TEMPORADA 5

TEMPORADA 5:

1) "Day for Knight"

Written By- Lydia Woodward

Directed By- Christopher Chulack

T.V. Guide- The fifth-season opener follows Lucy Knight (new series regular Kellie Martin), a 23-year-old medical student, as she endures the first day of her ER rotation. Knight gets off to an inauspicious start as she tries to help an elderly man who is lying on the pavement, bleeding, near the hospital. Her inept attempt to take control of the scene leaves her feeling dejected even before she reports for work. But that's just the beginning. Before the day is over, she offends Carter (Noah Wyle), stumbles upon a private romance and is left speechless at what to say to a widow-to-be (Maricela Ochoa) and a pregnant woman (Barbara Whinnery) who may have miscarried for the third time.

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WB- Lucy Knight (series star KELLIE MARTIN), an enthusiastic third-year medical student at Chicago's County General Hospital, starts her emergency room rotation. The 23-year-old woman proves her textbook knowledge when queried by the other doctors. If she doesn't know the answer, which isn't often, she relies on her trusty palm-top computer for assistance. Desperate to help patients, the clumsy medical student quickly learns that book knowledge does not necessarily translate to performing procedures correctly. A paramedic approaches unflappable Dr. Mark Greene (series star ANTHONY EDWARDS), chief resident, to consider a position as the District Medical Director for EMS (Emergency Medical Service), a voluntary job. Lucy meets Dr. Maggie Doyle (recurring guest star JORGA FOX) and works with Dr. John Carter (series star NOAH WYLE), a second-year resident. She also encounters Bernard Gamely, a lanky 24-year-old medical student. Placed on probation, Pediatric Emergency Fellow Dr. Doug Ross (series star GEORGE CLOONEY) must report every procedure he needs to perform to Acting Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr. Kerry Weaver (series star LAURA INNES). Ross' fiancée, head nurse Carol Hathaway (series star JULIANNA MARGULIES), notices that Lucy is clueless and lost so Hathaway befriends her. Surgical Resident Dr. Elizabeth Corday (series star ALEX KINGSTON) returns from an interview in Denver and reunites with her lover, Dr.Peter Benton (series star ERIQ LA SALLE). Benton tells Corday that his son's hearing test is postponed due to an ear infection. Benton hopes the ear infection will explain the baby's hearing loss. And attractive Roxanne Please, an insurance agent injured during her exercise workout, receives treatment at the er.

2) "Split Second"

Written By- Carol Flint

Directed By- Christopher Misiano

T.V. Guide- Greene considers taking a part-time position as an EMS medical director; Benton grows concerned that Reese may have a hearing problem; and Corday is asked by her father (Paul Freeman) to join his practice in England. Meanwhile, Carter finds that his resident advisor's position is taking up too much time; Weaver confronts Ross over the number of patients inquiring about detox procedures following his successful detoxing of a baby addicted to drugs. B.G.: Kareem Grimes. Rachel:Yvonne Zima. Greene: Anthony Edwards.

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WB-To save rent money, Carter lives in the dormitory and oversees the medical students.But his sleep becomes disrupted by his responsibility to the students. At the hospital,Weaver approves Carter's salary request. Carter confides to Weaver that his long-term goal is to become chief resident. A jubilant Hathaway discovers that the hospital agrees to hire a salaried registered nurse for her clinic. She chooses Lynette Evans, a friendly,no-nonsense nurse practitioner. While visiting Corday at her apartment, Benton meets her father, Charles Corday. Mr. Corday wants his daughter to return home with him and join his cardiothoracic practice. Later, Corday flawlessly performs surgery while operating the Aesop robotic computer with Dr. "Rocket" Romano (recurring guest star PAUL McCRANE) assisting. She realizes that the only way she can stay at County General is to start over as an intern. Reese's audiology test reveals a severe to profound hearing loss. He'll need digital hearing aids. Benton is deeply disappointed and a little bit in denial. Two teenage boys with gunshot wounds are rushed to the emergency room.One of the boys, B.G., has a non-serious scalp laceration. But the other one, Lil 'Toine, has a wound in his flank and will require a colostomy. Trouble occurs when both of B.G.'s girlfriends visit him at the same time and start to fight. Weaver appears disappointed when Ross' 30-day probation period ends. He gets an offer to do a rotation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. And a proud Dr. Greene attends his daughter's soccer game.

3) "They Treat Horses, Don't They?"

Written By- Walon Green

Directed By- Babu Subramaniam

T.V. Guide-A hostage-taker and a horse create a most unusual day at County General Memorial. Greene (Anthony Edwards) responds to an emergency situation at a factory where a hostage-taking gunman is severely wounded after a shoot-out with police. The man has chicken-wired dynamite to his body and the detonator is caught up in his open wounds, making it next to impossible for the surgeons to remove. Later, Greene's daughter (Yvonne Zima) ropes him into aiding a colicky horse whose owner drove the animal to the hospital. Meanwhile, Weaver is upset by Ross's surprising news, and Carter gets involved with a patient. Roxanne: Julie Bowen.

