Mark is riddled with self doubt as the hospital prepares to settle the O'Brien suit. Weaver appoints herself as Susan's personal mentor. Carol minds a bucketful of expensive worms. Doug balks at counseling a teenage boy who thinks he might be gay. Benton uncovers some disturbing information concerning Vucelich's study. Carter steals a diagnosis from Harper.

The ER hosts roughly a dozen pregnant women when a sprinkler bursts in the maternity ward. Conni is past her due date for her own baby. The ER gang try to convince her that the beet soup at Doc Magoo's will help her go into labor. Carter plays tour guide for the visiting surgical intern hopefuls before going through the interview himself. Benton tries to bring a hopeless patient back from the brink of death in a marathon surgery. Jerry tries to convince the others that basketball player Scottie Pippen visited. Doug visits his father.