Primeiro episódio da série. John Carter começa seu internato no County General Hospital, hospital público situado em Chicago, Illinois, sob a orientação de Dr. Peter Benton. Dr. Mark Greene, o Residente Chefe, está pensando em mudar de emprego do County para uma clínica privada. Dra. Susan Lewis, outra residente, trata de um paciente com câncer. Dr. Doug Ross, o pediatra de plantão, cuida de uma menina que sofre abusos de sua mãe. Carol Hathaway, a enfermeira chefe, retorna ao PS depois de seu plantão em coma causada por uma overdose de medicamentos para dormir.
Carter comemora seu primeiro dia como médico efetivo deixando seu mentor - Dr. Benton - levemente irritado. Susan tenta ajudar sua irmã e sua sobrinha. Mark tem duas escolhas para escolher para o posto de Residente Chefe.
Its the first day of Carters internship. He has a 36 hour shift and overnight he has to cover the ER, the ICU as well as the surgical patients.
While a film crew is filming in the ER, its Elizabeth Cordays first day.
Third-year med student Lucy Knight reports to the ER for the first day of her rotation. Greene takes a teacherly interest in her, helping her get acquainted, but she gets off to a bad start with the irritable Carter when she speaks insensitively, and without Carter present, with a patients wife about her husbands very serious condition. The rest of the day finds her comforting a woman who has suffered a miscarriage, getting locked out on the roof, having Carol bail her out on a simple procedure, and trying to figure out Kerry Weavers Tour on Tape.
When Anspaugh decides to retire as chief of staff and return to surgery, he appoints Romano as his replacement. Greene expresses reservations about the decision, but Weaver does not support Greene. Romano makes Weaver the new chief of emergency medicine.
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.
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, Abby e outros permanecem em quarentena por causa de uma crise de varíola. Enquanto isso, Corday, em luto, volta para a sua casa em Londres, onde é criticada pelos seus hábitos americanizados.
Carter returns from Africa, going straight to Abbys bedside. Her response to seeing him is to ask for her key back. She is very chilly towards him all day until new med student Neela Rasgotra answers a phone call for Carter. The message: Luka is dead. Carter decides to go back to the Congo to bring the body back. Neela has a tough first day in the ER, earning Chens ire after Pratt flirts with her. Gallant, now a full-fledged doctor, helps to show her the ropes.
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.
Sam and Luka go on the search for her runaway son, Alex. Meanwhile, Pratt and Lewis guide Abby, Neela and Ray, who have become R2s, on how to teach the new interns.
Weaver, Kovac, and the other doctors work frantically to try to save Jerry and a pregnant Abby, who were both critically injured during the shootout that left the ER in shambles. Meanwhile, Sam tries to escape from her ex-boyfriend and his criminal accomplices as they head north, but things quickly turn violent.
Season Premiere. Morettis first day is challenging as the ER is inundated with casualties from the peace rally - including Neela. Dubenko faces a crisis in surgery. Abby, Pratt and Morris conspire about how to deal with a shared problem. A new intern arrives unexpectedly, and Gates is reassigned.
Abby awakens after the ambulance explosion and rushes to check on Pratt; Sam and Gates rush to the scene; Morris and Neela struggle to keep up with Pratts injuries.
Susan discorda do psicólogo residente, seu namorado Dr. Cvetic, sobre o tratamento de um paciente senil. Mark trata de um idoso que insiste em manter sua esposa dependente de aparelhos, mesmo ela possuindo uma ordem de não-ressuscitação. Jennifer passa no exame de advogados deixando Mark numa encruzilhada. Uma sexy hipocondríaca seduz Carter. Ross visita Carol que está se recuperando de sua tentativa de suicídio.
Hathaway cumpre um turno com paramédicos para receber uma gratificação. Ross cuida de uma criança que põe fogo nas coisas para ganhar atenção. Greene nomeia Kerry
While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.
Carter is exited about getting his own med student and Mark and Carol interview candidates for the desk clerk position.
Dr. Cordays father visits from overseas in an attempt to convince her to join his medical practice. Weaver suggests that Elizabeth look into alternative methods to stay in America, like starting over as an intern. Weaver also doesnt let an opportunity pass to remind Doug of the way he bypassed her authority in the McLean case. Lucy continues learning, earning more of Carters respect than she deserves. Peter takes Reese in for another hearing test. Mark has several discussions with paramedics about the state of the EMT program. Carol hires a nurse practitioner to help out in the clinic. Carter is having trouble being an RA in the dorms.
After his mothers funeral, Dr. Greene comforts his father in San Diego. In Chicago, Romano surprises Corday by appointing her associate chief of surgery. Corday treats Elaine, Carters lover, for breast cancer.
A young couple cope with their baby being premature; Greene and Corday struggle with their relationship.
Carter is overwhelmed by patients from a rock concert riot. Bentons 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.
O isolamento do pronto-socorro causa danos, mas Carter tenta manter tudo sob controle; Kerry incomoda Corday que ainda está de luto; por não seguir ordens, Pratt causa uma tragédia; e uma namorada paga o preço pela vida criminosa de seu namorado.
Após receber um telefonema de Kovac, Carter retorna para África, mas não consegue encontrar a verdade, mesmo com a ajuda de um voluntário da Cruz Vermelha. Enquanto isso, alguns flashbacks revelam o destino do exílio do croata.
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?
Much to Rays dislike, a surrogate mother in labor doesnt want to have a C-section and endangers the life of the baby. Meanwhile, Sam tells Luka she and Alex are moving out. Pratt meets his half-brother and -sister, and Abby makes a difficult decision about a young boy.
As Abby and Luka cope with their newborns life and death struggle, the couple is shocked to receive a surprise visitor: Abbys mother Maggie. Meanwhile, Sam fears the prospect of criminal charges; Neela discovers that Tony Gates will be joining the ER team as an intern and Morris gets his job back while Weaver gets demoted.
Moretti begins to make his presence felt, as he implements changes in the way patients are seen. The ER staff differ on how procedure when a patient comes in with a bullet in him needed as evidence. Neela finds herself the object of more attention that she wants, or needs. Abby had passport woes, and struggles with the changes being made. Pratt and Morris find themselves forced to defend their actions, Hope prepares for a new mission, and Gates finds himself labeled the reject in his new assignment.
Everyone in the ER is trying to cope with the loss of their colleague. The staff feels defensive toward the new Chief and her tough disposition. Gates and the new interns treat a bio terrorist, who has a lethal secret that endangers them all. Neela makes a great effort to get Dubenko back on the surgery staff, and gets help from an unexpected souce.
A enfermeira chefe Carol Hathaway retorna ao PS depois da tentativa de suicídio. Durante seu turno, se depara com uma paciente em fase terminal com muita sede de vida, recusa a proposta de Doug para reatarem o relacionamento e é surpreendida por uma festa surpresa de boas-vindas. Carter cuida de uma simpática senhora (Madame X) com Mal de Alzheimer e percebe que medicina é mais do que diagnósticos e prescrição de medicamentos. Susan bate de frente com Dr. Kayson sobre o estado de um paciente, mas não consegue nem o apoio de Mark que trata uma mulher vítima de violência doméstica.
Chloe sai da cidade e deixa Suzie com Lewis. Carter perde seu primeiro paciente após se tornar médico. Greene tenta evitar aborrecimentos e fica com Ross. Nota: Primeira aparição de Lucy Liu como mãe de um portador do vírus HIV.
Donald Anspaugh has a new method to increase the staffs efficiency, new intern Maggie Doyle joins the ER and Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii.
Cynthia Hooper starts as the new desk clerk. Benton and Carla disagree over whether or not their son should be circumcised. Al gets in an accident at work.
