ER, Ground Zero

A video crew invades the ER to make a documentary about Dr Greene and his co-workers; a new staff member uses unfamiliar medical terms.

Carter's new medical student (Chad Lowe) constantly disappears to work on research; Benton and Carla name their son; Greene hires a new desk clerk.

Corday flirts with Ross; Greene and Carter care for a young stroke victim; Weaver looks for areas to cut costs; a gun dealer brings in sample merchandise.

A school-bus accident floods the ER with severely injured children; a patient advises Greene on his relationship with his daughter.

Parenting affects Benton's work life; Carter struggles with his new medical student; Ross helps Del Amico examine a young athlete.

Budget problems lead Weaver to a difficult decision; Hathaway and Del Amico meet Carter's grandmother; Greene's attitude worsens.

Greene tags along for support when grieving Ross drives to California; Greene and Ross visit Greene's parents.

Hathaway opens her new clinic; Carter's med student faces an emergency; a boy's operation alters a rare anatomical abnormality.

Greene's lawyer (Dan Hedaya) pays an unusual visit; Jeanie argues for a right to her job; Carter protects a patient's civil rights.

Benton and Del Amico treat a blind patient who was hit by a car; Greene treats an elderly rape victim; Carter's grandmother tours the clinic.

Homeless seek warmth at the ER; Weaver lobbies to allow Synergix to take over management of the ER; Corday seeks a surgeon to perform a vocal-cord operation.

Ross plans his future; another elderly rape victim is found; Jeanie cares for Anspaugh's cancer-stricken teenage son; Weaver questions Ellis' budget cuts.

The ER faces a blood shortage; a security guard stops a rapist assaulting an old woman; Benton is upset when Carla plans to put Reese in day care.

Cynthia accompanies Greene to San Diego when he goes home to see his hospitalised mother.

Carter takes over when the effects of a toxic-spill explosion spread beyond the injured workers.

Carter tells his grandparents about Chase; Ross and Weaver clash over his research grant; Romano reviews Corday's performance; Jeanie continues to see young Scott.

ER staff treats animal activists after a car crash; Corday and Benton experience relationship complications; Scott Anspaugh gets bad news; Morgenstern returns.

Benton's complicated surgery goes awry; Scott faces more chemotherapy; Del Amico learns she is a match for bone-marrow donation; annual ER banquet is held.

After a dominatrix makes an appearance in the ER, Dr Weaver orders the staff to attend a sexual-harassment seminar, where truths surface about their relationships.

Hathaway tries to reconcile a critical patient with his family; Benton attends son's baptism; Carter comes to an understanding with his grandmother.

Dr Rosher studies the feasibility of a pediatric ER unit; Del Amico is troubled when a televangelist uses her illness for gain.

Past treatment of a drug-addicted baby complicates Ross' life; hospital politics anger Weaver; Benton worries about his son; Carter confronts Del Amico.