ER FAQ 5.00, Section 3: Episodes (3/8)
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ER FAQ 5.00: Episodes
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SECTION THREE: THE EPISODES
3.1 What happened in (Episode X)?
*3.11 Episode List [note: only original US NBC air dates are
included for a complete historical list of US airdates,
along with current US TNT and UK (SKY ONE and Channel 4)
episodes, refer to the ER Episode List
<http://www.digiserve.com/er/erlist.html>
All episode numbers are my own system, not the official production
numbers. Note that first season episode numbers begin with "1",
second season with "2", etc.
SEASON ONE:
No. Episode Title Original Air Date
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101 Pilot (aka 24 Hours) 94 Sep 19
102 Day One 94 Sep 22
103 Going Home 94 Sep 29
104 Into That Good Night 94 Oct 6
105 Hit and Run 94 Oct 13
106 Chicago Heat 94 Oct 20
107 Another Perfect Day 94 Nov 03
108 9 1/2 Hours 94 Nov 10
109 ER Confidential 94 Nov 17
110 Blizzard 94 Dec 8
111 The Gift 94 Dec 15
112 Happy New Year 95 Jan 5
113 Luck of the Draw 95 Jan 12
114 Long Day's Journey 95 Jan 19
115 Feb. 5th, '95 95 Feb 2
116 Make of Two Hearts 95 Feb 9
117 The Birthday Party 95 Feb 16
118 Sleepless in Chicago 95 Feb 23
119 Love's Labor Lost 95 Mar 9
120 Full Moon, Saturday Night 95 Mar 30
121 House of Cards 95 Apr 6
122 Men Plan, God Laughs 95 Apr 27
123 Love Among The Ruins 95 May 4
124 Motherhood 95 May 11
125 Everything Old Is New Again 95 May 18
(1st Season Finale)
SEASON TWO:
201 Welcome Back, Carter 95 Sep 21
202 Summer Run 95 Sep 28
203 Do One, Teach One, Kill One 95 Oct 5
204 What Life? 95 Oct 12
205 And Baby Makes Two 95 Oct 19
206 Days Like This 95 Nov 2
207 Hell and High Water 95 Nov 9
208 The Secret Sharer 95 Nov 16
209 Home 95 Dec 7
210 A Miracle Happens Here 95 Dec 14
211 Dead of Winter 96 Jan 4
212 True Lies 96 Jan 25
213 It's Not Easy Being Greene 96 Feb 1
214 The Right Thing 96 Feb 8
215 Baby Shower 96 Feb 15
216 The Healers 96 Feb 22
217 The Match Game 96 Mar 28
218 A Shift in the Night 96 Apr 4
219 Fire in the Belly 96 Apr 25
220 Fevers of Unknown Origin 96 May 2
221 Take These Broken Wings 96 May 9
222 John Carter, M.D. 96 May 16
(2nd Season Finale)
SEASON THREE:
301 Dr. Carter, I Presume 96 Sep 26
302 Let The Games Begin 96 Oct 3
303 Don't Ask, Don't Tell 96 Oct 10
304 Last Call 96 Oct 17
305 Ghosts 96 Oct 31
306 Fear of Flying 96 Nov 7
307 No Brain, No Gain 96 Nov 14
308 Union Station 96 Nov 21
309 Ask Me No Questions 96 Dec 12
I'll Tell You No Lies
310 Homeless For The Holidays 96 Dec 19
311 Night Shift 97 Jan 16
312 Post Mortem 97 Jan 23
313 Fortune's Fools 97 Jan 30
314 Who's Appy Now? 97 Feb 6
315 The Long Way Around 97 Feb 13
316 Faith 97 Feb 20
317 Tribes 97 Apr 10
318 You Bet Your Life 97 Apr 17
319 Calling Dr. Hathaway 97 Apr 24
320 Random Acts 97 May 1
321 Make a Wish 97 May 8
322 One More For The Road 97 May 15
(3rd Season Finale)
SEASON FOUR:
401 Ambush (aka "ERLive") 97 Sep 25
402 Something New 97 Oct 2
403 Friendly Fire 97 Oct 9
404 When The Bough Breaks 97 Oct 16
405 Good Touch, Bad Touch 97 Oct 30
406 Ground Zero 97 Nov 6
407 Fathers and Sons 97 Nov 13
408 Freak Show 97 Nov 20
409 Obstruction of Justice 97 Dec 11
410 Do you see what I see? 97 Dec 18
411 Think Warm Thoughts 98 Jan 8
412 Sharp Relief 98 Jan 15
413 Carter's Choice 98 Jan 29
414 Family Practice 98 Feb 5
415 Exodus 98 Feb 26
416 My Brother's Keeper 98 Mar 5
417 A Bloody Mess 98 Apr 9
418 Gut Reaction 98 Apr 16
419 Shades of Gray 98 Apr 23
420 Of Past Regret And Future Fear 98 Apr 30
421 Suffer the Little Children 98 May 7
422 A Hole in the Heart 98 May 14
(4th Season Finale)
SEASON FIVE:
501 Day For Knight 98 Sep 24
502 Split Second 98 Oct 1
503 They Treat Horses, Don't They? 98 Oct 1
504 Vanishing Act 98 Oct 15
505 Masquerade 98 Oct 29
506 Stuck On You 98 Nov 5
507 Hazed And Confused 98 Nov 12
508 The Good Fight 98 Nov 19
509 Good Luck Ruth Johnson 98 Dec 10
510 The Miracle Worker 98 Dec 17
*511 Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee 99 Jan 07
*512 Double Blind 98 Jan 21
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*3.12 Brief episode summaries **(MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)**:
[Extended summaries are available from episodes #114 on the Alt.TV.ER home
page, <http://www.digiserve.com/er/ersum.html>. Except as noted, episodes
#114-404 were reviewed and summarized by Scott "FAQer Emeritus" Hollifield;
#405-current are reviewed and summarized by Lisa Albert (except as noted).
Note that the ER episodic numbering order is used for the extended summaries.
Episode cast lists are available at The Internet Movie Database "ER" listing:
<http://us.imdb.com/Title?"ER"+(1994)>]
[ADDENDUM: For the ER pilot, "24 Hours", which was repeated on February
12, 1998, Lisa did a detailed summary but no review, and Rose has done a
Retrospective version of the Notes, comparing "ER", Then and Now].
