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20 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Tue, Oct 10, 2000 60 mins
In the series pilot, Ben, who's still reeling from his wife's death from cancer, contends with and arrogant and cynical cancer patient (Bruce McGill) who dares Ben to treat him. Meanwhile, Metropolitan residents get headaches from a young man with a mysterious anemia and an old woman with an ailing dog. Dr. Max Cabranes: Ruben Blades.
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 18, 2000 60 mins
Gideon struggles to gain the trust of a young breast-cancer patient (Tracy Middendorf) who distrusts Western medicine; Ollie (Rhona Mitra) puzzles over the diagnosis for a middle-aged man (James Handy) who hates his job, and has daily headaches to prove it; and Cooper (Eric Dane) treats a young man (Connor Trinneer) with an embarrassing below-the-belt condition. Mary Grey: Ireen Roseen. Rob Majors: Scott Waara. Mrs. Lee: Fredah Foh Shen. Instructor: Noelle Mermont.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 25, 2000 60 mins
A cleaning lady Ben has known for years (Christine Avila) shows up at the hospital with breathing difficulties. Her HMO had diagnosed her with asthma, but it's leukemia. Meanwhile, Ben's own housekeeper (Freda Foh Shen) is taking a personal day, so he must deal with all the minor family emergencies; Bruce (Hamish Linklater) puzzles over the cause of a Korean violin prodigy's ear infection. Dr. Matthews: M. Emmet Walsh. Altagracias: Sara Rivas. Linda Kim: Sara Tanaka.
Episode 4
Wed, Nov 1, 2000 60 mins
When the mayor of Boston (John A. Billingsley), a patient of Ben's, is diagnosed with cancer, he must weigh his treatment options in light of his planned Senate race. He's also concerned about the effect of certain treatments on his sex life. Meanwhile, Sid has trouble figuring out what's wrong with an 18-year-old (Michael Bacall) with a cough who "was told to answer no questions." And Wyatt (Eric Dane) and Ollie (Rhona Mitra) share an edgy on-call flirtation while Wyatt's wife is in Germany.
Episode 5
Wed, Nov 8, 2000 60 mins
A man (Peter MacKenzie) arrives at the hospital with chest pains on Saturday morning, is treated, in turn, by six residents and dies on Sunday night. His case is dissected on Monday morning at an "m and m" conference and nobody gets off easily. Mrs. Porter: Christine Healy. Dr. Plummer: John Michael Higgins.
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 15, 2000 60 mins
A breast-cancer patient (Roma Maffia), who's a casual acquaintance of Ben's, has a complication she doesn't wish to reveal to her doctors (or discuss with her husband). Meanwhile, a man has his nose bitten off in a bar fight, and Brucie, accompanied by the man's girlfriend (Amy Hathaway), must retrieve it; Wyatt's wife (Rachel Wilson) submits his name (and a picture) to a magazine that's preparing an article titled "Boston's Sexiest Doctors." Hank: Casey Biggs.
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 22, 2000 60 mins
A drug Ben has developed that could "revolutionize" melanoma treatment gets the go-ahead for trials and he offers it to one of his patients before he learns that trial subjects must be chosen by a lottery. Meanwhile, Sid tries to find the cause of a man's anemia, and he must go out with an Indian woman with whom his parents have fixed him up. James Tooley: Pruitt Taylor Vince. Claude Cocotte: Stephen Macht. Darla Cocotte: Mia Cottet. Luce: Van Epperson. Ulasewicz: Dick Stilwell.
Episode 8
Wed, Dec 6, 2000 60 mins
A wealthy woman (Elizabeth Wilson) with a blood disease bullies the staff, Gideon and Cabranes included. Meanwhile, a dying patient's final wish is to be mummified, so the residents set out to do just that. Rev. Chuck: Timothy Bottoms. Christy Fallon: Kathleen Wilhoite. Dr. Ankh: Adam Alexi-Malle. Jed Raines: Nicolas Coster. Dr. Michael To: Tza Ma.
Episode 9
Wed, Dec 20, 2000 60 mins
The holidays are approaching, but Ben has other things on his mind---chiefly diagnosis, prognosis and treatment for a severely anemic 35-year-old astronomer (Robert Joy). He doesn't know what's killing the man, but he does know that he disagrees with the hematology chief (Graham Beckel). Meanwhile, Stiles is having mixed success in her talent search for the hospital's "holiday extravaganza." One volunteer: Cabranes. "I sing," he tells Stiles. She doesn't believe him. Joanne Cooper: Rachel Wilson. Reverend Chuck: Timothy Bottoms.
Episode 10
Wed, Dec 27, 2000 60 mins
A man (John Rubinstein) whom Gideon once treated for cancer returns to the hospital with a mysterious fever and a son (John Pyper Fergeson) who has a chip on his shoulder. Speaking of mysterious, Boies can't figure out what caused a 35-year-old (Lily Knight) to suffer a stroke. Meanwhile, Stiles (Sophie Keller) tells Boies she really needs to take a day off; and the widow (Christine Healy) of a man who died as a result of a series of mistakes by the residents is considering a lawsuit. Barbara Palmer: Lee Garlington. Elaine Hoffman: Polly Draper.
