THESHIFTisthestoryofone12hournightshiftintheERwhereaveterannurse,whostruggleswiththehauntingguiltofhisbrother'sdrowning,isforcedtotrainanewnurse.Theveterannurse,Kayle(LeonelOliva),andthenewnurse,Amanda(CaseyFitzgerald),areatoddsthroughoutthestorybecause,whiletheybothstrugglewiththespiritualturmoilofwhatisrightandwrong,theyhavebothcometoverydifferentconclusions.Kayle,whowastrainedbyFloyd(DannyGlover),believesindoingwhateverisbestforthepatient,evenifthatmeanslettingthemrestinpeace.Amandabelievesyoushouldfightforeveryoneuntilthereisnothingleft.WhileKayleandAmandatakecareofseveralpatientsthatnight,thereisonepatient,ayounggirlnamedEmily(GenesisOchoa),whomakesthemquestiontheirbeliefs.EmilyisdyingofcancerandhascometotheERduetoanotherinfection.ThedichotomyofEmily'sbraveryandhermother'sdistresseatsattheheartsofthetwonurses...