Carter is allowed to handle trauma patients again, within reasons. Right after he saves a serious gunshot wound, a young girl enters to murder the victim, leaving Carter, alone in the room at the time, shaken and in shock. Benton doesn't want to accept the day by day position without benefits or stature Romano offers, but being unable to both find a job elsewhere and remain Reese's father, must accept. On a date, Luka and Abby are attacked by a mugger whom he unintentionally kills in the scuffle. Luka encourages Carter to leave early, and he commiserates with a kind Gamma over how he and not the hospital is responsible for his issues.
—KGF Vissers