8.1/10540 votes#1 - Homecoming
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2000
Dr. Carter struggles with his drug dependency; a custodial strike leaves the ER cluttered with garbage; a riot at a high-school football game leaves several wounded.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Jack Orman
8.0/10413 votes#2 - Sand and Water
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2000
A young couple cope with their baby being premature; Greene and Corday struggle with their relationship.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Jack Orman
7.7/10400 votes#3 - Mars Attacks
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2000
Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious who's made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of all the hospital's systems and is stunned by Dr. Romano. An unfortunate incident at a Science Fiction convention makes it look like scenes from the movie 'Mars Attacks'.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.9/10394 votes#4 - Benton Backwards
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2000
Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romano's demeaning offer of a per diem job at County with no benefits. Kovac and Abby are attacked by a mugger with a steel pipe. Injured, Kovac protects Abby and smashes the robber's head on the ground repeatedly.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dee Johnson
7.8/10385 votes#5 - Flight of Fancy
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2000
Greene flies in a helicopter to a remote area of Indiana to rescue a heart transplant patient. The helicopter develops problems, and Greene arranges for paramedics to transport the patient to County. Because Weaver is gone for the day, Romano appoints Benton in charge of the ER. Kovac is plagued by the death of the mugger.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Joe Sachs, Walon Green
8.2/10474 votes#6 - The Visit
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2000
Corday rushes through a surgical procedure in order to take off on a romantic weekend with Greene. She is later called back to the hospital after her patient suffers complications. Abby's mother, Maggie, who suffers from bipolar disorder (manic-depressive) and refuses to take her medication, unexpectedly visits Abby at the hospital and wreaks havoc on Abby's life.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: John Wells
8.1/10521 votes#7 - Rescue Me
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2000
Tests reveal that Greene has a brain tumor, but he hides the news from Corday. Corday finds out that she is being sued for malpractice. She also reveals to Greene that she is pregnant. Abby's mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: Neal Baer
8.1/10440 votes#8 - The Dance We Do
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2000
Maggie's emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton's deceased nephew knows who killed him and that he was hated for his antigang stance.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Jack Orman
7.9/10396 votes#9 - The Greatest of Gifts
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/2000
Chen gives birth, but insists on breastfeeding the infant before she gives it to the adoptive parents. Greene and Corday consult a brain specialist in New York City who believes the tumor can be safely removed. Stressed and tired, Carter impulsively swallows two painkiller pills but intentionally vomits them. He confesses to Abby.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Elizabeth Hunter
8.3/10540 votes#10 - Piece of Mind
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/2001
Mark Green is in New York on New Years Eve for cancer surgery. Meanwhile a father and son are involved in a car crash.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill, Tom Garrigus
7.5/10372 votes#11 - Rock, Paper, Scissors
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2001
Benton and Cleo clash over his deceased nephew's girlfriend. They finally agree to call a social worker. Benton confesses his love to Cleo. The spinal surgery malpractice suit is settled by employing a technicality: the equipment used was later recalled by the manufacturer. But Corday now doubts her abilities as a surgeon.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Dee Johnson
7.6/10375 votes#12 - Surrender
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/2001
Greene returns to work but confuses words and displays uncharacteristic anger. Eager to get out of his per diem situation, Benton agrees to a full time position. Carter visits his cousin, who became paralyzed after a drug overdose. A workplace disaster results in numerous injuries and fatalities among illegal immigrants.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Jack Orman
7.6/10384 votes#13 - Thy Will Be Done
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2001
Weaver becomes concerned about Greene's cognitive skills and surreptitiously calls for an official evaluation of his competency. Corday plans her wedding to Greene. Bishop Stewart returns, and Kovacs realizes the man has a terrible disease. Dateless for a charity function, Carter invites Abby to attend with him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
7.6/10406 votes#14 - A Walk in the Woods
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2001
As the new director of diversity, Benton studies medical school applications and discovers that his own academic record did not qualify him--he was admitted because of affirmative action. Weaver feels uncomfortable amongst Legaspi's lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.4/10481 votes#15 - The Crossing
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2001
In the series' 150th episode, a massive train wreck mobilizes the emergency room doctors. Corday, Carter and Kovac rush to the scene. Corday falls and injures her back, bringing on contractions in only her 25th week of pregnancy. While amputating the legs of a fallen firefighter, Corday stops because of her pain.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Jack Orman
7.6/10371 votes#16 - Witch Hunt
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2001
Weaver fears for her own reputation when Legaspi is accused of sexual harassment. Afraid to reveal her relationship with Legaspi--for both personal and professional reasons--Weaver fails to support her during the investigation. An infant is abducted from the hospital and later found on a train platform.
Director: N/A
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.8/10380 votes#17 - Survival of the Fittest
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2001
A demented patient causes a shootout in the emergency room. After terrorizing people in the ER with a gun, she gets shot by a policeman. She soon dies. Benton later discover her dementia was caused by an aftereffect of his surgery that he and Cleo should have detected. Carter pursues a cute intern.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Joe Sachs
7.9/10380 votes#18 - April Showers
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2001
Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greene's wedding day. As the very pregnant Corday becomes increasingly agitated, the presence of her bickering divorced parents does little to improve her mood. With the intense rain, Greene has a difficult time making it to the church. But, evenutally, he arrives and they joyfully wed.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Tom Garrigus
7.9/10393 votes#19 - Sailing Away
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2001
Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby's mentally ill mother and bring her back to Chicago. In Chicago, Maggie suffers from a sleeping pills overdose. At County General, Kovac frantically revives her. Benton treats a college student injured in a fraternity prank.
Director: Laura Innes
Writer: Jack Orman, Meredith Stiehm
7.6/10374 votes#20 - Fear of Commitment
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2001
Maggie contests Abby's attempt to institutionalize her. Weaver treats a few bizarre patients. When Legaspi returns to work after being exonerated of sexual harassment, Weaver tries to reconcile with her. Benton injures his hand while transporting his former teacher to the hospital and must contend with the teacher's wisecracking elderly buddies.
Director: Anthony Edwards
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.7/10386 votes#21 - Where the Heart Is
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2001
Cleo and Carla clash after Reese gets hurt while in Cleo's care. Weaver and Kovac cannot save the life of a developmentally challenged woman's only caregiver. Abby goes to a therapy session with Maggie. Later, Abby confesses to Maggie that she is afraid to bear children because they might be bipolar like her mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dee Johnson, Meredith Stiehm
8.7/10646 votes#22 - Rampage
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2001
The ER is flooded with foster care home residents, attacked by a shooter bent on tracking down his son, who , with the help of Dr. Green, was put into the foster care system amid allegations he was being abused by his father.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Jack Orman
The Best Episodes of ER Season 7
Every episode of ER Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of ER Season 7!
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 7 Ratings Summary
"Homecoming" is the best rated episode of "ER" season 7. It scored 8.1/10 based on 540 votes. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Jack Orman, it aired on 10/12/2000. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sand and Water".