Episode guide
ER: Season 5
22 episodes · premiered Sep 24, 1998
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- Episode 1: Day for Knight Sep 24, 1998 · 45m 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…
- Episode 2: Split Second Oct 1, 1998 · 45m Dr. Corday's father visits from overseas in an attempt to convince her to join his medical practice. Weaver suggests that Elizabeth look into alternative methods to stay in America, like…
- Episode 3: They Treat Horses, Don't They? Oct 8, 1998 · 44m Mark goes to a trauma scene with the EMTs, where he treats a gunshot victim who has a bomb strapped to himself. Later, Mark’s daughter persuades him to treat a horse with colic, and Jerry…
- Episode 4: Vanishing Act Oct 15, 1998 · 44m Dr. Corday begins her first day as an intern, first by being assigned to Dale Edson, then being treated as Romano's lapdog. Kerry is interviewed for ER chief. Doug and Carol ponder…
- Episode 5: Masquerade Oct 29, 1998 · 45m Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she waits for the official vote. Romano operates…
- Episode 6: Stuck on You Nov 5, 1998 · 45m 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…
- Episode 7: Hazed and Confused Nov 12, 1998 · 45m Dr. Corday commits a deadly error after being on-call for nearly 36 hours straight. Peter visits Dr. Kotlowitz and receives encouragement regarding a cochlear implant for Reese. Dr. Amanda…
- Episode 8: The Good Fight Nov 19, 1998 · 45m Carter and Lucy scramble across Chicago to find a dying girl's father who's a perfect match for her very rare blood type. Benton operates without transfusions to save the little girl's life.
- Episode 9: Good Luck, Ruth Johnson Dec 10, 1998 · 45m 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…
- Episode 10: The Miracle Worker Dec 17, 1998 · 45m 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…
- Episode 11: Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee Jan 7, 1999 · 45m Amanda Lee's obsession with Dr. Greene comes to a head when Mark inadvertantly digs up old med school records damaging to her career. Carter tries to save Lucy from Edson's advances. Peter…
- Episode 12: Double Blind Jan 21, 1999 · 45m Doug jeopardizes future federal grants for the entire ER when he breaks a double blind study by giving a sample drug to an ailing patient. Doyle lodges a sexual harassment complaint…
- Episode 13: Choosing Joi Feb 4, 1999 · 45m 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…
- Episode 14: The Storm (1) Feb 11, 1999 · 45m Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross bypasses system lockouts to enable Joi to give Ricky a lethal dosage of dilaudin. Doug is delegated to desk duty…
- Episode 15: The Storm (2) Feb 18, 1999 · 46m Greene assists paramedics in treating injured children at a school bus accident. En route, Doug and Jeanie survive their own accident. Kerry stops Doug from treating Jeanie...or any other…
- Episode 16: Middle of Nowhere Feb 25, 1999 · 45m 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…
- Episode 17: Sticks and Stones Mar 25, 1999 · 44m During a paramedic ride-along, Carter is forced to drive the ambulance while fleeing a riot scene and inadvertently runs over a teenage boy. Later, a paramedic is shot by an angry mob…
- Episode 18: Point of Origin Apr 8, 1999 · 45m Greene tries to help Mobalage when he's about to be deported. Kerry tries to save a woman she believes is her birth mother. Hathaway decides to have Doug's child. Benton and Corday clash…
- Episode 19: Rites of Spring Apr 29, 1999 · 45m Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene bond on the way to a medical conference…
- Episode 20: Power May 6, 1999 · 45m The hospital suffers through a series of power outages. Carol's decision to send Doug a fax about her pregnancy is thwarted by the power outages. The staff is on alert after a raped and…
- Episode 21: Responsible Parties May 13, 1999 · 44m The ER docs tend to three teenagers who were in an accident on the way to their senior prom. Greene and Carter treat the most severely injured, a boy suffering from third degree burns over…
- Episode 22: Getting to Know You May 20, 1999 · 45m 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…