Cara DeLizia

A stubborn Senator delays a vote--and the Senate's vacation--for over nine hours.

Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victim's life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls. One girl has cervical cancer but refuses treatment because she doesn't want her parents to know she has sex. Corday is shocked to find that her mother and Greene's father spent the night together. Greene finds out that his father has terminal lung cancer. Lucy's mother visits a recovering Carter.

The spirit of Andrea's friend begins to haunt her from an unconscious state and every time he flatlines he tries to give clues to the location of where his brother went missing. In order to find the missing brother, Melinda must convince doctors to let him flatline a few seconds longer so she can piece together his clues.

Maya hires a smart new assistant who doesn't hesitate to use her beauty as an asset at work.

Sorenson believes he can persuade a reluctant homeless man to cooperate with a homicide investigation; Russell, Medavoy and Jones search for a man who murdered and raped a fifteen-year-old girl.