The Rampart staff is at loss to explain the dangerously erratic behavior of brilliant physician Dr. Varner (Alicia Bond). At the Squad 51 station house, John (Randolph Mantooth) comes to grief when he tries to play peacemaker between Roy (Kevin Tighe) and his wife Joanne. The emergency staff's case load ranges from rescuing some youngsters from a rapidly flooding storm drain to saving a dog from a roof. And as a "bonus", an errant driver winds up dangling from a freeway off-ramp. A pre-M*A*S*H Jamie Farr shows up in a minor role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi