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Episode Count: 332
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Year: 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | unknown

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: 24 Hours

Original Air Date: 19 septiembre 1994
Pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives a group of doctors, nurses, and workers of a busy emergency room at a Chicago hospital in dealing with the seemingly endless casualties that stumble into their place of employment. The central characters being the chief resident and family man Dr. Mark Greene who looks out of his current position for a job in a private practice due to pressure from his demanding lawyer wife Jennifer; outgoing Dr. Doug Ross who deals with cases in his own personal way; straight-arrow Dr. Susan Lewis in trying just to get by other long 36-hour shift; naive new intern John Carter; veteran intern Peter Benton; the troubled chief nurse Carol Hathaway; and E.R. head doctor David Morgenstern.

Season 1, Episode 2: Day One

Original Air Date: 22 septiembre 1994
Mark's wife arrives in the ER with the news that she has passed her bar exams but several members of the staff interrupt their intimate celebration. Greene treats an elderly woman whose husband isn't ready to let her go. It's been eight weeks since Hathaway's attempted suicide, but Doug Ross has yet to bring himself to visit the woman he went out with for two years. Susan Lewis saves a newborn who is brought into the ER choking. She also argues with the psychiatric attending who refuses to admit a patient suffering from dementia. Carter finds himself having to care for a group of German tourists who are suffering from food poisoning. He also treats a young flirt with a rash. Benton treats a recent surgery patient and finds his correct diagnosis overturned by the man's physician. Susan Lewis treats a family struck by a drunk driver. The husband and daughter will survive but there is little hope for the woman. The drunk driver is also brought in suffering from only a few scratches.

Season 1, Episode 3: Going Home

Original Air Date: 29 septiembre 1994
Carol Hathaway returns to work after her suicide attempt. Doug Ross still feels guilty about what happened. An ER patient found walking he streets takes to singing, constantly. Susan Lewis has a run-in with the cardiologist on duty, Dr. Kayson, when he disagrees with her treatment of a heart attack victim. At a case review session, she gets very little support from her colleagues. She also treats a woman who is dying of leukemia and who has good advice for Hathaway. Greene treats a woman who has obviously been beaten by her husband but can't get to agree to get help.

Season 1, Episode 4: Hit and Run

Original Air Date: 6 octubre 1994
Drs. Benton and Langworthy are unsuccessful in reviving a teen-aged boy involved in a traffic accident and it's left to Carter to determine the boy's identity and notify the parents. Unfortunately, he tells the wrong parents that their son is dead. Dough Ross tells a young patient that he will not be separated from his schizophrenic mother knowing that she will likely be hospitalized for a long time. Susan Lewis tells Mark that she is dating the psychiatric attending physician Div Cvetic. She also treats a salesman whose cell phone is having an odd effect on hospital equipment. Benton forgets that he was supposed to sit with his mother while his sister and brother-in-law were to go out for their tenth anniversary dinner.

Season 1, Episode 5: Into That Good Night

Original Air Date: 13 octubre 1994
Mark Greene's wife Jen gets a position clerking with a Federal judge. Unfortunately, it's in Milwaukee, 2 hours away and she wants Mark to look for a job there. Greene and Susan Lewis treat Samuel Gasner, a man who has been waiting for a heart transplant and who will not survive the night unless a donor can be found. John Carter is worried that his latest paramour may have left him with a souvenir of their sexual encounter. Doug Ross treats a young girl suffering from severe asthma but whose mother can't afford her medication. Benton treats Ivan the liquor store owner who is shot for the third time in as many weeks.

Season 1, Episode 6: Chicago Heat

Original Air Date: 20 octubre 1994
The realities of the ER may be too much for a child, but circumstances force Greene to bring his daughter Rachel with him on a day when the outdoor temperature tops 100 degrees and the air-conditioning doesn't work. Benton and Langworthy try in vain to save a boy shot in self-defense. Meanwhile, Lewis's broke sister, Chloe, steals Lewis's TV and VCR. After Ross crosses the line with Hathaway and Taglieri, Hathaway slugs Ross.

Season 1, Episode 7: Another Perfect Day

Original Air Date: 3 noviembre 1994
Doug Ross' hopes of renewing his relationship with Carol Hathaway take a positive turn after the two of them kiss following a particularly stressful trauma, but his hopes are dashed when she decides to move in with boyfriend Tag. John Carter has a particularly good day when Dr. Green successfully walks him through a complex procedure. Haleh takes Dr. Benton to task when he refuses to act as a role model for a young gangbanger she has an interest in. Benton is also competing with Dr. Langworthy for a prestigious fellowship. It's Susan Lewis' birthday and her sister Chloe shows up at the ER drunk.

Season 1, Episode 8: 9 1/2 Hours

Original Air Date: 10 noviembre 1994
Susan Lewis' boyfriend Div Cvetic, a psychiatric resident at County General, seems to be under a great deal of stress regularly lashing out at everyone. Doug Ross takes over for Mark Greene who takes a day off to be with his wife. He has a hard time keeping up with all the paperwork. John Carter is increasingly frustrated with Peter Benton who never seems to invite him to participate in surgeries. Benton learns the result of the fellowship he applied for and his mother shows up in the ER with a sprained ankle. Carol Hathaway treats a patient who was raped. A new ER aide, Bob, start work.

Season 1, Episode 9: ER Confidential

Original Air Date: 17 noviembre 1994
Carol Hathaway faces an ethical dilemma when a patient admits that he, and not his friend, was driving the car that ran a red light and killed a pedestrian. She decides to tell Tag about kissing Doug Ross. It's Thanksgiving and the doctors treat an animal rights activist who was attacked by the turkey he was trying to save. Doug Ross is going to the Bahamas with Linda Farrell and he is very much feeling like a kept man. Carter has to treat a transgendered man who has now reached an age where he can no longer pass as a woman. Carter's indifference is the final straw. Susan Lewis continues to worry about Div Cvetic, whose condition seems to be worsening.

Season 1, Episode 10: Blizzard

Original Air Date: 8 diciembre 1994
On a snowy Chicago day, all is quiet in the ER and the staff amuse themselves. Mark Greene and Susan Lewis put a cast on Carter's leg as a practical joke while Malik tries his hand at rap. Carol Hathaway announces that she and Tag are engaged. Dr. Angela Hicks joins the hospital staff. A major traffic accident on a local highway leads to a flood of patients. Doug Ross misdiagnoses a patient with tragic results. Bob the ER aide shows off her skills in an emergency situation.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Gift

Original Air Date: 15 diciembre 1994
It's Christmas-time and the expected range of emotions is to be found among the ER staffers. Susan Lewis treats a middle-aged woman who is overjoyed at finally getting pregnant. Susan is also shocked to hear that her boyfriend Div Cvetic has quit his job and moved out of his apartment. Mark Greene treats a young drowning victim. Doug Ross takes Greene's advice and decides to tell Carol Hathaway that he loves her; unfortunately he chooses to do so at her engagement party. Peter Benton jumps the gun and arranges for transplant teams to harvest an accident victims organs but the man's wife is now refusing to give consent. Susan's sister Chloe announces that she is pregnant.

Season 1, Episode 12: Happy New Year

Original Air Date: 5 enero 1995
Susan Lewis has a run-in with Dr. Jack Kayson, the cardiology resident, when he accuses her of not providing him with all necessary information on a patient who subsequently died. He makes it very clear that Susan will bear all responsibility for his death. Her sister Chloe informs her that she and her boyfriend are moving to Texas. John Carter is still frustrated by Peter Benton's apparent lack of interest in teaching him anything but a new go for it attitude leads to an invitation to assist in a surgical procedure. Benton's sister suggests to him that the time has come for them to put their mother in a care home.

Season 1, Episode 13: Luck of the Draw

Original Air Date: 12 enero 1995

Season 1, Episode 14: Long Day's Journey

Original Air Date: 19 enero 1995

Season 1, Episode 15: Feb 5, '95

Original Air Date: 2 febrero 1995

Season 1, Episode 16: Make of Two Hearts

Original Air Date: 9 febrero 1995

Season 1, Episode 17: The Birthday Party

Original Air Date: 16 febrero 1995

Season 1, Episode 18: Sleepless in Chicago

Original Air Date: 23 febrero 1995

Season 1, Episode 19: Love's Labor Lost

Original Air Date: 7 marzo 1995
Dr. Benton has to deal with the aftermath of his mother's fall and crosses the line with the surgical attending when he insists on scrubbing in for her operation. Dr. Greene deals with Jodi O'Brien who is two weeks away from giving birth. With the obstetrics attending unavailable, he decides to try to deliver her baby in the ER, with tragic results.

Season 1, Episode 20: Full Moon, Saturday Night

Original Air Date: 30 marzo 1995
Dr. Greene is still haunted by the death of Jodi O'Brien and isn't sure he can function as a doctor. At Susan's urging, he takes the night off but unfortunately for him, the new head of the ER Dr. 'Wild Willy' Swift arrives unannounced. Susan impresses Swift with her handling of many cases on a busy night. She also has to deal with the case of a young man who has had the hiccups for two days but may in fact be suffering from something far more serious. Nurse Hathaway and fiancée Tag are still working out the details of their wedding. Peter Benton's mother is still hospitalized and he will not accept that her age and her injuries mean that she will need permanent nursing care. Dr. Ross is now dating Diane Leeds. John Carter and Deb Chen's attempts at oneupmanship is starting to take on ridiculous proportions.

