ER: Season 6

Season 6 overview

The season opens with hospital leadership changes and personal milestones for existing staff. Hathaway and Hathaway's patients face ethical challenges while Greene navigates family obligations.

Key story beats

  1. Leadership Transition — Anspaugh retires and appoints Romano, who then makes Weaver chief of emergency medicine.
  2. Family & Marriage Updates — Greene comforts his father while Jeanie and Reggie marry and gain foster approval.
  3. Hathaway's Patient Meg — Hathaway assists an uninsured pregnant waitress with medical care and employment.
  4. Lawrence's Diagnosis — Weaver and Greene use a decoy to convince Dr. Lawrence of his Alzheimer's diagnosis.
  5. Moral Dilemmas in Trauma — Weaver saves a rape victim while Corday is forced to treat the perpetrator.
  6. Carol's Emergency Labor — Carol delivers twins in the ER with Luka's assistance while Greene rushes to help.
  7. Lucy's Transplant Mission — Lucy pleads with Romano to perform a life-saving heart transplant for her patient.
  8. Jing-Mei Chen's Return — Former medical student Deb Chen returns to the hospital under her Chinese name.
  9. Transplant Failure — Lucy's patient dies post-transplant, forcing the heart to be reallocated.
  10. Abby Lockhart's Arrival — Abby Lockhart joins the ER as a third-year medical student on rotation.
  11. Valentine's Tragedy — Valentine's Day celebrations end tragically for one of the medical students.
  12. Carter & Lucy Attack — Carter and Lucy are brutally attacked, requiring emergency surgery and staff coordination.
  13. Carter's Recovery — Carter undergoes painful physical therapy to regain mobility after the assault.
  14. Carter Returns to Work — Despite severe pain, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure.
  15. Kidney Friction & Suspension — Weaver defies Romano's authority, performs a procedure, and gets suspended.

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