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Season 9 Episode Guide
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Season 9 episodes
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Episode
1
Chaos Theory
Sep 26, 2002
Abby, Carter, Chen, Pratt, and Stan will be confined to the ER for two weeks, while all of the other patients are evacuated and sent to different h...
Episode
2
Dead Again
Oct 3, 2002
Two months after the lockdown, a new group of med students arrives in the ER to pandemonium, caused by the closure of another city ER. Corday retur...
Episode
3
Insurrection
Oct 10, 2002
Lewis treats an end stage Huntington's patient, whose mother has already watched her husband wither from the disease. Abby's brother Eric, an Air F...
Episode
4
Walk Like a Man
Oct 17, 2002
Gallant has a rough day due to his inability to make himself heard. First, Pratt butts in on a patient of his. Then Stella Willis dies because Kays...
Episode
5
A Hopeless Wound
Oct 31, 2002
On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on...
Episode
6
One Can Only Hope
Nov 7, 2002
Corday clashes with new surgical resident Paul Nathan regarding his intervention into the treatment of a sickly young woman, Alison, who has signed...
Episode
7
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Nov 14, 2002
Abby fears the worst when her brother Eric suddenly disappears. He is actually AWOL and she forges Carter's name to obtain his medical records. Car...
Episode
8
First Snowfall
Nov 21, 2002
Abby's family nightmare continues as she and her mother Maggie search for Abby's missing brother Eric, who Abby suspects is suffering from serious...
Episode
9
Next of Kin
Dec 5, 2002
Abby is distressed when her mother interferes with Eric's treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Pratt treats a frightened young girl who has been in...
Episode
10
Hindsight
Dec 12, 2002
The past 24 hours play in reverse after Luka gets into a car accident with Erin. Luka was forced into working hungover after a staff Christmas part...
Episode
11
A Little Help from My Friends
Jan 9, 2003
Kovac faces an M&M in the aftermath of Rick Kendrick's death, with Lewis and Abby in support. When Pratt is witnessed bringing a gun into the ER, C...
Episode
12
A Saint in the City
Jan 16, 2003
Weaver confronts a dilemma when influential alderman John Bright, seeking treatment after a fall, tests positive for syphilis—potentially damaging...
Episode
13
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Jan 30, 2003
Pratt is overwhelmed when Leon persuades him to treat a badly wounded robber who duped Leon into participating in a crime. Carter decides to take a...
Episode
14
No Strings Attached
Feb 6, 2003
After taking care of a wounded prostitute and bringing her case to the attention of social services, Chen confronts her past by telling Pratt about...
Episode
15
A Boy Falling Out of the Sky
Feb 13, 2003
With Eric still missing, Maggie returns to town. Carter tells Abby he wants to marry her. Weaver gives Luka an ultimatum regarding his job. Chen te...
Episode
16
A Thousand Cranes
Feb 20, 2003
Three people are murdered at Doc Magoo's. One person is severely injured. In a search for the suspects, Gallant and Pratt are pulled over and arres...
Episode
17
The Advocate
Mar 13, 2003
Alderman Bright returns to blackmail Weaver into treating his gay lover for syphilis (off the record, of course). Unfortunately, the man dies from...
Episode
18
Finders Keepers
Apr 3, 2003
After being pushed out of his job as Chief of Staff by Kerry, Romano takes control of the ER and wreaks havoc and manages to get himself beaten up...
Episode
19
Things Change
Apr 24, 2003
Abby treats a psychotic patient who has overdosed on his medication. Eric, Abby's brother, finally calls. Dr. Gordana Horvat, who attended medical...
Episode
20
Foreign Affairs
May 1, 2003
Kovac defies the rules to get a dying Croatian boy to Chicago in a race to save his life. Despite receiving tragic news, Carter tries to prevent gr...
Episode
21
When Night Meets Day
May 8, 2003
Carter's day shift and Pratt's night shift (his final shift at County) are intercut. Both men have extremely busy days. Doc Magoos burns down. Luka...
Episode
22
Kisangani
May 15, 2003
Carter travels to the Congo to join Luka, and quickly discovers how different things are to what he left behind. When an overdue Luka returns brief...
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