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As attending emergency room physician, Greene hires a new chief resident, Dr. Kerry Weaver. New medical students invade the ER. Carter returns to the ER with a new position.

Benton asks Jeanie to inform her husband about their love affair. Carter is attracted to a new med student, Harper. Carol rides with paramedics Raul and Shep for the day.

Lewis and Weaver continue to argue. Jeanie ends her relationship with Peter. Carol and Shep share their first kiss. Carter performs his first unsupervised surgery.

Carter is called on to replace Benton in surgery after Benton is injured in a parking lot fight. Greene supports the unpopular Weaver.

Lewis agonizes over what to do about her baby niece. Benton treats a woman who is being abused by her policeman husband.

Ross acts erratically, threatening his professional future. Harper has sex with Ross, infuriating Carter. Hathaway buys a house. Jeanie transfers to the ER.

Ross accepts a new job in a private office. While driving home, he stops due to a flat tire. It is raining heavily.

Ross' newfound celebrity causes him to make a career choice. Jeanie files for divorce from her husband. Ross' estranged father contacts him.

Mark becomes suspicious when his wife and daughter are in a car accident with Jennifer's male co-worker. Hathaway tries to help a schizophrenic architect.

During the Christmas season, a patient who resembles Santa visits the ER with a hand injury from making toys.

Shep finds himself on Malik and Benton's bad side when he makes a racial remark. Al begs Jeanie to give him another chance. Mark is served with divorce papers.

Greene and Rachel dislike the shared custody arrangement with Jennifer. Dr. Morganstern is brought into the ER. Ross' problems with his father become apparent at work.

Jennifer sues Greene for full custody of Rachel. The hospital wants to settle the O'Brien malpractice case out of court.

Benton confronts Vucelich about inaccurate findings on Vucelich's study, and Vucelich removes Benton from his surgical team.

When a sprinkler on the maternity floor malfunctions, eight women who are giving birth are transferred to the ER. Ross visits his estranged father.

During an apartment fire, Shep and Raul, his partner, enter the burning building to save some children. Raul gets severely burned and dies at the ER.

Resentment grows between Ross and Benton when Benton exposes one of Ross' major medical mistakes. Chloe claims that she's sober, but Lewis keeps her away from Susie.

Lewis fights Chloe for custody of little Susie. Greene manages the incredibly busy ER. He witnesses a terrible car accident and then works on the victims.

Hathaway worries about Shep's increasingly violent behavior. Carter competes with a surgical resident in training when he learns that only the top students will make it to the second year.

Doug has sex with his father's girlfriend. Greene and Jen discuss their divorce and have sex.

Hathaway testifies in an investigation of Shep's behavior. Jeanie's husband comes to the ER thinking that he may have the flu, but tests reveal that Al is HIV positive.

Lewis refuses the job as chief resident for next year. Weaver is appointed attending physician.