A day's worth of trauma takes its toll on the men and women of the ER. Dr. Greene looks into leaving the ER and joining private practice. Among other events, multiple casualties are brought in when a building collapses. New medical students report for duty, including Dr. Benton's new trainee, the young and inexperienced John Carter.

Dr. Lewis tries to get a mentally disturbed individual admitted to the psych ward. Carter has a difficult day, treating many members of wedding party, suffering from food poisoning. Dr. Ross finally visits Carol, eight weeks after her suicide attempt. Dr. Greene deals with an elderly gentleman having a difficult time letting go of his dying wife. He also discovers that Jenn passed the bar exam.

Carol returns after her eight week absence, finding Doug holding himself responsible. Carter finds himself watching over a mysterious, mentally ill singing woman. Susan clashes with Dr. Kayson over a diagnosis. Dr. Greene treats a domestic violence victim.

Carter has a difficult day when he has to identify a dead teenager and notify his parents. It doesn't help that he notifies the wrong family. Doug woos Carol, despite Taglieri's presence in her life. Benton clashes with brother-in-law Walt after he neglects family duties.

A business contractor with a bad heart gathers his family around him in the ER as he prepares for the end. Dr. Ross helps an asthmatic teenage girl when her mother doesn't have the funds. Carter worries that he may have contracted an STD from Liz. Dr. Lewis treats a teenager with alcohol poisoning. Jenn Greene prepares to move to Milwaukee.

The air conditioning quits on the hottest day in October which, coupled with closed ERs in Chicago's other two hospitals, leads to an extremely hectic day. Dr. Ross treats a six-year-old suffering from a cocaine overdose; Ivan Gregor, the liquor store owner, shoots and seriously wounds a young teenager. Susan's immature sister Chloe drops by, wreaking havoc in Susan's life. Doug picks up a pharmaceutical saleswoman, much to Carol's displeasure.

Benton and Langworthy interview for the Starzl fellowship. A drunk Chloe throws a tantrum in the hospital. Benton saves a man with a throat wound, earning Morganstern's praise. Carter has a good day, winning a bottle of champagne and getting three leads on apartments. Carol has second thoughts about moving in with Tag after a spontaneous kiss with Doug.

Hathaway treats a rape victim. Walt brings Benton's mother to the ER with a sprained ankle. Carter shows his annoyance toward Benton and his stand-offish attitude. Mark calls in sick to spend time with his wife, leaving Doug as a hectic acting chief. Div shows signs of snapping, overreacting at the smallest provocation. The ER gets a new desk clerk, 'Bob'.

Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transgender woman. Doug feels like a 'kept man' in his relationship with Linda Farrell. A patient entrusts Carol with the particulars in an accident. Cvetic continues to battle his demons, ending up wandering down the middle of a crowded street.

A severe blizzard leaves the ER utterly devoid of patients, leaving the staff free to goof off. In the middle of their fun, a call comes from dispatch, informing the ER of a 40-car pile-up with dozens of casualties. The ER goes from being deserted to capacity. All surgeons are called in. Bob surprises everyone with a quick and life-saving decision. A new doctor, Angela Hicks, arrives just at the right time. Ross and Linda return from the Caribbean just as Carol makes a surprise announcement.

Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man's organs before obtaining the wife's permission. Lewis discovers that Cvetic has quit his job at the hospital, moved out of his apartment, and dropped out of sight. Carter makes a move on Susan. Chloe announces her pregnancy.

Carter fumbles his way through his first look at surgery. Dr. Lewis' nemesis, Dr. Kayson, makes her New Year's Day decidedly unpleasant. Chloe announces she's moving to Texas with her boyfriend.

Carter trains one of Benton's new students, Deb Chen. Hathaway has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who's obsessed with colors. A sociologist provokes people to measure their reaction times for a study. Kayson brings charges against Susan in the Vennerbeck death, leading Morganstern to question Susan's assertiveness. Benton and Walt hunt for Peter's missing mother.

A case of apparent spousal abuse is not what it seems. Deb outshines Carter after he is up all night preparing for a presentation. Peter informs Jackie he's hired a helper for his mother. First Kayson's reprimand against Susan is denied, then Susan has a chance to prove herself when Kayson is brought in as a patient. Dr. Ross meets Diane Leeds, of risk management, and her son Jake.

Morganstern invites Mark to join the staff as an attending physician. Mark treats an woman with breast cancer, who begs him to kill her. Deb "wows" Benton with her amazing presentation, leaving Carter in the rear again. Benton offends Haleh, who spends her day making his job extremely more difficult. The ER gets new crash carts, which are promptly stolen by cardiology.

