As they vie to deliver the first baby of the New Year, Lu's young cancer patient is arrested for being a terrorist, while Andy treats an arthritic woman who needs her hands to speak.
Present: Rene is reunited with her cousin who has spent the past 20 years passing for a white man. M.E. and Colliar bid on a construction company. Past: Rene worships her aunt who encourages her to sing in the church choir, while M.E. gets pushed aside.
"Jessica's former student (Diana Canova), creator of a highly rated television series, becomes a suspect when the network programmer (Gary Sandy) is murdered."
"Jessica's old friend, NYPD Detective Lt. O'Malley (Pat Hingle), investigates the suspicious suicide of a wealthy New York developer's wife (Eileen Barnett)."
The death of a cancer doctor hits close to home as Brenda deals with her father's condition. Meanwhile, Gabriel introduces his girlfriend to the squad.
Stillman asks Rush and Valens to reopen the 1987 case of Philadelphia high school basketball star Herman Lester, who was stabbed to death hours after leading his team to the state championship.