Season 1, Episode 21: House of Cards

Original Air Date: 6 abril 1995
Dr. Greene is still having trouble dealing with cases in the ER and the new Chief of Staff is growing increasingly concerned. Greene also faces a difficult peer review to examine his handling of the Jodi O'Brien case. Dr. Benton takes on the difficult task of telling his mother that she must be placed in a home with full-time care. Susan's very pregnant sister Chloe returns to live with her. Dr Ross deals with the case of a young girl with a heart condition while Ross and Carter encounter a patient who refuses treatment for tuberculosis. When Benton asks Deb Chen and Carter to submit their procedures book in a few days, Deb feels she has to get a few more procedures under her belt if she's to best her fellow student. Unfortunately, her eagerness leads to near tragedy for a patient.

Season 1, Episode 22: Men Plan, God Laughs

Original Air Date: 27 abril 1995
Greene finds his marriage falling apart and is concerned at how little time he's spending with his daughter. He also treats an eight week old child with a heart murmur who requires surgery. Susan tries to get her pregnant sister Chloe to take her pregnancy seriously, but her head isn't quite into it. Benton tries desperately to find a surgeon who will operate on a 16 year-old with a severe brain aneurysm that could burst at any time. He's also concerned at his mother's care and is growing ever more attracted to Jeanie Boulet. Doug Ross' commitment to Diane Leeds gets more serious when he agrees to be an assistant coach for her son's little league baseball team.

Season 1, Episode 23: Love Among the Ruins

Original Air Date: 4 mayo 1995
Doug Ross and Nurse Hathaway treat a girls' basketball team from a local catholic school for meningitis. Their teachers also need to be tested but one of them confides in Hathaway that she may have a particular problem. Green and the Chief of Staff have a disagreement in the middle of a procedure. With the wedding only two weeks away, Tag and Carol Hathaway have to deal with all of the final preparations, not the least of which is writing their own marriage vows. Susan deals with a suicide victim who is using emotional blackmail to keep his girlfriend from leaving him. Susan reaches the breaking point with her sister Chloe and tells her she has to move out.

Season 1, Episode 24: Motherhood

Original Air Date: 11 mayo 1995
On a fateful Mother's Day, several staffers in the ER face possible life-changing events. Susan Lewis' sister Chloe gives birth to a beautiful - and healthy - baby girl. Things start to go wrong however when their mother Cookie - who had agreed to take in Chloe and the baby - suddenly decides she's done enough and Susan will have to take care of it. Carter turns down an offer for an ER sub-internship in the hopes that he'll get an offer in surgery. Dr. Hicks has news for him however. Benton's mother takes a turn for the worse. Carol Hathaway is overwhelmed with the final preparations as her wedding day approaches.

Season 1, Episode 25: Everything Old Is New Again

Original Air Date: 18 mayo 1995
It's Carter's last day in the ER and finally fed up with Dr. Benton's apparent indifference, rejoices when he learns that he gets to write an appraisal on him. He subsequently regrets his negative input when he gets offered the surgical sub-internship he'd hoped for and learns that Benton gave him a glowing appraisal. He also spends a good part of the day with young leukemia victim who is fed up with life. Benton and Jeanie Boulet's relationship reaches a crossroads. Mark Greene is offered an attending position at the hospital but also learns that he is being sued for malpractice over his handling of the Jodi O'Brien case. The big day for Carol Hathaway and Tag is here but doubts creep in and one of them gets left standing at the altar.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: Welcome Back Carter!

Original Air Date: 21 septiembre 1995
While victims of a gang shootout are being brought in, Carter is late and a new group of third year medical students arrives.

Season 2, Episode 2: Summer Run

Original Air Date: 28 septiembre 1995
It's Weaver's first day and she doesn't exactly make a lot of friends. Carol rides along with the paramedics.

Season 2, Episode 3: Do One, Teach One, Kill One

Original Air Date: 5 octubre 1995
Carter gets his first official patient while Doug treats a four-year-old Asian boy who has AIDS.

Season 2, Episode 4: What Life?

Original Air Date: 12 octubre 1995
The feud between Susan and Weaver gets to the point where Mark has to step in.

Season 2, Episode 5: And Baby Makes Two

Original Air Date: 19 octubre 1995
Doug treats dying Chia-Chia. Mark however feels he's not doing the right thing for Chia-Chia.

Season 2, Episode 6: Days Like This

Original Air Date: 2 noviembre 1995
Doug and Harper had sex. Mark finds out about this. So does Carter.

Season 2, Episode 7: Hell and High Water

Original Air Date: 9 noviembre 1995
Doug saves a kid who's stuck in a flooded culvert and becomes a local hero when a TV helicopter films part of the rescue operation.

Season 2, Episode 8: The Secret Sharer

Original Air Date: 16 noviembre 1995
Doug gets the opportunity to stay at the ER thanks to the publicity surrounding his rescue of a drowning boy the week before.

Season 2, Episode 9: Home

Original Air Date: 7 diciembre 1995
Jennifer and Rachel have been involved in a car accident and Mark rushes to Milwaukee where they're in the hospital.

Season 2, Episode 10: A Miracle Happens Here

Original Air Date: 14 diciembre 1995
Mark has to deal with the fact he can't see Rachel during the holidays and takes care of a Holocaust surviver whose grandchild is missing.

Season 2, Episode 11: Dead of Winter

Original Air Date: 5 enero 1996
Shep and Raul enter a house with about a dozen abandoned and ill-fed children and bring them to the ER.

Season 2, Episode 12: True Lies

Original Air Date: 25 enero 1996
Benton has to attend a banquet at Vucelich's home and asks Jeanie to go with him. Mark hesitates to tell Rachel about the divorce.

Season 2, Episode 13: It's Not Easy Being Greene

Original Air Date: 1 febrero 1996
It's his day off, but Mark shows up for work anyway. After a patient dies and Morgenstern wants to speak to him, Mark soon regrets coming in after all.

Season 2, Episode 14: The Right Thing

Original Air Date: 8 febrero 1996
Rumour has it there's something going on between Mark and Susan while Benton questions Vucelich's study and confronts him.

Season 2, Episode 15: Baby Shower

Original Air Date: 15 febrero 1996
Benton tries to save someone who, according to the other surgeons, can't be saved while the ER gets crammed with pregnant women.

Season 2, Episode 16: The Healers

Original Air Date: 22 febrero 1996
Shep and Raul go in a burning house without the proper equipment to save three children.

Season 2, Episode 17: The Match Game

Original Air Date: 28 marzo 1996
Carter is very nervous because he's about to get his residency match. Mark changes his look.

Season 2, Episode 18: A Shift in the Night

Original Air Date: 4 abril 1996
Mark has to work for the fourth night in a row while a lot of the staff are absent and the number of patients is towering.

Season 2, Episode 19: Fire in the Belly

Original Air Date: 25 abril 1996
Benton dismisses a patient he hasn't seen who should have been admitted. Carter competes with Dale, a new surgical resident-in-training who once slept with Harper.

Season 2, Episode 20: Fevers of Unknown Origin

Original Air Date: 2 mayo 1996
In order to avoid having to deal with her personal problems regarding little Susie, Susan wholly absorbs herself in her work.

Season 2, Episode 21: Take These Broken Wings

Original Air Date: 9 mayo 1996
Susan has therapy to get over losing little Susie and Jeanie's ex-husband is brought in.

Season 2, Episode 22: John Carter, M.D.

Original Air Date: 16 mayo 1996
Mark Greene strikes a deal with Kerry Weaver - he will support her application for an ER attending position if she in turn will support Susan Lewis for Chief Resident. When Susan doesn't get the job, Mark is told to go ask her why. Carter is finally going to graduate and wants Benton to attend the party his family is throwing for him. Unfortunately, Carter decides to sit with a young patient awaiting a liver transplant and misses his own graduation ceremony. With the news she has received about her former husband Al's health, Jeanie Boulet decides to have herself tested. Doug Ross' girlfriend Karen forges his prescription for percodan. Hathaway's boyfriend, Shep, is refusing to undergo his anger management treatment. Mark's ex-wife Jen tells him that she is going to re-marry. Loretta Sweet asks Greene if he would become guardian to her kids.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Doctor Carter, I Presume

Original Air Date: 26 septiembre 1996
It's the first day of Carter's internship. He has a 36 hour shift and overnight he has to cover the ER, the ICU as well as the surgical patients.

Season 3, Episode 2: Let the Games Begin

Original Air Date: 3 octubre 1996
While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.

Season 3, Episode 3: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Original Air Date: 10 octubre 1996
Donald Anspaugh has a new method to increase the staff's efficiency, new intern Maggie Doyle joins the ER and Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii.