Carol worries about a Russian girl with AIDS who's brought in and then abandoned by her foster mother. Kayson asks Susan to be his Valentine. Deb accidentally consumes LSD-laced chocolates.

Dr. Hicks berates Benton when he tries to switch shifts to attend his mother's birthday party. A teenage girl, a frequent patient of the ER, is brought in for a drug overdose. Carol decides she wants to adopt Tatiana while Tag isn't so sure. Dr. Ross slugs an abusive father in the lobby. Jen accepts a job offer in Milwaukee despite Mark's offer from Morganstern. Deb and Carter await the arrival of sub-internship applications.

Peter refuses to sleep, despite Hicks' order, in the middle of a 48-hour shift. His lack of sleep catches up with him when he is supposed to be watching his mother. A doctor, who turns out to be a con artist, visits the ER to use it as a model for a new hospital, in the process offering Susan a job. Jenn tells Mark she wants to separate from him. Dr. Ross treats an abused young girl. Carol receives bad news about her attempt to adopt Tatiana. Morganstern informs Mark he's leaving for Boston and will be strongly recommending Mark to his replacement, leaving a surprised Mark uncertain as to his job prospects.

A busy Dr. Greene goes all day in solving his patients' problems until he encounters the case of a pregnant woman suffering from complications that threaten both her life and her unborn baby's.

Mark, still upset over the loss of Jodi O'Brien, takes the night off but ends up in the ER anyway, albeit an hour late, when the new chief runs a drill at 2:00 a.m. Benton begins to realize his mother's future is not bright. Carter and Deb compete against each other. A small moon coinciding with the naturally heavy Saturday night traffic causes an exciting night.

Deb and Carter compete furiously for procedures after Benton announces their books are due a week earlier than previously announced. Deb commits a nearly deadly error on a patient while trying to keep up with Carter. Doug's relationship with Diane Leeds grows. Peter and Jackie decide to put their mother in a home. Dr. Greene is put on trial, so to speak, in the M conference for Jodi O'Brien. Chloe returns.

Susan has her hands full with a pregnant Chloe. Benton goes to dinner with Jeanie. Greene further alienates Swift when he decides to honor a family commitment rather than stay longer at the ER to help him. Carter makes a good impression on Dr. Swift. Doug turns down an offer to "celebrate" with Linda Farrell, instead getting more serious with Diane as he agrees to coach Jake's Little League team.

Mark and Jennifer struggle to remain together as Mark has moved in with her in Milwaukee. Doug coaches Jake's little league team. Chloe's irresponsibility wears Susan down. Carter asks Benton to fill out a recommendation for the ER sub-I. Carol and Tag try to write their wedding vows; he becomes upset when Carol invites Diane Leeds, knowing that she'll bring Doug. Peter exhibits a growing attraction for Jeanie. Susan discovers what happened to Div when she spies his picture in a cabbie's dating service photo book. The staff discovers that Carter comes from a wealthy background.

Susan is forced into the role of parent when Chloe gives birth and both Chloe and her mother, Cookie, shirk responsibility. Doug is surprised and a bit frightened when Diane suggests they move in together. Unfortunately, Linda Farrell happens to be around to take advantage of his nervousness. Carter is offered the ER sub-I but turns it down in anticipation of receiving a surgical position. Peter receives unpleasant news; his mother has died.

Carter faces his last day in the hospital with aplomb, harshly grading Benton on an evaluation report. He later rescinds the report after finding out that the surgical sub-I is his. Carol faces wedding day jitters, culminating in Tag's deciding to call off the wedding. Chloe disappears again, abandoning little Susie with Susan. Dr. Swift changes his mind and decides to support Mark. Jake visits Doug.

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

While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.

Donald Anspaugh has a new method to increase the staff's efficiency, new intern Maggie Doyle joins the ER and Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii.

Doug's one-night-stand has a seizure and he brings her to the ER.

While Mark is anxious about Susan's return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.

While on their helicopter flight rotation, Mark and Susan find an injured family of four who they bring to the ER.

Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks he's brain dead.

It's Susan's last day. Carol stands up for her nurses when one of them is being rotated to another department.

Carol worries about her physics exam while Mark is heart-broken about Susan's departure and focuses solely on his job.

Mark and Kerry have to create a policy regarding HIV-positive employees, which leads to gossip amongst the nurses.

Carol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.

Carter feels guilty about Gant's death. Benton doesn't want to talk about it.

Benton can't 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.

Doug treats a dying 17-year old cystic fibrosis patient who doesn't want to be resuscitated. Carter gets to operate Benton.

Nurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen.

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.

Benton goes into Carla's 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.

Benton tries to find out if everything's OK with Carla's baby. Carter tries to get a man operated, despite the fact Anspaugh thinks he will die no matter what.

