On Carter's first full day, the ER is overwhelmed when it is flooded by a tour group and a wedding party that both contracted food poisoning at the same restaurant.
The staff greets Hathaway's return with a surprise party.
Drs. Greene and Lewis treat a man who will not survive the night without a heart transplant. Dr. Benton treats a liquor store clerk for his third gunshot wound in a month.
A blizzard makes for a slow day in the ER, until a massive pileup on the expressway brings in more patients than the staff can handle.
Dr. Greene pulls his fourth straight night shift when the ER is overwhelmed and is short on staff.