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Season 5 Episode Guide
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Season 5 episodes
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Episode
1
Day for Knight
Sep 24, 1998
Third year med student Lucy Knight reports to the ER for the first day of her rotation. Greene takes a teacherly interest in her, helping her get a...
Episode
2
Split Second
Oct 1, 1998
Dr. Corday's father visits from overseas in an attempt to convince her to join his medical practice. Weaver suggests that Elizabeth look into alter...
Episode
3
They Treat Horses, Don't They?
Oct 8, 1998
Mark goes to a trauma scene with the EMTs, where he treats a gunshot victim who has a bomb strapped to himself. Later, Mark's daughter persuades hi...
Episode
4
Vanishing Act
Oct 15, 1998
Dr. Corday begins her first day as an intern, first by being assigned to Dale Edson, then being treated as Romano's lapdog. Kerry is interviewed fo...
Episode
5
Masquerade
Oct 29, 1998
Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she wait...
Episode
6
Stuck on You
Nov 5, 1998
After Mark saves a sixteen year old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter lose...
Episode
7
Hazed and Confused
Nov 12, 1998
Dr. Corday commits a deadly error after being on call for nearly 36 hours straight. Peter visits Dr. Kotlowitz and receives encouragement regarding...
Episode
8
The Good Fight
Nov 19, 1998
After a car accident, a girl and her father are brought into the ER. The girl, badly injured and needing surgery, shares a rare blood type with her...
Episode
9
Good Luck, Ruth Johnson
Dec 10, 1998
Carter plays tour guide for Ruth Johnson, who was born in the hospital 100 years ago to the day, and her large family. Carol treats a boy who was h...
Episode
10
The Miracle Worker
Dec 17, 1998
Benton's attempts to get away to Carla and Reese on Christmas Eve are continually thwarted by Romano, culminating in Benton forcing the drunken Rom...
Episode
11
Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee
Jan 7, 1999
Amanda Lee's obsession with Dr. Greene comes to a head when Mark inadvertantly digs up old med school records damaging to her career. Carter tries...
Episode
12
Double Blind
Jan 21, 1999
Doug jeopardizes future federal grants for the entire ER when he breaks a double blind study by giving a sample drug to an ailing patient. Doyle lo...
Episode
13
Choosing Joi
Feb 4, 1999
Ricky Abbott returns to the ER. Doug forges papers to allow Joi to treat Ricky at home. Corday decides to back out of the Romano sexual harassment...
Episode
14
The Storm (1)
Feb 11, 1999
Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross shows Joi how to bypass system lockouts to give Ricky a lethal dosage of dil...
Episode
15
The Storm (2)
Feb 18, 1999
Greene assists paramedics in treating injured children at a school bus accident. En route, Doug and Jeanie survive their own accident. Kerry stops...
Episode
16
Middle of Nowhere
Feb 25, 1999
Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and takes a two week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave,...
Episode
17
Sticks and Stones
Mar 25, 1999
During a paramedic ride along, Carter is forced to drive the ambulance while fleeing a riot scene and inadvertently runs over a teenage boy. Later,...
Episode
18
Point of Origin
Apr 8, 1999
Greene tries to help Mobalage when he's about to be deported, and Mark describes his beating in the men's room. Kerry tries to save a woman she bel...
Episode
19
Rites of Spring
Apr 29, 1999
Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene...
Episode
20
Power
May 6, 1999
The hospital suffers through a series of power outages. Carol's decision to send Doug a fax about her pregnancy is thwarted by the power outages. T...
Episode
21
Responsible Parties
May 13, 1999
The ER has to deal with a stripper and her over the top security team. Lucy reveals to Carter that she is still on Ritalin. Hathaway begins to reve...
Episode
22
Getting to Know You
May 20, 1999
Carol's pregnancy becomes public knowledge, and she learns that she's having twins. Lucy has problems trying to go off Ritalin. Peter learns Carla...
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