Peter Benton learns that there may be a price to pay for betraying Doug Ross when some surgeons refuse to work with him. He also has to deal with a patient he releases without examining her and she returns with a burst appendix. He decides to go public with his complaints about Dr. Vucelich's study. John Carter sees a rival for Harper Tracy's affections when her old college classmate Dale Edson starts a surgical internship at County General, but it's his own ambition that gets him into trouble. Paramedic Shep is still showing the effects of stress after the death of his partner. Susan Lewis finds herself before a judge trying to keep her sister Chloe from getting custody of baby Susie. Doug Ross' father gives him a gift that he refuses to accept.
—garykmcd