ER Season 1 Episodes

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Episode 1 - 24 Hours

The chaos of an urban, public hospital emergency room and the lives of its devoted doctors and staff, a Chicago building collapses, and everyone in the ER must overcome personal dramas to save lives.
Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: 24 Hours

In the story that started the worldwide blockbuster which provocatively explores the chaos of an urban, public hospital emergency room and the lives of its devoted doctors and staff, a Chicago building collapses, and everyone in the ER must overcome their personal dramas to save lives in a crisis.
Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2: Day One

Dr. Ross works up the nerve to visit Carol eight weeks after her attempted suicide. Carter is enchanted by an attractive young patient.
Episode 2 - Day One

Dr. Ross works up the nerve to visit Carol eight weeks after her attempted suicide. Carter is enchanted by an attractive young patient.
Episode 3 - Going Home

Dr. Lewis is confronted by a private physician concerning her risky treatment of a heart patient. Carol returns to work at the ER. A mysterious woman wanders the halls of the hospital.
Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3: Going Home

Dr. Lewis is confronted by a private physician concerning her risky treatment of a heart patient. Carol returns to work at the ER. A mysterious woman wanders the halls of the hospital.
Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4: Hit and Run

Carter contacts the wrong parents to inform them that their son is dead. Ross is still attracted to Hathaway--who just moved in with Dr. John Taglieri.
Episode 4 - Hit and Run

Carter contacts the wrong parents to inform them that their son is dead. Ross is still attracted to Hathaway--who just moved in with Dr. John Taglieri.
Episode 5 - Into That Good Night

A business contractor prepares his family for his impending death because a heart donor can't be found for him. Greene's wife gets a job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5: Into That Good Night

A business contractor prepares his family for his impending death because a heart donor can't be found for him. Greene's wife gets a job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6: Chicago Heat

Dr. Ross and Dr. Greene treat a 5-year-old girl who accidentally swallowed cocaine. Closed ERs at two other hospitals make the ER very busy. Susan's sister, Chloe, is becoming mentally unstable.
Episode 6 - Chicago Heat

Dr. Ross and Dr. Greene treat a 5-year-old girl who accidentally swallowed cocaine. Closed ERs at two other hospitals make the ER very busy. Susan's sister, Chloe, is becoming mentally unstable.
Episode 7 - Another Perfect Day

A drunk Chloe shows up in the hospital. Carol and Doug share a kiss. Benton and Langworthy are rivals for the Starzl fellowship.
Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7: Another Perfect Day

A drunk Chloe shows up in the hospital. Carol and Doug share a kiss. Benton and Langworthy are rivals for the Starzl fellowship.
Episode 8 - 9 1/2 Hours

Dr. Susan Lewis notices that Dr. Cvetic is ill-tempered. Benton has family problems. Carol takes care of a rape victim. Doug is overwhelmed by his position as acting chief when Mark calls in sick.
Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8: 9 1/2 Hours

Dr. Susan Lewis notices that Dr. Cvetic is ill-tempered. Benton has family problems. Carol takes care of a rape victim. Doug is overwhelmed by his position as acting chief when Mark calls in sick.
Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9: ER Confidential

Ross continues his relationship with medical supply saleswoman Linda Farrell. Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite. Lewis prepares Thanksgiving dinner for Chloe and Chloe's boyfriend.
Episode 9 - ER Confidential

Ross continues his relationship with medical supply saleswoman Linda Farrell. Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite. Lewis prepares Thanksgiving dinner for Chloe and Chloe's boyfriend.
Episode 10 - Season 1, Episode 10: Blizzard

The ER goes from completely empty to jammed beyond capacity during a snowstorm that caused a 32-car pile up. During this Christmas season, Hathaway announces her engagement to Taglieri.
Episode 10 - Blizzard

The ER goes from completely empty to jammed beyond capacity during a snowstorm that caused a 32-car pile up. During this Christmas season, Hathaway announces her engagement to Taglieri.
Episode 11 - Season 1, Episode 11: The Gift

Cvetic is still missing. Benton announces the availability of a dying man's organs before he has permission from the wife. Chloe is pregnant. Ross shows up at Hathaway's engagement party--uninvited.
Episode 11 - The Gift

Cvetic is still missing. Benton announces the availability of a dying man's organs before he has permission from the wife. Chloe is pregnant. Ross shows up at Hathaway's engagement party--univited.
Episode 12 - Happy New Year

Chloe plans to move to Texas with her boyfriend and have her baby. Carter struggles through his first surgery. Benton's sister insists they place their mother in a nursing home.
Episode 12 - Season 1, Episode 12: Happy New Year

Chloe plans to move to Texas with her boyfriend and have her baby. Carter struggles through his first surgery. Benton's sister insists they place their mother in a nursing home.
Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13: Luck of the Draw

Benton is called out of surgery to find his senile mother. Kayson formally charges Lewis with negligence in the death of a patient. Carter is forced to help Benton's new intern.
Episode 13 - Luck of the Draw

Benton is called out of surgery to find his senile mother. Kayson formally charges Lewis with negligence in the death of a patient. Carter is forced to help Benton's new intern.
Episode 14 - Season 1, Episode 14: Long Day's Journey

Kayson is brought in as a heart patient. Susan is cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of a patient. Peter hires someone to take care of his mother--without consulting his sister.
Episode 14 - Long Day's Journey

Kayson is brought in as a heart patient. Susan is cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of a patient. Peter hires someone to take care of his mother--without consulting his sister.
Episode 15 - Season 1, Episode 15: Feb 5, '95

Morgenstein offers Greene a position as attending physician. New crash carts for the ER are stolen by cardiology. Deb outshines Carter. Ross becomes interested in a hospital employee Diane Leeds.
Episode 15 - Feb 5, '95

Morgenstein offers Greene a position as attending physician. New crash carts for the ER are stolen by cardiology. Deb outshines Carter. Ross becomes interested in a hospital employee Diane Leeds.
Episode 16 - Season 1, Episode 16: Make of Two Hearts

Kayson, a married man, tries to start a romance with Susan by asking her to dinner. Deb unknowingly eats LSD-laced chocolates. Carol takes an interest in a Russian girl abandoned in the ER.
Episode 16 - Make of Two Hearts

Kayson, a married man, tries to start a romance with Susan by asking her to dinner. Deb unknowingly eats LSD-laced chocolates. Carol takes an interest in a Russian girl abandoned in the ER.
Episode 17 - Season 1, Episode 17: The Birthday Party

Carol wants to adopt Tatiana, but Taglieri doesn't. A conflict arises between Mark and his wife when she accepts a job in Milwaukee after he has already been offered a permanent position by Morganstern. Benton finds family and hospital responsibilities overwhelming when he tries to get someone to cover his shift so he can attend his mother's birthday party.
Episode 17 - The Birthday Party

Carol wants to adopt Tatiana, but Taglieri doesn't. A conflict arises between Mark and his wife when she accepts a job in Milwaukee. Benton finds family and hospital responsibilities overwhelming.
Episode 18 - Season 1, Episode 18: Sleepless in Chicago

Jennifer informs Mark that she wants a divorce. Benton falls asleep while taking care of his mother, and she gets injured. Susan is fascinated by a doctor she meets-- but the man is a fraud.
Episode 18 - Sleepless In Chicago

Jennifer informs Mark that she wants a divorce. Benton falls asleep while taking care of his mother, and she gets injured. Susan is fascinated by a doctor she meets--but the man is a fraud.
Episode 19 - Love's Labor Lost

Mark misdiagnoses a pregnant woman, who returns to the ER shortly afterward. The ER staff works frantically to save Jodi O'Brien and her baby in this Emmy-Award winning episode.
Episode 19 - Season 1, Episode 19: Love's Labor Lost

Mark misdiagnoses a pregnant woman, who returns to the ER shortly afterward. The ER staff works frantically to save Jodi O'Brien and her baby in this Emmy-Award winning episode.
Episode 20 - Season 1, Episode 20: Full Moon, Saturday Night

Hathaway's patient believes that he is a werewolf. Ross goes out on a date with Diane Leeds. Lewis impresses the new chairman of the ER, and Greene doesn't. Benton tends to his sick mother.
Episode 20 - Full Moon, Saturday Night

Hathaway's patient believes that he is a werewolf. Ross goes out on a date with Diane Leeds. Lewis impresses the new chairman of the ER, and Greene doesn't. Benton tends to his sick mother.
Episode 21 - Season 1, Episode 21: House of Cards

Ross pursues a relationship with Diane Leeds. Drs. Greene and Swift have a confrontation concerning the pregnant woman who died while under Greene's care. Benton places his mother in a nursing home. Deb makes a grave error in judgment. Dr. Lewis' sister returns to Chicago, pregnant and homeless.
Episode 21 - House of Cards

Ross pursues a relationship with Diane Leeds. Drs. Greene and Swift have a confrontation concerning the pregnant woman who died while under Greene's care. Benton places his mother in a nursing home.
Episode 22 - Season 1, Episode 22: Men Plan, God Laughs

Helpless to do anything more for his mother, Dr. Benton intends to heal every patient he sees. Ross makes plans with Diane and her son, Jake. Lewis tries to help her pregnant sister find a place to live. Carter impresses Swift while Greene continues to have problems with his new boss.
Episode 22 - Men Plan, God Laughs

Dr. Benton intends to heal every patient he sees. Ross makes plans with Diane and her son. Carter impresses Swift while Greene continues to have problems with his new boss.
Episode 23 - Season 1, Episode 23: Love Among the Ruins

Even though Jeanie is married, Peter finds himself attracted to her. The ER staff discovers that Carter is rich. Greene tries to reconcile with his wife. Hathaway struggles to write her wedding vows.
Episode 23 - Love Among the Ruins

Even though Jeanie is married, Peter finds himself attracted to her. The ER staff discovers that Carter is rich. Greene tries to reconcile with his wife. Hathaway struggles to write her wedding vows.
Episode 24 - Season 1, Episode 24: Motherhood

Lewis delivers her sister's baby. Ross sees an old lover again, jeopardizing his relationship with Diane. Carter does not accept a position in the ER because he believes that he will be offered a surgical position.
Episode 24 - Motherhood

Lewis delivers her sister's baby. Ross sees an old lover again, jeopardizing his relationship with Diane. Carter does not accept a posistion in the ER.
Episode 25 - Season 1, Episode 25: Everything Old Is New Again

Greene is sued for malpractice. Benton offers Carter a surgical internship, and Swift offers Greene an attending job in the ER for next year. Tag and Hathaway prepare for their wedding day.
Episode 25 - Everything Old Is New Again

Greene is sued for malpractice. Benton offers Carter a surgical internship, and Swift offers Greene an attending job in the ER for next year. Tag and Hathaway prepare for their wedding day.
Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 1: Welcome Back Carter!

Greene hires a new chief resident, Dr. Kerry Weaver. New medical students invade the ER. Carter returns to the ER with a new position. Benton and Jeanie become involved.
Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 2: Summer Run

Benton asks Jeanie to inform her husband about their love affair. Carter is attracted to a new med student, Harper. Carol rides with paramedics for the day. Weaver antagonizes Lewis and Ross.
Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 3: Do One, Teach One, Kill One

Lewis and Weaver continue to argue. Jeanie ends her relationship with Peter. Carol and Shep share their first kiss. Carter performs his first unsupervised surgery. Chloe disappears.
Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 4: What Life?

Carter is called on to replace Benton in surgery after Benton is injured in a parking lot fight. Greene supports the unpopular Weaver. Shep heroically saves a gunshot victim. Carter and Harper kiss.
Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 5: And Baby Makes Two

Lewis agonizes over what to do about her niece. Benton treats a woman who is being abused by her policeman husband. Carter dazzles the staff. Greene and Ross argue about the young AIDS patient.
Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 6: Days Like This

Ross acts erratically, threatening his professional future. Harper has sex with Ross, infuriating Carter. Hathaway buys a house. Jeanie transfers to the ER.
Episode 32 - Season 2, Episode 7: Hell and High Water

A panicked boy asks for Ross' help, and Ross finds another boy trapped in a storm drain. As the water continues to rise, Ross feverishly works to free the frightened boy.
Episode 33 - Season 2, Episode 8: The Secret Sharer

Ross' newfound celebrity causes him to make a career choice. Jeanie files for divorce from her husband. Ross' estranged father contacts him. Lewis desperately needs a caretaker for her niece.
Episode 34 - Season 2, Episode 9: Home

Mark becomes suspicious when his wife and daughter are in a car accident with Jennifer's male co-worker. Hathaway tries to help a schizophrenic architect.
Episode 35 - Season 2, Episode 10: A Miracle Happens Here

During the Christmas season, a patient who resembles Santa visits the ER with a hand injury from making toys. Greene becomes up set when Jennifer asks to take their daughter away for the holidays.
Episode 36 - Season 2, Episode 11: Dead of Winter

Shep finds himself on Malik and Benton's bad side when he makes a racial remark. Al begs Jeanie to give him another chance. Mark is served with divorce papers.
Episode 37 - Season 2, Episode 12: True Lies

Greene and Rachel dislike the shared custody arrangement with Jennifer. Dr. Morganstern is brought into the ER. Ross' problems with his father become apparent at work.
Episode 38 - Season 2, Episode 13: It's Not Easy Being Greene

Jennifer sues Greene for full custody of Rachel. The hospital wants to settle the O'Brien malpractice case out of court. After reviewing the deceased patient's chart, Greene realizes he made a mistake.
Episode 39 - Season 2, Episode 14: The Right Thing

Benton confronts Vucelich about inaccurate findings on Vucelich's study, and Vucelich removes Benton from his surgical team. The ER staff believes that Lewis and Greene are having an affair.
Episode 40 - Season 2, Episode 15: Baby Shower

When a sprinkler on the maternity floor malfunctions, eight women who are giving birth are transferred to the ER. Ross visits his estranged father. Benton tries to prove himself as a surgeon.
Episode 41 - Season 2, Episode 16: The Healers

During an apartment fire, Shep and Raul, his partner, enter the burning building to save some children. Raul gets severely burned and dies at the ER.
Episode 42 - Season 2, Episode 17: The Match Game

Resentment grows between Ross and Benton when Benton exposes one of Ross' major medical mistakes. Chloe claims that she's sober, but Lewis keeps her away from Susie.
Episode 43 - Season 2, Episode 18: A Shift in the Night

Lewis fights Chloe for custody of little Susie. Greene manages the incredibly busy ER. He witnesses a terrible car accident and then works on the victims.
Episode 44 - Season 2, Episode 19: Fire In the Belly

Hathaway worries about Shep's increasingly violent behavior. Carter competes with a surgical resident in training when he learns that only the top students will make it to the second year.
Episode 45 - Season 2, Episode 20: Fevers of Unknown Origin

Doug has sex with his father's girlfriend. Greene and Jen discuss their divorce and have sex. Carter works with Ross.
Episode 46 - Season 2, Episode 21: Take These Broken Wings

Hathaway testifies in an investigation of Shep's behavior. Jeanie's husband comes to the ER thinking that he may have the flu, but tests reveal that Al is HIV positive.
Episode 47 - Season 2, Episode 22: John Carter, M.D.

Lewis refuses the job as chief resident for next year. Weaver is appointed attending physician. Hathaway quits her job and threatens to leave Shep if he refuses counseling.
Episode 48 - Season 3, Episode 1: Dr. Carter, I Presume

Jeanie discovers she is HIV positive but refuses to disclose her status to the hospital. Her former lover, Dr. Peter Benton, tests negative.
Episode 49 - Season 3, Episode 2: Let the Games Begin

While undergoing aggressive treatment for HIV, Jeanie gets dismissed from a bloody trauma by Benton. Greene and Lewis' mutual attraction increases.
Episode 50 - Season 3, Episode 3: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Carter has a problem with Anspaugh when Carter pretends that his patient's condition is worse than it is so he can operate. Weaver realizes that Jeanie is HIV-positive.
Episode 51 - Season 3, Episode 4: Last Call

Ross' personal life results in tragedy. Hathaway considers enrolling in medical school. Carter annoys Benton by impressing Dr. Keaton.
Episode 52 - Season 3, Episode 5: Ghosts

Hathaway and Ross ride in a health mobile dispensing free medical care in poor neighborhoods. Greene and Lewis enjoy the ER Halloween party together.
Episode 53 - Season 3, Episode 6: Fear of Flying

Lewis confronts her fear of flying to travel in a rescue helicopter with Greene and assist a family of accident victims. Jeanie and Doyle keep a dead man on ice for cryogenic storage.
Episode 54 - Season 3, Episode 7: No Brain, No Gain

Benton keeps vigil on a critically ill baby whose condition is the result of Benton's surgical error. Greene worries that Lewis is dating Morgenstern.
Episode 55 - Season 3, Episode 8: Union Station

Nurse Lydia Wright and police officer Al Grabarsky get married. Jeanie'shusband finally signs the divorce papers. Carol gets appointed to serve on a hospital committtee.
Episode 56 - Season 3, Episode 9: Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies

Greene snoops into Jeanie's confidential files and learns her secret after he discovers that Al is HIV-positive. Keaton implies to Carter that their relationship is strictly for fun.
Episode 57 - Season 3, Episode 10: Homeless for the Holidays

Jeanie finally divulges her HIV status to her co-workers. Ross befriends Charlie, a homeless 14-year-old girl. He brings her to Hathaway's house where her family is celebrating a Ukranian Christmas.
Episode 58 - Season 3, Episode 11: Night Shift

Gant feels intense pressure from Benton who Gant feels is too tough on him.Carter ignores Gant because he's tired of listening to his constant complaints.
Episode 59 - Season 3, Episode 12: Post Mortem

Carter feels sorrow and guilt about Gant's death even though the police rule it an accident.Carter rebukes Benton for his seeming lack of concern.Ross refuses to be Charlie's guardian.
Episode 60 - Season 3, Episode 13: Fortune's Fools

Carol admits to a newspaper reporter that she made a fatal mistake and the hospital suspends her. Benton learns that Carla, his girlfriend, is pregnant.
Episode 61 - Season 3, Episode 14: Whose Appy Now?

