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"Tribes"
Original Air Date: April 10,
1997
Episode
Number: #65
Director: Richard
Thorpe
Writer: Lance Gentile
Description: Two 17-year-old victims are rushed
into the emergency room after being shot during a drug deal that went
awry at a diner. One is a white diner employee, and the other is a black
patron, Kenny Law (NORRIS YOUNG), wearing gang attire. The white
employee looks more seriously injured and is quickly treated. But Kenny
is actually the more critical patient and eventually dies. At first, the
medical staff assumes Kenny is a gang member, but later they learn he
was an innocent bystander and high school basketball star. The white
employee, who survives, is a drug dealer. Kenny's brother, Chris
(recurring guest star JOE TORRY - "Sprung"), is outraged.
Because of confidentiality rules, Greene prevents Doyle from informing
Kenny's teammates that the white employee is a criminal. Later, a player
from a rival team is brought in with a gunshot wound. Meanwhile,
Hathaway convinces a rape victim to file criminal charges against the
man who drugged her with a substance that causes loss of consciousness
and amnesia. After the pregnant Carla has a car accident, she goes into
premature labor. Jeanie treats her and stops the labor with drugs.
Jeanie also discovers that Benton is the child's father. Later, Benton
peeks at Carla's ultrasound and sees his unborn son. Also, Benton joins
Dr. Hicks' general surgery team, which means that he'll be working with
Carter again. Greene doesn't detect a serious heart problem in a patient
until Carter makes the correct diagnosis. Also, Greene must care for his
young daughter, Rachel (recurring guest star YVONNE ZIMA), when his
ex-wife, Jennifer (recurring guest star CHRISTINE HARNOS), goes to
Florida to visit her own mother, who suffered a stroke.
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