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WB-Anspaugh informs a disappointed Weaver that her official title has been changed from acting chief to interim chief. Greene agrees to be on the search committee for a new chief of emergency services. Jeanie Boulet (series star GLORIA REUBEN) returns from her vacation and volunteers in the clinic before she starts her shift. Benton discusses Reese's condition with the ear, nose and throat surgeon, who recommends hearing aids. Benton tells Carla (recurring guest star LISA NICOLE CARSON) their options. Corday watches them from a distance and mistakenly thinks they1re reuniting. Benton tells Corday about Reese. Greene's daughter, Rachel (recurring guest star YVONNE ZIMA), pleads with Greene to help a racehorse in a trailer outside the ambulance bay. He administers an enema. Rachel is very proud of her father for helping the horse. Greene decides to take the EMS job. His first assignment places him in danger as he treats a dynamite-wired assailant with gunshot wounds. Greene wears a bomb suit and examines the patient. After paramedics rush the bomber to the hospital, Benton works on him, but the patient still has a detonator box entangled in his intestines. Ross proudly announces to Greene and Hathaway that he is the new pediatric emergency room attending doctor. Carter saves an elderly woman and places her on a ventilator. He later finds out she is a DNR (do not resuscitate), and her HMO refuses to admit her. Carter has no choice and must remove her from the ventilator. A confused Lucy observes as Carter stays with his patient, who eventually dies. Roxanne Please returns to have her foot examined by Carter. She flirts with him. Later, at Carter1s dorm room, Roxanne competently assembles his expensive stereo system. When a romantic moment occurs, it is ruined by an overflowing toilet.

4) "Vanishing Act"

Written By- Jack Orman

Directed By- Lesli Glatter

T.V. Guide- Hathaway tries to prevent a wounded gang member (Jermaine Montell) bent on retaliation from leaving the hospital. Meanwhile, Weaver interviews for the chief of emergency-medicine job; Corday becomes painfully aware that her position as an intern isn't just a formality; Lucy misplaces a corpse that she was transporting to the morgue; Ross and Romano disagree over the care given a girl about to have a leg amputated; and Jeanie makes a difficult decision concerning a liver-transplant patient. Hathaway: Julianna Margulies.

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WB-Weaver interviews for the job as permanent chief of emergency medicine.Greene gets bitten by a dog when he helps the paramedics at an accident scene. Lucy misplaces a dead body as she transports it to the morgue.Assigned to obnoxious surgical resident Dale Edson (recurring guest star MATTHEW GLAVE), Corday realizes that her abilities exceed what will be demanded during her year as an intern. She corrects Dale's wrong answer when queried by Romano during surgery. Hathaway and Evans disagree on how to control a gang member, Bo, with multiple stab wounds who refuses to cooperate with police because he wants to exact his own revenge. Jeanie treats a man with liver rejection from a transplant. The patient is on the list for another transplant, but his blood alcohol level tests positive. If she divulges this knowledge to the transplant authorities, he most certainly will not receive a new liver. She also treats a child with a heart problem, but because he's an illegal alien he can't get the treatment he needs. Jeanie tells Ross she'd like to be his physician assistant in the pediatric emergency room. While Romano prepares to amputate a female patient's leg, Ross succeeds in postponing the surgery for a few more days in order to better manage her post-surgery pain. This infuriates the anxious Romano. Benton continues to keep Reese's hearing disability a secret from his coworkers. During his first therapy session with his son, Benton realizes how difficult it will be to help Reese. And finally, Lucy's inability to start an IV is revealed during a crisis. Carter angrily reprimands her for lying to him.

5) "Masquerade"

Written By- Samantha Howard Corbin

Directed By- Steve DeJarnatt

T.V. Guide-Greene aids a schizophrenic woman who claims she's pregnant, and he receives some surprising news from his daughter, Rachel (Yvonne Zima). Meanwhile, Lucy (Kellie Martin) participates in a Halloween dorm party that gets out of control and gets Carter in trouble; Weaver grows anxious when she learns that the committee selecting a new E.R. chief is making its decision before the night is over; Benton and Corday examine an 11-year-old girl involved in a car accident and make a shocking discovery. Greene: Anthony Edwards. Carter: Noah Wyle.

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WB-On Halloween night, Greene escorts an arrogant candidate for chief of emergency services, Dr. Dan Litvak around the emergency room. Greene later divulges to Weaver that, even though Greene voted for her, Litvak has been elected as chief. Greene neglects to order a pregnancy test on an unmedicated schizophrenic mother-to-be and administers a drug that can cause birth defects. To add to his terrible day, Greene discovers that his ex-wife, Jennifer (recurring guest star Christine Harnos), and Rachel plan to relocate to St. Louis, Missouri. Greene realizes he's become very devoted to his daughter in the summer she has been with him. Ross enacts strict policy procedures for the pediatric emergency room that become impossible to enforce due to the huge volume of patients. Ross relents and allows Weaver to work on some of his patients. Weaver asks Carter to give a presentation the following day on one of his former cases. Carter shares responsibility for Lucy's inability to start an IV and is no longer mad at her. He places Lucy in charge of the Halloween party at the dormitory so he can do research for his presentation.. But trouble occurs when two medical students take drugs with alcohol and almost die. Once again, Carter is disappointed in Lucy. Test results surprise Benton, Romano and Dale when Corday reports that the little girl they're operating on is genetically a boy. Later, Corday, anxious to celebrate Halloween, gets a pleasant surprise from Benton who dresses like the '70s film character John Shaft for a special date.