Mark goes to a trauma scene with the EMTs, where he treats a gunshot victim who has a bomb strapped to himself. Later, Marks daughter persuades him to treat a horse with colic, and Jerry gets the bad end of the enema. Carter intubates an elderly woman who is DNR. When her HMO declines to admit her, Carter either has to find a relative quickly or let her die. Kerry finds herself more and more frustrated when Anspaugh suggests that theyre not considering her for ER Chief, and she discovers shes the last to hear that Doug was made a pediatric attending. Corday serves her last day as a surgical fellow. Benton meets with Carla to discuss getting Reese hearing aids. Jeanie returns from vacation. Carter goes out with Roxanne, the insurance saleswoman he treated.
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.
Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious whos made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of all the hospitals 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.
Greenes 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.
Quando um paciente usa a violência para resolver uma situação, Carter precisa tomar uma decisão drástica; Gallante lida com um hipocondríaco; Pratt mantêm um segredo sobre a sua situação domiciliar e Kovak enfrenta uma ex-amante infeliz.
Luka Kovac arrives safely at County General and is hospitalized for treatment. His friend Gillian delivers John Carters letter to Abby.
Its a busy Fourth of July and Carter is the only attending working.
Luka has a very bad day: New nurse manager Eve Peyton notices he doesnt want to work with Sam and tells him so. At the end of the day hes drunk and Abby takes him home.
Gates is assigned to the case of a closeted gay man whose partner clashes with his family; Neela meets her new surgical chief, Dr. Crenshaw; and Pratt must cope with the flood of new interns.
Two wounded police auxiliary officers present challenges in the ER. Neela settles in with Abby as she recovers, while Pratt and Bettina consider their relationship. Gates tries to get a patient on a drug trial, with Dubenkos help. And Morris is in a funk that not even a pretty woman can help.
Neela is upset when she finds out Abbys good news second hand; the new chief, Catherine Banfield, and Abby disagree on how to treat a gunshot wound victim; Abby defends Sam when she goes before a nurses disciplinary board.
No PS, irritante vendedor de celulares causa interferências em cadeiras de roda e marca-passos de pacientes. Carter se emociona com seu primeiro caso terminado em morte: um estudante atropelado. Mas ele faz besteira e acaba contactando os pais errados. Benton se complica com o cunhado por escolher participar de uma cirurgia ao invés de cuidar da mãe. Enquanto trata uma adolescente grávida, Doug tenta em vão se reconciliar com Carol. E um paciente agradecido entrega à Mark uma dúzia de costelas, em comemoração ao Dr. Greene Day, 25 de Agosto.
Benton machuca sua mão e Carter assume seu lugar na cirurgia. Lewis considera adoção e se entende com Weaver.
Dougs one-night-stand has a seizure and he brings her to the ER.
His ex-wife Jennifer tells Mark he cant see Rachel until hes got his act together. Reece gets to go home. Al has lost his job.
Dr. Corday begins her first day as an intern, first by being assigned to Dale Edson, then being treated as Romanos lapdog. Kerry is interviewed for ER chief. Doug and Carol ponder parenthood when Carol realizes she may be pregnant. Carol and Lynette try to keep a wounded gang-banger from leaving and seeking retaliation. Lucy faces the wrath of Carter when he discovers that she doesnt know how to start an IV. Jeanie asks Doug if she can be a full-time PA for the pediatric ER.
Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg. 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.
Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romanos 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 robbers head on the ground repeatedly.
Dr. Susan Lewis arrives, looking for work in the Chicago area again. Greene hires her, over Weavers objection. Chen nervously attends a risk management review, accompanied by the unforgiving Weaver, to discuss a patient who recently died under Chens supervision.
Gallant tenta lutar pelos direitos de um paciente; Abby conversa com Carter sobre o seu problema com a bebida; Kovac consola a mãe de uma criança doente um pouco demais; e Kerry mostra sinais de desgaste durante a sua estreia, quase trágica, na TV.
Pratt e Weaver discutem; Coop prova que é bom no que faz quando ajuda um paciente que sofre de uma doença misteriosa; Corday não consegue se adaptar à sua nova vida sexual; e Neela toma conta de uma menina que chegou ao hospital com sua avó inconsciente.
Carter, Pratt, Kovac and Abby are dealing with a woman and her three children whove 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.
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!
Abby and Kovac discover both the joys and difficulties of raising a newborn; Morris is wrongfully accused of being a child molester; Pratt has his trial-by-fire when he has to handle the ER alone, juggling multiple traumas, teaching duties and a troublesome intern. Neela continues to be the target of her difficult supervisor, and Sam discovers her sons latest extra-curricular activity.
When Baby Joe is injured by a fall at the playground and rushed to the hospital, Abby is unable to reach Luka to tell him.
Banfield is caught off guard when a man tries to steal her wallet; Dr. Dubenko returns to the surgery team; a family member is suspected of hurting a young gymnast; Sarah gets her tongue pierced.
Ivan volta ao PS, baleado mais uma vez. Após cuidar de uma paciente asmática, Ross resolve visita-la em casa e entregar remédios pro tratamento, pois sua família não tinha como pagar. Bate um preocupação em Carter, pois ele acha que pegou uma DST com Liz. No PS, a equipe se mobiliza pra salvar um empresário que precisa urgentemente de um coração. No que pode ser suas últimas horas, ele se reúne com a família e vê o quanto é importante esse contato. Justo no dia que Jenn diz à Mark que vai pra Milwaukee
É dia de folga de Weaver. Lewis decide ficar com Suzie. Ross obtem ajuda de Harper ao atender uma criança de 4 anos com AIDS, discutindo com Mark sobre o caso. Benton atende uma mulher que foi abusada pelo marido - um policial.
While Mark is anxious about Susans return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.
Carol would like to have a womens and childrens health care clinic within the ER. Benton has trouble combining work and fatherhood.
Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she waits for the official vote. Romano operates on an 11-year-old girl and finds shes genetically male. Carter leaves Lucy in charge of a dorm party hes supposed to be overseeing, with unfortunate results. Mark learns that Jenns moving to St. Louis--with Rachel. Mark and Carol treat a pregnant schizophrenic.
A prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Megs drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused.
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.
Lewis faces a hectic first day back at County General. Benton and Roger become frantic when they cant locate Reese. Carters grandmother is brought to the emergency room. Carter and Abby deal with inept medical students.
A equipe trata das vítimas de um incêndio em uma festa do Dia das Bruxas; Nathan revela um segredo que coloca o seu lugar na rotação cirúrgica em perigo; e Weaver luta para salvar a vida de um bebê que teve um nascimento caseiro que deu errado.
Um arquiteto sofre perda de visão e incomoda Lewis; uma mãe alcoólica reage de uma forma sinistra à perda da guarda de seus filhos; uma nova enfermeira chega ao hospital; e Abby faz uma mudança em sua carreira.
Neela starts a new job in the emergency room after working at the convenience store near the hospital. On Neelas 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.
A new attending, Dr. Victor Clemente, comes aboard and quickly makes a stir on the ER. Abbys 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.
Curtis Ames, a carpenter who suffered a stroke under Kovacs care, sues him for malpractice. Kovac and Ames square off in court as each mans recollections of Ames treatment are recounted via testimony and flashbacks. Meanwhile, Abby returns to work and must adjust to the dramatic changes in her life, and Pratts early morning trip to the barbershop results in a new awareness of community need. Also, Abby and Pratt try an unconventional method for treating a heart patient and Neela tries a risky procedure which doesnt sit well with her chief.
Moretti reassigns Gates back to the ER and treats a couple involved in a car accident. Morris prepares to take his written board exams. Neela is assigned a young genius intern. Kovac plans to extend his stay in Croatia while Abby struggles with single parenthood.
Sams time is taken up by her studies for a pharmacology exam, leaving Gates feeling neglected. A school fight results in a stabbing, with Brenner treating the victim and trying to uncover the truth behind the story. Morris has a surprise for Neela. Gates gets locked in a stairwell with a quiet young boy on Halloween night.
