ER: Season 7

2000 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 7 of ER

The seventh season of ER returns to life at County General with several doctors in the middle of transitions. Carter finishes his training in Atlanta, and Greene and Corday return from vacation. Benton goes through an interview with Romano for an attending position, though his superior makes things difficult for him. Abby is forced to put her training on hold after failing to pay tuition and finds herself reunited with her mother, who has bipolar disorder. Chen hides her pregnancy, and Kovac confronts a thief. Meanwhile, Greene's health worries Corday.

22episodes

Oct 12, 2000aired

May 17, 2001latest episode

16.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 7 Episodes

7x01 Homecoming
Oct 12, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Dr. Carter struggles with his drug dependency; a custodial strike leaves the ER cluttered with garbage; a riot at a high-school football game leaves several wounded.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Wentworth Miller, Troy Evans, Bob Minor, Yvette Freeman
7x02 Sand and Water
Oct 19, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
A young couple cope with their baby being premature; Greene and Corday struggle with their relationship.
Director: Christopher Misiano · Writer: Jack Orman · Starring: Conni Marie Brazelton, Kyle Richards, Laura Cerón, Gedde Watanabe
7x03 Mars Attacks
Oct 26, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Dr. Carter is allowed a cautious restart with small steps. An extremely blond Dr. Malucci is very curious who's made Dr. Chen pregnant. Dr. Benton has been written out of all the hospital's systems and is stunned by Dr. Romano. An unfortunate incident at a Science Fiction convention makes it look like scenes from the movie 'Mars Attacks'.
Directed by: Paris Barclay · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Troy Evans, Kyle Richards, Ellen Crawford, Laura Cerón
7x04 Benton Backwards
Nov 2, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Benton is unable to find a job after Romano negatively influences local hospitals. He reluctantly agrees to accept Romano's demeaning offer of a per diem job at County with no benefits. Kovac and Abby are attacked by a mugger with a steel pipe. Injured, Kovac protects Abby and smashes the robber's head on the ground repeatedly.
Director: Richard Thorpe · Writer: Dee Johnson · Starring: Keri Lynn Pratt, Troy Evans, Frances Sternhagen, Lisa Nicole Carson
7x05 Flight of Fancy
Nov 9, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Greene flies in a helicopter to a remote area of Indiana to rescue a heart transplant patient. The helicopter develops problems, and Greene arranges for paramedics to transport the patient to County. Because Weaver is gone for the day, Romano appoints Benton in charge of the ER. Kovac is plagued by the death of the mugger.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writers: Walon Green, Joe Sachs · Starring: Jenette Goldstein, Conni Marie Brazelton, Yvette Freeman, Bruce Wright
7x06 The Visit
Nov 16, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.4
Corday rushes through a surgical procedure in order to take off on a romantic weekend with Greene. She is later called back to the hospital after her patient suffers complications. Abby's mother, Maggie, who suffers from bipolar disorder (manic-depressive) and refuses to take her medication, unexpectedly visits Abby at the hospital and wreaks havoc on Abby's life.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan · Writer: John Wells · Starring: Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Morris Chestnut, Deezer D
7x07 Rescue Me
Nov 23, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 8.3
Tests reveal that Greene has a brain tumor, but he hides the news from Corday. Corday finds out that she is being sued for malpractice. She also reveals to Greene that she is pregnant. Abby's mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Christopher Chulack · Writer: Neal Baer · Starring: Ed Lauter, Conni Marie Brazelton, Ellen Crawford, Laura Cerón
7x08 The Dance We Do
Dec 7, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 8.4
Maggie's emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton's deceased nephew knows who killed him and that he was hated for his antigang stance.
Director: Christopher Misiano · Writer: Jack Orman · Starring: Kyle Richards, Ellen Crawford, Kurt Naebig, Laura Cerón
7x09 The Greatest of Gifts
Dec 14, 2000 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Chen gives birth, but insists on breastfeeding the infant before she gives it to the adoptive parents. Greene and Corday consult a brain specialist in New York City who believes the tumor can be safely removed. Stressed and tired, Carter impulsively swallows two painkiller pills but intentionally vomits them. He confesses to Abby.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: Elizabeth Hunter · Starring: Elizabeth Rodriguez, Kyle Richards, Yvette Freeman, Kerrie Keane
7x10 Piece of Mind
Jan 4, 2001 · 45 min · ★ 8.4
Mark Green is in New York on New Years Eve for cancer surgery. Meanwhile a father and son are involved in a car crash.
Director: David Nutter · Writers: Tom Garrigus, R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Kyle Richards, Jared Padalecki, Deezer D, Christine Harnos
7x11 Rock, Paper, Scissors
Jan 11, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Benton and Cleo clash over his deceased nephew's girlfriend. They finally agree to call a social worker. Benton confesses his love to Cleo. The spinal surgery malpractice suit is settled by employing a technicality: the equipment used was later recalled by the manufacturer. But Corday now doubts her abilities as a surgeon.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: Dee Johnson · Starring: Erica Gimpel, Conni Marie Brazelton, Yvette Freeman, Pamela Sinha