Jeanie and Fischer share their first kiss. Ross treats a 17-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis who wants to die but is too young to sign a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order.
Episode 62 - Season 3, Episode 15: The Long Way Around

Hathaway experiences a busy day when she and a store full of customers are taken hostage. Hathaway uses her medical skills and crude implements from the store to help the victims.
Episode 63 - Season 3, Episode 16: Faith

Hathaway gets reinstated. She leaves work early to take the medical school admissions test. Carter disagrees with Anspaugh's diagnosis and is proven correct, impressing Anspaugh.
Episode 64 - Season 3, Episode 17: Tribes

Jeanie treats Carla who is experiencing premature labor as the result of a car accident. Jeanie discovers that Benton is the father. Greene treats a white gunshot victim before a black gunshot victim.
Episode 65 - Season 3, Episode 18: You Bet Your Life

Greene competes with Weaver for a teaching position. Carter undermines Anspaugh's judgment by asking Hicks to perform delicate surgery on a patient Anspaugh refuses to operate on.
Episode 66 - Season 3, Episode 19: Calling Dr. Hathaway

Hathaway finds out that she had a high score on her medical-school admissions test; however, she realizes she loves being a nurse and really does not want a career change.
Episode 67 - Season 3, Episode 20: Random Acts

Greene is severely beaten by an unknown assailant in a hospital bathroom. Jeanie and Al rekindle their relationship. Ross transfers his obsession with sex to golf.
Episode 68 - Season 3, Episode 21: Make a Wish

A battered and bruised Greene returns to work. Carla delivers her baby two months prematurely and in critical condition. Carter begins to think that maybe he does not want to be a surgeon after all.
Episode 69 - Season 3, Episode 22: One More for the Road

Unable to sleep, Greene destroys the hospital lounge, throwing furniture and other items around. He refuses to acknowledge that he has a problem and buys a gun.
Episode 70 - Season 4, Episode 1: Ambush

Weaver informs Carter that since he switched from surgical residency to ER, he'll have to repeat his intern year. Hathaway and Ross continue their secret love affair.
Episode 71 - Season 4, Episode 2: Something New

Suffering emotionally from his recent beating, Greene misdiagnoses cases. The family of Kenny Law sues Greene for medical malpractice.
Episode 72 - Season 4, Episode 3: Friendly Fire

A job-related injury cause Jeanie's ex-husband to admit his HIV status to one of his co-workers. Anspaugh officially appoints Weaver as the temporary replacement.
Episode 73 - Season 4, Episode 4: When the Bough Breaks

A crack-addicted woman delivers a stillborn baby, and she didn't even know she was pregnant. Greene never tested her during a previous visit for stomach pains.
Episode 74 - Season 4, Episode 5: Good Touch, Bad Touch

Hathaway proposes the idea of opening a family clinic that provides follow-up services. Weaver supports it. Carter suggests Hathaway speak to his grandmother about funding.
Episode 75 - Season 4, Episode 6: Ground Zero

Anspaugh tries to persuade Benton to join Dr. "Rocket" Romano's surgical team. Corday is already on it. The hospital settles the Kenny Law lawsuit.
Episode 76 - Season 4, Episode 7: Fathers and Sons

Greene accompanies Ross to California to help Ross identify his father's body and retrieve his effects. The death of Ross' father prompts Greene to visit his parents in San Diego.
Episode 77 - Season 4, Episode 8: Freak Show

When Jeanie discovers that Weaver gave herself a huge salary increase, she accuses Weaver of wrongful termination due to HIV status.
Episode 78 - Season 4, Episode 9: Obstruction of Justice

After obtaining help from a gay and lesbian defense group, Jeanie is reinstated. Greene's daughter and Cynthia get acquainted, but Cynthia tries too hard to be Rachel's friend.
Episode 79 - Season 4, Episode 10: Do You See What I See?

A blind man believes that Dr. Benton has healed him and begins telling everyone that Benton is a miracle worker. Soon the ER is inundated with people who believe in Benton's "healing" powers.
Episode 80 - Season 4, Episode 11: Think Warm Thoughts

Corday infuriated Romano when she gets a physician from another hospital to consult on one of her patients. Dr. Anspaugh's son is admitted for abdominal pains. Jeanie has a calming effect on the boy.
Episode 81 - Season 4, Episode 12: Sharp Relief

Ross plans to surprise Hathaway with a secret, romantic wedding. Oblivious, she accompanies paramedics on a rescue. When she comforts one of the paramedics, she kisses him and feels conflicted.
Episode 82 - Season 4, Episode 13: Carter's Choice

Benton and Corday go on a date to play darts. Carter must make a tough decision when he works to save the life of a serial rapist. Hathaway helps Weaver deliver a mentally challenged couple's baby.
Episode 83 - Season 4, Episode 14: Family Practice

Greene returns to San Diego to help care for his mother who fell off a ladder. Cynthia impulsively follows him out west. While in the naval hospital, Greene's mother exhibits strange behavior.
Episode 84 - Season 4, Episode 15: Exodus

An explosion at a chemical warehouse sends a number of workers to the ER, putting everyone in danger when they unknowingly track benzene on the floors.
Episode 85 - Season 4, Episode 16: My Brother's Keeper

Jeanie assists Scott during his final round of chemotherapy. Greene locates Cynthia. This is the first he has seen of her since the San Diego trip. They amicably terminate their relationship.
Episode 86 - Season 4, Episode 17: A Bloody Mess

A painful bone-marrow test reveals that Scott's cancer has returned. Hathaway solicits the staff to get tested as possible bone-marrow transplants. Carter visits Chase at the neurology center.
Episode 87 - Season 4, Episode 18: Gut Reaction

Morgenstern's odd behavior comes to a climax when he is unable to complete an operation. Benton pushes him out of the way and takes over, but the patient dies anyway.
Episode 88 - Season 4, Episode 19: Shades of Gray

The ER treats victims from the bombing of a family planning, prenatal care and abortion clinic. Carter takes care of an elderly patient who he believes is a victim of neglect.
Episode 89 - Season 4: Episode 20: Of Past Regret and Future Fear

Benton and Corday continue a secret relationship. Benton attends his son's baptism. Carla's new boyfriend, Roger, is also there. Meanwhile, Romano asks Corday for a date, but she refuses.
Episode 90 - Season 4, Episode 21: Suffer the Little Children

Jeanie fears she might be getting ill, but tests prove she's fine. A televangelist suffering from a kidney ailment wants to broadcast live from the ER--to raise money.
Episode 91 - Season 4, Episode 22: A Hole In the Heart

Corday is shocked to discover that Romano refuses to sponsor her for another year. Greene and Weaver are forced to take disciplinary action against Ross for his unethical treatment of Josh McLean.
Episode 92 - Season 5, Episode 1: Day for Knight

Lucy Knight, a third year medical student, begins her first day in the ER. Although she impresses doctors with her ability to answer medical questions, her attempts to help patients are clumsy. Placed on probation, Ross must report every procedure he needs to perform to Weaver. Meanwhile, a paramedic asks Greene to consider acting as the district medical director for EMS (Emergency Medical Service), a voluntary job. Greene's daughter, Rachel,is living with him for the summer. Corday searches for a new fellowship so she can remain in the United States.
Episode 93 - Season 5, Episode 2: Split Second

To save rent money, Carter lives in a medical student dormitory as a resident advisor. While visiting Corday at her apartment, Benton meets her father. Corday realizes that the only way she can stay at County General is to start over as an intern, which she eventually decides to do. The audiology test on Reese reveals a severe to profound hearing loss. He'll need digital hearing aids. A child dies after not receiving proper treatment at the scene of karate accident, prompting Greene to become an unpaid EMS director. Hathaway hires a salaried registered nurse for her clinic.
Episode 94 - Season 5, Episode 3: They Treat Horses, Don't They?

Greene agrees to serve on the search committee to consider candidates to permanently fill the interim position as chief of emergency medicine. Despite Weaver's objections, Ross gets the job as the new pediatric emergency room attending doctor. Greene treats a constipated horse and becomes Rachel's hero. Greene's first assignment as an EMS director places him in danger as he treats a dynamite-wired assailant with gunshot wounds.
Episode 95 - Season 5, Episode 4: Vanishing Act

A wounded gang member tries to leave the ER to exact revenge. Benton keeps Reese's hearing disability a secret from his co-workers. Jeanie tells Ross she'd like to be his physician assistant in the pediatric emergency room. Weaver interviews for the job as permanent chief of emergency medicine. Hathaway disclosesto Ross that she might be pregnant but later discovers she's not. Lucy misplaces a dead body as she transports it to the morgue. Her inability to start an IV is revealed during a crisis. Corday realizes that her abilities exceed what will be demanded of her as an intern.
Episode 96 - Season 5, Episode 5: Masquerade

Jennifer plans to relocate to St. Louis and take Rachel with her. Carter places Lucy in charge of the Halloween party at the dormitory so he can do research for his presentation. But trouble occurs when two medical students take drugs with alcohol and almost die. An operation reveals that a couple's little girl is genetically male. Corday, anxious to celebrate Halloween, gets a pleasant surprise from Benton, who dresses like the '70s film character John Shaft for a special date. Weaver gets disappointing news regarding her quest as chief of emergency medicine.
Episode 97 - Season 5, Episode 6: Stuck On You

Greene risks his life to save a teenage male prostitute. Because of the Halloween fiasco, Carter is terminated as resident advisor, and searches for a new place to live. He decides to move into Weaver's basement. Anspaugh realizes that Corday is overqualified to intern with Dale, who knows less than Corday does, and agrees to let Benton take over as Corday's resident. After the candidate chosen as chief of emergency medicine accepts a job at another facility and Weaver learns the committee is hiring someone else, she resigns as interim chief.
Episode 98 - Season 5, Episode 7: Hazed and Confused

Frustrated with her inability to conceive, Hathaway confronts a pregnant woman opting for abortion. Weaver derives enjoyment from seeing Anspaugh muddle through as interim chief. The committee interviews Dr. Amanda Lee (MARE WINNINGHAM), who appears to be the first choice for the position as chief. Greene enjoys male camaraderie at the fire station with the paramedics and firefighters until they try to initiate him with a hazing ritual. Corday's judgment falters after working for 36 hours without rest. Carter unintentionally hears Lucy's private notes in her palmtop computer and finds out what she really thinks about him.
Episode 99 - Season 5, Episode 8: The Good Fight

Even though Carter and Lucy constantly bicker with each other, they join forces to save the life of a young girl who desparately needs a blood transfusion. Lucy and Carter search Chicago to locate her father who is a perfect match for her rare blood.
Episode 100 - Season 5, Episode 9: Good Luck, Ruth Johnson

Since today is the hospital's 100th anniversary, the new chief, Amanda Lee, arranges for Carter to escort a woman, Ruth Johnson who was born 100 years ago today, around the hospital. Lee encourages Greene to supervise a study on a new pain medicine, and he agrees. Benton considers cochlear implant surgery for Reese. Corday ends her relationship with Benton. Hathaway treats an 8-year-old boy whose friend was mysteriously shot and killed.
Episode 101 - Season 5, Episode 10: The Miracle Worker

On Christmas Eve, Benton refuses to let Romano operate on a patient when it becomes evident that Romano is intoxicated. Jerry thinks that Lee may be stalking Greene. A brain dead patient gives the gift of life to a girl with his rare blood type. After a hectic day, Benton cheers up when Carla brings Reese to the hospital to see him. Corday shares dinner with a new beau. And Ross joins Hathaway and her family at mass.
Episode 102 - Season 5, Episode 11: Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee

A curious Greene discovers Lee's a fake and that Anspaugh never checked her credentials. A day care worker suggests to Benton that Reese requires a "special needs" environment because he's exhibiting problem behavior. A cop, Reggie Moore, who Jeanie treats for a minor injury, asks her on a date. Eventually, she accepts. Greene ponders becoming an astronaut after a friend recommends him for a mission. Carter is annoyed by Edson's behavior toward Lucy. Hathaway befriends Joi Abbott, an exhausted woman taking care of her ill son.
Episode 103 - Season 5, Episode 12: Double Blind

Hathaway clashes with Evans, who obtained a grant for a seminar at the clinic without consulting her. Ross jeopardizes a hospital study when he administers an experimental drug to a patient without the hospital's consent. Lucy begins her surgical rotation under Benton. Doyle accuses Romano of sexual harassment and asks Corday for support. Romano offers to reinstate Corday's surgical fellowship. And Jeanie agrees to date Dr. Graham Baker, a plastic surgeon.
Episode 104 - Season 5, Episode 13: Choosing Joi

Corday refuses to testify against Romano after he threatens Benton's career. A harried Anspaugh accepts Romano's offer to serve as acting chief. Greene befriends a Nigerian hospital worker, Mobalage (DJIMON HOUNSOU), who suffers from back pain. Because she was adopted, Weaver decides to search for her real parents. Ross forges papers through Hathaway's clinic in order to get equipment so that Joi Abbott can treat her dying son at home.
Episode 105 - Season 5, Episode 14: The Storm, Pt. 1

Benton takes a costly sign-language class. Romano suggests Benton enroll in a program whereby Benton would substitute for vacationing doctors at rural hospitals for high pay. As acting chiefof emergency services, Romano delegates a plethora of responsibilities to Greene and Weaver. Lucy and Carter share a romantic tryst while on duty. Greene treats hospital worker Mobalage for impotency. Joi's son dies of a drug pain overdose and the police blame Ross. Anspaugh closes Hathaway's clinic because Ross got the medical equipment that administered the fatal dosage from the clinic. Jeanie and Ross are involved in a vehicular accident on an icy road. Part 1 of 2.
Episode 106 - Season 5, Episode 15: The Storm, Pt. 2

Emergency personnel feverishly work to save the lives of children involved in a school bus crash. Mobalage's wife suffers from multiple stab wounds. Carter and Lucy refrain from sexual relations with each other due to hospital policy. Ross resigns from the hospital and decides to move to either Portland or Seattle. He asks Hathaway, his fiancée, to join him, but she declines. No criminal charges are filed against Ross for the death of Joi's terminal son. Anspaugh agrees to keep the clinic open, as long as Evans manages it--not Hathaway. Jeanie finds out she has Hepatitis C. Part 2 of 2.
Episode 107 - Season 5, Episode 16: Middle of Nowhere

Benton travels to Mississippi to earn extra money working as a "locum tenens" doctor--a visiting temp--at a rural hospital in a small town. Instead of a hospital, Benton finds a rural clinic run by Maureen (CELIA WESTON), a nurse practitioner and Catholic nun. Benton quickly learns that some of the white folks don't trust an African-American doctor. Through his determination and expertise, Benton slowly gains the respect of most of the townspeople. Back in Chicago, Jeanie suffers a medical setback.
Episode 108 - Season 5, Episode 17: Sticks and Stones

While on a ride-along with paramedics, Carter drives the ambulance through a riot to get back to the hospital and accidentally hits a teenage boy. Jeanie is pursued by both Reggie and Dr. Baker. Lucy struggles to convince an Asian family that they should tell the grandmother that she has a fatal tumor. Hathaway decides not to leave with Ross even though she's pregnant. She also keeps her pregnancy a secret from him. Weaver treats a celebrity wrestler. A paramedic dies from a gunshot wound, and Carter thinks the bullet was meant for him. Kubby awakens from a coma and admits she stabbed herself. But Mobalage, who was tortured in his native country of Nigeria, awaits a deportation hearing for forging his visa.
Episode 109 - Season 5, Episode 18: Point of Origin

Weaver visits a woman she thinks might be her biological mother. Later, Weaver realizes the woman cannot possibly be her mother. Hathaway finally makes an appointment to consult an obstetrician about her own pregnancy. Lucy begins her psychiatric rotation, but the patients don't take her seriously because she's so young. Greene helps Mobalage so he can testify at his own deportation hearing. Hathaway befriends a paranoid schizophrenic who delivers a normal baby.
Episode 110 - Season 5, Episode 19: Rites of Spring

Romano forces Benton to choose between two different fellowships. Greene and Corday become better friends on the way to a medical conference. Carter mentors a student. Lucy shows impressive skills during her psychiatric rotation. With amnesty granted, Mobalage now pursues a civil engineering license and leaves his job at the hospital. Jeanie treats a reverend who offers healing prayers in return. Hathaway's ultrasound is good.
Episode 111 - Season 5, Episode 20: Power

A terrible storm causes a power outage, and the backup generators fail. The staff frantically works to keep patients alive. Carter tells Roxanne he doesn't want to have a relationship with her anymore. A 20-year-old comatose female patient from another floor is beaten, sexually assaulted and left at the emergency room.
Episode 112 - Season 5, Episode 21: Responsible Parties

Hathaway finally informs Ross about her pregnancy. She is disappointed when he tells her he won't be returning to Chicago. Just when Romano thinks he's convinced Benton to join his cardiothoracic team, Benton gets selected for and accepts the trauma fellowship. FBI agents secretly bring a patient to the emergency room. A terrible car accident ruins the lives of three students who were en route to their prom.
Episode 113 - Season 5, Episode 22: Getting to Know You

Weaver rescues an abandoned, drugged 2-year-old boy. Romano offers Corday the cardiothoracic fellowship that Benton rejected. Carla informs Benton that she got married last week and plans to move to Germany with her new husband and Reese. Later, Benton goes to Carla's apartment, takes Reese from the baby-sitter and brings him home. Jeanie realizes she cares for Officer Reggie Moore and tells him she has contracted hepatitis C. They have a meaningful talk. And Greene and Corday share their first kiss. Lucy struggles to break free of her Ritalin. An ultrasound reveals that Hathaway is pregnant with twins.
Episode 114 - Season 6, Episode 1: Leave It to Weaver

When Anspaugh decides to retire as chief of staff and return to surgery, he appoints Romano as his replacement. does not support Greene. Romano makes Weaver the new chief of emergency medicine. Carter has a rendezvous with Elaine Nichols (REBECCA DE MORNAY), the former wife of one of Carter's cousins. Jeanie and Dr. Cleo Finch treat an end-stage AIDS patient whose 9-month-old son is also HIV positive. Jeanie's boyfriend, police officer Reggie Moore, proposes marriage. Croatian transplant Dr. Luka Kovac impresses Hathaway with the gentle way he treats a young patient. Benton and Carla attend a meeting with a family mediator concerning their son, Reese. Greene's mother dies.
Episode 115 - Season 6, Episode 2: Last Rites

After his mother's funeral, Dr. Greene comforts his father (JOHN CULLUM) in San Diego. In Chicago, Romano surprises Corday by appointing her associate chief of surgery. Corday treats Elaine, Carter's lover, for breast cancer. Elaine becomes furious when Carter discovers her secret. After hearing that the AIDS-infected mother of the Ortega baby died, Jeanie volunteers to become his foster parent but gets rejected. She realizes she really wants to marry Reggie. A vindictive Carla tells Benton that Reese may not be his son. Greene returns from his mother's funeral and argues with Weaver over the wishes of a dying patient.
Episode 116 - Season 6, Episode 3: Greene With Envy