6) "Stuck On You"

Written By- Neal Baer

Directed By- David Nutter

T.V. Guide-A gay teen (Chad E. Donella) is severely beaten and left for dead in the street, and Greene risks his life to reach the boy amid gunfire. Meanwhile, Corday suggests that she become Benton's intern; Carter finds a new place to live and ends up with an unlikely landlord; Jeanie helps a father and daughter who are involved with an unusual hobby; two brothers become stuck together with carpet cement following an accident. Stan: Harvey Korman. Greene: Anthony Edwards. Carter: Noah Wyle.

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WB-Because of the Halloween fiasco, Carter is terminated as resident advisor, and he packs his belongings in preparation for moving out of the dormitory. Roxanne helps Carter in his search for a new place to live. When Carter answers a newspaper advertisement and visits a house, he is surprised to see Weaver open the door. While on a paramedic ride-along, Greene risks his life rescuing a battered, homeless teenage male prostitute (CHAD E. DONELLA). Greene tries to help the kid reform his personal life and encourages him to take medication to help with a dangerous medical condition, but the teenager refuses. Anspaugh realizes that Corday is overqualified to intern with Dale, who knows less than Corday does, and agrees to let Benton take over as her resident. When Weaver learns that Dr. Litvak refused the job as chief of emergency services, she becomes increasingly optimistic, knowing that she's the board's second choice. Anspaugh informs Greene that the committee wants a chief with a national reputation who can acquire research grants. Greene ultimately informs Weaver about the board's decision to reopen its search. Insulted, Weaver removes herself from the search and resigns as interim chief. Weaver refers Benton to a hearing specialist, Dr. Lisa Parks (deaf actress PHYLLIS FRELICH), for Reese. Because Dr. Parks is deaf, she uses sign language to communicate, with the aid of an interpreter. Ross becomes totally involved in his responsibilities to the pediatric emergency room. Jeanie treats a girl who keeps getting injured while competing for world records with her father. Evans and Hathaway disagree on a birth-control issue. HARVEY KORMAN ("The Carol Burnett Show") guest stars.

7) "Hazed and Confused"

Written By- David Mills

Directed By- Jonathan Kaplan

T.V. Guide-Greene reacts in a bizarre way when the paramedics he supervises try to initiate him into their group by hazing him. Meanwhile, Corday endures a frustrating day after being on shift for 24 hours; Anspaugh interviews a sharp candidate (Mare Winningham) for E.R. chief; Hathaway's upset to discover she isn't pregnant, and Lucy and Carter clash when he accidentally overhears some of her criticism of him. Corday: Alex Kingston. Greene: Anthony Edwards. Hathaway: Julianna Margulies.

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WB-Now living in Weaver's basement, Carter awakens to her loud music from upstairs. At the hospital, Carter hesitates to evaluate Lucy's performance because he wants to be fair. Lucy records her thoughts concerning difficulties with Carter into her palmtop computer. Carter finds the computer, listens to Lucy's private notes and becomes very defensive. Greene forces Carter and Lucy to confront their problems with each other. Weaver derives enjoyment from seeing Anspaugh muddle through as interim chief. The committee interviews Dr. Amanda Lee, who appears to be the first choice for the position as chief. At Corday's urging, Benton speaks with ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) specialist Dr. David Kotlowitz, who advocates cochlear implants. But Kotlowitz's fanaticism only confuses Benton regarding Reese even more. An exhausted Corday, awake for 24 hours, administers a near-fatal dose of magnesium to a patient, who almost dies. This mistake gets Benton and her in trouble. A streetwise pregnant woman fakes pain in order to obtain a free ultrasound at the clinic. When the patient discovers the sex of her baby, it becomes obvious she'll get an abortion. A furious Hathaway yells at her. Jeanie solves the mystery of a sick baby. Pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Alex Babcock argues with Ross over setting policy in the pediatric emergency room. Greene enjoys the male camaraderie at the fire station with the paramedics and fire fighters until they try to initiate him with an embarrassing hazing ritual. Greene stays with Hathaway and Ross for the night while asbestos is removed at his apartment.

8) "The Good Fight"

Written By- Jack Orman

Directed By- Christopher Chulack

T.V. Guide-The staff is faced with one of its toughest challenges in a gripping hour that focuses on a single story. Corinna (Nicolette Little), a 7-year-old girl with a badly damaged spleen, is wheeled into the hospital following a car accident. Her father (John Thaddeus), who suffered only minor injuries, accompanies her to the hospital. As the doctors attend to Corinna, they quickly discover she is in desperate need of blood. Unfortunately, she has a rare blood type---a one in 50 million match. The only perfect donor is her father, who has mysteriously disappeared; then, when Carter and Lucy (Noah Wyle, Kellie Martin) head off to track him down, they encounter more than a few obstacles.

