"And the Hand played on"
The doctors await
the arrival
of Dr. Catera
the new neurosurgeon

Dr. Lisa Catera makes her entry
Kate and Danny get trapped in the elevator
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In Short: Dr. Shutt may have brain damage after his aneurism, so a new neurosurgeon (Dr. Lisa Catera) is brought into the hospital. Dr. Austin gets trapped on an elevator with a sexy electrician.
Guest Starring: Eric Mabius (as Zeb Moser), Paige Moses (as Ruby Madigan), Jason Beghe (as Danny Blaines), Newell Alexander (as the Repairman), Samaria Graham (as Nancy Duncan), Bob Bancroft (as Dr. Cacaci), and Shaun Baker (as Tom Duncan)

Story: Tim Kring, Dawn Prestwich, and Nicole Yorkin
Teleplay:
Directed By: James C. Hart

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First appearance of Stacy Edwards as Dr. Lisa Catera.

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(The staff is grumbling that Catera is late when they all came to meet her.)
JACK: I dont remember any kind of reception when I first got here.
DIANE: Yeah, me either. I was lucky to get a parking space.
KATE: I think someone bought me a doughnut.

(Aaron tries to use the elevator)
JANITOR GUY: Nope.
AARON: Excuse me?
JANITOR: Out.
AARON: What?
JANITOR: Out.
AARON: What is this, haiku? What language are we speaking?

AARON: Everybody's walking around like I'm still a surgeon. I'm not. I probably never will be again.
PHILLIP: Its not like you to give up so easily.
AARON: It's exactly like me. Because if I can't be the best I don't want to be in the ballgame. I don't want to be the 3rd base coach. It's not the same. Look, Phillip, whether you intended to or not, the reality is you hired someone to replace me. Is she nice? She's swell. Is she good? She's one of the best. Do I like it? No, I don't. And don't ask me to.

Phillip: "She needs someone to show her around."
Aaron: "And that can't be you?"
Phillip: "I'm not a neurosurgeon."
Aaron: "What a coincidence, neither am I."
Phillip: "You still cashing a cheque."

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(Kate and Danny get trapped on the elevator)
KATE: So, what are we doing, are we just standing here?
DANNY: That appears to be the case.
KATE: Well, you're some kind of fixer guy, can't you fix this elevator?
DANNY: Fixer guy?
KATE: Yeah, you're a janitor or whatever, you've got your name on your shirt--I can't read it for obvious reasons.
DANNY: All this unctuous flattery is making me uncomfortable.
KATE: Excuse me, unctuous? Did you say unctuous?

KATE: Do you have any good news?
DANNY: I've never been to prison.

(Kate is complaining about her bad luck when she suddenly becomes concerned.)
KATE: How long before the air runs out?
DANNY: I was just about to ask you the same thing.

DANNY: Do you have a name?
KATE: Yeah, Kate Austin, Chief of Surgery!
DANNY: Well listen, Chief, this is a problem, OK? A problem has a solution. But sometimes the best way to find that solution is to be still, be quiet, so it can make itself known to you.
KATE: What the hell kind of electrician are you, anyway?
DANNY: Someone who's had therapy for his trapped aggression.
KATE: Oh, that's all I need. Stuck in a box with a ratchet-wielding Freudian smartass.
DANNY: Jungian smartass, actually.
(Corrected by Janeen--thank you!!)

KATE: Is there any way you could climb up to the next floor?
DANNY: Yeah, I could, but as it happens I left my Batgear at home.

KATE: I tried for a long time to fit in here, but this...thing kept happening.
DANNY: Glass ceiling?
KATE: Sort of. No, actually, they let you break through the glass ceiling here, they just don't care if you're bleeding.

KATE: Is there anything you like about being an electrician?
DANNY: I like everything about it. Most people are afraid to change a lightbulb. Current is the stuff of life, and I speak that special secret language. That probably sounds really stupid.
KATE: No, actually it sounds really nice. I had an uncle who worked for the power company. He would drive me around at night through the city and I remember how bright and shiny everything was, like all these stars had fallen and just settled there. And he used to point at the lights and say "Kate, never forget, there are men behind that magic."
DANNY: And women, too. (He leans over and kisses her) I hope that didn't scare you.
KATE: Um, it scared me a lot. (she kisses him)

(Kate missed her flight to Orlando for an interview)
DANNY: Maybe its a sign that you shouldn't leave. Come on, Orlando, can you actually live in a place like that? It's humid, there's alligators, mosquitos, Mickey Mouse...
KATE: Well whats in Chicago?
DANNY: Electricity.
(She starts to kiss him again when the elevator starts working. Kate goes off with Phillip as if nothing had happened between her and Danny)

(Later, they meet in the parking lot)
KATE: Listen, Danny, I have to say...
DANNY: No you don't. I understand.
KATE: No, no listen. It's not that you aren't great, because you obviously are great. And it's not the age thing. It's just...OK, I have a certain status at this hospital.
DANNY: Well so do I.
KATE: (laughs) Yeah.
DANNY: Go be with your daughter.
KATE: Yeah. (She starts to walk away, then) Oh the hell with it. (and she runs after him and kisses him)

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