Completing the adventures and efforts of doctors and patients inside County General Hospital in Chicago, where they do their best and race against time to save the lives of people. In this new season, Susan returns from her holiday.
It jump-started its third year with an episode that reinforced the show's strengths, following John Carter, who was a medical student last year, through his first day on duty as a doctor.
Inoculated against hype and its backlash on the strength of fortified plotting and unshowy acting, ER continues to make good on its initial stylistic breakthroughs.
"ER" still isn't functioning at the quality level of prime time's finest current dramas "Homicide," "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order" but it is markedly improved this season, which offers hope for continued progress.