Don't Ask, Don't Tell
When Lewis invites Greene on a vacation trip to Hawaii, he hopes that she wants to be romantic with him. Secretly, she does. But Greene decides not to join her, leaving her feeling foolish. Later, Greene worries about the competency of the new residents from notoriously inferior Southside Hospital. But he is pleased with Southside intern Maggie Doyle (recurring guest star JORJAN FOX), who clashes with Hathaway but works well with Ross.
New Chief of Staff Anspaugh annoys everyone with his strict efficiency standards. Because of Southside's closing, patient load will rise by 30 percent, and Anspaugh vows to punish whoever treats the fewest patients. Greene gets involved in reviving a mildly retarded adult's father and cannot find time to see any other patients. Benton transfers out of Anspaugh's cardiothoracic elective to work with a highly regarded pediatric surgeon, Dr. Abby Keaton (recurring guest star GLENNE HEADLY - "Dick Tracy," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels").
Benton tells Jeanie not to risk mixing her HIV-infected blood with the patients' and warns her to stay out of his operating room. Later, after Jeanie balks at removing a foot-long shard of glass from a man's chest, Weaver realizes the truth about Jeanie's previously hidden illness. She reassures Jeanie about Jeanie's decision to continue working at the hospital.
Among the emergency room cases is Hathaway's former teacher, who assumes that Hathaway is a doctor. Also, no one believes a drunken man who claims a kangaroo attacked him until they hear about it on the news. Carter lies about a patient's condition so he can operate on her, causing trouble.
Ironically, Ross advises a 15-year-old girl with gonorrhea not to have casual sex, then has sex with a lab technician in an examination room. Benton reprimands Gant for assisting on an appendectomy without permission. Carter reacts strangely to medication and is embarrassed in front of Anspaugh. And Carter's neighbor Betty, ignoring his earlier warning, smokes near her oxygen tank, which explodes, burning down their apartment building. His neighbor survives the blast, but Carter is left homeless.