A recommendation from Weaver allows Jeanie to have temporary approval as a foster parent for baby Carlos. Reggie and Jeanie get married. Lucy and Kovac talk with a young woman whose husband they believe is very dangerous. Benton starts to wonder if he should get a DNA test to prove his paternity. Corday successfully performs a mastectomy on Elaine. Weaver introduces Greene to Dr. Gabriel Lawrence (ALAN ALDA), a distinguished-looking physician reputed to be a founding father of emergency medicine. Weaver hires him without consulting Greene. Greene and Corday have sex together for the first time.
Episode 117 - Season 6, Episode 4: Sins of the Fathers

Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg (MARTHA PLIMPTON ). Seven-months pregnant, Meg cannot afford prenatal care. Hathaway invites her to the hospital, performs free tests and helps her interview for a job in the cafeteria. Lucy notices that Lawrence's memory is failing. A four-year-old girl that Cleo misdiagnosis dies.
Episode 118 - Season 6, Episode 5: Truth & Consequences

A prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Meg's drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused. Dr. Dave Malucci, an obnoxious second year resident, treats a girl with a facial burn. Elaine returns to the hospital and tells Carter that she's leaving the country to recover after her upcoming breast reconstruction surgery. Later, Carter visits Elaine at home and proves he still finds her sexually desirable.
Episode 119 - Season 6, Episode 6: The Peace of Wild Things

Benton informs Carla that he is Reese's father no matter what. Jeanie resigns because she wants to stay home and take care of her son. Greene and Weaver use a fake patient to convince Lawrence that he needs help. Lawrence resigns. Hathaway has Meg arrested in an effort to get her off of drugs. Hathaway's co-workers give her a party for the babies.
Episode 120 - Season 6, Episode 7: Humpty Dumpty

Weaver tries to save the life of a rape victim while Corday struggles with feelings of disdain as she is forced to save the rapist. Cleo treats a teenage alcoholic boy whose alcoholic mother refuses to recognize her problem or his. Lawrence treats his last patient. Weaver offers Kovac a permanent position as Dr. Lawrence's replacement. Hathaway visits Meg and her new baby in the hospital jail.
Episode 121 - Season 6, Episode 8: Great Expectations

Complications arise as Hathaway delivers twins, Tess and Kate. Greene, Hathaway's Lamaze coach, rushes to the hospital to be with her during the delivery, leaving a disappointed Elizabeth to spend Thanksgiving alone with Greene's father and Rachel. Nurse Abby Lockhart (MAURA TIERNEY) helps with the births. Malucci impresses Carter with his knowledge of a strange ailment and admits he attended a less-than-stellar medical school in Grenada.
Episode 122 - Season 6, Episode 9: How the Finch Stole Christmas

Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaway's twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carla's husband does not get approved allowing Reese to stay in Chicago. Lucy endeavors to get a heart transplant for a young woman and goes to Romano's house begging him to perform the surgery. Cleo forces an alcoholic teen to attend a rehabilitation facility. One of Corday's patient's, a rapist, taunts her while she administers to him.
Episode 123 - Season 6, Episode 10: Family Matters

In order to get her paitient to tell her the location of a missing body, Corday agrees to grant him a fatal wish. Kovac befriends two brothers. He tells Weaver that his wife and children died in the Bosnian war. Former medical student Deb Chen returns to County General as a resident, using her Chinese name, Jing-Mei Chen. The strong-willed Chen tries to assist a gay female runaway whose parents want to send her to a treatment center for gender identity. After escaping from his retirement facility, Greene's father barricades himself in his home in San Diego. Greene asks his father to move to Chicago and live with him.
Episode 124 - Season 6, Episode 11: The Domino Heart

Lucy's patient finally gets a heart transplant but does not survive. The transplanted heart will now go to another recipient. Greene interferes in a gay domestic situation. Corday tricked her patient who murdered several women and now he's being transferred to a county jail. Malucci seeks a way to close an illegal pharmacy. Hathaway returns to work but suffers from post-partum depression. Benton pursues a romantic relationship with a clueless Cleo.
Episode 125 - Season 6, Episode 12: Abby Road

Two boys brought in after a fight at school leads Cleo to discover that one of them has been injecting himself with hormones. Hathaway's obstetrics nurse, Abby Lockhart, joins the ER as a third year medical student on an ER rotation. Isabelle Corday (JUDY PARFITT) arrives in Chicago as a guest lecturer and meets with her daughter, Elizabeth. Kovac and Hathaway administer to a chronically ill 3-year-old boy. Hathaway proves that his mother intentionally induces the boy's symptoms. Cleo shows Greene that she can play basketball as well as any man.
Episode 126 - Season 6, Episode 13: Be Still My Heart

Kovac tells two mildly injured children that their parents did not survive a car accident. Greene, Corday, David Greene and Isabelle go out for a special dinner, and David Greene and Isabelle sing a duet onstage. Malucci and Chen work on Dr. George Hudson, but the two residents compete so much with each other, they don't listen to their patient. When a harried Carter finally becomes available to help Lucy with her possible schizophrenic patient, it's too late. The patient stabs Carter. Carter falls and sees Lucy lying on the ground soaked in her own blood.
Episode 127 - Season 6, Episode 14: All In the Family

Irritated by a raucous Valentine's Day party in the admittance area as she comes on duty, Weaver attends to a few situations before entering the horrifying examination room where Carter and Lucy lie in massive amounts of blood, almost dead from numerous stab wounds. The police close off the crime scene and search the premises for the presumed attacker, Lucy's schizophrenic patient, Paul Sobriki, whom they later apprehend. With Anspaugh's help, Benton successfully performs surgery on Carter. After her life-saving surgery, Lucy dies from a pulmonary embolism.
Episode 128 - Season 6, Episode 15: Be Patient

Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victim's life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls. One girl has cervical cancer but refuses treatment because she doesn't want her parents to know she has sex. Corday is shocked to find that her mother and Greene's father spent the night together. Greene finds out that his father has terminal lung cancer. Lucy's mother visits a recovering Carter.
Episode 129 - Season 6, Episode 16: Under Control

Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convincehis father to undergo cancer treatment. Corday must keep a brain-dead patient alive long enough to harvest vital organs. While performing a procedure, Abby makes a mistake that accelerates the death of terminal cancer patient. Cleo and Benton enjoy a sensual game of billiards. Chen tends to a handsome male nurse.
Episode 130 - Season 6, Episode 17: Viable Options

Chen's patient refuses to reveal to his daughter that she might have inherited a terrible disease from him. Weaver defies Romano's authority and performs a procedure that gets her suspended. An available kidney causes friction between Corday and Kovac as they decide which one of their patients will get it. Greene and Corday argue about his father. A prescription mix-up almost kills a patient. And Kovac barbecues dinner at Hathaway's house--during a snowstorm.
Episode 131 - Season 6, Episode 18: Match Made In Heaven

After Corday refuses to perform exploratory surgery on Cleo's patient, Cleo enlists Benton's help, infuriating Corday. Abby cares for a pregnant woman with five children who wants an abortion. Greene lovingly tends to his dying father at home. Carter sadly discovers that Lucy got accepted as a resident to the psychiatry program at County General.
Episode 132 - Season 6, Episode 19: The Fastest Year

Carter seeks psychiatric help because he can't sleep. He then visits the wife of his attacker. Weaver returns to work after her suspension. Hathaway and Kovac share a kiss. Benton's sister believes that Cleo is not serious about him. Abby tries to convince the teenage half sister of a leukemia patient to get tested to see if she's a bone marrow match for a transplant. After his father is treated for pneumonia and releasedfrom the hospital, Greene takes Greene Sr. to Lake Michigan. Here, Greene Sr., a former naval officer, goes on his last boat ride.
Episode 133 - Season 6, Episode 20: Loose Ends

Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaway's lack of focus on the job. And while treating a 6-year -old patient involved in a minor car accident, Malucci and Cleo discover the girl has been sexually molested recently by her father. Hathaway receives birthday presents from both Ross and Kovac. Benton admonishes Kovac for not providing the same follow-up care Benton does. After taking an afternoon nap, Greene wakes up and discovers his father is dead.
Episode 134 - Season 6, Episode 21: Such Sweet Sorrow

Greene prepares to bury his father. Chen worries about Carter's mood swings. After witnessing the interaction between a dying woman and her family, Hathaway realizes she wants her family together and flies to Seattle to join Ross. GEORGE CLOONEY makes a surprise appearance. This is the last episode for series star JULIANNA MARGULIES.
Episode 135 - Season 6, Episode 22: May Day

As the result of a school shooting, Kovac and Benton care for the gunman and his victims. Abby discovers that Carter has been illegally injecting pain relievers. Greene and Weaver confront Carter about his problem, and Weaver orders him to enter a drug rehabilitation center or leave the hospital permanently. Carter refuses but is later approached by Benton, who insists that Carter go to Atlanta for the detox program. Benton accompanies Carter on the flight.
Episode 136 - Season 7, Episode 1: Homecoming

Greene and Corday contract poison ivy after a romantic outing together. Dr. Chen keeps her pregnancy a secret. Carter finishes a drug rehabilitation program. Romano appoints Benton as a new surgical attending physician. Because Abby's husband failed to pay her medical school tuition, she gets temporarily deleted from the program. Members of two rival high school football teams and some of their fans cause a disturbance in the ER while a player gets treated.
Episode 137 - Season 7, Episode 2: Sand and Water

Carter encounters Abby at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and, later, Abby reluctantly agrees to serve as his sponsor. An elderly diabetes patient who refuses to be consistent with dialysis appointments needs surgery. Romano refuses to treat the man. Benton clashes with Romano over this decision. Chen divulges her pregnancy to Weaver. Kovac and Weaver are frustrated when the life partner of a comatose woman is unable to legally make a decision about the woman's care. Dr. Greene proposes to Corday and surprises her with a new house. Abby spends time with a couple and their extremely premature baby, who they are aware has only a few hours to live.
Episode 138 - Season 7, Episode 3: Mars Attacks

Romano vindictively terminates Benton after being fined for a matter that Benton reported to the county inspector. Abby and Kovac share a kiss. Malucci insists on finding out the father of Chen's baby. Carter takes care of an amazingly competent young paraplegic. An accident at a science-fiction convention sends an eccentric group of patients into the ER. And a new desk clerk causes trouble by telephoning his policeman friend and having patients arrested for outstanding warrants.
Episode 139 - Season 7, Episode 4: Benton Backwards

Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romano's demeaning offer of a per diem job at County with no benefits. Kovac and Abby are attacked by a mugger with a steel pipe. Injured, Kovac protects Abby and smashes the robber's head on the ground repeatedly. Later, the man dies in the emergency room. Benton's sister, Jackie, worries about the dangerous teenagers that her son, Jesse, is associating with through his girlfriend.
Episode 140 - Season 7, Episode 5: Flight of Fancy

Greene flies in a helicopter to a remote area of Indiana to rescue a heart transplant patient. The helicopter develops problems, and Greene arranges for paramedics to transport the patient to County. Because Weaver is gone for the day Romano appoints Benton in charge of the ER. Kovac is plagued by the death of the mugger. Abby comforts Kovac and makes love with him. Carter treats a teenage boy who is unaware that he is HIV positive.
Episode 141 - Season 7, Episode 6: The Visit

Corday rushes through a surgical procedure in order to take off on a romantic weekend with Greene. She is later called back to the hospital after her patient suffers complications. Abby's mother, Maggie (SALLY FIELD), who suffers from bipolar disorder (manic-depressive) and refuses to take her medication, unexpectedly visits Abby at the hospital and wreaks havoc on Abby's life. Benton's nephew dies from a gunshot wound. Chen decides that she will give her baby up for adoption after it is born.
Episode 142 - Season 7, Episode 7: Rescue Me

Tests reveal that Greene has a brain tumor, but he hides the news from Corday. Corday finds out that she is being sued for malpractice. She also reveals to Greene that she is pregnant. Abby's mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner. Weaver shares an intimate dinner with a female psychologist from the hospital. The psychologist reveals that she is a lesbian.
Episode 143 - Season 7, Episode 8: The Dance We Do

Maggie's emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton's deceased nephew knows who killed the dead boy who was hated for his antigang stance. Corday undergoes questioning in a malpractice suit and lies under oath to hide her error. Greene finds out that his brain tumor is malignant and inoperable, giving him eight weeks to live. He is forced to reveal his devastating news to Corday.
Episode 144 - Season 7, Episode 9: The Greatest of Gifts

Chen gives birth, but insists on breastfeeding the infant before she gives it to the adoptive parents. Greene and Corday consult a brain specialist in New York City who believes the tumor can be safely removed. Stressed and tired, Carter impulsively swallows two painkiller pills but intentionally vomits them. He confesses to Abby. After Legaspi receives a gift from Weaver, Legaspi confesses she wants more than friendship from her and kisses her.
Episode 145 - Season 7, Episode 10: Piece of Mind

An overbearing father (JAMES BELUSHI) is guilt-ridden after injuring his son in a car accident. But the accident is a result of the father's undetected heart condition, and he undergoes heart bypass surgery. In New York City, Corday comforts Greene as a brain specialist removes the tumor. Although Greene experiences a minor seizure, the operation is a success. The gang members who killed Benton's nephew receive a 10-year sentence.
Episode 146 - Season 7, Episode 11: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Benton and Cleo clash over his deceased nephew's girlfriend. They finally agree to call a social worker. Benton confesses his love to Cleo. The spinal surgery malpractice suit is settled by employing a technicality: the equipment used was later recalled by the manufacturer. But Corday now doubts her abilities as a surgeon. A bishop (JAMES CROMWELL) becomes interested in Kovac's faith. After receiving a splendid review from Weaver, Carter finally admits he almost violated his drug treatment. Weaver confesses to Legaspi that she is romantically interested in her.
Episode 147 - Season 7, Episode 12: Surrender

Greene returns to work but confuses words and displays uncharacteristic anger. Eager to get out of his per diem situation, Benton agrees to a full time position. Carter visits his cousin, who became paralyzed after a drug overdose. A workplace disaster results in numerous injuries and fatalities among illegal immigrants. Corday regains her self confidence after she successfully performs a difficult surgery. After an unpleasant day, Weaver finds comfort with her new lover, Legaspi.
Episode 148 - Season 7, Episode 13: Thy Will Be Done

Weaver becomes concerned about Greene's cognitive skills and surrepticiously calls for an official evaluation of his competency. Corday plans her wedding to Greene. Bishop Stewart (JAMES CROMWELL) returns, and Kovacs realizes the man has a terrible disease. Dateless for a charity function, Carter invites Abby to attend with him. Kovac pretends he's not jealous. While there, Abby has a terrible encounter with her ex-husband and his young girlfriend.
Episode 149 - Season 7, Episode 14: A Walk In the Woods

As the new director of diversity, Benton studies medical school applications and discovers that his own academic record did not qualify him--he was admitted because of affirmative action. Weaver feels uncomfortable amongst Legaspi's lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles. Kovac undergoes an epiphany as he administers to the terminally ill Bishop Stewart. An investigator recommends extensive physical and mental compentency tests for Greene.
Episode 150 - Season 7, Episode 15: The Crossing

In the series'150th episode, a massive train wreck mobilizes the emergency room doctors. Corday, Carter and Kovac rush to the scene. Corday falls and injures her back, bringing on contractions in only her 25th week of pregnancy. While amputating the legs of a fallen firefighter, Corday stops because of her pain. She accompanies an injured boy and rides back to the hospital in a helicopter. Meanwhile, Carter finished the amputations. Abby helps the contractions safely subside. The bishop helps Kovac reconcile with his past before the bishop dies.
Episode 151 - Season 7, Episode 16: Witch Hunt

Weaver fears for her own reputation when Legaspi is accused of sexual harassment. Afraid to reveal her relationship with Legaspi--for both personal and professional reasons--Weaver fails to support her during the investigation. An infant is abducted from the hospital and later found on a train platform. Greene and Corday are overjoyed by his competency assessment: Greene is deemed capable of working.
Episode 152 - Season 7, Episode 17: Survival of the Fittest

A demented patient causes a shootout in the emergency room. After terrorizing people in the ER with a gun, she gets shot by a policeman. She soon dies. Benton later discover her dementia was caused by an aftereffect of his surgery that he and Cleo should have detected. Carter pursues a cute intern. After a particularly long surgery, Corday decides to take her maternity leave. And April Fool's pranks abound in the ER.
Episode 153 - Season 7, Episode 18: April Showers

Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greene's wedding day. As the very pregnant Corday becomes increasingly agitated, the presence of her bickering divorced parents does little to improve her mood. With the intense rain, Greene has a difficult time making it to the church. But, evenutally, he arrives and they joyfully wed. The emergency room is inundated with female prisoners whose bus crashed.
Episode 154 - Season 7, Episode 19: Sailing Away

Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby's mentally ill mother (SALLY FIELD) and bring her back to Chicago. In Chicago, Maggie suffers from a sleeping pills overdose. At County General, Kovac frantically revives her. Benton treats a college student injured in a fraternity prank. Benton also treats his former high school teacher, who first awakened his interest in science. Corday gives birth to a beautiful girl, Ella.
Episode 155 - Season 7, Episode 20: Fear of Commitment

Maggie contests Abby's attempt to institutionalize her. Weaver treats a few bizarre patients. When Legaspi returns to work after being exonerated of sexual harassment, Weaver tries to reconcile with her. Benton injures his hand while transporting his former teacher to the hospital and must contend with the teacher's wisecracking elderly buddies (TOM BOSLEY and TOM POSTON). Carter treats a young woman who is bleeding profusely. Carter is outraged when he learns that the patient's boyfriend secretly gave her herbs to induce a miscarriage.
Episode 156 - Season 7, Episode 21: Where the Heart Is

Cleo and Carla clash after Reese gets hurt while in Cleo's care. Weaver and Kovac cannot save the life of a developmentally challenged woman's only caregiver. Abby goes to a therapy session with Maggie. Later, Abby confesses to Maggie that she is afraid to bear children because they might be bipolar like her mother. Weaver tells both Carter and Chen that they will not be chief resident next year. Weaver is hurt to learn that Legaspi is already dating another woman. And Greene has a 7-year-old child abuse victim placed in protective custody, infuriating the boy's father Derek Fossen.
Episode 157 - Season 7, Episode 22: Rampage

