Carter and Chen disagree on whether to follow rules or to break them in the patient's interest. A precious donor heart becomes available when a patient who recently received it dies, devastating Lucy. Having tracked down Mexican junk painkillers, Dave Malucci gets bruised gathering evidence to shut down a backroom clinic. Greene realizes an 'accident prone' gay man is being abused repeatedly by his life partner but is reluctant to involve Social Services. Luka treats an injured trapeze artist brought in by the overprotective circus family, who incur an arrest. A water shortage leaves the ER doctors finding creative ways to treat patients. Corday tells serial rapist-murderer Dean Rollins he has no hold over her anymore.
—KGF Vissers