Veronica cares for an anorexic patient who is almost as good at denial as she is. When Sands and the Flanagan clan confront Veronica after a St. Patrick's Day binge, she considers seeing a therapist. After working with him to save a heart attack patient, Chloe softens slightly toward the arrogant Dr. Briggs when she learns why he became a doctor. Meanwhile, Sonia, still privately mourning the passing of her home-care patient, is surprised to run into her ex-boyfriend at a St. Patrick's Day fair.
Season 1 Episode 17 of Mercy resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The lives of the staff at Mercy Hospital are seen through the eyes of those who know it best - its nurses. Nurse Veronica Callahan returns to Mercy from a military tour in Iraq - and she knows more about medicine than all of the residents combined. Together with fellow nurses Sonia Jimenez and Chloe Payne, Callahan navigates through the daily traumas and social landmines of life and love both inside the hospital and out in the real world.