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"Dr.
Carter, I Presume"
Original Air Date: September 26,
1996
Episode
Number: #49
Director: Christopher
Chulack
Writer: John Wells
Description: The
work never ends for the physicians and staff in the emergency room of
Chicago, Illinois' County General Hospital. Naove Dr. John Carter
(series star NOAH WYLE) has just graduated from medical school and is
now a doctor, working as a surgical intern. He feels confident because
the other interns training with him have never worked at County and are
unfamiliar with their new supervisor, intense surgical resident Dr.
Peter Benton (series star ERIQ LA SALLE). Benton makes Carter train as
hard as the others. After botching an operation, Carter offends the
nurses, and they make his busy night hellish. Fortunately, one intern,
Dennis Gant (recurring guest star OMAR EPPS), helps Carter when he needs
it most, and Carter's performance improves. But his rivalry with another
new intern, Dale Edson (recurring guest star MATTHEW GLAVE), with whom
he has clashed before, is renewed. Handsome pediatric emergency fellow
Dr. Douglas Ross (series star GEORGE CLOONEY) fails to convince recently
divorced family man Dr. Mark Greene (series star ANTHONY EDWARDS), an
attending resident, of the joys of casual sex with women. Ross'
coworkers are all unimpressed by his behavior when he ends a
relationship with a needy woman by calling her answering machine.
Physician assistant Jeanie Boulet (series star GLORIA REUBEN) discovers
that she contracted the HIV virus from her husband. Benton, who had an
affair with Jeanie, tests negative for the disease. Although he is
sympathetic to Jeanie, he questions her decision not to tell the
hospital about her diagnosis. Meanwhile, everyone is worried that the
hospital will be closed permanently, especially capable head emergency
room nurse Carol Hathaway (series star JULIANNA MARGULIES). Hathaway
almost quit recently in protest over the bureaucratic health care
system. Also, Greene clashes with abrasive Dr. Kerry Weaver (series star
LAURA INNES), who is his equal since her promotion to attending
physician. Weaver confuses and angers everyone, including tough,
talented emergency resident Dr. Susan Lewis (series star SHERRY
STRINGFIELD). And the paramedics beat the emergency room team in
softball at the Fourth of July picnic. Hathaway sees "Shep"
Shepherd (recurring guest star RON ELDARD), her former lover, there with
his new girlfriend.
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Notes:
>> David Schwimmer (from "Friends")
was the (uncredited) voice of Dr. Karubian.
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