Romano assigns Carter the responsibility of showing Antoine Bell (recurring guest star COREY PARKER ROBINSON), a student at a math-science magnet school, around the emergency room as part of a mentoring program. The teenager impresses Carter with his desire to learn. Romano becomes furious when he hears that Benton also applied for the emergency room trauma fellowship.

With amnesty granted, Mobalage now pursues a civil engineering license and leaves his job at the hospital. Concerned, Benton urges Jeanie to get tested to insure the hepatitis medications work. She treats Reverend Matthew Lynn (ROSCOE LEE BROWN - "The Mambo Kings") for a bruised thumb. In return, he offers some healing prayers for her. Test results reveal her liver functions well.

Evans confronts Hathaway about social services making the clinic responsible for monitoring Coco and her baby--a deal Hathaway arranged without Evans's (the clinic administrator) permission. Coco proves her ability to care for the baby.

Lucy interviews Michael McKenna (MIKE DOYLE), a law-school student who smashed his car with a baseball bat. By using her talent to make people feel comfortable around her, Lucy gets him to reveal that he hears demons. Seth Willows (VINCENT BERRY), a troubled 10-year-old foster child, kicks Hathaway. Lucy does a psychiatric consult with him and realizes he's overmedicated. Later, Hathaway experiences abdominal cramps and tells Greene she is pregnant. Greene urges her to call Ross and let him know. She obtains an ultrasound, and the baby's heart beats normally.

Corday is scheduled to give a panel presentation at a meeting of the Chicago Society of Trauma Physicians. Greene accompanies her, but they have transportation problems and don't arrive in time. Instead, they join a wedding reception and dance a tango together.