This week, Gabe’s increasingly frequent memory issues cause Kerry to dig into his past (and make some hard decisions), Carol pulls a move with Meg only Doug could love, Carter learns from past mistakes and helps ease an older woman’s husband towards a dignified end, Cleo has some harsh words for a diabetic child and his father, Mark gets a little blown up, Benton pleads his case to Carla, and we say goodbye to Jeanie Boulet.

This week, Malucci tries to get the story on Kerry’s need for a cane, Benton navigates a tricky situation with blood donations for a patient, Lucy cares for a young “creatively challenged” artist, an explosion at a school science lab completely overwhelms Gabe, Jeanie worries about Carlos, Carol tries to get Meg into rehab, and the long national nightmare that is Carter and Elaine is mercifully over.

Content warning for talk of suicide.

This week, Cleo and Yosh treat a little girl who can only be described as the spawn of Satan, Carol helps a pregnant waitress get some prenatal care, Dave needs some work on his bedside manner, Mark treats a young man who attempted suicide, Corday tries to navigate some bad press, Carter continues to ignore Elaine’s boundaries, and Gabe tries to get to the bottom of what really happened with the suicidal teen. 

On this month's edition of STT Interviews, we're talking with Robin Bronner. Robin was an assistant director on the show for a total of 79 episodes between 1999-2003. She shared with us the crucial role an assistant director plays in making sure each episode is completed on schedule as well as what we as viewers maybe take for granted that's actually quite difficult to achieve.

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This week, Corday is forced to babysit a reporter writing about the hospital, Carter still doesn’t understand HIPAA, Lucy helps Kovac care for an abused woman, love is in the air as Reggie and Jeanie get married, Kerry is a little obsessed with badges but has a surprise for Jeanie, Benton deals with the fallout of Carla’s revelation, and Mark butts heads with Dr. Gabriel Lawrence, the new ER attending.

This week, after burying his mom, Mark returns to the ER and takes on a DNR cancer patient, Dr. Malucci debuts and decides to play paramedic, Carter does a HIPAA violation, Corday is ambushed with a potentially huge promotion, Benton’s custody case takes a very soap opera turn, Luka does his best priest impression for a dying woman, and Jeanie makes a move to try and adopt baby Carlos.

On this week’s season premiere, a very pregnant Carol narrowly avoids a major accident, Randi decks a guy, Romano is up for a promotion, Mark does the right thing and gets immediately punished for it, Jeanie cares for an end-stage AIDS patient and her HIV positive son, Benton and Carla clash at a court ordered meeting, Carter’s thirst for blondes takes a strange turn, and County General welcomes George Clooney’s replacements: Dr. Luka Kovac and Dr. Cleo Finch.

Believe it or not, it's time for yet another season wrap up! Yes, Season 5 has come and gone but we're not quite done with it yet. Join us, and Popular Court co-host Jake Terrell, for a look back at the season that was, who we bid farewell to, and who got Bob'd.

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On this week’s season finale, Carol gets some interesting news during an ultrasound, Jeanie finally comes clean with Reggie, the battle of Benton v. Carla kicks off, Kerry brings in a seemingly abandoned toddler, Romano finally gets put in his place after making a baffling decision about the ER, Carter didn’t mind his own damn business and Lucy must now suffer because of it, and Mark opens up to Corday.

On this edition of STT Interviews, we're delighted to sit down with Samantha Corbin-Miller. Samantha was a writer on the series between 1996 and 1998. She shared with us what it's like being tasked with bringing down America's sweetheart, Doug Ross as well as the dreaded Episode 19 assignment.

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