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Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg. Seven-months pregnant, Meg cannot afford prenatal care. Hathaway invites her to the hospital, performs free tests and helps her interview for a job in the cafeteria.

Greene deals with the fallout from his dad's car accident, the major casualty being an expensive cypress tree. Carter tries various plans to meet foxy patient Elaine Nichols. Dr. Gabriel Lawrence wrongly suspects a teen's suicide attempt is the fallout from father-son strife and clashes again with Mark over bedside manner, notably illegally attempting to turn a victim's irate father away, but both scold ambitious resident Dave Malucci's insensitivity. Ramano nor Anspaugh are amused by Elisabeth's childish assumptions about power play, even at Benton's expense. Pediatrician Finch misdiagnoses a spoiled-rotten girl's behavior before an iron overdose has the staff battling to save the little girl although they are unsuccessful. Hathaway tries to help a pregnant woman get a job at the hospital.—KGF Vissers

Cleo diagnoses food poisoning in a bratty girl, then is shocked when more severe symptoms begin to surface. Lawrence's problems become noticeable and his memory begins to slip, but Carter has other matters on his mind.