Benton takes a day off to help Carla. Carter finds out Edson falsified a chart.

Jeanie asks Greg to help Al get into a special AIDS-program at the hospital. Olbes brings in her grandfather, who had a stroke.

It's Carol's birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.

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.

While a film crew is filming in the ER, it's Elizabeth Corday's first day.

Carter is exited about getting his own med student and Mark and Carol interview candidates for the desk clerk position.

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.

His ex-wife Jennifer tells Mark he can't see Rachel until he's got his act together. Reece gets to go home. Al has lost his job.

Carol would like to have a women's and children's health care clinic within the ER. Benton has trouble combining work and fatherhood.

Al wants to move to Atlanta where he got a job offer. Jeanie however isn't keen on moving. Carol talks to Carter's grandmother about the clinic.

Ross and Greene travel to a near-deserted stretch of California to investigate circumstances surrounding a death in Doug's family.

Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.

Jeanie believes she's been fired because she has HIV and fights her dismissal.

Mark treats an old lady who has been brutally raped. Carter's grandmother visits Carol's clinic. After he's touched by Benton, a blind man can see again!

Dr. Anspaugh's 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.

Kerry starts to doubt the methods of Synergix. Carter tries to help his cousin beat his drug addiction. Jeanie becomes Scott Anspaugh's part-time caregiver.

Another elderly rape victim is brought in. So is the rapist.

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.

Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.

Mark finds out Cynthia has moved. Carter's cousin Chase is brought in because of a heroin overdose. Doug and Kerry clash after she found a flaw in his study.

Jeanie fears Scott Anspaugh's cancer may have returned. Hathaway learns a disturbing secret about a 16-year-old girl. A pregnant patient fears she'll miscarry; Morgenstern returns to work, but perhaps too soon after his heart attack.

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.

Del Amico, Ross and Corday confront disturbing situations after the bombing of a women's 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.

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 Carla's boyfriend is part of Reese's baptism.

Ross treats a 6-month-old recovering from methadone withdrawal. A televangelist and his wife, who's suffering from an infection, plan a broadcast from the ER. Del Amico's old boyfriend arrives, and Jeanie fears her health is rapidly declining.

Ross and Hathaway's 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 Amico's boyfriend when drugs are stolen.

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 patient's wife about her husband's 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 Weaver's "Tour on Tape."

Dr. Corday's 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 doesn't let an opportunity pass to remind Doug of the way he bypassed her authority in the McLean case. Lucy continues learning, earning more of Carter's 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.

Mark goes to a trauma scene with the EMTs, where he treats a gunshot victim who has a bomb strapped to himself. Later, Mark’s 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 they're not considering her for ER Chief, and she discovers she’s 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.

Dr. Corday begins her first day as an intern, first by being assigned to Dale Edson, then being treated as Romano's 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 doesn't know how to start an IV. Jeanie asks Doug if she can be a full-time PA for the pediatric ER.

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 she's genetically male. Carter leaves Lucy in charge of a dorm party he's supposed to be overseeing, with unfortunate results. Mark learns that Jenn's moving to St. Louis--with Rachel. Mark and Carol treat a pregnant schizophrenic.

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 Reese's hearing condition. Corday is reassigned as Benton's 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 Weaver's basement.

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.

Carter and Lucy scramble across Chicago to find a dying girl's father who's a perfect match for her very rare blood type. Benton operates without transfusions to save the little girl's life.

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.

Benton's 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 he's 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 Greene's locker, Jerry becomes convinced that she's stalking Mark.

Amanda Lee's 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 Edson's 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.

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 Benton's tutelage. The two of them treat a man claiming to be 140-years-old. Mark declines to proceed in the NASA program. Carol questions Lynette's intentions when she hosts a women's 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.

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 Hodgkin's disease. Kerry initiates a search for her biological parents.

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, Carol's clinic is shut down for acquiring the P.C.A. machine for Ricky, and Greene and Weaver face future disciplinary action for not reporting Doug's tampering with the double blind study. Carter and Lucy discover a mutual attraction. Benton studies with a sign language instructor.

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 Mobalage's wife is stabbed.

Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and takes a two-week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave, he's transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfather's concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanie's condition worsens.

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 Doug's departure. She later discloses that she's 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 she's seeing someone else.

Greene tries to help Mobalage when he's about to be deported. Kerry tries to save a woman she believes is her birth mother. Hathaway decides to have Doug's 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.

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.

The hospital suffers through a series of power outages. Carol's 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.

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.

Carol's pregnancy becomes public knowledge as she learns that she's 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.

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.

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

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

Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romano's 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 robber's head on the ground repeatedly.

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.

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. Abby's 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 Abby's life.

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. Abby's mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner.

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 him and that he was hated for his antigang stance.