[PRODUCTION EPISODE #] {OVERALL EPISODE #}--"TITLE" (ORIGINAL AIRDATE)
[101] {#1}--"24 Hours" (Series pilot) (94 Sep 19)
Writer: Michael Crichton
Director: Rod Holcomb
All main characters are introduced; Carter is placed
under Benton's tutelage; Nurse Hathaway is brought in
after the end of her shift unconscious, having attempted
suicide.
[102] {#2}--"Day One" (94 Sep 22)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Mimi Leder
Carol stays at home, recuperating from her suicide
attempt; Jennifer Greene passes the bar exam; Susan and
Cvetic clash over the treatment of an emotionally-disturbed
homeless man; Doug fights to save an eight-year-old girl
run over by a drunken driver; it is revealed that Susan
and Cvetic are romantically involved.
[103] {#3}--"Going Home" (94 Sep 29)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Mark Tinker
Mark confronts a family injured by domestic violence;
Carol returns to work; Carter treats a mysterious woman
who walks around singing old torch standards; Doug feels
responsible for Carol's suicide attempt; it is revealed
that Carol and Taglieri are romantically involved.
[104] {#4}--"Into That Good Night" (94 Oct 6)
Writer: Robert Nathan
Director: Charles Haid
Doug gets involved when a mother can't afford to pay for
the medicine needed for her daughter's illness; Carter
fears that he's contracted a sexually-transmitted
disease; Mark races to find a donor for a patient in
need of a heart transplant.
[105] {#5}--"Hit And Run" (94 Oct 13)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Mimi Leder
Jenn's out-of-town interview causes more tension between
her and Mark; Benton and Langworthy compete for the Starzl
Fellowship; Lewis has Issues with Benton; Carter's first
experience with dealing with a patient's death goes badly;
Ross tries to make a play for Hathaway, but is spurned.
[106] {#6}--"Chicago Heat" (94 Oct 20)
Story: Neal Baer
Teleplay: John Wells
Director: Elodia Keene
A surprise heat wave clogs the ER with patients; Susan
gets an unexpected visit from her sister Chloe; Mark's
daughter Rachel spends a day in the ER; Doug probes into
the affairs of a family whose little girl is revealed
to have a cocaine overdose.
[107] {#7}--"Another Perfect Day" (94 Nov 3)
Story: Lance Gentile
Teleplay: Lydia Woodward
Director: Vern Gillum
Carol has mixed emotions about moving in with Tag, after
she unexpectedly kisses Doug; Benton interviews for the
prestigious Stargill Fellowship; Susan receives a
birthday surprise.
[108] {#8}--"9 1/2 Hours" (94 Nov 10)
Writer: Robert Nathan
Director: James Hayman
Mark calls in sick so he can stay home with his wife,
leaving Doug to cover for him; Carol comforts a suicidal
rape victim.
[109] {#9}--"ER Confidential" (94 Nov 17)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Daniel Sackheim
It's Thanksgiving in the ER; after Carol is taken into
confidence by a young man who killed his friend in a car
crash but let the police think his dead friend was
responsible, she decides to reveal to Tag that she slept
with Doug after she began seeing Tag; Div's depression
develops into hostility towards his patients; Carter
treats a emotionally troubled transvestite.
[110] {#10}--"Blizzard" (94 Dec 8)
Story: Neal Baer & Paul Manning
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Mimi Leder
A massive blizzard hits Chicago and a 32-car-pile-up
brings a horde of patients into the ER; Dr. Hicks, the
new ER attending surgeon arrives; Carol announces that
she and Tag are engaged; a patient dies due to Doug's
mislabelling him during triage; Bob jumps into the
middle of surgery and saves the patient with a medical
ability no one knew she had.
[111] {#11}--"The Gift" (94 Dec 15)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala'
Benton attempts to make a Christmas gift out of a dying
man's organs for waiting donors, but the man's estranged
wife is reluctant to sign the release; Div Cvetic moves
out of Susan's apartment and vanishes without a trace;
Carter attempts to kiss Susan outside her door; the
torch-song-crooning "Madame X" returns.
[112] {#12}--"Happy New Year" (95 Jan 5)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Charles Haid
Susan and Kaysen blame each other for a misdiagnosis which
costs a heart patient his life; after complaining to Benton
about doing "scut work", Carter finally gets to scrub up;
Benton's sister Jackie decides to put their mother in a
nursing home, against Peter's wishes; Chloe announces that
she and her boyfriend are leaving for Texas.
[113] {#13}--"Luck of the Draw" (95 Jan 12)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Rod Holcomb
Morganstern reprimands Susan for her lack of confidence;
Susan feels betrayed by Mark, who's the one who reported
Susan's problems to Morganstern; Carter works with a med
student new to the ER, Deb Chen.
[114] {#14}--"Long Day's Journey" (95 Jan 19)
Writer: Robert Nathan
Director: Anita Addison
Doug goes through an especially difficult day dealing with
the problems of various children; Susan is vindicated in
her review before the resident board; Peter hires Jeanie
Boulet, a physical therapist, to care for his mother in
lieu of a nursing home; Deb outshines Carter in the
diagnosis department; Carol and Tag try to plan a special
night together.
[115] {#15}--"Feb 5, '95" (95 Feb 2)
Writer: John Wells
Director: James Hayman
Mark tries to relieve the suffering of a woman with breast
cancer; Benton clashes with Haleh over his attitude towards
nurses; Deb delivers an impressive trauma presentation, to
Carter's dismay; Doug continues befriending Jake in an
effort to win over Jake's mom; Mark accepts Morganstern's
offer to make him an attending the next year, without
discussing it with Jen.
[116] {#16}--"Make of Two Hearts" (95 Feb 9)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Mimi Leder
Carol deals with a woman who brings in her adopted
HIV-positive daughter only to abandon her at the hospital;
Kaysen wants Susan to be his Valentine; Mark and Susan
reconcile their recent spat; Deb accidentally eats some
LSD-laced chocolates; Benton's mother's condition worsens.
[117] {#17}--"The Birthday Party" (95 Feb 16)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Elodia Keene
Peter promises to attend his mother's birthday party, but
has problems keeping that promise; Carol considers adopting
young Tatiana, to Tag's disgruntlement; Doug's bad day is
topped off when he slugs an abusive father in the lobby; a
teenage chronic drug abuser is brought in; Jen decides to
accept a job offer in Milwaukee despite Mark's offer of
working for Morganstern.
