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.
Shep and Raul heroically rush in to a burning building, without proper equipment, to save children trapped inside.
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.