Season 3, Episode 4: Last Call

Original Air Date: 17 octubre 1996
Doug's one-night-stand has a seizure and he brings her to the ER.

Season 3, Episode 5: Ghosts

Original Air Date: 31 octubre 1996
While Mark is anxious about Susan's return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.

Season 3, Episode 6: Fear of Flying

Original Air Date: 7 noviembre 1996
While on their helicopter flight rotation, Mark and Susan find an injured family of four who they bring to the ER.

Season 3, Episode 7: No Brain, No Gain

Original Air Date: 14 noviembre 1996
Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks he's brain dead.

Season 3, Episode 8: Union Station

Original Air Date: 21 noviembre 1996
It's Susan's last day. Carol stands up for her nurses when one of them is being rotated to another department.

Season 3, Episode 9: Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies

Original Air Date: 12 diciembre 1996
Carol worries about her physics exam while Mark is heart-broken about Susan's departure and focuses solely on his job.

Season 3, Episode 10: Homeless for the Holidays

Original Air Date: 19 diciembre 1996
It's not a happy Christmas for Dennis Gant. His girlfriend calls to tell him she wont be joining him for the holidays and then John Carter cancels his invitation to spend Christmas with the Carters when he gets the chance to spend time with Dr. Keaton. Drs. Greene and Weaver are ordered by Anspaugh to develop a policy on HIV-positive employees. Dr. Maggie Doyle treats a battered woman with a fractured cheekbone and helps her get into a shelter. Mark Greene's idea for a Christmas gift for his daughter doesn't quite work out as planned. Benton wants to do another rotation in pediatric surgery but Dr. Keaton wont give him a recommendation.

Season 3, Episode 11: Night Shift

Original Air Date: 16 enero 1997
It's a quiet night shift in the ER. Carol Hathaway is told she has to fire two of her nurses because of a budget shortfall. Her creative solution doesn't sit well with the staff however. Dr. Weaver needs another volunteer for her sleep deprivation study. After getting negative feedback from Dr. Benton, Dennis Gant decides it's all too much and takes drastic action. Dr. Greene has to deal with a patient who is refusing treatment and neither legal nor psych services will allow him treat her against her wishes. Doug Ross has to treat Charlie the street kid, who has been beaten up by a pimp. Benton catches Abby Keaton and Carter canoodling in her office.

Season 3, Episode 12: Post Mortem

Original Air Date: 23 enero 1997
John Carter can't help but wonder if he could have done something to prevent Dennis Gant's death. He is particularly exasperated at Dr. Benton's apparent indifference and his refusal to acknowledge that he may have been too hard on Gant. Carter arranges for a memorial service with Dennis Gant Sr. attending. With labor negotiations looming, all of the nurses stage a walk out leaving Nurse Manager Carol Hathaway as the only experienced ER nurse on duty. It all takes on serious overtones when Carol makes a mistake that costs a patient his life. Charlie the 14-year-old street kid is being held in the hospital for observation and asks if Doug can become her guardian. Mark Greene and nurse Chuny Marquez start seeing each other. Jeanie Boulet ends up on a date with Dr. Greg Fischer but feels she has to tell him about her HIV status.

Season 3, Episode 13: Fortune's Fools

Original Air Date: 30 enero 1997
The nurses are shocked to hear what happened to a patient during their 'sick out'. When the hospital leaks the information to the press, Carol Hathaway decides to set the record straight. Mark Greene decides his fling with Chuny Marquez has run its course and asks Doug for advice on how to end it. Greene and Dr. Weaver show their different styles when they each show prospective students around the ER. Hathaway treats a veteran police officer who seems to be developing a neurological disorder. Peter Benton sees his friend Carla Reece in the hospital waiting room and learns that she is pregnant. He also forgets that he and Carter had to make a presentation to the surgical staff.

Season 3, Episode 14: Whose Appy Now?

Original Air Date: 6 febrero 1997
Mark Greene has gone on a dating binge and he finds himself juggling three women. Things get sticky when it turns out two of them know one another and all three meet in the ER. Dr. Benton is in a funk and John Carter tells him he is joining Dr. Hicks' surgical team. Carter reacts with glee when Benton has to have his appendix removed and Hicks lets him perform the operation. With Carol Hathaway still under suspension, the ER isn't functioning quite as smoothly as it normally does. Jeanie Boulet and Dr. Greg Fischer treat a young man with syphilis and argue over whether they should tell his wife. Jeanie finally gives in to Greg's repeated requests and agrees to go out on a date.

Season 3, Episode 15: The Long Way Around

Original Air Date: 13 febrero 1997
Nurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen. Later, the gunman is shot down in the alley, and she works the hardest to save his life, but to no avail.

Season 3, Episode 16: Faith

Original Air Date: 20 febrero 1997
It's decision day for Carol Hathaway who will learn the results of the investigation and whether her suspension will become permanent. She is also toying with the idea of writing the medical school admissions test. Benton finally comes to terms with the death of Dennis Gant and Dr. Hicks provides him with support. His pregnant ex-girlfriend Carla Reece doesn't want anything to do with him, however. Dr. Carter challenges Dr. Anspaugh's diagnosis of a patient. Mark Greene and Maggie Doyle desperately try to get a patient with Down's syndrome on a heart transplant list, but come up against an unexpected obstacle. Dr. Ross again meets a young cystic fibrosis patient he had treated several weeks before. Now 18 years old, he wants to Ross to remove him from the ventilator even though it almost certainly means he will die.

Season 3, Episode 17: Tribes

Original Air Date: 10 abril 1997
Race relations become an issue in the ER when Mark Greene treats two injured teenagers, one black and the other white, and assumes the black kid was a drug dealer. It turns the white kid was the drug dealer and the black kid is a high school basketball star and an innocent bystander. When the black student's older brother confronts him, he begins to question his own impartiality. Carol Hathaway helps a young woman who was drugged with Rohipnol and raped. Benton gets an interesting offer from Dr. Hicks. He also learns that Carla Reece has been admitted to the hospital. Dr. Carter treats a woman with a serious condition but he seems to be the only one who sees it. Mark Greene's daughter ends up spending the day in the ER when her mom has to rush to Florida to deal with a family emergency.

Season 3, Episode 18: You Bet Your Life

Original Air Date: 17 abril 1997
Mark Greene's daughter is still staying with him and he's finding it a challenge to balance the demands of his work and home life. Dr. Carter commits a major error in judgment after Dr. Anspaugh refuses to operate on a patient. Carter then convinces Dr. Hicks to undertake the procedure without mentioning his previous approach to Anspaugh. Called on the carpet, he's told that he may lose his residency. Dr. Benton surreptitiously obtains a copy of Carla Reece's medical reports in his attempts to learn more about her pregnancy. Carol Hathaway is fed up taking orders from doctors that are younger and less experienced than her and has a run-in with Maggie Doyle as a result.

Season 3, Episode 19: Calling Dr. Hathaway

Original Air Date: 24 abril 1997
Carol Hathaway receives the results of her medical school admissions test but begins to have doubts about being a doctor. When Jerry hears that a very valuable mouse has escaped from the hospital lab, he sets out to trap it in the hopes of collecting the $5000 reward. Dr. Carter is still in Dr. Anspaugh's doghouse and wonders when he'll ever get back into an operating room. He's faced with an ethical dilemma when a fellow resident, Dale Edson, falsifies a patient's chart to cover up an error. Benton finds it difficult to balance work with the demands posed by being a prospective father.

Season 3, Episode 20: Random Acts

Original Air Date: 1 mayo 1997
Jeanie Boulet sees her ex-husband in a new light and arranges to get him into a special program at County General. Her boyfriend Greg realizes that she may still be in love with him. The staff has a bit of fun when someone finds the manuscript to a trashy novel where all of the major characters are obviously drawn on ER staffers. Doug Ross treats a child for a broken wrist but also notices that he may have problems with his sight. Benton's girlfriend Carla finds herself hospitalized for the remaining 8 weeks of her pregnancy. Mark Greene has a rough day with several relatives who are less than happy with the care being provided to their relatives but when he is savagely beaten in the men's room, he has no idea who is assailant might be. A new resident, Dr. Anna Del Amico, joins the ER team. Benton and Carter get to assist on a kidney transplant but unlike the other surgeons, Carter is more interested in the patients than the surgical procedure.

Season 3, Episode 21: Make a Wish

Original Air Date: 8 mayo 1997
Mark Greene returns to work after his assault but he is clearly suffering from post-traumatic stress and has come back too soon. John Carter is beginning to have serious doubts that surgery is the right specialty for him and asks Dr. Weaver what it would take to change his residency to emergency medicine. It's Carol Hathaway's birthday and Doug Ross offers to save her from the embarrassment of any party her friends might throw her by inviting her out to dinner. Carla Reece goes into premature labor and gives birth to a baby boy.