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.

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 and Cleo clash over his deceased nephew's 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.

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.

Weaver becomes concerned about Greene's 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.

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 Legaspi's lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles.

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.

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.

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.

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 mood. With the intense rain, Greene has a difficult time making it to the church. But, evenutally, he arrives and they joyfully wed.

Abby 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.

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. Benton injures his hand while transporting his former teacher to the hospital and must contend with the teacher's wisecracking elderly buddies.

Cleo and Carla clash after Reese gets hurt while in Cleo's care. Weaver and Kovac cannot save the life of a developmentally challenged woman's 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.

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.

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 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. Kovac angers Abby by flirting with a waitress.

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 having sex in an ambulance.

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, to discuss a patient who recently died under Chen's supervision.

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 Abby deal with inept medical students.

Corday's 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.

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 doctors are refusing to work with as a result of the mysterious deaths.

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.

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 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.

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, Carter's father visits for Christmas with the news that he's getting divorced, Weaver and Sandy Lopez finally go on a date, and Abby catches Nicole in the maternity ward, recovering from an abortion.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

When Dr. Lewis gets a hysterical call from her niece, Susie, she hurries to New York to search for the child and her sister Chloe.

The crossover continues on Third Watch S03E19 Unleashed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 stall with a needle. Weaver confesses to Susan that she's taking hormones. Carter, assuming Susan knows already, tells her about Abby's drinking problem. Abby becomes nurse manager, and argues with Carter about her drinking. Luka flirts with a patient's mom and is caught emerging from a storage closet with her. Gallant has a rough day: Pratt butts in on a patient of his, and Stella Willis dies because Kayson didn't bother with thorough treatment.

On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on a new med student for a surgical rotation - Paul Nathan, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and decided to pursue medicine after being diagnosed. Despite a difficult first day, both professionally and medically, Nathan makes a difficult diagnosis. Romano's rehab lags behind his expectations, and he begins to doubt his role in surgery is no longer an option. In a moment of personal weakness, he tries to express his ...

Corday clashes with new surgical resident Paul Nathan regarding his intervention into the treatment of a sickly young woman, Alison, who has signed a "do not resuscitate" order. Abby wonders about the erratic behavior of her visiting brother Eric, and feels conflicted over a nurse's official complaint against Kovac, Abby's former lover. Meanwhile, Pratt comforts Chen after a patient threatens her, and Corday suspects that an unconscious, 14-year-old female patient has been sexually assaulted.

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 surgical resident Paul Nathan, who is struggling to overcome a physical disability, tries to help in the emergency room—but his fellow doctors do not appreciate his advice to patients. Unable to quench his sexual appetites, Kovac also gets into trouble in his professional life, despite his admirable resolve to find an eye specialist to treat a young gunshot victim. Gallant and fellow medical student Erin Harkins engage in an escalating competition of medical knowledge. And Weaver gets some much-needed good news.

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 of patients who, while building a snowman, were severely injured after being struck by a truck driver.

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 wants to hide a secret. An unhappy Luka forms an unlikely bond with a lonely elderly woman who makes him a surprising offer. Chen is overcome with upsetting memories when a baby is abandoned in the emergency room. Pratt takes action after Leon is fired from his menial job.

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.

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

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.

Dr. Pratt's disabled roommate leads him to a wounded thief. Dr Carter decides to practice medicine in Africa. A doctor makes a pass at Dr. Corday.

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

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

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.

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

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

A psychotic patient threatens Abby. Dr. Weaver suspects a woman poisoned her own baby. Dr. Romano continues to make rash judgments.

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

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 and asks for help. Carter decides to go. Pratt decides to stay at County. In other parts of the hospital, Romano has his now-useless left arm amputated.

Carter travels to the Congo after Luka calls and asks for help. During the course of his two weeks there, he learns how much different the conditions are against what he's used to. Luka decides to stay for a while as Carter heads back to Chicago, ending up at a sleeping Abby's bedside.

Carter returns from Africa, going straight to Abby's 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 Chen's ire after Pratt flirts with her. Gallant, now a full-fledged doctor, helps to show her the ropes.

John Carter returns to the Congo to retrieve Luka Kovac's body. He finds however that the area where was killed is still too dangerous to enter. He and Gillian finally manage to hitch a ride with a Red Cross worker, Debbie, who is going to the area. In flashbacks, we learn how Kovac and his fellow aid workers were taken prisoner by rebel troops. They are shot, one at a time, until only Luka is left. Amid the destruction of the eastern Congo, we learn his fate. Carter also makes a fateful decision.

Luka Kovac arrives safely at County General and is hospitalized for treatment. His friend Gillian delivers John Carter's letter to Abby.

