Topher is gravely wounded in a shootout with Milo. TC and Scott perform Topher's emergency surgery as TC struggles to keep his increasingly troubling Afghanistan flashbacks under control. After experiencing the hostage situation, Jordan comes to understand the immense pressure that TC has been under since leaving Afghanistan. She struggles to maintain her composure when she must treat Milo, who was responsible for the shooting. Meanwhile, an explosion at a fertilizer factory sends badly burned victims to the ER and threatens to overwhelm the shorthanded staff. Krista must step up to manage a patient who is crashing. Jordan learns a devastating secret about TC.
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Complete story — includes the ending
Continuing on from the previous episode, the hostage situation has ended, but Topher - shot in the stomach - is in critical condition. While Jordan is forced to treat the shooter, TC suffers from flashbacks of his brother's death, prompted by the shooting, and spirals into a PTSD breakdown. Meanwhile, when Topher takes a turn for the worse, Scott fights to save him, and Ragosa reveals to Landry that his vision problems are caused by a tumor behind his eye.