A pastor tries to take back control of a church potluck. Elementary school students notice a change in their teacher. Jackie receives a chilly reception at her hometown high school.
Rosewood gets a massive storm on the day the students are to take their SAT test, which causes the school to postpone the examinations. Trapped in the school during the…
As Carter prepares to open a new facility for the underprivileged, some old friends/colleagues gather. Rachel Greene, Mark Greene’s daughter, applies for an internship at County.
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…
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…
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…
Neela is upset when she finds out Abby’s good news second hand; the new chief, Catherine Banfield, and Abby disagree on how to treat a gunshot wound victim; Abby defends…
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…
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 Pratt’s injuries.
Kovac is in Chicago looking for hospice-care work. Neela’s aorta surgery has caused an infection in her patient. Abby treats a teen who has been beaten up. Brenner continues to…
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…
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…
ER’s 300th episode finds Luka and Abby hurriedly preparing to travel to Croatia after Luka’s father passes away. Luka confronts Abby about the estrangement between them, and she eventually reaches…
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…
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 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…
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…
Weaver cares for a Katrina survivor who’s reluctant to having surgery on her foot; budget cuts force Luka to make a difficult personnel decision. Also, Gates’ home life intrudes on…
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…
Kovac anxiously awaits the verdict between himself and Curtis Ames but fears the worst. Meanwhile, Neela disobeys her chief’s orders and also questions her feelings for Gates, and Weaver unwittingly…
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…
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…
As Abby and Luka cope with their newborn’s life and death struggle, the couple is shocked to receive a surprise visitor: Abby’s mother Maggie. Meanwhile, Sam fears the prospect of…
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…
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 harm’s way, and forces…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
While examining a young boy, Pratt finds a suspicious gash across his chest and calls Wendall (recurring guest star MäDCHEN AMICK) for a consult. Kovac and Pratt examine a man…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A panic-stricken Weaver is ordered to give her son to the Lopez family. Carter greets the returning Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), but their meeting with his father, Jack…
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.
Carter returns to County General to hearty welcomes. Although Abby is shocked to learn that Carter’s beautiful African girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), is already pregnant with Carter’s…
Continuing where last season’s finale left off, Carter returns from Africa, going straight to Abby’s bedside. Her response to seeing him is to ask for her key back. She is…
Carter’s day shift and Pratt’s night shift (his final shift at County) are intercut. Both men have extremely busy days. Doc Magoo’s burns down. Luka calls Carter from the Congo…
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….
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…
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…
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…
Abby is distressed when her mother interferes with Eric’s treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Pratt treats a frightened young girl who has been injured in an auto accident and desperately…
Abby fears the worst when her brother Eric suddenly disappears. Carter and Chen treat a frightened Chinese immigrant nanny, Tong-Yi, whom they suspect was impregnated by her employer. Meanwhile, new…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
Peter Benton continues his court fight against Reese’s stepfather, Roger, who seems to have the upper hand. When a woman is accidentally shot during a gas station robbery, Dr. Corday…
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…
A new medical student, Michael Gallant, arrives in the ER. He’s supposed to be working under Dr. Carter’s supervision but his grandmother is unwell. Elizabeth Corday is convinced that other…
Lewis faces a hectic first day back at County General. Benton and Roger become frantic when they can’t locate Reese. Carter’s grandmother is brought to the emergency room. Carter and…
Dr. Susan Lewis arrives, looking for work in the Chicago area again. Greene hires her, over Weaver’s objection. Chen nervously attends a risk management review, accompanied by the unforgiving Weaver,…
Greene’s daughter comes to live with him and Corday. Carter and Abby become more intimate. Chen must prove her skills while saving a baby. Weaver terminates Malucci after witnessing him…
Carter is overwhelmed by patients from a rock concert riot. Benton’s former girlfriend is killed in a car accident. Newly promoted to chief resident, Chen panics and misdiagnoses a patient….
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…
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…
Maggie contests Abby’s attempt to institutionalize her. Weaver treats a few bizarre patients. When Legaspi returns to work after being exonerated of sexual harassment, Weaver tries to reconcile with her….
Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby’s mentally ill mother (SALLY FIELD) and bring her back to Chicago. In Chicago, Maggie suffers from a sleeping pills overdose. At…
Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greene’s wedding day. As the very pregnant Corday becomes increasingly agitated, the presence of her bickering divorced parents does little to improve her…