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"A Shift in the Night"
Original Air Date: April
4, 1996
Episode
Number: #44
Director: Lance
Gentile
Writer: Joe Sachs
Description: It's the busiest night ever in the
emergency room. Ross is out sick, and Greene must work overnight for the
fourth night in a row. With dozens of patients and only a few doctors,
Morgenstern refuses to allow the exhausted Greene to stop working. Lewis
cannot help because she must meet with her lawyer to plan the fight
against Chloe for custody of Susie. Later, Lewis terminates her
weak-willed attorney. Chloe tries to visit Susie but finds only Carter
and Greene, who tell her that the baby is fine. Greene gets upset when a
hospital official discharges a woman with symptoms of an impending
stroke because her health insurance doesn't provide for treatment of a
stroke. Then he witnesses a terrible accident and assists in the rescue.
When Greene is unable to get a mangled car door open to free a little
girl, Shep uses a powerful tool to open it. A patient, Louis Etheridge
(JOHN APICELLA), is incoherent and experiencing heart pain. Later it is
revealed that Louis' wife has been secretly putting a drug in his coffee
that causes a potentially fatal reaction when mixed with alcohol. Greene
is mystified that Louis' wife would knowingly risk her husband's life
until he finds out that Louis is an alcoholic who becomes extremely
violent when drunk. Greene reports the wife abuse, to her relief.
Carter's punishment for drinking alcohol while on duty is to be taken
off surgery and assigned night shifts. He's glad not to be suspended
from the residency program. Greene gets angry at Benton, who failed to
respond quickly to Greene's page. Finally, Greene clears out the crowded
emergency room by grabbing medical supplies and charging into the
waiting room to treat all of the remaining patients. JOSE FELIPE PADRON
and LAURA INNES guest star.
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