ER: Season 6

1999 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.1

What Season 6 of ER

The sixth season of the television series ER premiered on the American network NBC on 1999 with the broadcast of the episode "Leave it to Weaver" and ended in 2000 with the episode "May Day." During this season, ER ranked #4 in the ratings in the United States.

22episodes

Sep 30, 1999premiered

May 18, 2000latest episode

16.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Leave It to Weaver
Sep 30, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.4
When Anspaugh decides to retire as chief of staff and return to surgery, he appoints Romano as his replacement. Greene expresses reservations about the decision, but Weaver does not support Greene. Romano makes Weaver the new chief of emergency medicine.
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · Written by Lydia Woodward · Starring Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Courtland Mead, John Doman
6x02 Last Rites
Oct 7, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
After his mother's funeral, Dr. Greene comforts his father in San Diego. In Chicago, Romano surprises Corday by appointing her associate chief of surgery. Corday treats Elaine, Carter's lover, for breast cancer.
Directed by Félix Alcalá · Written by Jack Orman · Starring Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Erik Palladino, Keram Malicki-Sánchez
6x03 Greene with Envy
Oct 14, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
A recommendation from Weaver allows Jeanie to have temporary approval as a foster parent for baby Carlos. Reggie and Jeanie get married. Lucy and Kovac talk with a young woman whose husband they believe is very dangerous.
Directing: Peter Markle · Writing: Patrick Harbinson · Starring: Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Erik Palladino, Todd Susman
6x04 Sins of the Fathers
Oct 21, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Hathaway befriends an out-of-work waitress, Meg. Seven-months pregnant, Meg cannot afford prenatal care. Hathaway invites her to the hospital, performs free tests and helps her interview for a job in the cafeteria.
Directed by Ken Kwapis · Written by Doug Palau · Starring Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Erik Palladino, Jessica Sara
6x05 Truth & Consequences
Nov 4, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
A prank in a high school science class goes terribly awry, injuring a teacher and several students. Hathaway discovers Meg's drug addiction. Weaver and Greene notice Lawrence gets easily confused.
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt · Written by R. Scott Gemmill · Starring Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Erik Palladino, Aimee Garcia
6x06 The Peace of Wild Things
Nov 11, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 8.1
Benton struggles with the idea of taking a DNA test to determine whether or not Reese is actually his son. As the signs continue to pile up, Kerry and Mark use a fake patient to convince Dr. Lawrence of his Alzheimer's. Carter has trouble persuading a woman from a nursing home fire to sign a DNR for her husband and later is asked to forge charts for a family with no insurance. Carol continues to meddle in Meg's life, having her arrested so that she can be detoxed. Cleo is blamed for an explosion in the suture room but it may actually be Dr. Dave's fault.
Directed by Richard Thorpe · Written by John Wells · Starring Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Erik Palladino, Gail Strickland
6x07 Humpty Dumpty
Nov 18, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Weaver tries to save the life of a rape victim while Corday struggles with feelings of disdain as she is forced to save the rapist. Cleo treats a teenage alcoholic boy whose alcoholic mother refuses to recognize her problem or his.
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · Written by Neal Baer · Starring Kellie Martin, Erik Palladino, Carl Gordon, Erica Gimpel
6x08 Great Expectations
Nov 25, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.4
On Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. She's able to get to the ER only thanks to Luka's help. She delivers the first baby in the ER, but the second causes some trouble. Greene leaves Elizabeth to deal with his father and daughter, as he rushes to assist Carol.
Director: Christopher Misiano · Writer: Jack Orman · Starring: Maura Tierney, Kellie Martin, Erik Palladino, Montrose Hagins
6x09 How the Finch Stole Christmas
Dec 16, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaway's twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carla's husband does not get approved allowing Reese to stay in Chicago. Lucy endeavors to get a heart transplant for a young woman and goes to Romano's house begging him to perform the surgery.
Directed by Fred Einesman · Written by Linda Gase · Starring Kellie Martin, Erik Palladino, Bellina Logan, Paul Adelstein
6x10 Family Matters
Jan 6, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
In order to get her paitient to tell her the location of a missing body, Corday agrees to grant him a fatal wish. Kovac befriends two brothers. He tells Weaver that his wife and children died in the Bosnian war. Former medical student Deb Chen returns to County General as a resident, using her Chinese name, Jing-Mei Chen.
