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ER FAQ 5.00: Episodes


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Last Updated: 11/27/98 by Rose "MotherFAQer" Cooper



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
----  -------------------                 -----------------
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

------------

*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.

---------

 [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: [currently unknown]
 Director: [currently unknown]
        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
        episod 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: [currently unknown]
 Director: [currently unknown]
        [ObStarTrekReference: "Scot'y, izzat you?"]
        No, it's time for another "ER" Christmas episode...



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