[118] {#18}--"Sleepless In Chicago" (95 Feb 23)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Christoper Chulack
Benton's lack of sleep draws the attention of Dr. Hicks;
Carol's attempt to adopt Tatiana is ultimately denied when
officials discover she attempted suicide; Doug and Carol
deal with a abusive mother; Carter spends an unusual amount
of time watching over an old man with heart problems; a
management expert visits the hospital and offers new ideas
for improvement.
[119] {#19}--"Love's Labor Lost" (95 Mar 7)
Writer: Lance A. Gentile
Director: Mimi Leder
In this memorable episode, Mark frantically works to save
a pregnant woman and her endangered baby; Benton is wracked
with guilt when his mother is admitted to the hospital with
a broken hip.
[120] {#20}--"Full Moon, Saturday Night" (95 Mar 30)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Donna Deitrich
The new chief of emergency services, Dr. Swift, arrives;
traumatized by the loss of Jodi O'Brian, Mark takes the
night off; Benton eventually is swayed to put his mother
into a home; the competition for a sub-internship between
Deb and Carter heats up; Susan treats a young man with an
unusually persistent case of the hiccups.
[121] {#21}--"House of Cards" (95 Apr 6)
Writer: Tracey Stern
Director: Fred Gerber
Mark is forced to explain his treatment of Jodi O'Brien to
Swift and a roomful of doctors; Deb decides to quit medicine
after nearly killing a patient while trying to win the sub-I;
Peter tells his mother that she's going into a home; Doug
is sleeping with Diane but is concerned how Jake is taking
it; Susan's sister Chloe returns, pregnant.
[122] {#22}--"Men Plan, God Laughs" (95 Apr 27)
Writer: Robert Nathan
Director: Christoper Chulack
Benton exhibits a change of heart while doggedly tries to
save a teenage boy with an aneurysm; Mark tells Jen he
wants to move to Milwaukee to be near Rachel; Carter's
handiwork attracts the attention of Dr. Swift; Linda
Farrell returns to tempt Doug.
[123] {#23}--"Love Among The Ruins" (95 May 4)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Fred Gerber
Living in Milwaukee and commuting to work, Mark sees an
improvement in his relationship with Jen; the staff
discovers that Carter comes from a wealthy family; Susan
tells Chloe that she's going to have to move out once the
baby is born; Doug attends Jake's little league game and
lies in order to save face for Jake; Susan finds out that
Div has relocated and married.
[124] {#24}--"Motherhood" (95 May 11)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Chloe delivers her baby and is visited by her estranged
mother; Benton's mother dies as the result of heart
failure; Carter bungles his sub-I placement by choosing
a hopeful over a sure thing; Jen drives down to Chicago
to visit Mark; Diane leaves Doug after catching him
hanging around with Linda; Carol and Tag's wedding plans
cause friction between them.
[125] {#25}--"Everything Old Is New Again" (95 May 18)
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Mimi Leder
Carter receives the surgical sub-internship he thought
he missed, and treats a resentful young boy with leukemia;
Dr. Swift gives Mark the attending position he'd been
promised by Morganstern, and informs him that Jodi
O'Brien's husband is suing for malpractice; Benton mourns
the death of his mother while treating a dying man with
AIDS; Chloe disappears, leaving Susan with the baby;
Tag decides not to marry Carol.
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[201] {#26}--"Welcome Back, Carter" (95 Sep 21)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Mimi Leder
Carter returns to the ER after a summer's absence; Mark
faces new challenges in his first day as an attending
physician; Carol grapples with the case of an alcoholic
father and his neglected son; Peter and Jeanie cope with
the complications of a clandestine affair; med student
Harper Tracy and new chief resident Kerry Weaver join
the cast of characters.
[202] {#27}--"Summer Run" (95 Sep 28)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Eric Laneuville
Carol begins a new paramedic rotation and a relationship
with one of the paramedics; Kerry Weaver's abrasive
style causes friction for some, including Susan; Peter
and Jeanie's relationship comes to a head; Susan spends
the day looking after her niece while Chloe is at
business school; Doug deals with a young pyromaniac;
Carter shows off for Harper, Benton and Morganstern.
[203] {#28}--"Do One, Teach One, Kill One" (95 Oct 5)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala'
Susan and Kerry's feud accelerates; Carter and Harper
treat a heavy drinker with a nearly-dead liver; Doug
runs afoul of the upper-level physicians while treating
a young Asian boy with HIV; Chloe abandons little Susie
with Susan; Shep asks Carol out on a date; Jeanie
ends her affair with Peter once and for all; Mark stays
at Doug's apartment when not commuting to Milwaukee.
[204] {#29}--"What Life?" (95 Oct 12)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Dean Parisot
An injury forces Benton to sit on the sidelines during
surgery; Susan attempts to find worthy parents for
baby Susie; Mark exerts his authority in cooling the
friction between Susan and Kerry; Shep endangers his life
on the job, making Carol's heart race; Mark and Harper
treat an abandoned elderly woman.
[205] {#30}--"And Baby Makes Two" (95 Oct 19)
Writer: Anne Kenney
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Susan decides to adopt baby Susie herself; Doug and Mark
argue over the treatment of Doug's four-year-old HIV-
positive patient; Benton tries to persuade an abused wife
to take action; Carter gets a piece of the action while
Benton is inactive; Carol deals with "turkey file" cases
of patients trying to scam drugs; the staff celebrates
the absence of Kerry Weaver on her day off.
[206] {#31}--"Days Like This" (95 Nov 2)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Mimi Leder
Doug and Harper have a one-night stand, discovered by Mark;
Jeanie Boulet joins the main cast as the ER's newest
PA (physician's assistant); a gang skirmish floods the
ER with hostile patients; after rankling Bernstein yet
again, Doug finds his fellowship at the hospital yanked;
in preparation for buying a new house, Carol spends the
day with a mobile notary.
[207] {#32}--"Hell and High Water" (95 Nov 9)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Christopher Chulack
Doug becomes a media hero after rescuing a little boy
from drowning; Harper and Carter treat a young girl hit
by a car whose parents are estranged.
