Writer:	Lydia Woodward, Lisa Zwerling
Director:	Paul McCrane
Star:	Linda Cardellini (Nurse Sam Taggart),  Laura Innes (Dr. Kerry Weaver),  Maura Tierney (Dr. Abby Lockhart),  Mekhi Phifer (Dr. Greg Pratt),  Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter),  Parminder Nagra (Dr. Neela Rasgotra),  Shane West (Dr. Ray Barnett),  Goran Visnjic (Dr. Luka Kovac),  Sherry Stringfield (Dr. Susan Lewis)
Recurring Role:	Emily Wagner (Pickman),  Montae Russell (Zadro),  Yvette Freeman (Haleh),  Troy Evans (Frank),  Laura Cerón (Chuny),  Abraham Benrubi (Jerry),  Lynn A. Henderson (Olbes),  Louie Liberti (Paramedic Bardelli),  China Jesusita Shavers (Olivia Evans),  Scott Grimes (Dr. Archie Morris),  Sam Anderson (Dr. Jack Kayson),  Red Buttons (Mr. Rubadoux),  John Aylward (Dr. Donald Anspaugh),  Leland Orser (Dr. Dubenko),  Eion Bailey (Jake Scanlon),  Donal Logue (Chuck Martin)
Guest Star:	Katie Mitchell (Shelley),  Brynn Horrocks (Mary Casey),  Monique Edwards (Callie),  Jeremy Ray Valdez (Roberto Rosales),  Alex Black (Dirk),  Wes Robinson (Grant),  Chris J. Nelson (Trent),  Teryn McKewin (Marcy),  Stephanie Manglaras (Claudia),  Lonnie Hughes (Cary),  Cherie Franklin (Cashier),  Herman Chaves (Carlos),  Louise Fletcher (Roberta "Birdie" Chadwick),  Pat Carroll (Rebecca Chadwick)

Previous title: "Call Me Ruby" (edit) Red Buttons was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Jules "Ruby" Rubadoux. (edit) In this episode, Red Buttons reprises the role of Jules "Ruby" Rubadoux that he played in four Season 2 episodes. (edit)

Jake: Knowing you as well as I do, I'm gonna guess you really hate it when people do this.
Abby: Ah, with the come from behind and put your hands over the eyes thing?
Jake: M-hm.
Abby: Yeah, words can not express exactly how much I hate it.
Jake: Pretty cool that I knew that, don't you think? (edit) Mr.Rubadoux: Something wrong with my kidneys?
Abby: No. I don't know. I don't know yet.
Mr.Rubadoux: Yeah, well. Uh, why don't you come back when you're less confused. (edit) Kovac: John! What happened on the Morris meeting?
Carter: I don't know. I left.
Kovac: Kerry's leaning towards him.
Carter: Yeah, well, OK.
Kovac: Well, OK?
Carter: We've had worse.
Kovac: No, I don't think so. (edit) Carter: I need to know everything about your patients. I need to know the status of every single one of them. I need to know how they are, where they are, where they're going, why they're going... You're still an intern, Ray. I'm the attending. I'm responsible.
Ray: I'm sorry. (edit) Carter: When I was a student on my surgical rotation, Rubadoux's wife was very sick. She was part of this research study. When her results, uh... when she was no longer useful, there was a lot of pressure to get her out. So I did. I dumped her into a nursing home.
Abby: Did she belong in one?
Carter: We all figured she'd end up back in the hospital. Which would be on the medical's shoulders, not ours.
Abby: So...? Surgery dumps another patient on medicine. Happens every day.
Carter: I told Rubadoux that she was gonna get better. Told him that her situation was gonna improve, told him what he wanted to hear... Know when you're a student, you're so desperate for approval. You want everybody to like you, you want your patients to like you, you want their families to like you. Gotta be efficient too though, you gotta impress your superiors.
Abby: Yeah, you don't have to tell me. I'm still on the bottom rung of the ladder.
Carter: I mean, when the Chief of Medicine tells you to get rid of her, you get rid of her.
Abby: Yeah.
Carter: And then she came back three days later, and she died, and... Rubadoux was so surprised. Ultimately it was the attending's fault. It wasn't my responsibility. (edit)

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