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Dr. Ross suspects a woman is abusing her young son, Dr. Lewis must console a cancer patient and Dr. Benton is forced to perform a delicate operation.

An elderly man insists on keeping his dying wife on life support against her wishes; an attractive patient and an outbreak of food poisoning bedevil Carter.

A confused patient wanders the hospital, singing; Ross prescribes a spinal tap for an 18-month-old boy, alarming the father.

Ross takes under his wing the son of a schizophrenic patient; a married heart-attack patient arrives handcuffed to his girlfriend.

A patient (Alan Rosenberg) will not last the night without a heart transplant; Ross admonishes a woman for not buying her daughter asthma medicine.

A pizza-delivery man crashes through the hospital's doors; a deadbeat sister (Kathleen Wilhoite) wants to stay with Lewis.

Nurse Hathaway tells Dr. Ross of her future domestic plans; Dr. Benton realizes something important about his fellowship rival; Dr. Lewis has a surprise birthday party.

Ross tries to maintain order at the emergency room on Greene's day off; a rape victim is afraid to cooperate with police.

An injured teen confesses to Hathaway that he was responsible for two deaths in a car accident but denies it when police arrive.

A multiple-car accident floods the emergency room with patients; a patient (Malgoscha Gebel) believed to be mentally impaired surprises the doctors.

A nearly drowned boy pre-empts Greene's Christmas shopping; Madame X (Rosemary Clooney) switches to holiday fare.

Carter is allowed to observe surgery; Lewis learns Chloe is leaving; Ross teaches a teen mother how to nurse her baby.

Greene's criticism shakes Lewis' confidence; a man considers removing his brain-damaged son from life support.

Lewis goes before the review board when a hostile attending doctor holds her responsible for a patient's death.

Morgenstern (William H. Macy) offers Greene a prized position on the hospital's staff; a terminally ill patient (Linda Kelsey) begs Greene to end her pain.

A woman (Meg Foster) abandons her recently adopted, AIDS-stricken daughter at the emergency room; a cop brings in a dog he hit with his car.

Believing it's Dr. Benton's birthday, Dr. Carter plans a surprise party for him; Dr. Ross frees a child trapped in a stuffed tiger's jaws.

After 48 hours of duty, Benton won't go home; Hathaway's plans to adopt a Russian girl are threatened when her past is investigated.

Complications threaten the lives of a woman and her unborn child; Ross has a date; a teen is poisoned by insecticides.

A full moon brings in unusual cases; Benton confronts his mother's condition; Ross and Greene are called in to meet the new chief.

Dr. Greene fears a contagious patient may flee; competitive Deb Chen goes too far; Dr. Lewis treats an armed woman.

Benton dazzles the staff; Lewis suspects a doctor/patient is not what he seems; Ross agrees to coach Jake's Little League team; Greene goes to Milwaukee.

Greene and the new chairman (Michael Ironside) clash over an attempted suicide; Greene feels he is losing his wife.

Dr. Lewis' mother (Valerie Perrine) drops by the hospital to see her and Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite); Ross treats eight children with digestive trouble.