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WB-This special episode primarily concerns one fascinating case. A father and daughter involved in a motor-vehicle accident arrive at the emergency room. The father, Sawyer, received a minor scalp laceration. But his 7-year-old daughter, Corinna, has a ruptured spleen and might need surgery. Carter administers to the little girl and begins a blood transfusion. Sawyer tells Lucy to call the girl's mother in Cleveland. But something goes wrong with the transfusion, and Corinna loses consciousness. The staff realizes that the blood was typed correctly but it wasn't cross-matched, and Corinna is having a hemolytic reaction--her immune system is destroying the red blood cells. When Lucy tries to talk to the father, he's gone! After talking to Corinna's mother in Cleveland, Ohio, on the telephone, Lucy discovers that Sawyer's real name is Nelson and that he kidnapped Corinna two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the laboratory results show that Corinna has a cross reaction to minor antigens. Her mother's blood type doesn't match, but her father's blood is a perfect match--a one-in-50-million chance. Nelson must be located in order for Corinna to survive. Carter's shift is over, so Greene takes over the case. But Carter can't stop thinking about Corinna and searches all over Chicago for Nelson. Meanwhile, Lucy's shift ends, and she also tries to locate Nelson. Corinna continues to get worse, and Benton needs to operate or else she will die. Benton performs surgery without the blood. Lucy and Carter team up and search all over Chicago, encountering dangerous situations.

9) "Good Luck, Ruth Johnson"

Written By- Lydia Woodward

Directed By- Rod Holcomb

T.V. Guide-Carter serves as a reluctant tour guide to Ruth Johnson (Anne Pitoniak), who was born in the hospital 100 years ago, and her family. Meanwhile, Hathaway cares for Wilson (Jesse James Unterthiner), an 8-year-old boy who may have been stalked in a park by an unidentified man suspected of murdering the boy's best friend; and two paramedics are injured in a collision. Jimmy: Patrick Howard. Roxanne: Julie Bowen. Amanda: Mare Winningham. Carter: Noah Wyle.Hathaway: Julianna Margulies.

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WB- Greene continues to stay at Hathaway's house. Ross queries Greene about his date with the new Chief of Emergency Services Amanda Lee. Hathaway handles a case involving an 8-year-old boy, Wilson Geary (JESSE JAMES UNTERTHINER). Wilson sustains minor injuries when hit by a car while riding his bicycle with his 8-year-old friend, who was shot to death. Since today is the hospital's 100th anniversary, Lee arranges for Carter to escort a woman, Ruth Johnson (Anne Pitoniak), who was born 100 years ago today. Carter gives a tour to Ruth and over 20 members of her family including a very pregnant great-granddaughter. After the party, the great-granddaughter delivers a baby and names the girl after her nana, Ruth Johnson. While paramedics are enroute to the hospital, a car collides with their ambulance. Greene works on Audia (recurring guest star J.P. HUBBELL), the most seriously injured paramedic, saving him. Corday answers questions concerning the magnesium overdose. She blames the system for the accident because she had been working for 36 hours straight. Since the patient survives with no bad after effects, she is cleared of any wrongdoing and the system remains intact. Benton observes a cochlear implant operation (the procedure Benton is considering for Reese) that Dr. Kotlowitz performs on a 3-year-old boy. Kotlowitz schedules the same surgery for Reese. Later, Benton reconsiders and cancels the surgery. Lee encourages Greene to supervise a study on a new pain medicine, and he agrees. And former emergency room worker E. Ray(CHARLES NOLAND) comes for treatment after an ice-hockey mishap.

10) "The Miracle Worker"

Written By- Paul Manning

Directed By- Lesli Glatter

T.V. Guide-Carter tries to work his own miracle in this emotional holiday episode. An 18-year-old boy, who suffered a brain hemorrhage that caused his heart to stop, is brought in on Christmas Eve. The paramedics revived him once, only to lose him. Ross's luck isn't any better when he attempts to get the teen's heart started again, but Carter (Noah Wyle) wants to keep trying. "You got a reason to keep floggin' this kid," Ross asks. "Yeah," says Carter. "He's 18, he's his mother's only child, and it's Christmas." But, as Carter learns, miracles don't always turn out quite as expected. Meanwhile, a pregnant 13-year-old must decide whether to keep her baby or terminate her pregnancy.

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WB-On Christmas Eve, Jerry (recurring guest star ABE BENRUBI) becomes suspicious of Lee when he sees her closing Greene's locker and, afterwards, Greene's personal items can't be found. No one believes Jerry, but he's right. An obsessed Lee stole Greene's gloves and lab coat. Corday treats David Gardner (TOM AMANDES), an attractive 44-year-old symphony trumpet soloist concerned that the surgery needed to remove his prostate cancer will make him sexually dysfunctional. He experiences an anxiety attack, and Corday adeptly calms him. Aware of their mutual attraction, Corday and Gardner share supper at Doc Magoo's. Paramedics transport an 18-year-old flatlined boy. Carter successfully resuscitates him. His heart beats, but he's brain dead. Later, a 16-year-old girl with liver failure who desperately needs a transplant enters the emergency room. Her type AB blood matches only two percent of the population--but it is the same blood type as the brain-dead boy. Carter gets his Christmas miracle when the boy's mother, Mrs. Richards (LAURIE O'BRIEN), agrees to donate her son's liver to the girl. Peter plans to attend dinner at his sister's house, but Romano keeps giving him his own work to complete. After Romano leaves, one of his patients, Mr. DeMisa (TRAVIS McKENNA), requires emergency surgery, but Romano doesn't respond to his page. Benton begins surgery, and Romano finally arrives--drunk. Romano threatens to terminate Benton's residency until Benton responds that Romano's blood test proves his inebriation. After the end of another hectic day for Benton, he cheers up when Carla brings Reese to the hospital to see him. Hathaway and Ross' differing religious beliefs become apparent when he refuses to attend evening mass with her family and when nurse and doctor disagree on how a 13-year-old pregnant girl should deal with her situation. However, he reconsiders and escorts Hathaway to mass.

