"Sex is better than BBQ potato chips and orange soda." — Damian Spinelli, Night Shift
With his escapades with Jolene in last week's episode weighing so heavily on his mind, Spinelli questioned whether or not he's becoming a sex addict after overhearing Dr. Archer talking to Dr. Kelly about her obsessive condition. The real theme of the week, however, was love. The things we will do – or are not willing to do – in the name of it, the fear of losing your heart to it, and how desperately it hurts when your heart is broken were what wrapped this week's episode into a neat little tear-inducing package.
The episode opened with Andy trying to talk Kelly into going to a 12-step program for her sexual addiction. Though she admitted it has caused her problems, especially at work, she was too embarrassed to seek help, as is the case with most addiction. What's been interesting about these two over the course of the season is how their mutual addictions have bound them, each trying to help the other. Later in the episode when Andy was dosing himself with anesthetic again and student nurse Jolene raised the IV flow to a lethal amount, it was Kelly who saved him and tried to convince him his addiction could cost him his life.
Jolene was acting under the order of MedCam's attorney Mr. Lowell, who wanted another accident to help further along the HMOs attempts at taking over General Hospital. When he discovered which doctor she had chosen to target though, he was less than pleased. It was not an accidental death he was looking for, but a negligent one. He did have something to be happy about, though it wasn't because of anything Jolene did.
Lainey began the episode at her father's bedside. Still on life support, he was only alive because of the machines that were breathing for him. After Dr. Ford informed her they would have to move him to County because his insurance ran out, Cody also stopped by. Lainey confided in her one time patient and now friend that she knew her father wouldn't want to continue to live like this, but she didn't have the strength to let him go. Later, when Lainey left his room to go for a walk, Cody slipped back in. He told Mr. Winters he knew it was what he would want, saluted him one more time, and turned the respirators off. Lainey passed him in the hall as she came back, knew immediately what he had done, and rushed to her father's side, stopping any efforts to resuscitate.
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