Broken Lens

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Dr. Corday's father visits from overseas in an attempt to convince her to join his medical practice. Weaver suggests that Elizabeth look into alternative methods to stay in America, like starting over as an intern. Weaver also doesn't let an opportunity pass to remind Doug of the way he bypassed her authority in the McLean case. Lucy continues learning, earning more of Carter's respect than she deserves. Peter takes Reese in for another hearing test. Mark has several discussions with paramedics about the state of the EMT program. Carol hires a nurse practitioner to help out in the clinic. Carter is having trouble being an RA in the dorms.

Director

Christopher Misiano

Written By

Carol Flint

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Bernard White

Addict Seeking Rapid Detox

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Penny Johnson Jerald

Lynette Evans

Freda Foh Shen

Audiologist

Vince Vieluf

Bernard Gamely

Reggie Lee

Christian

Suzanne Carney

Janet

Alan Blumenfeld

Rob Savage

Ted Rooney

Dr. Tabash

Debra Engle

Harriet Goodwyn

Rachel Robinson

Ms. Brown

Rita Zohar

Patient's Wife

Tressa DiFiglia

Hannah

Kareem J. Grimes

B.G.

Cory Hardrict

Lil 'Toine

Glenn Walker Harris Jr.

Ruben

Taraji P. Henson

Elan

Matt DeCaro

Soccer Dad

Ralph Monaco

Mr. Specchierla

Jonathan Palmer

Dr. Blevins

Natasha Pearce

Moselle

Naomi Serotoff

Grace

Gedde Watanabe

Yosh Takata

J.P. Hubbell

Lars Audia

David Brisbin

Alexander Babcock

Lyn Alicia Henderson

Pamela Olbes

Yvonne Zima

Rachel Greene

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

Paul Freeman

Charles Corday

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 him to treat a horse with colic, and Jerry gets the bad end of the enema. Carter intubates an elderly woman who is DNR. When her HMO declines to admit her, Carter either has to find a relative quickly or let her die. Kerry finds herself more and more frustrated when Anspaugh suggests that they're not considering her for ER Chief, and she discovers she’s the last to hear that Doug was made a pediatric attending. Corday serves her last day as a surgical fellow. Benton meets with Carla to discuss getting Reese hearing aids. Jeanie returns from vacation. Carter goes out with Roxanne, the insurance saleswoman he treated.

Director

Babu Subramaniam

Written By

Walon Green

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 for ER chief. Doug and Carol ponder parenthood when Carol realizes she may be pregnant. Carol and Lynette try to keep a wounded gang-banger from leaving and seeking retaliation. Lucy faces the wrath of Carter when he discovers that she doesn't know how to start an IV. Jeanie asks Doug if she can be a full-time PA for the pediatric ER.

Director

Lesli Linka Glatter

Written By

Jack Orman

Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she waits for the official vote. Romano operates on an 11-year-old girl and finds she's genetically male. Carter leaves Lucy in charge of a dorm party he's supposed to be overseeing, with unfortunate results. Mark learns that Jenn's moving to St. Louis--with Rachel. Mark and Carol treat a pregnant schizophrenic.

Director

Steve De Jarnatt

Written By

Samantha Corbin-Miller

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Shannon Cochran

Mrs. Klingman

Christian Hoff

Med Student

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

Philip Casnoff

Dr. Dan Litvak

Lisa Nicole Carson

Carla Reece

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Angelo Tiffe

Mr. Klingman

Vince Vieluf

Bernard Gamely

George Perez

Branch Crockett

Matthew Glave

Dale Edson

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

Gedde Watanabe

Yosh Takata

Brian Leckner

Lloyd

Monica Mikala

Barbie Klingman

Christine Harnos

Jennifer Simon

Kevin Berntson

Willie Goldman

Justin Doran

Jay

Tim Halligan

Howard

Jana Lee Hamblin

Cheryl Leary

Morina Pierce

Amanda

Evan Sabara

Jared Leary

Sheila Kelley

Coco Robbins

Julie Bowen

Roxanne Please

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Joe Chattarowski

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Mike Genovese

Al Grabarsky

Yvonne Zima

Rachel Greene

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Lily Mariye

Lily Jarvik

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

After Mark saves a 16-year-old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter loses his beard when two carpet installers come in covered with glue. Peter consults a deaf physician regarding Reese's hearing condition. Corday is reassigned as Benton's intern. Kerry hears more discouraging news regarding her bid for ER chief. Carter loses his RA job, forcing him to go apartment hunting. He finds one--in Weaver's basement.