Cleo breaks a vial of AIDS-tainted blood, which pierces her skin. Carter gives Chen a good peer review and applies for a job elsewhere. Kovac submits Abby's application to reenter medical school without informing her. A rampaging gunman kills and injures over one dozen children and adults. Greene realizes the killer is Derek Fossen, the father of the little boy Greene had placed in protective custody. The vengeful Fossen killed his son's foster caretakers and shot a cab driver en route to his next destination--Greene's house. But police wound Fossen and bring him to County General. Greene transports Fossen to surgery. Alone with the conscious but restrained mass murderer in an elevator, Greene purposely allows him to go into cardiac arrest and die.
Episode 158 - Season 8, Episode 1: Four Corners

Weaver returns to the emergency room after a self-imposed sabbatical of three weeks, wondering how her newfound lesbian identity will affect her workplace relationships. Having purposely allowed a mass murderer to die, Greene must keep the secret amidst the scrutiny of his superiors. Carter attends his grandfather's funeral, along with his wealthy parents, Jack (recurring guest star MICHAEL GROSS) and Eleanor (recurring guest star MARY McDONNELL), and Abby. While attending to Cleo, who may have infected herself with AIDS-tainted blood, Benton tries to comfort his sister, Jackie (recurring guest star KHANDI ALEXANDER), whose yearlong grief over the death of her son threatens her marriage.
Episode 159 - Season 8, Episode 2: The Longer You Stay

Carter is overwhelmed by patients from a rock concert riot. Benton's former girlfriend is killed in a car accident. Newly promoted to chief resident, Chen panics and misdiagnoses a patient. Kovac angers Abby by flirting with a waitress (JULIE DELPY).
Episode 160 - Season 8, Episode 3: Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic

Greene's daughter comes to live with him and Corday. Carter and Abby become more intimate. Chen must prove her skills while saving a baby. Weaver terminates Malucci after witnessing him having sex in an ambulance.
Episode 161 - Season 8, Episode 4: Never Say Never

Dr. Susan Lewis arrives, looking for work in the Chicago area again. Greene hires her, over Weaver's objection. Chen nervously attends a risk management review, accompanied by the unforgiving Weaver, to discuss a patient who recently died under Chen's supervision. Upset that Weaver, who was unreachable at a crucial moment in Chen's unsuccessful surgery, supports demoting her from chief resident, Chen quits. Meanwhile, busy with a lifesaving surgery, Benton must ask Roger to take care of Reese after school. Corday struggles with the desperate case of a young, abandoned boy with a rare and chronic disease. And Kovac is surprised when Nicole, the beautiful French waitress with whom he flirted, comes to the emergency room looking for him.
Episode 162 - Season 8, Episode 5: Start All Over Again

Lewis faces a hectic first day back at County General. Benton and Roger become frantic when they can't locate Reese. Carter's grandmother is brought to the emergency room. Carter and Abby deal with inept medical students.
Episode 163 - Season 8, Episode 6: Supplies and Demands

Corday's ordeal, caused by the recent infection-related deaths of several of her patients, worsens when she is closely observed by a stern taskmaster. Corday is outraged when a county investigator accuses her of deliberately euthanizing the patients, who all happened to be elderly. Upon arriving home, the stressed-out Corday yells at Rachel. Lewis treats two college-age patients with flu-like symptoms. She later finds out that they were attacked by a fast-acting and lethal virus, and they have spread it to other students. Kovac arranges for the emergency room to hire Nicole, to help with minor tasks--with near-disastrous results. Benton clashes with Roger over visitation rights for Reese. And Abby flirts with a wounded fireman but tells an unreceptive Carter that she would rather date him than the fireman.
Episode 164 - Season 8, Episode 7: If I Should Fall from Grace

Corday desperately searches for whoever is secretly murdering her elderly patients, implicating her. Greene must deal with overstressed Corday and unruly Rachel (recurring guest star HALLEE HIRSH), who is in trouble at school. Benton reluctantly agrees to a paternity test to prove he's really Reese's father. Carter copes with disappointing news regarding his ailing but headstrong grandmother, Millicent (recurring guest star FRANCES STERNHAGEN), who still intends to live an active life--even if it kills her. Carter and Lewis treat a young, self-abusing woman, Grace (BELLAMY YOUNG), who has been cutting herself. A brilliant and inquisitive new fourth-year medical student, Michael Gallant (recurring guest star SHARIF ATKINS), impresses the curious staff. Although resentful, Abby comforts new staffer Nicole (recurring guest star JULIE DELPY) after a traumatic event. Series star LAURA INNES (Dr. Kerry Weaver) directs.
Episode 165 - Season 8, Episode 8: Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain

When a torrential rainstorm pounds Chicago, patients deluge the emergency room while Weaver speeds to an accident site. There, she finds a pregnant woman, Vicki lying injured inside a wrecked ambulance while live power lines spark. Fourth-year student Michael Gallant makes a dangerous decision in order to help. Meanwhile, a nervous Benton receives the lab reports that indicate whether or not he is Reese's father; Kovac's new girlfriend, Nicole gets into trouble and gives Kovac some unexpected news; Carter's grandmother, Millicent, is wheeled in after she breaks her hip in a hit-and-run car accident that injured a young woman, Jill; and Greene tends to a guilt-ridden boy, Daniel Pendy, who feels responsible for the disappearance of his younger brother in a flooded river in which they were playing. Recurring guest star LISA VIDAL appears as Sandy Lopez.
Episode 166 - Season 8, Episode 9: Quo Vadis?

Benton and his attorney, Janice Prager (recurring guest star ROMA MAFFIA - "Profiler"), begin an arduous court fight for Benton to take custody of his son from Roger (recurring guest star VONDIE CURTIS-HALL). Corday waits for a distraught husband to decide if surgeons can remove his fatally injured wife's organs for transplant before it's too late. Greene and Lewis treat a brain-damaged teenage boxer whose guilt-ridden brother hurt him while sparring.
Episode 167 - Season 8, Episode 10: I'll Be Home for Christmas

As Christmas nears, Benton endures bouts of rage and frustration when the custody trial for his son, Reese (recurring guest star MATTHEW WATKINS), reaches a critical stage. Benton must choose between his job and his child unless cranky Romano agrees to tailor Benton's work schedule. Benton finally quits County General, along with his girlfriend, Cleo, to work at a clinic that will allow him the hours necessary to care for Reese properly.
Episode 168 - Season 8, Episode 11: Beyond Repair

On her birthday, Abby receives a few unwelcome surprises, including the news that Kovac plans to leave town for two months to work in Bosnia. She also finds out that her ex-husband is engaged to remarry. Despite Abby's efforts to prevent it, Carter has an uncomfortable encounter with the patient, Paul Sobriki who stabbed him and killed a fellow doctor two years ago. Abby cares for a young boy, Douglas Leeman, after his mother dies in the hospital. And she shares a drink with her neighbor Joyce one of the few people who acknowledge Abby's birthday.
Episode 169 - Season 8, Episode 12: A River In Egypt

Lewis clashes with Weaver over the treatment of an injured condemned murderer, Mike Kinney (CYRIL O'REILLY), who wants to die in the emergency room rather than wait for his execution. Abby urges her battered next-door neighbor, Joyce (recurring guest star CHRISTINA HENDRICKS), to seek shelter from Joyce's abusive husband, Brian (recurring guest star MATTHEW SETTLE). A weary Carter must endure the warring of his parents, Jack (recurring guest star MICHAEL GROSS) and Eleanor (recurring guest star MARY McDONNELL), as they plan their divorce. Carter also diagnoses an aspiring rapper who tests positive for HIV but refuses to tell his naïve girlfriend.
Episode 170 - Season 8, Episode 13: Damage Is Done

Greene and Corday are terrified when their helpless baby daughter is brought in, suffering from an accidental overdose. Lewis treats a father and daughter who were injured after opening a letter bomb. Weaver seethes when Romano gives some of her numerous duties to Lewis. Carter meets a dying 12-year-old leukemia patient, Mickey (COLTON JAMES), brought in by Carter's charitable mother, Eleanor (recurring guest star MARY McDONNELL). The doctors marvel at a 13-year-old girl, Stacy (JEANETTE BROX), who crashed her mother's car while trying to drive the inebriated woman home.
Episode 171 - Season 8, Episode 14: A Simple Twist of Fate

With their baby daughter still fighting for her life, Greene and Corday argue after she orders Rachel out of their home. Abby regrets championing her battered neighbor, Joyce who refuses to charge her husband, Brian with abuse. Tainted snacks cause food poisoning among several staffers. Carter confronts his mother, Eleanor , over issues of emotional abandonment and gets a surprise visit from his father, Jack. The emergency room team treats an elderly swimmer with heart problems, a fearful 15-year-old girl with vaginal bleeding, a recent lottery winner who was unlucky enough to have been stabbed by a falling icicle and a diminutive stripper, Ginger who accidentally swallowed a customer's wedding ring.
Episode 172 - Season 8, Episode 15: It's All In Your Head

As Greene's medical problems reappear, Corday lives in a hotel room with the baby, angry at Greene for the way he dealt with Rachel (recurring guest star HALLEE HIRSH) following the infant's overdose.
Episode 173 - Season 8, Episode 16: Secrets and Lies

After a dominatrix, Medusa (PATRICIA THIELEMANN), inadvertently leaves a bag of sex toys in the emergency room, causing a few moments of hilarious but inappropriate behavior amongst the overworked staff, Weaver angrily orders Abby, Carter, Lewis, Kovac and Gallant to attend a day-long sexual harassment seminar. Waiting for the tardy instructor, the five share intimate details about their relationships while alternately mocking and challenging one another. Abby and Lewis frankly discuss their problems with Carter and Kovac, and the two men have a fencing match-- literally and figuratively--that reveals much about their respective attraction to Abby.
Episode 174 - Season 8, Episode 17: Bygones

Still living apart from each other, Corday and Greene find it awkward to work together in the emergency room. Corday suspects that Greene is romantically involved with Lewis. Greene is confused by the reaction of Terry, the sister of a severely ill woman, Joanne, after he asks her to donate part of her liver to save Joanne's life. Greene also chastises the uncaring adoptive parents of a young boy who almost dies after experimental therapy. Weaver treats victims of a raging inferno, not knowing whether or not the fire has killed her intimate friend, firefighter Sandy Lopez. Chen is followed by a deranged man, Martin, the victim of severe psychological trauma. The doctors treat two college students after one claims that they were attacked by a maniac on campus. And two elderly adulterers cause trouble in the emergency room.
Episode 175 - Season 8, Episode 18: Orion In the Sky

While Greene tries to distract himself from his worsening brain tumor by working hard, he reluctantly recognizes that his debilitating illness is hampering his ability to perform the job. Watching other terminally ill patients struggle with their treatments also has a sobering effect on him. Greene has a poignant reunion with his ex-wife, Jenn, and mediates between the staff and a stubborn but deluded homeless man, Al Ervin. Confident, young first-year intern Gregory Pratt, who has transferred from another hospital, hopes to become a resident at County General soon--but first he must heed advice from Greene about his bedside manner as they treat a family man, Stan Seidel who receives the terrible news that he has advanced prostate cancer.
Episode 176 - Season 8, Episode 19: Brothers and Sisters

Extremely disturbed after receiving a traumatic call for help from her 6-year-old niece, Lewis rushes from Chicago to New York to search for the child. Lewis tracks down her trouble-prone sister, Chloe , and enlists the aid of police officers Faith Yokas and Maurice "Bosco" Boscorelli and paramedics Kim Zambrano ("Third Watch" series star KIM RAVER) and Alex Taylor. Sergeant Swersky also helps with the situation.
Episode 177 - Season 8, Episode 20: The Letter

Carter reads a letter from the ailing Greene to the emergency room staff and feels helpless when a terminally ill homeless man, Al Ervin (PAUL BENJAMIN), keeps requesting Greene's help. Carter also tries to coax a drunken Abby to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with him. Meanwhile, Weaver berates a psychiatric patient. Obnoxious Pratt learns that he will be assigned to County General for his residency. And Romano struggles to save the life of a young girl, Melissa Rue (KAY PANABAKER), after a dangerous malignancy is discovered during her treatment for injuries sustained in an auto accident. MEKHI PHIFER and LISA VIDAL guest star.
Episode 178 - Season 8, Episode 21: On the Beach

As Greene lives his final days, he takes the reluctant Rachel (recurring guest star HALLEE HIRSH) to his childhood home in Hawaii, along with Corday. There, he indulges in life's simple pleasures and tries to impart memories, some of which are bittersweet, and family history to his distant daughter. But their arguments escalate as Greene's health deteriorates. Finally, Greene and Rachel reconcile before he dies. Greene's colleagues and loved ones attend his funeral in Chicago.
Episode 179 - Season 8, Episode 22: Lockdown

In the season finale, Chicago residents become fearful of an epidemic. When Carter and Abby treat two children with ominous symptoms, the emergency room is placed under quarantine until disease experts from the federal government can arrive. As Carter fights to save the youths, the staff is trapped with the suffering patients and a busload of injured and irritable senior citizens. Reporters surround the hospital, and police block the exits, prompting the restless victims to stage a minor riot in an attempt to escape the dangerous and stifling conditions inside.
Episode 180 - Season 9, Episode 1: Chaos Theory

For the emergency room personnel and doctors of Chicago's County General Hospital, the difference between life and death often depends on split-second decisions. The staff of heroic healers includes Chief Resident John Carter (series star NOAH WYLE), Chief of Emergency Medicine Kerry Weaver (series star LAURA INNES), Dr. Elizabeth Corday (series star ALEX KINGSTON), Dr. Robert Romano (series star PAUL McCRANE), Attending Physician Dr. Luka Kovac (series star GORAN VISNJIC), nurse Abby Lockhart (series star MAURA TIERNEY), Dr. Susan Lewis (series star SHERRY STRINGFIELD), Attending Physician Dr. Jing-Mei Chen (series star MING-NA), fourth-year medical student Michael Gallant (series star SHARIF ATKINS) and intern Dr. Gregory Pratt (series star MEKHI PHIFER).
Episode 181 - Season 9, Episode 2: Dead Again

Chaos takes over the emergency room when another hospital is shut down, overloading County General with patients. Corday makes an emotional return for the first time since her husband's death and clashes with the overstressed Weaver. Aggressive Pratt enrages his colleagues when he bypasses authority and resuscitates a heart attack victim who had been pronounced dead. The patient lives but is severely brain damaged. Meanwhile, Carter and Abby hardly attempt to conceal their growing romantic attraction to each other. Gallant gets a surprising education when he works a shift in the psychiatric unit. And Romano confronts a daunting new challenge.
Episode 182 - Season 9, Episode 3: Insurrection

After an enraged drug addict points a gun at Chen and other staff members, the exasperated Carter leads a divisive walkout. He is frustrated that his request for metal detectors has been delayed, endangering lives. Meanwhile, Lewis counsels an exhausted elderly woman, Mrs. Berk (SHIRLEY KNIGHT - "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"), whose adult son is dying from Huntington's Disease, the same affliction that killed Mrs. Berk's husband. Pratt cares for his developmentally disabled brother, Leon (MARCELLO THEDFORD), and comforts Chen after the gun incident. Kovac treats an HIV-infected child and becomes curious about the boy's parents. And Abby's brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT - "That Thing You Do!"), witnesses more than he expected when he visits the hospital.
Episode 183 - Season 9, Episode 4: Walk Like a Man

Young Gallant gets upset over the callous treatment given by his colleagues to an addled elderly patient, Stella (recurring guest star DIANE DELANO), under his repeated care. He also confronts Pratt for reporting a suicidal army ranger, Felix Hernandez (DAVID BARRERA), whose secret Gallant promised to protect. Meanwhile, Carter becomes agitated when he discovers that Abby drank alcohol while out with her girlfriends. Weaver uncharacteristically makes a series of embarrassing mistakes. Kovac flirts with Janet Wilco (KATHERINE LaNASA), the married mother of a little girl, Marlene (ALEXANDRA KYLE), dealing with possible kidney failure. And Corday treats Margaret Evans (MAE MERCER), whose husband cannot cope without her because of his Alzheimer's Disease.
Episode 184 - Season 9, Episode 5: A Hopeless Wound

A suspicious fire on Halloween fills the emergency room with many costumed victims--some of whom offend Pratt. Romano lets his recent traumatic injury interfere with his good judgment when he directs Corday during the surgery of a man with a flesh-eating infection. Meanwhile, Marquez (recurring guest star LAURA CERÓN) threatens to file a grievance against Kovac. A middle-aged mother, Simone Phipps (ASHLEY GARDNER), can't accept that her newborn baby will not survive. The staff greets an older but wiser surgical intern, Paul Nathan (recurring guest star DON CHEADLE - "Ocean's Eleven," "Fail Safe"), who must overcome a daunting physical handicap. And Abby and Carter playfully dress up in suggestive Halloween costumes. Series star LAURA INNES directed the episode.
Episode 185 - Season 9, Episode 6: One Can Only Hope

Corday clashes with new surgical resident Paul Nathan (recurring guest star DON CHEADLE) regarding his intervention into the treatment of a sickly young woman, Alison (NORA ZIMMETT), who has signed a "do not resuscitate" order. Abby wonders about the erratic behavior of her visiting brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT). She also feels conflicted over a nurse's official complaint against Kovac, Abby's former lover. Meanwhile, Pratt comforts Chen after a patient threatens her, and Corday suspects that an unconscious, 14-year-old female patient has been sexually assaulted.
Episode 186 - Season 9, Episode 7: Tell Me Where It Hurts

Abby fears the worst when her brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT), suddenly disappears. Carter and Chen treat a frightened Chinese immigrant nanny, Tong-Yi (MICHELLE KRUSIEC), whom they suspect was impregnated by her employer. Meanwhile, new surgical resident Paul Nathan (recurring guest star DON CHEADLE), who is struggling to overcome a physical disability, tries to help in the emergency room--but his fellow doctors do not appreciate his advice to patients. Unable to quench his sexual appetites, Kovac also gets into trouble in his professional life, despite his admirable resolve to find an eye specialist to treat a young gunshot victim. Gallant and fellow medical student Erin Harkins (recurring guest star LESLIE BIBB - "Popular") engage in an escalating competition of medical knowledge. And Weaver gets some much-needed good news.
Episode 187 - Season 9, Episode 8: First Snowfall