Episode 11
Mon, Jan 15, 2001 60 mins
Staffers embark on a "bug hunt"---they're looking for bacteria that are causing infections in patients who don't have anything in common, except that they're sick. Meanwhile, rumors about the Porter lawsuit are circulating around the hospital; brash pharmaceutical saleswoman Caitlin Reese (Leslie Silva) doesn't attract much attention---at first; and Cooper can't reach his wife in Wyoming.
Episode 12
Mon, Jan 22, 2001 60 mins
The flirtatious daughter of Metropolitan General's psychiatry chief (Jeffrey DeMunn) kills herself---after leaving a note accusing Cherry of sexual misconduct. Meanwhile, as preparations for the Porter malpractice trial intensify, Boies (Russell Hornsby) grows anstier and antsier. Jane Kuhn: Kathy Baker. Jessica: Constance Zimmer.
Episode 13
Mon, Jan 29, 2001 60 mins
A hearing-impaired 14-year-old (Becki Leigh Barney) wants a cochlear implant, but her parents (Marlee Matlin, Larry Bazzell), who are also deaf (and proud of it), won't hear of it. Meanwhile, hospital lawyer Elaine Hoffman (Polly Draper) asks Ben out; and a patient (Matthew Eason) who Sid had thought was a "gomer" turns out to be not so vegetative after all. "He can't move," Sid tells Brucie, "but he's alive in there." Dr. Katie Fieldstone: Amy Aquino. Gideon: Andre Braugher. Sid: Ravi Kapoor.
Episode 14
Mon, Feb 5, 2001 60 mins
A frequent drug-test volunteer (Richard Edson) to whom Ollie has grown attached is diagnosed with leukemia. He responds to an experimental treatment, but then is arrested for robbery. The upshot: he can't be treated in jail. Meanwhile, Brucie's having a hard time treating a Haitian patient with symptoms of meningitis. A big problem is the language barrier---the man keeps repeating the word "biskit," and Brucie has no idea what that means. A nurse practitioner from New Orleans named Money Raspberry Dupree (Hedy Burress) is more than willing to help.
Episode 15
Mon, Feb 12, 2001 60 mins
Boies' father (Billy Dee Williams) shows up at the hospital as a visitor, but ends up as patient after coughing too much in front of Sid. This does not please Boies (Russell Hornsby). Meanwhile, Ben puzzles over a teenage hemophiliac (Riley Smith ) who has developed a resistance to the clotting factor. And there are developments in the Brucie-Money (Hedy Burress) and Ollie-John (Jonathan Hall Kovacs) relationships. Maura Fitzhugh: Elizabeth Dennehey . Connor: Bill O'Brien.
Episode 16
Mon, Mar 5, 2001 60 mins
Cabranes, wearing his psychiatrist hat, has a session with a patient (Jonathan Scarfe) who has six personalities---and a gun; Clark Boies (Billy Dee Williams) begins his treatments for lung cancer; and Sid, who has given up smoking, is particularly testy. Meanwhile, Wyatt has a reunion with his wife, Joanne (Rachel Wilson); Ollie receives two unsigned floral bouquets; and Gideon has a date (of sorts). Sheila: Svetlana Efremova. Money: Hedy Burress. Conor McGrath: Bill O'Brien.
Episode 17
Mon, Mar 12, 2001 60 mins
The pregnant Ellenor Frutt (Camryn Manheim) is rushed to Metropolitan General after collapsing in a storyline begun on "The Practice." "If anything happens," she tells Ben, "the baby comes first." Meanwhile, Wyatt and his soon-to-be-ex wife (Rachel Wilson) have difficult discussions about her pregnancy; Brucie must cope with a hyperactive 8-year-old---and his annoyingly hyperactive mother (Heidi Swedberg); and a strange visitor who says he's an apartment hunter shows up at Ollie and Sid's apartment. Berluti: Michael Badalucco. Jake: Andrew Sandler.
Episode 18
Mon, Mar 19, 2001 60 mins
Two patients are in desperate need of a liver transplant when a brain-dead accident victim arrives at the hospital. It is up to Brucie to persuade her parents to donate her organs. Meanwhile, Clark Boies' tumor keeps getting smaller; Ollie confronts her stalker (actually, Boies does); and Brucie's relationship with Money (Hedy Burress) arrives at a crossroads. Clark: Billy Dee Williams. Mark Epperson: Mark Valley. Selwyn Hines: Ellis E. Williams. Doris Freers: Brooks Almy. Michael Freers: Brent Briscoe. Claire Hines: Rosalind Chao.
Episode 19
Mon, Apr 2, 2001 60 mins
Ben is agitated (and he doesn't feel good) as he goes through a bad day. For starters, his son Eli (Jascha Washington) hits another boy in the head with a brick at school. Then he gets into a flap with Cabranes over a fetal-cell transplant that one of his patients wants. And then there's a rich 15-year-old (Azura Skye), a friend's daughter, who comes into the hospital because she's listless. Sid suspects endocarditis but Ben hastily overrules him.
Episode 20
Mon, Apr 9, 2001 60 mins
Ben complains of severe heartburn and faints in an exam room (and his EKG results are "ambiguous"), but he resists the notion that anything is seriously wrong with him. "You're trying to argue yourself out of a heart attack," says Cabranes. And while Ben argues with his colleagues, his son Eli (Jascha Washington), suspended from school, waits outside his office expecting to have lunch with him. Ajami: Michael Nouri. Joanne Cooper: Rachel Wilson. Derek Fitzhugh: Riley Smith. Pirandello: Kevin J. O'Connor.