Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Benton (ERIQ LA SALLE) must commit his mother (BEAH RICHARDS) to a nursing home. After fellow medical student Deb Chen (MING-NA WEN) makes a grave error in judgment, John Carter begins to look more competent. Chen decides to quit medicine.

Finally, Dr. Greene lets Dr. Susan Lewis (SHERRY STRINGFIELD) know that his wife, Jennifer (CHRISTINE HARNOS), is divorcing him. However, Lewis is too preoccupied with her own personal problems to be interested in Greene. Her sister, Chloe (KATHLEEN WILHOITE), still pregnant, with no money, is sleeping on her doorstep. Dr. Douglas Ross' (GEORGE CLOONEY) relationship with Diane Leeds (LISA ZANE) proceeds nicely.