Think Warm Thoughts
Ross wants to buy Hathaway an engagement ring and set a date for the wedding, but Hathaway is happy just being engaged--without any ring to make it official. Hathaway's mother, Halyna (recurring guest star ROSE GREGORIO), is disturbed by her daughter's reinvolvement with Ross, remembering the devastating effect the relationship had on Hathaway a few years ago. Allison has vocal cord paralysis and desperately wants to regain her voice. Corday and Romano disagree on her treatment. Corday upsets Romano by asking Dr. Kotlowitz (recurring guest star DENNIS BOUTSIKARIS) from another hospital to perform a special surgical procedure on Allison. He agrees to do it for free.
After reviewing Synergix's first-month reports with Ellis, Weaver and Anspaugh discover that the cost-saving measures are effective. Ellis admits he'd like an overall management contract. His romance with Weaver continues. Meanwhile, Greene works with Dr. Swift (MICHAEL IRONSIDE - "Free Willy," "Starship Troopers"), who is a friend of Greene's and one of the attending physicians from Synergix. Greene doesn't approve of the budget-cutting medical methods Swift uses in treating the patients.
Carter inspires second-year medical student Laura Brown (guest star SARAH HUDNUT) to apply for a clerkship in the e.r. Anspaugh's 12-year-old son, Scott (recurring guest star TREVOR MORGAN), is brought to the hospital with abdominal pain. Treated for cancer ten months ago, the boy is uncooperative, but Jeanie has a calming effect on him.
An elderly rape victim checks into the e.r. The rapist's modus operandi matches another rape whose victim recently underwent treatment here. And Hathaway's clinic is a success.
