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      Season 5 – ER

      1998 Holiday Drama List
      Reviews 89% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Set in Chicago, this medical drama deals with the personal and professional crises of the doctors in the emergency room at County General Hospital. From the exciting to the mundane, a day in the frantic hospital serves up many interesting dilemmas as well as heartrending choices for everyone on staff. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 01 Buy Now

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      Episode 1 Aired Sep 24, 1998 Day for Knight Medical student Lucy Knight has a difficult first day and clashes with Dr. Carter, but Dr. Ross discovers her abilities. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 1, 1998 Split Second Carol covers for Lucy when she panics; karate student suffers fatal kick; injured gang members' girlfriends battle in the ER; air conditioning breaks down. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 8, 1998 They Treat Horses, Don't They? Weaver vies for top job; Ross gets new pediatric job; Lucy hides her incompetence from Carter; Benton keeps Reese's deafness a secret; human bomb needs treatment. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 15, 1998 Vanishing Act Weaver kisses up to Greene; Ross hinders an amputation; Lucy loses a dead body; Carter finally learns the truth about Lucy; Corday gets a new supervisor. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 29, 1998 Masquerade Ross juggles duties and patients on Halloween; the new ER chief (Philip Casnoff) offends staffers; a schizophrenic (Sheila Kelley) says she is pregnant. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 5, 1998 Stuck on You An elderly man (Harvey Korman) hesitates to leave Hathaway's care; Weaver rents Carter a room; Greene treats prostitute at a crime scene; a deaf doctor helps Benton. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 12, 1998 Hazed and Confused A promising candidate (Mare Winningham) interviews for the ER chief job; Corday becomes Benton's intern; paramedics pull an initiation prank on Greene. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 19, 1998 The Good Fight A young accident victim (Nicolette Little) requires a blood transfusion that can come only from her father (John Thaddeus) who is missing from the hospital. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 10, 1998 Good Luck, Ruth Johnson The staff honors a woman (Anne Pitoniak) born at the hospital 100 years ago; Hathaway uncovers the truth about a young boy's shooting death. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 17, 1998 The Miracle Worker Carter urges a woman to donate her brain-dead son's liver to another teen; cranky old elf irritates Greene; Romano spoils Benton's Christmas Eve plans. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 7, 1999 Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee Greene finds Lee's actions suspicious; labor pains cause a car crash; Benton tries to communicate with his son; Carter fears he has tuberculosis. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 21, 1999 Double Blind Carter allows Lucy to advance; critically ill patient claims to be a survivor of slavery; Corday learns Romano is sexually harassing Doyle. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 4, 1999 Choosing Joi Ross helps the mother of a dying boy; Benton attends a parent/child signing class; a hospital janitor (Djimon Hounsou) complains of back pain. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 11, 1999 The Storm Joi's son dies; Hathaway's clinic may have to close; staff responds to a school bus accident; Benton learns to sign; guest Marlee Matlin. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 18, 1999 The Storm Dr. Ross struggles at professional and personal crossroads; Mobalage's wife (Akosua Busia) shares a horrifying secret with Hathaway. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 25, 1999 Middle of Nowhere Dr. Benton encounters life-threatening situations in Mississippi when he uses vacation time to accept a temporary position at a small-town clinic. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 25, 1999 Sticks and Stones Carter accidentally harms a patient; a family's matriarch doesn't know she has cancer; Hathaway struggles with insomnia and headaches. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 8, 1999 Point of Origin Weaver thinks she has found her birth mother; Greene tries to get Mobalage to recall his torture; Lucy starts psych-ward rotation; child ingests cocaine. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 29, 1999 Rites of Spring Mobalage gives Greene good news; Carter mentors a teen; Lucy encounters an angry foster kid; Jeanie discovers religion; Hathaway helps Coco with her newborn. Details Episode 20 Aired May 6, 1999 Power A power outage forces staff members to use their wits to save vulnerable patients; a comatose patient is assaulted in the hospital. Details Episode 21 Aired May 13, 1999 Responsible Parties Two FBI agents linger in the ER after Greene treats a stripper; prom goers are hurt in an alcohol-related car crash; fishing pole spears HIV-infected woman. Details Episode 22 Aired May 20, 1999 Getting to Know You Weaver finds a toddler wandering in the street; newly married Carla plans to move away; a patient (Teri Garr) feels what's going on with people. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Laura Innes
      Executive Producer
      Michael Crichton, John Wells
      Network
      NBC
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Holiday, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Sep 24, 1998