O County é o único PS funcionando na cidade, justamente no dia mais quente do ano e com os ar-condicionados quebrados. Como a esposa está fora da cidade, Mark tem que levar a filha pro hospital, e Rachel acaba ficando amiga de um paciente. Ross fica irritado com o pai dessa paciente, pois ela teve uma overdose de cocaína. E Ivan volta ao PS, dessa ver por ter baleado um deliquente... e se dá mal. Chloe, irmã de Susan, aparece pela primeira vez pra atrapalhar a vida da irmã.
Ross tem seu emprego ameaçado ao entrar em conflito com o Chefe de Pediatria. Harper tem uma confissão a fazer. Jeannie Boulet inicia seu trabalho em ER como médica assistente, mas seu relacionamento com Benton continua hostil. Hathaway compra sua primeira casa.
While on their helicopter flight rotation, Mark and Susan find an injured family of four who they bring to the ER.
Al wants to move to Atlanta where he got a job offer. Jeanie however isnt keen on moving. Carol talks to Carters grandmother about the clinic.
After Mark saves a 16-year-old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter loses his beard when two carpet installers come in covered with glue. Peter consults a deaf physician regarding Reeses hearing condition. Corday is reassigned as Bentons intern. Kerry hears more discouraging news regarding her bid for ER chief. Carter loses his RA job, forcing him to go apartment hunting. He finds one--in Weavers basement.
Benton struggles with the idea of taking a DNA test to determine whether or not Reese is actually his son. As the signs continue to pile up, Kerry and Mark use a fake patient to convince Dr. Lawrence of his Alzheimers. Carter has trouble persuading a woman from a nursing home fire to sign a DNR for her husband and later is asked to forge charts for a family with no insurance. Carol continues to meddle in Megs life, having her arrested so that she can be detoxed. Cleo is blamed for an explosion in the suture room but it may actually be Dr. Daves fault.
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. Abbys mother, Maggie, who suffers from bipolar disorder (manic-depressive) and refuses to take her medication, unexpectedly visits Abby at the hospital and wreaks havoc on Abbys life.
Cordays 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.
Enfermeiras e médicos se desentendem por causa de Luka e o pronto-socorro sofre as consequências; o irmão de Abby retorna; Chen lida com um paciente violento; e Nathan consegue convencer um paciente terminal a não desistir de sua vida.
Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman, Denny, 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.
The last 44 minutes of ex-con & alcoholic Charlie Metcalfs life are in the ER, as he slowly succumbs to end-stage liver failure.
Pratts 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.
Kovac anxiously awaits the verdict between himself and Curtis Ames but fears the worst. Meanwhile, Neela disobeys her chiefs orders and also questions her feelings for Gates, and Weaver unwittingly steals the spotlight from Morris in his big television debut.
Morris and Pratt cram for their medical boards when Morretti brings in a new attending physician to help with the load. Sam and Abby work on an attention-hungry patient who comes into the ER with elusive symptoms.
Dr. Banfield is irritated when Morris takes Chaz under his wing and teaches him risky medical procedures; Neela is unhappy when Dr. Banfield undermines her authority with an intern.
É hora da entrevista pra Bolsa Starzl de Benton e Langworth. Bêbada, Chloe arma um barraco no PS. Morgenstern sente orgulho de Benton após ele salvar um paciente com um corte na garganta. Carter tem um ótimo dia, que inclui sua primeira punção lombar - agraciada com um champgne, oferta de três bons lugares pra morar, e um encontro com Susan no terraço da casa dela. E Carol muda de idéia sobre morar com o noivo, pois beijou Doug.
O Dr. Doug Ross aceita um emprego numa clínica privada mas tem seu momento heróico no salvamento de um garoto que está preso num túnel de esgoto. Ele trata o garoto no local fazendo uma traqueotomia improvisada. Uma equipe de televisão o auxilia no transporte para o County General. Carter e Harper tratam de uma criança que foi atropelada. Ela sofre várias complicações durante o tratamento enquanto seus pais divorciados brigam na sala.
Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks hes brain dead.
Ross and Greene travel to a near-deserted stretch of California to investigate circumstances surrounding a death in Dougs family.
Dr. Corday commits a deadly error after being on-call for nearly 36 hours straight. Peter visits Dr. Kotlowitz and receives encouragement regarding a cochlear implant for Reese. Dr. Amanda Lee, a prospective new ER chief, visits. In the wake of a failed pregnancy attempt, Carol lashes out at a mother using abortion as a means of selective birth control. Carter and Lucy feud when Carter accidentally uses her palm computer and finds out what she thinks of him. Mark panics during a paramedic initation.
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.
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. Abbys mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner.
A new medical student, Michael Gallant, arrives in the ER. Hes supposed to be working under Dr. Carters supervision but his grandmother is unwell. Elizabeth Corday is convinced that other doctors are refusing to work with as a result of the mysterious deaths.
Kerry espalha as boas novas, enquanto Abby fica sabendo que seu irmão deixou o exército; Kovaca satisfaz os seus instintos; Corday e Nathan chegam a um impasse sobre a sua carreira; e Chen ajuda um paciente Chinês que está sendo explorado por seu patrão.
To everyones amazement, Lewis makes a date to share a home-cooked dinner with the elderly Ben Hollander, her depressed patient who is going blind.
A rape victim, barely able to speak, does all she can to help police find her attacker.
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.
A belligerent young man with the flu turns out to be more than he seems, and presents a challenge to Morris and Sam when he refuses treatment. Abbys chance encounter with Curtis Ames leaves Kovac uneasy. Meanwhile, Pratt discovers a local churchs risky drug exchange program, Neela and Gates square off, and Weaver gets an interesting offer.
A power outage strikes on an unusually hot day, bringing nursing home patients suffering from hyperthermia to the ER. Abby and Pratt disagree about diagnostic tests for a fussy baby. Morris and Pratt get their board results, and the ER staff celebrates at Ikes. Moretti and Abbys interactions intensify, and Abby finds herself at a dark and frightening crossroads.
Dr. Banfield takes a run to clear her head but finds herself trying to rescue a three-year-old girl from drowning in a nearby lake. Gates tries to pull some strings in the ER to help his homeless war hero. Banfield is reminded of her own experience at County with Dr. Greene caring for her son as she tries to save the young three-year-old girl from certain death. Meanwhile, the interns continue to struggle to keep up in the ER.
Carol cuida de uma paciente estuprada. Walt leva a mãe de Benton ao PS após ela torcer o tornozelo e ela convida Carter pra um jantar de ação de graças, dizendo que a família Benton era escrava dos Carters. Mark liga pro trabalho e diz estar doente pra passar o dia com a mulher, o que deixa Doug completamente perdido na administração. Div, namorado de Susan, demonstra irritação com qualquer coisa. E Bob é apresentada ao trabalho.
Benton descobre que Jeannie está se divorciando. Carter e Harper se reconciliam. Carol se vê diante de uma paciente suicida e conta a Shep sobre sua tentativa de suicídio. Pai de Susan a surpreende com uma generosa oferta. Ross é considerado um herói e garante sua estada no hospital.
Its Susans last day. Carol stands up for her nurses when one of them is being rotated to another department.
Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.
Carter and Lucy scramble across Chicago to find a dying girls father whos a perfect match for her very rare blood type. Benton operates without transfusions to save the little girls life.
On Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. Shes able to get to the ER only thanks to Lukas help. She delivers the first baby in the ER, but the second causes some trouble. Greene leaves Elizabeth to deal with his father and daughter, as he rushes to assist Carol.
Maggies emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Bentons deceased nephew knows who killed him and that he was hated for his antigang stance.
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.
Abby vai até a Força Aérea de Nebraska a procura de seu irmão e se reencontra com a sua mãe; e uma tempestade de neve ameaça a tentativa de Nathan e Corday de salvar o que restou de uma família vítima de um motorista embriagado.
