S1·E7 – Once Upon a Family
2002-10-30 • 44 min
Letty and Matt work together on a patient, Dean Carvell, who suffers severe heart problems due to a previous car accident. Dean's lover and son clash over his treatment, which doesn't seem successful. Finally, Dean must choose whether or not to continue being resuscitated. Meanwhile, Harriet unites a wealthy, infertile 42-year-old woman who desperately wants a child with a troubled, pregnant teenager, Ellen O'Neal, who wants to give up her baby for adoption. But problems with Ellen's father and teenage boyfriend could jeopardize the transaction. After suspecting parental abuse when she sees a boy's bruises, Jules later questions her decision to call Children's Protective Services. And each of the Presidio Med doctors passes an obnoxious chronic patient, Francis Weinod, on to the next unwitting physician.
Cast

Dana Delany
Dr. Rae Brennan

Paul Blackthorne
Dr. Matt Slingerland

David Kaufman
Norman Drum

Anna Deavere Smith
Dr. Letty Jordan

Blythe Danner
Dr. Harriet Lanning

Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Cyndy Lloyd

Julianne Nicholson
Dr. Jules Keating

Oded Fehr
Dr. Nicholas Kokoris

Sasha Alexander
Dr. Jackie Collette

Chase Masterson
Caroline Franklin

Melissa Gilbert
Grace Bennett

Richard Lewis
Francis Weinod