Meanwhile, a crowd is gathering in awe that star Todd Landers is there. Dr. Watters tries to maintain the crowd when he spots a tv camera filming Wendy Walsh of Entertainment Tonight. Watters thinks that this publicity will give the hospital a lot of exposure and decides to let them stay.

Dr. Diane Grad notices Todd being wheeled behind a curtain for more privacy and attends to him. When ET interviews her, she confesses that she is a huge fan of Todd’s, watches every episode of "More Than a Miracle", and thinks Todd has a great butt. Dr. Kathryn Austin and Sr. Lisa Catera later tell ET that they too are big fans of Todd, and his butt.

In the ER, Todd snaps at Grad not to touch him and demands a doctor that attended Harvard. Dr. Roberts Yeats, the only doctor on staff that went to Harvard, explains to Todd that he needs surgery. Dr. Yeats calls orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jack McNeil , who went to Duke University. At first, Todd is angry but Dr. Yeats explains that Dr. McNeil recently won the Doctor of the Year Award. So, with Dr. Yeats’s supervision, Todd allows Dr. McNeil to perform the surgery.

After the decision is made, Todd yells for them to "give me something for the pain." Dr. McNeil and Dr. Yeats follow his orders, fearing further nerve impingement, and give Todd a shot of Demerol in the butt. Within the next minute, Todd goes into cardiac arrest. Dr. McNeil calls for a crahs cart, as more tv crews show up. Dr. Watters begins to explain the star struck crowd that Todd is in good condition, but his injury might require back surgery. As Dr. Watters is telling the crowd that Todd should be walking out of there in a couple days, Dr. McNeil is calling his time of death.

As the cameras film, Dr. McNeil and Dr. Yeats have a heated argument over Yeats failing to do a preliminary exam, and McNeil screams at the camera man "turn that thing off." As Dr. Watters finishes briefing the crowd on Todd’s quick recovery, Yeats and McNeil break the news to him. He orders an autopsy, immediately. For the autopsy, Dr. Roger Thorn is called and determines that Todd has had butt implants. He explains that when Todd fell on his butt, the left butt implant exploded and the silicone leaked into the nerve roots of his spine. When he was given the Demerol shot for his pain, the silicone flooded the bloodstream and traveled to the lungs, causing his cardiac arrest.

Dr. McNeil blames himself for Todd’s death, since he administered the shot of Demerol. Dr. Yeats tells McNeil that if he had asked Todd if he had any implants, McNeil would have never given him the shot. Dr. Watters sees a camera taping this confidential conversation, screams at them to turn it off and he slams the door in their face. Dr. Watters tells McNeil and Yeats not to worry, any intelligent doctor would have done the same thing. As the camera is secretly rolling from the window, Watters continues to say that because of Todd’s publicity, and the possibility of a malpractice suit, they should be more discrete if they are going to blame themselves.

Dr. Dennis Hancock immediately contacts the next patient on the transplant list, since Todd turned out to be an organ donor. Dr. Hancock explains to ET that the patient Jerry Peru has never paid for his medical bills, but you can’t deny a person an organ transplant. As Dr. Watters speaks to the public about Todd’s death, Jerry is wheeled through the ER. The cameras are filming as Watters tells them that Todd died from a ruptured gluteal implant. The crowd is in shock, and McNeil continues the apologizes by stating that he is sorry for not being able to save Todd.

Wendy from ET asks Dr. McNeil if he examined Todd’s butt carefully before adminestering the shot. McNeil is stumbled by the question, so Watters cuts in saying that if Todd had told them that he had implants, he might still be alive. A bandaged man in the crowd yells out and tells them to take responsibility for Todd’s death, instead of covering because of fear of being sued. When Watters insists that this isn’t about money, Yeats interrupts, says that this is about money and takes responsibility for Todd’s death. As the cameras are flashing, Watters states that Yeats’s position is not the official position of the hospital.

While he is removing Jerry’s liver, Dr. Hancock says that everyone deserves a second chance, but Wilkes just shakes his head at Hancock for being a fan of the tv show. Reporters blast McNeil with questions as he tries to live the hospital. Wendy asks McNeil if he will continue to deny his part in Todd’s death. McNeil replies by stating that Todd Landers was simply an actor with butt implants.

Later we learn that Todd’s wife, Tori Landers, has decided to sue McNeil and Yeats, for fifty million dollars each. During an interview with ET, Dr. Joseph Cacaci says that many of McNeil’s patients have deemed him "the atheist who killed the angel", and are asking for a different orthopedic surgeon. While ET is secretly taping McNeil and Catera quarreling, she tries to get him to realize that sometimes it’s okay to believe in miracles. McNeil is further shocked when she mentions being friendly with "Bobby". He reminds her that "Bobby" is the reason Tori Landers is suing him for fifty million dollars.

During Yeats’s interview with ET, McNEil rushes in and demands to have a talk with him. Yeats explains to McNeil that he is busy at the moment, but McNeil goes nuts and lunges for the camera. McNeil claims that Yeats has taken the easy way out of the whole incident by taking responsibility for Todd’s death. Rather telling the public that Todd died for no reason at all. When Hancock and Wilkes go to check on Jerry, they see him surrounded by a bunch of reporters. He states that Todd Landers is the reason that he has gotten a second chance in life. He’s going to make his dreams come true, to be worthy of Todd’s liver.

In another interviez with ET, Dr. Aaron Shutt tells that in an episode of "More Than a Miracle," Todd will rise from the dead. Shutt goes on to say that, when a public subliminally expects a resurrection, and that public consciously knows there will be no resurrection, you'll have an angry public at Todd's funeral.

It is now Todd’s funeral and a large crowd of people have gathered at the church to mourn. After noticing many dirty looks from people, McNeil stands to apologize, but sits right back down when the crowd starts to boo. Yeats stands and tells everyone that McNeil is trying to apologize, so the crowd is silent. Yeats then admits that he shouldn’t have taken responsibility for Todd’s death because it was nobody’s fault that Todd has died a "degrading" death. He then asks everyone to bow their heads in memory of Todd, and to be aware of the only miracle that they know – living.

After hearing the heartfelt speech from Yeats, Tori Landers drops the lawsuit. After the ceremony, Hancock and Wilkes notice Jerry talking to reporters, he then begins to sing "Amazing Grace." Reporters begin to mob Yeats with questions when he exits the church. Before he replies, he whispers something in Catera’s ear, and she nods regardingly. We then see McNeil watching from a distance, and walking off alone.

Air Date: November 18, 1998
Directed by: Ellen Herman
Written by: Bill D’Elia

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