7x12 Surrender
Feb 1, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Greene returns to work but confuses words and displays uncharacteristic anger. Eager to get out of his per diem situation, Benton agrees to a full time position. Carter visits his cousin, who became paralyzed after a drug overdose. A workplace disaster results in numerous injuries and fatalities among illegal immigrants.
Directed by: Félix Alcalá · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Deezer D, Laura Cerón
7x13 Thy Will Be Done
Feb 8, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Weaver becomes concerned about Greene's cognitive skills and surreptitiously calls for an official evaluation of his competency. Corday plans her wedding to Greene. Bishop Stewart returns, and Kovacs realizes the man has a terrible disease. Dateless for a charity function, Carter invites Abby to attend with him.
Director: Richard Thorpe · Writer: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Yvette Freeman, George Plimpton, Mark Valley, Noah Blake
7x14 A Walk in the Woods
Feb 15, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
As the new director of diversity, Benton studies medical school applications and discovers that his own academic record did not qualify him--he was admitted because of affirmative action. Weaver feels uncomfortable amongst Legaspi's lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles.
Directed by: John Wells · Written by: John Wells · Starring: Troy Evans, Deezer D, Laura Cerón, Lyn Alicia Henderson
7x15 The Crossing
Feb 22, 2001 · 45 min · ★ 8.6
In the series' 150th episode, a massive train wreck mobilizes the emergency room doctors. Corday, Carter and Kovac rush to the scene. Corday falls and injures her back, bringing on contractions in only her 25th week of pregnancy. While amputating the legs of a fallen firefighter, Corday stops because of her pain.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Yvette Freeman, Deezer D, Laura Cerón, Lyn Alicia Henderson
7x16 Witch Hunt
Mar 1, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Weaver fears for her own reputation when Legaspi is accused of sexual harassment. Afraid to reveal her relationship with Legaspi--for both personal and professional reasons--Weaver fails to support her during the investigation. An infant is abducted from the hospital and later found on a train platform.
Directed by: Guy Norman Bee · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: John Aylward, Yvette Freeman, Pamela Sinha, Deezer D
7x17 Survival of the Fittest
Mar 29, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
A demented patient causes a shootout in the emergency room. After terrorizing people in the ER with a gun, she gets shot by a policeman. She soon dies. Benton later discover her dementia was caused by an aftereffect of his surgery that he and Cleo should have detected. Carter pursues a cute intern.
Director: Marita Grabiak · Writer: Joe Sachs · Starring: Ed Lauter, Laura Cerón, Gedde Watanabe, Adrian Ricard
7x18 April Showers
Apr 19, 2001 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Numerous mishaps threaten to mar Corday and Greene's wedding day. As the very pregnant Corday becomes increasingly agitated, the presence of her bickering divorced parents does little to improve her mood. With the intense rain, Greene has a difficult time making it to the church. But, evenutally, he arrives and they joyfully wed.
Director: Christopher Misiano · Writer: Tom Garrigus · Starring: Conni Marie Brazelton, Yvette Freeman, Ellen Crawford, Pamela Sinha
7x19 Sailing Away
Apr 26, 2001 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Abby and Carter travel to Oklahoma to rescue Abby's mentally ill mother and bring her back to Chicago. In Chicago, Maggie suffers from a sleeping pills overdose. At County General, Kovac frantically revives her. Benton treats a college student injured in a fraternity prank.
Directed by: Laura Innes · Written by: Jack Orman, Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Mark Valley, Laura Cerón
7x20 Fear of Commitment
May 3, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Maggie contests Abby's attempt to institutionalize her. Weaver treats a few bizarre patients. When Legaspi returns to work after being exonerated of sexual harassment, Weaver tries to reconcile with her. Benton injures his hand while transporting his former teacher to the hospital and must contend with the teacher's wisecracking elderly buddies.
Directed by: Anthony Edwards · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: John Doman, Bette Ford, Yvette Freeman, Skip Stellrecht
7x21 Where the Heart Is
May 10, 2001 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
Cleo and Carla clash after Reese gets hurt while in Cleo's care. Weaver and Kovac cannot save the life of a developmentally challenged woman's only caregiver. Abby goes to a therapy session with Maggie. Later, Abby confesses to Maggie that she is afraid to bear children because they might be bipolar like her mother.
Directed by: Richard Thorpe · Written by: Meredith Stiehm, Dee Johnson · Starring: Erica Gimpel, Conni Marie Brazelton, Ellen Crawford, Deezer D
7x22 Rampage Season Finale
May 17, 2001 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
The ER is flooded with foster care home residents, attacked by a shooter bent on tracking down his son, who , with the help of Dr. Green, was put into the foster care system amid allegations he was being abused by his father.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan · Writer: Jack Orman · Starring: Victor Williams, Troy Evans, Erica Gimpel, Yvette Freeman