ER
Season 1 Episode Guide
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Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
24 Hours
Sep 19, 1994
A typical day filled with traumas packs the ER. Under pressure from his wife, Chief Resident Dr. Mark Greene considers leaving County to join a pri...
Episode
2
Day One
Sep 22, 1994
Susan treats a baby in respiratory arrest. She later lobbies various departments, unsuccessfully, to admit an elderly patient suffering from dement...
Episode
3
Going Home
Sep 29, 1994
Carol overcomes a few initial jitters and heads back to work in the ER. Mark treats a woman who is a victim of domestic violence. Susan clashes wit...
Episode
4
Hit and Run
Oct 6, 1994
Carter is deeply affected by the death of a teenage hit and run victim, and fumbles badly when notifying the parents. Benton gets competitive with...
Episode
5
Into That Good Night
Oct 13, 1994
A business supplies salesman in dire need of a heart transplant gathers his family around him in the ER as he prepares for the end. Doug helps an a...
Episode
6
Chicago Heat
Oct 20, 1994
The air conditioning quits on the hottest day in October. Coupled with closed ERs in two other city hospitals, the end result is an extremely hecti...
Episode
7
Another Perfect Day
Nov 3, 1994
Benton and Langworthy interview for the Starze Fellowship. A drunk Chloe throws a tantrum in the hospital and ruins Susan's birthday festivities. J...
Episode
8
9 1/2 Hours
Nov 10, 1994
Mark calls in sick to spend time with his wife, leaving Doug in charge. Benton learns he was not awarded the Starze Fellowship. Carol takes care of...
Episode
9
ER Confidential
Nov 17, 1994
Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite. Doug feels like a kept man in his relationship with Linda Farrell. Carol faces an ethical dilemma...
Episode
10
Blizzard
Dec 8, 1994
A severe blizzard leaves the ER utterly devoid of patients, and the staff takes the opportunity to goof off. Doug and Linda return from the Caribbe...
Episode
11
The Gift
Dec 15, 1994
Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man's organs before obtaining the wife's permission to harvest them, a...
Episode
12
Happy New Year
Jan 5, 1995
Carter fumbles his first opportunity to observe a surgery. Susan's nemesis, Dr. Kayson, makes her New Year's Day decidedly unpleasant. Chloe announ...
Episode
13
Luck of the Draw
Jan 12, 1995
Carter trains Benton's new med student, Deb Chen, while Carol has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who's obsessed with colors....
Episode
14
Long Day's Journey
Jan 19, 1995
A case of apparent spousal abuse is not what it seems. Deb outshines Carter after he is up all night preparing for a presentation. Benton informs J...
Episode
15
Feb 5, '95
Feb 2, 1995
Mark is invited to join the staff as an attending physician. Later, he treats a woman with breast cancer, who begs him to kill her. Deb wows Benton...
Episode
16
Make of Two Hearts
Feb 9, 1995
Valentine's Day finds Carol and Doug caring for Tatiana, a six year old Russian girl with AIDS abandoned in the ER by her adoptive mother. Mark and...
Episode
17
The Birthday Party
Feb 16, 1995
Dr. Hicks berates Benton when he tries to switch shifts to attend his mother's birthday party. A teenage girl, a frequent patient of the ER, is bro...
Episode
18
Sleepless in Chicago
Feb 23, 1995
Benton pulls a 48-hour shift and refuses to sleep, despite Hicks's orders, which later proves disastrous for his mother. A doctor spends the entire...
Episode
19
Love's Labor Lost
Mar 9, 1995
A routine day filled with ordinary traumas becomes nightmarish when a distracted Mark critically misdiagnoses a pregnant woman's delivery complicat...
Episode
20
Full Moon, Saturday Night
Mar 30, 1995
A new Chief shakes up the ER and is impressed with Susan. Mark remains deeply affected by the loss of a patient. Benton begins to realize his mothe...
Episode
21
House of Cards
Apr 6, 1995
Deb and Carter compete furiously for procedures after Benton tells them their books are due a week earlier than previously announced. Deb commits a...
Episode
22
Men Plan, God Laughs
Apr 27, 1995
Susan has her hands full with a pregnant Chloe. Benton goes to dinner with Jeanie. Carter makes a good impression on Dr. Swift, while Mark further...
Episode
23
Love Among the Ruins
May 4, 1995
Mark and Jenn struggle to make their relationship work after he moves in with her in Milwaukee. Doug coaches Jake's Little League team. Chloe's irr...
Episode
24
Motherhood
May 11, 1995
On a fateful Mother's Day, several staffers in the ER face possible life changing events. Susan Lewis' sister Chloe gives birth to a beautiful baby...
Episode
25
Everything Old Is New Again
May 18, 1995
Carter faces his last day in the ER, harshly grading Benton on an evaluation report. He later rescinds the report after finding out that he receive...
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