11) "Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee"

Written By- Linda Gase

Directed By- Richard Thorpe

T.V. Guide-A revealing hour focuses on new E.R. chief Amanda Lee's obsession with Dr. Greene. Lee (Mare Winningham) shocks Hathaway when she says she suspects Greene is a Don Juan and then brags about his sexual aggressiveness. Later, Greene, who is unaware that Lee is in love with him, incurs Amanda's wrath when he questions her about the validity of a journal article she wrote. Meanwhile, Carter discovers he may have contracted tuberculosis from a former patient; Jeanie sidesteps the advances of a police officer she aided; a young soldier fights for his life after being involved in a car accident; and everyone prepares for incoming victims from a commuter plane crash.

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WB-An exhausted woman, Joi Abbott (recurring guest star VALERIE MAHAFFEY),faints in the cafeteria, and Hathaway assists her and takes her to the emergency room. Tests reveal Joi has anemia. The mother attends to her son who has a degenerative neurological disease--the same disease her other son died from. Hathaway recommends respite care, but Joi rejects the idea. Later, she reconsiders and asks for help. Lee continues to tell Greene many fascinating stories about her past life experiences. Lee also talks to Hathaway about Greene's incredible sexual habits. A curious Greene discovers that Anspaugh never checked Lee's credentials. Greene researches her supposed journal articles and finds out she's a fake. She has been practicing medicine, and she is not even a doctor! When Lee realizes Greene is suspicious, she locks him in the CT room with an agoraphobic patient. Greene receives an astronaut application from NASA. He discovers that a fellow medical school student he knew years ago is part of a mission for next year and recommended Greene for the team. Carter's exposure test to TB (tuberculosis) proves positive, and he has to take medicine for six months. Lucy agrees to go on a date with Dale, who confides to Carter he hopes they have sex. A 28-year-old woman in labor is rushed to the hospital by her husband. While en route, their car collides with another. Dr. Parks brings her 8-year-old granddaughter, Gwen(TARA KLEIGER), to the emergency room, and Benton successfully performs an appendectomy on Gwen. Jeanie treats a cop, Reggie Moore(recurring guest star CRESS WILLIAMS), for a minor injury. He asks Jeanie on a date. Eventually, she accepts. A day-care worker suggests to Benton that Reese requires a "special needs" environment because he's exhibiting problem behavior with other children.

12) "Double Blind"

Written By- Carol Flint

Directed By- Dave Chameides

T.V. Guide-Ross breaks protocol---and the law---when he gives pain medication to a kid who was targeted for a federally funded research project. Meanwhile, Greene considers taking a position with NASA; Benton treats an elderly man(Bill Henderson) who claims he's 140 years old and cannot die; Romano claims he's trying to get Corday's fellowship reinstated; and Hathaway confronts Evans about obtaining a grant for the clinic without her consent. Evans: Penny Johnson. Joi: Valerie Mahaffey. Ross: George Clooney. Benton: Eriq La Salle.

WB-Hathaway reprimands Evans for obtaining a seminar grant for the clinic without consulting her. Anspaugh informs Greene he'll consider him for full tenure in three years if Greene doesn't pursue the NASA offer. Ross jeopardizes the liquid pain medicine study by secretly giving some of the drug to Joi's son Ricky. Greene discovers the secret and informs Weaver. They decide not to tell Anspaugh, because by violating protocol on a federally funded trial, the hospital would be cut off from research money and Medicare payments for years. Ross is upset because Hathaway believes he did the wrong thing in jeopardizing the hospital and his friends. Lucy begins her surgical rotation under Benton and Corday. Romano offers to get Corday's fellowship reinstated and asks her to assist him in surgery. Weaver interrogates Corday, asking if Romano ever sexually harassed her. Corday denies it and concludes that Doyle must have filed charges. Doyle explains to her that it's a matter of self-respect. Later, Corday admits to Weaver she may be of some assistance in the investigation. Greene makes sure Pickman (recurring guest star EMILY WAGNER) isn't reprimanded for a mistake she made while working under a new paramedic policy. A man who claims to be 140 years old and "conjured" insists on Benton performing surgery on him. A 12-year-old girl cut off the tip of her finger and needs plastic surgery. Jeanie chides plastic surgeon Graham Baker (recurring guest star CARL LUMBLY) for rushing his consultation with his young patient. She later accepts a date with him. Hathaway helps an end-stage cancer patient who needs to smoke some marijuana in order to get relief from his pain. Benton and Lucy share dinner with Carter at Weaver's house.