Abby's family nightmare continues as she and her mother, Maggie (recurring guest star SALLY FIELD - "Norma Rae"), search for Abby's missing brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT), who Abby suspects is suffering from serious mental problems. The two women go to a Midwestern air force base, hoping to prevent Eric from being court- martialed for being absent without leave. Carter struggles to get out of Chicago to join Abby. Meanwhile, Corday treats a family of patients who, while building a snowman, were severely injured after being struck by a truck driver. She must help the father, Stuart (JEFF KOBER), make a life-or-death decision. Corday also sympathizes with troubled surgical resident Paul Nathan (recurring guest star DON CHEADLE) as he struggles with the increasing symptoms of his physical handicap.
Episode 188 - Season 9, Episode 9: Next of Kin

Abby is distressed when her troubled mother, Maggie (recurring guest star SALLY FIELD), interferes with the treatment of Abby's bipolar brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT), at a psychiatric hospital. Pratt treats a frightened young girl, Morgan Brenner (MEGAN RYAN VINT), who has been injured in an auto accident and desperately wants to hide a secret. Meanwhile, dissolute Kovac forms an unlikely bond with a lonely elderly woman, Matilda (MARY CARVER), who makes him a surprising offer; Chen is overcome with upsetting memories when a baby is abandoned in the emergency room; and Pratt takes action after his luckless brother, Leon (recurring guest star MARCELLO THEDFORD), is terminated from his menial job. Series star PAUL McCRANE makes his "ER" directorial debut.
Episode 189 - Season 9, Episode 10: Hindsight

In this unique episode, events leading up to Christmas are shown in reverse chronological order. Kovac's troubled life turns tragic when he gets into a car accident on an icy road--and his passenger, young medical student Erin Harkins (recurring guest star LESLIE BIBB), is seriously hurt. Earlier, Kovac struggles to help a young man, Rick (MICHAEL EALY - "Barbershop"), fight for life as his condition worsens unexpectedly. Also, Abby and the emergency room staff attend to a pair of belligerent "elves" and a young female hockey player, Jane (BRITTNEY LEE HARVEY) with a head wound.
Episode 190 - Season 9, Episode 11: A Little Help from My Friends

When Pratt is witnessed bringing a gun into the emergency room, Carter feels compelled to defend him. However, Pratt's erratic behavior makes Carter reconsider. Meanwhile, Weaver hopes to keep her pregnancy a secret, but physical complications might compromise her plans. Lewis warily watches a self-destructive patient, Chip Mealy (ROB MOORE), who admits to molesting young boys. Romano warns guilt-stricken Kovac not to admit to a grieving mother that his miscalculation caused her son's death. Chen treats high school students who overdosed on Ritalin. And Gallant confronts the scheming young wife, Koko (SOFIA MILOS), of an aged, dying man.
Episode 191 - Season 9, Episode 12: A Saint In the City

Weaver confronts a dilemma when an influential alderman, John Bright (Emmy Award winner BRUCE WEITZ - "Hill Street Blues"), seeking treatment after a fall, tests positive for syphilis--potentially damaging information that could become public. Meanwhile, Carter is impressed by an irascible, old doctor, McNulty (recurring guest star and Emmy Award winner ED ASNER - "Lou Grant," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), who oversees an inner-city medical clinic. A who oversees an inner-city medical clinic. A who oversees an inner -city medical clinic. A who oversees an inner-city medical clinic. A who oversees an inner-city medical clinic. A sympathetic Kovac defies conventional ethics when he tricks a seriously injured patient, Tom (JAMES COLBY), who refuses to leave his dying wife's side, into believing that she has already expired. Pratt unilaterally allows a drug-addled man to be with his terminal mother.
Episode 192 - Season 9, Episode 13: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Pratt is overwhelmed when his developmentally disabled brother, Leon (recurring guest star MARCELLO THEDFORD), persuades him to treat a gravely wounded robber who duped Leon into participating in a crime. Carter stuns Abby by deciding to go to Africa, where the medical needs are greatest. Meanwhile, Carter attends to the sickly Dr. McNulty (recurring guest star ED ASNER), the curmudgeon he recently met who runs a storefront medical clinic. Emotionally fragile Romano receives negative news regarding his recovery. Kovac's relationship with Weaver deteriorates, culminating in a threat from Kovac. Weaver's former patient, influential alderman John Bright (recurring guest star BRUCE WEITZ), returns bearing financial gifts of gratitude. And a bold doctor, "Fast" Edward Dorset (BRUNO CAMPOS - "Jesse"), startles Corday by asking her on a date.
Episode 193 - Season 9, Episode 14: No Strings Attached

Abby is distraught upon learning that her emotionally troubled brother has gone missing while piloting an airplane. Desperate Romano receives some depressing news. The emergency room is inundated with numerous teenage girls who were run over by a fellow female student who suffers from a rare disease that may have caused the tragedy. Meanwhile, Chen's relationship with Pratt changes radically. A daughter wants to take extreme measures to keep her elderly mother alive. Weaver gets a promotion from grateful alderman John Bright (recurring guest star BRUCE WEITZ). And Lewis ponders her pending date with a handsome man.
Episode 194 - Season 9, Episode 15: A Boy Falling Out of the Sky

Abby becomes disturbingly close to a mental breakdown as she copes with a multitude of problems, including her missing pilot brother and needy mother, Maggie (recurring guest star SALLY FIELD). Meanwhile, Carter returns from Africa. Abby and Carter try vainly to keep a brain-dead boy alive a few minutes longer for the sake of his grieving parents. Weaver confronts a man who stole her purse. Pratt gets a big surprise after accompanying paramedics to the scene of a comatose homeless man on the street. Kovac arrives at the hospital in time to aid an overdosed teenager. And Lewis is flattered by a young cancer patient who admires her--but she must still deliver grim news.
Episode 195 - Season 9, Episode 16: A Thousand Cranes

Pratt tries to keep Gallant from overreacting when they are apprehended and questioned as possible suspects in a murderous rampage at the diner near the hospital. Lewis befriends a teenage cancer patient, Sean Simmons (PATRICK FUGIT - "Almost Famous"), who fears he might not have long to live. Meanwhile, Carter must endure a long trip to the bus station with Abby's inquisitive mother, Maggie (recurring guest star SALLY FIELD). He also ponders a major life- changing decision. And troubled Kovac ruminates on his tragic life when he is forced to consult a psychologist.
Episode 196 - Season 9, Episode 17: The Advocate

Weaver gets into trouble when she agrees to secretly treat the lover of her powerful new patron, Alderman John Bright (recurring guest star BRUCE WEITZ), for syphilis. When the patient suffers a severe allergic reaction, Weaver desperately tries to prevent her actions from becoming public, further compromising her ethics in the process. Meanwhile, Weaver's career continues to advance--at the expense of Romano's. Carter and Abby reassess their relationship. Kovac ruminates on his troubled career path while ministering to a rebellious teenage girl who claims she was sexually abused at a camp for wayward youths. And Carter cares for a nasty middle-aged woman who is slowly being poisoned.
Episode 197 - Season 9, Episode 18: Finders Keepers

Newly transferred to Chief of Emergency Medicine--and furious about it--disabled former surgeon Romano expresses his disdain and lack of detailed knowledge of emergency room procedure, angering almost everyone around him and endangering a patient's life. Carter unsuccessfully confronts the bitter Romano. Now performing his job, Weaver sympathizes with Romano but is not immune to his attacks. Meanwhile, a visitor to the emergency room reveals Lewis' surprising secret. Lewis also underestimates a deceptively healthy-looking woman's condition. An automobile accident victim claims that his children were with him in the car, but the police cannot find them. Kovac pleads with Weaver to allow a Croatian boy to come to Chicago for treatment. Corday's end-stage cancer patient must choose her life or that of her unborn baby. And Pratt desperately searches for a gift for Chen after pretending he knew it is her birthday.
Episode 198 - Season 9, Episode 19: Things Change

An overmedicated psychotic patient, James (JOHNNY SNEED), threatens Abby. Also, Abby learns news about her missing brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT). Meanwhile, Romano continues to make rash judgments--and enemies--when he tries to perform a surgery in the emergency room. Kovac welcomes his longtime friend Gordana Horvat (NINA SABLICH), a fellow Croatian doctor, who wants to observe the chaos of an inner-city American hospital. While Carter guides a group of eager medical students--who witness him tenaciously try to save a cardiac patient--he receives some emotional news from home.
Episode 199 - Season 9, Episode 20: Foreign Affairs

Kovac defies the rules to get a dying Croatian boy to Chicago in a race to save his life. Despite receiving tragic news, Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member, Curtis (CORY HARDRICT), from seeking vengeance. Carter's sad family gathering is interrupted by Abby's mentally troubled brother, Eric (recurring guest star TOM EVERETT SCOTT), who has left his voluntary care facility. Meanwhile, Lewis has trouble ending her relationship with Chuck (recurring guest star DONAL LOGUE), a man whom she impulsively married recently. A baseball player, Perez (RICKY LUNA), with a serious heart ailment is treated on the eve of his pitching debut with the Chicago Cubs. And a tormented Romano makes a dramatic decision about his mangled arm.
Episode 200 - Season 9, Episode 21: When Night Meets Day

In the Emmy Award-winning series' landmark 200th episode, an innovative dual storytelling device contrasts Pratt's night shift with Carter's day shift. On the night scheduled to be his last in the emergency room, Pratt treats a woman whose unborn child was brutally cut out of her, prompting a search for the baby. He also takes care of a burned firefighter and victims from a mass cult poisoning related to the day's unnerving solar eclipse. Pratt relays the patients to Carter, whose frustration grows as he treats two of the cult members, a wounded gang member, a dying Buddhist nun and a heart attack victim. Meanwhile, Romano experiences what it's like to be a patient when he undergoes surgery.
Episode 201 - Season 9, Episode 22: Kisangani

In a special episode, Carter travels to the war-torn Congo as part of a voluntary medical program. He finds primitive Third World facilities, a few heroic staffers and woeful patients overflowing the tiny hospital while a bloody civil war threatens to engulf them all. After Carter ventures deeper into the jungle to reunite with Kovac, they risk their lives manning a crude outpost used for a vaccination campaign--and soon find themselves in the line of fire between the warring tribes.
Episode 202 - Season 10, Episode 1: Now What?

For the overburdened doctors and emergency room personnel of County General Hospital, an urban Chicago teaching hospital, the difference between life and death often depends on split-second decisions. The staff of heroic healers includes Attending Physician Dr. John Carter (series star NOAH WYLE), nurse Abby Lockhart (series star MAURA TIERNEY), Attending Physician Dr. Luka Kovac (series star GORAN VISNJIC), Chief of Staff Dr. Kerry Weaver (series star LAURA INNES), intern Dr. Gregory Pratt (series star MEKHI PHIFER), recent medical school graduate Michael Gallant (series star SHARIF ATKINS), Attending Physician Dr. Jing-Mei Chen (series star MING-NA), Attending Physician Dr. Susan Lewis (series star SHERRY STRINGFIELD), Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr. Robert Romano (series star PAUL McCRANE), trauma surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Corday (series star ALEX KINGSTON) and newcomer Neela Rasgotra (series star PARMINDER NAGRA), a British-Indian medical student.
Episode 203 - Season 10, Episode 2: The Lost

Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates from his previous trip. But the chaos, stench and hazards of the country's long civil war threaten to curtail his efforts, and Carter is placed in immediate danger. Meanwhile, still in the strife-torn country, Kovac is seen in flashbacks as he battles debilitating malaria while he ministers to the sick and dying.
Episode 204 - Season 10, Episode 3: Dear Abby

A frustrating day for Abby gets even worse when she receives an upsetting letter from Carter, who is still in the Congo. Her fellow nurses protest work conditions, and her opinions are ignored. Abby is chastised for trying to inform a teenaged girl, Ellie (STEPHANIE LINEBURG), whose heart and lungs are failing, that Ellie's life is in grave danger. Meanwhile, Romano's mood gets nastier when he tries on a prosthesis with an antiquated hook to replace his missing arm. Enraged, he terminates several much-needed nurses. Three new second-year residents, including self-assured Dr. Nick "Coop" Cooper (recurring guest star GLENN HOWERTON), join the staff. An apprehensive Pratt meets Chen's old- fashioned parents for dinner. And the playful Dr. Dorset (recurring guest star BRUNO CAMPOS) makes a positive impression with his style and substantial skills.
Episode 205 - Season 10, Episode 4: Shifts Happen

Confident second-year resident Pratt wants to prove his abilities when he works the graveyard shift (11 p.m. to 7 a.m.), but his heroics sometimes backfire. Pratt shows contempt for a man, Ed Gamble (PAUL CASSELL), who presents no symptoms of disease but temporarily loses his speech. As Weaver decries the "incompetence" of her staff, she also makes a grievous error. A screaming man with a broken leg waits several hours for treatment, and Neela deals with a little girl who arrives with her beloved grandmother whose status is DNR ("do not resuscitate"). Meanwhile, Abby is desperate for money and credit. Later, she meets both Kovac and his new girlfriend. And Corday begins to appreciate Dr. Dorset (recurring guest star BRUNO CAMPOS).
Episode 206 - Season 10, Episode 5: Out of Africa

Lewis fears for a distraught architect, Ben Hollander (recurring guest star, Emmy Award winner BOB NEWHART - "The Bob Newhart Show"), whose degenerating eyesight makes him despondent. A spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart (new series star LINDA CARDELLINI), replaces Abby, who has decided to return to medical school. Meanwhile, the doctors suspect a mother is abusing her child. Corday learns something shocking about the charismatic Dr. Dorset (recurring guest star BRUNO CAMPOS). And an inexperienced medical student is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the emergency room.
Episode 207 - Season 10, Episode 6: The Greater Good

Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman, Denny (ALLISON SMITH), who arrives to deliver a premature baby. Pratt wants to make heroic efforts to save the unborn child, while Kovac is adamantly against spending vast amounts of money to keep the forever sickly baby alive. A distracted Kovac also runs afoul of a psychiatrist who overmedicates an abused foster child who wants to go back to his drug-addled mother. Meanwhile, Lewis enjoys the company of sarcastic patient Ben Hollander (recurring guest star, Emmy Award winner BOB NEWHART - "Newhart"), who once threatened suicide over his impending blindness. A chatty, upbeat pharmaceutical representative, Terra (SARAH SHAHI), peddles her wares. A man turns violent over an exorbitant hospital bill. And Dr. Nick "Coop" Cooper, a second-year resident, makes romantic advances towards Chen.
Episode 208 - Season 10, Episode 7: Death and Taxes

To everyone's amazement, Lewis makes a date to share a home-cooked dinner with the elderly Ben Hollander (recurring guest star, Emmy Award winner BOB NEWHART - "Newhart"), her depressed patient who is going blind. Lewis also treats a stressed housewife, makes plans to meet with the Internal Revenue Service for a tax audit and even finds time to hide Romano's prosthetic arm. Meanwhile, Neela and Pratt treat a vulnerable 18-year-old who was attacked in jail, and Gallant gambles with a risky hospital transfer to help a young septic cancer patient. Kovac clashes with Corday over the treatment of a patient who Corday suspects needs an appendectomy, and nurse Sam leaves her precocious son, Alex (recurring guest star OLIVER DAVIS), in the emergency room--where the boy gets an advanced education in medicine--for a day.
Episode 209 - Season 10, Episode 8: Freefall

On Thanksgiving, the harried staff struggles with a shortage of doctors. Abby treats an HIV-positive woman, Loren (AMY PIETZ - "Caroline in the City"), who is hemorrhaging and may be pregnant. A horrifying accident very nearby threatens to engulf everyone in the hospital. Nearby, Lewis is unaware that her ex-husband, Chuck (recurring guest star DONAL LOGUE), is involved in the flaming disaster. Meanwhile, Romano threatens to file a serious complaint against the brash Pratt and continues to taunt Abby with tough medical questions --even as she wonders what Carter might be doing that same day in Africa.
Episode 210 - Season 10, Episode 9: Missing

Two distinctive cultures commingle when Neela treats two Amish teenagers who were in a car accident and are exploring the outside world to determine if they want to return to their reclusive society. Corday and a few others mourn the loss of a talented colleague. Meanwhile, Sam clashes with sympathetic Kovac after he gives too much attention to her trouble-prone teenaged son, Alex (recurring guest star OLIVER DAVIS). Lewis becomes upset when an unconscious 5-year-old girl cannot be traced to any parent or guardian. And Pratt notices the beautiful Valerie (recurring guest star JOY BRYANT), who is visiting her nervous brother Gallant.
Episode 211 - Season 10, Episode 10: Makemba

On Christmas Eve, the chilly emergency room staffers do their best to observe the holiday while a crusading Carter does the same--half a world away in a rundown Congolese medical clinic. Flashbacks reveal his relationship with Makemba "Kem" Likasu (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON - "Mission: Impossible 2"), a beautiful African AIDS worker, as their clashes over meager resources slowly give way to a deep love affair. As Carter adjusts to the heat, filth and dangers of the region, he keeps in touch with his Chicago friends and embarks on a personal mission to help a pregnant mother who is dying of AIDS. Despite the anti-American sentiments of his French comrades, Carter remains determined to bring the joy and love of Christmas to the local children of Kisangani. Emmy Award-winning executive producer John Wells wrote the episode.
Episode 212 - Season 10, Episode 11: Touch and Go

Carter returns to County General to hearty welcomes. Although Abby is shocked to learn that Carter's beautiful African girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), is already pregnant with Carter's child, Abby has moved on with her life as well, going back to medical school. Meanwhile, Pratt's day starts off badly when Gallant finds out that Pratt has been having sex with Valerie (recurring guest star JOY BRYANT), Gallant's attractive sister. Frustrated Pratt is repeatedly overruled on medical decisions until he heroically keeps an accident victim alive while a vital MRI is taken. But Pratt then rashly attempts to intubate the patient's son, who suffers from osteoporosis, and ends up breaking the young man's neck, permanently paralyzing him. Also, Kovac informs Weaver that he is quitting to return to Africa. And Sam feels like she neglects her young son, who is misbehaving in school.
Episode 213 - Season 10, Episode 12: Nicu

