The Best Episodes Written By Lydia Woodward

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Getting to Know You

   S5:E225/20/1999

   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 an abandoned youngster and brings him to the ER. Mark and Elizabeth discuss their relationship. Jeanie and Reggie draw closer again.

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   #2 - A Hole in the Heart

   S4:E225/14/1998

   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 stolen.

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   #3 - Summer Run

   S2:E29/28/1995

   Kerry Weaver manages to offend just about everyone in her first day as chief resident. Carol goes on a ride-along with paramedics Shep and Raul, sharing a ferris wheel ride with Shep. Peter and Jeanie's secret relationship comes to a head. Susan is stuck caring for Little Susie while Chloe attends school. Dr. Ross has his hands full with a young pyromaniac. Carter shows interest in med student Harper Tracy.

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   #4 - Days Like This

   S2:E611/2/1995

   Speculation runs through the ER, on a very hectic day, about Randi's possible criminal history. Mark faces an ethical dilemma when he has to decide whether to report yet another of Doug Ross's indiscretions--Doug slept with med student Harper Tracy. Carter becomes upset when Harper confesses this to him. Carol meets with a mobile notary to finish the paperwork to purchase a house. Bernstein informs Doug that he need to look for other employment. Benton is visibly upset when Jeanie begins work in the ER as a physician's assistant.

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   #5 - Leave It to Weaver

   S6:E19/30/1999

   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.

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   #6 - Happy New Year

   S1:E121/5/1995

   Carter fumbles his way through his first look at surgery. Dr. Lewis' nemesis, Dr. Kayson, makes her New Year's Day decidedly unpleasant. Chloe announces she's moving to Texas with her boyfriend.

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   8.4/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Make a Wish

   S3:E215/8/1997

   It's Carol's birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.

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   8.4/10(8 votes)

   #8 - Be Still My Heart

   S6:E132/10/2000

   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.

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   8.4/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Make of Two Hearts

   S1:E162/9/1995

   Carol worries about a Russian girl with AIDS who's brought in and then abandoned by her foster mother. Kayson asks Susan to be his Valentine. Deb accidentally consumes LSD-laced chocolates.

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    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies

    S3:E912/12/1996

    Carol worries about her physics exam while Mark is heart-broken about Susan's departure and focuses solely on his job.

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    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Another Perfect Day

    S1:E711/3/1994

    Benton and Langworthy interview for the Starzl fellowship. A drunk Chloe throws a tantrum in the hospital. Benton saves a man with a throat wound, earning Morganstern's praise. Carter has a good day, winning a bottle of champagne and getting three leads on apartments. Carol has second thoughts about moving in with Tag after a spontaneous kiss with Doug.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Let the Games Begin

    S3:E210/3/1996

    While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Good Luck, Ruth Johnson

    S5:E912/10/1998

    Carter plays tour guide for Ruth Johnson, who was born in the hospital 100 years ago to the day, and her large family. Carol treats a boy who was hit by a car and tells a story of being chased, his friend being shot in the process. Peter observes Kotlowitz install a cochlear implant and decides to wait before scheduling an operation for Reese. Mark dines with Dr. Lee, new ER chief. Dr. Corday proposes radical changes in scheduling at an M&M conference, and later decides to break off her relationship with Benton.

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    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #14 - The Long Way Around

    S3:E152/13/1997

    Nurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen.

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    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #15 - The Birthday Party

    S1:E172/16/1995

    Dr. Hicks berates Benton when he tries to switch shifts to attend his mother's birthday party. A teenage girl, a frequent patient of the ER, is brought in for a drug overdose. Carol decides she wants to adopt Tatiana while Tag isn't so sure. Dr. Ross slugs an abusive father in the lobby. Jen accepts a job offer in Milwaukee despite Mark's offer from Morganstern. Deb and Carter await the arrival of sub-internship applications.

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    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Ruby Redux

    S11:E194/28/2005

    Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux is back in the ER. He's still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.

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    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Going Home

    S1:E39/29/1994

    Carol returns after her eight week absence, finding Doug holding himself responsible. Carter finds himself watching over a mysterious, mentally ill singing woman. Susan clashes with Dr. Kayson over a diagnosis. Dr. Greene treats a domestic violence victim.

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #18 - One Coin in a Fountain

    S1:E510/23/2011

    The Pan Am crew rolls the dice in more ways than one in glamorous Monte Carlo: Kate and Maggie square off for the attentions of a handsome passenger, but things get more complicated when Kate learns the sexy stranger is involved in her next covert mission; and Dean gambles with his career when an attractive, wealthy woman on the flight tempts him -- and he later discovers who her flying companion is.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Choosing Joi

    S5:E132/4/1999

    Ricky Abbott returns to the ER. Doug forges papers to allow Joi to treat Ricky at home. Corday decides to back out of the Romano sexual harassment investigation after he threatens to expose her relationship with Benton. Romano is later named Acting Chief of the ER. Dr. Greene treats a Nigerian janitor for back pain and impotency. Carol and the nurses watch a bunch of dogs when their owner is hospitalized. Carter diagnoses a med student with Hodgkin's disease. Kerry initiates a search for her biological parents.

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    #20 - Day for Knight

    S5:E19/24/1998

    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 off to a bad start with the irritable Carter when she speaks insensitively, and without Carter present, with a patient's wife about her husband's very serious condition. The rest of the day finds her comforting a woman who has suffered a miscarriage, getting locked out on the roof, having Carol bail her out on a simple procedure, and trying to figure out Kerry Weaver's "Tour on Tape."

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #21 - The Right Thing

    S2:E142/8/1996

    Benton decides to blow the whistle on Vucelich's unethical study methods, causing Vucelich to drop him from the study. Susan treats a street couple, one of whom has passed HIV to the other. Doug receives a visit from his estranged father. Carter spreads rumors about an affair between Mark and Susan. Mark buys a motorcycle. Prostitute Loretta has cervical cancer.

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    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Take These Broken Wings

    S2:E215/9/1996

    Susan visits a psychiatrist to cope with the loss of Little Susie. Jeanie's estranged husband Al checks in the ER complaining of flu-like symptoms, which turn out to be caused by HIV. Shep expects Carol to back his version of events during an official investigation of his behavior. Loretta takes a turn for the worse. Doug discovers that his father has disappeared with a LOT of Karen's money.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Something New

    S4:E210/2/1997

    Carter is exited about getting his own med student and Mark and Carol interview candidates for the desk clerk position.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    S1:E912/4/2011

    Ted asks Laura to help him make a woman from his past jealous; a dangerous mission puts Kate and Anderson in jeopardy; Maggie clashes with a congressman; Colette meets Dean's parents.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #25 - The Fastest Year

    S6:E194/27/2000

    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.

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