This week: Abby gets yelled at by multiple other docs, Carter and Kem go on a weird tour of Chicago, JK Simmons runs into an entire family, Sam treats a young woman with a strange relationship dynamic, and Luka and Sam finally hook up.
This week: Kem is a bit too inquisitive, Corday makes friends with a fellow single parent, Susan is knocked up, Luka tries his hand at teaching, the nurses are horny for Pratt, and Gallant nearly gets shot during a paramedic ride-along. Buy our merch and support LGBT healthcare! https://www.bonfire.com/store/setting-the-tone-store/?fbclid=IwAR0NUrCgiz9TK8XzheoV9t2zCMw1nJueGFX15jkmGnjE5ZaLD2aDRUkrrBQ...
This week: Abby and Neela start their neonatal intensive care unit rotations, and experience the high highs and low lows that come with caring for newborn babies who are often very sick. Oh, and Sandy returns from the Shadow Realm to give birth to her and Kerry’s baby boy.
This week: Kem gets adjusted to life in the USA, Gallant finds an interesting surprise when he gets home early, Abby is burning the candle at both ends, Pratt makes a massive mistake, Alex keeps getting into trouble, and Carter has a rather eventful first day back at County.
This week: The story of Carter and Kem begins in earnest through a series of months-long flashbacks. As the two become closer, Kem gets Carter to fund part of her AIDS drug program, the doctors in Africa debate global politics, Carter treats an entire HIV positive family, and somewhere in there Carter gets Kem pregnant.
This week: Alex steals a human finger, Lizzy hosts a memorial service for Romano, Neela works with a couple of Amish teenagers, Abby fails her practice boards, Gallant’s disabled sister comes to town, and Pratt is back to his kinda sleazy bachelor ways.
This week: Abby kills the practice dummy, Morris gets caught smoking a joint, Frank is very proud of his turducken, Abby cares for a woman going through a miscarrage, Pratt pisses off Romano, and the hospital descends into chaos as a helicopter explosion severely damages the ICU and ambulance bay.
TW: discussion of sexual assault and graphic depictions of suicide Bob Newhart breaks all our hearts, Elf is out this week, writing episode descriptions is hard
Some stuff happens, Bob Newhart is nice. You get the idea.
This week: a new nurse makes a hell of an entrance, Romano shows off his fancy new prosthetic arm, Kovac returns to the ER and immediately starts making changes, Corday’s fling ends rather abruptly, Abby is back in med school, and Susan treats an elderly man who may have intentionally overdosed on some of his medications.
This week: Pratt gets put through the ER wringer and he and an understaffed night shift crew barely keep their heads above water. Also, Morris is incompetent, Kerry is incredibly grumpy, Romano gets a new prosthesis, Abby catches up with Luka, and Randi gets Bob’d.
This week: a new group of residents shows up at County, Romano is having insurance issues, Abby keeps getting sidetracked when she tries to visit a recovering Luka, Zac Efron gets shot, Susan tries to honor an awful family request, Corday gets laid, Pratt gets blindsided by Chen’s parents, and Carter’s letter to Abby quickly gets passed around the ER.
This week: Carter heads back to the Congo to recover Luka’s body, and to try and unravel the mystery surrounding Luka’s apparent murder.
This week: A certain British/Indian med student arrives for her ER rotation, Carter returns to Chicago, a major construction project leaves the ER a mess, Chen shows her jealous side, Pratt flirts too much, a major car crash happens right outside of County, and the staff is rocked by the news that one of their own has apparently been killed.
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This week: Carter gets his first taste of what medical care is really like in the Congo. He joins up with Kovac to try and provide the best care possible for hundreds of impoverished residents of the war-torn country.
On this week’s 200th episode: Stories intertwine as we follow the day shift of Carter, and Pratt’s last night shift at the same time. Carter gets the brunt of the patients from a raging gang war and a mass suicide that leaves the whole hospital stretched to the breaking point. Pratt deals with the trail end of the gang war patients as well as an unsettling stabbing victim, and a firefighter caught in an explosion as Doc Magoo’s burns to the ground. Also, Lizzy tries her best to be there for Roma...
