Way too long, but I typed this as I was watching, so you get the play by play.
[spoiler]Opening salvo:
Abby’s still waiting for her Board results. Neela’s been matched with University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor for her residency, and she’s stopped by to tie up some loose ends
before heading out. Pratt got a brand new car - Neela asked if he won it it in a
contest, but he said no, that not everyone has parents who buy things for them.
Terminal cancer patient arrives, no oncologist, wanted to die at home. Jing Mei gets in,
Pratt tries to get her to look at the car, but she says she’s busy from behind
sunglasses.
Luka’s driving (to work, maybe), sees a woman stalled by the side of the road. Traffic
honking, even though she’s pulled off to the side as she can. Woman has a kid in the
car, and keeps asking him to stay in the car. Woman is looking for jumper cables at the
back of her car - there’s a truck behind her who wants to get around. You see a black
car come around the traffic through a bunch of traffic cones (I guess this was a
construction zone too), which slams into the back of the truck, and that pins the woman
between her car and the truck - and then you see her hanging between her car and the
truck, with her legs dangling.
Opening credits…blah blah blah…
Carter gets condolences from the staff, including Frank. Kerry looks thoughtful - asks
Carter if he’s ok, we find out that Kerry has a court date today.
Switch back to Luka the good samaritan, woman can’t feel her legs. Kid is stuck in the
car - they finally get the door open.
Cancer patient puking. We finally see Jing Mei, who has a black eye. Cancer patient
declares that he’s not ready to die. Once again, we hear that Abby doesn’t have her
board scores.
Pratt sees Jing Mei’s eye - she claims she ran into a door. Neela sees Dr. Pratt, tells
him that Elgin (the blood pressure/heart problem kid from the last two weeks) is being
discharged today.
Back to Luka - jaws of life. Luka has, of course, broken all kinds of protocol out in
the field.
Pratt goes to see Elgin, who’s waiting for his mother to come pick him up. Elgin asks if
Pratt has an office somewhere, since his family doesn’t have a doctor.
Sam learns that Alex is not in school after the school calls her at work. Abby comforts
Carter.
Accident woman and kid arrive at hospital, along with the guy that hit them, who claims
that he’s not taking any drugs or alcohol, but no one believes that because he smells of
alcohol. Driver tells Pratt that he has to “back me up, brother”, and Pratt tells him
that he is suspected of DUI and that he’s not his brother.
Commercial
Much blood and gore from the woman and the kid. Woman can’t feel her legs. Corday
arrives. Internal bleeding. Woman wants to know about her son. Woman doesn’t want to go
to surgery until her husband arrives. Jing Mei’s eye is still black and everyone wants
to know but no one asks. Auto accident kid crashes. Kerry’s worried about Carter working
on him because the baby just died and sends Jing Mei in to help him. Kerry has to leave
for court.
DUI guy tests positive for opiates. Cops are waiting for him. Auto accident woman is
sent to surgery for “BKA” and some other surgery, done together.
Neela’s driving to Ann Arbor, looking thoughtful.
Auto accident kid is crashing. Three chest tubes later, Carter saves the day.
Abby has to go see cancer patient, who wants his own room. Finds out that cancer patient
was a junior high teacher for 37 years. Kerry calls to talk to Abby to find out if she’s
called about her scores. Abby’s trying to call, but auto accident victims’
husband/father arrives, so she has to take him to see the kid - mother already went to
surgery, since she swas going to die.
Sam goes home, finds out that Alex’s father kept him home from school, was smoking pot,
and has taken a job in Dearborn, managing an apartment complex.
More commercials.
Kerry and Lawyer at courthouse. Conservative judge. Kerry complains that she’s being
penalized for not having a large family - but only to the lawyer. Sandy’s family brought
Henry.
Sam pouts in her bedroom. Alex’s father comes in, we learn that he has to go to Dallas
to pick up furniture and stuff, so takes off to get it.
Cancer patient has to pee, Abby has to help. Abby learns that he taught Algebra.
Accident woman in surgery. Trouble controlling bleeding, legs being amputated. Accident
kid still coding. Carter figures out the problem and saves the day.
Pratt asks Carter about Jing Mei. They think it was her father. Pratt has to go deal
with DUI guy - we learn that it’s his third strike, so 25 to life. Kid thinks that’s too
much, asks Pratt who says he thinks it’s too low. DUI kid rips on Pratt some, tries to
make him feel guilty.
Neela stands outside her car, smoking.
Sam starts packing. Alex complains because he doesn’t want to leave. Alex calls her a
bitch.
Carter and accident husband arrive at surgical suite, as surgery is finishing up. Luka
goes to talk to husband, tells him that her legs had to be amputated.
Abby calls the association that covers boards, learns that her scores were sent to the
hospital, not her home. Frank tells her that he would have filed any mail with everyone
else’s mail. Then someone arrives looking for cancer patient, so she can’t go hunting
through the file just yet. Guy turns out to be former student of cancer patient.
Apparently “someone” called the school and told them about cancer patient (privacy
rules?)
Courtroom. Kerry talks to judge in the courtroom, against advice of her lawyer. Judge
says that they will be notified of the decision.
Commercials
Sam and Alex packing. Alex calls Luka and tells him.
Neela arrives at Ann Arbor for orientation.
Carter talks to accident dad, and tells him that surgery on the kid went well. Accident
mother wakes up, accident dad tells her about her legs. Tears all around.
Abby looking for her scores. Frank filed them under N for nurses, not L for Lockheart.
Neela’s orientation. She askes to speak to the director (?) after he tours them around
the facility
Abby passed her boards - just in time to begin her residency. Carter heading home with
the box under his arm, no idea what’s in it.
Neela tells director guy that she doesn’t really think she wants to be a doctor.
Withdraws from the residency at Ann Arbor. Has no idea what she’s going to do.
Another former student has now arrived to see cancer patient. Cancer patient asks Abby
if she’ll be his nurse tomorrow, and she says no, but she will be Dr. Lockheart.
Alex and Sam packing car. Luka arrives. Sam won’t tell him why they’re leaving. Sam
takes off. Luka stands there looking forlorn.
Jing Mei takes ibuprofen. Tells Pratt that she was just trying to give her father a
bath. Pratt tells her to ask the nurse to stay an extra couple of hours so they can go
to dinner.
DUI kid is discharged and arrested. Elgin’s mother still hasn’t gotten there to pick him
up. Pratt offers to give him a ride home.
Pratt, Jing Mei and Elgin in the car. Guy passes Pratt, tells him through open windows
to pay attention to the road. Pratt tells him to calm down, Elgin flips him off through
the window. Pratt leaves road rage guy behind by speeding, road rage guy catches up and
starts shooting. Much weaving, swerving, then more gunshots, the end.[/spoiler]
