Public pressure on Terry and the SFPD continues to rise for the shooting death of an unarmed suspect. Hildy tracks down the fugitive in the Normandy Parker murder. Arkin advises…
Fiona tries to prove the Gallagher home is suitable for rehabilitating a delinquent after receiving a letter from Carl’s teacher; Lip gets busted taking the SAT for fellow students in…
The rainy night brings in diverse patients including a mother involved in a car accident with her baby, a man with a satisfaction facilitator, and a comatose patient who suddenly…
Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carter’s going-away party because he’s leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for…
After Carter finds out Kem’s mother is hospitalized in Paris he decides to go there to tell Kem how he feels about her. Meanwhile, Ray makes a fatal error.
When a 16-year-old girl who had received a kidney transplant from her father arrives at the emergency room feeling dizzy, Carter traces the problem to a new drug that the…
After being shot at, Pratt, Jing-Mei and Elgin are trying to get of their sinking car. Sam took Alex with her while fleeing for Steve, Kovac is considering to go…
Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman, Denny (ALLISON SMITH), who arrives to deliver a premature baby. Pratt wants to make heroic efforts to save the unborn child,…
Carter’s day shift and Pratt’s night shift (his final shift at County) are intercut. Both men have extremely busy days. Doc Magoo’s burns down. Luka calls Carter from the Congo…
Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boy’s life. A baseball player gets treatment for…
Dr. Weaver is in a difficult situation when an alderman tests positive for syphilis. Dr. Carter is impressed when he meets a man who runs an inner city clinic.
Abby’s family nightmare continues as she and her mother Maggie search for Abby’s missing brother Eric, who Abby suspects is suffering from serious mental problems. The two women go to…
On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on a new med…
Just when the ER is understaffed and swamped, two children who were brought in turn out to have full blown smallpox. The entire ER must be locked down. The staff…
Drs. Corday and Greene are awkward when working together in the ER. Dr. Weaver treats victims of an intense fire that may take the life of a dear friend.
After Dr. Corday moves out, Dr. Green fights loneliness and pain by immersing himself into his work. Dr. Chen discovers that a comatose teen is ready to give birth.
Greene confronts Corday when she orders Rachel out of their home; Abby tries to protect a battered neighbor who refuses to press charges against her husband.
Benton commits perjury on the witness stand in order to gain custody of Reese. When Romano refuses to give him a more even schedule, Peter resigns and seeks a job…
Peter Benton continues his court fight against Reese’s stepfather, Roger, who seems to have the upper hand. When a woman is accidentally shot during a gas station robbery, Dr. Corday…
When a torrential rainstorm pounds Chicago, patients deluge the emergency room while Weaver speeds to an accident site. There, she finds a pregnant woman, Vicki lying injured inside a wrecked…
Corday’s ordeal, caused by the recent infection-related deaths of several of her patients, worsens when she is closely observed by a stern taskmaster. Corday is outraged when a county investigator…
Carter is overwhelmed by patients from a rock concert riot. Benton’s former girlfriend is killed in a car accident. Newly promoted to chief resident, Chen panics and misdiagnoses a patient….
The ER is flooded with foster care home residents, attacked by a shooter bent on tracking down his son, who , with the help of Dr. Green, was put into…
Maggie contests Abby’s attempt to institutionalize her. Weaver treats a few bizarre patients. When Legaspi returns to work after being exonerated of sexual harassment, Weaver tries to reconcile with her….
Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby’s mentally ill mother (SALLY FIELD) and bring her back to Chicago. In Chicago, Maggie suffers from a sleeping pills overdose. At…
Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greene’s wedding day. As the very pregnant Corday becomes increasingly agitated, the presence of her bickering divorced parents does little to improve her…
In the series’ 150th episode, a massive train wreck mobilizes the emergency room doctors. Corday, Carter and Kovac rush to the scene. Corday falls and injures her back, bringing on…
Weaver becomes concerned about Greene’s cognitive skills and surrepticiously calls for an official evaluation of his competency. Corday plans her wedding to Greene. Bishop Stewart (JAMES CROMWELL) returns, and Kovacs…
Greene returns to work but confuses words and displays uncharacteristic anger. Eager to get out of his per diem situation, Benton agrees to a full time position. Carter visits his…
Chen gives birth, but insists on breastfeeding the infant before she gives it to the adoptive parents. Greene and Corday consult a brain specialist in New York City who believes…
Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romano’s demeaning offer of a per diem job at County with no…
Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious who’s made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of…
Dr. Carter struggles with his drug dependency; a custodial strike leaves the ER cluttered with garbage; a riot at a high-school football game leaves several wounded.
