Tim brings in three-year-old Zach Field to the hospital. Zach is slowly dying form Canavans and thanks to bureaucracy, the parents have been waiting for him to get treatment for over 1 1/2 years. Suzanne worries when Felicity's behavior shows signs of a compulsive disorder. She goes to Roger with her worries. Zach's only hope for survival is gene therapy but this is still in a trying phase and the board won't go ahead with it. Tim finds out that Roger has a friend on the gene therapy board, Dr. Megan Todd. Tim convinces Megan to give the OK for Zach to get treatment but the board votes her down. Tim the alienates Megan by calling her a coward. Roger snaps at Tim as the hospital has now lost a valuable asset in Megan. Kelly is upset after the shooting at Nick's school. She wants to move far away but Evan doesn't want to leave the practice. Kelly announces she'll take the children and go anyway. Evan promises to fight her on this. Roger confronts Felicity with having a compulsive disorde

Roger must treat his old patient Vince Duralde, who is soon to be executed for murdering his pregnant wife as he though someone else was the baby's father. But now Vince has changed drastically: he has trouble speaking, suffers from blackouts and doesn't remember killing his wife. Tests reveal he has changed due to a brain tumor and he's no longer mentally competent. Therefore he can't be executed unless the tumor is surgically removed. Martial arts star Sammo Hung comes by the practice and melts Felicity's heart. Sammo has problems performing his demanding stunts but Tim discovers he's injured his wrists after answering too much fan mail. Less typing and he'll be fine. Nick injures his leg rollerblading and needs surgery. Evan asks Sarah if she can get her renowned surgeon father, Dr. Edmund Church, to do the operation. However, Edmund's hand starts shaking during the operation and a nervous Evan commands him out of the OR. Edmund is furious. Sarah is also outraged when Evan accuses h