Director

David Nutter

Written By

Neal Baer

Dr. Corday commits a deadly error after being on-call for nearly 36 hours straight. Peter visits Dr. Kotlowitz and receives encouragement regarding a cochlear implant for Reese. Dr. Amanda Lee, a prospective new ER chief, visits. In the wake of a failed pregnancy attempt, Carol lashes out at a mother using abortion as a means of selective birth control. Carter and Lucy feud when Carter accidentally uses her palm computer and finds out what she thinks of him. Mark panics during a paramedic initation.

Director

Written By

David Mills

Guest Stars

Carter and Lucy scramble across Chicago to find a dying girl's father who's a perfect match for her very rare blood type. Benton operates without transfusions to save the little girl's life.

Director

Written By

Jack Orman

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 hit by a car and tells a story of being chased, his friend being shot in the process. Peter observes Kotlowitz install a cochlear implant and decides to wait before scheduling an operation for Reese. Mark dines with Dr. Lee, new ER chief. Dr. Corday proposes radical changes in scheduling at an M&M conference, and later decides to break off her relationship with Benton.

Director

Rod Holcomb

Written By

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Keiko Agena

Mrs. Shimahara

Bellina Logan

Kit

Jenette Goldstein

Judy Stiles

John Loprieno

Louis Bernucci

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

Viveka Davis

Gilda Bernucci

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Jesse James

Wilson Geary

Anne Pitoniak

Ruth Johnson

Jorja Fox

Maggie Doyle

Yvette Freeman

Haleh Adams

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Peter James Smith

Mr. Shimahara

Mare Winningham

Amanda Lee

Xander Berkeley

Detective Wilson

Dennis Boutsikaris

David Kotlowitz

Matthew Glave

Dale Edson

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

Pat Skipper

Carl Dayton

Donna Eskra

Mrs. La Bahtray

Tommy Franklin

Drunk

Patrick Howard

Jimmy

Ed Morgan

Edgar

Nicholas Sugimoto

Patrick Shimahara

Cress Williams

Reggie Moore

Julie Bowen

Roxanne Please

David Brisbin

Alexander Babcock

Lyn Alicia Henderson

Pamela Olbes

Demetrius Navarro

Morales

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Sam Anderson

Jack Kayson

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Lily Mariye

Lily Jarvik

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

Dinah Lenney

Shirley

Benton's attempts to get away to Carla and Reese on Christmas Eve are continually thwarted by Romano, culminating in Benton forcing the drunken Romano away from a patient. Carter believes he's found a Christmas miracle when a teenage girl with a rare blood type needs an organ donation at the same time a brain-dead patient with the same blood type is in the hospital. After witnessing Dr. Lee rifling through Greene's locker, Jerry becomes convinced that she's stalking Mark.

Director

Lesli Linka Glatter

Written By

Paul Manning

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 to save Lucy from Edson's advances. Peter treats Dr. Parks' grandchild, who interprets for her deaf mother and grandmother. Police officer Reggie Moore asks Jeanie out. Kerry receives a call from someone claiming to be her mother. Doug receives a job offer from Portland.

Director

Richard Thorpe

Written By

Linda Gase

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 lodges a sexual harassment complaint against Romano, hoping Dr. Corday will lend support. Lucy begins her surgery rotation under Benton's tutelage. The two of them treat a man claiming to be 140-years-old. Mark declines to proceed in the NASA program. Carol questions Lynette's intentions when she hosts a women's health clinic for African American women only. Mark goes to bat for Pickman when she inadvertently leaves a severely injured man at an accident scene.

