While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.

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…

Susan throws herself into her work to escape her stressful personal life, earning recognition from Kerry and Mark, who begins preliminary discussions on next year’s chief resident. Carter needs a…

Susan visits a psychiatrist to cope with the loss of Little Susie. Jeanie’s estranged husband Al checks in the ER complaining of flu-like symptoms, which turn out to be caused…

Carol is pushed to the breaking point after another day when politics triumph over health care, and she quits. Dr. Greene “trades his soul” when he agrees to back Weaver…

Shep and Raul bring a dozen malnourished and abandoned children into the ER, keeping everyone very busy. Shep has a run-in with Malik and Benton when he makes an off-handed…

Mark tries to find a way to tell Rachel about his impending divorce. Benton attends a banquet at Vucelich’s home, with Jeanie as his date. Carter finally tells Mr. Rubadoux…

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…

Benton decides to blow the whistle on Vucelich’s unethical study methods, causing Vucelich to drop him from the study. Susan treats a street couple, one of whom has passed HIV…

The ER hosts roughly a dozen pregnant women when a sprinkler bursts in the maternity ward. Carter plays tour guide for the visiting surgical intern hopefuls before going through the…

Shep and Raul respond to a massive fire without proper equipment, risking their lives to save addicts and their children. Shep will be okay, but Raul has third-degree burns covering…

Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the…

Mark finds himself manning a very crowded ER on his scheduled night off, filling in while Doug is out with whiplash and Susan meets with her lawyer. He tries to…

Weaver and Susan’s feud escalates to the point where Mark needs to step in and fix it. Benton is involved in a parking lot altercation, resulting in a broken hand…

Dr. Ross treats the dying Chia-Chia. Susan tries to find a way to keep Little Susie, asking her parents for help. Benton treats an injured woman who refuses to press…

Speculation runs through the ER, on a very hectic day, about Randi’s possible criminal history. Mark faces an ethical dilemma when he has to decide whether to report yet another…

In the middle of a torrential rainstorm, Dr. Ross stumbles across a child trapped in a drainage pipe rapidly filling with water. Doug does everything possible to save the boy,…

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…

Carol and Jeanie try to find a home for a schizophrenic architect. Carter signs Benton up for an interview with Vucelich for a prestigious study. Carter and Harper try to…

The ER staffers are in decidedly unfestive moods as Christmas arrives. Carol’s spirits are lifted by a Santa-like patient. Mark is outraged when Jenn decides to stay in Milwaukee over…

The ER treats victims of a gang shootout. Carter arrives late and unprepared for his new position. Mark learns all about being an attending, including senior staff’s habit of bad-mouthing…

Kerry Weaver manages to offend just about everyone in her first day as chief resident. Carol goes on a ride-along with paramedics Shep and Raul, sharing a ferris wheel ride…

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…

Susan is forced into the role of parent when Chloe gives birth and both Chloe and her mother, Cookie, shirk responsibility. Doug is surprised and a bit frightened when Diane…

Carter faces his last day in the hospital with aplomb, harshly grading Benton on an evaluation report. He later rescinds the report after finding out that the surgical sub-I is…

Carol worries about a Russian girl with AIDS who’s brought in and then abandoned by her foster mother. Kayson asks Susan to be his Valentine. Deb accidentally consumes LSD-laced chocolates.

Dr. Hicks berates Benton when he tries to switch shifts to attend his mother’s birthday party. A teenage girl, a frequent patient of the ER, is brought in for a…

Peter refuses to sleep, despite Hicks’ order, in the middle of a 48-hour shift. His lack of sleep catches up with him when he is supposed to be watching his…

“Love’s Labor Lost” is the nineteenth episode of ER’s first season. It first aired on NBC in the United States on March 9, 1995. The episode was written by Lance…

Mark, still upset over the loss of Jodi O’Brien, takes the night off but ends up in the ER anyway, albeit an hour late, when the new chief runs a…

Deb and Carter compete furiously for procedures after Benton announces their books are due a week earlier than previously announced. Deb commits a nearly deadly error on a patient while…

Susan has her hands full with a pregnant Chloe. Benton goes to dinner with Jeanie. Greene further alienates Swift when he decides to honor a family commitment rather than stay…

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…

Carter and Benton treat a suicidal transvestite. Doug feels like a ‘kept man’ in his relationship with Linda Farrell. A patient entrusts Carol with the particulars in an accident. Cvetic…

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…

Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man’s organs before obtaining the wife’s permission. Lewis discovers that Cvetic has quit his job at the…

Carter fumbles his way through his first look at surgery. Dr. Lewis’ nemesis, Dr. Kayson, makes her New Year’s Day decidedly unpleasant. Chloe announces she’s moving to Texas with her…

Carter trains one of Benton’s new students, Deb Chen. athaway has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who’s obsessed with colors. A sociologist provokes people to measure their…

A case of apparent spousal abuse is not what it seems. Deb outshines Carter after he is up all night preparing for a presentation. Peter informs Jackie he’s hired a…

Morganstern invites Mark to join the staff as an attending physician. Mark treats an woman with breast cancer, who begs him to kill her. Deb “wows” Benton with her amazing…