A behlnd-the-scenes look at interns competing for valuable residency posts. Doc Gannon plays mother hen, and is upset when a talented young woman doctor makes a mistake on a routine case. The lady, it seems, has an intern on her mind, and that isn't good. Patricia Quinn is the woman medic and she is easy to take, mistakes and all.

Gannon gets a mysterious turndown when he asks the mother of a girl needing a kidney transplant to become her daughter's donor. He then discusses the case with the girl's father and begins to unfold tne reasons for the mother's strange attitude.

Dr. Paul Lochner faces one of the most difficult assignments of his career when he must tell his daughter Jennifer that she has a serious arterial condition that may require surgery and possibly delay her planned wedding. Co-star James Daly's daughter Tyne Daly is the guest star.