Writer:	David E. Kelley
Director:	Michael Pressman
Star:	Adam Arkin (Dr. Aaron Shutt),  Hector Elizondo (Dr. Phillip Watters),  E.G. Marshall (Dr. Arthur Thurmond),  Mandy Patinkin (Dr. Jeffrey Geiger),  Peter MacNicol (Alan Birch),  Roma Maffia (Angela Giandamenicio),  Roxanne Hart (Camille Duschene Shutt)
Recurring Role:	Margaret Colin (Dr. Karen Antonovich)
Guest Star:	Anna Berger (Mary Colitto),  Susan J. Schelling (Anesthesiologist),  Jonathon Kohl (Anesthesiologist #2),  Linda Klein (Operating Room Technician),  Kathleen Arc (Thurmond's Secretary),  John Robertson (Dr. Roberts),  Ping Wu (MRI Technician),  Joan Copeland (Mrs. Thurmond),  Brianna McConnell (Patty Quinlann),  Brittany McConnell (Marie Quinlann),  Peter Gregory (N.D. Doctor #1),  Gerald McCullouch (N.D. Technician #2),  Gail Cohen (N.D. Technician #1),  Tony Carlin (John Quinlann),  Kate Simmons (Marsha Quinlann),  Arthur Taxier (Dr. Hackett),  John Finn (Dr. Trevor Filburn),  Louis Guss (Joseph Colitto),  Carolyn Seymour (Board Member),  Shunil Bailey (N.D. Doctor #2)

Music:
The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now
Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (edit)

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Dr. Watters is identified as the "head of the department". However, it isn't specified which department. (edit) Phillip discloses that Jeffrey had a son who died when he was less than a year old, but he has never said how. (edit) Dr. Thurmond is 76 years old. (edit) Dr. Antonovich is identified as being a transplant surgeon from a Texas hospital. (edit) We learn that house counsel Alan Birch has been dubbed "The Eel" by the staff. (edit)

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