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"Don't
Ask, Don't Tell"
Original Air Date: October 10,
1996
Episode
Number: #51
Director: Perry
Lang
Writer: Jason Cahill
Description: When Lewis invites Greene on a
vacation trip to Hawaii, he hopes that she wants to be romantic with
him. Secretly, she does. But Greene decides not to join her, leaving her
feeling foolish. Later, Greene worries about the competency of the new
residents from notoriously inferior Southside Hospital. But he is
pleased with Southside intern Maggie Doyle (recurring guest star JORJAN
FOX), who clashes with Hathaway but works well with Ross. New Chief of
Staff Anspaugh annoys everyone with his strict efficiency standards.
Because of Southside's closing, patient load will rise by 30 percent,
and Anspaugh vows to punish whoever treats the fewest patients. Greene
gets involved in reviving a mildly retarded adult's father and cannot
find time to see any other patients. Benton transfers out of Anspaugh's
cardiothoracic elective to work with a highly regarded pediatric
surgeon, Dr. Abby Keaton (recurring guest star GLENNE HEADLY -
"Dick Tracy," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"). Benton
tells Jeanie not to risk mixing her HIV-infected blood with the
patients' and warns her to stay out of his operating room. Later, after
Jeanie balks at removing a foot-long shard of glass from a man's chest,
Weaver realizes the truth about Jeanie's previously hidden illness. She
reassures Jeanie about Jeanie's decision to continue working at the
hospital. Among the emergency room cases is Hathaway's former teacher,
who assumes that Hathaway is a doctor. Also, no one believes a drunken
man who claims a kangaroo attacked him until they hear about it on the
news. Carter lies about a patient's condition so he can operate on her,
causing trouble. Ironically, Ross advises a 15-year-old girl with
gonorrhea not to have casual sex, then has sex with a lab technician in
an examination room. Benton reprimands Gant for assisting on an
appendectomy without permission. Carter reacts strangely to medication
and is embarrassed in front of Anspaugh. And Carter's neighbor Betty,
ignoring his earlier warning, smokes near her oxygen tank, which
explodes, burning down their apartment building. His neighbor survives
the blast, but Carter is left homeless.
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