[208] {#33}--"The Secret Sharer" (95 Nov 16)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Doug gets his job back at the hospital, but tensions are
still simmering between him and Mark; Carter undercompensates,
then overcompensates, in diagnosing patients; Susan seeks
the nanny services of a compassionate English matron for
baby Susie; Carol treats a teenage girl who attempted
suicide, who reveals that she's pregnant via her brother;
Benton discovers that Jeanie is separated from her husband.
[209] {#34}--"Home" (95 Dec 7)
Writer: Tracey Stern
Director: Donna Deitch
Carol and Jeanie care for a young schizophrenic who's
forced to sleep on the street; Susan is reluctant to
pursue extra career boosting despite the encouragement
of Weaver and Morganstern; Benton wins the favor of
Dr. Vucelich; Shep rifles through a box of Carol's
memories; visiting Jenn in the hospital following an
auto accident, Mark realizes that his wife is having an
affair; Doug meets his mother for dinner; Carter and
Harper spend the day trying to find time alone.
[210] {#35}--"A Miracle Happens Here" (95 Dec 14)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Mimi Leder
An elderly Jewish woman's faith is restored after her
missing granddaughter is rescued; Carol's sagging efforts
to imbue the others with holiday spirit are bolstered by
a patient who resembles Santa Claus; Carter serves as
pitchman to sell Vucelich's procedure to an elderly
couple; a priest's death threatens to ignite a Latino gang
war; Mark's plans to have his daughter home for Christmas
are upset by Jenn.
[211] {#36}--"Dead of Winter" (96 Jan 4)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Whitney Ransick
The ER staff work to treat twenty-two malnourished,
abandoned children; Carter's efforts to improve Mrs.
Roubidoux's condition prove fruitless; Jeanie clashes
with Carol over the latter's harsh evaluation of the
former; Jenn sues Mark for divorce; a careless gaffe
opens Shep up to accusations of racism.
[212] {#37}--"True Lies" (96 Jan 25)
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
A skating date with Rachel serves as prelude for Mark
breaking the divorce news to his daughter; Carter
hides knowledge from Ruby of his wife's true condition;
Benton receives an invite to a prestigious dinner at
Vucelich's home; Susan treats a middle-aged alcoholic
woman who's written a "do not resuscitate" order; Doug
is reluctant to admit the possibility that an alcoholic
father has mended his ways.
[213] {#38}--"It's Not Easy Being Greene" (96 Feb 1)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Christopher Chulack
Mark is gnawed by self-doubt as the hospital prepares to
settle in the O'Brien malpractice suit; Carter takes the
credit for a candidate Harper found for Vucelich's study;
Kerry appoints herself personal mentor for Susan, who's up
for the position of chief resident next year; Carol minds
a bucketful of expensive worms; Doug balks at counseling
a teenage boy who admits he thinks he might be gay.
[214] {#39}--"The Right Thing" (96 Feb 8)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Richard Thorpe
Peter finally resolves to blow the whistle on Vucelich's
unethical study methods; a change in Carter's once-
compassionate demeanor is noted; Susan treats a street
couple, one of whom may have given the other one HIV;
on his birthday, Doug receives a visit from his estranged
father; Carter spreads rumors about an affair between
Mark and Susan.
[215] {#40}--"Baby Shower" (96 Feb 15)
Teleplay: Carol Flint
Story: Belinda Casas-Wells and Carol Flint
Director: Barnet Kellman
A sprinkler malfunction causes ER to get the bulk of
OB/GYN's pregnant mothers; Peter spends his entire day
trying to save the life of a man who jumped in front of
a train; Carter anxiously prepares for his internship
interview; Doug spends an evening with his father, now a
respectable hotel owner; a very pregnant Nurse Conni
considers trying a beet soup famous for inducing labor;
Jerry tries to convince others that Scottie Pippen visited
the ER.
[216] {#41}--"The Healers" (96 Feb 22)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Mimi Leder
Shep blames himself when his partner Raul is fatally burned
while rescuing children from a burning building; Susan's
adoption of little Susie passes another hurdle, as Chloe
pays the hospital a visit; Doug confronts his father after
being stood up by the elder Ross.
[217] {#42}--"The Match Game" (96 Mar 28)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Ross and Benton clash over the hospital's decision not to
tell a family about a misdiagnosis; claiming to be clean
and sober, Chloe returns for her baby; Carter celebrates
his residency match by overindulging while on call; single
guy Mark Greene tests the waters of the bachelor lifestyle;
Carol and Jeanie play tug-of-war with their respective
responsibilities.
[218] {#43}--"A Shift in the Night" (96 Apr 4)
Writer: Joe Sachs
Director: Lance Gentile
Greene gets stuck with leading a graveyard shift at a
cramped and over-crowded ER; fallout from the Bowman case
continues to cause friction between Mark and Peter; Susan
overcomes another adoption hurdle while Chloe persists in
her efforts to reclaim baby Susie.
[219] {#44}--"Fire in the Belly" (96 Apr 25)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala'
Peter faces the consequences of carelessly sending a
patient home who needed further examination; Carol and
Shep grapple with urban fears and concerns including a
young boy who witnessed his mother's murder; Susan and
Chloe go before a judge to settle visitation of the
baby; Carter strains to one-up an old med student friend
of Harper's; Mark decides to take the plunge and ask a
woman out to dinner; Doug meets his father's female
companion, Karen.
[220] {#45}--"Fevers of Unknown Origin" (96 May 2)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Richard Thorpe
Susan throws herself into her work following losing full
custody of baby Susie; Shep's growing hostility leads to
an accident; Weaver anticipates being named Resident of
the Year; Carter is told that he'll have to do pediatric
work before graduating; Doug and Karen begin a relationship
in Doug's father's absence; Benton makes a new discovery
concerning Vucelich's study; Mark and Jenn decide to
negotiate their divorce directly.
[221] {#46}--"Take These Broken Wings" (96 May 9)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Anthony Edwards
Susan seeks emotional assistance in the form of therapy;
Doug realizes that a money gift from his father was
stolen from Karen's company; Shep faces an official
investigation concerning the Vietnamese kid he shoved;
Carter treats a young basketball-playing girl who needs
a liver transplant; Jeanie's husband Al tests positive
for HIV; Weaver and Greene bargain over making Susan
chief resident; Loretta frets over increasingly
necessary medical attention, while meanwhile her kids
run amok in the ER with a video camera.