As the result of a school shooting, Kovac and Benton care for the gunman and his victims. Abby discovers that Carter has been illegally injecting pain relievers. Greene and Weaver…
Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaway’s lack of focus on the job. And while treating a 6-year-old patient…
Carter seeks psychiatric help because he can’t sleep. He then visits the wife of his attacker. Weaver returns to work after her suspension. Hathaway and Kovac share a kiss.
After Corday refuses to perform exploratory surgery on Cleo’s patient, Cleo enlists Benton’s help, infuriating Corday. Abby cares for a pregnant woman with five children who wants an abortion. Greene…
Chen’s patient refuses to reveal to his daughter that she might have inherited a terrible disease from him. Weaver defies Romano’s authority and performs a procedure that gets her suspended….
Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convince his…
Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victim’s life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls.
Dr. Greene and Corday bond with their parents, Lucy cares for a patient with a psychotic break, and Valentine’s Day celebrations in the ER end tragically for one of the…
Lucy’s patient finally gets a heart transplant but does not survive. The transplanted heart will now go to another recipient. Greene interferes in a gay domestic situation. Corday tricked her…
Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaway’s twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carla’s husband does not get approved allowing Reese to…
On Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. She’s able to get to the ER only thanks to Luka’s help. She delivers the first baby in the ER, but the second…
Benton struggles with the idea of taking a DNA test to determine whether or not Reese is actually his son. As the signs continue to pile up, Kerry and Mark…
A prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Meg’s drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused.
Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg (MARTHA PLIMPTON ). Seven-months pregnant, Meg cannot afford prenatal care. Hathaway invites her to the hospital, performs free tests and helps her interview for…
When Anspaugh decides to retire as chief of staff and return to surgery, he appoints Romano as his replacement. Greene expresses reservations about the decision, but Weaver does not support…
The ER docs tend to three teenagers who were in an accident on the way to their senior prom. Greene and Carter treat the most severely injured, a boy suffering…
Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene bond on the way to a medical…
During a paramedic ride-along, Carter is forced to drive the ambulance while fleeing a riot scene and inadvertently runs over a teenage boy. Later, a paramedic is shot by an…
Greene assists paramedics in treating injured children at a school bus accident. En route, Doug and Jeanie survive their own accident. Kerry stops Doug from treating Jeanie…or any other patient….
Amanda Lee’s obsession with Dr. Greene comes to a head when Mark inadvertantly digs up old med school records damaging to her career. Carter tries to save Lucy from Edson’s…
Dr. Corday commits a deadly error after being on-call for nearly 36 hours straight. Peter visits Dr. Kotlowitz and receives encouragement regarding a cochlear implant for Reese. Dr. Amanda Lee,…
After Mark saves a 16-year-old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter loses his beard when two…
Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she waits for the official vote. Romano operates on an…
Dr. Corday begins her first day as an intern, first by being assigned to Dale Edson, then being treated as Romano’s lapdog. Kerry is interviewed for ER chief. Doug and…
Mark goes to a trauma scene with the EMTs, where he treats a gunshot victim who has a bomb strapped to himself. Later, Mark’s daughter persuades him to treat a…
Third-year med student Lucy Knight reports to the ER for the first day of her rotation. Greene takes a teacherly interest in her, helping her get acquainted, but she gets…
Ross and Hathaway’s jobs are in jeopardy after their unauthorized treatment of a drug-addicted 7-month-old boy is discovered. Corday loses her sponsorship. Carter suspects Del Amico’s boyfriend when drugs are…
Del Amico, Ross and Corday confront disturbing situations after the bombing of a women’s clinic. Benton comes under review for controversial actions in the OR. Jeanie endures one of the…
Carter finally works up enough nerve to ask Del Amico out. Jeanie tries to help Scotty decide whether to undergo an experimental treatment and Benton takes unexpected action during an…
Jeanie fears Scott Anspaugh’s cancer may have returned. Hathaway learns a disturbing secret about a 16-year-old girl. A pregnant patient fears she’ll miscarry; Morgenstern returns to work, but perhaps too…
Mark finds out Cynthia has moved. Carter’s cousin Chase is brought in because of a heroin overdose. Doug and Kerry clash after she found a flaw in his study.
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.
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…
Austin and Underhill both have to face the consequences when they tell the truth. McNeil contemplates surgery to prolong a jockey’s career. Kronk lies to a teenage smoker with a…
