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Carter works alone on the night shift during the hospital's July 4th picnic; Jeanie Boulet and Dr. Benton await the results of their HIV tests.

As a new chief of staff takes over, rumors maintain County will be forced to close because of budget cuts.

Carter makes an error in judgment; the chief of staff's changes worry Greene; a new intern works with Ross; a new pediatric surgeon arrives.

Ross' personal life results in tragedy. Hathaway considers enrolling in medical school. Carter annoys Benton by impressing Dr. Keaton.

On a stormy Halloween, Hathaway and Ross ride in a health mobile dispensing free medical care in poor neighborhoods. Greene and Lewis enjoy the ER Halloween party together.

Lewis confronts her fear of flying to travel in a rescue helicopter with Greene and assist a family of accident victims. Jeanie and Doyle keep a dead man on ice for cryogenic storage.

Benton obsesses over a critically ill baby and uses extreme measures to sustain Ross' brain-dead patient.

Nurse Lydia Wright and police officer Al Grabarsky get married. Jeanie's husband finally signs the divorce papers.

Greene snoops into Jeanie's confidential files and learns her secret after he discovers that Al is HIV-positive.

Jeanie decides to stop rumors about a staff member with HIV; Charlie brings a seriously ill baby to Ross; Doyle helps a battered woman.

Gant feels intense pressure from Benton who Gant feels is too tough on him. Carter ignores Gant because he's tired of listening to his constant complaints.

Carter and Benton share a personal tragedy; bullets injure members of a bridal party; Charlie's mother appears; Jeanie and a doctor hit it off.

Carol admits to a newspaper reporter that she made a fatal mistake and, consequently, the hospital suspends her. Benton learns that Carla, his girlfriend, is pregnant.

Carter joins Hicks' team; Ross saves a choking child; Benton undergoes emergency surgery.

Hathaway uses her medical skills to help the injured at a convenience-store robbery; guest Ewan McGregor.

Hathaway gets reinstated. She leaves work early to take the medical school admissions test. Carter disagrees with Anspaugh's diagnosis and is proven correct, impressing Anspaugh.

Jeanie treats a pregnant Carla who is experiencing premature labor as the result of a car accident. Jeanie discovers that Benton is the father.

Greene struggles with family and professional problems; Hathaway frets about her medical-board exam; an AIDS patient attempts suicide.

Hathaway finds out that she had a high score on her medical-school admissions test; however, she realizes she loves being a nurse and really does not want a career change.

Gunshot victims flood the ER when a distraught father goes on a shooting spree in a foster-care facility.

An ulcer patient refuses to let Carter operate; Carla and Benton face a pregnancy crisis; Ross pulls off a birthday surprise for Hathaway.

Unable to sleep, Greene destroys the hospital lounge, throwing furniture and other items around. He refuses to acknowledge that he has a problem and buys a gun.