Carol
is really showing now. She gets on the
train and has to stand up. A man asks
someone who is sitting down to give up his
seat, but he says that it is not his fault
that the lady is pregnant. When she gets
off the train, she goes to a coffee house to
get a warm milk. A woman in line with
her asks if she can feel her stomach and Carol
tells her no. The guy who didn't give up
his seat is in the coffee house also.
Right after Carol steps out of the coffee
house, a truck comes crashing right through.
Several people are injured and rushed to the
ER. Carol gets out of the ambulance
covered in blood and Kerry asks her if she is
okay. She tells her that she is and that
is not her blood. Peter is working on
his trauma fellowship now. The guy who
didn't give his seat up wants to speak to the
manager. He is in a lot of pain.
Carol comes over and he recognizes her and
asks her who she is, Mark replies, "She's
the manager". Dr. Luka Kovach is a
new doctor that is moonlighting a couple of
times a week. He is really good with the
kids. Lucy asks Kerry if she would be
her mentor and Kerry agrees. The nurses
hear that Dr. Anspaugh is quitting his chief
of staff position. Mark and Kerry meet
to find out what is going on. Dr. Greene
speaks out against Romano in a staff meeting
and Kerry doesn't. She later tells him
that she knew he would end up with the
position and she needed him on their side.
She ends up with the Chief of the ER position.
Cleo Finch is the new pediatric resident.
She runs 4 miles a day into work, Kerry and
Lucy might just hate her for it. The
woman who wanted to touch Carol's belly in the
coffee house dies. A baby with AIDS is
brought in and Jeanie has the baby tested for
HIV without Cleo's permission. Mark and
Elizabeth are still going out with each other.
Carter tends to a woman who is his cousin's
ex-wife. She was in an auto accident,
but she is okay. Benton is late for his
mediation appointment with Carla. They
are there to fight for custody of Reece and to
keep him in the country. Benton has
moved in with his sister Jackie. Reggie
and Jeanie discuss fostering the little boy
who has AIDS. He asks her to marry him.
Kerry tells Carter that he can't continue
living in her apartment and tells Lucy that
she can't mentor her. This is because
she is the new Chief of the ER and it might
cause some friction. Carter meets with
Elaine. Mark's father calls to tell him
that his mother has passed away.
Reviewed
by Tony Conner on 09-18-2000

NBC Review
REBECCCA DEMORNAY GUEST-STARS
AS TRUCK CRASH YIELDS CRUSH OF PATIENTS -- An
out-of-control truck barely misses a very
pregnant Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) but cuts
a wide swath of heavy casualties who flow into
the ER, taxing the collective abilities of
everyone on shift. Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle)
unexpectedly treats the older and attractive
ex-wife (guest star Rebecca DeMornay, "The Hand
That Rocks the Cradle") of his cousin with
unexpected repercussions. Drs. Greene (Anthony
Edwards) and Weaver (Laura Innes) plot strategy
when they hear rumors that the combative Dr.
Romano (new series regular Paul McCrane) might
be named as the new chief of staff. Dr. Benton (Eriq
La Salle) must maneuver quickly during a
mediation hearing if he is to prevent his
ex-girlfriend Carla (guest star Lisa Nicole
Carson, "Ally McBeal") from leaving the country
with his infant son. Elsewhere, Luka Kovac (Goran
Visnjic, "Welcome to Sarajevo"), a doctor from
Eastern Europe who moonlights in the ER, and Dr.
Cleo Finch (Michael Michele, "Homicide: Life on
the Street"), a second-year resident in
emergency medicine and pediatrics, both reveal a
talent for handling hurting children. Gloria
Reuben, Alex Kingston and Kellie Martin also
star.

TV Guide Review
September 30, 1999: Leave it to Weaver:
Two doctors, Luka Kovac (Goran Visnjic)
and Cleo Finch (Michael Michele), join
the staff, and Rebecca De Mornay makes an
appearance as Carter's cousin's ex-wife, whom
Carter treats following a fender bender. But
it's the aftermath of another accident — a truck
crash through a coffee-shop window — that fills
the ER with patients. Amid the ensuing turmoil,
Greene and Weaver try to find out if the rumors
are true that Romano is being named the new
chief of staff.

TNT Review
Greene receives some sad
news. Benton and Carla's problems regarding
their son continue. Carter finds romance. The
hospital gets a new Chief of Staff-and Greene
doesn't like it. This drama focuses on the
personal and professional lives of the doctors
and patients inside a Chicago hospital emergency
room.