96. (5-1) "Sarindipity" 9/30/98
written by: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin
directed by: Bill D'Elia
A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
Dr. Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Dr. Daniel Didden -- Jonathan Nichols
Dr. Lucille Corcoran -- Harley Jane Kozak
Jerry Kleiman -- James Eckhouse
Dr. Daniel Didden -- Jonathan Nichols
Nurse Tracey Doyle -- Vanessia Valentino
Timothy Sarhatt -- Michael Bofshever
Martin Katz -- Bob Clendenin
Ev Wyman -- Ed O'Ross
Rosa Trujillo -- Yvette Cruise
Bobbie Kleiman -- Ellen Blain
Milo Schwartz -- Richard Riehle
Robin Kleiman -- Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Dr. John Celentano -- Allan Miller
Judge Faye Paladino -- Joanna Miles
Elizabeth Moreno -- Margot Rose
Owner -- Allen Williams
Andre -- Marquis Scott
Grandma -- Ellerine
EMS Worker #2 -- Taneka Johnson
Firefighter #1 -- Richard Whiten
Teller --Susan Chuang
Reporter #1 -- Kyme
Teenager -- Jason Bratcher
97. (5-2) "Austin Space" 10/7/98
written by: Jan Oxenburg
directed by: Stephen Cragg
A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in space program has a heart attack and Kate takes the doctors place in the program. Dr. Shutt has a patient who needs to tell his father, an Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay.
Sara Wilmette -- Mae Whitman
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Rabbi Joffe -- Arthur Rosenburg
Jacob Joffe -- Michael Goorjian
Dr. Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Dr. Lucille Corcoran -- Harley Jane Kozak
Gordan Mays -- Chris Sarandon
Anesthesiologist -- Ariel Felix
Nurse Loyda Santos -- Loyda Ramos
Photographer -- Ed Francis Martin
Marty -- Mark Ankeny
EMT -- Ken Narasaki
98. (5-3) "Wag the Doc" 10/14/98
written by: Ian Biederman
directed by: James C. Hart
Hancock accuses Watters and Austin of racism when they refuse to operate on a black patient. One of Shutt's patients commits suicide when the medicine needed isn't covered by insurance.
Gordon Mays -- Chris Sarandon
Arlene Reese -- Starletta DuPois
Very Attractive Nurse -- Kimberly Huie
Lisa -- Janie Hajduk
Artie Lomax -- Kurt Fuller
Herb Parker -- Alan Blumenfeld
Ron Greenfield -- Mark Moses
Jonathan Saunders -- Ken Lerner
N.I.C.U. Nurse -- Stacey Tate
Mrs. Gallagher -- Eve Brenner
Psych Nurse -- Loyda Ramos
Paramedic -- Cathy DeBuono
Tina Corso -- Melissa Van Der Schyff
Nurse Laurel Canyon -- Monique Edwards
99. (5-4) "The Breast and The Brightest" 10/21/98
written by: Barbara Hall
directed by: Martha Mitchell
Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death. Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient. Austin announces her plans with NASA, and Watters taked away her status as Chief of Surgery. Yeats uses his "sixth sense" to diagnose a patient.
Dr. Joe Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
E.R.Nurse -- Joyce Guy
Officer Zisk -- Bryan Pena
EMT Person -- Michelle Wolff
E.R.Nurse #2-- Tim McFadyen
Ellen Galloway -- Lisa Eichhorn
John Galloway -- James Lancaster
Dee Kaysen -- Salli Saffioti
Peter Hardie -- Art Chudabala
Susan Ross -- Sarah Long
Michael Ross -- Peter Gregory
Janice James -- Nancy Bell
Tsoukalas -- Jim Abele
Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Sandra -- Bahni Turpin
100. (5-5) "One Hundred and One Damnations" 10/28/98
written by: Barbara Hall, John Tinker
directed by: Michael Pressman
The hospital prepares for the Doctor of the Year party, and several old friends drop by. Watters goes into a virus-induced coma and gets some words of wisdom from Alan Birch. Camille Shutt returns for the party and Aaron discovers he still has feeling for her. Dr. Nyland returns to the hospital and reveals that he has really changed his life. Geiger also visits the hospital.
