ER: Season 4

1997 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 4 of ER

Season four begins with the arrival of Dr. Elizabeth Corday, who crosses the Atlantic from England to join the surgical team at Chicago's County General Hospital. ER doctors keep treating critical cases while dealing with their own problems. Mark Greene tries to repair his relationship with his father in San Diego, and Doug Ross risks his job to save a seven-month-old baby. Hathaway, for her part, refuses to commit to Ross. On top of it all comes the scandal of two Elvis impersonators admitted to orthopedics.

22episodes

Sep 25, 1997premiered

May 14, 1998latest episode

16.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Ambush
Sep 25, 1997 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
While a film crew is filming in the ER, it's Elizabeth Corday's first day.
Directing: Thomas Schlamme · Writing: Carol Flint · Starring: John Hawkes, William H. Macy, Summer Phoenix, Darion Basco
4x02 Something New
Oct 2, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.7
Carter is exited about getting his own med student and Mark and Carol interview candidates for the desk clerk position.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: Lydia Woodward · Starring: William H. Macy, Chad Lowe, Conni Marie Brazelton, Lisa Nicole Carson
4x03 Friendly Fire
Oct 9, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Cynthia Hooper starts as the new desk clerk. Benton and Carla disagree over whether or not their son should be circumcised. Al gets in an accident at work.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Writing: Walon Green · Starring: Michael Jace, Connie Ray, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Aylward
4x04 When the Bough Breaks
Oct 16, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
His ex-wife Jennifer tells Mark he can't see Rachel until he's got his act together. Reece gets to go home. Al has lost his job.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Jack Orman · Starring: Ulysses Cuadra, Penelope Windust, Peter Murnik, Conni Marie Brazelton
4x05 Good Touch, Bad Touch
Oct 30, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 8.2
Carol would like to have a women's and children's health care clinic within the ER. Benton has trouble combining work and fatherhood.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: David Mills · Starring: Paul McCrane, Michael Jace, Coby Bell, Rick Overton
4x06 Ground Zero
Nov 6, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Al wants to move to Atlanta where he got a job offer. Jeanie however isn't keen on moving. Carol talks to Carter's grandmother about the clinic.
Directed by: Darnell Martin · Written by: Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Paul McCrane, Taylor Negron, Frances Sternhagen, John Aylward
4x07 Fathers and Sons
Nov 13, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
Ross and Greene travel to a near-deserted stretch of California to investigate circumstances surrounding a death in Doug's family.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: John Wells · Starring: Sonia Iris Lozada, George Buck Flower, Patti Allison, Frank Califano
4x08 Freak Show
Nov 20, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.
Directed by: Darnell Martin · Written by: Neal Baer · Starring: Paul McCrane, Harold Perrineau, Chad Lowe, Dan Hedaya
4x09 Obstruction of Justice
Dec 11, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Jeanie believes she's been fired because she has HIV and fights her dismissal.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Lance Gentile · Starring: Lee Arenberg, Dan Hedaya, John Aylward, Mariska Hargitay
4x10 Do You See What I See?
Dec 18, 1997 · 46 min · ★ 8.2
Mark treats an old lady who has been brutally raped. Carter's grandmother visits Carol's clinic. After he's touched by Benton, a blind man can see again!
Directed by: Sarah Pia Anderson · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Paul McCrane, Bellina Logan, Stacey Travis, Chad Lowe
4x11 Think Warm Thoughts
Jan 8, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 7.8
Dr. Anspaugh's 13-year-old son is brought in and Anspaugh asks Mark to look after him. Another old lady who has been raped is brought in.
Directed by: Charles Haid · Written by: David Mills · Starring: Paul McCrane, Kristine Johnson, Stacey Travis, Telma Hopkins
4x12 Sharp Relief