In a special episode focusing on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), medical students Abby and Neela serve a three-week rotation in the unit and gain a new perspective on emergency care. Among their small patients are a brain- dead baby whose mother leads a daily prayer circle around his hospital cradle, an infant suffering overwhelming heart problems and newborn twins, the son and very sickly daughter of a traditional Chinese couple. Meanwhile, Abby and Neela cope with the driven director of neonatology, Dr. Meagan Raab (L. SCOTT CALDWELL), and a humorless veteran NICU nurse, Virgie (JOANNE BARON). And Abby is surprised to find Weaver in the NICU, accompanying her lover, Sandy Lopez (recurring guest star LISA VIDAL), who gives birth to their son. Although she was initially intimidated by Neela's ease in this setting, by the end of her time in NICU, Abby is becoming a confident, skilled doctor. But Neela questions her own fortitude in such an oftentimes tragic place.
Episode 214 - Season 10, Episode 13: Get Carter

Carter makes the mistake of bringing his naïve girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), to observe the emergency room. Kem makes an impact--wanted or not--almost everywhere she wanders, ranging from an AIDS ward to the classroom and even in an unsanctioned ride with the paramedics. Pratt experiences a difficult night and questions his abilities as he treats a variety of patients, including a young boy who broke his back while sledding in the snow and an elderly man with fluid in his lung. Meanwhile, Gallant accompanies the paramedics and is nearly shot in a violent domestic dispute, during which he befriends a frightened boy. And Weaver dedicates a new center to Romano that has everyone talking.
Episode 215 - Season 10, Episode 14: Impulse Control

Sam treats an abused and newly pregnant teen, Layla (RHEAGAN WALLACE), as well as a woman, Kathy (MARIN HINKLE - "Two and a Half Men"), who could lose her entire family after a car accident. Carter takes the day off to show Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON) the wonders of a wintry Chicago. Meanwhile, a risk-assessment expert, Arnie Nadler (RICHARD KLINE), is hired to observe the emergency room and is shocked at the abounding mayhem--especially when Sam gets violent with Layla's obnoxious boyfriend. Abby and Pratt restrain an undocumented man, Miguel (F.J. RIO), who wants to leave despite testing positive for tuberculosis. And Sam is quizzed by her son, Alex (recurring guest star OLIVER DAVIS), about her interest in Kovac.
Episode 216 - Season 10, Episode 15: Blood Relations

Carter misses his pregnant girlfriend who has returned to Africa. A family of four is rushed to the emergency room after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from their faulty furnace-- forcing the claustrophobic Neela to accompany a newborn baby into an extremely uncomfortable hyperbaric chamber. Meanwhile, Lewis is upbeat about her future with Chuck, while Sam has reason to ponder her relationship with Kovac. In addition, Lewis and Abby treat a maniacal man who's covered in blood, while Weaver counsels a mother whose young son tests positive for leukemia. Amid the chaos, Chen returns from China with her sick father in tow.
Episode 217 - Season 10, Episode 16: Forgive and Forget

A psychotic patient vows to punish the medical staff and steals an army tank, grinding his way across Chicago towards the hospital. Meanwhile, Kovac is startled at the lack of concern among some 13-year-olds who are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease. Sam is jealous of Kovac's visiting French friend, Gillian (SIMONE-ELISE GIRARD), and ponders the odd relationship between a concerned teenaged girl and her sick father who is in full cardiac arrest. One of the emergency room staffers suffers a heart attack. And Corday becomes enchanted with a charming fellow surgeon.
Episode 218 - Season 10, Episode 17: The Student

Carter defends his protégée Neela when Weaver and other doctors rate the residents. Carter urges his student to be more proactive in the emergency room, but Neela goes too far in treating a patient with a brain injury--and sympathetic Gallant errs further by falsifying a medical report. Meanwhile, Chuck (recurring guest star DONAL LOGUE) protects pregnant Lewis from a pervert who is harassing her. Kovac treats a disoriented young boy whose dad fears that tests will reveal he is not the boy's biological father. Chen is unable to find a caretaker for her combative father. And Corday is uneasy about dating two men at once. Former series star PAUL McCRANE directed the episode.
Episode 219 - Season 10, Episode 18: Where There's Smoke

Weaver rushes to the aid of her female life partner, Sandy Lopez (recurring guest star LISA VIDAL), when the firefighter is severely injured while working and must now battle for her life. Frightened Weaver whispers hope to Sandy by reminding the victim of their newborn child. A pregnant Lewis suffers labor pains and is confined to bed rest. Tension remains between Gallant and Neela as an investigation begins into the suspicious death of a patient. In addition, Corday gets a pleasant surprise. Neela and Abby receive news about their medical board scores. And Chen and Pratt treat a frustrated senior citizen who does not want to burden his family.
Episode 220 - Season 10, Episode 19: Just a Touch

Pratt struggles to diagnose a woman who suffers mysterious chronic seizures. An attractive woman, Campbell (ASHLEY LAURENCE), informally accuses flirtatious Pratt of sexual harassment. Abby ponders how to get her contentious patients'attention during her psychiatric department rotation. And Neela studies strokes in a lab populated by brainy but bizarre graduate students. Meanwhile, Sam tries to resist the appeal of her son's "reformed" father, Steve (recurring guest star COLE HAUSER), when he temporarily moves into her apartment--making Kovac concerned. In addition, Weaver vows to fight for her baby son, and Chen is tested when she brings her combative, ailing father home.
Episode 221 - Season 10, Episode 20: Abby Normal

A panic-stricken Weaver is ordered to give her son to the Lopez family. Carter greets the returning Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), but their meeting with his father, Jack (MICHAEL GROSS - "Family Ties"), gets tense after Carter announces plans for his grandmother's estate. During her psychiatric rotation, Abby tries to help a seizure-prone mother, Jordan (JULIANNE NICHOLSON), with a controversial drug treatment. Meanwhile, Neela impresses everyone with her lab research, especially when she helps one of the reckless students, Yuri (recurring guest star ARCHIE KAO), after he experiments on himself. In addition, Kovac's relationship with Sam and her son, Alex (recurring guest star OLIVER DAVIS), becomes awkward when the boy's father, Steve (recurring guest star COLE HAUSER), returns.
Episode 222 - Season 10, Episode 21: Midnight

When Carter suspects a problem, he rushes his pregnant girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), to the emergency room. Corday gets a jolt from the past when the late Greene's teen daughter, Rachel (recurring guest star HALLEE HIRSH), shows up with her boyfriend, looking for a haven--and some "morning-after" pills. Meanwhile, Neela prepares for her medical school graduation by welcoming 20 family members, and Abby--who hasn't passed the boards (state medical licensing written exam) yet--prefers not to attend. Neela and Pratt seek out an overweight teenager whose blood pressure could indicate deadly heart disease. Sam is uneasy about her son's father, Steve (recurring guest star COLE HAUSER), moving back to her apartment, and Frank (recurring guest star TROY EVANS - "China Beach") loudly returns to work after recovering from his heart attack.
Episode 223 - Season 10, Episode 22: Drive

In the season finale, Good Samaritan Kovac helps a stranded female motorist and her young son who then get struck and gravely injured by a car--forcing the doctor to use all of his skills to keep them alive until specialists can operate on them at the hospital. Abby waits for her medical board results and treats a curmudgeon, Richard Gould (BILL MACY - "Maude"), who feels forgotten by the hundreds of students he taught. Meanwhile, pensive Neela leaves for the University of Michigan to begin her internship; Chen's co-workers worry about her bruised face; Pratt treats a young heart patient, Elgin Gibbs (JAMES EARL), but remains disdainful toward his gang-member patient, Antwan Coles (SAM SARPONG - "Love Don't Cost a Thing"); Weaver hopes to gain custody of her son; and Sam takes action when it appears that Steve (recurring guest star COLE HAUSER) isn't leaving, and she worries about his negative influence on their impressionable son.
Episode 224 - Season 11, Episode 1: One for the Road

After 10 years at Chicago's County General Hospital, Attending Physician Dr. John Carter (series star NOAH WYLE) has risen to a role of respect and moral leadership in the emergency room. His recently graduated colleague Abby Lockhart (series star MAURA TIERNEY) proudly dons a doctor's white lab coat for the first time. Newly promoted to chief of staff, Dr. Kerry Weaver (series star LAURA INNES) remains as tough as ever, but chinks have appeared in her armor, especially after the loss of her life partner and the resulting bitter custody battle over their son. Attending Physician Dr. Luka Kovac (series star GORAN VISNJIC) carries on a complicated romance with streetwise, seasoned nurse Samantha Taggart (series star LINDA CARDELLINI), whose 10-year-old son, Alex (recurring guest star OLIVER DAVIS), looks up to Kovac as a role model, friend and, sometimes, substitute father.
Episode 225 - Season 11, Episode 2: Damaged

Lonely, Carter struggles with his unfulfilled dreams in the wake of his girlfriend's departure--and lurches towards a dangerous temporary solution. New doctor Abby deals with resentful nurses and tends to a tearful, injured young woman kidnapped from Mexico and forced into sexual slavery. Meanwhile, Kovac makes a confession to a fleeing Sam. Neela's domineering, old-fashioned Indian parents arrive and are upset that she abandoned her Michigan medical assignment. Later, Carter treats an Iraqi war veteran who was disfigured in combat; Weaver suggests to new intern Ray (new series star SHANE WEST) that he tone down his alternative-punk looking deference to frightened patients; and two staffers recover from their injuries.
Episode 226 - Season 11, Episode 3: Try Carter

On a busy Fourth of July weekend, Carter oversees an understaffed hospital that is flooded with patients. An HIV-positive biker remains brain dead as the result of a robbery, and his girlfriend wants to donate one of his organs to his friend, who is also infected with HIV. After several surgeons refuse, Carter persuades Corday to perform the organ transplant. Meanwhile, Ray is upset with Abby because she bypassed his orders and requested a drug test on his patient, a bicycle messenger. Abby later asks Carter to dinner in hopes of talking to him about his past problems. Pratt performs below his normal capabilities when he returns to work too early after having a craniotomy--a type of brain surgery in which the doctor removes part of the bone from the skull to get to the brain.
Episode 227 - Season 11, Episode 4: Fear

Two small children are rushed to the emergency room after falling out of a third-floor window. The medical staff believes an abusive father is responsible for the tragedy, but the truth is later revealed. While treating a man who complains of an unsightly rash, Pratt diagnoses the real problem--the patient has lung cancer. Corday is disciplined by hospital administrators for ignoring proper protocol when she performed an organ transplant on an HIV-positive patient. Instead of being terminated, Corday is offered a position that will not lead to tenure. Sam contemplates moving in with Kovac. Neela decides to leave her job at the mini-mart after Lewis, newly promoted to chief of emergency medicine, offers her a position at the hospital.
Episode 228 - Season 11, Episode 5: An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy

Neela starts a new job in the emergency room after working at the convenience store near the hospital. On Neela's first day, Pratt expects the interns, Abby, Ray and Neela, to take on a large patient load during their shifts. Pratt turns processing the patients into a competition, in which Ray is clearly going to be the winner. In his rush to remain in the lead, however, Ray makes a big mistake and donates a patient's organs against the family's wishes. Ray helps Abby obtain HIV medication from the pharmacy--against hospital policy--for a patient whohad unprotected sex. And Carter pursues Wendall (recurring guest star MÄDCHEN AMICK - "Twin Peaks ," "Gilmore Girls"), who works in child protective services.
Episode 229 - Season 11, Episode 6: Time of Death

This groundbreaking episode traces real-time events in the emergency room as Kovac, Abby and Sam struggle to save the life of Charlie Metcalf (RAY LIOTTA - "GoodFellas,""Field of Dreams"), a man who complains of stomach pain but is later diagnosed with a life-threatening condition.
Episode 230 - Season 11, Episode 7: White Guy, Dark Hair

Sam and Kovac treat a woman who was brutally beaten and raped and wants to help the police--although she can barely speak. Lewis schedules a surprise JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) emergency drill. Carter and Abby tend to a girl complaining of kidney problems, but that's just the beginning of her adventure.
Episode 231 - Season 11, Episode 8: A Shot In the Dark

When a police officer shot during a robbery is rushed to the emergency room, Lewis, Neela and Ray stabilize him, but the injuries to his carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain, leave him in a coma. The stricken officer's 15-year- old son must decide whether to authorize a risky operation that may save his father's life or to leave him permanently comatose. Abby tries to convince a girl with appendicitis to have surgery at County General, but her father wants her transferred to another hospital because his father died during an operation at County.
Episode 232 - Season 11, Episode 9: Twas the Night

On Christmas Eve, the emergency room staff scrambles to finish work and go home for the holiday. While Abby treats a dialysis patient who is in critical condition, she can't reach his personal physician because he doesn't want to be disturbed during the holidays. Meanwhile, after much effort, a distraught Chen finally finds someone to work her shift so she can take care of her ailing father. Concerned for her, Pratt stops by her house and finds her struggling with her father's worsening health. Carter and Wendall (recurring guest star MÄDCHEN AMICK) grow closer and share an awkward kiss as they wish each other a merry Christmas.
Episode 233 - Season 11, Episode 10: Skin

Recently promoted to Chief of Emergency Medicine, Lewis finds out how hard it is to be in charge of her colleagues. Patient satisfaction scores are down from the previous years, and it's primarily because the residents are not spending enough time listening to the patients--especially Neela, which surprises Kovac. When Lewis confronts Abby about instances when Abby has circumvented accepted procedure to help patients, Abby angrily goes outside for a break. An SUV zooms in and a frantic boy, Little C (KENDRE BERRY), begs her to look at his wounded older brother, CJ (EDWIN MORROW). But when Abby bends to look into the car, she is pushed in and abducted by the gang members, with no witnesses.
Episode 234 - Season 11, Episode 11: Only Connect

In an effort to raise plummeting patient satisfaction scores, Lewis directs Kovac to teach the residents effective patient communication. Two teenagers are brought to the emergency room with gunshot wounds. Kovac, Neela and Sam treat one victim while Lewis, Pratt and Ray attend to another. When one of the patients dies, Neela does a poor job of informing the grandmother--who becomes hysterical. A personal injury attorney sets up a mobile office outside the emergency room, infuriating Lewis as the lawyer attempts to turn dissatisfied patients into clients. Abby returns to the ER even though she is still experiencing the trauma of her recent abduction.
Episode 235 - Season 11, Episode 12: The Providers

When a 16-year-old girl who had received a kidney transplant from her father arrives at the emergency room feeling dizzy, Carter traces the problem to a new drug that the girl was taking to control seizures related to her kidney dysfunction. Her father feels guilty because he pushed for her to take the new drug, and its side effects may force his daughter to go back on dialysis. The doctor who prescribed the medication, Dr. George Henry (CHAD LOWE - "Life Goes On"), is Carter's former student. Carter asks Neela to post information about the drug's side effects on the Internet, which causes an uproar when the pharmaceutical company finds out. After Abby and Neela complain about their lackluster dating lives, they are assigned to work with Jake (recurring guest star EION BAILEY - "Almost Famous," "Band of Brothers") and Kovac--men they each find attractive.
Episode 236 - Season 11, Episode 13: Middleman

While examining a young boy, Pratt finds a suspicious gash across his chest and calls Wendall (recurring guest star MÄDCHEN AMICK) for a consult. Kovac and Pratt examine a man who was shot when he confronted his boss with a gun. Jake (recurring guest star EION BAILEY) tries to convince Abby to date him despite his being a student.
Episode 237 - Season 11, Episode 14: Just As I Am

Weaver encounters an evasive patient, Helen Kingsley (FRANCES FISHER - "Titanic," "House of Sand and Fog"), who shocks her by revealing that she is her birth mother, who at the age of 15 delivered Weaver and put her up for adoption. As they share life stories, their budding relationship withers when Weaver confesses to the evangelical Christian that she's a lesbian. Meanwhile, Pratt warily assigns Jane (recurring guest star SARA GILBERT - "Roseanne") to attend to a confused elderly woman, while Carter causes a commotion when he confronts a scheming couple hoping to get some painkilling drugs.
Episode 238 - Season 11, Episode 15: Alone In a Crowd

When Ellie Shore (CYNTHIA NIXON - "Sex and the City"), a young mother of three, is brought in with symptoms of a potentially fatal stroke, Kovac and Sam fight the odds to save her life. Knowing that a controversial surgical procedure is his wife's only chance at a full recovery, Ellie's husband must make the unenviable decision to risk her life in order to save it. Meanwhile, Neela and Ray discover a dark secret when three ostensibly neglected children show up in the emergency room. And Carter is in the midst of a love triangle when Wendall's (recurring guest star MÄDCHEN AMICK) professions of love force him to either cut ties to his ex-girlfriend in Africa or lose Wendall.
Episode 239 - Season 11, Episode 16: Here and There

In Iraq, a young girl is wounded in a car bombing, and local hospitals are not equipped to help. Michael Gallant (former series star SHARIF ATKINS), who is stationed in Iraq, enlists Neela's support to secure the necessary treatment at County General, but getting the girl to the United States proves to be extremely difficult. With time running out, Gallant resorts to calling in a favor to bring the young girl to Chicago. Meanwhile, Neela is redefining her role at the hospital and rediscovering her romantic feelings for Gallant.
Episode 240 - Season 11, Episode 17: Back In the World

Neela is surprised when she hears that Gallant (former series star SHARIF ATKINS) came to the emergency room with a young Iraqi burn victim. Sam is troubled by a visit from her ex-husband. Pratt treats a child whose gun discharged, and the doctor learns that the boy received the weapon from an unusual source.
Episode 241 - Season 11, Episode 18: Refusal of Care

The staff treats a woman suffering from the effects of a hunger strike, but the patient refuses to accept food or help until she has proof that the INS (U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service) will grant her son's deportation case a new hearing. Neela, Sam and Lewis are unable to treat her as long as she and her lawyer refuse aid--which goes against all of their training. Meanwhile, Abby suspects that a 72-year-old woman, Birdy Chaddock (Academy Award winner LOUISE FLETCHER - "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), is a victim of elder abuse but is unable to prove it.
Episode 242 - Season 11, Episode 19: Ruby Redux

Eighty-five-year-old Jules "Ruby" Rubadoux (recurring guest star Academy Award winner RED BUTTONS - "Sayonara," "The Poseidon Adventure") is wheeled into the emergency room and erroneously accuses Carter of killing Ruby's wife 10 years ago. Although Abby believes Ruby is too old to undergo surgery to correct a heart murmur, the attending doctors opt to perform the operation. Meanwhile, Pratt treats a domestic violence victim and makes a date with the social worker assigned to the case. As Pratt arrives for the date, he realizes he has gotten himself into more than he bargained for. Former series star PAUL McCRANE directed the episode.
Episode 243 - Season 11, Episode 20: You Are Here