13) "Choosing Joi"

Written By- Lydia Woodward

Directed By- Christopher Chulack

T.V. Guide-As George Clooney prepares to exit the series on Feb. 18, two cast members join the drama in supporting roles. Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") and Akosua Busia (one of the screenwriters of "Beloved") play a mysterious Nigerian couple who are working menial jobs in the hospital. When Greene (Anthony Edwards) suspects that Mobalage (Hounsou) is suffering from back problems and tries to examine him, the janitor reacts in an unexpected and violent manner. Meanwhile, Ross (Clooney) risks losing his job to help ALD patient Ricky (Kyle Chambers), after the boy's mother (Valerie Mahaffey) brings him back to the hospital in critical condition.

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WB-Weaver interviews Corday about her sexual harassment experiences with Romano. Later, Romano warns Corday that the fact that Benton had sex with her while he was her supervisor could get Benton dismissed. Corday tells Weaver she refuses to testify against Romano. Weaver reluctantly informs Romano that the investigation has been closed, but the reports are in the file. She suggests that Romano change his negative evaluation on Doyle, and he agrees. Romano volunteers to become acting chief of the emergency room, and the harried Anspaugh gladly agrees. Benton takes Reese to sign-language class but feels uncomfortable there. While Carter trains his medical students, one of them, Dudzik (STEVEN RETRARCA), discovers a large lymph node on another student, Strauss (DAVID HORNSBY). A biopsy proves that Strauss has Hodgkins disease, a curable form of lymphoma. After treating an adopted man who knows nothing about his genetic history, Weaver decides to find her birth parents. Greene befriends a Nigerian hospital worker (recurring guest star DJIMON HOUNSOU). Hathaway treats an older woman, Alice Presley (BARBARA TARBUCK), who must be admitted because she is diagnosed with a dangerous embolism. However, Alice has many dogs in her van that have to be cared for. The staff divides the dogs among themselves and takes them home. Weaver and Greene tell Ross they won't report the lapse in protocol Ross caused when he gave Joi's son the study medicine. Joi returns to the hospital with Ricky, who is near death.

14) "The Storm(part 1)"

Written & Directed By- John Wells

T.V. Guide-Ross' handling of the treatment of Joi's dead son blows up in his face as Weaver, Anspaugh and even Greene turn against him; Benton begins learning sign language in order to communicate with his little boy; and Greene braves a storm to attend to a wrecked bus full of children. Marlee Matlin guest stars.

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WB-Benton attends a costly sign-language class so he can communicate with his son. Romano overhears Benton complaining about his lack of funds and suggests a program whereby Benton would substitute for vacationing doctors at rural hospitals for high pay. As acting chief of emergency services, Romano delegates a plethora of responsibilities to Greene and Weaver. Greene continues to treat hospital worker Mobalage for impotency. Meanwhile, paramedics transport terminally ill Ricky to the emergency room as they try to resuscitate him. His father, David Abbott (recurring guest star CONNOR O'FARRELL), a lawyer with the state attorney's office, insists on keeping him alive. Greene won't allow Ross to ride in the ambulance to a school bus crash. So Ross drives himself and Jeanie, who is the only person at County General who thinks he did the right thing with Ricky.

15) "The Storm(part 2)"

Written By- John Wells

Directed By- Christopher Chulack

T.V. Guide-Surrounded by the wreckage of his life and career, Ross makes a fateful decision; and Greene tries to work a miracle at the school bus crash site.

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WB-Greene and paramedics treat 9-to-11-year-old children involved in a serious school bus crash with a snowplow. As the paramedics work to save the young victims, firefighters struggle to remove the impacted snowplow from the bus. The firefighters succeed, and paramedics rush the injured kids to County General. At the emergency room, hospital staff members feverishly work to continue the job of saving the accident victims. Carter and Lucy discuss refraining from sexual relations with each other due to hospital policy. Anspaugh agrees to keep the clinic open, as long as Evans manages it--not Hathaway. Mobalage's wife, Kubby (recurring guest star AKOSUA BUSIA), tells Hathaway she does not want her husband to have the surgery for erectile dysfunction. She confides to Hathaway that in Nigeria, Kubby was raped by ten soldiers, and Mobalage does not know it. Hathaway urges Kubby to tell her husband.

16) "Middle of Nowhere"

Written By- Carol Flint & Neal Baer

Directed By- Jonathan Kaplan

T.V. Guide-Finances force Benton to take a job at a clinic in a small Mississippi town, where he surprises both the locals and himself with his heroic efforts. Celia Weston guest stars.

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WB-Benton travels to Mississippi to earn extra money working as a locum tenens doctor at a rural hospital in a small town. When he arrives, Benton quickly learns that some of the white folks don't trust an African-American doctor. Maureen Chapman, a nurse practitioner and Catholic sister, manages the rural clinic--not a hospital. But she needs rest due to a leg injury. The accommodations are considerably less than Benton expected. He visits sick people's houses by boat in a swamp, sleeps in a cramped trailer and has very little to eat because he is a vegetarian and Maureen's food contains meat. Benton administers to the patients at the clinic but notices that the white people visit Maureen at her house for treatment. Since Benton doesn't believe he's making a medical contribution and finds it difficult to work under the racist circumstances, he decides to leave. On the way out of town, he encounters an accident where an overturned tractor rests in a ditch. Benton rescues the white farmer and revives the farmer's 3-year-old son. He decides to stay a while longer. On another case, Benton uses ether on a pregnant woman as he handles a very difficult and complicated birth. Later, a shrimp boat explodes and Benton demonstrates his competent surgical skills to save a man's life. Through determination and talent, Benton slowly gains the respect of most of the townspeople. He encounters Adelina, an athletically gifted 13-year-old girl with uncontrolled diabetes. Benton drives Adelina and her grandmother to a hospital 40 miles away for tests. Besides the diabetes, Adelina has a small hole in her heart--something Benton didn't detect. When Benton returns to Chicago, he brings Adelina and her grandmother so Adelina can have the necessary surgery to repair her heart. Before Benton left on his trip, Jeanie was discharged from the hospital. Upon his return, he discovers Jeanie is readmitted and receiving a plasma transfusion. A sympathetic and tender Benton tells Jeanie he'll help her through this medical setback.

