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4. Control

When a patient from a distant town journeys to SAM for surgery, Scott commits to helping her against all odds. Jordan and Cain help a wounded veteran come to terms with a diagnosis he doesn't believe he has. Meanwhile, Drew struggles with the exhaustion of being a working parent and finds support from an unusual patient. After a long night, Kenny learns life is too short to worry about trivial matters. TC joins a daring rescue mission in Syria.

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Scott attempts to treat a young patient with a large facial tumor, but the patient's grandfather – a devout Jehovah's Witness – refuses to allow her to have surgery. She cuts herself to force the surgery, but in the OR things get complicated quickly, and only Scott's persistence saves her. Drew struggles with the demands of being a new parent while also dealing with a patient who provided false information. He turns out to be an actor working for a customer's service evaluation company, but he later helps Drew reconnect with his mother. Meanwhile, TC joins a rescue mission in Syria, with one soldier missing as a result of the information given by the mother of his previous patient; Jordan and Cain try to help a wounded veteran come to terms with posttraumatic stress disorder with Mac's help.

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