Pretty standard episode, I thought. All the same, a couple plot points hit pretty close to home.
As a prospective medical student, I could tell Abbie was in deep shit as soon as she started challenging the surgeon talking to that elderly patient of hers. It’s the subject of a classic, if obsolete med school interview question, ie would you call a senior physician on a mistake in front of a patient?
And for the DS9 fans, did that panhandler’s sister look familiar to you?
[spoiler]It was Kai Winn! I was thinking, “Jesus, that woman’s voice sounds familiar.” I recognized her voice from Star Trek, and looking at her I could tell it wasn’t Majel Barrett, which was my first thought, but then it hit me. How the mighty have fallen.
Clearly, the Prophets didn’t look kindly upon her heresy.[/spoiler]