Confident second-year resident Pratt wants to prove his abilities when he works the graveyard shift (11 p.m. to 7 a.m.), but his heroics sometimes backfire. Pratt shows contempt for a man, Ed Gamble, who presents no symptoms of disease but temporarily loses his speech.

Ben Hollander is a distraught architect whose degenerating eyesight causes him despondent while a spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart joins the staff. Elsewhere, disaster strikes when the doctors suspect a mother is abusing her child while Dr. Corday learns something shocking about the charismatic Dr. Dorset, and Dr. Archie Morris is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the E.R.

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.

To everyone's amazement, Lewis makes a date to share a home-cooked dinner with the elderly Ben Hollander, her depressed patient who is going blind.

On Thanksgiving Day, a helicopter crash outside the ER leaves several injured, and kills Dr. Romano. Alex tries to bring Sam and Luka together.

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.

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.

Carter returns to County General to hearty welcomes. Although Abby is shocked to learn that Carter's beautiful African girlfriend, Kem, is already pregnant with Carter's child, Abby has moved on with her life as well, going back to medical school.

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.

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

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 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.

Morris streets a patient without getting a psych consult, and the guy steals a tank and heads for County. Gillian is visiting Luka, and Sam's 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.

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 Alex's birthday party. Frank visits on his way to therapy. Chen's home nurse quits after her dad behaves poorly.

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.

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.

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 grandmother's estate.

Carter takes Kem to the hospital to check on their baby since it's not kicking anymore.

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.

Изчезнал е синът на Сам - Алекс. Взел е и кредитната ѝ карта. Заминал е за Колорадо, където се намира баща му - в затвора. Ковач ѝ помага. Те живеят заедно. Рей поема разпределението на пациентите и показва на новите студенти какво може. От полицията се обаждат, че е открито дете в диабетна кома в друг щат. Сам и Ковач потеглят.

Морис се оказва кариерист. Непрекъснато се подмазва на шефовете, а щом му се отдаде случай - излага колегите и ги гони, защото е старши специализант, или както го наричат останалите - старши-доносник. Сам и Ковач се разделят и цялата им прекрасна любов приключва след бягството на Алекс. Бременна е приета в Спешното, но се оказва, че носи детето на едно семейство. И как ще се процедира – бебето е на семейната двойка, а пациентката е на Спешното.

Нийла снима колегите си, за да прати филмчето на Майкъл в Ирак. Франк пък иска да му прати порно. Нийла продължава да събира подаръци и спомени, за да ги прати и на Майкъл Сам и Ковач разговарят за бъдещите си отношения. Но и двамата сякаш предпочитат да се разделят. Новата старша се казва Ив и непрекъснато се меси в работата на сестрите и ги следи. Възмутена е, че Сам ходи с доктор. Дори споделя мнението си по въпроса с Ковач. Той се обръща за помощ към Аби.

Старшата Ив непрекъснато къса нервите и на сестрите, и на докторите. Всъщност всички са изнервени. Дори Аби Ковач се обръща към Уивър да му помогне в поведението на Ив към всички. Рей отива в токсикологията. Нийла е просто претрупана. А Морис клинчи непрекъснато. Спешно отделение работи на пълна пара. Уивър не може дори да купи подарък на сина си за рождения му ден и моли Джери. Дубенко проявява голямо внимание към Аби, като ѝ помага професионално.

Уивър търси Клементе, който все още не се е явил на работа. Прат се опитва да се свърже с баща си Чарли, на когото е сърдит, че е напуснал майка му. Оказва се, че Чарли е създал ново семейство. Аби памага на Стефани, която е след операция от рак на гърдата, да се стабилизира и да си стъпи на краката. Стефани отчаяно търси запознанство по интернет. Уивър знае за случилото се с Клементе в Нюарк и го предупреждава да не стане същото и тук. Ковач казва истината на Блеър за онази нощ и какво точно се е случило с нея и майка ѝ.

Нийла иска да изчисти апартамента, защото Майкъл ще си идва в отпуск. Поредното маце, което е забил Рей се оказва, че е на 14 години и с хламидии. Рей е много притеснен. Ив се заяжда с Хелей персонално за извънредните часове. Клементе вкарва в Спешното маймуна, която трябва да се лекува. Моли Аби за съдействие, Аби споделя с Нийла, включва се и Морис. Ив оценява качествата на Сам и й предлага повишение. Сега Сам ще трябва да уволни Хелей. Грег и баща му Чарли се опитват да водят разговор за миналото.

