7.8/10445 votes#1 - Leave It to Weaver
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1999
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 Greene. Romano makes Weaver the new chief of emergency medicine.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Lydia Woodward
7.8/10409 votes#2 - Last Rites
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1999
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 breast cancer.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Jack Orman
7.8/10410 votes#3 - Greene with Envy
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1999
A recommendation from Weaver allows Jeanie to have temporary approval as a foster parent for baby Carlos. Reggie and Jeanie get married. Lucy and Kovac talk with a young woman whose husband they believe is very dangerous.
Director: Peter Markle
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
7.6/10389 votes#4 - Sins of the Fathers
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1999
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 the cafeteria.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Doug Palau
7.8/10421 votes#5 - Truth & Consequences
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1999
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.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.1/10525 votes#6 - The Peace of Wild Things
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1999
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 use a fake patient to convince Dr. Lawrence of his Alzheimer's. Carter has trouble persuading a woman from a nursing home fire to sign a DNR for her husband and later is asked to forge charts for a family with no insurance. Carol continues to meddle in Meg's life, having her arrested so that she can be detoxed. Cleo is blamed for an explosion in the suture room but it may actually be Dr. Dave's fault.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer: John Wells
7.9/10420 votes#7 - Humpty Dumpty
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1999
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 boy whose alcoholic mother refuses to recognize her problem or his.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Neal Baer
8.5/10556 votes#8 - Great Expectations
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1999
On Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. She's able to get to the ER only thanks to Luka's help. She delivers the first baby in the ER, but the second causes some trouble. Greene leaves Elizabeth to deal with his father and daughter, as he rushes to assist Carol.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Jack Orman
7.9/10410 votes#9 - How the Finch Stole Christmas
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1999
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 stay in Chicago. Lucy endeavors to get a heart transplant for a young woman and goes to Romano's house begging him to perform the surgery.
Director: Fred Einesman
Writer: Linda Gase
7.7/10399 votes#10 - Family Matters
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2000
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 that his wife and children died in the Bosnian war. Former medical student Deb Chen returns to County General as a resident, using her Chinese name, Jing-Mei Chen.
Director: Anthony Edwards
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
7.9/10405 votes#11 - The Domino Heart
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2000
Lucy's patient finally gets a heart transplant but does not survive. The transplanted heart will now go to another recipient. Greene interferes in a gay domestic situation. Corday tricked her patient who murdered several women and now he's being transferred to a county jail.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Joe Sachs
7.9/10459 votes#12 - Abby Road
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2000
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 ER as a third year medical student on an ER rotation.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
9.1/101,241 votes#13 - Be Still My Heart
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2000
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 students.
Director: Laura Innes
Writer: Lydia Woodward
9.6/101,710 votes#14 - All in the Family
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2000
Carter and Lucy are discovered and the staff struggles to save them and go on with normal patient care.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Jack Orman
7.8/10413 votes#15 - Be Patient
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2000
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.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Sandy Kroopf
7.7/10424 votes#16 - Under Control
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/2000
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 father to undergo cancer treatment.
Director: Christopher Misiano
7.6/10401 votes#17 - Viable Options
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2000
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. An available kidney causes friction between Corday and Kovac as they decide which one of their patients will get it.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
7.5/10395 votes#18 - Match Made in Heaven
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2000
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 lovingly tends to his dying father at home.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.9/10419 votes#19 - The Fastest Year
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2000
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.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer: Lydia Woodward
8.3/10453 votes#20 - Loose Ends
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2000
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 involved in a minor car accident, Malucci and Cleo discover the girl has been sexually molested recently by her father.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Neal Baer
8.6/10719 votes#21 - Such Sweet Sorrow
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2000
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 and flies to Seattle to join Ross.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.7/10598 votes#22 - May Day
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2000
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 confront Carter about his problem, and Weaver orders him to enter a drug rehabilitation center or leave the hospital permanently.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Jack Orman
The Best Episodes of ER Season 6
Every episode of ER Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of ER Season 6!
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...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Leave It to Weaver" is the best rated episode of "ER" season 6. It scored 7.8/10 based on 445 votes. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Lydia Woodward, it aired on 9/30/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Last Rites".