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The ER is plunged into chaos when the hospital director agrees to take on extra patients because another local ER is closed down. Among the patients is a study partner of Christina's daughter, Camille. When suspicion arises the boy may be doing drugs, Christina starts to wonder if Camille is, as well. Bobbie and Nick get into a snit with each other during work hours. Candy treats a teenage girl whose father seems to be the one needing medical attention. Ray decides to provide a reporter with a first-person exposé on the ER situation. And Isabel goes into a panic when her baby, Moses, disappears from the hospital. less

Christina leaves Bobbie in charge of the entire hospital nursing staff while she goes into budget battles with Morrissey, who gives Christina until the end of the day to lay off six nurses. The order couldn't come at a worse time for Kelly, who gets into trouble when she refutes Dr. Marshall's treatment for a stroke patient. Nor could it come at a worse time for the ER, which becomes the scene of a devastating tragedy. less