On Thanksgiving Day, a helicopter crash outside the ER leaves several injured, and kills Dr. Romano. Alex tries to bring Sam and Luka together.
A wounded police officers 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.
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.
A mysterious illness leaves little hope when a group of homeless kids enter the ER and one of them believes that Neela is a guardian angel in blue; Abby and Kovac clash over a possible case of domestic abuse; Pratt makes a shocking discovery about his brother, and Weaver is unexpectedly called into action when her television appearance becomes a real emergency.
Everyone at the ER is happily surprised to see Luka back from Croatia. Great news awaits Neela. Sarah once again needs rescuing by Tony, and patients are causing problems for Morris.
Sam gets frustrated with Gates when he gets obsessed with finding a homeless war hero. Neela is upset at her intern after he gets the entire surgery department into a lawsuit. A husband and wife come into the ER after someone tried to burn down their home. Brenner loses his cool with a patient and it gets physical.
Dra. Lewis está dividida entre os problemas de Cvetic e Chloe. Carter tenta ajudar um transexual suicida. A ER tenta salvar dois rapazes que mataram uma menina em um acidente de carro. Hathaway confessa seus sentimentos sobre Ross a Tag, depois Ross começa um novo affair.
Greene corre para Milwaukee após saber que sua esposa e sua filha se envolveram em um acidente de carro, mas tem uma surpresa notícia. Carol atende um jovem artista com esquizofrenia. Lewis coloca Suzie à frente de uma oportunidade de se apresentar em uma conferência médica.
Carol worries about her physics exam while Mark is heart-broken about Susans departure and focuses solely on his job.
Jeanie believes shes been fired because she has HIV and fights her dismissal.
Carter plays tour guide for Ruth Johnson, who was born in the hospital 100 years ago to the day, and her large family. Carol treats a boy who was hit by a car and tells a story of being chased, his friend being shot in the process. Peter observes Kotlowitz install a cochlear implant and decides to wait before scheduling an operation for Reese. Mark dines with Dr. Lee, new ER chief. Dr. Corday proposes radical changes in scheduling at an M&M conference, and later decides to break off her relationship with Benton.
Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaways twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carlas 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 Romanos house begging him to perform the surgery.
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.
Peter Benton continues his court fight against Reeses stepfather, Roger, who seems to have the upper hand. When a woman is accidentally shot during a gas station robbery, Dr. Corday tries to convince the husband to let them harvest her organs. A 15 year old boxer is brought in with a head trauma after sparring with his older brother. Newlyweds are having trouble when she constantly breaks out in a rash; Carter thinks he knows the cause.
Harkins lida com um adolescente que sofre um acidente com o carro de seu pai; Abby quer evitar que sua mãe cancele o tratamento de Eric; Kovac recebe gorjeta pelo tratamento que dá a uma senhora; e Chen revive momentos dolorosos de seu passado.
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.
Abby has a dialysis patient in critical condition, but she cannot find his physician, who does not want to be bothered during the holidays.
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.
Thanksgiving at County is quiet, with the normal number of routine (or nearly so) emergencies. But Abby makes up for the lack of excitement while returning to the hospital as the doctor on a helicopter transport.
Its time for changes at the ER when Anspaugh makes an unpopular decision. Abby has old demons to fight with, which distance her from friends and family. Even Luka seems to be at a loss to help Abby. Love is in the air when a secret romance blooms between two doctors.
Banfield and Morris go to the coffee shop at 3 a.m. and are served by 20-year-old Debbie who is six-months pregnant. The doctors treat someone with a heart problem and Alex. Chaz must look for a missing 7-year-old boy who saw his sister die.
O dia no PS começa aparentemente calmo. Uma nevasca atinge Chicago deixando-a sob centímetros de neve. Carol anuncia seu noivado com Tag. Um engavetamento de 32 carros acaba com a tranquilidade do hospital que recebe a maioria dos envolvidos no acidente. Susan tenta salvar um homem que desenvolve um aneurisma, mas ele acaba sendo salvo por uma pessoa inesperada. Um paciente de Doug morre enquanto esperava por tratamento. Benton trata um paciente que perde sua perna.
O Natal se torna um tempo de milagres para funcionários e pacientes de ER. Hathaway organiza a festa de Natal e recebe um presente surpresa. Uma sobrevivente do Holocausto aguarda notícias de sua neta. Jeannie negocia com membros de uma gangue que querem vingança depois que um padre conhecido deles é morto a tiros.
Mark and Kerry have to create a policy regarding HIV-positive employees, which leads to gossip amongst the nurses.
Mark treats an old lady who has been brutally raped. Carters grandmother visits Carols clinic. After hes touched by Benton, a blind man can see again!
Bentons attempts to get away to Carla and Reese on Christmas Eve are continually thwarted by Romano, culminating in Benton forcing the drunken Romano away from a patient. Carter believes hes found a Christmas miracle when a teenage girl with a rare blood type needs an organ donation at the same time a brain-dead patient with the same blood type is in the hospital. After witnessing Dr. Lee rifling through Greenes locker, Jerry becomes convinced that shes stalking Mark.
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.
Mark Green is in New York on New Years Eve for cancer surgery. Meanwhile a father and son are involved in a car crash.
Benton commits perjury on the witness stand in order to gain custody of Reese. When Romano refuses to give him a more even schedule, Peter resigns and seeks a job at the clinic where Cleo is newly employed. Benton is granted custody of Reese and he and Cleo decide to move to the suburbs together. Meanwhile, Carters father visits for Christmas with the news that hes getting divorced, Weaver and Sandy Lopez finally go on a date, and Abby catches Nicole in the maternity ward, recovering from an abortion.
As festas de final de ano terminam em um escândalo amoroso, um acidente fatal e um erro de diagnóstico. Enquanto isso, vítimas natalinas inundam o plantão, tais como dois duendes violentos, e vítimas de uma briga durante uma encenação religiosa.
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.
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.
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.
Kovac and Gates treat a girl who appears to have been assaulted. When the police are no help with Ames, Kovac decides to confront the problem himself; Morris and other doctors work on a patient with an ice pick in his ear. Meanwhile, Ray tries to keep his new relationship a secret and Pratt cant fully deal when his half-brother officially comes out. Also, a new male nurse arrives.
ERs 300th episode finds Luka and Abby hurriedly preparing to travel to Croatia after Lukas father passes away. Luka confronts Abby about the estrangement between them, and she eventually reaches out and asks for his help. A man rushes to the ER when his wife is seriously injured in a car accident, and finds someone very unexpected there with her. Julia holds a service to bless the ER and remember the patients that have been lost through the years.
Morris father arrives at the ERs doorstep and leaves him an unwanted package. Sam wants Alex to get off the ventilator as quick as possible following his accident. Meanwhile, a woman is in danger of being deported despite her high-risk pregnancy.
Uma equipe de transplante está pronto com o helicóptero para receber órgãos de doadores - mas Benton ainda não obteve aprovação de parentes para a colheita de órgãos. E apesar de ser véspera de Natal, Greene não tem encontrado tempo para comprar presentes. Ross cai na gandaia.
Carter tem a chance de supervisionar todo o tratamento de um paciente idoso sem a supervisão de Benton. Benton é convidado para um jantar formal com Dr. Vucelich. Greene recebe uma intimação para seu divórcio. Vinte e duas crianças trancadas em um apartamento são enviadas ao County para tratamento médico.
Carol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.
Dr. Anspaughs 13-year-old son is brought in and Anspaugh asks Mark to look after him. Another old lady who has been raped is brought in.
Amanda Lees obsession with Dr. Greene comes to a head when Mark inadvertantly digs up old med school records damaging to her career. Carter tries to save Lucy from Edsons advances. Peter treats Dr. Parks grandchild, who interprets for her deaf mother and grandmother. Police officer Reggie Moore asks Jeanie out. Kerry receives a call from someone claiming to be her mother. Doug receives a job offer from Portland.
