ER

Episodes

Season 1 · 25 episodes

• E1 24 Hours
  Sep 19, 1994 90 min

  John Carter, a third-year medical student, begins the first day of his rotation in the ER at County General Hospital. Dr. Mark Greene, an ER resident physician, considers an offer to go into private practice. Dr. Susan Lewis, another ER resident, deals with myriad patients, including one diagnosed with advanced cancer. Dr. Doug Ross, the ER pediatrician, confronts a woman about potential child abuse. The head nurse, Carol Hathaway, returns several hours after her shift as a patient, following an apparent suicide attempt.

• E2 Day One
  Sep 22, 1994 45 min

  Lewis butts heads with the resident psychiatrist, Dr. Div Cvetic, over care for a senile patient. Greene deals with an elderly man who insists on keeping his wife on life support despite her DNR request. Benton corrects a diagnosis made by his own physician. Carter is seduced by a patient. A family comes in after an alcohol-related car accident. Greene's wife has passed the bar exam, but their celebrations are interrupted. Ross visits Hathaway, who is recovering from her suicide attempt.

• E3 Going Home
  Sep 29, 1994 45 min

  Hathaway returns to work after her suicide attempt, and gets support from her co-workers and her orthopedic surgeon boyfriend, Dr. John "Tag" Tagliari. A mysterious woman comes to the ER and sings to the doctors and patients while the doctors try to find out who she is. Lewis deals with a heart patient. Benton works with an injured convenience store clerk who insists on defending himself when his store is robbed.

• E4 Hit and Run
  Oct 6, 1994 45 min

  Ross attempts to reconcile his lingering feelings for Hathaway while dealing with a single mother and her young son after it is found that she hears voices. Benton clashes with another surgeon over a hit-and-run patient. Carter must make the notification to the parents of a young boy. A married man comes in suffering a mild heart attack while handcuffed to his mistress.

• E5 Into That Good Night
  Oct 13, 1994 45 min

  Greene mulls a decision to move to Milwaukee so his wife, Jennifer, can pursue her law career. He and the rest of the ER staff tend to a dying heart transplant candidate. Ross counsels a woman who cannot afford medication for her asthmatic daughter. Carter may have made a mistake with a former patient. Lewis has to juggle dealing with an alcohol-poisoned fraternity brother and calls from her mother to get her prodigal sister, Chloe, a job.

• E6 Chicago Heat
  Oct 20, 1994 45 min

  The air conditioning at County General is broken. Greene brings his daughter, Rachel, to work with him while Jennifer goes apartment hunting in Milwaukee. Ross works with a 5-year-old girl that ingested cocaine. Benton tries to save a young robber shot by his frequent convenience store clerk patient. Lewis tries to deal with Chloe's worsening mental problems.

• E7 Another Perfect Day
  Nov 3, 1994 45 min

  Ross and Hathaway save a young boating accident victim. They give in to their feelings briefly, making Hathaway reconsider moving in with Tag. Chloe disrupts a date between Lewis and Cvetic. Benton is competing for a prestigious fellowship. Greene observes Carter in the ER, giving Carter some confidence.

• E8 9½ Hours
  Nov 10, 1994 45 min

  Greene calls in sick so he and Jennifer can spend the day together, leaving Ross in charge of the ER. Carter works on a high school wrestler that starved himself to make weight. Hathaway counsels a young rape victim. Benton is dealing with his senile mother, and butts heads with Ross. Lewis is worried about Cvetic's growing temper problem.

• E9 ER Confidential
  Nov 10, 1994 45 min

  Lewis is caught in the middle as both Cvetic and Chloe have problems. Carter tries to help a suicidal transgender woman. The ER tries to save two boys who killed a girl in a car accident. Benton invites Carter to Thanksgiving with his family. Hathaway confesses her feelings about Ross to Tag after Ross begins a new affair.

• E10 Blizzard
  Dec 8, 1994 45 min

  It's a December blizzard, and the day starts out quiet. Hathaway announces her engagement with Tag. Suddenly, County General goes into crisis mode when a 32-car pileup on an expressway inundates them with patients. Among the patients are a young male that Benton knows that lost his leg, a patient of Ross' that dies suddenly while waiting for treatment, and a man who is snowed in at home and calls Greene when his wife refuses to go to the hospital to have her baby. Lewis tries to save a man that suddenly develops an aneurysm, and the patient is saved by the most unlikely person.

