WILL ABBY GET DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD IN FAMILY TUG-OF-WAR? OSCAR WINNER SALLY FIELD RETURNS TO GUEST-STAR

Abby (Maura Tierney) is heartbroken when her troubled mother (Oscar-winning guest star Sally Field, "Norma Rae") interferes with the treatment of her bi-polar brother (guest star Thomas Everett Scott, "Philly") at a psychiatric hospital while Dr. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) treats a frightened young girl (as Morgan, guest star TBA) who is injured in an auto accident and tries to hides a terrible secret. Elsewhere: a dissolute Dr. Kovac (Goran Visnjic) forms an unlikely bond with a lonely elderly woman (as Matilda, guest star TBA) who offers him a tidy "tip"; Dr. Chen (Ming-Na) is flooded with teary memories when a baby is abandoned inside the E.R.; and Pratt takes matters into his own hands when his luckless brother Leon (guest star Marcello Thedford) is fired from his menial job. Noah Wyle, Alex Kingston, Sherry Stringfield and Sharif Atkins also star.