Season 3, Episode 22: One More for the Road

Original Air Date: 15 mayo 1997
Mark Greene continues to struggle with the results of his beating and acquires a gun to protect himself. Doug Ross and Dr. Del Amico treat 14 year-old Charlie who is again living on the street and who is now using hard-core drugs. Ross is also feeling pangs of jealousy when he learns that Carol Hathaway is dating someone. John Carter raises the issue of abandoning surgery as his specialty with Dr. Anspaugh who hits the roof and accuses him of betraying the contract he has made with the hospital. Benton and Carol finally get some good news when their premature baby seems to respond to treatment. Jeanie and Al Boulet are giving their marriage another try.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: Ambush

Original Air Date: 25 septiembre 1997
The ER staff finds itself under the lights when a camera crew films them for a PBS documentary. Most are self-conscious with cameras following them around and some are unaware or forget that there are fixed cameras and that they are miked leading to interesting exchanges. The documentary focuses primarily on Mark Greene, who is still recovering from the beating he suffered in the hospital washroom, but he doesn't want to be depicted as a poor soul deserving of public sympathy. An accident victim's family cause a near riot in the ER. Dr. David Morgenstern has a heart attack. Elizabeth Corday arrives for her first shift at County General.

Season 4, Episode 2: Something New

Original Air Date: 2 octubre 1997
While recovering from his heart attack and under the influence of morphine, Dr. Morgenstern asks Kerry Weaver to take over some of his administrative duties. Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway keep their renewed romance a secret from everyone. Mark Greene and Carol interview candidates for the new desk clerk position. Greene learns that he is being sued for malpractice by the family of a patient who recently died. Dr. Benton and Carla Reece's baby boy is well enough to be taken off the respirator. John Carter's new student, George Henry, is more of a researcher than a doctor and has never really treated patients. Ross wants Dr. Del Amico to treat more adults and fewer children. Elizabeth Corday, a visiting surgeon from the UK, joins the hospital staff.

Season 4, Episode 3: Friendly Fire

Original Air Date: 9 octubre 1997
Kerry Weaver is named acting head of emergency medicine and immediately sets about changing procedures, which alienates everyone. John Carter finds himself doing a lot of scut work since his student never seems to be in the ER. Al Boulet is involved in a work site accident but doesn't want anyone to know he is HIV positive. It's Cynthia Hooper's first day as an ER desk clerk. Having finally agreed on a name for their child, Carla Reece and Dr. Benton disagree on whether he should be circumcised. They are told he an now go home. Fiddling with a gun left at reception by a patient, Jerry Marcovic blows up a car in the parking lot and the ER entrance.

Season 4, Episode 4: When the Bough Breaks

Original Air Date: 23 octubre 1997
Mark Greene's ex-wife Jen takes him to task for his mixed-up life and tells him he can't see their daughter until he gets some help. Kerry Weaver tries to get Doug Ross to complete his fellowship research proposal. She also tells him he has to find research grants to cover his salary or he's out of a job. Baby Reece Benton finally gets to go home. Now that his HIV status is known, Al Boulet finds himself out of a job and unable to find work. The ER has to deal with a mass casualty alert when a school bus is involved in a highway accident. A crack addict gives birth while waiting for a doctor to treat her.

Season 4, Episode 5: Good Touch, Bad Touch

Original Air Date: 30 octubre 1997
Carol Hathaway would like to start a clinic within the ER that would specialize in women's and children's health issues, but Kerry Weaver tells her she'll have to find funding for the project. Carter may have a solution for her however. Peter Benton is getting used to fatherhood, but is falling behind in his work. Mark Greene has to give a deposition in the malpractice suit against him and is stressed. He also takes inappropriate action to quiet an unruly patient. Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano returns to County General.

Season 4, Episode 6: Ground Zero

Original Air Date: 6 noviembre 1997
Al Boulet wants to move to Atlanta when an old friend offers him a job, but Jeanie isn't keen on relocating. Carol Hathaway applies to the Carter family foundation for a grant to finance her clinic. Ana Del Amico is furious when she learns how rich Carter's family is and feels that he has just been slumming. Jeanie is reluctant to treat a patient who has a prominent Klan tattoo on his chest. Although the hospital settles the malpractice suit against Mark Greene, he finds that the family in question is now suing him personally. At Dr. Anspaugh's insistence, Kerry Weaver attends a presentation from a private company that specializes in running ERs. She decides to fire Jeanie Boulet to meet budget cuts. Elizabeth Corday gets into trouble when Peter Benton fails to warn her she is about to break hospital policy. Doug Ross gets bad news and he and Mark set off for California.

Season 4, Episode 7: Fathers and Sons

Original Air Date: 13 noviembre 1997
Ross and Greene travel to a near-deserted stretch of California to investigate circumstances surrounding a death in Doug's family.

Season 4, Episode 8: Freak Show

Original Air Date: 20 noviembre 1997
Carol Hathaway returns to work to find that due to a mix-up, there are dozens of people waiting in her yet to open free clinic. John Carter and Ana Del Amico start to mend their relationship. Rocket Romano offers Benton a place on his surgical team provided he demonstrates that he can get along with Dr. Corday. Benton comes across a unique case of a young boy whose internal organs are reversed. ER receptionist Cynthia intercepts a note intended for Carol Hathaway, believing it's from Mark Greene. Dr. Weaver receives a bouquet of flowers from Dr. Ellis West after his company, Synergix, gets the contract to supply supplementary attending physicians for the ER. Carter's student, George Henry re-appears when learns he hasn't completed all of the requirements of his ER rotation.

Season 4, Episode 9: Obstruction of Justice

Original Air Date: 11 diciembre 1997
Jeanie Boulet decides to fight her dismissal, believing she has been let go because of her HIV status and not for the budget reasons she has been told. Her husband Al gets a job in Atlanta but Jeanie is no longer sure she's ready to move. John Carter is arrested in the ER after he refuses to follow a policeman's order to provide blood evidence on a drunken patient. Doug returns to work and has a patient who claims to have sickle-cell anemia but may be a junkie looking for a fix. Mark Greene has made a deal with a top-notch attorney who agrees to handle his lawsuit in exchange for a day of playing doctor in the ER. Benton and Corday try to save an accident victim's leg. Dr. Ellis West from Synergix shows up for work in the ER.

Season 4, Episode 10: Do You See What I See?

Original Air Date: 18 diciembre 1997
It's Christmas time and the ER staffers are in a festive mood. Dr. Benton is looking forward to having his first Christmas with newborn son Reece. He also gains a bit of notoriety when a blind man he is treating can suddenly see. Dr. Corday is looking forward to going home for the holidays but one of her patients comes out of a coma just as she is about to leave and decides to spend the holidays in Chicago. Kerry Weaver starts a relationship with Dr. Ellis West. Mark Greene treats an elderly woman who is savagely beaten and raped. Now that his lawsuit is out of the way, he tries to make amends to the family that was suing him. He also learns that girlfriend Cynthia has a shocking secret. John Carter's grandmother visits Carol Hathaway's clinic with her other grandson, Chase. John is none too pleased when he catches Chase shooting up in the family limo. Carol decides that the time has come for her relationship with Doug Ross to be made public but he has a surprise for her.

Season 4, Episode 11: Think Warm Thoughts

Original Air Date: 8 enero 1998
John Carter finds himself at the medical school counseling students on emergency medicine. He doesn't find much interest. Elizabeth Corday convinces a specialist from another hospital to perform an operation on Allison Beaumont, sending Rocket Romano into a rage. Dr. Anspaugh's 13 year-old son Scott, a recovering cancer patient, is brought into the ER. Jeanie Boulet manages to develop a rapport with the difficult young man. Another elderly rape victim is brought into the hospital. Ellis West and Kerry Weaver are still seeing each other and he proposes that Synergix takes over the running of the ER. Dr. William "Wild Willy" Swift shows up as a Synergix attending physician.

Season 4, Episode 12: Sharp Relief

Original Air Date: 15 enero 1998
Scott Anspaugh's cancer has returned and he requires another operation. The results show that he will need another round of chemotherapy. Dr. Anspaugh asks Jeanie Boulet if she would work with his son as a part-time caregiver. Kerry Weaver begins to have doubts about the wisdom of Synergix taking over the ER. John Carter's cousin Chase shows up at the hospital suffering from withdrawal. John decides to help him, but not the way Chase wants. Ana Del Amico decides to give him a hand. Carol Hathaway goes on a paramedic ride along and they attend to another elderly rape victim. She also finds herself attracted to paramedic Greg Powell. Her fiancé Doug Ross is planning a romantic evening. Allison Beaumont has an operation to restore her voice and Benton and Corday go out for a drink afterward.

Season 4, Episode 13: Carter's Choice

Original Air Date: 29 enero 1998
The police bring in another elderly rape victim but this time they also get the rapist. The ER staff is in no mood to treat him and Ana Del Amico takes John Carter to task for not giving the man the best care and letting his emotions take over his duties as a physician. Realizing she has made a major mistake, Dr. Weaver lines up support to oppose the take over of the ER by Synergix and accuses Ellis West of using her to win the contract. Carol Hathaway is having doubts about her commitment to Doug Ross while he resents her hesitation. Cynthia Hooper suggests to Mark that with her lease coming due, she should perhaps move in with him but he is obviously reluctant. Benton and Corday go out on another date.