Dr. Joe Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Dr. Jeffrey Geiger -- Mandy Patinkin
Alan Birch -- Peter MacNicol
Daniel Nyland -- Thomas Gibson
Camille Shutt -- Roxanne Hart
Paramedic -- Hellena Lewis
Judy Sears -- Judy Prescott
Ronald Sears -- Gregory Vignolle
Garner Hoversten -- Bruce Kirby
Elizabeth Hoversten -- Kathleen Nolan
This episode is dedicated to E.G. Marshall, who played Dr. Arthur Thurmond, who passed away in 1998
101. (5-6) "Viagra-Vated Assault" 11/4/98
written by: Josh Reims
directed by: Rob Corn
Austin discovers that a patient is using Viagra to cheat on his wife. McNeil gives a blood tranfusion to a patient, even though the patient is a Jehovah's Witness and it is against his religion. A musician fears the medicine Shutt prescribes for his manic depression may stiple his creativity. Caccici's son roams the hospital behaving exactly like his father, which is driving the staff crazy.
Dr. Joe Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Donald Malloy -- Carmen Argenziano
Frank Fenton -- Clyde Kusatsu
Nathan Cacaci -- Jonathan Osser
Jan Dicker -- Cynthia Mace
Lee Dicker -- Jeffrey King
Andy Sparks -- Todd Luiso
Dr. Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Mrs. Cacaci -- Kristin Bauer
Cathy Molloy -- Dorothy Fielding
Caleb Cline -- Max Gail
Kevin -- Christopher Pettiet
Detective -- Pancho Demmings
Anesthesiologist -- Ariel Felix
Nurse Juan Numero -- Tim McFadyen
102. (5-7) "Austin, We Have A Problem" 11/11/98
written by: Remi Aubuchon
directed by: Lou Antonio
Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
Gordon Mays -- Chris Sarandon
Raymond Wilkes -- Oren Williams
Harry Zakovitch -- Walter Olkewicz
Alderman Carl Thorner -- Thom Gossom Jr.
Jean-Baptiste Marche -- Badja Djola
Paramedic #1 -- John Cappon
Boy -- Dion C. Overstreet, Jr.
Girl -- Imagine Vincent
Kid -- Jeremy Butler
Homeless Woman -- Sonya Jackson
Neighbor Man -- Ben Jurand
Eric Borgstrom -- Bruce Nozik
Reporter #1 & #2 -- Kyme
Reporter #3 -- Ellen Marie Andres
Reporter #4 -- Paul Lieber
Paramedic #2 -- David Youse
Politico Man -- Dan Bucatinksy
EMT #2 -- David Youse
EMT #1 -- John Cappon
103. (5-8) "The Other Cheek" 11/18/98
written by: Ellen Herman
directed by: Bill D'Elia
A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
Victoria Principle -- Victoria Principle
Boeb Goen -- Bob Goen
Les Moonves -- Les Moonves
David Crosby -- David Crosby
Weeping Woman -- Mary Portser
Breathless Woman -- Sheila Shaw
Jogger -- Kimble Jemison
Paramedic -- Helena Lewis
Local Reporter -- Kyme
Minister -- Charles Stevenson, Jr.
Farm Woman -- Elyse Donalson
Todd Landers -- Scott Reeves
Dr. Roger Thorn -- Kelly Connell
Herself -- Wendy Walsh
Tori Landers -- Maria Ford
Bandaged Man -- Cedric Harris
Jerry Peru -- Wade Andrew Williams
Himself -- Eric Karros
Woman -- Mariann Aalda
Sandy Phillips -- Linda Kerns
Prostitute -- Kimberly Flynn
Prostitute Double -- Laurie Fortier
Boy -- Bobby Edner
Did you know? This episode was the first network series in HDTV
104. (5-9) "Tantric Turkey" 11/25/98
written by: David Yorkin
directed by: John Heath
Billy's mother shows up at the hospital and announces she is about to give birth. The star of the road company version on "Jesus Christ Superstar" comes to the hospital when the star is ill. Yeats former teacher comes to the hospital with chest pains.