Director: Anthony Edwards · Writer: Patrick Harbinson · Starring: Kellie Martin, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Cody Kasch
6x11 The Domino Heart
Jan 13, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Lucy's patient finally gets a heart transplant but does not survive. The transplanted heart will now go to another recipient. Greene interferes in a gay domestic situation. Corday tricked her patient who murdered several women and now he's being transferred to a county jail.
Directing: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writing: Joe Sachs · Starring: Kellie Martin, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Peg Phillips
6x12 Abby Road
Feb 3, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Two boys brought in after a fight at school leads Cleo to discover that one of them has been injecting himself with hormones. Hathaway's obstetrics nurse, Abby Lockhart, joins the ER as a third year medical student on an ER rotation.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Maura Tierney, Kellie Martin, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino
6x13 Be Still My Heart
Feb 10, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 8.3
Dr. Greene and Corday bond with their parents, Lucy cares for a patient with a psychotic break, and Valentine's Day celebrations in the ER end tragically for one of the students.
Directed by Laura Innes · Written by Lydia Woodward · Starring Maura Tierney, Kellie Martin, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino
6x14 All in the Family
Feb 17, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.6
Carter and Lucy are discovered and the staff struggles to save them and go on with normal patient care.
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · Written by Jack Orman · Starring Maura Tierney, Kellie Martin, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino
6x15 Be Patient
Feb 24, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Kovac witnesses an accident and saves the young victim's life. Carter slowly recovers from his brutal attack and undergoes excruciating physical therapy. Hathaway helps two sexually active 14-year-old girls.
Director: Ken Kwapis · Writer: Sandy Kroopf · Starring: Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Cara DeLizia
6x16 Under Control
Mar 23, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convince his father to undergo cancer treatment.
Directed by Christopher Misiano · Written by Neal Baer and Joe Sachs · Starring Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Conni Marie Brazelton
6x17 Viable Options
Apr 6, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Chen's patient refuses to reveal to his daughter that she might have inherited a terrible disease from him. Weaver defies Romano's authority and performs a procedure that gets her suspended. An available kidney causes friction between Corday and Kovac as they decide which one of their patients will get it.
Directed by Marita Grabiak · Written by Patrick Harbinson · Starring Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Mitch Pileggi
6x18 Match Made in Heaven
Apr 13, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
After Corday refuses to perform exploratory surgery on Cleo's patient, Cleo enlists Benton's help, infuriating Corday. Abby cares for a pregnant woman with five children who wants an abortion. Greene lovingly tends to his dying father at home.
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · Written by R. Scott Gemmill · Starring Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Joel McKinnon Miller
6x19 The Fastest Year
Apr 27, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Carter seeks psychiatric help because he can't sleep. He then visits the wife of his attacker. Weaver returns to work after her suspension. Hathaway and Kovac share a kiss.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: Lydia Woodward · Starring: Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Dee Jay Daniels
6x20 Loose Ends
May 4, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaway's lack of focus on the job. And while treating a 6-year-old patient involved in a minor car accident, Malucci and Cleo discover the girl has been sexually molested recently by her father.
Directed by Kevin Hooks · Written by Neal Baer · Starring Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Lincoln Kilpatrick
6x21 Such Sweet Sorrow
May 11, 2000 · 47 min · ★ 8.2
Greene prepares to bury his father. Chen worries about Carter's mood swings. After witnessing the interaction between a dying woman and her family, Hathaway realizes she wants her family together and flies to Seattle to join Ross.
Directed by John Wells · Written by John Wells · Starring Maura Tierney, George Clooney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino
6x22 May Day Season Finale
May 18, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.4
As the result of a school shooting, Kovac and Benton care for the gunman and his victims. Abby discovers that Carter has been illegally injecting pain relievers. Greene and Weaver confront Carter about his problem, and Weaver orders him to enter a drug rehabilitation center or leave the hospital permanently.
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan · Written by Jack Orman · Starring Maura Tierney, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, John Doman