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"Leave
It to Weaver"
Original Air Date: September 30, 1999
Episode
Number: #115
Director: Jonathan
Kaplan
Writer: Lydia Woodward
Description: A truck slams into a coffee bar
moments after head nurse Carol Hathaway (series star JULIANNA
MARGULIES), six months pregnant with twins, leaves it. At Chicago's
County General Hospital, attending physician Dr. Mark Greene (series
star ANTHONY EDWARDS), gifted British surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Corday
(series star ALEX KINGSTON), er surgical trauma fellow Dr. Peter Benton
(series star ERIQ LA SALLE), ambitious attending physician Dr. Kerry
Weaver (series star LAURA INNES) and senior resident Dr. John Carter
(series star NOAH WYLE) treat the accident victims. Rumors circulate
that Chief of Staff Dr. Donald Anspaugh (recurring special guest star
JOHN AYLWARD) wants to return to performing general surgery and appoint
obnoxious Dr. Robert Romano (series star PAUL McCRANE) to replace him.
At a meeting with department heads plus Anspaugh and Romano, Greene
voices his reservations about Romano as Chief of Staff. But when other
department bosses support Romano, Weaver  expresses
her endorsement as well. Romano gets the job and appoints Weaver as the
permanent head of the er. Because of her new appointment as chief,
Weaver tells fourth-year medical student Lucy Knight (series star KELLIE
MARTIN) that she can no longer mentor her. She also informs Carter he
must move out of her basement apartment. Later, Carter has a rendezvous
with Elaine Nichols (recurring special appearance by REBECCA DE MORNAY -
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"), the former wife of one of
Carter's cousins. Physician Assistant Jeanie Boulet (series star GLORIA
REUBEN) and second year pediatric er resident Dr. Cleo Finch (series
star MICHAEL MICHELE) treat an end-stage AIDS patient whose 9-month-old
son is also HIV positive. Jeanie's boyfriend, police officer Reggie
Moore (recurring special guest star CRESS WILLIAMS), proposes marriage.
Croatian transplant Dr. Luka Kovac (series star GORAN VISNJIC) impresses
Hathaway with the gentle way he treats a young patient. Benton and Carla
(recurring special guest star LISA NICOLE CARSON) attend a meeting with
a family mediator concerning their son, Reese. Greene's mother dies.
Pictures: (from ERcaps.com)
>> Leave
it to Weaver
>> Dr.
Weaver and Dr. Greene
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