The doctors of County General Hospital in Chicago experience a difficult 24 hours in the series permiere.
Carter makes a serious error on his first unsupervised surgery. Dr. Ross treats a 4 year old AIDS patient whose condition was made worse by the wrong medication.
Benton cares for a patient who has been abused by her police officer husband and Lewis decides to keep Suzie.
The Halloween shift starts and restrain an injured Frankenstein patient. About that time, an old woman who refuses life-sustaining medical treatment arrives to ER. Benton is keeping very busy with the care of children.
The injury case occurs by a kangaroo in the park!? Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii, and new intern, Maggie, joins the ER. Kerry feels a sense of distrust to Jeanie by her affected manner.