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"Welcome
Back, Carter!"
Original Air Date: September 21,
1995
Episode
Number: #27
Director: Mimi
Leder
Writer: John Wells
Description: Fourth-year medical student John
Carter's (series star NOAH WYLE) first day as Dr. Peter Benton's (series
star ERIQ LA SALLE) new sub-I surgical intern at Chicago's County
General Hospital begins badly. First, Carter's flight is delayed and he
gets stuck in traffic, making him very late for work. After Benton
chastises him, Carter proves to be unprepared for the day's surgeries.
While Dr. Mark Greene (series star ANTHONY EDWARDS) becomes accustomed
to his new responsibilities as the attending emergency room doctor, he
greets the new group of medical students, including attractive,
sensitive Harper Tracy (recurring guest star CHRISTINE ELISE). Carter
and Tracy become interested in dating each other. Dr. Susan Lewis
(series star SHERRY STRINGFIELD) feels betrayed when Greene appoints the
difficult but competent Kerry Weaver (recurring guest star LAURA INNES),
who walks with a metal cane, to work under him as chief resident instead
of Susan's friend, Kathy Pratt (guest star TAYLOR YOUNG). Greene tries
to give Dr. Douglas Ross (series star GEORGE CLOONEY) extra hours
because Ross needs the money. But Greene is thwarted by Dr. Neal
Bernstein (recurring guest star DAVID SPIELBERG), the man who oversees
Ross' pediatric fellowship. Bernstein thinks Ross has an attitude
problem. Nurse Carol Hathaway (series star JULIANNA MARGULIES) must ride
with the paramedics in order to qualify for recertification. Later, she
confronts the alcoholic father (guest star TIM DE ZARN) of a young boy
(guest star JESSE LITTLEJOHN) about caring for him. Among the victims of
a gang shooting is a pregnant woman (guest star MARIA HURTADO) who
begins premature labor. Ross tries to save her. Later, the perpetrator
is brought in dead on arrival from a close-range shotgun blast. Finally,
Benton and married physical therapist Jeanie Boulet (series star GLORIA
REUBEN) become intimately involved. At the end of his day, Greene barely
catches the last train home to Milwaukee.
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