11. Hold On — Episode — The Night Shift

11. Hold On

And Drew race to the scene of a building collapse during a rodeo. The badly injured and outspoken cowboy Shane begins to exhibit strange symptoms while his girlfriend Lindsay Mayes struggles to make sense of it all. Paul confronts Krista about a patient who appears to be suffering from an appendectomy that Krista had performed weeks earlier. Meanwhile, Kenny joins Gwen for a ride-along and the two find themselves at the scene of a serious car accident in which Scott has hit a teenager. Back at the hospital, Scott insists on performing the delicate surgery but with the police circling, Jordan and Topher can only hold them off for so long.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

One of the hospital's own, Scott, is involved in a serious multiple car accident. Scott then springs into action back at the hospital and gets ready to perform surgery to save one of his victims, but the young man's father is angry at him and holds him back from doing it. The father finally relents and lets Scott operate, but Scott has to pass a tox screen first. TC and Jordan treat a patient ( Timothy Busfield ) that has mysterious mental issues, while trying to coax helpful information from his wife ( Melissa Gilbert ). Paul and Krista treat a teenage girl who took a dangerous amount of growth hormones to perform better at volleyball. Later on, Scott's surgery saves his patient's life, but he later finds out the victim is paralyzed. Kenny and Gwen work in the field and grow closer.

Sources and content license

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