Ив променя таблото и начина на записване на пациентите. Майкъл си идва в отпуск. Докарват момиченце, Сидни, с множество охлузвания по гениталиите. Винсън Дженсен я е похитил, а в момента лежи в безсъзнание в съседната стая. Мъж търси Нийла. Оказва се, че е бащата на Зои, малолетното гадже на Рей, който иска да разбере защо на дъщеря му са изписани "такива” лекарства. По телефона съобщават на Нийла, че Майкъл няма да си дойде, защото има много работа в полевата болница. Клементе е ударен лошо.

Нийла и Рей са в обтегнати отношения след историята на Рей със Зои. Тя поставя условия за реда в апартамента. Но Зои се появява отново. И открива все пак Рей. Аби и Ковач отново са заедно. Сякаш и двамата са изненадани от случилото се. Нийла рискува живота си, за да спаси хора в беда. Сам успява да върне Хелей на работа. Ковач признава на Аби, че може да разчита единствено на нея за всичко. Аби му предлага само приятелството си.

 Коледа в Спешно отделение.

Майкъл предлага на Нийла да се оженят. Кей Джей по препоръка на Прат помага в Отделението. Изчезнал е апарат и са набедили Кей Джей. Уивър се кара на Ковач и Клементе, че воюват. Воюва и г-жа Кениг, без да знае колко вреди на детето си. Майкъл прави официално предложение на Нийла по интеркома в хирургичното. Церемонията ще се състои в параклиса на Спешно.

Аби и Ковач разсъждават над проблема с бебето - да или не. Но Аби решава само с едно изречение: "Ако не сега - кога?”

Зои отново атакува Рей. Оказва се, че баща ѝ я бие. Биел и сестра ѝ и тя избягала. Идват социалните и поемат Зои. Ковач е щастлив, защото с Аби ще имат дете. Щастливи са и семейство Галант. Но той е войник и отново трябва да замине.

Всички отношения сякаш буксуват. Но пациентите пристигат и искат помощ, независимо какво става в личния живот на докторите, сестрите и останалия персонал на Спешно. Какво значи да имаш дух, да побеждаваш болестта и пак да имаш дух, за да избереш и другия, единствения останал изход.

Джоуди живее при Клементе. И двамата се страхуват от мъжа ѝ, ченге. И той, Кениън, се появява в апартамента. Джоуди иска развод. Кениън изпада в гняв. Стрелба. И Джоуди вече е приета в Спешното. Клементе е вързан, защото се меси в работата на колегите си. Той е в шок от случилото се. Може да се стигне и до уволнение. Аби най-сетне намира сили да се обади на майка си, за да ѝ каже новината - ще си има бебе.

Какво се случва с Картър в бежанския лагер "Думтала” в Дарфур - Судан? Какво кара лекари и медицински сестри да напускат цивилизацията и да отиват на другия край на света, за да помагат, да спасяват хора, отчаяни, смачквани, съсипвани и убивани. Няма лекарства, няма човешки права, няма храна, няма електричество, няма вода, няма НИЩО в този край на света, където все пак съществуват човешки същества.

Уивър работи в Спешното в почивния си ден, защото не ѝ достигат хора. Д-р Клайн предлага на Уивър да си направи операция, за да хвърли най-сетне бастуна. Нийла ще посети сбирка на армейските съпруги и носи собственоръчно изпечени сладки. Аби е бременна и вече го знаят всички в Спешното. Тя иска да се тревожи за бебето, а Ковач иска да дели всичко по 50%, както и тревогата, както и горещия шоколад. Уивър има проблем - не може вече да вдига предмети от пода.

Ковач и Аби вече спорят за религията на бъдещото им дете. Клементе го тестват за дрога. Доста е сгазил лука. Клюката в Спешното е, че той е под домашен арест. Но той се появява на работа. Дубенко се грижи за кариерата на Нийла, която е на стаж в хирургичното. Ковач предлага на Сам да й помогне за наема, но тя отказва. Клементе съжалява, че се е забъркал с жена на полицай и твърди, че е чист. Идват няколко деца, които търсят Морис. Оказва се, че той е баща на всички тях.

Сам и Алекс живеят при Елиът, който е много богат и болен и има нужда от грижите на медицинска сестра като Сам. Пристигат родителите на Майкъл и Нийла трябва да се срещне с тях. Ковач иска да замине при Картър в Судан. Сам отива на работа с колата ни шофьора на Елиъот. Нийла си търси ново жилище и не желае вече да дели апартамента с Рей. Тя отива на среща със сем. Галант. Морис получава приемливо предложение за работа – директор на връзките с практикуващите и огромна заплата. Ковач изпраща Прет в Судан при Картър.

