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It was a bad day for Dr. Pratt on ER last night. First his woman disses him, saying that he doesn’t have a grown-up enough job (those damn Chicago women are so demanding), snits at Susan that he never had to have his work approved before (uh, other than earlier that day, with his ex-woman), and gets in the middle of a Kovac-Dubenko stethoscope measuring contest.

Then…then…he pulls rank on Social Worker Wendall and sends an obviously abused kid home to get the crap kicked out of him by a quartet of delinquent sixth graders and the child eventually dies.

“That would have been great had one of them been Sam’s kid.” - The UberHusband

Sucks to be him, but in the end he’s vindicated as he saunters into the trendy Chicago eatery where Miss “I need me a REAL MAN with a REAL JOB to keep me in REAL LEATHER HANDBAGS” is dining with her fellow ballbusters and informs her that his job is about as grown-up as it gets. Now at this point, for some reason I expected a fight or something but Pratt just closes with, “I don’t know what you’re looking for, but I hope you find it.”

What? A classy move? This isn’t the Pratt I’ve come to know and loathe.

In other news, no uncomfortable glances between Neela & Kovac, ER is coming dangerously close to sharkjump territory by discussing the unethical practice of taking pharmaceutical company money to run County General for the second episode in a row and Morris still has a job.

Hey Carter…I have two options for you. Either go back to the Congo where pharmaceutical companies are non-existent, or cough up some of that Carter Foundation cash and help Susan out. She’s making medical students inventory computers and educational equipment for crying out loud Carter, that’s a desperate cry for help!

Did I mention that Abby and Jake mack in the final scene, as soon as she declares his ER rotation complete? Sweeeeeet!

February sweeps begins with next week’s episode, where we find out Kerry is…adopted, I assume? It would have been so much better had she come out of the closet as a lesbian. Oh wait, already did that.