Plot

When a patient from a distant town journeys to SAM for surgery, Scott commits to helping her against all odds. Jordan and Cain help a wounded veteran come to terms with a diagnosis he doesn't believe he has. Meanwhile, Drew struggles with the exhaustion of being a working parent and finds support from an unusual patient. After a long night, Kenny learns life is too short to worry about trivial matters. TC joins a daring rescue mission in Syria.—NBC

T.C. and Amira redeem the dire military results for combat troops of their actions by him following a squad into battle against ISIS. Scott shows unshakable dedication to the seemingly hopeless case of a teenager who slit her own throat to bypass her guardian grandpa's Jeohovas Witnesses objection to blood transfusions so as to have a vile benign cancer removed from her face, and finds inspiration for his own career. Drew unmasks a traitorous patient but finds the sharp judge of character valuable in handling his family overcharge. .Jordan and fellow 'veteran' Cain -whose patience with Kenny's hostility finally pays off- help a Marine vet whose physical accident injury is dwarfed by an atypical PTSS, for which field recovering vet Mac Reily is recruited as mental counselor.—KGF Vissers