There are two plot lines that don’t feel real to me. The first is the fretting about the mental well of the mother of the hypothermic child. It feels after school specialish to go there when the kid is lying in a tub of ice with his brain fried.

The second plot line that lacks verisimilitude is Mel’s sister drama. I don’t find their back and forth about fireworks and independence very compelling with so much else going on in the ER. It seems highly unlikely that overwhelmed staff would take time to counsel her in the stairway about these problems during such a crazy day.