[222] {#47}--"John Carter, M.D." (96 May 16)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Christoper Chulack
Carter has to choose between attending his graduation and
caring for T.C.; frustrated by the bureaucracy of her job
and by Shep's hostility, Carol walks out on both; Mark
throws his support behind Kerry's new position while Susan
turns down the job offered her; Doug confronts Karen over
the alteration of a Percodan prescription; Jenn reveals to
Mark that she's getting remarried; Benton encounters
Vucelich in an elevator.
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[301] {#48}--"Dr. Carter, I Presume" (96 Sep 26)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Christoper Chulack
Carter's first night as a surgical intern is spent on the
Fourth of July graveyard shift while most of the other
doctors play softball; Jeanie and Peter's HIV test results
come in; Kerry Weaver's new code system for the patient
board irks the others; Doug's new girlfriend drops by the ER.
[302] {#49}--"Let The Games Begin" (96 Oct 3)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Tom Moore
Jeanie's HIV-positive status causes complications both
personal and professional; the county health services
department decides the fate of the hospital; Carol vainly
attempts to sell her house; Mark and Susan wade into the
world of blind dating; Carter is stuck in the ER treating
routine cases.
[303] {#50}--"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (96 Oct 10)
Teleplay: Jason Cahill
Story: Paul Manning and Jason Cahill
Director: Perry Lang
Mark is frustrated by an elderly patient whose body
stubbornly refuses to die; Susan asks Mark to accompany
her on vacation; new intern Maggie Doyle causes friction
with Carol; Jeanie faces tough issues living with HIV;
Carter schemes to get into surgery; Peter is determined to
talk with respected new pediatric surgeon Abby Keaton
about an elective.
[304] {#51}--"Last Call" (96 Oct 17)
Teleplay: Samantha Howard Corbin
Story: Samantha Howard Corbin and Carol Flint
Director: Rob Holcomb
Doug's latest one-night-stand becomes an ER casualty;
Dr. Keaton tries to teach Benton to be a compassionate
caregiver; Jeanie starts experiencing side effects from
her medication, and meets a handsome, dancing welder;
Carol ponders the idea of med school.
[305] {#52}--"Ghosts" (96 Oct 31)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Richard Thorpe
Mark grapples for the appropriate welcome for the returning
Susan; Jeanie and Maggie try to help an elderly widower
cope with his role in his wife's suicide; Doug and Carol
are posted to the Healthmobile rotation; Abby and Carter
treat a young girl whose parents were killed in a hit-and-run;
Peter, under Keaton's direction, struggles to connect with
a group of young trick-or-treaters; the ER bears witness to
the legend of the "fifth-floor ghost".
[306] {#53}--"Fear of Flying" (96 Nov 7)
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Christopher Chulack
Mark and Susan take to the air for helicopter flight
rotation, which brings to the ER an entire family
injured in an accident; Benton's overconfidence in
Keaton's absence results in a dire mistake; Carol deals
with a temporarily assigned nurse who can't cope with
the speed of the ER; Jeanie and Maggie are given the task
of keeping a dead man on ice in anticipation of cryogenic
storage.
[307] {#54}--"No Brain, No Gain" (96 Nov 14)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: David Nutter
Mark is torn by his feelings for Susan, who has a surprise
announcement of her own; distraught over his handling of
baby Megan, Peter stubbornly tries to save a teenage gunshot
victim; Carter and intern Dale Edson clash over a patient
who may not have consented to a risky operation; Nurse
Rhonda Sterling is back in the ER, to Carol's dismay.
[308] {#55}--"Union Station" (96 Nov 21)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Tom Moore
As Susan prepares to leave Chicago for good, Mark makes a
last-ditch attempt to share his feelings; Peter squirms at
Abby Keaton's unorthodox teaching methods, and receives a
visit from Carla; Carol finally decides to confront
management about their policy of "floating" the ER nurses;
Maggie Doyle calls the cops on a woman who tried to kill
her unborn child by drinking alcohol; Doug tries to track
down the true parents of a baby he innoculated at the
Healthmobile clinic; Al surprises Jeanie with divorce
papers; Lydia and Officer Grabarsky finally tie the knot.
[309] {#56}--"Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies" (96 Dec 12)
Teleplay: Barbara Hall
Story: Neal Baer and Lydia Woodward
Director: Paris Barclay
Still reeling from Susan's departure, Mark discovers
Jeanie's HIV-positive status; Peter frets over the level
of his work and that of his protege; Carol tries to get
the re-engineering committee to exempt nurses from
floating; Gant has a bad day; Abby reveals to Carter
that she's leaving the hospital.
[310] {#57}--"Homeless for the Holidays" (96 Dec 19)
Writer: Samantha Howard Corbin
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Kerry and Mark attempt to hash out an ER policy on
HIV-positive employees; gossip compels Jeanie to reveal
her secret; Charlie brings in the neglected infant of her
landlady; Carter has to choose after making conflicting
holiday plans with Abby and a depressed Dennis; Maggie
makes an effort to find haven for a battered wife; Mark
pays his ex-wife and daughter a visit on Christmas Eve.
[311] {#58}--"Night Shift" (97 Jan 16)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Mark gets tangled in an ethical dispute over a deranged
woman who refuses consent to treatment; Gant is brought
into the ER as a patient; cooperating on a safety check
of the building brings back old memories for Doug and
Carol; Kerry enlists Jeanie's help on a study for her
tenure paper; Carol is ordered to name two nurses who will
get the axe; Mark strikes up an unexpected relationship
with a co-worker.
[312] {#59}--"Post Mortem" (97 Jan 23)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Jacque Toberen
Carter is wracked with guilt following Gant's death; the
nurses hold a "sick-out" to protest management policies;
Carol takes the blame for a fatal mistake she makes,
despite being allowed off the hook; Charlie's mother
finally shows up; Jeanie is attracted to an on-staff
disease specialist; Mark gives Chuny the full romantic
boyfriend treatment.
[313] {#60}--"Fortune's Fools" (97 Jan 30)
Writer: Jason Cahill
Director: Michael Katleman
Distracting news from his girlfriend Carla has Benton
neglecting duties with Carter; Carol is suspended after
leaking the full story on the nurses' sickout to the media;
Greg Fischer and Jeanie disagree over the handling of a
newlywed couple, one of whom has an STD; Doug deals with
a six-year-old boy coping with the recent death of his
father; Mark and Kerry lead ER tours of visiting students,
with differing results; Carol and Maggie treat a prideful
cop with a secret; Mark draws his relationship with Chuny
to an amiable conclusion, and begins another with a patient.
