Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks he's brain dead.

Un adolescente gay está severamente golpeado y dejado por muerto en la calle, y Greene arriesga su vida para alcanzar el chico en medio de los disparos; Carter encuentra un nuevo lugar para vivir; Corday sugiere convertirse en la pasante de Benton; dos hermanos se pegan juntos con cemento de alfombra.

Mark Green is in New York on New Years Eve for cancer surgery. Meanwhile a father and son are involved in a car crash.

When a torrential rainstorm pounds Chicago, patients deluge the emergency room while Weaver speeds to an accident site. There, she finds a pregnant woman, Vicki lying injured inside a wrecked ambulance while live power lines spark. Fourth-year student Michael Gallant makes a dangerous decision in order to help.

Dr. Kovac's speeding causes a crash on an icy road. The ER staff treats angry elves and a female hockey player with a head injury.