17) "Sticks and Stones"

Written By- Joe Sachs

Directed By- Felix Enriquez Alcala

T.V. Guide-The graveyard shift sees the ER overrun with oddballs and eccentrics, while Greene discovers that Mobalage may be innocent of attacking his wife, and Carol tries to cope with headaches and sleepless nights.

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WB-Carter enjoys his ride-along with paramedics until they rescue an injured landlord who turned off the heat in his building. Tenants mob the ambulance and endanger all inside. Carter climbs to the driver's side and tries to depart. The ambulance runs over a 17-year-old male, crushing his pelvis. Hathaway complains about her headaches to Greene. He worries that she may have a brain tumor or carbon monoxide poisoning. Weaver treats Kornberg, a huge, muscular professional wrestler with a knee injury. The celebrity patient graciously signs autographs and visits children in the pediatric ward. Now working on her medicine rotation, Lucy administers to an old Chinese woman, Chan-Yu Fong experiencing seizures. Tests reveal that Chan-Yu has advanced lung cancer that has spread to her brain. The patient's son and daughter-in-law refuse to let the woman know her true diagnosis. Lucy reluctantly obeys their wishes. Al Boulet (recurring guest star MICHAEL BEACH) visits Jeanie and displays his lab test results proving he did not give her Hepatitis C. Jeanie concludes she contracted the disease from a patient. She tells Dr. Baker and Reggie that she is dating someone else. And a county jail sheriff transports a dehydrated Mobalage to the emergency room. Kubby awakens from a coma and explains that she stabbed herself. The District Attorney dismisses the charges, but Mobalage, who was tortured in his native country of Nigeria, awaits a deportation hearing for forging his visa.

18) "Point of Origin"

Written By- Christopher Mack

Directed By- Christopher Misiano

T.V. Guide-Carter discovers that a child in his care was poisoned by the father's cocaine, and Greene struggles to help the tortured Mobalage avoid deportation; while Weaver makes a painful discovery about her birth mother.

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WB-Benton forfeits the opportunity to visit a total communication school for Reese because Romano changes the time of an operation being performed by cardiothoracic guru Dr. Gary Weinstein (MATTHEW FAISON). Weaver visits a 70-year-old woman in a board and care home who she believes is her biological mother. Extremely ill, the woman has a DNR (do not resuscitate) order, but Weaver calls the paramedics anyway and accompanies her to the emergency room. Weaver medically treats the dying woman. Carter acts as "senior-for-a-day" in a program designed as part of his chief resident application. He doles out work in the emergency room. Carter believes a 4-month-old infant he's treating is a victim of child abuse, but he later discovers the baby has a brittle bone disease, causing her bones to break easily. Lucy begins her psychiatric rotation, but the patients don't take her seriously because she's so young. Corday discusses a trauma surgery fellowship possibly offered out of the emergency room. Corday hopes she gets it and becomes angry when she discovers that Benton expressed an interest in the position to Weaver. Benton now realizes the fellowship was Corday's idea. Denise Dwyer (ANNA GUNN), a public defender immigration attorney, visits Greene to discuss Mobalage's upcoming deportation hearing. Mobalage must testify about his torture, or he will be deported. He recalls his abduction but not the horrible torture. Even psychiatrist Dr. Sadowinski (PETER RATRAY) cannot help Mobalage remember. Coco, a paranoid schizophrenic, delivers her baby on the street, and both are rushed to the emergency room. She stopped taking her medicine in order to insure the health of her baby. Coco is afraid the authorities will take the baby away from her. Hathaway becomes involved in the case. Finally, Hathaway makes an appointment to consult an obstetrician about her own pregnancy.

19) "Rites of Spring"

Written By- David Mills

Directed By- Jonathan Kaplan

T.V. Guide-Greene gets some good news from Mobalage and comes to Corday's rescue, while Jeanie undergoes a miraculous experience treating a minister, and Carter takes a high school student under his wing.

