ER: Season 3

1996 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 3 of ER

Season three begins with Carter now a surgical intern, and doubts about whether Benton favors him over his fellow interns. Benton and Jeanie await the results of AIDS tests, while County faces the threat of closure. Greene clashes with Weaver, and Ross lives his romantic life his own way. Lewis and Greene still haven't sorted out their feelings, and Jeanie faces an aggressive treatment and its costs. Carter keeps his relationship with Keaton a secret, and on every shift, decisions are made in minutes.

22episodes

Sep 26, 1996premiered

May 15, 1997latest episode

16.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Dr. Carter, I Presume
Sep 26, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
It's the first day of Carter's internship. He has a 36 hour shift and overnight he has to cover the ER, the ICU as well as the surgical patients.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: John Wells · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Michelle Clunie, Conni Marie Brazelton, Lisa Nicole Carson
3x02 Let the Games Begin
Oct 3, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
While the whole staff is worried the ER might close, Jeanie has her own problems in dealing with being HIV-positive.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Lydia Woodward · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Eric Christmas, William H. Macy, Matthew Carey
3x03 Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Oct 10, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Donald Anspaugh has a new method to increase the staff's efficiency, new intern Maggie Doyle joins the ER and Susan asks Mark to come along to Hawaii.
Directing: Perry Lang · Writing: Jason Cahill · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Sara Rue, Caroline Williams, Lawrence Tierney
3x04 Last Call
Oct 17, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
Doug's one-night-stand has a seizure and he brings her to the ER.
Directing: Rod Holcomb · Writing: Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Mena Suvari, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Aylward
3x05 Ghosts
Oct 31, 1996 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
While Mark is anxious about Susan's return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Neal Baer · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Gina Gallego, Kirsten Dunst, William Schallert
3x06 Fear of Flying
Nov 7, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
While on their helicopter flight rotation, Mark and Susan find an injured family of four who they bring to the ER.
Directed by: Christopher Chulack · Written by: Lance Gentile · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Jenny O'Hara, Bellina Logan, Conni Marie Brazelton
3x07 No Brain, No Gain
Nov 14, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Encouraged by Carol, Mark finally asks Susan out. Benton tries to save a boy, despite the fact Doug thinks he's brain dead.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Paul Manning · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Jenny O'Hara, William Sanderson, William H. Macy
3x08 Union Station
Nov 21, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 8.2
It's Susan's last day. Carol stands up for her nurses when one of them is being rotated to another department.
Directing: Tom Moore · Writing: Carol Flint · Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Kirsten Dunst, Fran Bennett, Glenne Headly
3x09 Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies
Dec 12, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Carol worries about her physics exam while Mark is heart-broken about Susan's departure and focuses solely on his job.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Barbara Hall · Starring: Corbin Bleu, William H. Macy, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Aylward
3x10 Homeless for the Holidays
Dec 19, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Mark and Kerry have to create a policy regarding HIV-positive employees, which leads to gossip amongst the nurses.
Directing: Davis Guggenheim · Writing: Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Ellen Wheeler, Kirsten Dunst, Charles Dierkop, Conni Marie Brazelton
3x11 Night Shift
Jan 16, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.4
Carol has to fire two of the nurses. Meanwhile, Gant feels Benton is too hard on him.
Directing: Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: Paul Manning · Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Bellina Logan, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Rubinstein
3x12 Post Mortem
Jan 23, 1997 · 47 min · ★ 8.1
Carter feels guilty about Gant's death. Benton doesn't want to talk about it.
Directing: Jacque Toberen · Writing: Carol Flint · Starring: Jami Gertz, Paul Collins, Kirsten Dunst, Erica Gimpel
3x13 Fortune's Fools
Jan 30, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
Benton can't keep his mind on the job, Mark and Chuny break up and Carol does what she needs to do regarding the fatal error she has made.
Directed by: Michael Katleman · Written by: Jason Cahill · Starring: Marnie McPhail, William H. Macy, Anjul Nigam, Seth Adkins
3x14 Whose Appy Now?
Feb 6, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Doug treats a dying 17-year old cystic fibrosis patient who doesn't want to be resuscitated. Carter gets to operate Benton.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Writing: Neal Baer · Starring: Jami Gertz, Chad Lindberg, Conni Marie Brazelton, Jorja Fox
3x15 The Long Way Around
Feb 13, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Nurse Carol Hathaway is held hostage during a convenience store robbery, then befriends one of the gunmen.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: Lydia Woodward · Starring: Nathan Davis, Mason Gamble, Currie Graham, Ewan McGregor
3x16 Faith
Feb 20, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Carol will hear whether her suspension is permanent or not. Mark and Doyle do what they can to get a patient with Down syndrome on a heart transplant list.
Directing: Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: John Wells · Starring: Jami Gertz, Chad Lindberg, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Aylward
3x17 Tribes
Apr 10, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.8
Benton goes into Carla's private hospital files when he fears that something may be wrong with their baby; Jeanie treats a suicidal woman who reveals a surprising secret; and Greene learns that Rachel has been lying about her health.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Lance Gentile · Starring: Marlene Warfield, Bonnie Root, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Bolger
3x18 You Bet Your Life
Apr 17, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Benton tries to find out if everything's OK with Carla's baby. Carter tries to get a man operated, despite the fact Anspaugh thinks he will die no matter what.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: Paul Manning · Starring: Gia Carides, Jami Gertz, Bellina Logan, Conni Marie Brazelton
3x19 Calling Dr. Hathaway
Apr 24, 1997 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Benton takes a day off to help Carla. Carter finds out Edson falsified a chart.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Jason Cahill, Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Julie Hagerty, Jami Gertz, Cynthia Martells, Bellina Logan
3x20 Random Acts
May 1, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Jeanie asks Greg to help Al get into a special AIDS-program at the hospital. Olbes brings in her grandfather, who had a stroke.
Directing: Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: Carol Flint · Starring: Maria Bello, Heather Matarazzo, Julius Harris, Gabriel Mann
3x21 Make a Wish
May 8, 1997 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
It's Carol's birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Lydia Woodward · Starring: Maria Bello, Jami Gertz, Bairbre Dowling, Conni Marie Brazelton
3x22 One More for the Road Season Finale
May 15, 1997 · 47 min · ★ 8.0
Anspaugh is furious when Carter tells him he wants to quit surgery. Charlie is brought in with an overdose. Mark keeps struggling with his beating.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: John Wells · Starring: Maria Bello, Kirsten Dunst, Erica Hubbard, Bellina Logan