Montae Russell

Family members have frostbite after being stuck in the snow; Neela is jealous when Dr. Dubenko brings in a new surgical intern; Gates deals with the reappearance of his father (Stacy Keach).

A woman on a hunger strike refuses treatment until she has assurance that the INS will grant her son a new hearing on his deportation; Abby suspects a patient is a victim of elder abuse, but she is unable to find proof.

Luka and Abby make plans to go to Croatia after his father dies; a man (Peter Fonda) comes to the hospital after his wife's car accident and meets someone from his past; Julia holds a service to bless the ER and patients who have been lost.

Abby's overbearing mother arrives at the hospital to comfort her and Dr. Kovac as their son's life lies in peril; Sam fears she will be arrested; Tony Gates makes a risky decision with an overdosed teen; Neela gets drunk.

Gates and Neela try to revive Meg after they find her unconscious in her car; Sam thinks she knows who set fire to her home; tensions mount as Ames (Forest Whitaker) gets more desperate for revenge.

Pratt struggles to get a straight story when two abused boys come into the ER with their father; two U.S. Army officers enter the ER.