Beverly Kronk -- Barbara Babcock
Sara Wilmette -- Mae Whitman
Lama Topa Rinpoche -- Michael Welch
Nigel Wiggans -- Simon Templeman
Judas -- Joe Crest
Jesus -- Bryan Cranston
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Martine -- Christina Carlisi
Pembe -- Dom Magwili
Mary Magdalene -- Karen Fineman
Desmond -- Jason Azikiwe
Paramedic -- David Youse
Nurse -- Wendee Cole
105. (5-10) "Gun With The Wind" 12/9/98
written by: Linda Loiselle Guzik
directed by: Sandy Smolan
Wilkes must face the parents of a child brought into the ER when it becomes clear that Raymond was responsible for the child's injury. NASA starts interview Kate's colleagues. One of Aaron's patients is attracted to him.
Gina Wilkes -- Charlayne Woodard
Dr. Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Raymond Wilkes -- Oren Williams
Nelson Hickes -- Jim Haynie
Detective Ryan -- John F. O'Donohue
Tanya Anderson -- Catherine Dent
Gregory Costas -- Joseph Fuqua
Helen Costas -- Stephanie Venditto
Addy Nunez -- Christine Gonzales Lambson
Tommy Costas -- Cory Buck
Detective Buford -- Michael Jannetta
Paramedic #1 -- John Cappon
106. (5-11) "McNeil And Pray" 12/16/98
written by: Stephen Beck
directed by: Jim Bagdonas
One of the girl's on McNeil's basketball team is injured during a game, and almost dies from the injury. Yeats feels his patient should not have heart surgery.
Gina Wilkes -- Charlayne Woodard
Dr. Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Andy Sparks -- Todd Louiso
Raymond Wilkes -- Oren Williams
Carl Martin -- Henry Brown
Mr. Watanabe -- John Fujioka
Cherise Martin -- Alyssa Ashley Nichols
Jennifer Watanabe -- Tamlyn Tomita
Nurse -- Stacey Tate
107. (5-12) "Adventures In Babysitting 1/13/99
written by: Ian Biederman
directed by: James C. Hart
Aaron looses a patient, and he takes it hard. Billy finds himself attracted to Emily's babysitter. A couple ask Drs. Yeats and Hancock to help them create a genious baby. Dr. Cacaci tries to decide which doctors should be in the hospitals fall out shelter.
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Dr. Rose Weber -- Christine Tucci
Artie Lomax -- Kurt Fuller
Kay Meraskie -- Katie Mitchell
Bill Meraskie -- Robert Curtis Brown
Patty Lomax -- Lily Knight
Madeleine Carver -- Dawn Heusser
Alison Malone -- Lisa D. Brenner
Resident -- Richard Anthony Crenna
Paramedic -- Taneka Johnson
108. (5-13) "Karmic Relief" 1/20/99
written by: Barbara Hall
directed by: Adam Arkin
Kate discovers that she has developed an ovarian cyst which could destroy her plans with NASA. After Kate hears this news she agrees to go to a retreat... that Yeats is leading.
Sara Wilmette -- Mae Whitman
Leslie -- Terry Cain
Janine -- Mara Holguin
Joseph -- David Brainard
Cop -- Blair Hickey
Paramedic -- Brandon Wentworth
109. (5-14) "Playing Through" 2/3/99
written by: Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich
screenplay by: Beth Glazer McLaughlin
directed by: Kenny Ortega
Diane helps deliver the baby of an HIV positive patient. When the woman develops complications the only alternative is surgery. During the surgery Diane accidentally cuts herself and is exposed to the virus. Jack and Lisa's relationship has problems when Jack discovers that Lisa has been seeing Robert. Jack takes up golf, in the hospital. A homeless man takes shelter in the hospitals main enterance. An unidentified man is hit by a train after trying to save a child.
Vicki Slater -- Leslie Hope
Andy Sparks -- Todd Louiso
Jerry Lawrence -- Carlton Wilborn
Gary Slater -- Taylor Nichols
Dolores Crosscup -- Teda Bracci
Nurse Gail -- Ellen Bry
Casey Panitch -- Alissa Ann Smego
Edmonds -- Boris Krutonog
Shirley Fleming -- Gail Strickland
Nurse Trish Adams -- Dawn Landon
Nurse Tracey Doyle -- Venessia Valentino
Janitor -- Boris Krutonog
Paramedic -- Evan Acosta
110. (5-15) "Big Hand For The Little Lady" 2/10/99
written by: Jan Oxenberg
directed by: Rob Corn
McNeil performs a hand transplant on the patient, and uses the patient's dead mother's hand. Kate is accepted by NASA. An old childhood friends visits Watters and asks for one of his kidneys.