Стив, бившият съпруг на Сам е в Спешното със съмнение за апендицит. Ковач се опитва да я смени с друга сестра, но тя отказва и поема случая. Започват рутинните изследвания. Започва и спор между дежурните лекари дали Стив има проблем или да го изпишат и върнат в затвора. Рути е на 12 г. и се оказва, че сама гледа баба си, болна от Алцхаймер. Социалните трябва да се намесят, но Аби отлага. Прат заминава за Дарфур и се запознава с Фатима, която му описва положението в Хартум. В бежанския лагер се оказва по-страшно.

Бежанският лагер Думтала. Какво е джанджауид? Какво означава срещата с джанджауид? Как да оживееш при среща с джанджауид? Колко струва човешкият живот? За какви човешки права става дума? Картър среща Прат в Дарфур.

Героят Галант и сразеният Виктор Какво се случва в Ирак? Чия е тази война? Какво правят американските войници там? Защо са им на убитите почести и помпозни погребения? Защо умират невинни? Кой ще утеши вдовиците, осиротелите деца? Ами Нийла?

Погребението на Майкъл Галант. Всичките му колеги са потресени. Не знаят как да се държат, как да постъпят. Рей иска да се обади на Нийла, но колегите му са против. Мери Уорнър се обучава за парамедик. Ковач иска да се ожени за Аби. Анспо и Уивър спорят за положението на Клементе. Приет е ударен пандизчия - Рейф. Стив - бившият на Сам и той е тук- участник в сбиването в затвора. Полицаи ги пазят. Чувства се особен вид напрежение. Чувството се оказва, че не е лъжливо.

Събитията след въоръженото нападение в Спешното. Сам и синът ѝ Алекс са отвлечени от двамата затворници, лекувани в отделението и парамедика Мери Уорнър. Ковач - упоен и интубиран и Аби - бременна и ранена, са вече открити. В хирургията се борят за тежко ранения Джери. Пристига и Кобърн, за да предпази Аби от преждевременно раждане след стреса от нападението.

Сам се обажда на Елиът, за да ѝ помогне. При току-що родилата Аби идва майка ѝ - Маги. Аби и Лука имат син Джо. Лука и Аби се съвземат след тежкия инцидент. Гейтс, един от парамедиците, действа като лекар от Спешното и помага на нуждаещите се. Д-р Морис иска да се върне в Спешното и моли Уивър да му помогне. Уивър е понижена и работи като обикновен щатен в отделението. Ковач връща Морис, а Гейтс вече е стажант в Спешно.

Появява се красивата специализантка – Хоуп. За Лука започват тежки дни. Негов пациент, Къртис Еймс, е завел дело за докторска грешка през 2004 година. Гейтс се вихри в отделението като най-знаещ сред специализантите. Д-р Дубенко е взел Нийла под крилото си. В хирургичното имат нов специализант – д-р Креншоу, който веднага лъсва със заядливия си нрав. Ковач благодари на Сам, че му е спасила живота. Оказва се, че Хоуп е дълбоко вярваща и всичко е подчинено на каноните на протестантските догми.

Какво се случва с Гейтс и неговото "семейство” - Мег и Сара. Какви са намеренията му към Нийла. Ковач ходи на курс за татковци на бебета. Морис ухажва Хоуп. Прат все не е харесван от хората и не може да си обясани защо. Креншоау се заяжда с колегите си от Спешното и най-вече с Нийла. Идва нова "звезда” - Кейти, която веднага се залепва за Рей и става свалка. Морис, като донор, има много деца и тайно ги подкрепя.

Еймс срещу Ковач Епизодът е посветен на процеса срещу Ковач, историята на Еймс в Спешното преди години, проблемите на здравната система в САЩ, начина на работа на съдебната система и случаите в Спешното отделение на Окръжна на фона на отношенията между доктори, сестри, специализанти, студенти и най-вече отношенията между мъжете и жените.

Маратонът "Еймс” продължава. Ковач не разбира защо се случва всичко това. Екипите от Спешното полагат толкова много усилия, за да помогнат на търсещите помощ, а непрекъснато са ругани, съдени от етични комисии, съд, подлагани на унижение, на физически репресии, заплахи и агресия. И въпреки всичко болните прииждат, а лекарите и сестрите продължават да помагат и лекуват, въпреки собствените им проблеми и драми.

Дори след оправдаването на Ковач от съда, Еймс обжалва и цялата процедура се задвижва отново. Уилис търси помощ в Спешното. Поемат го Сам и Морис. Но има нещо странно – много стари фрактури, изгарания и течност около сърцето, която му пречи да диша. Продължава войната между Хирургичното и Спешното. Еймс е поискал сделка. Прат отива в баптистката църква при отец Уоткинс, за да помогне на бедните и болните.

