Carter isn't amused by Abby prodding him to accept grandma Millicent's efforts to draw him into the family philanthropy actively, even after he confides his grandpa made their fortune as profiteer. Chicago Alderman John Bright checks in as patient, so Roano insists to give the influential politician the VIP treatment he claims not to want, but Kerry finds him infected with syphilis and unwilling to risk his test result getting known. Carter is impressed by ailing Dr. James McNulty's free clinic, but the latter refuses to accept a generous 'feel good' donation for better equipment. An insecure junkie, whose mother won't even see him, dares not step up when she dies to take custody of his doting kid brothers, but staff talks him over, especially Pratt, whose own half-wit brother is arrested with criminal friends and jailed.
—KGF Vissers