Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates from his previous trip. But the chaos, stench and hazards of the country's long civil war threaten to curtail his efforts, and Carter is placed in immediate danger.
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1. Now What?
September 25, 2003
For the overburdened doctors and emergency room personnel of County General Hospital, an urban Chicago teaching hospital, the difference between life and death often depends on split-second decisions.
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2. The Lost
October 2, 2003
Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates from his previous trip. But the chaos, stench and hazards of the country's long civil war threaten to curtail his efforts, and Carter is placed in immediate danger.
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3. Dear Abby
October 9, 2003
A frustrating day for Abby gets even worse when she receives an upsetting letter from Carter, who is still in the Congo. Her fellow nurses protest work conditions, and her opinions are ignored. Abby is chastised for trying to inform a teenaged girl, Ellie (STEPHANIE LINEBURG), whose heart and lungs are failing, that Ellie's life is in grave danger.
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4. Shifts Happen
October 23, 2003
Confident second-year resident Pratt wants to prove his abilities when he works the graveyard shift (11 p.m. to 7 a.m.), but his heroics sometimes backfire. Pratt shows contempt for a man, Ed Gamble (PAUL CASSELL), who presents no symptoms of disease but temporarily loses his speech.
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5. Out of Africa
October 30, 2003
Lewis fears for a distraught architect, Ben Hollander (recurring guest star, Emmy Award winner BOB NEWHART - "The Bob Newhart Show"), whose degenerating eyesight makes him despondent. A spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart (new series star LINDA CARDELLINI), replaces Abby, who has decided to return to medical school.
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6. The Greater Good
November 6, 2003
Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman, Denny (ALLISON SMITH), who arrives to deliver a premature baby. Pratt wants to make heroic efforts to save the unborn child, while Kovac is adamantly against spending vast amounts of money to keep the forever sickly baby alive.
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7. Death and Taxes
November 13, 2003
To everyone's amazement, Lewis makes a date to share a home-cooked dinner with the elderly Ben Hollander (recurring guest star, Emmy Award winner BOB NEWHART - "Newhart"), her depressed patient who is going blind.
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8. Freefall
October 20, 2003
On Thanksgiving Day, a helicopter crash outside the ER leaves several injured, and kills Dr. Romano. Alex tries to bring Sam and Luka together.
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9. Missing
October 30, 2003
Neela helps treat two Amish teens who were in a car crash. Sam argues with Dr. Kovac when he pays too much attention to her son.
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10. Makemba
December 11, 2003
On Christmas Eve, the chilly emergency room staffers do their best to observe the holiday while a crusading Carter does the same--half a world away in a rundown Congolese medical clinic. Flashbacks reveal his relationship with Makemba "Kem" Likasu (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON - "Mission: Impossible 2"), a beautiful African AIDS worker, as their clashes over meager resources slowly give way to a deep love affair.
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11. Touch and Go
January 8, 2004
Carter returns to County General to hearty welcomes. Although Abby is shocked to learn that Carter's beautiful African girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), is already pregnant with Carter's child, Abby has moved on with her life as well, going back to medical school.
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12. NICU
January 15, 2004
In a special episode focusing on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), medical students Abby and Neela serve a three-week rotation in the unit and gain a new perspective on emergency care. Among their small patients are a brain-dead baby whose mother leads a daily prayer circle around his hospital cradle, an infant suffering overwhelming heart problems and newborn twins, the son and very sickly daughter of a traditional Chinese couple.
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13. Get Carter
February 5, 2004
Carter makes the mistake of bringing his na??ve girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), to observe the emergency room. Kem makes an impact--wanted or not--almost everywhere she wanders, ranging from an AIDS ward to the classroom and even in an unsanctioned ride with the paramedics.
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14. Impulse Control
February 12, 2004
Sam treats an abused and newly pregnant teen, Layla (RHEAGAN WALLACE), as well as a woman, Kathy (MARIN HINKLE - "Two and a Half Men"), who could lose her entire family after a car accident. Carter takes the day off to show Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON) the wonders of a wintry Chicago.
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15. Blood Relations
February 19, 2004
Carter misses his pregnant girlfriend who has returned to Africa. A family of four is rushed to the emergency room after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from their faulty furnace--forcing the claustrophobic Neela to accompany a newborn baby into an extremely uncomfortable hyperbaric chamber.
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16. Forgive and Forget
February 26, 2004
A psychotic patient vows to punish the medical staff and steals an army tank, grinding his way across Chicago towards the hospital. Meanwhile, Kovac is startled at the lack of concern among some 13-year-olds who are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease.
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17. The Student
April 1, 2004
Carter defends his prot??g??e Neela when Weaver and other doctors rate the residents. Carter urges his student to be more proactive in the emergency room, but Neela goes too far in treating a patient with a brain injury--and sympathetic Gallant errs further by falsifying a medical report.
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18. Where There's Smoke
April 8, 2004
Weaver rushes to the aid of her female life partner, Sandy Lopez (recurring guest star LISA VIDAL), when the firefighter is severely injured while working and must now battle for her life. Frightened Weaver whispers hope to Sandy by reminding the victim of their newborn child.
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19. Just a Touch
April 22, 2004
Pratt struggles to diagnose a woman who suffers mysterious chronic seizures. An attractive woman, Campbell (ASHLEY LAURENCE), informally accuses flirtatious Pratt of sexual harassment. Abby ponders how to get her contentious patients' attention during her psychiatric department rotation.
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20. Abby Normal
April 29, 2004
A panic-stricken Weaver is ordered to give her son to the Lopez family. Carter greets the returning Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), but their meeting with his father, Jack (MICHAEL GROSS - "Family Ties"), gets tense after Carter announces plans for his grandmother's estate.
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21. Midnight
May 6, 2004
When Carter suspects a problem, he rushes his pregnant girlfriend, Kem (recurring guest star THANDIE NEWTON), to the emergency room. Corday gets a jolt from the past when the late Greene's teen daughter, Rachel (recurring guest star HALLEE HIRSH), shows up with her boyfriend, looking for a haven--and some "morning-after" pills.
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22. Drive
May 13, 2004
In the season finale, Good Samaritan Kovac helps a stranded female motorist and her young son who then get struck and gravely injured by a car--forcing the doctor to use all of his skills to keep them alive until specialists can operate on them at the hospital.
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Synopsis: Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates from his previous trip. But the chaos, stench and hazards of the country's long civil war threaten to curtail his efforts, and Carter is placed in immediate danger.
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: 2004
Network: NBC
ASIN: B0027M8E52
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