Sara Wilmette -- Mae Whitman
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Judge Robin O'Hara -- Julie Ariola
Natalie Kramer -- Alanna Ubach
Justin Traeger -- Scott Michael Campbell
Dinah McCall -- Sandra Thigpen
Roz Kramer -- Fionnula Flanagan
Larry Lenski -- Alan King
Harry Lenski-- Parry Shen
Waitress -- Margaret Kemp
Dr. Donald Berlinger -- Edward Amatrudo
Paramedic #1 -- Michelle Wolff
Paramedic #2 -- John Cappon
Anesthesiologist -- Ariel Felix
Reporter #1 -- Kyme
Reporter #2 -- Kim Loros
111. (5-16) "Home Is Where The Heartache Is" 2/17/99
written by: Josh Reims
directed by: Oz Scott
McNeil returns home after his brother is killed. Dr. Cacaci begins to fear the impact of HMO's on his practice and takes up selling doorway products. Kronk's friend comes to the hospital for a heart transplant, and end's up getting an experimental procedure after the wrong organ was delivered to the hospital.
Bob Bancroft -- Dr. Cacaci
Tom McNeil -- Paul Gleason
Janice -- Jordan Baker
Michelle Corwin -- Paula Newsome
Kyle Corwin -- Wayne Duvall
Young Jack -- Calvin DeVault
Young Sean -- Kendall Cunningham
Grace McNeil -- Kelli Maroney
Mrs. Felleman -- Phyllis Ehrlich
Danny Corwin -- Tre Wood
Passenger -- Michael Francis Clarke
112. (5-17) "A Goy And His Dog" 3/10/99
written by: Remi Aubuchon
directed by: Richard Gershman
Gordy is diagnosed with arthritis (rhematoid) and Billy must decided whether or not to put him to sleep. Catera tries to help a woman with breast cancer and brain metases get into an experimental group even though she does not fit the parameters of the study guideline. One of Shutt's patients confesses to a murder.
Tom Van Deusen -- Lenny Von Dohlen
Andy Sparks -- Todd Louiso
Dr. Windsor -- Stanley Anderson
Bonnie Medina - L. Scott Caldwell
Clarice -- Cee-Cee Harshaw
Dr. Terry Gerber -- James Harper
Allen the Vet -- Mark L. Taylor
Dana -- Constance Zimmer
113. (5-18) "Teacher's Pet" 3/24/99
written by: Ian Biederman
directed by: John Heath
Kate confront's a former harrasser, who is a world renowned surgeon. Diane has a patient with a flesh eating bacteria.
Charlayne Woodard -- Gina Wilkes
Dr. Martin Rockwell -- Richard Crenna
Mr. Wheaton -- Travis McKenna
Jesse Porter -- Tracy Middendorf
Raymond Wilkes -- Oren Williams
Mark Porter -- Alex Skuby
Paramedic #1 -- Zach Selwyn
Paramedic #2 -- John Cappon
Paramedic #3 -- Evan Acosta
Reporter #1 -- Kenneth Alan Williams
Reporter #2 -- Kyme
Eli -- J.T. Larsen
Mr. Gomez -- Raoul N. Rizik
114. (5-19) "Vanishing Acts" 3/31/99
written by: Ellen Herman
directed by: Michael Schultz
Diane tries to help the parents of a three year old that was killed. An experiment goes bad and Aaron ends up institutionalized.