This week: Luka is sent into desperation mode after the sick child he’s trying to help makes a surprise early arrival, Eric crashes Gamma’s funeral, Romano’s arm gets set on fire, after a young man’s entire family is injured in a drive-by shooting, Carter tries to stop him from igniting a brewing gang war, Chuck and Susan make a decision about their future, and Daniel’s long nightmare is over as Carter and Abby call it quits.
This week: Abby finally gets a lead on Eric’s whereabouts, Susan defends Chuck after he messes up an intubation on the air rescue chopper, Luka’s surgeon friend from Croatia gets caught up in the ER vortex, Romano is clamping down on ER wait times, Pratt gets to live out every disgruntled worker’s fantasy, and Carter is devastated after the sudden passing of his grandmother.
This week: A depressed Romano begins his reign of terror as the new ER Chief, Susan husband shows up (much to the confusion of everyone else), Luka tries to organize a pro bono surgery for a little Croatian boy, Corday does everything in her power to try and disregard a patient’s wishes, Carter sticks up for the ER staff, and Pratt mistakenly buys stolen goods from a patient.
This week: Kerry is distraught after one of Alderman Bright’s aides dies due to a drug allergy, Luka does a therapy (though maybe not in the traditional way), Romano’s arm troubles keep worsening, Corday tries to get through to a troubled teenager and her mother, and Carter winds up screaming at Abby.
This week: Carter considers proposing to Abby the proper way, Chen and Luka happen upon a grisly scene at Doc Magoo’s, a series of odd coincidences leads to Pratt and Gallant being arrested, Corday’s white privilege is showing, and Susan says goodbye to Sean.
This week: Kerry’s purse gets stolen, Maggie comes to the ER to talk about Eric, Susan has some tough news for Sean, Pratt accidentally pronounces someone dead, Luka finally decides to show up for work, and Carter is trying his best to keep Abby from completely falling apart.
This week: Lizzie forgets to write an episode description before leaving for vacation so Daniel has to wing it.
This week: a little boy flings poop at Susan, Pratt has to get Leon out of town after Leon unwittingly takes part in a robbery, Romano attempts to assist and teach during an emergency surgery, Carter gets conned, Corday gets asked out, and and Kerry gets word that the alderman has gotten County a nice bonus to the hospital budget.
This week: the ER fends off the media as a controversial member of the city council is brought in, Carter makes a house call, Pratt tries to convince Jesse Pinkman to care for his younger siblings, Luka skirts the lines of good medicine to try and get a man up to surgery, Susan’s generous spirit backfires on her, and Adele vanishes into the shadow realm.
TRIGGER WARNING: PEDOPHILIA DISCUSSION This week: Susan tries everything to get a potential sexual predator admitted to psych, Luka and Abby get chewed out at an M&M, Pratt brings a gun to the ER, Gallant does his best to navigate a unique family situation, Chen treats a mathlete, and Kerry is left devastated after having a miscarriage.
This week: Luka hits rock bottom, but in reverse chronological order. Also, Frank and Jerry make their case for being the ER Santa, a young man is way sicker than he seems, Abby’s warnings fall on deaf ears, and we say goodbye to our most beloved radiologist.
CONTENT WARNING FOR ALL ENCOMPASSING AWFULNESS RE: A TRANS CHILD This week: A young trans girl’s life is complicated by her father dying, Abby, Eric, and Maggie deliberate about how best to help Eric, Pratt goes to bat for Leon, Chen cares for an abandoned baby, Luka gets a surprise gift from a patient, and Susan treats an abused nurse.
This week: a freak blizzard dumps 3 feet of snow overnight in Chicago. The ER is a ghost town until a mom and her two sons are brought after being hit by a drunk driver. Also, Abby brings Gallant to Nebraska as she searches for answers about Eric’s whereabouts and wellbeing.
