Episode Number 17

"Flashpoint"
First Aired March 12, 2001

Guest Stars: Rena Owen (as Tara the Surgeon) Rise Stefani (as OR Nurse) Rachel Wilson (as Joanne Cooper) Camryn Manheim (as Ellenor Frutt) Hedy Burress (as Money Raspberry Dupree) Andrew Sandler (as Jake Cabochon)

SHOW SYNOPSIS
In the second part to a crossover with The Practice Ellenor is diagnosed with a disease that complicates pregnancy. She appoints Jimmy as (from The Practice) her baby's guardian and makes Dr. Gideon promise that he will put the baby's life ahead of her own. Legally, this is unethical, and poses problems in the surgery to also remove her rupturing appendix.