Much to everyone's chagrin, Dr. Archie Morris (recurring guest star SCOTT GRIMES - "Band of Brothers") is appointed as the new chief resident and immediately challenges Pratt as they treat casualties from an apartment building fire. Frustrated at not achieving tenure, Lewis is short-tempered with Carter. Weaver tries to pacify Lewis but only makes things worse. Ray heeds the advice of several doctors at the hospital and discharges a teenaged sickle-cell anemia patient.
Episode 244 - Season 11, Episode 21: Carter est amoureaux

Pratt loudly reprimands Neela for performing a complicated procedure on a baby; Abby misdiagnoses a patient; and Ray's procedural misstep on a victim who was stabbed produces terrible results. Meanwhile, Carter travels to Paris after learning that Kem's (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON - "Mission: Impossible 2") mother has been hospitalized. Once there, Carter makes some life-altering decisions.
Episode 245 - Season 11, Episode 22: The Show Must Go On

On Carter's final shift at County General, four new interns begin their medical careers. After completing their rounds, Carter, Kovac and most of the emergency room staff attend Carter's surprise going-away party. Ray leaves to go to another event where the revelry is interrupted by a disaster that truly tests his triage abilities. The casualties are taken immediately to the hospital where a skeleton staff, headed by Abby and Neela, must overcome their lack of experience and treat the patients. Meanwhile, Pratt finally gets the courage to confront his father, Charlie (recurring guest star DANNY GLOVER - "Lethal Weapon" films, "The Royal Tenenbaums"). And Sam and Kovac search for Sam's son after he runs away in search of his imprisoned father.
Episode 246 - Season 12, Episode 1: Cañon City

In the 12th season premiere, Sam and Kovac report to the police that her diabetic son, Alex (recurring guest star DOMINIC JANES), is missing and is possibly trying to find his father. The boy mistakenly thinks his dad is in Colorado, but the man is actually incarcerated. Unfortunately, Alex left without his insulin. And Neela, Ray and Abby struggle with their first shifts in charge of the new interns.
Episode 247 - Season 12, Episode 2: Nobody's Baby

Ray attends to Claire (ERIN COTTRELL), a surrogate mother who goes into premature labor after being involved in a car accident. Claire refuses a cesarean section even though the unborn baby is in fetal distress, forcing the doctors to make an emotional decision. Pratt deals with his feelings from the past and the possibility of embracing the family of his future after he encounters his estranged father, Charlie (recurring guest star DANNY GLOVER - "Lethal Weapon" films, "The Royal Tenenbaums"). Despite Kovac's objections, Sam finds a new apartment and starts to pack. SAM JONES III ("Smallville") guest stars as Pratt's half-brother, Chas.
Episode 248 - Season 12, Episode 3: Man With No Name

The emergency room is jolted when a new nurse manager, Eve Spellman (recurring guest star Emmy Award winner KRISTEN JOHNSTON - "3rd Rock from the Sun"), enforces her strict and efficient new procedures. Kovac and Sam are uncomfortable working together on the same shift. Meanwhile, Abby treats a breast cancer patient who is having a hard time accepting her condition.
Episode 249 - Season 12, Episode 4: Blame It On the Rain

A patient who has been in a coma for nine years suddenly awakens in the emergency room, and Kovac struggles with whether he should reveal to her the truth about her past. Abby comforts Dr. OtisDubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER - "The Bone Collector," "Daredevil") after he finds out some troubling news. New Nurse Manager Eve (recurring guest star KRISTEN JOHNSTON) disturbs the work environment when she implements her strict methods. Former series star PAUL McCRANE directed the episode.
Episode 250 - Season 12, Episode 5: Wake Up

Pratt gets a surprise when the new attending doctor, Victor Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO - "Spawn," "Moulin Rouge!"), poses as a patient to test the knowledge of doctors in the emergency room. Meanwhile, Kovac bonds with his former coma patient and contemplates bending the rules for her. A breast cancer patient convinces Abby to get her first mammogram. And Pratt's father, Charlie (recurring guest star DANNY GLOVER), tries to convince his son that he has become a responsible family man.
Episode 251 - Season 12, Episode 6: Dream House

Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO), Abby and Neela secretly care for a very important patient while Dubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) tortures the emergency room staff via a robotic television camera from his home. Sam is coerced into accepting a management role and is given a dreadful task. Meanwhile, Pratt is visited by his half-brother, Chaz (recurring guest star SAM JONES III), and emotions from the past remind Pratt of how his father, Charlie (recurring guest star DANNY GLOVER), abandoned him.
Episode 252 - Season 12, Episode 7: The Human Shield

Neela prepares for Gallant's (SHARIF ATKINS, not appearing in this episode) homecoming from the war, but her plans change when she receives a call from Iraq. Meanwhile, when Kovac and Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) disagree on how to save a patient's life, Abby gets caught in the middle. A police officer and a little girl are victims of a shootout, and Neela is conflicted about whether or not she should save the gunman's life. Recurring guest star JOHN STAMOS appears as paramedic Gates.
Episode 253 - Season 12, Episode 8: Two Ships

Neela rides along with ambulance driver Gates (recurring guest star JOHN STAMOS). They respond to a huge emergency after two commuter planes crash in midair and land on a densely populated area of Chicago. Many passengers and pedestrians are injured, and other victims are trapped inside a burning building. Meanwhile, County General treats trauma victims of the plane crash, and Sam struggles with an executive decision that could have serious repercussions to her employment. Neela's bravery wins the respect of her co-workers--especially Gates--but her day is not over when she receives a surprise.
Episode 254 - Season 12, Episode 9: I Do

After returning from Iraq, Gallant (recurring guest star SHARIF ATKINS - "Eve," "The Big Time") surprises Neela by telling her he wants to take their relationship to the next level. Kovac and Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) vie for the same job--increasing the obvious tension between them. Meanwhile, Sam convinces a patient's mother to get her son the medical attention he desperately needs. Morris shocks everyone when he stands up to Weaver during a medical procedure.
Episode 255 - Season 12, Episode 10: All About Christmas Eve

After a little girl is mistakenly shot, Pratt and Weaver desperately try to revive her. Meanwhile, Haleh (recurring guest star YVETTE FREEMAN) holds her annual choir tryouts, and everyone is surprised by who is chosen to sing the solo. Eve's (recurring guest star KRISTEN JOHNSTON) treatment of a patient causes management to get involved. Abby and Kovac exchange Christmas gifts, but Abby's gift to him is bigger than expected.
Episode 256 - Season 12, Episode 11: If Not Now

Abby struggles with the decision of whether or not she is ready to become a mother. Meanwhile, Neela and Kovac help a religious teenager weigh all of her pregnancy options. Ray gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with his band, and everyone is shocked at the outcome. Clemente's (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) past catches up with him when the police search for him in the emergency room.
Episode 257 - Season 12, Episode 12: Split Decisions

Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) is missing, and Dr. Dubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) volunteers to take the dayshift but ends up feeling overwhelmed. Ray is put in a very awkward situation when his young former girlfriend comes into the emergency room with serious abuse-related injuries. With a child in their future, Kovac and Abby venture out for some baby shopping. Meanwhile, Neela receives word that she has been selected for the surgery elective she had been hoping for.
Episode 258 - Season 12, Episode 13: Body and Soul

When an abandoned patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) arrives at the emergency room, many of the doctors are shocked to recognize former medical school professor Dr. Nate Lennox (JAMES WOODS - "Salvador," "Ghost of Mississippi," "Be Cool"). Abby and Kovac try to understand Nate's wishes after the professor is struck with pneumonia in addition to the nerve degenerating disease. As the malady continues to cripple Nate, Abby struggles with the prospect of losing the man who made her a doctor. After a controversial decision to help Nate breathe, Abby and Nate's caretaker, Fran (ALLY WALKER - "Profiler"), wonder if they made the right decision.
Episode 259 - Season 12, Episode 14: Quintessence of Dust

Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) and his girlfriend, Jodie (CALLIE THORNE), have a great time together until they are suddenly interrupted by Jodie's husband, Bobby (SHEA WHIGHAM). When Jodie threatens divorce, Bobby takes matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Abby and Kovac anxiously await the test results indicating the health of their unborn baby. And after Pratt is put on the auction block for a bachelor charity event, everyone is surprised when a man wins the bid.
Episode 260 - Season 12, Episode 15: Darfur

Dr. John Carter (former series star NOAH WYLE) is joined by Dr. Dakarai (recurring guest star EAMONN WALKER - "Oz") in the Sudanese desert as they treat hundreds of disease-infested and famine-stricken people. Carter and Dakarai spring into action to save a woman who was raped by a militant group. Meanwhile, back at County General, Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) returns from New Jersey with wounds. Pratt and Neela quickly save a 14-year-old involved in a hit and run accident, but Pratt becomes infuriated when he discovers who hit the teen. MARY McCORMACK ("The West Wing") recurs as Debbie, one of Carter's fellow aid workers.
Episode 261 - Season 12, Episode 16: Out On a Limb

Weaver contemplates hip replacement surgery after she finds it hard to do her labor-intensive job. Meanwhile, Kovac tries to ease Abby's fears about raising a child together. Neela decides to attend a support group for military spouses, but when she offers her opinions on the war, the meeting turns into a debate. After Sam treats a wealthy fainting victim, Richard Elliot (recurring guest star Emmy Award winner ARMAND ASSANTE - "Gotti," "The Mambo Kings"), she finds herself with an intriguing job offer.
Episode 262 - Season 12, Episode 17: Lost in America

When a 21-year-old woman is brought into the emergency room with stab wounds to the neck, Abby and Kovac desperately try to keep her alive while they wait for a surgeon to operate. As the victim's condition begins to deteriorate, Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) steps in and attempts a risky procedure in order to save her life. Meanwhile, Neela prepares all night long for a speech at a surgeons convention, but she is disappointed when her discourse goes awry. Ray treats a suicidal man claiming to have swallowed a bottle of pills. And Sam decides to take a part-time job with wealthy Richard Elliot (recurring guest star ARMAND ASSANTE) to help pay for her childcare. SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO ("House of Sand and Fog") guest stars as Riza Kardatay.
Episode 263 - Season 12, Episode 18: Strange Bedfellows

When police bring in two teenagers involved in a car accident, Abby and Morris struggle to figure out what is wrong with the unconscious girl, while police try to interrogate the other teen. Meanwhile, Neela gets a visit from her in-laws, Colonel James Gallant (recurring guest star ERNIE HUDSON - "Ghostbusters") and Mrs. Gloria Gallant (recurring guest star SHERYL LEE RALPH - "Barbershop"), and receives some troubling news. Kovac tells Abby that he plans to go to Africa, but when he realizes she is not pleased by the idea, he decides to send someone else in his place. Sam starts her new job with Elliot (recurring guest star ARMAND ASSANTE)--and begins enjoying the perks.
Episode 264 - Season 12, Episode 19: No Place to Hide

Abby becomes suspicious when a woman, Mrs. Pooler (DIANE LADD), and her 12-year-old granddaughter arrive at the hospital. When Sam's imprisoned ex-husband is brought into the emergency room, the doctors assume he is faking his condition, but further tests prove otherwise. Meanwhile, tensions run high as Morris and the chief surgical resident clash over a patient. Also, Pratt heads to Africa to help Carter (former series star NOAH WYLE) and quickly realizes how difficult life will be.
Episode 265 - Season 12, Episode 20: There Are No Angels Here

Pratt settles into his new job in Darfur but is troubled by the astounding number of people needing care. When a sheik and his pregnant wife come into the camp, Carter (former series star NOAH WYLE) and Dakarai (recurring guest star EAMONN WALKER) operate on the man's gunshot wound--but they are quickly interrupted by government officials trying to arrest the patient. As Carter works on delivering the woman's baby, it becomes apparent that the mother is suffering from delivery complications. Pratt and Dakarai are forced to journey at night to a nearby hospital at the risk of being stopped by armed militants. Meanwhile, Debbie (recurring guest star MARY McCORMACK) tries to convince Dakarai to seek proper treatment for his medical condition.
Episode 266 - Season 12, Episode 21: The Gallant Hero and the Tragic Victor

Having just returned from Darfur, Pratt struggles to get the real story from two abused boys who came into the emergency room with their injured father. Neela becomes nervous when she is urgently called up to Dr. Dubenko's (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) office, but she is quickly relieved to hear what he has to say. When two U.S. Army officers arrive, the staffers worry that there is bad news. Behaving strangely, Clemente (recurring guest star JOHN LEGUIZAMO) puts his patients in jeopardy, and Kovac forces him to take a break.
Episode 267 - Season 12, Episode 22: Twenty-One Guns

Chaos strikes when two injured convicts come into the emergency room and try to escape the authorities. With the help of an accomplice posing as an emergency medical technician, the fugitives involve one of the nurses in the melee. As the gunmen get more and more desperate to make it out of the hospital, they resort to extreme measures, putting Kovac in harm's way. Gunshots ring out in the lobby, and Abby slips to the ground. Meanwhile, Pratt tries to comfort Neela as she copes with Gallant's grieving parents.
Episode 268 - Season 13, Episode 1: Bloodline

In the overburdened emergency room of Chicago's County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center and teaching hospital, the difference between life and death often rests on split-second decisions. As a third-year resident, former nurse Dr. Abby Lockhart continues to assert her authority and responsibility in the emergency room, but the stress and complications of raising a child cause a rift between her and Attending Physician Dr. Luka Kovac. Chief of Staff Dr. Kerry Weaver remains a tough and determined hospital administrator who finds herself at a personal crossroads as she tries to strike a balance between her life as a doctor and the life she now wants as a woman and a mother. Nurse Sam Taggart tries to be a good mother to her own son, who is acting out as a result of his traumatic life.
Episode 269 - Season 13, Episode 2: Graduation Day

Abby's overbearing mother, Maggie (recurring guest star SALLY FIELD - "Norma Rae," "Places in the Heart," "Forrest Gump," "Steel Magnolias," "Brothers & Sisters"), arrives at the hospital to comfort Abby and Kovac as their newborn son's life hangs in the balance. Sam returns to Chicago but fears that the police will arrest her, despite her claims of self-defense. Paramedic Gates makes a risky decision with an overdosed teen. And later, Gates escorts a very drunk Neela home after she drowns her sorrows at the local bar.
Episode 270 - Season 13, Episode 3: Somebody to Love

Pratt assumes his new role as attending physician but gets stuck with the task of dealing with all the new interns. When an older man is brought in to the emergency room with congestive heart failure, Pratt assigns Gates to assess his condition. Later, the man's partner, Bennett Cray (JOHN MAHONEY), comes to visit and must fight with the patient's family to help keep him alive. Meanwhile, Neela meets the new surgical chief, Dustin Crenshaw (recurring guest star J.P. MANOUX), and quickly finds out that he plans to make her life a living hell.
Episode 271 - Season 13, Episode 4: Parenthood

Gates copes with his complicated living situation. After trying to juggle work and a new baby, Abby and Kovac contemplate hiring help. Now that he is the new attending physician, Pratt strives to keep all the interns and residents on track. And Neela is disappointed when Crenshaw (recurring guest star J.P. MANOUX) assigns her menial tasks instead of the surgery she was hoping to perform.
Episode 272 - Season 13, Episode 5: Ames v. Novac

Returning to work after her maternity leave, Abby worries that she has lost her skills. Abby and Pratt try an unconventional method for treating a heart patient in the hope of avoiding a more invasive procedure. And Kovac tries to recall his treatment of a stroke patient, Curtis Ames (recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER - "Bird," "Door to Door"), who is charging him and County General with negligence.
Episode 273 - Season 13, Episode 6: Heart of the Matter

Fearing the worst, Kovac anxiously awaits the decision of a jury in the case pitting him against Curtis Ames (recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER). Meanwhile, Neela is tired of minor duties and tries to prove to Crenshaw (recurring guest star J.P. MANOUX) that she is worthy of scrubbing in for surgery. Morris prepares for his big television debut in the ambulance bay but ends up being upstaged by Weaver. And Ray becomes jealous when he sees Neela and Gates flirting.
Episode 274 - Season 13, Episode 7: Jigsaw

Abby and Kovac finally decide to hire a nanny to care for their son, but they are troubled by the potential candidates. During a trip to the park with her child, Abby inadvertently meets Curtis Ames (recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER). Meanwhile, Morris and Sam try to treat a belligerent patient who comes in with what seem to be simple flu symptoms. However, when they discover that the patient's condition is much more complicated, he refuses treatment. Also, Gates and Neela argue with each other at a hospital board meeting.
Episode 275 - Season 13, Episode 8: Reason to Believe

Abby and Kovac argue about a diagnosis when a woman comes in with signs of spousal abuse. After a group of confused homeless kids enters the emergency room, Gates, Abby and Neela must quickly determine one child's ailment before it is too late. Meanwhile, Weaver is unexpectedly called into action while doing a news report at a school.
Episode 276 - Season 13, Episode 9: Scoop and Run

Although it's Thanksgiving, the emergency room is far from quiet. Abby is about to head home when she is forced to respond to a bus crash on the side of a ravine. Meanwhile, Neela accepts Gates' invitation to visit his house after work, but they are soon interrupted by an unwelcome guest. And Pratt discusses his brother with Weaver.
Episode 277 - Season 13, Episode 10: Tell Me No Secrets...

Pratt has a tough time coming to terms with the discovery of his brother's sexual orientation. Outside his apartment, Kovac spots Ames (recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER), but Kovac chooses not to tell Abby. Gates begs Neela to give him a chance. And Kovac and Gates treat a young girl who appears to have been assaulted.
Episode 278 - Season 13, Episode 11: City of Mercy

With the holiday spirit in full effect, romances heat up the emergency room. Meanwhile, after a homeless boy convinces Gates and Ray to help his friend, who is in critical condition, Gates breaks his promise and calls children's services. Ames (recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER) issues a restraining order against Kovac. And Dubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) gives Neela the opportunity to be part of a very special holiday miracle.
Episode 279 - Season 13, Episode 12: Breach of Trust

When a patient dies after being prescribed the wrong medication, Pratt and medical student Hope (recurring guest star BUSY PHILLIPS) wonder if they are responsible. Gates' roommate, Meg (recurring guest star PAULA MALCOMSON - "Deadwood"), with whom he has a complicated relationship, comes to County General and angrily confronts Gates and Neela. And Kovac is forced to make budget cuts that could affect one of the doctors.
Episode 280 - Season 13, Episode 13: A House Divided

Kovac gets jealous when Abby gives too much attention to a patient, Eddie Jackson (recurring guest star FRED WARD). Gates' roommate, Meg (recurring guest star PAULA MALCOMSON), pulls a deadly stunt when Gates moves out of the apartment. After one of his patients dies, Pratt discovers that the police want to arrest him. And Weaver makes a decision that will change the emergency room forever. Recurring guest star FOREST WHITAKER appears as Curtis Ames.
Episode 281 - Season 13, Episode 14: Murmurs of the Heart

Gates and Neela try to revive Meg (recurring guest star PAULA MALCOMSON) after they find her unconscious in her car. Sam suspects she may know who set fire to her home. And tensions mount as Ames (recurring guest star Forest Whitaker) gets more and more desperate to seek revenge.
Episode 282 - Season 13, Episode 15: Dying Is Easy...