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Dr. Sam Rothberg -- Tegan West
Alzheimer's Patient -- Gloria LeRoy
Jack -- Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Mrs. Jamison -- Anne-Marie Johnson
Mr. Jamison -- Darnell Williams
Dr. Blackmon -- Brandon Maggart
Psychiatric Orderly -- Andi Chapman
Lakeview Review Board Member -- Marc Grapey
'Dr. Segovia' -- Terry Hanauer
Coretta Tree -- Sage Allen
? -- Maura Russo
Dr. Steve Wang -- Todd Hawk
Orderly -- Andre Ware
Paramedic #1 -- David Youse
Paramedic #2 -- Michelle Wolff
Jorge -- Christopher Gerson
Hoon -- Lang Nguyen
Psych Nurse -- Marcy Goldman
115. (5-20) "From Here To Maternity" 4/14/99
written by: Miriam Kazdin
directed by: Mark Harmon
A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Rick -- Erich Anderson
Francesca -- Susanna Thompson
Warren -- Chas Smith
Rick -- Jon Pennell
John -- Anthony Lee
? -- James Paul Donchey
Jason Maple -- Dyllan Christopher
O.R. Nurse -- Stacey Tate
116. (5-21) "And Baby Makes 10" 4/21/99
written by: David Levinson
directed by: Martha Mitchell
Dr. Hancock's patient, who was using fertility drugs, gives birth to 8 babies.
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Dr. Rachel Kleema -- Lynne Moody
? -- Rosalind Ayres
? -- JoAnn Willette
? -- Michael Cudlitz
? -- Keith Langsdale
? -- Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Paramedic #1 -- Zach Selwyn
Journalist #1 -- Kyme
Journalist #2 -- Janis Chow
Journalist #3 -- J.M. Henry
Anesthesiologist -- Robert Berumen
N.I.C.U. Nurse -- Belinda Lopez
O.R. Nurse -- Paige Peterson
117. (5-22) "Kiss Of Death" 4/29/99
written by: Ellen Herman
directed by: Jim Bagdonas
Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his charge that Phillip had an affair with a patient.
Dr. Rachel Kleema -- Lynne Moody
Jeremy Hofmeister -- Matt McCoy
Tina Hofmeister -- Judith Hoag
Dwayne Haskell -- Alex McArthur
Stu Brickman -- Alan Rosenberg
Mitch -- Richard Anthony Crenna
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
? -- Kerrie Keane
? -- Angelo Vacco
Resident -- Richard Anthony Crenna
O.R. Nurse -- Stacey Tate
118. (5-23) "The Heavens Can Wait"
written by: Jan Oxenburg
screenplay by: Jan Oxenberg and Jim Proser
directed by: Stephen Cragg
The ER is flooded with a large amount of young people who were poisoned by an unknown drug at an all night rave. Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver. Phillip's fate is decided after being charged with having an affair with a patient.
Sara Wilmette -- Mae Whitman
Dr. Jospeh Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Stu Brickman -- Alan Rosenberg
? -- Betsy Brantley
? -- Christopher Allport
Kevin -- Damon Seawell
? -- Christopher Jaymes
? -- Judith Jones
? -- Andrea Portes
? -- Denyn Pysz
Nurse -- Ellen Bry
? -- Lizette Carrion
Grunge Girl -- Brooke Bloom
Nurse #1 -- Monique Edwards
Anesthesiologist -- Joan Ryan
Paramedic #1 -- David Youse
Paramedic #2 -- Angela Oh
Paramedic #3 -- John Bishop
Paramedic #4 -- Jose Yenque
Paramedic #5 -- Evan Acosta
Paramedic #6 -- Patrick Falls
Paramedic #7 -- Taneka Johnson
Paramedic #8 -- Tohoru Masamune
Paramedic #9 -- John Cappon
Scooter -- Denny Pierce
Nurse -- Linda Klein
119. (5-24) "Curing Cancer"
written by: David Kelly
directed by: Bill D'Elia
Dr Geiger returns to the hospital and promptly fires half the staff, whom then sue to get their jobs back. Aaron consults a new pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures.
Dr. Jeffrey Geiger -- Mandy Patinkin
Dr. Joseph Cacaci -- Bob Bancroft
Stephen Elliott -- Judge Harold Aldrich
Jason Sollers -- Denis Arndt
Dr. Gina Simon -- Carla Gugino
Dr. Sally Gates -- Natasha Gregson Wagner
Marcia Loey -- Christine Dunford
Mr. Loey -- William O'Leary
Jonathan Saunders -- Ken Lerner
Woman -- Annie Gagen
Man -- Albert Owens
Kevin -- J.B. Gaynor
Cynthia Loey -- Barbara Patrick
Paramedic -- Zach Selwyn
Nurse #1 -- Jane Clark
Nurse #2 -- Pinky Villasenor
Anesthesiologist -- Michael Rogers