EPISODE

2. Off the Rails

After performing a daring on-site rescue to save a teenage girl, Drew is forced to re-evaluate his priorities as a new father. Back at the hospital, the ER is flooded with mass casualty victims from an amusement park disaster. Hoping to get Paul back on staff, Jordan facilitates a rapprochement between Paul and his father. Meanwhile, Scott pursues a more active role in the hospital. Kenny tries to put Cain in his place, but Cain's deft handling of an emergency shows Kenny that he may have bit off more than he can chew.

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Following on from the last episode, Drew and Paul tend to a roller coaster accident and soon discover that one of the victims is pregnant, despite having gotten an abortion, while the other has taken cocaine. Drew bonds with the victim's mother, who is also a soldier. Meanwhile, TC continues his quest to save Syd, and Jordan tries to get along with Julian while also trying to get Paul reinstated. She finally tricks him into returning and he deals a truce with his father. After saving Syd, TC decides to stay in Syria to help. Shannon discovers that nurse Cain was a doctor in Mexico and Jordan, after being forced to fire him for overstepping his duties as a nurse, hires him as a resident doctor. Scott finds a way to keep Julian happy while returning the hospital to some kind of normalcy. Later on, Jordan receives shocking news about Topher: he and his daughter were killed in a car accident.

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