Abby and Sam try to treat an obnoxious aspiring comedian, Simon (FREDDY RODRIGUEZ), with mysterious symptoms. Pratt gets into trouble as he is questioned about the death of a patient. And Neela is thrilled when Dubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) allows her to scrub in on a kidney donor surgery.
Episode 283 - Season 13, Episode 16: Crisis of Conscience

When a woman comes into the emergency room with acute liver failure, Gates and Kovac are faced with a moral dilemma. Neela also ponders right and wrong when a patient offers to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. Meanwhile, Ray fights to investigate the accidental fall of a squad of cheerleaders.
Episode 284 - Season 13, Episode 17: From Here to Paternity

Abby and Pratt race to save a family that got stranded in the snow and is now suffering from frostbite. Meanwhile, Neela gets jealous when Dubenko (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) brings in a new surgical intern. And Gates struggles with the reappearance of his father, Mike (recurring guest star STACY KEACH - "Prison Break"), and the possibility of losing the deceased Meg's daughter, Sarah (recurring guest star CHLOE GREENFIELD).
Episode 285 - Season 13, Episode 18: Photographs and Memories

Sam and Morris are caught off guard when a photographer, Diana Moore (recurring guest star ANNABELLA SCIORRA - "The Sopranos"), comes into the emergency room taking photographs alongside a terminally ill patient. Meanwhile, Neela continues to feel upstaged by the new surgical intern, who seems to be Dr. Dubenko's (recurring guest star LELAND ORSER) new favorite. Also, on her birthday, Sam can only think about her son, who is away at school.
Episode 286 - Season 13, Episode 19: Family Business

When a young man, Danny Rutley (ANDY PROSKY - "Law & Order"), comes into the emergency room with heart failure, Kovac and Gates must deal with Danny's helpless father, Wayne (ROBERT PROSKY - "Hill Street Blues"). Meanwhile, an Armenian man, Zakar (KEN DAVITIAN - "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"), takes time out of his schedule and risks his life to be a Good Samaritan. Pratt takes the high road and attempts to make amends with his brother. And both Abby and Gates deal with the constant challenges of parenthood. Recurring guest star STACY KEACH appears as Gates' father, Mike.
Episode 287 - Season 13, Episode 20: Lights Out

In a busy emergency room, Kovac feels the pressure to take care of the overflow of cases before the area is shut down for renovations. A lonely Sam befriends terminally ill photojournalist Diana Moore (recurring guest star ANNABELLA SCIORRA), who has a negative outlook. Pratt gets a scare when his brother unexpectedly shows up in the emergency room. And the tension between Gates and his father, Mike (recurring guest star STACY KEACH), reaches a boiling point.
Episode 288 - Season 13, Episode 21: I Don't

All of the emergency room staffers are surprised when they arrive for the department dinner and find out that surprise nuptials are about to happen. Meanwhile, Ray can't seem to handle seeing Neela and Gates together. But the romantic atmosphere seems to bring everyone together.
Episode 289 - Season 13, Episode 22: Sea Change

Kovac and Abby get used to their new roles as husband and wife, while Hope (recurring guest star BUSY PHILLIPS) and Morris enjoy Kovac and Abby's unused honeymoon suite. Pratt hopes to change his womanizing ways as he tries to win over someone new. Meanwhile, there's a new physician, Dr. Kevin Moretti (recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI - "The Devil Wears Prada"), in the emergency room--and he means business.
Episode 290 - Season 13, Episode 23: The Honeymoon Is Over

In the 13th season finale, to the chagrin of the County General staff, the new chief, Moretti (recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI), makes some major changes in the emergency room. Meanwhile, Kovac puts his honeymoon on hold when he must travel back to Croatia to be with his ailing father. Gates is urgently called home when Sarah (recurring guest star CHLOE GREENFIELD) panics that she might be taken away. And after a patient convinces her to attend an antiwar rally, Neela finds her life in peril.
Episode 291 - Season 14, Episode 1: The War Comes Home

In the overburdened emergency room of the urban Chicago teaching facility County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center, the difference between life and death rests on split-second decisions -- and the pressure, joy and guilt are often overwhelming. On staff are Dr. Abby Lockhart who made the professional transition from nurse to doctor and is making a serious effort to turn her personal life around; Dr. Gregory Pratt now an attending, whose checkered background won't stop haunting him.
Episode 292 - Season 14, Episode 2: In a Different Light

Moretti (recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI) continues to institute new measures that cause many of the emergency room doctors to despise him. When a teacher and student come into the emergency room after a car crash, Morris and Sam are shocked to find out why they were together. Abby treats a patient with a simple stomachache, but she learns that he has a much bigger problem. Meanwhile, Neela can't wait to get released from the hospital.
Episode 293 - Season 14, Episode 3: Officer Down

When a teenage wrestler comes into the emergency room with severe vomiting, Pratt quickly tries to solve the problem, but he finds out that the cause is much more serious. While working in the intensive care unit, Gates attempts to help a young kid with a deadly disease. Meanwhile, Abby and Morris jump in to save two volunteer cops brought in with gunshot wounds.
Episode 294 - Season 14, Episode 4: Gravity

County General Hospital is turned into a beauty parlor for a day when a gracious former patient provides free beauty treatments. Meanwhile, Abby becomes distraught when her child is brought in after taking a serious fall off a jungle gym. Gates makes a baseball dream come true for a young boy with a terminal illness. And Pratt tries to stick up for his brother but seems to just make matters worse.
Episode 295 - Season 14, Episode 5: Under the Influence

Moretti (recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI) decides that Gates has done an impressive job in the intensive care unit and is now ready to return to the emergency room. Meanwhile, Neela learns how to manage people when she is assigned to mentor a gifted young intern. With his girlfriend away, Morris has a hard time resisting the ladies. And Abby struggles to keep her life together without Kovac (former series star GORAN VISNJIC), who has gone to Croatia.
Episode 296 - Season 14, Episode 6: The Test

When Moretti (recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI) brings in a new attending physician, Skye Wexler (recurring guest star KARI MATCHETT), to help with the workload, Morris and Pratt find the time to cram for their medical board examinations. Meanwhile, Sam and Abby treat an attention-hungry young woman who comes into the emergency room with elusive symptoms. And an intern, Harold (recurring guest star STEVEN CHRISTOPHER PARKER), tries to get tips from Neela on how to please the ladies.
Episode 297 - Season 14, Episode 7: Blackout

In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, Morris buys an energy-efficient smart car. Meanwhile, Abby and Pratt try to treat a fussy baby but disagree on the diagnosis. And Abby falls back into old habits and gives into temptation while her husband is in Croatia. Recurring guest star REIKO AYLESWORTH appears as Julia Dupree.
Episode 298 - Season 14, Episode 8: Coming Home

Gates and Julia (recurring guest star REIKO AYLESWORTH) nurture their newfound romance but are soon interrupted by a troubled phone call from Gates' ward, Sarah (recurring guest star CHLOE GREENFIELD). Meanwhile, Abby continues to be off her game, and the other doctors are starting to take notice. Harold (recurring guest star STEVEN CHRISTOPHER PARKER) saves the day in a critical situation -- and still makes his date. And Kovac (former series star GORAN VISNJIC) surprises Abby by returning home a day earlier than expected. Recurring guest star STANLEY TUCCI appears as Moretti.
Episode 299 - Season 14, Episode 9: Skye's the Limit

When Kovac's (former series star GORAN VISNJIC) brother visits from Croatia, Abby feels crowded in her own home. Meanwhile, Gates starts to experience the pressure of fatherhood after Sarah (recurring guest star CHLOE GREENFIELD) decides to have a sleepover with her friends. And Pratt becomes upset when a new temporary emergency room chief is named. Recurring guest star KARI MATCHETT ("24") appears as Skye Wexler.
Episode 300 - Season 14, Episode 10: 300 Patients

In this special 300th episode, Kovac (recurring guest star GORAN VISNJIC), Abby and baby Joe quickly make plans to go to Croatia after Kovac's father unexpectedly passes away, yet something still seems off with Abby. At the ER, a husband (guest star PETER FONDA - "3:10 to Yuma") rushes in when he hears about his wife's car accident and is shocked to meet someone from his past. Meanwhile, Julia (recurring guest star REIKO AYLESWORTH) decides to hold a service to bless the ER and the patients that have been lost.
Episode 301 - Season 14, Episode 11: Status Quo

When a young woman comes in with a badly hurt ankle, Sam is shocked to learn how much they have in common. Jeanie Boulet (former series star GLORIA REUBEN - "The Agency") rushes into the ER after her son takes a fall during gym class. Meanwhile, when the higher-ups at the hospital don't take him seriously, Pratt finds himself wanting to quit his job. Recurring guest star KARI MATCHETT ("24," "Heartland," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") also makes an appearance.
Episode 302 - Season 14, Episode 12: Believe the Unseen

Abby checks out of rehab and makes her way back to the ER, but she finds herself being questioned by the other doctors. And when multiple victims of a fire come into the ER, Abby thinks that one of the little girls is suffering from LCA, a degenerative eye disorder. Meanwhile, Harold (recurring guest star STEVEN CHRISTOPHER PARKER) finds new confidence after a big night with Neela's cousin.
Episode 303 - Season 14, Episode 13: Atonement

Pratt gets cold feet when Bettina (recurring guest star GINA RAVERA) tries to take their relationship to the next level. Neela joins the Ortho's hockey team and is shocked to see who their opponents are in the first game. Meanwhile, a prison doctor comes into the ER after trying to save a young boy from a freezing lake. After revealing to Julia (recurring guest star REIKO AYLESWORTH) that he gave lethal injections to criminals on death row, she tries to help him get rid of his guilt. And Gates gets irritated with Sam when she undermines his decisions.
Episode 304 - Season 14, Episode 14: Owner of a Broken Heart

Pratt and Dr. Brenner (recurring guest star DAVID LYONS - "Sea Patrol") get off to a rocky start when Brenner refuses to teach the interns. Gates treats a young transplant patient with major heart trouble. Abby contemplates telling Kovac (former series star GORAN VISNJIC) the truth about her affair as she heads for Croatia. And Sam finds out that Gates and Julia (recurring guest star REIKO AYLESWORTH) have broken up.
Episode 305 - Season 14, Episode 15: ... As the Day She Was Born

Neela has a strange daydream during work after pulling an all-night shift. Plus, she makes a quick decision about a patient with a torn aorta (recurring guest star AIDA TURTURRO - "The Sopranos"). Sarah's (recurring guest star CHLOE GREENFIELD) grandfather (guest star BILL BOLENDER - "CSI: Miami," "Alias," JAG") is rushed to the ER after collapsing during a game of air hockey. And Gates tries to let Sam know that he is serious by sending her flowers.
Episode 306 - Season 14, Episode 16: Truth Will Out

Neela is upset after she finds out the aorta surgery on Sheryl Hawkins (recurring guest star AIDA TURTURRO) has caused an infection. While treating a severely beaten Korean teen, Abby discovers an even more serious condition. Kovac (former series star GORAN VISNJIC) struggles to forgive Abby for her indiscretion. And Dr. Brenner (recurring guest star DAVID LYONS) continues to ruffle feathers in the ER.
Episode 307 - Season 14, Episode 17: Under Pressure

Pratt decides to fight for his relationship with Betina (recurring guest star GINA RAVERA) despite her reluctance. Neela treats a young injured couple, but when one of them pulls a gun (guest star JOSH STEWART - "Dirt"), she quickly finds out about their criminal status. Abby sees signs that her relationship may be over and it scares her.
Episode 308 - Season 14, Episode 18: Tandem Repeats

Morris meets with the hospital psychologist for a debriefing after his traumatic run-in with the jewelry thieves. Neela is frustrated when Sheryl Hawkins (recurring guest star AIDA TURTURRO) must go in for a fourth surgery to fix the infection. Meanwhile, Abby struggles to make a decision after she is offered a new job.
Episode 309 - Season 14, Episode 19: The Chicago Way

In an explosive season finale, a mysterious patient (guest star STEVE BUSCEMI - "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski," "The Sopranos"), with very mysterious visitors, comes into the ER.
Episode 310 - Season 15, Episode 1: Life After Death

Abby wakes up after the ambulance explosion and, though she realizes she has a broken wrist, quickly rushes to check on the others in the ambulance. A mother and daughter are also rushed in from the explosion and Abby misdiagnoses the case. Meanwhile, Morris and Neela struggle to keep up with the injuries sustained from the explosion.
Episode 311 - Season 15, Episode 2: Another Thursday at County

Its just another day in paradise, as Dr. Catherine Banfield's (new series star ANGELA BASSETT) arrival and tough attitude causes the whole ER staff to feel defensive. Gates (series star JOHN STAMOS) and the new interns fight to save the life of a terrorist while risking their own lives. Neela finds an unlikely advocate in her fight to get Dr. Dubenko (series regular LELAND ORSER) back on the surgery staff.
Episode 312 - Season 15, Episode 3: The Book of Abby

Neela is disappointed when she finds out Abby's good news secondhand. When a gunshot wound victim comes into the ER, the new chief, Catherine Banfield, and Abby butt heads on how to treat the patient. Abby comes to Sam's (series star LINDA CARDELLINI) defense when she goes before a nurses disciplinary board.
Episode 313 - Season 15, Episode 4: Parental Guidance

After Banfield defends herself from a street criminal, she and Dr. Gates treat a young gymnast with suspicious injuries indicating abuse. Dubenko's back on the surgery team.
Episode 314 - Season 15, Episode 5: Haunted

It's Halloween in the ER and there are all sorts of tricks and treats in store. Morris surprises Neela with an unexpected guest as former ER star SHANE WEST reappears.
Episode 315 - Season 15, Episode 6: Oh, Brother

Morris takes Chaz (SAM JONES III) under his wing and teaches him some risky medical procedures much to the chagrin of Dr. Banfield. Neela gets upset when Dr. Banfield undermines her authority with her intern. Meanwhile, Gates oversteps his bounds with Sam.
Episode 316 - Season 15, Episode 7: Heal Thyself

Trying to rescue a three-year-old girl from drowning in a nearby lake, Banfield is reminded of her own experience at County with Dr. Greene (ANTHONY EDWARDS) caring for her son.
Episode 317 - Season 15, Episode 8: Age of Innocence

Sam becomes frustrated with Gates when he becomes obsessed with finding a homeless war hero. Meanwhile, Neela is upset at her intern after he involves the entire surgery department in a nasty lawsuit. A husband and wife come into the ER after someone tried to burn down their home. And after Brenner loses his cool with a patient, it gets physical.
Episode 318 - Season 15, Episode 9: Let It Snow

Morris and Banfield are snowed in and trapped at an ER conference in Nebraska. Back in Chicago, Alex and Sarah go behind Sam's back and get into a terrible car accident.
Episode 319 - Season 15, Episode 10: The High Holiday

Morris receives an unwanted package from his father at the ER doorstep. Meanwhile, Sam is anxious about getting Alex off of the ventilator after his accident.
Episode 320 - Season 15, Episode 11: Separation Anxiety

Banfield treats two brothers that come into the ER with serious injuries after a drug deal goes bad. Gates is upset with Sam over the fact that she never told him that Alex (guest star DOMINIC JANES) was released from the hospital. Neela considers pediatric surgery after treating a young girl with sickle cell anemia. Meanwhile, Dr. Banfield and her husband make a critical decision about the future of their family.
Episode 321 - Season 15, Episode 12: Dream Runner

After a crazy day trying to save a young girl with sickle cell anemia, Neela goes in for an attending interview and is surprised to see Dr. Elizabeth Corday (ALEX KINGSTON).
Episode 322 - Season 15, Episode 13: Love Is a Battlefield

Love is a complicated operation in the ER as Gates can't seem to shake his feelings for Sam and Neela gets flustered when Brenner returns from Australia.
Episode 323 - Season 15, Episode 14: A Long, Strange Trip

Dr. David Morgenstern (WILLIAM H. MACY) takes a trip down memory lane as he stops by County General and Sam's sister (SHANNON WOODWARD) pays an unexpected visit.
Episode 324 - Season 15, Episode 15: The Family Man

After a devastating car accident in the ambulance bay leaves a mother severely injured, Brenner struggles to find a family member to take care of the woman's young daughter.
Episode 325 - Season 15, Episode 16: The Beginning of the End

On Valentine's Day, Neela falls under the spell of Dr. Brenner, Banfield refuses to give up on having a baby, and Dr. Carter (NOAH WYLE) makes a surprise return to the ER.
Episode 326 - Season 15, Episode 17: T-Minus-6

Banfield and her husband look into adoption, while Carter adjusts to a changed ER. Sam's mother (guest star AMY MADIGAN) comes into the ER in an altered state of mind.
Episode 327 - Season 15, Episode 18: What We Do

The story of County General is revealed as a camera crew interviews the staff for a documentary on emergency medicine. Noah Wyle and Amy Madigan ("Grey's Anatomy") guest star.
Episode 328 - Season 15, Episode 19: In Times of Old

The ER doctors struggle to save two transplant patients when the transplant organs are stranded at the airport. And Carter gets a surprise visit from his old mentor Dr. Benton.
Episode 329 - Season 15, Episode 20: I Feel Good

The ER doctors and nurses help out at Camp Del Corazon, a camp for kids who have had open-heart surgery, working alongside the camp counselor (guest star TOM ARNOLD).
Episode 330 - Season 15, Episode 21: Shifting Equilibrium

Its Neela's last day at County General and everyone in the ER seems to have forgotten that she is leaving. Meanwhile, Brenner has an epiphany about his troubled past.
Episode 331 - Season 15, Episode 22: And In the End

In the series finale, Dr. Carter opens a new medical facility for the underprivileged in Chicago and some old friends from County General all come to show their support.


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