• E11 The Gift
  Dec 15, 1994 45 min

  A transfer team is due by helicopter to receive donor organs - but Benton has not yet obtained next-of-kin approval for the organ harvest. And although it's Christmas Eve, Greene has not found time to shop for gifts. Ross crashes a party.

• E12 Happy New Year
  Jan 5, 1995 45 min

  Carter proves he's ready for the OR - but his first day in surgical attendance is a comedy of mishaps. The consequences are grave when Lewis discharges a cardiac patient. Benton must deal with a family conflict.

• E13 Luck of the Draw
  Jan 19, 1995 45 min

  Susan Lewis is coming under increasing pressure: Because of her patient's death, Dr. Kayson starts an official hearing. A young boy is admitted to Doug Ross with difficulty breathing. During the examination, his condition worsens and he goes into cardiac arrest. Home resident Alan, who has a pronounced color tic, doesn't want to admit that he has cancer. Carol Hathaway shows great empathy

• E14 Long Day's Journey
  Jan 19, 1995 45 min

  The nonstop parade of crises and stricken young innocents weighs heavily on Ross. Meanwhile, the heart attack victim under Lewis' care is the doctor who nearly wrecked her career. Benton hires a physical therapist, Jeanie Boulet, to take care of his mother.

• E15 Feb. 5 '95
  Feb 2, 1995 45 min

  Morgenstern surprises Greene with a new job offer. A terminally ill breast cancer patient asks Greene to help her die. An armed boy threatens the hospital staff.

• E16 Make of Two Hearts
  Feb 9, 1995 45 min

  Kayson pursues Lewis romantically. Ross and Hathaway cope with a young Russian girl with AIDS whose adoptive mother abandons her. A humane policeman hauls in a dog he hit with his car.

• E17 The Birthday Party
  Feb 16, 1995 45 min

  Greene and Benton each have family birthday parties to attend, but ER demands may keep them away. Meanwhile, Carter mistakenly thinks it's Benton's birthday and hires belly dancers as a celebratory surprise. Hathaway considers adoption.

• E18 Sleepless in Chicago
  Feb 23, 1995 45 min

  Benton runs on no sleep for 48 hours. A con man works the floor. A mental patient poses as a hospital efficiency expert. Greene's wife wants a divorce. Hathaway's past comes back to haunt her.

• E19 Love's Labor Lost
  Mar 9, 1995 45 min

  Greene misdiagnoses a pregnant patient, leading to a long and arduous surgery.

• E20 Full Moon, Saturday Night
  Mar 30, 1995 45 min

  The moon is full and so is the ER - filled with popsicle pledges, a would-be werewolf, and others affected by "lunar lunacy" - and Lewis is the only resident available. Coping with emotional problems, Greene's not making a good impression on the new ER chief.

• E21 House of Cards
  Apr 6, 1995 45 min

  Greene must lead seminar on the ill-fated pre-eclampsia case he recently misdiagnosed. The rivalry between Carter and Chen causes Chen to make a disastrous mistake. Lewis' pregnant sister Chloe returns from Texas.

• E22 Men Plan, God Laughs
  Apr 27, 1995 45 min

  Benton compensates his inability in helping his mother by going beyond the call to help his patients. Meanwhile, Greene attempts to save his marriage - but that means less time at work and more disfavor with the new ER chief.

• E23 Love Among the Ruins
  May 4, 1995 45 min

  Carter's family background is discovered. Benton starts falling for a married woman. Hathaway has trouble writing her wedding vows. Greene is living with his wife in Milwaukee, but their marriage is still broken. Lewis treats a suicidal patient.

• E24 Motherhood
  May 11, 1995 45 min

  Ross must deal with commitment issues. Carter's future is uncertain. Lewis helps deliver her niece. Benton receives some bad news about his mother.

• E25 Everything Old Is New Again
  May 18, 1995 45 min

  Both Greene and Carter get some surprising news. At Hathaway's wedding, not everything goes as planned.