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Season 8 Episode Guide
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Season 8 episodes
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Episode
1
Four Corners
Sep 27, 2001
Three weeks after the death of Derek Fossen, Greene faces interrogation at an M&M conference. However, Corday is the only one to suspect something...
Episode
2
The Longer You Stay
Oct 4, 2001
After finishing a shift, Carter approaches Weaver about an attending position, and then gets sucked back into work when a stampede at a rock concer...
Episode
3
Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
Oct 11, 2001
Malucci and a female paramedic become trapped in an elevator with a man who is vomiting blood. Malucci saves the man's life and celebrates by havin...
Episode
4
Never Say Never
Oct 18, 2001
Susan Lewis arrives in Chicago to interview around town and have lunch with Mark. She gets reacquainted with the nurses and Carter, meets Elizabeth...
Episode
5
Start All Over Again
Oct 25, 2001
Weaver prepares to call her birth mother, while she treats a man who was accidentally run over by his daughter while she was drunk. Susan's first d...
Episode
6
Supplies and Demands
Nov 1, 2001
Susan and Carter attend a yoga class before work. At work, they discover an outbreak of meningococcus. Abby discovers that Luka had Nicole hired as...
Episode
7
If I Should Fall from Grace
Nov 8, 2001
A new med student assigned to Carter finds all sorts of surprises in store for him on his first day. Elizabeth spends her day searching for the ang...
Episode
8
Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain
Nov 15, 2001
An enormous rainstorm pelts Chicago. Cleo's last day at County is interrupted by the arrival of Benton's DNA results: he's not Reese's biological f...
Episode
9
Quo Vadis?
Nov 22, 2001
Susan and Carter get together after treating a newlywed couple where the wife may have an unusual allergy. Weaver asks firefighter Sandy Lopez out....
Episode
10
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Dec 13, 2001
Benton commits perjury on the witness stand in order to gain custody of Reese. When Romano refuses to give him a more flexible schedule, Peter resi...
Episode
11
Beyond Repair
Jan 10, 2002
Abby has a horrible birthday, beginning with meeting her new squabbling neighbors. She treats a young woman hoping to get pregnant by taking fertil...
Episode
12
A River in Egypt
Jan 17, 2002
Chen returns to the hospital with proof of Weaver's misplaced pager and demands her job back, threatening a lawsuit. Weaver disapproves of the idea...
Episode
13
Damage Is Done
Jan 31, 2002
Eleanor Carter tends to a young leukemia patient, trying to make up for Bobby's death many years ago. Mark treats the victims of a letter bomb, and...
Episode
14
A Simple Twist of Fate
Feb 7, 2002
The ER faces a staff shortage when several employees are sent home with food poisoning, including Weaver. Mark and Elizabeth's marriage is in crisi...
Episode
15
It's All In Your Head
Feb 28, 2002
Mark learns that his tumor is back and inoperable, giving him 4-5 months to live. Corday is living in a hotel, and confesses to Benton that she thi...
Episode
16
Secrets and Lies
Mar 7, 2002
An unusual patient triggers the curiosity of Abby, Susan, Gallant, Luka and Carter, which lands them at an all day sexual harassment seminar. Throu...
Episode
17
Bygones
Mar 28, 2002
Corday, still living in the hotel, is avoiding Mark, until Ella says her first words. Elizabeth pressures Susan to tell her what her husband is hid...
Episode
18
Orion in the Sky
Apr 4, 2002
Mark serves his final day in the ER overseeing the first day of Gregory Pratt, a cocky yet eager new intern. Through observing his patients, he dec...
Episode
19
Brothers & Sisters
Apr 25, 2002
Susan receives a message from her niece on her answering machine, saying that Chloe's "sick." The call is traced to New York City, putting Susan on...
Episode
20
The Letter
May 2, 2002
A letter from Dr. Greene arrives via fax, and Carter reads it to the staff. Everybody is stunned when he reaches the last page, a note from Dr. Cor...
Episode
21
On the Beach
May 9, 2002
Mark decides to use his remaining time to help "fix" Rachel; he takes her to Hawaii to show her where he grew up; he teaches her how to surf and ho...
Episode
22
Lockdown
May 16, 2002
The day begins slowly as Weaver calls to say she'll be late, and Chen thinks she's developing a fever. Then multiple MVAs come in, quickly followed...
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