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.

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….

Maggie’s emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton’s deceased nephew knows who killed…

An accidental overdose brings Drs. Green and Corday’s baby into the ER.

Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boy’s life. A baseball player gets treatment for…

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…

The police question Drs. Pratt and Gallant about a rampage at the diner across from the ER. Dr. Lewis befriends her teen admirer, a cancer patient.

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….

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 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.

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…

Abby comes close to breaking down trying to deal with her mother. Dr. Pratt goes for his required paramedic ride-along. Dr. Weaver confronts the man who stole her purse. Dr….

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…

Dr. Weaver is in a difficult situation when an alderman tests positive for syphilis. Dr. Carter is impressed when he meets a man who runs an inner city clinic.

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…

A young couple cope with their baby being premature; Greene and Corday struggle with their relationship.

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…

Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious who’s made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of…

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. Kovac’s speeding causes a crash on an icy road. The ER staff treats angry elves and a female hockey player with a head injury.

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. 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…

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…

Abby’s family nightmare continues as she and her mother Maggie search for Abby’s missing brother Eric, who Abby suspects is suffering from serious mental problems. Meanwhile, Corday treats a family…

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…

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,…

Weaver makes a mistake on live television while demonstrating flu shots, inadvertently sticking two reporters with the same needle. In the bathroom later, Susan and Abby catch Weaver in a…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

After Carter finds out Kem’s mother is hospitalized in Paris he decides to go there to tell Kem how he feels about her. Meanwhile, Ray makes a fatal error.

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…

After another hospital shuts down, the ER is flooded with patients. Dr. Pratt resuscitates a heart-attack victim who had been pronounced dead.

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…

Dr. Carter leads a walk-out of staff protesting lack of security in the ER.

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…

Jules ‘Ruby’ Rubadoux is back in the ER. He’s still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.

Dr. Carter, Abby and other staff of the ER are quarantined as the CDC investigate a mysterious, deadly outbreak.