[314] {#61}--"Who's Appy Now?" (97 Feb 6)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Felix Enrique Alcala'
Doug treats a teenager with cystic fibrosis who wants to
die but isn't old enough to sign a do-not-resuscitate order;
Mark juggles a trio of women including psych consult Nina
Pomerantz; Carter and Maggie's rivalry quickly turns to
teamwork; Peter has to have his appendix removed;
staphlyococcus is being spread by an employee who doesn't
wash his hands in the restroom.
[315] {#62}--"The Long Way Around" (97 Feb 13)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Christopher Chulack
Carol is one of several hostages in a convenience store
after a bungled stickup, and is forced to using her medical
skills to help the wounded using scant resources.
[316] {#63}--"Faith" (97 Feb 20)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Mark struggles to get a Down's Syndrome patient admitted
for a heart transplant; Peter faces issues of responsibility,
in the wake of Carla's pregnancy announcement and Dennis
Gant's suicide; Carol returns to work after being suspended,
and takes the medical admissions test to enter med school;
Jad Houston returns to the ER, now old enough to authorize
an end to his life; Greg and Jeanie's relationship revs up
a notch.
[317] {#64}--"Tribes" (97 Apr 10)
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Richard Thorpe
Mark examines his own prejudices after being accused of
neglecting a black gunshot victim; Carla's contractions
start early; Carter spends an entire day on treating a
woman dumped on the street by another hospital; Carol
treats a college student raped via the use of knockout
drugs; Kerry tries to persuade a disabled junkie to enter
rehab; Jenn and Rachel Greene pay the ER a surprise visit.
[318] {#65}--"You Bet Your Life" (97 Apr 17)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Christopher Chulack
Jeanie re-examines her feelings toward Al after witnessing
a couple broken up by distrust and hatred; Carter's promise
to operate on a gambler with a blocked intestine is shot
down by Anspaugh; Peter tries to insert himself back into
the life of Carla and his unborn child; in competition with
Kerry for a teaching slot, Mark strives to find a case to
publish; Carol's personal feelings influence her to question
Maggie's judgement; Kerry challenges Jerry to an IQ test;
Mark's daughter feigns illness to get attention; Doug treats
a teenager who insists on attending her prom despite a
needed bladder removal.
[319] {#66}--"Calling Dr. Hathaway" (97 Apr 24)
Teleplay: Jason Cahill & Samantha Howard Corbin
Story: Neal Baer
Director: Paris Barclay
Having passed the medical admissions test, Carol is pushed
through some early med training by Kerry; Carter catches
Edson filing a false personal history on a patient; Peter
takes a day off to help Carla; Mark and Nina go on a date,
with their daughters in tow; a $5000 reward drives Jerry to
hunt for a missing lab mouse; a married couple are suspected
of rigging personal mishaps on themselves.
[320] {#67}--"Random Acts" (97 May 1)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Jonathan Kaplam
Mark is the victim of a severe beating from an unknown
assailant; differing attitudes come to the fore after
Benton and Carter are allowed to help on a kidney
transplant; Jeanie is caught between Greg and her renewed
feelings for Al; Carol thinks Doug is playing favorites
for a golf club slot when he gives special treatment to a
young boy from a wealthy family; everyone gossips about
the mystery author of a torrid novella about the ER staffers.
[321] {#68}--"Make A Wish" (97 May 8)
Teleplay: Lydia Woodard
Story: Joe Sachs
Director: Richard Thorpe
Carla's early labor is riddled with complications; back
at work following his assault, Mark is disturbed by his
own vulnerability; another clash with Anspaugh has Carter
thinking about switching residencies; Doug masterminds a
surprise party for Carol's birthday.
[322] {#69}--"One More For The Road" (97 May 15)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Christopher Chulack
Mark buys a gun to defend himself; Anspaugh reacts badly
to Carter's desire to switch to ER medicine; Doug makes a
connection with new resident Anna Del Amico, but his eye
is on Carol; Peter keeps vigil at the side of his ill
newborn son; Jeanie reaffirms her love for Al.
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[401] {#70}--"Ambush" (aka "ERLive") (97 Sep 25)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Thomas Schlamme
The ER is put under the glaring light of a public
television documentary crew; a man is critically injured
while trying to break up a gang fight; British trauma
specialist Elizabeth Corday joins the surgery team; Carter
restarts his residency, this time in the ER; Morgenstern
has health problems of his own; Mark's stress level
continues to build.
[402] {#71}--"Something New" (97 Oct 2)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Christopher Chulack
Mark is hit with a malpractice suit from Chris Law's
family, making him even surer that Chris was his attacker;
Doug and Carol continue their renewed, clandestine romance;
Peter and Carla clash over what to name their child; Carter
gets stuck with an inept, undedicated med student; Corday
adjusts to dealing with an American ER; Morgenstern gives
Kerry more authority while he's on leave; Mark and Carol
interview applicants for a vacant desk clerk position.
[403] {#72}--"Friendly Fire" (97 Oct 9)
Writer: Walon Green
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala
Carol's trust in Doug is strained by an overheard remark;
Weaver wastes no time in using her new power; Carla and
Peter disagree again, this time over circumcision; Jerry
commits a large-scale blunder with a patient's grenade
launcher; Carter suspects Doyle of giving Del Amico
preferential treatment; Cynthia Hooper spends her first
day as a desk clerk; Al Boulet's HIV-condition is revealed
after a workplace accident; Mark reconnects with Heather
Morgan.
[404] {#73}--"When The Bough Breaks" (97 Oct 16)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Richard Thorpe
The ER is deludged with injured children following a school
bus accident; Carter's patience with Benton's snubs comes
to an end; Anna and Doug lock horns over pediatrics turf;
Carol faces accusations from a crack-abusing mother, and
is angry at Mark's lack of support; baby Reese Benton
finally leaves the NICU; Jeanie is forced make a life-or-
death decision when faced with a patient with an open wound;
Mark receives a visit from his ex-wife.
[405] {#74}--"Good Touch, Bad Touch" (97 Oct 30)
Writer: David Mills
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Mark gives a deposition in the Law family lawsuit, things
heat up and Chris Law angrily tells Mark that "he wished he
were the one who beat him up"; Peter struggles to take care
of Reese, and complete his work requirements; Anna diagnosis
a young athlete with cancer; Carter clashes with Dale, and
wonders if leaving surgery was a good option; Carol has an
idea of starting a free clinic.