Season 4, Episode 14: Family Practice

Original Air Date: 5 febrero 1998
Mark rushes out to San Diego when his mother has a serious fall and is hospitalized. When he gets there, he finds her suffering from mild dementia and questions the care she is receiving. To his surprise, Cynthia Hooper follows him unannounced and uninvited, leading for them to come a conclusion about their relationship. Mark also learns a lot about his parents' relationship and while he continues to struggle with his difficult relationship with his father, he also learns of some of the sacrifices the man made for his family.

Season 4, Episode 15: Exodus

Original Air Date: 26 febrero 1998
While on a paramedic ride along, Elizabeth Corday puts her life at risk to rescue a man trapped in a building collapse. When hazardous materials are brought into the ER, the unit has to be closed down. With Dr. Weaver rendered unconscious, John Carter takes charge of the situation and performs brilliantly. With the ER evacuated, Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway find themselves trapped in an elevator while transferring a young patient with renal failure. Benton and Corday start a romantic relationship.

Season 4, Episode 16: My Brother's Keeper

Original Air Date: 5 marzo 1998
Mark Greene returns from San Diego to find that Cynthia Hooper has not only quit her job in the ER but has moved to a new apartment. Thinking he may have made a mistake, he manages to track her down. John Carter's cousin Chase is brought into the ER unconscious from an overdose of heroin. They manage to revive him but he likely has severe brain damage. Carter has to admit to his grandparents that he knew of Chase's habit and tried to help him. Doug Ross and Kerry Weaver have a major blow up when she finds a flaw in his study and seemingly goes out of her way to make the fact known to everyone on staff. Ross and Carol Hathaway get their relationship back on track.

Season 4, Episode 17: A Bloody Mess

Original Air Date: 9 abril 1998
Dr. David Morgenstern returns after a six-month absence recovering from his heart attack. His new outlook on life however has Kerry Weaver questioning his abilities. Elizabeth Corday decides to start a study on the use of artificial blood in the ER, but the only problem is that she fails to discuss it first with Rocket Romano. Doug Ross decides to apply for an ER attending position. Scott Anspaugh suffers a major relapse. Ana Del Amico is confronted by an irate husband who wants his ill wife to terminate her pregnancy. At the free clinic, Carol Hathaway has to deal with the case of an underage high school student who is sleeping with her 40-year-old teacher. Peter Benton hits a pedestrian with a car but Carter helps him out with an important piece of information.

Season 4, Episode 18: Gut Reaction

Original Air Date: 16 abril 1998
When a compatible bone marrow donor cannot be located, Scott Anspaugh agrees to undergo a new round of chemotherapy, even though there appears to be little point. Doug Ross suggests to Jeanie Boulet that Scott may have agreed to the therapy because of her. Mark Greene has taken on the task of organizing the annual ER banquet only to find that Jerry, on whom he had been relying for much of the preparation, hasn't quite delivered. John Carter confronts his grandmother when he learns that she has cut off funding for Carol Hathaway's free clinic. In the OR, Peter Benton has a major confrontation with Dr. Morgenstern, pushing him aside and taking over an operation. Greene and Weaver criticize Doug Ross over his handling of a sick child and her mother.

Season 4, Episode 19: Shades of Gray

Original Air Date: 23 abril 1998
Following the incident in the OR, Drs. Morgenstern and Benton present the case to their colleagues. As a result, Peter Benton finds himself suspended for insubordination pending a full inquiry. Jeanie attends Scott Anspaugh's funeral and has some information to share with the boy's father. Ana Del Amico finds herself ethically unable to perform an abortion and is taken to task by Dr. Weaver. John Carter gets the hospital to take legal guardianship of a patient he feels has been subjected to elder abuse, but subsequently doubts that he made the right decision.

Season 4, Episode 20: Of Past Regret and Future Fear

Original Air Date: 30 abril 1998
Benton and Elizabeth Corday spend the night together. Corday is shocked when Rocket Romano suggests that they go out on a date. John Carter and his grandmother clash over the future of Chase Carter; she wants him cared for at home while John feels he should remain institutionalized where he can continue to receive therapy. Carol Hathaway finally gets around to inviting her mother to a Sunday brunch with her and Doug but is a bit surprised when she shows up with her boyfriend. David Morgenstern makes a critical decision that will affect both his and Peter Benton's future. In the ER, Hathaway comforts a man is going to die from chemical burns.

Season 4, Episode 21: Suffer the Little Children

Original Air Date: 7 mayo 1998
Assisted by Carol Hathaway, Doug Ross decides to detoxify a drug-addicted infant in the ER without telling anyone. Mark Greene and Kerry Weaver hit the roof when they find out what is going on. Jeanie Boulet is feeling rundown and fears that her health may be deteriorating. John Carter is less than pleased when Ana Del Amico's former boyfriend shows up in the ER conducting a study on the need for a pediatric attending physician. Del Amico also has to treat a televangelist whom is using her health issues to raise money. Elizabeth Corday is worried that Rocket Romano may be aware of her affair with Peter Benton and that it will affect her fellowship.

Season 4, Episode 22: A Hole in the Heart

Original Air Date: 14 mayo 1998
At the hospital daycare, one of the child-care workers suggests to Peter Benton that he may want to have baby Reece's hearing checked. Doug Ross dodges a bullet by admitting upfront his error in detoxifying a baby without permission. Having been acting Chief for over 6 months, Kerry Weaver puts her name forward to replace David Morgenstern as Chief of Emergency Medicine only to be told she will have to compete for the job. The doctors treat a couple of Elvis impersonators who sky dive into Lake Superior. They also treat a woman and her two children who have been shot by her psychologically disturbed husband. When drugs go missing from the ER, John Carter suspects Ana Del Amico's ex-boyfriend.

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: Day for Knight

Original Air Date: 24 septiembre 1998
Third-year med student Lucy Knight reports to the ER for the first day of her rotation. Greene takes a paternal interest in her, helping her get acquainted, but she gets off to a bad start with the irritable Carter. The rest of the day finds her informing a wife of her husband's terminal condition, comforting a pregnant woman, getting locked on the roof and trying to figure out Weaver's "Tour on Tape."

Season 5, Episode 2: Split Second

Original Air Date: 1 octubre 1998
Dr. Corday's father visits from overseas in an attempt to convince her to join his medical practice. Lucy continues learning, earning more respect from Carter, who is having trouble being an RA in the dorms. Meanwhile, Peter takes Reese in for another hearing test, Carol hires a nurse practitioner to help out in the clinic, and Weaver continues to remind Doug of the way he bypassed her authority.

Season 5, Episode 3: They Treat Horses, Don't They?

Original Air Date: 8 octubre 1998

Season 5, Episode 4: Vanishing Act

Original Air Date: 15 octubre 1998

Season 5, Episode 5: Masquerade

Original Air Date: 29 octubre 1998

Season 5, Episode 6: Stuck on You

Original Air Date: 5 noviembre 1998

Season 5, Episode 7: Hazed and Confused

Original Air Date: 12 noviembre 1998

Season 5, Episode 8: The Good Fight

Original Air Date: 19 noviembre 1998

Season 5, Episode 9: Good Luck, Ruth Johnson

Original Air Date: 10 diciembre 1998

Season 5, Episode 10: The Miracle Worker

Original Air Date: 17 diciembre 1998

Season 5, Episode 11: Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee

Original Air Date: 7 enero 1999

Season 5, Episode 12: Double Blind

Original Air Date: 21 enero 1999

Season 5, Episode 13: Choosing Joi

Original Air Date: 4 febrero 1999

Season 5, Episode 14: The Storm: Part 1

Original Air Date: 11 febrero 1999
Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross shows Joi how to give Ricky a lethal dosage of medication. Doug is delegated to desk duty, Carol's clinic is shut down for acquiring the P.C.A. machine for Ricky, and Greene and Weaver face future disciplinary action for not reporting Doug's earlier mistakes. Meanwhile, Carter and Lucy discover a mutual attraction, Benton studies with a sign language instructor, and Romano begins his first day as acting ER chief.

Season 5, Episode 15: The Storm: Part 2

Original Air Date: 18 febrero 1999
Greene assists paramedics in treating injured children at a school bus accident. En route, Doug and Jeanie survive their own accident. Kerry stops Doug from treating Jeanie... or any other patient. But when Jeanie is treated, Kerry and Peter realize she has hepatitis. Doug decides to resign and leave Chicago for the Northwest and asks Carol to come with him. Meanwhile, Carol steps down from running the clinic so that Anspaugh will keep it open.

