) insists that he and his other son, Aaron (SCOTT FERGUSON), donate blood for Ben's surgery because all three men share the same blood type. But tests reveal that Aaron is HIV positive--something he's afraid to tell his father. Elaine returns to the hospital and tells Carter that she's leaving the country to recover after her upcoming breast reconstruction surgery. Later, Carter visits Elaine at home and proves he still finds her sexually desirable. Malucci asks too many questions about Weaver's leg. |