[406] {#75}--"Ground Zero" (97 Nov 6)
Writer: Samantha Howard Corbin
Director: Darnell Martin
Kerry has to fire some physician's assistants, one of whom
is Jeanie; Al wants Jeanie to move with him to Atlanta;
Carter introduces Carol to his grandmother, who provides
funding for the clinic; Anna also attends, and is angry
with Carter for hiding his family wealth; Doug learns that
his father died, he and Mark make plans to go to California;
Mark and Cynthia start an affair.
[407] {#76}--"Fathers and Sons" (97 Nov 13)
Writer: John Wells
Director: Christopher Chulack
Doug and Mark learn that Doug's father was driving drunk
and caused an accident that killed himself, his wife, and
a trucker; Doug attends the trucker's funeral and attempts
to come to terms with his own relationship with his father;
Mark has an uneasy reunion with his parents in San Diego;
Carol surprises Doug, and together with Mark they scatter
Ray's ashes; Doug decides to try to contact his stepmother's
family.
[408] {#77}--"Freak Show" (97 Nov 20)
Writer: Neal Baer
Director: Darnell Martin
Peter, Corday, and Romano operate on a young boy with a
rare reversed organ condition; Cynthia is responsible for
the free clinic opening earlier than it was supposed to,
which angers Carol; Mark gives Carol a note written by
Doug, which Cynthia mistakenly thinks is a note for her
from Mark; Carter and Anna treat Henry for a severe
allergic reaction; Jeanie goes to Anspaugh and demands to
know if her firing is HIV related.
[409] {#78}--"Obstruction of Justice" (97 Dec 12)
Writer: Lance Gentile
Director: Richard Thorpe
On the advice of her lawyers, Jeannie refuses to accept
being fired; Kerry confronts Jeannie, but is not backed
up by Anspaugh, who eventually gives Jeannie her job back;
Carter bucks a cop trying to get samples from Carter's
patient, and ends up being arrested; Mark lets his lawyer
play "Doc For A Day"; Carol and Cynthia catch each other
in indiscretions; Corday and Benton have a confrontation
regarding experimental surgery.
[410] {#79}--"Do You See What I See?" (97 Dec 18)
Writer: Linda Gase
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson
Benton becomes "St. Peter" to a blind patient that he
"heals"; Mark's elderly rape victim gives him insight into
his own feelings of victimization; Cynthia shares a
disturbing secret with Mark; Carol takes Carter's Gamma and
cousin Chase on a tour of the free clinic; Corday stays
with her patient and forgoes her holiday leave; both Carol
and Doug make surprise announcements at the ER Christmas
party.
[411] {#80}--"Think Warm Thoughts" (98 Jan 8)
Writer: David Mills
Director: Charles Haid
Anspaugh's son visits the ER as a cancer patient; Hathaway
discovers another elderly woman has been raped; "Wild Willie"
Swift returns--as a Synergix attending; Corday and Rocket
bump heads when she tries to arrange for throat surgery on
Rocket's knee patient; Carter tries to convince a med student
to choose ER as her specialty.
[412] {#81}--"Sharp Relief" (98 Jan 15)
Writer: Samantha Howard Corbin
Director: Christopher Chulack
Yet another elderly woman has been raped; Anspaugh asks
Boulet to take care of his son; Ross and Hathaway's
relationship hits a speed bump; Weaver has second thoughts
about Ellis and about Synergix's methods; Benton and Corday
reach an understanding regarding Romano; Carter confronts
his cousin about his habits.
[413] {#82}--"Carter's Choice" (98 Jan 29)
Writer: John Wells
Director: John Wells
During a blizzard which depletes County's blood supply,
Carter faces an ethical dilemma: save the serial rapist or
use the available blood for other patients? Also, Ellis
West surprises Weaver with a decision about Synergix;
Hathaway confronts a surprised Ross about their relationship;
Peter and Carla disagree on day care for their son.
[414] {#83}--"Family Practice" (98 Feb 5)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Charles Haid
Mark returns to San Diego to be with his hospitalized mother,
and confronts his past in the form of his father--as well
as his present: Cynthia.
[415] {#84}--"Exodus" (98 Feb 26)
Writer: Walon Green & Joe Sachs
Director: Christopher Chulack
"Exodus" puts the "E" back in "ER": an industrial accident
affects the ER personnel both inside and outside County...
While on a paramedic ride-with, Corday helps rescue a man
trapped in a collapsed chemical warehouse; faced with the
chaos of an unprepared ER in the aftermath of a Benzene
spill, Carter takes over; trapped in an elevator, Ross and
Hathaway Fight Against Time to save an 8-year-old patient.
[416] {#85}--"My Brother's Keeper" (98 Mar 5)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Jacque Toberen
The Carter family--John, Chase, and their grandparents--
face a crisis; Ross nervously prepares to present a Peds
paper, but Weaver has something to say about it; Greene
searches for Closure with Cynthia; Del Amico deals with a
seriously ill patient that was passed over by another
hospital; Romano disses Corday in her performance eval,
and she seeks out support from Benton.
[417] {#86}--"A Bloody Mess" (98 Apr 9)
Writer: Linda Gase
Director: Richard Thorpe
The husband of Anna's pregnant patient in crisis, calls
Anna's background into question; Morgenstern comes back--
perhaps too soon after his heart attack; Benton and Corday
clash, and crash; Corday makes a decision about working
with Romano on an important blood study; Jeanie and Scotty
deal with the return of his cancer; Hathaway treats a
16-year-old girl who may be involved with more than she
can handle; Carter helps Chase cope with his slow recovery.
[418] {#87}--"Gut Reaction" (98 Apr 16)
Writer: Linda Gase
Director: Richard Thorpe
Benton and Morganstern's routine surgery takes a tragic
turn; Carter asks Del Amico out, then helps her donate bone
marrow; Gamma takes out her anger over Chase, on Hathaway's
Clinic, then on Carter; Ross pushes for a Pedes Attending,
to the dismay of Greene and Weaver; Scott decides on getting
more chemo, with Jeanie's blessing; the annual ER Banquet
is held, and Hilarity Ensues [over here by The Moose...]
