The residents become very excited when a televised car chase comes to a dramatic end with the car crashing in the hospital parking lot. Excited to be in the middle of the action, Elliot (Sarah Chalke) gets to treat Officer Berson, one of the cops who was admitted with chest pains and Turk (Donald Faison) treats the driver of the car.

Meanwhile, Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) is due to receive an award from the hospital board. He asks Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) to present the award to him and give a wonderful speech about his accomplishments, but Cox declines. Later, Jordan (Christa Miller) shows up at the hospital. She and Cox have one of their usual rendezvous, this time in an (almost) empty patient room. Carla later tells Cox that although he won't admit it, he still has feelings for Jordan, and that he even probably watches her while she sleeps. Cox strongly denies having anything but a strong sexual urge for Jordan.

As the day turns into evening, the interns are left in charge because most of the staff is attending Kelso's awards banquet. Then, the pagers of all three doctors go off. They freeze for a moment until Carla (Judy Reyes) convinces them that they can handle whatever comes their way. The weirdest cases seem to get admitted that night, but everyone handles their load well. However, the condition of the previously admitted Officer Berson changes slightly. All of the interns decide that they will wait a few hours to see if he improves. He doesn't. Surgery repairs his condition and he's back on his way to recovery.

Cox is supposed to be at the banquet, but he is instead at his house, watching Jordan sleep. When she wakes up he goes to get her a cup of water, from the fountain at the hospital. While there, he confers with Carla about his feelings for Jordan. Upon returning to Jordan, he finally admits that he still likes her. In her usual way, she shoots him down cold, saying that unless he's changed, getting back together would destroy them both.

Jordan manages to get Cox to the banquet, where he delivers a rather mean, biting opening line. The audience thinks he's joking, so they play along, not realizing that Cox is serious. Jordan, hoping that Cox would for once do something contrary to his usually mean nature, leaves disappointed, convinced that they he hasn't really changed.