Director

David Chameides

Written By

Carol Flint

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Ron Fassler

Aaron's Father

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

Dick Miller

Mr. Ackerman

Valerie Mahaffey

Joi Abbott

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Carl Lumbly

Graham Baker

Jorja Fox

Maggie Doyle

Penny Johnson Jerald

Lynette Evans

William Bumiller

NASA Lecturer

Mike Bacarella

Cabbie

Rachel Grate

Donna

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

Bill Henderson

Charley Barnes

Terri Hanauer

Mrs. Haggerty

Elizabeth Barondes

Heather

Janni Brenn

Kass

Almayvonne

Lady at Seminar

Lisa Brounstein

Wanda Jean Meredith

Kerri Higuchi

Student

Kevin McClatchy

Fred Danziger

Hamilton Mitchell

Guy From Chairs

Kate Mulligan

Dr. Riggs

Alec Plummer

Aaron Rosen

Brian Turk

Michaels

Kenneth Alan Williams

Thomas Gabriel

P.J. Palmer

Medical Student

Netfa Perry

Seminar Woman

Malayika Singley

Seminar Woman

Kyle Chambers

Ricky Abbott

Cress Williams

Officer Reggie Moore

Demetrius Navarro

Morales

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

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 investigation after he threatens to expose her relationship with Benton. Romano is later named Acting Chief of the ER. Dr. Greene treats a Nigerian janitor for back pain and impotency. Carol and the nurses watch a bunch of dogs when their owner is hospitalized. Carter diagnoses a med student with Hodgkin's disease. Kerry initiates a search for her biological parents.

Director

Written By

Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross bypasses system lockouts to enable Joi to give Ricky a lethal dosage of dilaudin. Doug is delegated to desk duty, Carol's clinic is shut down for acquiring the P.C.A. machine for Ricky, and Greene and Weaver face future disciplinary action for not reporting Doug's tampering with the double blind study. Carter and Lucy discover a mutual attraction. Benton studies with a sign language instructor.

Director

John Wells

Written By

John Wells

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Billy Blanks

Tae-Bo Instructor

Ed Lauter

Fire Captain Dannaker

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

Valerie Mahaffey

Joi Abbott

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Jorja Fox

Maggie Doyle

Akosua Busia

Kobe Ikabo

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Penny Johnson Jerald

Lynette Evans

Djimon Hounsou

Mobalage Ikabo

Marlee Matlin

Sign Language Instructor

Matthew Glave

Dale Edson

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

J.P. Hubbell

Lars Audia

Kyle Chambers

Ricky Abbott

James Handy

Dan Sullivan

Katherine Kousi

Ms. Stebof

Devyn LaBella

Celia Abbott

Billy Mayo

Detective Brannigan

Byron Miranda

Weatherman (voice)

Brant Miller

Weatherman

Conor O'Farrell

Richard Abbott

Tom Gallop

Roger Julian

Brian Lester

Brian Dumar

Lyn Alicia Henderson

Pamela Olbes

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Christine Healy

Harriet Spooner

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Greene assists paramedics in treating injured children at a school bus accident. En route, Doug and Jeanie survive their own accident. Kerry stops Doug from treating Jeanie...or any other patient. Doug decides to resign and leave Chicago for the Northwest and asks Carol to come with him. She decides against it, but he leaves anyway. Carol steps down from running the clinic so that Anspaugh will keep it open. Jeanie discovers she may have contracted hepatitis. Hospital janitor Mobalage's wife is stabbed.

Director

Written By

John Wells

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

George Clooney

Doug Ross

Bobby Edner

Zach

Ed Lauter

Fire Captain Dannaker

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Jorja Fox

Maggie Doyle

Akosua Busia

Kobe Ikabo

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Penny Johnson Jerald

Lynette Evans

Djimon Hounsou

Mobalage Ikabo

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

Gedde Watanabe

Yosh Takata

J.P. Hubbell

Lars Audia

Patricia Forte

Mrs. Martino

Conor O'Farrell

Richard Abbott

Sarah Godshaw

JJ Mitchell

Caitlynn McWhorter

Mumbling Child

Ema Tuennerman

Screaming Child

Katie Hagan

Elise

Les Lannom

Neslen

Tony Mockus Jr.

Foster

Tod Thawley

Smith

Larry Udy

Evidence Tech

Jon Stafford

Dad

Mike Rad

Delivery Man

Joseph F. Kosala

Crane Operator

Melvin Abston

Bus Driver

Vince Lozano

Fisherman

Burt Bulos

Lovejoy

Brian Lester

Brian Dumar

Lyn Alicia Henderson

Pamela Olbes

Demetrius Navarro

Morales

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Lily Mariye

Lily Jarvik

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

Michelle Bonilla

Christine Harms

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, he's transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfather's concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanie's condition worsens.

Director

Written By

Carol Flint, Neal Baer

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, a paramedic is shot by an angry mob looking for the driver of the ambulance. Carol is despondent following Doug's departure. She later discloses that she's pregnant. Kerry is intrigued by an injured pro wrestler and his relationship with his father. Lucy tangles with an Asian family that requests their matriarch not be told of a cancerous tumor. Jeanie turns down dates with both Dr. Baker and Reggie, telling each she's seeing someone else.

