What makes the best prospective doctor? Book smarts? GPA? A-type personality? Not according to the crazy questions the faculty of Hard Rock Medical asks of medical school hopefuls.

Day one of anatomy class has everyone's undivided attention, except for Charlie's-who has pressing family business. Gina almost becomes the first victim of medical school's high attrition rates.

The students participate in a moose hunt with a Native community-complete with ritual and dispatch of the animal. Beliefs clash. Back in town Gina walks in on a robbery.

At a rural clinic Melanie confronts a miner she believes is abusing his wife. Eva's ex-lover and band mate shows up. A goat is Charlie's reward for a good deed.

During a hospice visit, Gina and Melanie argue over Melanie's reporting of a wife abuser. Charlie and Farida disagree on how to help a sick mom deal with her kids.

A prolonged labour is brought on by an ATV ride. In the maternity ward at the hospital Eva counsels a teen couple. Nancy comes face to face with her nursing past.