EPISODE

5. Get Busy Livin'

A college co-ed falls from a balcony and once she is in the ER, TC and Paul find that her situation is even more complex. Jordan bonds with a terminal patient who teaches her some important lessons about living. TC's errant sister-in-law Annie returns and hopes to make amends. Meanwhile, AnnaLynne McCord guest stars as Jessica - a pharmaceutical rep with cutting-edge equipment that Scott is so close to getting for the hospital - if her tension with TC doesn't kill the deal.

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As TC and Paul treat an injured person at a college party, a young co-ed falls from a fourth floor balcony to the pavement. Critically injured, the young woman tells her roommate as she is being wheeled into surgery that she was trying to kill herself. Scott learns that the hospital is on the short list to receive cutting-edge heart valve technology, but pharmaceutical rep Jessica Sanders ( AnnaLynne McCord ) holds the keys to their winning the program. TC angrily confronts Sanders when he learns an acne medication her company makes, and which the co-ed was taking, has "suicidal thoughts" as one of its side effects. The two later reconcile, with Jessica admitting the hospital was going to get the heart valve program anyway, and she was trying to use the situation to make a big sale. Elsewhere, Annie and Scott bond over their issues with substance abuse, while Jordan decides to finally spend the night with Sam.

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