The Emergency

Gimme a Break!: Season 1: Episode 12

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Gimme A Break: Season 1
The Emergency

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NBC | Air Date: February 4, 1982
Starring: Nell Carter, John Hoyt, Lara Jill Miller, Lauri Hendler, Howard Morton, Kari Michaelson, Dolph Sweet
Summary: Katie comes home with pain in her stomache and Nell rushes her to the emergency room. Once there, she meets a pushy receptionist and seeks a doctor on her own time to help Katie. The doctor tells Nell that Katie was using an IUD (Inter-Uterinary Device) as a form of birth control and will be okay. She is shocked to hear the news and so isKatie comes home with pain in her stomache and Nell rushes her to the emergency room. Once there, she meets a pushy receptionist and seeks a doctor on her own time to help Katie. The doctor tells Nell that Katie was using an IUD (Inter-Uterinary Device) as a form of birth control and will be okay. She is shocked to hear the news and so is the chief. The Chief leaves the hospital disgusted, but returns and goes to see Katie. He tells her what would her mother think about her doing that sort of thing if she was still alive? Katie tells him that she and her mother talked a lot about it before she died and she knew Katie had been using IUD'S. The Chief understands that he cannot protect Katie from IUD's and other sorts of sexual related issues, but tells her he will always love her.… Expand
Creator: Sy Rosen and Mort Lachman
Genre(s): Comedy

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