Kerry starts to doubt the methods of Synergix. Carter tries to help his cousin beat his drug addiction. Jeanie becomes Scott Anspaugh’s part-time caregiver.
Mark treats an old lady who has been brutally raped. Carter’s grandmother visits Carol’s clinic. After he’s touched by Benton, a blind man can see again!
Cynthia Hooper starts as the new desk clerk. Benton and Carla disagree over whether or not their son should be circumcised. Al gets in an accident at work.
Benton tries to find out if everything’s OK with Carla’s baby. Carter tries to get a man operated, despite the fact Anspaugh thinks he will die no matter what.
Benton goes into Carla’s private hospital files when he fears that something may be wrong with their baby; Jeanie treats a suicidal woman who reveals a surprising secret; and Greene…
Carol is pushed to the breaking point after another day when politics triumph over health care, and she quits. Dr. Greene ”trades his soul” when he agrees to back Weaver…
Susan visits a psychiatrist to cope with the loss of Little Susie. Jeanie’s estranged husband Al checks in the ER complaining of flu-like symptoms, which turn out to be caused…
Carter engages in competition with new surgical resident-in-training Dale Edson upon learning that residents will be evaluated and graded; only the top ones advancing to second year. It doesn’t help…
Mark finds himself manning a very crowded ER on his scheduled night off, filling in while Doug is out with whiplash and Susan meets with her lawyer. He tries to…
Shep and Raul respond to a massive fire without proper equipment, risking their lives to save addicts and their children. Shep will be okay, but Raul has third-degree burns covering…
Benton decides to blow the whistle on Vucelich’s unethical study methods, causing Vucelich to drop him from the study. Susan treats a street couple, one of whom has passed HIV…
The ER staffers are in decidedly unfestive moods as Christmas arrives. Carol’s spirits are lifted by a Santa-like patient. Mark is outraged when Jenn decides to stay in Milwaukee over…
Carol and Jeanie try to find a home for a schizophrenic architect. Carter signs Benton up for an interview with Vucelich for a prestigious study. Carter and Harper try to…
Doug’s heroics earn him a second chance as Bernstein and Morganstern ask him to stay on. Doug and Mark clash when each treats a seriously injured patient and want to…
Speculation runs through the ER, on a very hectic day, about Randi’s possible criminal history. Mark faces an ethical dilemma when he has to decide whether to report yet another…
Weaver and Susan’s feud escalates to the point where Mark needs to step in and fix it. Benton is involved in a parking lot altercation, resulting in a broken hand…
Kerry Weaver manages to offend just about everyone in her first day as chief resident. Carol goes on a ride-along with paramedics Shep and Raul, sharing a ferris wheel ride…
The ER treats victims of a gang shootout. Carter arrives late and unprepared for his new position. Mark learns all about being an attending, including senior staff’s habit of bad-mouthing…
Susan is forced into the role of parent when Chloe gives birth and both Chloe and her mother, Cookie, shirk responsibility. Doug is surprised and a bit frightened when Diane…
Mark and Jennifer struggle to remain together as Mark has moved in with her in Milwaukee. Doug coaches Jake’s little league team. Chloe’s irresponsibility wears Susan down. Carter asks Benton…
Deb and Carter compete furiously for procedures after Benton announces their books are due a week earlier than previously announced. Deb commits a nearly deadly error on a patient while…
”Love’s Labor Lost” is the nineteenth episode of ER’s first season. It first aired on NBC in the United States on March 9, 1995. The episode was written by Lance…
Carol worries about a Russian girl with AIDS who’s brought in and then abandoned by her foster mother. Kayson asks Susan to be his Valentine. Deb accidentally consumes LSD-laced chocolates.
Morganstern invites Mark to join the staff as an attending physician. Mark treats an woman with breast cancer, who begs him to kill her. Deb ”wows” Benton with her amazing…
A case of apparent spousal abuse is not what it seems. Deb outshines Carter after he is up all night preparing for a presentation. Peter informs Jackie he’s hired a…
Carter trains one of Benton’s new students, Deb Chen. athaway has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who’s obsessed with colors. A sociologist provokes people to measure their…
Carter fumbles his way through his first look at surgery. Dr. Lewis’ nemesis, Dr. Kayson, makes her New Year’s Day decidedly unpleasant. Chloe announces she’s moving to Texas with her…
Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man’s organs before obtaining the wife’s permission. Lewis discovers that Cvetic has quit his job at the…
Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite. Doug feels like a ’kept man’ in his relationship with Linda Farrell. A patient entrusts Carol with the particulars in an accident. Cvetic…
A business contractor with a bad heart gathers his family around him in the ER as he prepares for the end. Dr. Ross helps an asthmatic teenage girl when her…
Carter has a difficult day when he has to identify a dead teenager and notify his parents. It doesn’t help that he notifies the wrong family. Doug woos Carol, despite…