Anthony Brennan

Stuck repeating the same pattern of mistakes again and again, Andrew Egan reluctantly accepts a teaching job to support his floundering, stand-up comedy career. As an increasingly anxious Andrew grows accustomed to the droll institution and its occupants he suspects that one of the students may be his downfall and that the previous teacher may not have left of his own accord. His life slowly unraveling, Andrew's lessons fall on deaf ears and he soon becomes part of a larger cosmic joke.

À Chicago, l'hôpital Cook County dispose d'un service des urgences dans lequel œuvre une équipe de médecins dévoués et courageux, sous la houlette du docteur Mark Greene. Leur quotidien est ponctué de drames et de victoires, mais aussi de difficultés personnelles, professionnelles ou sentimentales.