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WB-Romano assigns Carter the responsibility of showing Antoine Bell (recurring guest star COREY PARKER ROBINSON), a student at a math-science magnet school, around the emergency room as part of a mentoring program. The teenager impresses Carter with his desire to learn. Romano becomes furious when he hears that Benton also applied for the emergency room trauma fellowship. With amnesty granted, Mobalage now pursues a civil engineering license and leaves his job at the hospital. Concerned, Peter urges Jeanie to get tested to insure the hepatitis medications work. She treats Reverend Matthew Lynn (ROSCOE LEE BROWN) for a bruised thumb. In return, he offers some healing prayers for her. Evans confronts Hathaway about social services making the clinic responsible for monitoring Coco and her baby--a deal Hathaway arranged without Evans's (the clinic administrator) permission. Lucy interviews Michael McKenna (MIKE DOYLE), a law-school student who smashed his car with a baseball bat. By using her talent to make people feel comfortable around her, Lucy gets him to reveal that he hears demons. Seth Willows (VINCENT BERRY), a troubled 10-year-old foster child, kicks Hathaway. Lucy does a psychiatric consult with him and realizes he's overmedicated. Corday is scheduled to give a panel presentation at a meeting of the Chicago Society of Trauma Physicians. Greene accompanies her, but they have transportation problems and don't arrive in time.

20) "Power"

Written By- Carol Flint

Directed By- Laura Innes

T.V. Guide-The staff copes with a power blackout and a violent rapist loose in the hospital, while Lucy makes an unsettling discovery about an aged patient, and Corday and Benton try to avoid letting competition for a fellowship destroy their relationship. Holland Taylor guest stars.

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WB-Romano observes the emergency room by following Greene around all day. Romano makes sexist comments about a few female staff members, including Corday and Hathaway, to Greene. Lucy begins a second emergency room rotation under Carter's tutelage. An elderly patient, Dottie Armstrong (ANNE BELLAMY), is brought to the hospital by her neighbor, Gladys (JEAN SINCERE), against the wishes of Dottie's husband, Army Armstrong (FORD RAINEY). Army insists his wife suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Lucy examines Dottie and treats a bedsore. Carter tells Roxanne he doesn't want to have a relationship with her anymore after she tries to sell insurance to Phyllis Farr (HOLLAND TAYLOR), a patient who markets synthetic pheromones. Hathaway finally decides to send Ross a letter informing him about her pregnancy, but she does not want him to return to Chicago just because of the baby. A terrible storm causes a power outage. The facsimile machine ceases to function as Hathaway tries to send her letter to Ross. Auxiliary generators power up the critical equipment. After a while, the back-up generators fail, and the staff works frantically to keep patients alive. A 20-year-old comatose female patient from another floor is beaten, sexually assaulted and left at the emergency room. Series star LAURA INNES makes her directorial debut.

21) "Responsible Parties"

Written By- Jack Orman

Directed By- Christopher Chulack

T.V. Guide-Greene treats a stripper who's miraculously survived a gunshot; Carter becomes furious when he learns that a group of injured teens had been drinking alcohol provided by some parents; and an HIV-positive mother has strange boating accident.

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WB-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents Lance Carmichael (NATHAN LeGRAND) and Robert Clayton (JOHN ROSENFELD) bring Amber (SANDRA TAYLOR), a stripper, to the hospital with a gunshot wound to her chest. Carmichael and Clayton insist on total secrecy and take all papers containing her test results with them. Greene refuses to transfer Amber to another facility, but the men take her anyway. Carter watches Lucy swallow a pill and confronts her. She admits she uses Ritalin, a medication for attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity in children. She's been taking the prescription ever since she was in the fifth grade. Carter suggests it's time for her to quit. Three teenagers involved in a car accident get rushed to the emergency room. Sixteen-year-old Shannon Mitchell (MAGGIE LAWSON) experiences paralysis below the waist from a spinal cord injury. The 18-year-old driver, Justin Casey (NATHAN WEST), sustained minor burns from pulling 17-year-old Travis Mitchell (ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN) out of the vehicle after the gas tank exploded. Mitchell suffers severe burns with a slim chance of surviving. Mitchell's girlfriend, Melissa (VALERIE LEVITT), has minor injuries. Casey's blood alcohol tests positive, but he insists the accident occurred as a result of wrestling over what music to play on the compact disc player--not alcohol.

22) "Getting to Know You"

Written By- Lydia Woodward

Directed By- Jonathan Kaplan

T.V. Guide-Weaver find's an unattended two-year-old on the streets of Chicago; Benton learns that the newly married Carla may be moving to Germany with Reese in tow; and Hathaway meets a 'medical empath'. Teri Garr guest stars.

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WB-A distracted Lucy fumbles with her notes and appears uninformed when she performs hospital rounds with Romano, Carter and others. Off Ritalin for two days, she displays her ineptness with a child patient in the psychiatric department. Carter's former protégé, Antoine Bell, comes to the emergency room with minor injuries. His wallet was stolen. He later returns-- beaten--having retaliated against the thug who robbed him. A patient, Celinda Randlett (TERI GARR), says she is medically empathetic (she feels what is happening inside other people), and she accurately diagnoses the patients surrounding her in the emergency room. Celinda asks Hathaway--in the presence of nurse Lydia Wright (recurring guest star ELLEN CRAWFORD)--when the baby is due. The staff deduces that Hathaway is pregnant. Weaver rescues an abandoned, drugged 2-year-old boy. Romano introduces a complicated telephone code to the emergency room employees, and Anspaugh becomes furious with him because of it. Romano offers Corday the cardiothoracic fellowship that Benton rejected. And Carla informs Benton that she got married last week and plans to move to Germany with her new husband and Reese.