After reuniting with their families for the first time since move-in day, the girls struggle through an uncomfortable dinner, where parents clash, egos are bruised, and secrets are revealed.

Leighton helps Kimberly administer her hormone injections. Whitney considers how to handle being repeatedly mistaken for the only other Black girl in class. Bela clashes with her Catullan replacement.

Bela seizes an opportunity when a late-night comic visits campus. Kimberly attempts to prove she hasn’t been “med-zoned” by Jackson. Whitney fights to contribute to a group assignment. Leighton pursues…

While Leighton enjoys the perks of being out, Bela focuses on a short king. Whitney attempts to expand her horizons with a difficult class, and Kimberly considers a new fix…

When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers that are out of tune in more ways…

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…

As the result of a school shooting, Kovac and Benton care for the gunman and his victims. Abby discovers that Carter has been illegally injecting pain relievers. Greene and Weaver…

Greene prepares to bury his father. Chen worries about Carter’s mood swings. After witnessing the interaction between a dying woman and her family, Hathaway realizes she wants her family together…

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…

Carter seeks psychiatric help because he can’t sleep. He then visits the wife of his attacker. Weaver returns to work after her suspension. Hathaway and Kovac share a kiss.

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…

Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaway’s lack of focus on the job. And while treating a 6-year-old patient…

Chen’s patient refuses to reveal to his daughter that she might have inherited a terrible disease from him. Weaver defies Romano’s authority and performs a procedure that gets her suspended….

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….

After Corday refuses to perform exploratory surgery on Cleo’s patient, Cleo enlists Benton’s help, infuriating Corday. Abby cares for a pregnant woman with five children who wants an abortion. Greene…

Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victim’s life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls.

Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convince his…

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…

Dr. Greene and Corday bond with their parents, Lucy cares for a patient with a psychotic break, and Valentine’s Day celebrations in the ER end tragically for one of the…

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…

Carter and Lucy are discovered and the staff struggles to save them and go on with normal patient care.

Two boys brought in after a fight at school leads Cleo to discover that one of them has been injecting himself with hormones. Hathaway’s obstetrics nurse, Abby Lockhart, joins the…

In order to get her paitient to tell her the location of a missing body, Corday agrees to grant him a fatal wish. Kovac befriends two brothers. He tells Weaver…

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…

Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaway’s twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carla’s husband does not get approved allowing Reese to…

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,…

Weaver tries to save the life of a rape victim while Corday struggles with feelings of disdain as she is forced to save the rapist. Cleo treats a teenage alcoholic…

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…

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…

A prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Meg’s drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused.

Benton struggles with the idea of taking a DNA test to determine whether or not Reese is actually his son. As the signs continue to pile up, Kerry and Mark…

After his mother’s funeral, Dr. Greene comforts his father in San Diego. In Chicago, Romano surprises Corday by appointing her associate chief of surgery. Corday treats Elaine, Carter’s lover, for…

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 acquainted, but she gets…

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…

Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg. Seven-months pregnant, Meg cannot afford prenatal care. Hathaway invites her to the hospital, performs free tests and helps her interview for a job in…

When Anspaugh decides to retire as chief of staff and return to surgery, he appoints Romano as his replacement. Greene expresses reservations about the decision, but Weaver does not support…

Del Amico, Ross and Corday confront disturbing situations after the bombing of a women’s clinic. Benton comes under review for controversial actions in the OR. Jeanie endures one of the…

Ross treats a 6-month-old recovering from methadone withdrawal. A televangelist and his wife, who’s suffering from an infection, plan a broadcast from the ER. Del Amico’s old boyfriend arrives, and…

Ross and Hathaway’s jobs are in jeopardy after their unauthorized treatment of a drug-addicted 7-month-old boy is discovered. Corday loses her sponsorship. Carter suspects Del Amico’s boyfriend when drugs are…

Mark finds out Cynthia has moved. Carter’s cousin Chase is brought in because of a heroin overdose. Doug and Kerry clash after she found a flaw in his study.