Lucys 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 hes being transferred to a county jail.
Benton and Cleo clash over his deceased nephews 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.
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.
Luka paga o preço pelo erro de diagnóstico que deixou um paciente com lesão cerebral; Carter se intromete na vida de Pratt quando ele é pego com uma arma; e Lewis quer que o departamento psiquiátrico preste atenção à depressão de um de seus pacientes.
Carter returns to County General to hearty welcomes. Although Abby is shocked to learn that Carters beautiful African girlfriend, Kem, is already pregnant with Carters child, Abby has moved on with her life as well, going back to medical school.
Two teens enter the ER with gunshot wounds. When one dies, Neela botches telling the next of kin, making the woman hysterical.
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.
After being passed over for Chief of the ER, Pratt is looking for a hospital that will appreciate his talents. A former employee of the ER brings her sick son in for tests. Neelas cousin is in town for a visit, and Morris and Harold compete for her affections.
Alex is set to be released from the hospital. Doctors treat African-American brothers Curtis Bennet, 17, who has abdominal pain and 10-year-old Quincy Bennet who has a knee injury. Both were injured during a drug deal that went terribly wrong. Theres still some residual tension between Gates and Sam. A female patient in police custody doesnt want to be examed by Morris. A 13-year-old patient named Anastasia messes with Neelas love life.
Its Christmas in the ER. A homeless boy sends Gates and Ray on a mission. Meanwhile, in the ER, Neela oversees an unusual kidney transplant case; Sam takes a stand when a patient is dumped in an alley by another hospital; and Morris plays Santa for a special girl and learns the meaning of Christmas.
Carter prova que está pronto para o CC -, mas seu primeiro dia no atendimento cirúrgico é uma comédia. As conseqüências são graves quando Lewis dá alta a uma paciente cardíaco. Benton deve lidar com um conflito familiar.
Ruby, marido da paciente que Carter tratou, retorna ao PS. Benton vai à festa de seu chefe e leva Jeanie Boulet como sua acompanhante. Dr. Morgenstern é atendido no PS (usando um kilt) após fraturar a perna. Mark passa o dia com sua filha Rachel que não está satisfeita com a separação dos pais. Rachel trata Susan Lewis com hostilidade devido a aproximação da doutora com o seu pai.
Carter feels guilty about Gants death. Benton doesnt want to talk about it.
Kerry starts to doubt the methods of Synergix. Carter tries to help his cousin beat his drug addiction. Jeanie becomes Scott Anspaughs part-time caregiver.
Doug jeopardizes future federal grants for the entire ER when he breaks a double blind study by giving a sample drug to an ailing patient. Doyle lodges a sexual harassment complaint against Romano, hoping Dr. Corday will lend support. Lucy begins her surgery rotation under Bentons tutelage. The two of them treat a man claiming to be 140-years-old. Mark declines to proceed in the NASA program. Carol questions Lynettes intentions when she hosts a womens health clinic for African American women only. Mark goes to bat for Pickman when she inadvertently leaves a severely injured man at an accident scene.
Um novo estudante, Abby, se une à equipe em meio a um surto de influenza; e a mãe de Corday faz uma visita.
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.
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.
Kerry concorda em esconder a doença sexualmente transmissível de um político; Pratt ignora os pedidos de uma mãe, prestes a morrer, em relação aos seus filhos; e a fortuna da família de Carter falha em pagar por um médico que chefia uma clínica gratuita.
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.
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.
Ray helps an old friend escape from her abusive father. Dubenko volunteers in the ER but cant seem to handle a slow day. Abby and Kovac go baby shopping, while Neela gets unexpected and upsetting news from Gallant.
Abby is back from rehab and finds herself the object of scrutiny. She confesses to Pratt that Luka might stay in Croatia longer than planned. Harold seems to have won over Neelas cousin. Multiple victims from a fire fill the ER.
Weaver cares for a Katrina survivor whos reluctant to having surgery on her foot; budget cuts force Luka to make a difficult personnel decision. Also, Gates home life intrudes on the ER; and Pratt and Hope are shaken after a patient in their care dies needlessly.
Neela has a recurring dream; Gates tries to save a patient who jumped out of a window while sleeping; Neela is surprised to see Dr. Corday.
Lewis é formalmente acusada de negligência e Greene é ordenado a fiscalizar o seu trabalho. Um despachante aduaneiro traz um suspeito cujos intestinos são embalados com contrabando. Carter mostra o ER a nova estudante de medicina, Debora - Deby - Chen.
Greene recebe uma má notícia sobre o processo OBrien e depois trabalha em um caso em que um paciente morre sem razão aparente. Carter leva o crédito por descobertas Harper. Benton suspeita da pesquisa do Dr. Vucelich.
Benton cant keep his mind on the job, Mark and Chuny break up and Carol does what she needs to do regarding the fatal error she has made.
Another elderly rape victim is brought in. So is the rapist.
Ricky Abbott returns to the ER. Doug forges papers to allow Joi to treat Ricky at home. Corday decides to back out of the Romano sexual harassment investigation after he threatens to expose her relationship with Benton. Romano is later named Acting Chief of the ER. Dr. Greene treats a Nigerian janitor for back pain and impotency. Carol and the nurses watch a bunch of dogs when their owner is hospitalized. Carter diagnoses a med student with Hodgkins disease. Kerry initiates a search for her biological parents.
Dr. Greene and Corday bond with their parents, Lucy cares for a patient with a psychotic break, and Valentines Day celebrations in the ER end tragically for one of the students.
Weaver becomes concerned about Greenes cognitive skills and surreptitiously calls for an official evaluation of his competency. Corday plans her wedding to Greene. Bishop Stewart returns, and Kovacs realizes the man has a terrible disease. Dateless for a charity function, Carter invites Abby to attend with him.
An accidental overdose brings Drs. Green and Cordays baby into the ER.
Carter que salvar um médico necessitado; Pratt lida com um ladrão, amigo de Leon, e o policial em quem ele atirou; Corday lida com um novo cirurgião; e Romano coloca seu emprego em perigo, ao supervisionar uma operação a qual ele não pode terminar.
Dr. Carters 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.
While examining a young boy, Pratt finds a suspicious gash across his chest and calls Wendall for a consult. Kovac and Pratt examine a man who was shot when he confronted his boss with a gun. Jake tries to convince Abby to date him despite his being a student.
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.
Neelas short visit in Ortho turns into a game of hockey. Bettina wants to take her relationship with Pratt to the next level, but Pratt is not keen on the idea. Gates and Sam disagree over a patient. Julia provides some spiritual guidance in order to ease a prison doctors bad conscience.
Morris tries to help a girl who was hit while riding her bike; Gates cant get over his feelings for Sam; Neela is flustered when Dr. Brenner returns from Australia.
Kovac reacts negatively when he sees Abby giving extra attention to a patient; Ray and Gates clash over a patient, pinning Neela in the middle; and Ben takes things to the next level with Sam. Meanwhile, Pratt is under investigation and Weaver says a final goodbye to the ER.
A aparição sem fim de crises e jovens inocentes atingidos pesa sobre Ross. Enquanto isso, a vítima de ataque cardíaco sob os cuidados de Lewis é o médico que quase destruiu sua carreira. Benton contrata uma fisioterapeuta, Jeanie Boulet, para cuidar de sua mãe.
Benton descobre que fazer a coisa certa nem sempre é fácil. Rumores se espalham sobre Greene e Lewis estão tendo um caso. Lewis intervém em um caso envolvendo um casal em que ambos os partidos estão bêbados e um tem AIDS
Doug treats a dying 17-year old cystic fibrosis patient who doesnt want to be resuscitated. Carter gets to operate Benton.
