The Best Episodes Written By Neal Baer

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(10 votes)

   #1 - Hell and High Water

   S2:E711/9/1995

   In the middle of a torrential rainstorm, Dr. Ross stumbles across a child trapped in a drainage pipe rapidly filling with water. Doug does everything possible to save the boy, Ben Larkin. Harper develops a bond with a young girl with separated parents.

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   8.9/10(14 votes)

   #2 - Blizzard

   S1:E1012/8/1994

   A severe blizzard leaves the ER utterly devoid of patients, leaving the staff free to goof off. In the middle of their fun, a call comes from dispatch, informing the ER of a 40-car pile-up with dozens of casualties. The ER goes from being deserted to capacity. All surgeons are called in. Bob surprises everyone with a quick and life-saving decision. A new doctor, Angela Hicks, arrives just at the right time. Ross and Linda return from the Caribbean just as Carol makes a surprise announcement.

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   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #3 - Alternate

   S9:E19/25/2007

   Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.

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   8.7/10(9 votes)

   #4 - Rooftop

   S3:E410/19/2001

   When an HIV-positive male, with a record of assaulting underage girls, is discovered in a sexual clincher with a young woman on a rooftop, the detectives are determined to put him back inside. After a series of rapes and murders of young African-American women cannot be traced to him though, they begin to wonder if they've been looking at the wrong suspect.

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   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Full Moon, Saturday Night

   S1:E203/30/1995

   Mark, still upset over the loss of Jodi O'Brien, takes the night off but ends up in the ER anyway, albeit an hour late, when the new chief runs a drill at 2:00 a.m. Benton begins to realize his mother's future is not bright. Carter and Deb compete against each other. A small moon coinciding with the naturally heavy Saturday night traffic causes an exciting night.

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   8.6/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Freak Show

   S4:E811/20/1997

   Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.

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   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Middle of Nowhere

   S5:E162/25/1999

   Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and takes a two-week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave, he's transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfather's concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanie's condition worsens.

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   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #8 - The Match Game

   S2:E173/28/1996

   Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the care of a transient. Carter celebrates when he receives his residency match, putting his patient and his job at risk. Shep, still suffering from Raul's death, is surly with new parter Reilly. Benton and Ross have differences when Peter discloses a critical mistake made by Doug, raising animosity between the two.

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   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Rescue Me

   S7:E711/23/2000

   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.

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10. 

    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Humpty Dumpty

    S6:E711/18/1999

    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.

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    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #11 - 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)

    #12 - Ghosts

    S3:E510/31/1996

    While Mark is anxious about Susan's return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.

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13. 

    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Loose Ends

    S6:E205/4/2000

    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.

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14. 

    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Stuck on You

    S5:E611/5/1998

    After Mark saves a 16-year-old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter loses his beard when two carpet installers come in covered with glue. Peter consults a deaf physician regarding Reese's hearing condition. Corday is reassigned as Benton's intern. Kerry hears more discouraging news regarding her bid for ER chief. Carter loses his RA job, forcing him to go apartment hunting. He finds one--in Weaver's basement.

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    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Whose Appy Now?

    S3:E142/6/1997

    Doug treats a dying 17-year old cystic fibrosis patient who doesn't want to be resuscitated. Carter gets to operate Benton.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Calling Dr. Hathaway

    S3:E194/24/1997

    Benton takes a day off to help Carla. Carter finds out Edson falsified a chart.

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    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Chicago Heat

    S1:E610/20/1994

    The air conditioning quits on the hottest day in October which, coupled with closed ERs in Chicago's other two hospitals, leads to an extremely hectic day. Dr. Ross treats a six-year-old suffering from a cocaine overdose; Ivan Gregor, the liquor store owner, shoots and seriously wounds a young teenager. Susan's immature sister Chloe drops by, wreaking havoc in Susan's life. Doug picks up a pharmaceutical saleswoman, much to Carol's displeasure.

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    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Authority

    S9:E174/29/2008

    An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.

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    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #19 - The Gift

    S1:E1112/15/1994

    Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man's organs before obtaining the wife's permission. Lewis discovers that Cvetic has quit his job at the hospital, moved out of his apartment, and dropped out of sight. Carter makes a move on Susan. Chloe announces her pregnancy.

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    8.1/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Storm

    S7:E1011/29/2005

    When a teenager and her younger sister end up in the hospital after a day at the park, detectives learn that both girls were abducted from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina along with a third sister who is still missing. Despite the interference of a local reporter, Jackson Zane, detectives are able to catch the kidnapper, a known pedophile, and recover the girl, but when Alvin Dutch dies and the autopsy determines it was Anthrax, Benson puts everything on the line so that she can get the truth out there.

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    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Scourge

    S2:E215/16/2001

    A "Jack the Ripper" type murderer, who justifies his crimes with paranoid religious motivation set on by a rapidly deteriorating medical condition, is on the loose. After a citywide manhunt, Detectives Benson and Stabler are tasked with finding the killer.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Under Control

    S6:E163/23/2000

    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.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Control

    S5:E911/18/2003

    A subway commuter is found castrated and bleeding profusely, leading the detectives to discover their "victim" may be the perpetrator in abducting women and forcing them to live in his dungeon for several years as his bride. As the detectives prepare to arrest their victim turned suspect, Benson arrives to find him murdered.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Bedtime

    S11:E183/31/2010

    When a journalist is found raped and murdered in her own bed, Cragen is able to connect this particular case to another five murders that happened thirty years ago, committed by the "Bedtime Butcher". To uncover the truth behind the crimes, Benson goes undercover in order to find the real killer.

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    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Gut Reaction

    S4:E184/16/1998

    Carter finally works up enough nerve to ask Del Amico out. Jeanie tries to help Scotty decide whether to undergo an experimental treatment and Benton takes unexpected action during an operation with Morgenstern.

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