| Welcome Back, Carter (season premiere) | Carter draws the wrath of Benton when he reports late for his surgical sub-internship, and a new medical student (Christine Elise) tries to cope with a psychotic patient.
| Summer Run | Hathaway tags along with a pair of paramedics; new chief resident Weaver (Laura Innes) riles some staffers with her brusque approach; Lewis has one of her worst days when she's stuck with Chloe's crying baby.
| Do One, Teach One, Kill One | Carter tries to impress Harper (Christine Elise) with his procedural knowledge with devastating results; Hathaway and Shepherd attempt to subdue a drug-crazed patient (Tony Longo); Ross treats a child with AIDS.
| What Life? | Carter is all smiles when he has to take over for Benton (Eriq La Salle), who's injured his hand in a brawl; Lewis considers adopting Chloe's baby; Hathaway gets a scare when someone shoots at Shepherd during a rescue attempt.
| And Baby Makes Two | Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) meets with the proposed adoptive parents for Suzy and must decide whether to go through with the adoption; Benton cares for an abused wife (Jennifer Tighe).
| Days like This | Ross's job is on the line when he admits a patient against the orders of Dr. Bernstein (David Spielberg). Meanwhile, Jeanie is treated coolly by Benton on her first day as a physician assistant; Hathaway considers buying a house.
| Hell and High Water | ER fans will look back on George Clooney's outstanding turn on "Hell and High Water" as one of the series' peak moments. With his professional and personal life at an all-time low, Ross (Clooney) is asked to rescue a 12-year-old trapped in a flooded culvert. He succeeds, but the youngster emerges suffering from hypothermia. Believing the boy needs immediate intensive-care treatment, Ross makes a critical---and highly controversial---decision regarding the boy's care, one that could either salvage his career and reputation or destroy them completely.
| The Secret Sharer | Hathaway becomes the confidant of a 17-year-old (Miriam Reichmeister) who attempted suicide with an overdose; Greene dismisses Ross after Doug lies on a medical record and disputes Mark's judgment on a patient.
| Home | Greene fears the worst when he receives news that Jennifer and Rachel were involved in a car accident; Hathaway befriends a schizophrenic (Adam Goldberg) who tells her about an interesting aspect of her new house.
| A Miracle Happens Here | A Holocaust survivor (Joan Copeland), injured during a carjacking, awaits word on the whereabouts of her missing infant grandchild; a priest (Tony Plana) tries to prevent a gang war after he's gunned down in his church.
| Dead of Winter | Twenty-two kids suffering from malnutrition are found in a run-down row house; Shep (Ron Eldard) is accused of being a racist by Benton and Malik; Greene is served divorce papers; Al (Michael Beach) tries to get Jeanie to reconcile.
| True Lies | Greene tries to avoid telling Rachel (Yvonne Zima) about the divorce; Benton invites Jeanie to an exclusive dinner party given by Vucelich.
| It's Not Easy Being Greene | Greene has a bad day: a patient's wife accuses him of killing her husband, then Morgenstern tries to get him to settle the O'Brian case by admitting he made a mistake. Meanwhile, Benton uncovers some disturbing information concerning Vucelich.
| The Right Thing | Benton finds himself in a dilemma when he suspects that Vucelich (Ron Rifkin) is manipulating the research-study data. Meanwhile, rumors fly that Greene and Lewis are having an affair, and a dark side of Carter is revealed when he has a violent confrontation with an intoxicated patient (Mark Pellegrino).
| Baby Shower | The emergency room is flooded with pregnant patients when the sprinkler system breaks in labor and delivery. Meanwhile, Ross visits his father.
| The Healers | Paramedics Shepherd (Ron Eldard) and Raul (Carlos Gomez) attempt to rescue three children from a burning apartment building on one of the series' most harrowing episodes to date. The medics are the first emergency personnel to arrive on the scene, and although Raul argues that firefighters are "gonna be [there] in seconds," Shep dashes into the inferno. His partner follows in close pursuit, and they quickly realize that there's no escape. Meanwhile, Ross agrees to go to a Chicago Bulls game with his father.
| The Match Game | Ross faces an ethical dilemma when he must decide whether to tell a patient's grandfather (Bill Cobbs) that he missed a bone tumor on his grandson's X-ray four months earlier. Meanwhile, Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite) wants custody of Susie.
| A Shift in the Night | On Greene's (Anthony Edwards) fourth straight night on graveyard shift, he leads a skeleton crew through what becomes "the O'Hare of emergency rooms," overflowing with patients, including a battered woman (Patricia Gaul) who almost killed her husband.
| Fire in the Belly | Ross treats a traumatized 8-year-old (Kevin Duran) who witnessed his mother's murder; Carter uses deception to get a chance to perform a surgical procedure instead of Harper's more surgically experienced college friend (Matthew Glave); Greene goes on a date.
| Fevers of Unknown Origin | Lewis throws herself into her work to deal with the loss of Suzie. Meanwhile, Shep becomes more violent on the job; Ross gets closer to Karen (Marg Helgenberger) while his father's away; and Greene and Jen decide to bypass the lawyers in their divorce.
| Take These Broken Wings | Anthony Edwards (Dr. Greene) directed this intimate, change-of-pace episode---his first ER behind the camera. Rich in emotion and understatement, the hour focuses on the personal crises of three characters: Lewis (Sherry Stringfield in a bravura performance) visits a therapist to sort through her feelings in the wake of a tragedy; a conflicted Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) is faced with lying for Shep so that he can avoid disciplinary action; and Jeanie receives disturbing news that could have devastating consequences.
| John Carter, M.D. (season finale) | Carter prepares for graduation but gets sidetracked when he comforts a frightened patient (Gabrielle Boni); Greene bargains with Weaver to approve Lewis as chief resident; Jeanie delivers Benton some potentially devastating news. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