Season 5, Episode 16: Middle of Nowhere

Original Air Date: 25 febrero 1999

Season 5, Episode 17: Sticks and Stones

Original Air Date: 25 marzo 1999

Season 5, Episode 18: Point of Origin

Original Air Date: 8 abril 1999

Season 5, Episode 19: Rites of Spring

Original Air Date: 29 abril 1999

Season 5, Episode 20: Power

Original Air Date: 6 mayo 1999

Season 5, Episode 21: Responsible Parties

Original Air Date: 13 mayo 1999

Season 5, Episode 22: Getting to Know You

Original Air Date: 20 mayo 1999

Next US airings:

Thur. July 24

Original Air Date: 23 marzo 2000

Season 6, Episode 17: Viable Options

Original Air Date: 6 abril 2000

Season 6, Episode 18: Match Made in Heaven

Original Air Date: 13 abril 2000

Season 6, Episode 19: The Fastest Year

Original Air Date: 27 abril 2000

Season 6, Episode 20: Loose Ends

Original Air Date: 4 mayo 2000

Season 6, Episode 21: Such Sweet Sorrow

Original Air Date: 11 mayo 2000

Season 6, Episode 22: May Day

Original Air Date: 18 mayo 2000

Season 7

Season 7, Episode 1: Homecoming

Original Air Date: 12 octubre 2000
Dr. Carter struggles with his drug dependency; a custodial strike leaves the ER cluttered with garbage; a riot at a high-school football game leaves several wounded.

Season 7, Episode 2: Sand and Water

Original Air Date: 19 octubre 2000
A young couple cope with their baby being premature; Greene and Corday struggle with their relationship.

Season 7, Episode 3: Mars Attacks

Original Air Date: 26 octubre 2000
Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious who's made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of all the hospital's systems and is stunned by Dr. Romano. An unfortunate incident at a Science Fiction convention makes it look like scenes from the movie 'Mars Attacks'.

Season 7, Episode 4: Benton Backwards

Original Air Date: 2 noviembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 5: Flight of Fancy

Original Air Date: 9 noviembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 6: The Visit

Original Air Date: 16 noviembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 7: Rescue Me

Original Air Date: 23 noviembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 8: The Dance We Do

Original Air Date: 7 diciembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 9: The Greatest of Gifts

Original Air Date: 14 diciembre 2000

Season 7, Episode 10: Piece of Mind

Original Air Date: 4 enero 2001

Season 7, Episode 11: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Original Air Date: 11 enero 2001

Season 7, Episode 12: Surrender

Original Air Date: 1 febrero 2001

Season 7, Episode 13: Thy Will Be Done

Original Air Date: 8 febrero 2001

Season 7, Episode 14: A Walk in the Woods

Original Air Date: 15 febrero 2001

Season 7, Episode 15: The Crossing

Original Air Date: 22 febrero 2001

Season 7, Episode 16: Witch Hunt

Original Air Date: 1 marzo 2001

Season 7, Episode 17: Survival of the Fittest

Original Air Date: 29 marzo 2001

Season 7, Episode 18: April Showers

Original Air Date: 19 abril 2001

Season 7, Episode 19: Sailing Away

Original Air Date: 26 abril 2001

Season 7, Episode 20: Fear of Commitment

Original Air Date: 3 mayo 2001

Season 7, Episode 21: Where the Heart Is

Original Air Date: 10 mayo 2001

Season 7, Episode 22: Rampage

Original Air Date: 17 mayo 2001
The ER is flooded with foster care home residents, attacked by a shooter bent on tracking down his son, who , with the help of Dr. Green, was put into the foster care system amid allegations he was being abused by his father.

Season 8

Season 8, Episode 1: Four Corners

Original Air Date: 27 septiembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 2: The Longer You Stay

Original Air Date: 4 octubre 2001

Season 8, Episode 3: Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic

Original Air Date: 11 octubre 2001

Season 8, Episode 4: Never Say Never

Original Air Date: 18 octubre 2001

Season 8, Episode 5: Start All Over Again

Original Air Date: 25 octubre 2001

Season 8, Episode 6: Supplies and Demands

Original Air Date: 1 noviembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 7: If I Should Fall from Grace

Original Air Date: 8 noviembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 8: Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain

Original Air Date: 15 noviembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 9: Quo Vadis?

Original Air Date: 22 noviembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 10: I'll Be Home for Christmas

Original Air Date: 13 diciembre 2001

Season 8, Episode 11: Beyond Repair

Original Air Date: 10 enero 2002
Abby helps a distraught boy whose mother died of a stroke; a man with schizophrenia, who once stabbed Carter and killed a doctor checks into the ER.

Season 8, Episode 12: A River in Egypt

Original Air Date: 17 enero 2002
An injured and condemned murderer wants to die in the ER rather than await execution; Abby advises a neighbor to seek shelter from her abusive husband.

Season 8, Episode 13: Damage Is Done

Original Air Date: 31 enero 2002
An accidental overdose brings Drs. Green and Corday's baby into the ER.

Season 8, Episode 14: A Simple Twist of Fate

Original Air Date: 7 febrero 2002
Greene confronts Corday when she orders Rachel out of their home; Abby tries to protect a battered neighbor who refuses to press charges against her husband.

Season 8, Episode 15: It's All in Your Head

Original Air Date: 28 febrero 2002
After Dr. Corday moves out, Dr. Green fights loneliness and pain by immersing himself into his work. Dr. Chen discovers that a comatose teen is ready to give birth.

Season 8, Episode 16: Secrets and Lies

Original Air Date: 7 marzo 2002
After some staff members are caught going through a dominatrix's bag, Weaver makes them attend a sexual harassment seminar, where they learn about each other.

Season 8, Episode 17: Bygones

Original Air Date: 28 marzo 2002
Drs. Corday and Greene are awkward when working together in the ER. Dr. Weaver treats victims of an intense fire that may take the life of a dear friend.

Season 8, Episode 18: Orion in the Sky

Original Air Date: 4 abril 2002
As Dr. Greene's brain tumor begins affecting his coordination, he becomes concerned that his fate will be similar to the terminally ill patients he treats.

Season 8, Episode 19: Brothers and Sisters

Original Air Date: 25 abril 2002
When Dr. Lewis gets a hysterical call from her niece, Susie, she hurries to New York to search for the child and her sister Chloe.

Season 8, Episode 20: The Letter

Original Air Date: 2 mayo 2002
Dr. Carter reads a letter from terminally ill Dr. Green to the ER staff. Dr. Weaver lashes out at a mentally challenged patient. A terminal, homeless man continues asking for Dr. Green.

Season 8, Episode 21: On the Beach

Original Air Date: 9 mayo 2002
Dr. Greene's final days are spent in Hawaii with Rachel, teaching her to drive and surf. When he suffers a seizure, Elizabeth is called. Mark refuses to go home. He manages to make amends with his daughter before his eventual death.

Season 8, Episode 22: Lockdown

Original Air Date: 16 mayo 2002
Just when the ER is understaffed and swamped, two children who were brought in turn out to have full blown smallpox. The entire ER must be locked down. The staff needs to improvise while they battle not only the disease but also frayed tempers.

Season 9

Season 9, Episode 1: Chaos Theory

Original Air Date: 26 septiembre 2002
Dr. Carter, Abby and other staff of the ER are quarantined as the CDC investigate a mysterious, deadly outbreak.

Season 9, Episode 2: Dead Again

Original Air Date: 3 octubre 2002
After another hospital shuts down, the ER is flooded with patients. Dr. Pratt resuscitates a heart-attack victim who had been pronounced dead.

Season 9, Episode 3: Insurrection

Original Air Date: 10 octubre 2002
Dr. Carter leads a walk-out of staff protesting lack of security in the ER.

Season 9, Episode 4: Walk Like a Man

Original Air Date: 17 octubre 2002

Season 9, Episode 5: A Hopeless Wound

Original Air Date: 31 octubre 2002
On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on a new med student for a surgical rotation--Paul Nathan, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and decided to pursue medicine after being diagnosed. Despite a difficult first day, both professionally and medically, Nathan makes a difficult diagnosis. Romano's rehab lags behind his expectations, and he begins to doubt his role in surgery is no longer an option. In a moment of personal weakness, he tries to express his feelings for Corday. Weaver continues to display erratic behavior, raising staff suspicions about her menopause. Luka's burgeoning sex addiction worsens, as an affair with Chuny is revealed, and tensions rise when he treats a patient with a perpetual erection.

Season 9, Episode 6: One Can Only Hope

Original Air Date: 7 noviembre 2002
Corday clashes with new surgical resident Paul Nathan regarding his intervention into the treatment of a sickly young woman, Alison, who has signed a "do not resuscitate" order. Abby wonders about the erratic behavior of her visiting brother Eric, and 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.

Season 9, Episode 7: Tell Me Where It Hurts

Original Air Date: 14 noviembre 2002
Abby fears the worst when her brother Eric suddenly disappears. He is actually AWOL and she forges Carter's name to obtain his medical records. Carter and Chen treat a frightened Chinese immigrant nanny, Tong-Yi, whom they suspect was impregnated by her employer. Meanwhile, new surgical resident Paul Nathan, 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 appetite, 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 engage in an escalating competition of medical knowledge. And Weaver gets some much-needed good news.

Season 9, Episode 8: First Snowfall

Original Air Date: 21 noviembre 2002
Abby's family nightmare continues as she and her mother Maggie search for Abby's missing brother Eric, who Abby suspects is suffering from serious mental problems. The two women go to 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, make a life-or-death decision. Corday also sympathizes with troubled surgical resident Paul Nathan as he struggles with the increasing symptoms of his physical handicap.

