DR. CORDAY BUTTS HEADS WITH NEW SURGICAL RESIDENT OVER DYING YOUNG WOMAN

DON CHEADLE ("OCEANS 11") GUEST STARS -- Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston) clashes with the new surgical resident (guest star Don Cheadle) over his intervention in the treatment of a sickly young woman (guest star Nora Zimmett) who signs a "Do Not Resuscitate" agreement while Abby (Maura Tierney) wonders aloud about the erratic behavior of her visiting brother (guest star Thomas Everett Scott). Elsewhere, Abby feels torn over an official nurse's complaint against Dr. Kovac (Goran Visnjic), her former lover, Dr. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) comforts Dr. Chen (Ming-Na) after she feels threatened by a patient, and Corday suspects that an unconscious, 14-year old female patient has been sexually assaulted. Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Paul McCrane and Sherry Stringfield also star.