ER Season 5, Ep. 2 "Split Second"

To save rent money, Carter lives in a medical student dormitory as a resident advisor. While visiting Corday at her apartment, Benton meets her father. Corday realizes that the only way she can stay at County General is to start over as an intern, which she eventually decides to do.
  • Runtime: 46 minutes
  • Original air date: October 01, 1998
  • Network: NBC
 
 
 
 

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  Episode   Original Air Date
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1. Day for Knight
  September 24, 1998
Lucy Knight, a third year medical student, begins her first day in the ER. Although she impresses doctors with her ability to answer medical questions, her attempts to help patients are clumsy.
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2. Split Second
  October 1, 1998
To save rent money, Carter lives in a medical student dormitory as a resident advisor. While visiting Corday at her apartment, Benton meets her father. Corday realizes that the only way she can stay at County General is to start over as an intern, which she eventually decides to do.
 
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3. They Treat Horses, Don't They?
  October 8, 1998
Greene agrees to serve on the search committee to consider candidates to permanently fill the interim position as chief of emergency medicine. Despite Weaver's objections, Ross gets the job as the new pediatric emergency room attending doctor.
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4. Vanishing Act
  October 15, 1998
A wounded gang member tries to leave the ER to exact revenge. Benton keeps Reese's hearing disability a secret from his co-workers. Jeanie tells Ross she'd like to be his physician assistant in the pediatric emergency room. Weaver interviews for the job as permanent chief of emergency medicine.
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5. Masquerade
  October 29, 1998
Jennifer plans to relocate to St. Louis and take Rachel with her. Carter places Lucy in charge of the Halloween party at the dormitory so he can do research for his presentation. But trouble occurs when two medical students take drugs with alcohol and almost die.
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6. Stuck on You
  November 5, 1998
Greene risks his life to save a teenage male prostitute. Because of the Halloween fiasco, Carter is terminated as resident advisor, and searches for a new place to live.
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7. Hazed and Confused
  November 15, 1998
Frustrated with her inability to conceive, Hathaway confronts a pregnant woman opting for abortion. Weaver derives enjoyment from seeing Anspaugh muddle through as interim chief.
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8. The Good Fight
  November 19, 1998
Even though Carter and Lucy constantly bicker with each other, they join forces to save the life of a young girl who desparately needs a blood transfusion. Lucy and Carter search Chicago to locate her father, who is a perfect match for her rare blood.
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9. Good Luck, Ruth Johnson
  December 10, 1998
Since today is the hospital's 100th anniversary, the new chief, Amanda Lee, arranges for Carter to escort a woman, Ruth Johnson who was born 100 years ago today, around the hospital. Lee encourages Greene to supervise a study on a new pain medicine, and he agrees.
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10. The Miracle's Worker
  December 17, 1998
On Christmas Eve, Benton refuses to let Romano operate on a patient when it becomes evident that Romano is intoxicated. Jerry thinks that Lee may be stalking Greene.
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11. Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee
  January 7, 1999
A curious Greene discovers Lee's a fake and that Anspaugh never checked her credentials. A day care worker suggests to Benton that Reese requires a "special needs" environment because he's exhibiting problem behavior.
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12. Double Blind
  January 21, 1999
Hathaway clashes with Evans, who obtained a grant for a seminar at the clinic without consulting her. Ross jeopardizes a hospital study when he administers an experimental drug to a patient without the hospital's consent.
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13. Choosing Joi
  February 4, 1999
Corday refuses to testify against Romano after he threatens Benton's career. A harried Anspaugh accepts Romano's offer to serve as acting chief.
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14. The Storm: Part 1
  February 11, 1999
Benton takes a costly sign-language class. Romano suggests Benton enroll in a program whereby Benton would substitute for vacationing doctors at rural hospitals for high pay. Part 1 of 2
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15. The Storm: Part 2
  February 18, 1999
Emergency personnel feverishly work to save the lives of children involved in a school bus crash. Mobalage's wife suffers from multiple stab wounds. Carter and Lucy refrain from sexual relations with each other due to hospital policy. Part 2 of 2
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16. Middle of Nowhere
  February 25, 1999
Benton travels to Mississippi to earn extra money working as a "locum tenens" doctor--a visiting temp--at a rural hospital in a small town. Instead of a hospital, Benton finds a rural clinic run by Maureen (CELIA WESTON), a nurse practitioner and Catholic nun.
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17. Sticks and Stones
  March 25, 1999
While on a ride-along with paramedics, Carter drives the ambulance through a riot to get back to the hospital and accidentally hits a teenage boy. Jeanie is pursued by both Reggie and Dr. Baker. Lucy struggles to convince an Asian family that they should tell the grandmother that she has a fatal tumor. Hathaway decides not to leave with Ross even though she's pregnant.
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18. Point of Origin
  April 8, 1999
Weaver visits a woman she thinks might be her biological mother. Later, Weaver realizes the woman cannot possibly be her mother.
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19. Rites of Spring
  April 29, 1999
Romano forces Benton to choose between two different fellowships. Greene and Corday become better friends on the way to a medical conference. Carter mentors a student.
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20. Power
  May 6, 1999
A terrible storm causes a power outage, and the backup generators fail. The staff frantically works to keep patients alive.
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21. Responsible Parties
  May 13, 1999
Hathaway finally informs Ross about her pregnancy. She is disappointed when he tells her he won't be returning to Chicago.
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22. Getting to Know You
  May 20, 1999
Weaver rescues an abandoned, drugged 2-year-old boy. Romano offers Corday the cardiothoracic fellowship that Benton rejected.
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Episode 2, "Split Second"
Synopsis: To save rent money, Carter lives in a medical student dormitory as a resident advisor. While visiting Corday at her apartment, Benton meets her father. Corday realizes that the only way she can stay at County General is to start over as an intern, which she eventually decides to do.
Original air date: October 1, 1998
Runtime: 46 minutes
ASIN: B001DSNAUK
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,262 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
ER Season 5
Synopsis: The multiple Emmy Award-winning ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Season year: 1999
Network: NBC
ASIN: B001DSOUUY
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