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- DirectorRod HolcombStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleThe pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives of a group of doctors, nurses, and staff members of a busy emergency room at a Chicago hospital. They deal with the seemingly endless casualties that stumble into their place of employment. The central characters are the chief resident and family man Dr. Mark Greene, who is considering a job in private practice due to pressure from his demanding law student wife Jennifer; outgoing Dr. Doug Ross, who deals with cases in his own personal way; straight-arrow Dr. Susan Lewis, trying to get by another long 36-hour shift; inexperienced third-year med student John Carter; cocky surgical resident Dr. Peter Benton; and troubled chief nurse Carol Hathaway.
- DirectorDavid SolomonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykWhen Serenity's life support system fails, Mal orders the crew off the ship - but he stays behind.
- DirectorMimi LederStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneySherry StringfieldThe ER staff's slow snow day becomes chaotically hectic when the casualties of a 40 car traffic accident flood in.
- DirectorChristopher ChulackStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleNurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleCarol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleJeanie asks Greg to help Al get into a special AIDS-program at the hospital. Olbes brings in her grandfather, who had a stroke.
- DirectorChristopher ChulackStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleBecause of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyNoah WyleDr. Greene tries to help get Amanda Lee the proper credit she deserves on a paper she wrote. However, he starts to become suspicious of her credentials. An old friend of Dr. Greene recommends him for a NASA mission. Benton's son is having difficulties in day care. Doug and Carol help the exhausted mother named Joi of a little boy named Ricky who has a terminal illness. Carter is jealous when Lucy goes on a date with Dale.
- DirectorChristopher MisianoStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleJulianna MarguliesThe ER has to deal with a stripper and some shady dealings from apparent FBI agents. Lucy reveals to Carter that she's still on Ritalin. Hathaway begins to reveal her pregnancy to those closest to her, including a fax to Doug. Dr. Anspaugh decides that the trauma fellowship will go to Benton, who then faces anger from Romano and Corday. A car accident involving teenagers may have been alcohol-related and leaves one teenager with grievous third-degree burns.
- DirectorSteve De JarnattStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleJulianna MarguliesA prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Meg's drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused.
- DirectorChristopher MisianoStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleJulianna MarguliesOn Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. She's able to get to the ER only thanks to Luka's 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.
- DirectorLaura InnesStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleJulianna MarguliesDr. Greene and Dr. Corday bond with their parents, Lucy cares for a patient with a psychotic break, and Valentine's Day celebrations in the ER end tragically.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleJulianna MarguliesCarter and Lucy are discovered and the staff struggles to save them and go on with normal patient care.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesAs 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.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesDr. 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.
- DirectorChristopher ChulackStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesAbby's mother decides to stay in town; Carter attempts to find a drug addict who left the hospital: Greene discovers his health is failing.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesDr. Corday suggests a quick surgical procedure for a patient with back pain before taking off on a romantic weekend with Dr. Greene. Abby's mother, Maggie, unexpectedly visits the hospital and wreaks havoc on Abby's life. Dr. Chen needs the father of her baby to sign paperwork to go through with the adoption.
- DirectorChristopher MisianoStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesMaggie's emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton's deceased nephew knows who killed the dead boy who was hated for his antigang stance.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesIn 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.
- DirectorMarita GrabiakStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesA 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.
- DirectorLaura InnesStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesAbby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby's 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.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesThe ER is flooded with foster care home residents, attacked by a shooter bent on tracking down his son, who, with the help of Dr. Greene, was put into the foster care system amid allegations he was being abused by his father.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesCarter is overwhelmed by patients from a rock concert riot. Benton's former girlfriend and Reece's mother 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.
- DirectorLaura InnesStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesA new medical student, Michael Gallant, arrives in the ER. He's supposed to be working under Dr. Carter's supervision but John's grandmother is unwell. Elizabeth Corday is convinced that other doctors are refusing to work with her as a result of the mysterious deaths. Mark Green thinks she's overreacting but she's determined to find out what happened to her patients. Abby and Luka argue over the attention he is paying to a trainee nurse's aide. Dr. Benton finds himself in court to retain custody of his son, Reese. Carter and Susan Lewis treat a young woman who is both a law and a medical student. Green has to collect his daughter at school when she is suspended.
- DirectorDavid NutterStarsAnthony EdwardsNoah WyleLaura InnesWhen 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.