8.9/109 votes#1 - Blizzard
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1994
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.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Paul Manning
8.8/108 votes#2 - Night Shift
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1997
Carol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: Paul Manning
8.5/106 votes#3 - Hit and Run
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1994
Carter has a difficult day when he has to identify a dead teenager and notify his parents. It doesn't help that he notifies the wrong family. Doug woos Carol, despite Taglieri's presence in her life. Benton clashes with brother-in-law Walt after he neglects family duties.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Paul Manning
8.5/106 votes#4 - Do One, Teach One, Kill One
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1995
Carter gets his first patient...and loses him. Susan's feud with Kerry Weaver intensifies when Weaver demands all of Susan's procedures be cleared with her. Chloe abandons Little Susie again for a lucrative career in the flea market business. Carol finishes her paramedic recertification by picking up a very overweight, lethargic man. Shep hits on Carol. Jeanie ends her relationship with Benton. Wendy conducts interviews with various ER staffers for an article on Dr. Greene. Dr. Ross cares for a four-year-old Asian boy with AIDS.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Paul Manning
8.5/106 votes#5 - Fire in the Belly
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1996
Carter engages in competition with new surgical resident-in-training Dale Edson upon learning that residents will be evaluated and graded; only the top ones advancing to second year. It doesn't help that Dale once had a relationship with Harper. Mark flirts with infomercial director Iris. Peter faces the fallout from his altercation with Doug when surgeons begin dropping him from procedures. Shep begins exhibiting uncontrolled hostility, first to a patient being abusive with Carol, then a pedestrian. Susan and Chloe try to reach an agreement regarding Little Susie.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Paul Manning
8.3/107 votes#6 - Into That Good Night
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1994
A business contractor with a bad heart gathers his family around him in the ER as he prepares for the end. Dr. Ross helps an asthmatic teenage girl when her mother doesn't have the funds. Carter worries that he may have contracted an STD from Liz. Dr. Lewis treats a teenager with alcohol poisoning. Jenn Greene prepares to move to Milwaukee.
Director: Charles Haid
Writer: Paul Manning
8.3/106 votes#7 - ER Confidential
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1994
Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transgender woman. Doug feels like a 'kept man' in his relationship with Linda Farrell. A patient entrusts Carol with the particulars in an accident. Cvetic continues to battle his demons, ending up wandering down the middle of a crowded street.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Paul Manning
8.3/106 votes#8 - Love Among the Ruins
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/1995
Mark and Jennifer struggle to remain together as Mark has moved in with her in Milwaukee. Doug coaches Jake's little league team. Chloe's irresponsibility wears Susan down. Carter asks Benton to fill out a recommendation for the ER sub-I. Carol and Tag try to write their wedding vows; he becomes upset when Carol invites Diane Leeds, knowing that she'll bring Doug. Peter exhibits a growing attraction for Jeanie. Susan discovers what happened to Div when she spies his picture in a cabbie's dating service photo book. The staff discovers that Carter comes from a wealthy background.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: Paul Manning
8.3/106 votes#9 - The Secret Sharer
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1995
Doug's heroics earn him a second chance as Bernstein and Morganstern ask him to stay on. Doug and Mark clash when each treats a seriously injured patient and want to use the same equipment. Benton learns that Jeanie has separated from Al. After missing an earlier diagnosis, Carter overcompensates on his next patient and catches a break when the test results reveal something. Shep gets on Carol's bad side when he makes disparaging remarks about the people who make botched suicide attempts. Doug gets a phone call from his estranged father.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Paul Manning
8.3/107 votes#10 - No Brain, No Gain
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1996
Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks he's brain dead.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: Paul Manning
8.2/106 votes#11 - It's Not Easy Being Greene
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1996
Mark is riddled with self doubt as the hospital prepares to settle the O'Brien suit. Kerry appoints herself as Susan's personal mentor. Carol mind a bucketful of expensive worms. Doug balks at counseling a teenage boy who thinks he might be gay. Benton uncovers some disturbing information concerning Vucelich's study. Carter steals a diagnosis from Harper.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: Paul Manning
8.2/105 votes#12 - The Miracle Worker
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1998
Benton's attempts to get away to Carla and Reese on Christmas Eve are continually thwarted by Romano, culminating in Benton forcing the drunken Romano away from a patient. Carter believes he's found a Christmas miracle when a teenage girl with a rare blood type needs an organ donation at the same time a brain-dead patient with the same blood type is in the hospital. After witnessing Dr. Lee rifling through Greene's locker, Jerry becomes convinced that she's stalking Mark.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Paul Manning
8.0/107 votes#13 - Luck of the Draw
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1995
Carter trains one of Benton's new students, Deb Chen. Hathaway has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who's obsessed with colors. A sociologist provokes people to measure their reaction times for a study. Kayson brings charges against Susan in the Vennerbeck death, leading Morganstern to question Susan's assertiveness. Benton and Walt hunt for Peter's missing mother.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Paul Manning
8.0/105 votes#14 - You Bet Your Life
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/1997
Benton tries to find out if everything's OK with Carla's baby. Carter tries to get a man operated, despite the fact Anspaugh thinks he will die no matter what.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: Paul Manning
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"Blizzard" is the best rated episode written by Paul Manning. It scored 8.9/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by Mimi Leder. It aired on 12/8/1994 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Night Shift".