Season 5, Episode 19

Rites of Spring

7.8/ 10April 29, 199945 min

Romano forces Benton to choose between the trauma and cardiothoracic fellowships. Carol worries that she may have lost her child. Corday and Greene bond on the way to a medical conference. Carter mentors an aspiring teenager. Lucy, on a psychiatry rotation, treats an overmedicated foster child. Jeanie finds her faith while treating a reverend.

Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
Written by
David Mills

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