Jan 15, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Kerry starts to doubt the methods of Synergix. Carter tries to help his cousin beat his drug addiction. Jeanie becomes Scott Anspaugh's part-time caregiver.
Directed by: Christopher Chulack · Written by: Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Paul McCrane, John Aylward, Mariska Hargitay, Clancy Brown
4x13 Carter's Choice
Jan 29, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.1
Another elderly rape victim is brought in. So is the rapist.
Directing: John Wells · Writing: John Wells · Starring: Victor Williams, Conni Marie Brazelton, John Aylward, Lisa Nicole Carson
4x14 Family Practice
Feb 5, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Greene flies to San Diego when his mother falls and is hospitalized. His concern increases when he finds her acting "completely loony and out of control." To make matters worse, he butts heads with his dad over her care.
Directing: Charles Haid · Writing: Carol Flint · Starring: Greg Serano, Holmes Osborne, Robert Symonds, Jessica Tuck
4x15 Exodus
Feb 26, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.
Directed by: Christopher Chulack · Written by: Walon Green, Joe Sachs · Starring: Paul McCrane, Bellina Logan, Diane Salinger, Ed Lauter
4x16 My Brother's Keeper
Mar 5, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 8.1
Mark finds out Cynthia has moved. Carter's cousin Chase is brought in because of a heroin overdose. Doug and Kerry clash after she found a flaw in his study.
Directed by: Jacque Toberen · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Paul McCrane, Greg Mullavey, Erica Gimpel, Frances Sternhagen
4x17 A Bloody Mess
Apr 9, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 8.1
Jeanie fears Scott Anspaugh's cancer may have returned. Hathaway learns a disturbing secret about a 16-year-old girl. A pregnant patient fears she'll miscarry; Morgenstern returns to work, but perhaps too soon after his heart attack.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Linda Gase · Starring: Paul McCrane, John Towey, William H. Macy, John Aylward
4x18 Gut Reaction
Apr 16, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Carter finally works up enough nerve to ask Del Amico out. Jeanie tries to help Scotty decide whether to undergo an experimental treatment and Benton takes unexpected action during an operation with Morgenstern.
Directed by: Babu Subramaniam · Written by: Neal Baer · Starring: Paul McCrane, Robert Ellenstein, William H. Macy, Bellina Logan
4x19 Shades of Gray
Apr 23, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 8.3
Del Amico, Ross and Corday confront disturbing situations after the bombing of a women's clinic. Benton comes under review for controversial actions in the OR. Jeanie endures one of the most difficult days of her life as she says goodbye to a friend.
Directed by: Lance Gentile · Written by: Samantha Corbin-Miller · Starring: Paul McCrane, Art LaFleur, William H. Macy, Marc Lawrence
4x20 Of Past Regret and Future Fear
Apr 30, 1998 · 46 min · ★ 8.1
A 31-year-old security guard is brought in suffering from severe chemical burns, and a 21-year-old man is wheeled in after falling 75 feet into a river. Meanwhile, Benton is upset that Carla's boyfriend is part of Reese's baptism.
Directed by: Anthony Edwards · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Paul McCrane, Howard McGillin, Victor Williams, Stefan Gierasch
4x21 Suffer the Little Children
May 7, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Ross treats a 6-month-old recovering from methadone withdrawal. A televangelist and his wife, who's suffering from an infection, plan a broadcast from the ER. Del Amico's old boyfriend arrives, and Jeanie fears her health is rapidly declining.
Directed by: Christopher Misiano · Written by: Walon Green · Starring: Paul McCrane, Amanda Wyss, Erica Gimpel, Conni Marie Brazelton
4x22 A Hole in the Heart Season Finale
May 14, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.3
Ross and Hathaway's jobs are in jeopardy after their unauthorized treatment of a drug-addicted 7-month-old boy is discovered. Corday loses her sponsorship. Carter suspects Del Amico's boyfriend when drugs are stolen.
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter · Written by: Lydia Woodward · Starring: Carrie Snodgress, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Bellina Logan, Erica Gimpel