Carter get his back hurt again, dragged to yoga by Susan, but consistently refuses painkillers given his addiction, so relies on acupuncture. Teen Rick plans to have his failed self-circumcision completed, unless someone dares tell him his lover pretended to abhor uncut dick as a dumping excuse. A fireman got injured due to the uncontrollable woman he rescued. Carter and Lewis race to stop a possible outbreak after two college students who attended a college party test positive for meningococcemia, actually infected by a girl misdiagnosed with mere influenza. Luka hired his clueless, homeless waitress Nicole and let her move in but she does a terrible job as novice orderly, even Carter loses his patience. A specialist shadows Corday -already overburdened by the baby and unreliable rebel Rachel- everywhere to find the root of the infection that has killed four of her elderly patients, this failing the authorities consider a penal procedure. Benton squares off with 'rival (step)father' Roger McGrath over his expanded and irritating role in Reese's life.
—KGF Vissers