Greene flies to San Diego when his mother falls and is hospitalized. His concern increases when he finds her acting completely loony and out of control. To make matters worse, he butts heads with his dad over her care.
Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross bypasses system lockouts to enable Joi to give Ricky a lethal dosage of dilaudin. Doug is delegated to desk duty, Carols clinic is shut down for acquiring the P.C.A. machine for Ricky, and Greene and Weaver face future disciplinary action for not reporting Dougs tampering with the double blind study. Carter and Lucy discover a mutual attraction. Benton studies with a sign language instructor.
Carter and Lucy are discovered and the staff struggles to save them and go on with normal patient care.
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 Legaspis lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles.
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.
A queda de um avião mexe com o mundo de Abby; a carreira cirúrgica de Romano é alterada para sempre, um adolescente é suspeito de intencionalmente atropelar seus colegas; e Pratt tem uma reação inesperada com a revelação de Chen sobre seu bebê.
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.
Dr. Weaver meets her birth mother, but their relationship changes when Kerry reveals she is gay. Dr. Carter causes a commotion when he confronts a couple hoping to scam some painkillers.
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.
Kovac finds himself in a tense confrontation with Curtis Ames, and Abby must act to protect her family. Meanwhile, Neela and Gates rush to get Meg to the hospital while Sams new home is soon under threat from fire.
Pratt and a new doctor on the scene disagree on how to teach the interns. Gates treats a young woman with serious heart problems. Abby heads to Croatia, and ponders whether and how to tell Luka about her unfortunate choices. Sam discovers that Julia has moved on in more ways than one.
Morris and Gates treat an older man who was assaulted on the street; Sam gets a surprise visit from her sister; Dr. Morgenstern visits County General when he discovers an old mentor is ill.
Morgenstern surpreende Greene com uma nova oferta de emprego. Uma paciente terminal de câncer de mama pede a Greene que lhe ajude a morrer. Um rapaz armado ameaça funcionários do hospital.
A ala de obstetrícia ficou alagada e oito mulheres grávidas são levadas ao pronto-socorro. Ross e seu pai finalmente ter uma noite divertida juntos. Harper acha que pode estar grávida. Benton tenta corrigir um caso de suicídio.
Nurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen.
Because of benzene thats been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.
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. Doug decides to resign and leave Chicago for the Northwest and asks Carol to come with him. She decides against it, but he leaves anyway. Carol steps down from running the clinic so that Anspaugh will keep it open. Jeanie discovers she may have contracted hepatitis. Hospital janitor Mobalages wife is stabbed.
Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victims life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls.
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.
After Dr. Corday moves out, Dr. Green fights loneliness and pain by immersing himself into his work. He is treating a father in the ER who severely burned himself while experimenting with illegal drugs. Abby fumes when the man who beat her is released and moves back in next door; the returning Jerry clashes with fellow desk jockey Frank.
Com a ajuda de Carter, Abby continua a procurar por seu irmão; Enquanto isso, o Kovac volta ao trabalho e lida com um caso de overdose; Pratt cava um buraco ainda maior com Chen, durante o seu trabalho com os paramédicos.
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.
A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.
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.
Abby and Sam try to treat an obnoxious, aspiring comedian with mysterious symptoms; Pratt must defend his actions in front of the medical board; Neela scrubs in on a kidney donor transplant; and Morris, as the lone attending, must run a busy ER. Also, Kovac gets a surprising proposal from Abby.
Neela, worn out after being on shift for over 24 hours, has to make a quick decision regarding an accident victims torn aorta. Sarahs grandparents are in town, and Hank is rushed to the ER after collapsing during an outing. Gates tries to convey to Sam that his feelings for her are serious.
A mother is severely injured by a car accident in the ambulance bay; an insurance company frustrates Morris; Neela tells Brenner about her offer in North Carolina.
Kayson persegue Lewis romanticamente. Ross e Hathaway cuidam de uma menina russa com Aids cuja mãe adotiva a abandona. Um policial chega com uma cachorro que atropelou.
A enfermeira Hathaway se preocupa quando descobre que seu namorado, o paramédico Shep, entrou em um prédio em chamas para tentar salvar crianças. Mas seu parceiro paramédico Raul sofre graves ferimentos e o staff de ER se preocupa com sua situação. Chloe retorna, para desânimo de Susan.
Carol will hear whether her suspension is permanent or not. Mark and Doyle do what they can to get a patient with Down syndrome on a heart transplant list.
Mark finds out Cynthia has moved. Carters cousin Chase is brought in because of a heroin overdose. Doug and Kerry clash after she found a flaw in his study.
Peter accepts Romanos suggestion and takes a two-week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave, hes transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfathers concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanies condition worsens.
Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convince his father to undergo cancer treatment.
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.
After some staff members are caught going through a dominatrixs bag, Weaver makes them attend a sexual harassment seminar, where they learn about each other.
Três pessoas são assassinadas durante um assalto ao Doc Magoo, mas Chen consegue identificar um dos suspeitos; Lewis faz amizade com uma jovem paciente de câncer, apesar de sua mãe não aceitar; e Carter pede Abby em casamento.
Morris streets a patient without getting a psych consult, and the guy steals a tank and heads for County. Gillian is visiting Luka, and Sams not happy about it. Luka and Sam make up by the end of the day though. A 13-year-old boy has chlamydia. Frank has a heart attack. Corday plays the dating game, going out with two men.
Neela (whos in Chicago) and Gallant (whos in Iraq) miss each other and write letters. Gallant also tries to save the life of a little girl.
When is it time to go out on a limb? Armand Assante guest stars as a patient who makes Sam an offer she might not be able to refuse. Luka must calm Abbys baby-related fears after an incident at the hospital places everyone at risk. Kerry makes a difficult choice, and Neela joins a support group.
Kovac and Gates find themselves with a moral dilemma when a woman comes into the ER with acute liver failure; Neela finds herself questioning what is right when Manish decides to give up a kidney to a complete stranger. Meanwhile, Ray fights to get to the bottom of a cheerleaders accidental fall; Abby gets a prediction for her future; and Alexs troubles continue to intrude on Sams work life.
Kovac is in Chicago looking for hospice-care work. Neelas aorta surgery has caused an infection in her patient. Abby treats a teen who has been beaten up. Brenner continues to cause problems for the ER staff.
Its Valentines Day. Dr. John Carter is back at the County. Brenner and Neela are getting closer. Dr. Banfield is having a hard time trying to have a baby. And Puck and mushrooms may not be a good combination.
Grenne e Benton atendem convidados de uma festa de aniversário, mas algo diz que é preciso mantê-los afastados. Carter pensa erroneamente que é aniversário de Benton e chama dançarinas do ventre para uma surpresa. Hathaway considera a adoção de Tathiana.
A irmã da Dr. Lewis, Chloe retorna e pede que devolva sua filha Susie, mas Susan não está disposta a lidar com Chloe. Dr. Benton se sente culpado por não tomar a decisão correta por isso ele trai o Dr. Ross, quando confrontado com um dilema ético, o que lhe valeu a inimizade de ambos, Doug e Mark Grenne. Mark ganha a simpatia de uma atraente produtora de TV. Carter celebra sua permanência no County de uma forma que poderá prejudicar sua carreira antes mesmo do seu início.
Benton goes into Carlas private hospital files when he fears that something may be wrong with their baby; Jeanie treats a suicidal woman who reveals a surprising secret; and Greene learns that Rachel has been lying about her health.
Jeanie fears Scott Anspaughs cancer may have returned. Hathaway learns a disturbing secret about a 16-year-old girl. A pregnant patient fears shell miscarry; Morgenstern returns to work, but perhaps too soon after his heart attack.