[419] {#88}--"Shades of Gray" (98 Apr 23)
Writer: Samantha Howard Corbin
Director: Lance Gentile
Cut off from his family's money, Carter Learns How To Be Poor;
Jeanie says goodbye to a friend; Doug treats a patient
affected by an abortion clinic's bombing--as does Corday;
the fallout from what should've been routine surgery,
continues to haunt Morganstern and Benton; Anna refuses to
continue an abortion left unfinshed by the bombing; after
having a difficult day, Benton and Corday seek solace in
each others' arms.
[420] {#89}--"Of Past Regret and Future Fear" (98 Apr 30)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Anthony Edwards
Carol bonds with a man who was doused with chemicals and
given only hours to live; Benton and Corday come to terms
The Morning After, but still both have Something To Hide;
Carter and Gamma disagree on what to do about Chase; Ross
confronts an addicted mother who has strung out her infant son.
[421] {#90}--"Suffer the Little Children" (98 May 7)
Writer: Walon Green
Director: Christopher Misiano
Ross and Hathaway risk their careers when they detox an
infant using a medical method not approved--by the hospital
or the mother; Peter confronts Romano about Peter and Liz's
affair, to possible dire consequences; Del Amico treats a
TV evangelist; Dr. Max Rosher, Anna's ex- (and future?)
boyfriend, arrives to assess the possibility of a pedes
unit in the ER; Jeanie fears her HIV is becoming worse.
[422] {#91}--"A Hole In The Heart" (98 May 14)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Lesli Glatter
The fourth season finale takes up right where the last
episode left off: Ross and Weaver are at odds regarding
his unauthorized procedure on Baby Josh, and to Weaver's
surprise, the Pedes department decides to continue the
procedure; under the stress of her dealings with Ross,
Greene, Anspaugh, and an uncaring insurance company, Weaver
decides she does not want to be "Acting Chief" anymore,
and quits; Carter suspects Rosher of stealing drugs;
Hathaway and Boulet treat a man that's suicidal--and more...
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[501] {#92}--"Day For Knight" (98 Sep 24)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Christopher Chulack
We lose one--Dr. Anna "Don't Call Me Anna" Del Amico (Maria
Bello) is gone; and we gain one--Kellie Martin as Lucy Knight,
"Young Female Doctor Void"-filler...uh, third-year medical
student, who comes under the tutelage of Dr. John Carter;
they clash, but Nurse Carol Hathaway and Dr. Doug Ross Save The Day.
[502] {#93}--"Split Second" (98 Oct 1)
Writer: Carol Flint
Director: Christopher Misiano
Lucy Knight continues to have difficulty Adjusting; Corday gets a
Significant Visitor; Greene ponders another position; Baby Boy Reese
[Reece] may be deaf; Weaver and Ross have a clash of the Titans; in
an ironic twist to last years' [ahem] "spoilers", gang violence
erupts in the ER.
[503] {#94}--"They Treat Horses, Don't They?" (98 Oct 8)
Writer: Walon Green
Director: T.R. Babu Subramaniam
Mark and Rachel have difficulty Bonding; in Yet Another Episode,
Lucy Knight continues to have difficulty Adjusting; and the Titans
have their Day: Weaver is considered for ER Chief; and thar's a new
pediatric attending in town, pardner, and his name is...
[504] {#95}--"Vanishing Act" (98 Oct 15)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Lesli Glatter
"Things aren't always as they appear" ["what? WHAT?"]: Weaver appears
to think she looks Powerful in her Interview Power Suit; Loooceeey
appears to know a medical procedure that she's clueless about;
Hathaway appears to not know her Red Letter Days; Corday appears
to think Edson has a sense-o-humor about her intern status; Edson
appears to want "Lizzie" to Show Him The Hand...
[505] {#96}--"Masquerade" (98 Oct 29)
Writer: Samantha Howard Corbin
Director: Steve DeJarnatt
Doug Has Paperwork ["what?"]; Mark gets bad news on the homefront,
and also mishandles a case involving a pregnant schizophrenic
patient; Lucy gets Buck Wyld at a dorm party that Carter is supposed
to "chaperone" [even though these are *MEDICAL* students...but I
digress...]; Kerry discovers there's another admin who's an even
bigger ass than she can be, and the door's not big enough for the
both of 'em...
[506] {#97}--"Stuck On You" (98 Nov 5)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Lesli Glatter
Doug Bonds with his Paperwork ["WHAT?"]; The Beard meets its match
in the Carpet Bros and their Glue; Cowboy Greene gets [ahem] attached
to a teen he encounters on a paramedic ride-along; Carter gets stuck
with finding a new roommate; Peter gets caught on the "cutting edge"
after Kerry recommends a doctor for Reece; Doug and Carol come clean.
[507] {#98}--"Hazed And Confused" (98 Nov 12)
Writer: David Mills
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Mark has a strong reaction to the paramedics' hazing prank; in a
brilliant acting turn, Alex Kingston as Dr. Corday demonstrates the
effects of a long day-and-a-half being the scut puppy intern; The
Other Side of the "deaf issue" rears its ugly head; Kerry gets to
serve up the Cold Dish Of Revenge when Anspaugh has to play
-Interim- Chief.
[508] {#99}--"The Good Fight" (98 Nov 19)
Writer: Jack Orman
Director: Christopher Chulack
Mostly Carter and Lucy, most the time, in this spotlight episode:
while the staff of County work desperately to save a little girl who
was seriously injured in a car crash, off-duty Carter and Lucy search
Chicago to find her father, who went missing from the hospital and
who is her 1 in 50 million perfect blood match.
[509] {#100}--"Good Luck Ruth Johnson" (98 Dec 10)
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Director: Rod Holcomb
Following in the footsteps of "Frasier", "ER" ties the 100th episode
in with a fictional centennial celebration--Cook County Hospital
turn 100. The twist here is that Ruth Johnson (hint: check the
episode title), a once-and-present patient, is also 100, and
Carter gets to Play with her; Carol Discovers The Shocking Truth
about a shooting.
[510] {#101}--"The Miracle Worker" (98 Dec 17)
Writer: Paul Manning
Director: Lesli Glatter
[ObStarTrekReference: "Scot'y, izzat you?"]
No, it's time for another "ER" Christmas episode...
*[511] {#102}--"Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee" (99 Jan 07)
Writer: Linda Gase
Director: Richard Thorpe
*[512] {#103}--"Double Blind" (99 Jan 21)
Writer:
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