Theo Breaux

When Dr. Alicia Seberg, a government research scientist (guest star Amy Price-Francis), is exposed to a deadly toxin while at work and has only hours to live, she calls Patrick Jane and the CBI to find her murderer.

Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden) puts her four new first year residents to work immediately on their first day at Angels Memorial Hospital, in the busiest, most notorious hospital ER in the nation.

Christa must put aside her personal feelings for Grace and work with her to treat Brody, , a patient who claims to have been abused at a camp for troubled teens. Also, Grace is surprised when Campbell asks her out.

After Christa saves a woman’s life, she pleads with Neal to perform a surgery that will ensure the patient’s reproductive future. Also, Mario gets into a fight with a patient after he delivers a diagnosis that could imperil the man’s hockey career.

Willis, Leanne and Jesse put their lives on the line to operate on an officer with an explosive bullet in her leg; Mario, Noa and Guthrie tend to a magician with breathing trouble.

Leanne is rattled at the thought of losing Jesse as he fights for his life after suffering a massive heart attack. Also, Mario asks the residents to cover for him when he searches the city for a patient’s son, disobeying Neal’s direct order not to leave the hospital.