Гейтс нарича Нийла - Мейдей, което е зов за помощ - SOS. Тя иска да разбере за детето на Гейтс, за жена му. И той ѝ разказва своята история - Мег е жената на негов приятел, загинал във войната в Залива, а Сара е тяхната дъщеря. Гейтс е обещал да се грижи за тях и го прави от години. В  спешното търсят помощ улични хлапета. Те са задружни и доста диви. Трудно е да ги отделиш едно от друго. Но Поли трябва да остане в болницата. Аби се запознава в близкото кафене с Еди от Тексас, работил на петролна платформа. Той явно има здравословен проблем. Аби го убеждава да мине през Спешното и да я потърси.

Сагата „Еймс” продължава. Ковач е неспокоен след случката в парка. Той смята, че Еймс иска да стори нещо на Аби и детето. Оплаква се в полицията. Аби е дежурна в хеликоптер за спешна помощ. Същият ден е и Денят на благодарността. Никой не иска да смени Аби. Налага се Ковач да се грижи за Джо, да пече пуйка и т.н. Екипажът на хеликоптера се държат подигравателно с Аби, като със страхлива жена. Но когато ги извикват да помогнат на хората в катастрофирал автобус, Аби доказва своето високо ниво като човек, желязна жена и професионалист.

Прат е стресиран от брат си Чаз и съмненията му, че е гей. И когато заварва Никол у тях се успокоява. Но все пак решава да поговори с Уивър за хомосексуалността. Рей моли студентката Кейти да запази в тайна отношенията им. Уивър е станала звезда в Канал 5, но продължава да работи в любимото си Спешно, където има нов колега – квалифицирана медицинска сестра – Бен, който успява да защити Хоуп при нападение на наркоман. Като пациентка е приета дъщерята на Анджела Гилиъм - юристката на болницата.

Уивър вече не е самотна. Изчезнала е кредитната карта на Морис. Алекс подарява на майка си Сам колие. Кортни, продуцент на предаването и вече интимна приятелка на Уивър, я моли да заминат заедно за Маями. Нийла има проблеми с Гейтс, Мег и Сара. Ковач е притиснат и трябва да свие бюджета. Налага се да уволни някой от щатните лекари и тъй като Уивър е с най-голяма заплата...

Героите разсъждават на тема грях, добро, защо сме родени, какво е изкуплението.Гордостта да се превърне в смирение, завистта - в състрадание. Заради Хоуп, Морис отива на сбирка в библейската църква. Аби и Ковач са угрижени. Еймс е поискал ограничителна заповед срещу Ковач след последните действия на Лука. Засегнат е проблемът за донорството, за благотворителното даряване на органи и тайното заплащане от семействата на рецепиентите.

Аби се е заела сериозно с проблема на Еди, запознала се с него в кафенето. Ковач е сърдит. След смъртен случай отец Уткинс трябва да прекрати програмата за подпомагане на бедните с лекарства. Докарват две момчета, братя, след тежка катастрофа. Когато бащата пристига се нахвърля върху доведения си син.

Еймс е в дома на Ковач и кара Аби да го извика веднага на разговор. Когато Лука се прибира, Еймс го заплашва с пистолет и го отвежда. Започва полицейска акция по откриването и спасяването на Ковач.

След пожара у Сам, тя не е на себе си. Налага се да вземе решение Алекс да бъде изпратен в специално заведение, за да може да се пребори със случилите се неща в живота му. След смъртта на Мег Сара се опитва да компенсира пред Гейтс липсата на майка ѝ.

Гейтс се съветва с Нийла за теста за бащинство. Креншоу се сваля с Джейн и най-накрая си намира майстора. Аби и Лука си говорят за сватбата и кой как иска това да се случи. Решават да запазят в тайна намерението си. Но...в Спешното всичко някак се научава и то от всички. Дубенко се дистанцира от Нийла. Гейтс също някак се отдалечава. Всички сякаш я избягват.

В Хирургичното има нова стажантка - Мей Лий Парк. Тя просто измества Нийла и е плътно до Дубенко. С хеликоптер карат катастрофирало семейство, престояло заклещено в колата два дена. Започва офанзива по спасяването им. Успоредно с тях са докарани няколко чернокожи момчета и току-що пуснат затворник след престрелка. Морис разбира, че затворникът е баща на едното момче, който се опитва да поеме вината за тежко раненото момче. Моли Прат да си поговори с бащата и да помогне на ченгетата, без да пострадат невинни.

Сам има рожден ден. Но за първи път няма да е с Алекс. Той е в специализирано заведение за оказване на помощ след стресови ситуации. Всички искат Сам да празнува с тях. Но тя е тъжна. Има и друго, което е приковало вниманието на всички в Спешното. Морис се опитва да даде съвет на Ковач за медения месец. Фотографка, която снима последните дни на болни, се оказва също болна с напреднал стадий на рак.

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.