ER (OV)

The chaos of an urban, public hospital emergency room and the lives of its devoted doctors and staff, a Chicago building collapses.

Dr. Ross works up the nerve to visit Carol eight weeks after her attempted suicide. Carter is enchanted by an attractive young patient.

Dr. Lewis is confronted by a private physician concerning her risky treatment of a heart patient. Carol returns to work at the ER. A mysterious woman wanders the halls of the hospital.

Carter contacts the wrong parents to inform them that their son is dead. Ross is still attracted to Hathaway--who just moved in with Dr. John Taglieri.

A business contractor prepares his family for his impending death because a heart donor can't be found for him. Greene's wife gets a job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dr. Ross and Greene treat a 5-year-old girl who accidentally swallowed cocaine. Closed ERs at two other hospitals make the ER very busy. Susan's sister, Chloe, is becoming mentally unstable.

A drunk Chloe shows up in the hospital. Carol and Doug share a kiss. Benton and Langworthy are rivals for the Starzl fellowship.

Dr. Susan Lewis notices that Cvetic is tempered. Benton has family problems. Carol takes care of a rape victim. Doug is overwhelmed by his position as acting chief when Mark calls in sick.

Ross continues his relationship with medical supply saleswoman Linda Farrell. Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite.

The ER goes from completely empty to jammed beyond capacity during a snowstorm that caused a 32-car pile up. During this Christmas season, Hathaway announces her engagement to Taglieri.

Benton announces the availability of a dying man's organs before he has permission from the wife. Chloe is pregnant. Ross shows up at Hathaway's engagement party--univited.

Chloe plans to move to Texas with her boyfriend and have her baby. Carter struggles through his first surgery. Benton's sister insists they place their mother in a nursing home.

Benton is called out of surgery to find his senile mother. Kayson formally charges Lewis with negligence in the death of a patient. Carter is forced to help Benton's new intern.

Kayson is brought in as a heart patient. Susan is cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of a patient. Peter hires someone to take care of his mother--without consulting his sister.

Morgenstein offers Greene a position as attending physician. New crash carts for the ER are stolen by cardiology. Deb outshines Carter.

Kayson, a married man, tries to start a romance with Susan by asking her to dinner. Deb unknowingly eats LSD-laced chocolates. Carol takes an interest in a Russian girl abandoned in the ER.

Carol wants to adopt Tatiana, but Taglieri doesn't. A conflict arises between Mark and his wife when she accepts a job in Milwaukee.

Jennifer informs Mark that she wants a divorce. Benton falls asleep while taking care of his mother, and she gets injured. Susan is fascinated by a doctor she meets--but the man is a fraud.

Mark misdiagnoses a pregnant woman, who returns to the ER shortly afterward. The ER staff works frantically to save Jodi O'Brien and her baby in this Emmy-Award winning episode.

Hathaway's patient believes that he is a werewolf. Ross goes out on a date with Diane Leeds. Lewis impresses the new chairman of the ER, and Greene doesn't. Benton tends to his sick mother.

Drs. Greene and Swift have a confrontation concerning the pregnant woman who died while under Greene's care. Benton places his mother in a nursing home.

Dr. Benton intends to heal every patient he sees. Ross makes plans with Diane and her son. Carter impresses Swift while Greene continues to have problems with his new boss.

Even though Jeanie is married, Peter finds himself attracted to her. The ER staff discovers that Carter is rich. Greene tries to reconcile with his wife.

Lewis delivers her sister's baby. Ross sees an old lover again, jeopardizing his relationship with Diane. Carter does not accept a posistion in the ER.

Greene is sued for malpractice. Benton offers Carter a surgical internship, and Swift offers Greene an attending job in the ER for next year. Tag and Hathaway prepare for their wedding day.