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In Short: Dr. Geiger takes part in a concert with his wife and her fellow patients. Aaron and Camille face new anxieties, and a patient admitted for one small problem ends up facing numerous ailments he never had before.
Guest Starring: Thomas Gibson (as Dr. Daniel Nyland), Robin Lively (as Maggie Atkisson), Diane Venora (as Dr. Geri Infante), Kim Griest (as Laurie Geiger), Stephen Elliott (as Judge Harold Aldrich), Jeremy Piven (as Godfrey Nabbott), Lauren Tom (as Dr. Yao), Sarah Trigger (as Melissa Cole), and Brent Hinkley (as Elliot)
Story: David E. Kelley
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Directed By: Michael Dinner
TOP Summary:Godfrey Nabbott walks into the emergency room with an erect penis. In great pain, he admits that he inhaled amyl nitrite. Dr. Daniel Nyland and Nurse Maggie Atkisson use a syringe to unclog the blood in his penis and prevent impotence. As they proceed, Nabbott suffers an asthma attack and suddenly lapses into cardiac arrest. Doctors work quickly and revive their patient.
Dr. Jeffrey Geiger informs Nabbott he will need a defibrillator implant if he wishes to live. Nabbott explains to his new girlfriend, Melissa, that he wanted their first sexual encounter to be memorable, so he inhaled the chemical to maintain arousal. Melissa expresses her disappointment: She thought he was different from other men she had dated and interested in other things besides sexual performance. Dr. Aaron Shutt notices swelling in Nabbott's ankle after the defibrillator is implanted. An incredulous Nabbott is informed he has a blood clot that must be surgically removed. After surgery, Nabbott, wearing circulatory stockings, slips and falls. He is rushed into surgery, but when the procedure is finished Nabbott winds up comatose. Dr. Phillip Watters, terrified that the mishaps will trigger another lawsuit, angrily lectures the doctors about their performance. Melissa talks to the unconscious Nabbott, encouraging him to wake up. When Nabbott regains consciousness, Watters orders that Nabbott be immediately discharged from the hospital before any other disasters can occur. Equally concerned about disasters leading to litigation is attorney Alan Birch, who tells Dr. Geri Infante she cannot use computer imaging to show patients what they will look like after cosmetic surgery. He insists it paves the way for lawsuits if the surgery does not turn out exactly as promised. Outside the hospital, the Shutts rekindle their relationship. But during on their first date since the reconciliation, Shutt experiences sexual impotency. Later, Camille becomes intrigued by Infante's computer morphing program, and asks to see how she would look with a bigger chin and ample breasts. The computer produces a striking image of a much younger, well-endowed Camille. Shutt realizes Camille is blaming herself for his temporary impotency. He assures her that his condition is perfectly natural — and that he put too much pressure on himself to perform. Regarding performances of a different kind, Geiger visits his wife, Laurie, after promising to appear in the Christmas show at the mental institution where she is a patient. During a rehearsal, Laurie suddenly goes berserk and must be sedated. But the night of the show, Laurie listens tearfully as her husband sings her favorite song.
TOP Facts:The songs: "What becomes of the broken-hearted" (when Jeffrey puts the pacemaker in Godfrey)
"Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" by Gary Chapman (when Phillip is operating on Godfrey's leg)
"Mr. Sandman bring me a dream" by The Chordettes (Godfrey's girlfriend is playing this song to him when he is in the coma)
There is also a version from this song sung by The Flirtations in the movie Philadelphia
"G.I. Loan" by George Jeffrey (when Aaron operates on Godfrey)
Jeffrey sings (all songs can be found on his CD "Mandy Patinkin") Coffee in a cupboard cup (from the musical: 70, Girls 70)
Casey Medley: And the band played on (by Palmer and Ward), Marie (by Randy Newman) and Jingle Bells (he sings this christmas song in the beginning trying to convince Laurie to use this song in the show).
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