Director

Félix Alcalá

Written By

Joe Sachs

Guest Stars

Elizabeth Sung

Mrs. May Fong

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Carl Lumbly

Graham Baker

Joseph Ruskin

Mr. Kingsley

Jorja Fox

Maggie Doyle

Akosua Busia

Kobe Ikabo

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Djimon Hounsou

Mobalage Ikabo

Beulah Quo

Grandma Fong

Marvin Kaplan

Kornberg's Father

Nils Allen Stewart

Kornberg

Lydia Look

Emily Fong

George Cheung

Mr. Fong

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Gedde Watanabe

Yosh Takata

J.P. Hubbell

Lars Audia

Peggy Miley

Bird Lady

Tom La Grua

Mr. Leonelli

Basil Wallace

Mr. Campbell

Christopher Babers

Avery Campbell

Ernie Lee Banks

Man in Crowd

Jhoanna Flores

Marci Canchola

Stacii Jae Johnson

Felonia

Alison McMillan

Debbie

Armando Ortega

Sheriff

Barry Sigismondi

Detective Hamer

Stuart McLean

X-Ray Tech

Cress Williams

Officer Reggie Moore

Brian Lester

Brian Dumar

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Lily Mariye

Lily Jarvik

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

Dinah Lenney

Shirley

Greene tries to help Mobalage when he's about to be deported. Kerry tries to save a woman she believes is her birth mother. Hathaway decides to have Doug's child. Benton and Corday clash over an ER fellowship. Carter is in charge for the day, part of a requirement for applying for chief resident.

Director

Christopher Misiano

Written By

Christopher Mack

Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene bond on the way to a medical conference. Carter mentors an aspiring teenager. Lucy, on a psychiatry rotation, treats an overmedicated foster child. Jeanie finds her faith while treating a reverend.

Director

Written By

David Mills

Guest Stars

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. The staff is on alert after a raped and beaten patient is found in a hallway. Romano begs Corday to stay in trauma. Carter and Roxanne break up. Carter and Lucy treat a pheromone saleswoman.

Director

Laura Innes

Written By

Carol Flint

The ER docs tend to three teenagers who were in an accident on the way to their senior prom. Greene and Carter treat the most severely injured, a boy suffering from third degree burns over 80% of his body. Benton receives the ER trauma fellowship. Carol finally tells Doug about her pregnancy; Kerry also figures it out. Mark and Elizabeth draw closer. Lucy tells Carter about her Ritalin addiction. "FBI agents" bring in a shot stripper.

Director

Christopher Misiano

Written By

Jack Orman

Guest Stars

Paul McCrane

Robert Romano

Maggie Lawson

Shannon Mitchell

Sandra Taylor

Amber

Lucy Lee Flippin

Woman with roach in ear

Conni Marie Brazelton

Connie Oligario

John Aylward

Donald Anspaugh

Marcia Rodd

Melissa Harold's Mother

Yvette Freeman

Haleh Adams

Ellen Crawford

Lydia Wright

Eric Christian Olsen

Travis Mitchell

Vaughn Armstrong

Greg Mitchell

Deezer D

Malik McGrath

Laura Cerón

Chuny Marquez

Moira Walley-Beckett

Andrea Brodoff

Nathan Le Grand

Agent Lance Carmichael

George McDaniel

Todd Hoffman

John Rosenfeld

Robert Clayton

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Joe Chattarowski

Cec Verrell

Mrs. Casey

Nathan West

Justin Casey

Linda Burden-Williams

Mrs. Mitchell

Jody Wood

Mr. Casey

Stuart McLean

Radiology Tech

Stephanie Dunnam

Dr. McLucas

Cress Williams

Officer Reggie Moore

Brian Lester

Brian Dumar

Kristin Minter

Randi Fronczak

Meg Thalken

Dee McManus

Abraham Benrubi

Jerry Markovic

Lily Mariye

Lily Jarvik

Montae Russell

Dwight Zadro

Emily Wagner

Doris Pickman

Carol's pregnancy becomes public knowledge as she learns that she's having twins. Lucy has problems trying to go off Ritalin. Peter learns Carla plans to move to Germany. Kerry finds an abandoned youngster and brings him to the ER. Mark and Elizabeth discuss their relationship. Jeanie and Reggie draw closer again.

Director

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