With her house needing expensive repairs, Hathaway's work hours get reduced, and she becomes desperate. When a worm farmer comes in for treatment, she gives Hathaway some worms to start her own worm farm.

Weaver pressures Lewis to consider accepting the position of chief resident next year. Besides seeing less of Susie, Lewis would have to see more of Weaver. When Lewis finally becomes exasperated with Weaver's condescension, she yells at her. Weaver remarks that she's glad to see Lewis acting like a chief resident.

Benton is flattered that Vucelich wants to send him to Paris to present the clamp-and-run study they are working on. Meanwhile, Vucelich offers a large sum of money to anyone who can find him an aneurism for his study. Harper shows Carter an x-ray that she thinks displays one, but he says that it does not. However, Lewis tells Carter that it does, and when he shows it to Vucelich, Carter is unable to refuse the credit for finding the aneurism. Predictably, Harper is very mad when she finds out, and Carter tries to rectify the situation. Benton worries that Vucelich is unethically manipulating the data in his study by ignoring certain subjects.

Ross refers a depressed homosexual boy to the psychiatric department, but they never meet with the boy. Instead, the boy's father arrives, and the boy reverts to his macho behavior.