Monday Mornings

Chelsea General is home to some of the top surgeons in the world, thanks in large part to the hospital's notorious Monday morning morbidity and mortality - or "311" - conferences. In these legendary meetings, Chief of Staff Harding Hooten (Alfred Molina) leads a harsh, closed-door review of the complications encountered and mistakes made during the course of patient care.

Sung, Hooten and Villanueva join forces to convince Trisha Miller (guest star Cozi Zuehlsdorff), a 13-year-old girl with an advanced brain stem glioma, to try surgery one last time before giving up.

Sung is forced to meet with Risk Management's Fran Horowitz (guest star Valerie Mahaffey) after refusing to apologize to the wife of a patient who died on his table.

Tina's proposal to use an unorthodox procedure to treat a young man with extreme O.C.D. divides the surgeons at the 311 conference.

Hooten's mentor, Dr. Arvin Wayne (guest star Hal Holbrook), walks into the wrong procedure on the wrong day, leading the surgeons at Chelsea General to question the cognitive abilities of one of the hospital's elder statesmen.

When paramedics rush in with a stabbing victim, Villanueva is stunned to realize that the patient is his own son, Nick (guest star Denzel Whitaker). Now it's up to Sydney and Hooten to save the young man. With Ty's help, Sung attempts to restore a concert violinist's perfect pitch by removing an astrocytoma that is pressing on the musician's brain. And Buck receives a strange request from the donor in a failed kidney transplant.

Ty and Tina receive a late night call from Afghanistan, where Corpsman Jacob Gold (guest star Reiley McClendon) desperately needs help when his fellow Marine suffers a traumatic head injury. Sydney believes a happy infant's unnatural laughter is related to an undiagnosed neurological problem. And Sung and Hooten attempt to reconcile the husband and sister of a brain-dead gay patient, only to find themselves caught in the legal crosshairs of the situation.

During Monday's 311 conference, Hooten calls Dr. Stewart Delany (guest star Ioan Gruffund) to explain how a careless mistake killed Delany's young patient. But the outcome of the conference leaves the hospital's surgeons conflicted. Sydney and Villanueva operate on Keith Harriman (guest star Lukas Behnken), a young man with extensive injuries from an apparent suicide attempt. Sydney and Buck wonder about the resources wasted on those who cannot or do not want to be saved. And Mark Ridgeway (guest star Eyal Podell) returns, determined to make Ty and Tina pay for their adultery.

Ty and Hooten believe Supreme Court hopeful Judge Beverly Nathenson's (guest star Merecedes Ruehl) facial pain is the result of a brain tumor; upon operating, the surgeons discover a diagnosis much more shocking. Michelle struggles under pressure when a difficult E.R. case proves to be more than she can handle. And Sung and Tina disagree over the course of treatment for an obsessive writer suffering from a rare form of epilepsy.

Hooten and Buck find themselves facing off in court against attorney Mitch Tompkins (guest star Anthony Heald) after a grieving son refuses to comply with his mother's final wishes. Sydney's outrage over the health of a morbidly obese 16-year-old boy further strains her relationship with Lieberman (guest star Jonathan Silverman). And a seemingly harmless patient (guest star Kenneth Mitchell) puts one of Chelsea General's own in grave danger.

Alfred Molina discusses his character Harding Hooten on Monday Mornings.

Ving Rhames discusses his character Jorge Villanueva on Monday Mornings.

Emily Swallow discusses her character Michelle Robidaux on Monday Mornings.

Jennifer Finnigan discusses her character Tina Ridgeway on Monday Mornings.

A look into what is Monday Mornings

Bill Irwin discusses his character Buck Tierney on Monday Mornings.

Keong Sim discusses his character Sung Park on Monday Mornings.

Sarayu Rao discusses her character Sydney Napur on Monday Mornings.

Jamie Bamber discusses his character Ty Wilson on Monday Mornings.

A sneak peek at the 1st 5 minutes of episode 1

Dr. Sanjay Gupta gives an in-depth look into the extraordinary lives of the doctors and the life or death situations they face on the first episode of Monday Mornings.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses Dr. Jorge Villanueva's (Ving Rhames) reputation as a celebrated trauma chief and explores Dr. Harding Hooten's (Alfred Molina) challenging dilemma featured on the second episode of Monday Mornings.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta provides a brief overview of Monday Mornings episode "Who's Sorry Now" concerning the amazing story of a patient that is, at first, thought to have a mental disorder.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the challenges Dr. Villanueva (Ving Rhames) faces when treating a patient that refuses surgery because of her religious beliefs on the third episode of Monday Mornings entitled "Forks Over Knives".

Dr. Sanjay Gupta provides an in-depth overview of the Monday Mornings episode entitled "The Legend and the Fall" where a legendary doctor accidentally walks into the wrong operating room.

In Monday Mornings episode 6 entitled, "Communion" Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the struggle Dr. Jorge Villanueva faces when the next patient that enters the hospital happens to be his own son.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta gives a brief overview of Monday Mornings episode 106 entitled "One Fine Day", concerning the story of Dr. Ty Wilson (Jamie Bamber) and Dr. Tina Ridgeway receiving a late night call from a Marine that desperately needs their help saving another Marine's life.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the challenges Dr. Jorge Villanueva (Ving Rhames) and Dr. Sydney Napur (Sarayu Rao) face when operating on a young man with extensive injuries from an apparent suicide attempt.

In Monday Mornings episode 108 entitled "Wheels Within Wheels" Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the conflict between Dr. Sung Park (Keong Sim) and Dr. Tina Ridgeway (Jennifer Finnigan) as the two doctors disagree over the course of treatment for an obsessive writer suffering from a rare form of epilepsy.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta provides an in-depth overview of Monday Mornings episode 10, entitled "Family Ties" where Dr. Jorge Villanueva (Ving Rhames) and Dr. Sydney Napur (Sarayu Rao) become outraged over the health of a morbidly obese 16-year old boy who has a heart attack.