Season 9, Episode 9: Next of Kin

Original Air Date: 5 diciembre 2002
Harkins faces a tough call while treating a troubled teen involved in a car crash with her dad; Abby races to stop Maggie from taking manic-depressive Eric out of treatment; and Kovac hits a new low when an elderly woman tips him for his medical services. Meanwhile, an abandoned baby dredges up painful memories for Chen; and Pratt goes to bat for Leon after he's fired for stealing from his job.

Season 9, Episode 10: Hindsight

Original Air Date: 12 diciembre 2002
Dr. Kovac's speeding causes a crash on an icy road. The ER staff treats angry elves and a female hockey player with a head injury.

Season 9, Episode 11: A Little Help from My Friends

Original Air Date: 9 enero 2003
Dr. Pratt brings a gun into the ER; Dr. Weaver tries to conceal her pregnancy; a woman plots against her dying husband; Dr. Chen treats math students who overdosed on an unknown stimulant.

Season 9, Episode 12: A Saint in the City

Original Air Date: 16 enero 2003
Dr. Weaver is in a difficult situation when an alderman tests positive for syphilis. Dr. Carter is impressed when he meets a man who runs an inner city clinic.

Season 9, Episode 13: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Original Air Date: 30 enero 2003
Dr. Pratt's disabled roommate leads him to a wounded thief. Dr Carter decides to practice medicine in Africa. A doctor makes a pass at Dr. Corday.

Season 9, Episode 14: No Strings Attached

Original Air Date: 6 febrero 2003
Abby's troubled brother is missing. A car runs into a crowd of teen girls. The alderman with syphilis gives Dr. Weaver a promotion. Dr. Lewis looks forward to a blind date.

Season 9, Episode 15: A Boy Falling Out of the Sky

Original Air Date: 13 febrero 2003
Abby comes close to breaking down trying to deal with her mother. Dr. Pratt goes for his required paramedic ride-along. Dr. Weaver confronts the man who stole her purse. Dr. Lewis has a teen admirer.

Season 9, Episode 16: A Thousand Cranes

Original Air Date: 20 febrero 2003
The police question Drs. Pratt and Gallant about a rampage at the diner across from the ER. Dr. Lewis befriends her teen admirer, a cancer patient.

Season 9, Episode 17: The Advocate

Original Air Date: 13 marzo 2003
Dr. Weaver bends the rules and treats the Alderman's lover for syphilis. Dr. Kovac's patient claims she was sexually abused at a boot camp for troubled youth. Dr. Carter treats a women with a nasty personality.

Season 9, Episode 18: Finders Keepers

Original Air Date: 3 abril 2003
Dr. Romano seizes control of the ER and manages to offend everyone. Dr. Kovac asks Dr. Corday's help in the quest to bring a sickly Croatian boy to the U.S. for medical treatment.

Season 9, Episode 19: Things Change

Original Air Date: 24 abril 2003
A psychotic patient threatens Abby. Dr. Weaver suspects a woman poisoned her own baby. Dr. Romano continues to make rash judgments.

Season 9, Episode 20: Foreign Affairs

Original Air Date: 1 mayo 2003
Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boy's life. A baseball player gets treatment for a heart problem.

Season 9, Episode 21: When Night Meets Day

Original Air Date: 8 mayo 2003

Season 9, Episode 22: Kisangani

Original Air Date: 15 mayo 2003

Season 10

Season 10, Episode 1: Now What?

Original Air Date: 25 septiembre 2003

Season 10, Episode 2: The Lost

Original Air Date: 2 octubre 2003

Season 10, Episode 3: Dear Abby

Original Air Date: 9 octubre 2003

Season 10, Episode 4: Shifts Happen

Original Air Date: 23 octubre 2003

Season 10, Episode 5: Out of Africa

Original Air Date: 30 octubre 2003
Emmy nominee Bob Newhart guest stars as Ben Hollander, a distraught architect whose degenerating eyesight causes him despondent while a spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart (Linda Cardellini) joins the staff. Elsewhere, disaster strikes when the doctors suspect a mother (Allison Elliott) is abusing her child while Dr. Corday learns something shocking about the charismatic Dr. Dorset, and Dr. Archie Morris is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the E.R.

Season 10, Episode 6: The Greater Good

Original Air Date: 6 noviembre 2003

Season 10, Episode 7: Death and Taxes

Original Air Date: 13 noviembre 2003

Season 10, Episode 8: Freefall

Original Air Date: 20 noviembre 2003
On Thanksgiving Day, a helicopter crash outside the ER leaves several injured, and kills Dr. Romano. Alex tries to bring Sam and Luka together.

Season 10, Episode 9: Missing

Original Air Date: 4 diciembre 2003
Neela helps treat two Amish teens who were in a car crash. Sam argues with Dr. Kovac when he pays too much attention to her son.

Season 10, Episode 10: Makemba

Original Air Date: 11 diciembre 2003
Dr. Carter celebrates Christmas at a clinic in the Congo dealing with low supplies and anti-Americanism, but in the meantime, falling for an AIDS worker named Makemba.

Season 10, Episode 11: Touch & Go

Original Air Date: 8 enero 2004

Season 10, Episode 12: NICU

Original Air Date: 15 enero 2004
Abby and Neela are assigned to a month-long rotation in the neonatal intensive care unit where they experience emotional roller coasters while caring for the sick infants.

Season 10, Episode 13: Get Carter

Original Air Date: 5 febrero 2004
Dr. Carter's girlfriend makes an impression as she observes ER operations. Dr. Gallant is almost shot during a domestic incident. Dr. Weaver dedicates a center to the memory of Dr. Romano.

Season 10, Episode 14: Impulse Control

Original Air Date: 12 febrero 2004
Sam treats an abused, pregnant teen. Dr. Carter introduces African girlfriend Makemba to wintertime. ER chaos shocks a risk-assessment expert. Dr. Pratt and Abby restrain a man who has tuberculosis.

Season 10, Episode 15: Blood Relations

Original Air Date: 19 febrero 2004

Season 10, Episode 16: Forgive and Forget

Original Air Date: 26 febrero 2004

Season 10, Episode 17: The Student

Original Air Date: 1 abril 2004

Season 10, Episode 18: Where There's Smoke

Original Air Date: 8 abril 2004

Season 10, Episode 19: Just a Touch

Original Air Date: 22 abril 2004

Season 10, Episode 20: Abby Normal

Original Air Date: 29 abril 2004

Season 10, Episode 21: Midnight

Original Air Date: 6 mayo 2004
Carter takes Kem to the hospital to check on their baby since it's not kicking anymore.

Season 10, Episode 22: Drive

Original Air Date: 13 mayo 2004
Kovacs stops to help a woman and her son whose car broke down. Steve is getting close to Alex, and Sam panics. Abby is looking for her letter whether to see she passed her boards. Pratt shows off his new Chrysler. Elgin tries to build a connection between him and Pratt. Jing-Mei might be battered by her senile father.

Season 11

Season 11, Episode 1: One for the Road

Original Air Date: 23 septiembre 2004
After being shot at, Pratt, Jing-Mei and Elgin are trying to get of their sinking car. Sam took Alex with her while fleeing for Steve, Kovac is considering to go after them. Abby wants to go to bed since tomorrow is her first day as a doctor, but is thwarted by Weaver, whose custody battle might take a dramatic turn. A young drug-dealer is brought in with "a foreign object" in her tunnel of life.

Season 11, Episode 2: Damaged

Original Air Date: 7 octubre 2004
Neela is still struggling with her decision not to continue becoming a doctor. We discover that Ray is in a band. Kovac and Sam are amoureux, but where does that leave them? Carter takes Abby to dinner in a restaurant he hired off for the evening.

Season 11, Episode 3: Try Carter

Original Air Date: 14 octubre 2004
It's a busy Fourth of July and Carter is the only attending working.

Season 11, Episode 4: Fear

Original Air Date: 21 octubre 2004
Carter, Pratt, Kovac and Abby are dealing with a woman and her three children who've jumped from a three floor apartment trying to escape from the father. Meanwhile Dr. Lewis becomes Chief of Emergency Medicine, Howard quits his internship and Dr. Corday is facing dismissal.

Season 11, Episode 5: Intern's Guide to the Galaxy

Original Air Date: 4 noviembre 2004

Season 11, Episode 6: Time of Death

Original Air Date: 11 noviembre 2004
From 11:22 to 12:06 we can follow everything that happens to Charlie Metcalf (played by Ray Liotta), a patient who is at death's door. We are shown the minutiae of a treatment which are usually glossed over in the "regular" episodes, interlaced with images from Charlie's delusions which give an insight into the regrets he has about his wasted life.

Season 11, Episode 7: White Guy, Dark Hair

Original Air Date: 18 noviembre 2004
A rape victim, barely able to speak, does all she can to help police find her attacker.

Season 11, Episode 8: Shot in the Dark

Original Air Date: 2 diciembre 2004
A wounded police officer's teenage son must make a life or death decision. Abby tries to convince a girl needing appendicitis surgery to stay at County, but her fathers wants her transferred to another hospital.

