Dr. Greene treats a stripper whose body metal may have saved her life from a bullet to the chest, but the mystery lies in two FBI agents who linger suspiciously in the hospital. Seriously injured teens in tuxes and prom dresses are admitted after a life-threatening car crash and Dr. Carter becomes horrified when he later learns that some of their parents were serving alcohol to the kids before they got behind the wheel. An HIV-infected woman comes to the hospital with a fishing pole speared in her stomach, after she crashed a boat on a play day with her young son. Corday's status regarding the cardiothorasic fellowship adds further tension to her relationship with Dr. Benton. Meanwhile, a drunken homeless man wanders the hospital yelling out military phrases.