During a paramedic ride-along, Carter is forced to drive the ambulance while fleeing a riot scene and inadvertently runs over a teenage boy. Later, a paramedic is shot by an angry mob looking for the driver of the ambulance. Carol is despondent following Dougs departure. She later discloses that shes pregnant. Kerry is intrigued by an injured pro wrestler and his relationship with his father. Lucy tangles with an Asian family that requests their matriarch not be told of a cancerous tumor. Jeanie turns down dates with both Dr. Baker and Reggie, telling each shes seeing someone else.
Chens patient refuses to reveal to his daughter that she might have inherited a terrible disease from him. Weaver defies Romanos 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.
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.
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.
Kerry faz um favor para um político homossexual não assumido, mas sofre as consequências; Kovac encontra uma saída para seus problemas; e os dias de chefe de Romano estão contados.
Carter sticks up for Neela when the other attendings doubt her future in the ER. Neela caves to the pressure and accidentally gives a patient the wrong medication. Gallant takes the blame for her though. Sam and Luka try to plan Alexs birthday party. Frank visits on his way to therapy. Chens home nurse quits after her dad behaves poorly.
Sams 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.
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 surgeons 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.
A blizzard strands a family in the snow and Abby and Pratt quickly try to save the family. A gang shooting challenges Morris and Pratt. Meanwhile, Kovac and Abby begin making wedding plans, but their engagement might not be very secret; Gates struggles with the reappearance of his father and the possibility of losing Sarah; and Neela becomes jealous when Dubenko brings in a new surgical intern.
Theres been a jewelry robbery in town, and Neela finds out that one of her patients might have had something to do with it. Pratt makes an effort to save his relationship with Bettina, and Abby worries about her marriage, sensing that Luka may have given up on it.
Carter finds himself struggling with Countys new technology and procedures. After becoming frustrated with the in vitro-fertilization, Banfield and her husband discuss adoption as an option. Sams mother arrives in an altered state of mind.
Benton não dorme a 48 horas. Um doente mental se apresenta como um especialista em eficiência hospitalar. A esposa de Greene quer o divórcio. O passado de Hathaway volta para assombrá-la.
É noite de quarta e Dr. Greene, em seu turno da noite, está atendendo muitos pacientes. Tensões continuam ente Mark e Peter Benton. O fim do turno acaba com o grande respeio de Carter pelo trabalho de Mark.
Benton tries to find out if everythings OK with Carlas baby. Carter tries to get a man operated, despite the fact Anspaugh thinks he will die no matter what.
Carter finally works up enough nerve to ask Del Amico out. Jeanie tries to help Scotty decide whether to undergo an experimental treatment and Benton takes unexpected action during an operation with Morgenstern.
Greene tries to help Mobalage when hes about to be deported. Kerry tries to save a woman she believes is her birth mother. Hathaway decides to have Dougs child. Benton and Corday clash over an ER fellowship. Carter is in charge for the day, part of a requirement for applying for chief resident.
After Corday refuses to perform exploratory surgery on Cleos patient, Cleo enlists Bentons 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.
Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greenes 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.
Greene percebe que o seu futuro médico está com seus dias contados; uma viciada entra em trabalho de parto; um trabalhador de um museu pega uma doença rara; e Corday precisa fazer as vontades de um paciente terminal para que possa morrer com dignidade.
Romano sai do pronto-socorro; uma gestante recebe notícias tristes sobre a sua saúde; Pratt estraga o aniversário de Chen; Luka quer ajudar uma criança cujo estado de saúde é crítico; e um paciente causa uma mudança na vida de uma pessoa na equipe.
Weaver rushes to the aid of her female life partner, Sandy Lopez, 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 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.
When Luka answers a call for help, he discovers not everyone is pleased. Will he honor his commitment, or ask a colleague to step in for him? Abby and Morris wrestle with the strange case of a car crash victim. Having made a change in her life, Sam finds herself enjoying a few new perks. Neela has unexpected visitors, with even more unexpected news.
Its Sams birthday, but she finds it hard to be away from her son Alex. Meanwhile, Sam meets a photographer taking pictures of a terminal patient and she gives Sam a new perspective on life. Dubenkos new surgical intern unsettles Neela during a trauma; Gates is shadowed by a new and nerdy intern and later must tell Sarah the truth that he may be her biological father. Also, Morris and Hope annoy Kovac and Abby when they try to help with their wedding preparations.
Neelas aortic rupture patient is in need of yet another follow up surgery, and they are starting to take a toll on her. Morris talks with a shrink about his experience with the jewelery thieves. Abby needs to make a tough decision when a new opportunity is presented to her.
A camera crew interviews the staff at County General for a documentary on emergency medicine. Morris cop girlfriend gets injured on the job and is rushed into the ER with gunshot wounds. Neela wonders why her relationship with Brenner lacks so much communication. Sam struggles to make amends with her mother.
Mark trata de uma grávida que aparenta ter uma infecção urinária, porém, ele descobre que ela está com pré-eclâmpsia (pressão alta). Complicações durante o parto fazem Mark ter seu primeiro erro médico e sua primeira indagação de se deveria prosseguir com sua carreira médica.
Hathaway percebe uma mudança dramática no comportamento Shep. Weaver começa a filmar os procedimentos na ER. Lewis descobre que ela não vai ganhar a batalha de custódia, porque Chloe parece ter limpado seu ato. Benton decide oficialmente acusar Vucelich de fraude
Benton takes a day off to help Carla. Carter finds out Edson falsified a chart.
Del Amico, Ross and Corday confront disturbing situations after the bombing of a womens clinic. Benton comes under review for controversial actions in the OR. Jeanie endures one of the most difficult days of her life as she says goodbye to a friend.
Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene bond on the way to a medical conference. Carter mentors an aspiring teenager. Lucy, on a psychiatry rotation, treats an overmedicated foster child. Jeanie finds her faith while treating a reverend.
Carter seeks psychiatric help because he cant sleep. He then visits the wife of his attacker. Weaver returns to work after her suspension. Hathaway and Kovac share a kiss.
Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abbys mentally ill mother 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.
Susan vai à Nova Iorque à procura de sua irmã e deu seu sobrinho; Carter discute com Abby sobre o seu problema com a bebida; Corday recebe notícias ruins de Mark no Havaí; e o orgulho de Pratt coloca Gallant e um paciente em perigo.
Weaver cuida de um bebê de 6 semanas; Lewis trabalha com um paciente com problemas mentais; e um médico da Croácia supervisiona a cirurgia cardíaca em um jovem menino.
Pratt struggles to diagnose a woman who suffers mysterious chronic seizures. An attractive woman, Campbell, informally accuses flirtatious Pratt of sexual harassment. Abby ponders how to get her contentious patients attention during her psychiatric department rotation.
Jules Ruby Rubadoux is back in the ER. Hes still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.
Pratt departs for Africa with attitude to spare but makes his first contact with harsh reality before the plane lands. Abby senses something is not what is seems when she treats a 12-year-old and her grandmother, then differs with Luka over the best course of action. A prisoner is brought to the ER with what everyone thinks is a fake case of appendicitis. Morris is dressed, and ready, to impress, but Albrights not. Its time for Kerry to return to work and Clemente doesnt know when its time to leave.
Kovac and Gates deal with a hopeless father whose son succumbs to heart failure; Pratt tries to resolve the tension between him and his brother; an Armenian man tries to be a good samaritan but ends up crashing near the ER; Abby sneaks in baby Joe when she worries his sickness may be worse than it seems; Also, Sam injures the instructor of a self-defense seminar.
When a drunk patient is admitted to the ER, his actions endanger everyone at County. Pratt is still pursuing his dreams of becoming Chief of the ER, and Gates is worried about his future with Sam. Luka unexpectedly runs into Dr. Moretti.
Neela and Sam are shocked when they arrive back to the airport with transplant organs only to find that their plane has left them. Dr. Carter gets a surprise visit from an old friend while waiting for his kidney transplant. Dr. Banfield bonds with an abandoned baby boy that is left at the ER.