Season 11, Episode 9: Twas the Night

Original Air Date: 9 diciembre 2004
Abby has a dialysis patient in critical condition, but she cannot find his physician, who does not want to be bothered during the holidays.

Season 11, Episode 10: Skin

Original Air Date: 13 enero 2005
Gang members kidnap Abby hoping she can save one of their members with a gunshot wound. Ray starts treating a patient, but when she requests a new doctor, he gets offended.

Season 11, Episode 11: Only Connect

Original Air Date: 20 enero 2005
Two teens enter the ER with gunshot wounds. When one dies, Neela botches telling the next of kin, making the woman hysterical.

Season 11, Episode 12: The Providers

Original Air Date: 27 enero 2005

Season 11, Episode 13: Middleman

Original Air Date: 3 febrero 2005

Season 11, Episode 14: Just as I Am

Original Air Date: 10 febrero 2005
Dr. Weaver meets her birth mother, but their relationship changes when Kerrie reveals she is gay. Dr. Carter causes a commotion when he confronts a couple hoping to scam some painkillers.

Season 11, Episode 15: Alone in a Crowd

Original Air Date: 17 febrero 2005
A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.

Season 11, Episode 16: Here and There

Original Air Date: 24 febrero 2005
Neela (who's in Chicago) and Gallant (who's in Iraq) miss each other and write letters. Gallant also tries to save the life of a little girl.

Season 11, Episode 17: Back in the World

Original Air Date: 24 marzo 2005
Sam's ex-husband shows up and wants to take Alex on a trip. Gallant is back and Neela hopes to see him before he goes back to Iraq.

Season 11, Episode 18: Refusal of Care

Original Air Date: 21 abril 2005
A woman on a hunger strike refuses treatment until the INS give her son another deportation hearing. Abby searches for proof when she suspects a patient is the victim of elder abuse.

Season 11, Episode 19: Ruby Redux

Original Air Date: 28 abril 2005
Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux is back in the ER. He's still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.

Season 11, Episode 20: You Are Here

Original Air Date: 5 mayo 2005
Morris is named the new chief resident, which makes nobody really happy, except Morris. Meanwhile Luka and Sam are having communication problems, Carter gets a promotion Susan really wanted and Ray finds out a 14-year old who always comes in for free drugs has been raped.

Season 11, Episode 21: Carter est Amoureux

Original Air Date: 12 mayo 2005
After Carter finds out Kem's mother is hospitalized in Paris he decides to go there to tell Kem how he feels about her. Meanwhile, Ray makes a fatal error.

Season 11, Episode 22: The Show Must Go On

Original Air Date: 19 mayo 2005
Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carter's going-away party because he's leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for the courage to confront his father, Charlie.

Season 12

Season 12, Episode 1: Cañon City

Original Air Date: 22 septiembre 2005
Sam and Luka go on the search for her runaway son, Alex. Meanwhile, Pratt and Lewis guide Abby, Neela and Ray, who have become R2's, on how to teach the new interns.

Season 12, Episode 2: Nobody's Baby

Original Air Date: 29 septiembre 2005
Much to Ray's dislike, a surrogate mother in labor doesn't want to have a C-section and endangers the life of the baby. Meanwhile, Sam tells Luka she and Alex move out, Pratt meets his half-brother and -sister and Abby makes a difficult decision on a young boy.

Season 12, Episode 3: Man with No Name

Original Air Date: 6 octubre 2005
Luka has a very bad day: New nurse manager Eve Peyton notices he doesn't want to work with Sam and tells him so. At the end of the day he's drunk and Abby takes him home.

Season 12, Episode 4: Blame It on the Rain

Original Air Date: 13 octubre 2005
The rainy night brings in diverse patients including a mother involved in a car accident with her baby, a man with a satisfaction facilitator, and a comatose patient who suddenly wakes up. Also, Sam steps up to Eve and her strict ways and Jerry gets struck by lightening!

Season 12, Episode 5: Wake Up

Original Air Date: 20 octubre 2005
A new attending, Dr. Victor Clemente, comes aboard and quickly makes a stir on the ER. Abby's breast cancer patient convinces her to take a long awaited test. Luka befriends a young woman who awakes from a six-year coma. Also, Weaver shows Clemente who runs the ER.

Season 12, Episode 6: Dream House

Original Air Date: 3 noviembre 2005
Pratt's half-brother tries to get him to make ends meet with his estranged father. Clemente treats an infant chimpanzee and involves Abby and Neela on the secret case. Eve promotes Sam and her first tasks is to fire a beloved nurse.

Season 12, Episode 7: The Human Shield

Original Air Date: 10 noviembre 2005
A kidnaped girl is the victim of police shooting. Abby is stuck in the middle of a disagreement between Luka and Clemente. Neela receives a phone call from Iraq. Later, Luka and Abby share a kiss.

Season 12, Episode 8: Two Ships

Original Air Date: 17 noviembre 2005
The ER prepares to take in victims from a plane collision, while Neela and Pratt head out to the crash site where Neela makes heroic efforts. At the end of the day, Neela gets a surprising visit.

Season 12, Episode 9: I Do

Original Air Date: 1 diciembre 2005
Gallant impulsively asks Neela to marry her that exact day, she says I do but soon gets cold feet. Morris stands up to Weaver on a patients course of treatment. Luka, Sam and Clemente treat a boy who contracted HIV from his mother. Also, Abby and Luka redefine their relationship and Luka is named the new Chief of Emergency Medicine.

Season 12, Episode 10: All About Christmas Eve

Original Air Date: 8 diciembre 2005
Pratt and Weaver try to create a Christmas miracle when they work to save a girl wounded from gunfire. Eve gets into trouble after punching a disruptive patient. Also, Abby has a special gift for Luka.

Season 12, Episode 11: If Not Now

Original Air Date: 5 enero 2006
Neela treats a religious teenage girl who turns out to be pregnant. Abby and Kovac struggle to figure out what to do with her unexpected pregnancy.

Season 12, Episode 12: Split Decisions

Original Air Date: 12 enero 2006
Ray helps an old friend escape from her abusive father. Dubenko volunteers in the ER but can't seem to handle a slow day. Abby and Kovac go baby shopping, while Neela gets unexpected and upsetting news from Gallant.

Season 12, Episode 13: Body & Soul

Original Air Date: 2 febrero 2006
Dr. Nate Lennox, a former professor with ALS, is brought in as the progression of his disease is chronicled through his own flashbacks as he is treated by each of the doctors at one point. As Lennox wants to give up, Abby fights to convince him to keep on fighting.

Season 12, Episode 14: Quintessence of Dust

Original Air Date: 9 febrero 2006
An unexpected visitor puts Clemente in the middle of a domestic dispute. Meanwhile, Luka and Abby await test results on their unborn child; Neela struggles with her surgical elective and Pratt ends up with an unexpected suitor when he participates in a charity bachelor auction.

Season 12, Episode 15: Darfur

Original Air Date: 2 marzo 2006
In the Sudan, Carter and a colleague struggle to save a woman who was raped by a band of militants. Back in the ER, Clemente asks to return to work after the shooting incident, but Kovac refuses. Meanwhile, Neela and Pratt have a work dispute, and, in a related incident, K.J.'s father shows up again in the ER.

Season 12, Episode 16: Out on a Limb

Original Air Date: 16 marzo 2006
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. And after Sam treats a fainting victim, she finds herself with an intriguing job offer.

Season 12, Episode 17: Lost in America

Original Air Date: 23 marzo 2006
Abby and Luka desperately try to keep a young woman brought into the ER with stab wounds to the neck alive. As her condition begins to worsen, Clemente steps in and tries a risky procedure on the girl in order to save her life. Meanwhile, Neela pulls an all-nighter in preparation for a speech at a surgeon's convention, Ray treats a man claiming to have swallowed a bottle of pills, and Sam decides to take a part-time job with Richard to help her with childcare expenses.

Season 12, Episode 18: Strange Bedfellows

Original Air Date: 30 marzo 2006
When two teens are in a car accident, Abby and Morris struggle to figure out what is wrong with the unconscious girl. Meanwhile, Neela gets a visit from her in-laws and discovers some troubling news. Kovac tells Abby that he plans to go to Africa and help Carter, but when he realizes Abby is not crazy about the idea, he decides to send someone else in his place. Sam starts her new job with Elliot and quickly starts to love the the perks.

Season 12, Episode 19: No Place to Hide

Original Air Date: 27 abril 2006
Abby senses something not right when a grandmother and granddaughter are brought into the ER. Sam's jailed ex-husband Steve is brought into the ER and everyone but Neela assumes he is faking sick. Meanwhile, tensions grow when Morris and Albright argue over a patient, Pratt heads to Africa to help Carter and quickly realizes how difficult life will be, and Weaver finishes physical therapy.

Season 12, Episode 20: There Are No Angels Here

Original Air Date: 4 mayo 2006
Pratt gets to work in Darfur alongside Carter and his co-workers, but is troubled by astounding number of people needing care and finds himself making a