Roy eats oysters with Berry and discusses how he is coping. Roy is a bit confused about everything, especially now that he's got a girl (Molly) on the side.
His next rotation is the Emergency Ward or EW. He's nervous about it and wonders if he can handle it. In the EW, he meets up again with Gilheeny and Quick, the two policemen that hang out in the emergency ward. He also meets two surgeons, Gath and Elihu, as well as Sylvia and Dini, the nurses. It's the middle of the autumn, just past the Jewish Holy days.
He gets a tour of the EW and learns about Abe, the guy who lives in the waiting room. He learns that the rules of the EW are to Buff and Turf like crazy—something.....