É lua cheia e isso é ER - cheio de promessas de picolé, um suposto lobisomem, e outras pessoas afetadas por loucura lunar - e Lewis é a única residente disponível. Lidando com problemas emocionais, Greene não está sendo bem visto como novo chefe de ER.
Lewis lida com a perda de Suzie e trabalha em um turno extra, impressionando Weaver no processo. Greene chega a um acordo amigável com sua ex-esposa Jen e seu divórcio foi finalizado. Carter trabalha com Ross em uma rotação pediatria.
Jeanie asks Greg to help Al get into a special AIDS-program at the hospital. Olbes brings in her grandfather, who had a stroke.
A 31-year-old security guard is brought in suffering from severe chemical burns, and a 21-year-old man is wheeled in after falling 75 feet into a river. Meanwhile, Benton is upset that Carlas boyfriend is part of Reeses baptism.
The hospital suffers through a series of power outages. Carols decision to send Doug a fax about her pregnancy is thwarted by the power outages. The staff is on alert after a raped and beaten patient is found in a hallway. Romano begs Corday to stay in trauma. Carter and Roxanne break up. Carter and Lucy treat a pheromone saleswoman.
Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaways 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.
Maggie contests Abbys 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 teachers wisecracking elderly buddies.
Carter confronta Abby sobre o seu problema com a bebida, por causa de uma carta de Mark; Kerry faz uma avaliação sobre a sua saúde; um acidente de carro revela um segredo sobre um jovem paciente de Lewis; e Pratt fica sabendo aonde passará o seu estágio.
Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boys life. A baseball player gets treatment for a heart problem.
A panic-stricken Weaver is ordered to give her son to the Lopez family. Carter greets the returning Kem, but their meeting with his father, Jack, gets tense after Carter announces plans for his grandmothers estate.
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.
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 dangerous journey.
In 12 hours, the ER will shut down. As Kovac is under pressure to take care of the patients before the final hours, he makes a pivotal decision about his future. Meanwhile, Sam befriends a photojournalist who returns only this time shes terminally ill; Pratt is concerned when his brother ends up in the ER drunk; Morris confronts Gates when he ignores his orders and angrily sends him home while Gates tries to defend his actions.
On Neelas last day at County, she has doubts as to whether she is making the right decision.
Mark prepara um seminário sobre pré-eclâmpsia, caso que ele diagnosticou recentemente. A rivalidade entre Carter e Chen faz com que ela cometa um erro desastroso e pense em desistir. Chloe retorna do Texas.
Lewis ainda tenta superar a perda de Suzie fazendo terapia. Greene e Weaver ainda discutem para escolher o novo residente-chefe. Hathaway é chamada para uma entrevista de auditoria sobre o incidente envolvendo Shep. Jeanie recebe uma notícia que pode mudar sua vida e a de Benton.
Its Carols birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.
Ross treats a 6-month-old recovering from methadone withdrawal. A televangelist and his wife, whos suffering from an infection, plan a broadcast from the ER. Del Amicos old boyfriend arrives, and Jeanie fears her health is rapidly declining.
The ER docs tend to three teenagers who were in an accident on the way to their senior prom. Greene and Carter treat the most severely injured, a boy suffering from third degree burns over 80% of his body. Benton receives the ER trauma fellowship. Carol finally tells Doug about her pregnancy; Kerry also figures it out. Mark and Elizabeth draw closer. Lucy tells Carter about her Ritalin addiction. FBI agents bring in a shot stripper.
Greene prepares to bury his father. Chen worries about Carters 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.
Cleo and Carla clash after Reese gets hurt while in Cleos care. Weaver and Kovac cannot save the life of a developmentally challenged womans 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.
Dr. Greenes 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.
Um eclipse faz com que membros de uma seita tentem cometer um suicídio coletivo e as vítimas são enviadas ao pronto-socorro; Carter e Pratt reconsiderem o seu futuro na medicina; e uma gestante é vítima de um crime hediondo.
Carter takes Kem to the hospital to check on their baby since its not kicking anymore.
After Carter finds out Kems mother is hospitalized in Paris he decides to go there to tell Kem how he feels about her. Meanwhile, Ray makes a fatal error.
Pratt struggles to get a straight story when two abused boys come into the ER with their father. Two U.S. Army officers enter the ER.
What is suppose to be a departmental dinner organized by Kovac turns out to be the surprise of a lifetime for Abby when she soon learns its a surprise wedding, secretly planned by the eager groom. Meanwhile, at the wedding, ER staffers enjoy themselves with music and booze while Neela finds herself the center of unexpected attention between Gates and Ray, which leads to a drunken fight and a shocking conclusion.
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.
Benton compensa sua inabilidade em cuidar de sua mãe ficando além de seu turno para ajudar seus pacientes. Enquanto isso, Greene tenta salvar seu casamento - mas isso significa menos tempo no trabalho e mais desgraça com o chefe do ER.
Carter finalmente se forma e tenta convidar Benton para sua formatura. Shep não aceita ter problemas com a morte de Raul e recusa terapia, enquanto Hathaway se irrita com a burocracia dos planos de saúde.
Anspaugh is furious when Carter tells him he wants to quit surgery. Charlie is brought in with an overdose. Mark keeps struggling with his beating.
Ross and Hathaways jobs are in jeopardy after their unauthorized treatment of a drug-addicted 7-month-old boy is discovered. Corday loses her sponsorship. Carter suspects Del Amicos boyfriend when drugs are stolen.
Carols pregnancy becomes public knowledge as she learns that shes having twins. Lucy has problems trying to go off Ritalin. Peter learns Carla plans to move to Germany. Kerry finds an abandoned youngster and brings him to the ER. Mark and Elizabeth discuss their relationship. Jeanie and Reggie draw closer again.
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.
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.
Carter coloca o pronto-socorro em quarenta para prevenir uma epidemia. Enquanto isso, Chen e Pratt passam muito tempo juntos durante o isolamento; e Kerry toma medidas drásticas para salvar a vida de um ferido em um tiroteio.
Carter se junta a Kovac na África, e os dois médicos lutam em uma batalha para trazer a cura para uma aldeia devastada pela guerra. Essa experiência fará com que eles ganhem um novo respeito por suas vidas, ao voltarem para casa.
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.
Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carters going-away party because hes leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for the courage to confront his father, Charlie.
Chaos reigns in the ER when two prisoners are brought in for treatment, but instead plot a violent escape. Their desperate actions place one doctor in harms way, and forces one nurse to become a tool in their plan.
Dr. Kevin Moretti, an ICU specialist bent on change, joins the ER team. Change comes elsewhere as Luka and Abby adjust to being husband and wife, Pratt tries to be a new man to his lady friend, Morris and Hope take things to the next level, and Ray goes missing. Later on, Luka gets a troubling phone call.
As Carter prepares to open a new facility for the underprivileged, some old friends/colleagues gather. Rachel Greene, Mark Greenes daughter, applies for an internship at County.
O staff de ER descobre que a família de Carter é muito rica. Benton começa a se interessar por uma mulher casada. Hathaway tem dificuldades em escrever seus votos de casamento. Greene está vivendo com a mulher em Milwaukee, mas seu casamento continua fadado áo fim. Lewis trata de um paciente suicida.
Season Finale: Luka postpones his honeymoon, leaving Abby, Joe and the ER behind to begin a different journey. Meanwhile, its Morettis first day as Chief of Emergency Medicine, and everyone feels the effects of his style, especially Pratt and Morris. Neela learns of Rays fate, then joins an anti-war rally and finds herself in a dangerous situation. Gates faces a crisis on the home front.
Ross tenta lidar com seus compromissos. Lewis ajuda no nascimento da sobrinha. O futuro de Carter é incerto. Benton recebe más notícias de sua mãe.
Greene e Carter recebem notícias surpreendentes. No casamento de Hathaway, nem tudo corre como planejado.