ER (1994)

Drama · Romance

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (80,675 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 15
Streaming (US): Hulu · HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1994)

7.98 avg 25 episodes 8.6 → 8.3 52 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	24 Hours	8.6	2,984
2	Day One	8.0	1,239
3	Going Home	8.0	1,042
4	Hit and Run	7.9	937
5	Into That Good Night	7.9	921
6	Chicago Heat	7.8	883
7	Another Perfect Day	7.7	849
8	9 1/2 Hours	7.6	838
9	ER Confidential	7.9	861
10	Blizzard	8.7	1,198
11	The Gift	7.9	853
12	Happy New Year	7.8	758
13	Luck of the Draw	7.7	763
14	Long Day's Journey	7.9	766
15	Feb 5, '95	7.9	758
16	Make of Two Hearts	7.9	745
17	The Birthday Party	7.7	722
18	Sleepless in Chicago	8.0	774
19	Love's Labor Lost	9.3	1,940
20	Full Moon, Saturday Night	8.0	861
21	House of Cards	7.7	703
22	Men Plan, God Laughs	7.7	691
23	Love Among the Ruins	7.8	714
24	Motherhood	7.8	1,004
25	Everything Old Is New Again	8.3	784

Season 2 (1995)

7.92 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 49 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Welcome Back Carter!	7.8	740
2	Summer Run	7.6	672
3	Do One, Teach One, Kill One	7.8	689
4	What Life?	7.8	644
5	And Baby Makes Two	7.9	658
6	Days Like This	7.8	653
7	Hell and High Water	9.1	1,540
8	The Secret Sharer	7.8	648
9	Home	7.7	650
10	A Miracle Happens Here	8.0	673
11	Dead of Winter	7.7	636
12	True Lies	7.5	633
13	It's Not Easy Being Greene	7.7	630
14	The Right Thing	7.8	628
15	Baby Shower	8.0	650
16	The Healers	8.7	928
17	The Match Game	7.6	620
18	A Shift in the Night	8.7	880
19	Fire in the Belly	7.6	604
20	Fevers of Unknown Origin	7.8	621
21	Take These Broken Wings	7.6	652
22	John Carter, M.D.	8.3	683

Season 3 (1996)

7.92 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 52 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Doctor Carter, I Presume	8.0	648
2	Let the Games Begin	7.6	592
3	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	7.7	610
4	Last Call	7.8	618
5	Ghosts	7.6	603
6	Fear of Flying	8.3	722
7	No Brain, No Gain	7.7	592
8	Union Station	8.3	772
9	Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies	7.6	595
10	Homeless for the Holidays	8.0	662
11	Night Shift	8.4	782
12	Post Mortem	8.1	712
13	Fortune's Fools	7.7	579
14	Whose Appy Now?	8.1	732
15	The Long Way Around	8.5	1,167
16	Faith	7.8	590
17	Tribes	7.7	587
18	You Bet Your Life	7.6	564
19	Calling Dr. Hathaway	7.6	576
20	Random Acts	8.2	700
21	Make a Wish	7.7	573
22	One More for the Road	8.2	632

Season 4 (1997)

7.93 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 52 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ambush	8.1	905
2	Something New	7.5	596
3	Friendly Fire	7.7	576
4	When the Bough Breaks	8.0	583
5	Good Touch, Bad Touch	7.7	550
6	Ground Zero	7.7	562
7	Fathers and Sons	8.4	917
8	Freak Show	7.8	559
9	Obstruction of Justice	7.8	581
10	Do You See What I See?	8.1	689
11	Think Warm Thoughts	7.8	566
12	Sharp Relief	7.7	563
13	Carter's Choice	8.1	650
14	Family Practice	7.6	606
15	Exodus	9.0	1,142
16	My Brother's Keeper	7.7	563
17	A Bloody Mess	7.7	544
18	Gut Reaction	8.0	566
19	Shades of Gray	8.0	622
20	Of Past Regret and Future Fear	7.9	575
21	Suffer the Little Children	7.9	609
22	A Hole in the Heart	8.2	604

Season 5 (1998)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 47 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Day for Knight	7.8	599
2	Split Second	7.6	530
3	They Treat Horses, Don't They?	7.6	544
4	Vanishing Act	7.6	532
5	Masquerade	8.0	554
6	Stuck on You	7.8	537
7	Hazed and Confused	7.7	529
8	The Good Fight	8.4	653
9	Good Luck, Ruth Johnson	7.7	540
10	The Miracle Worker	8.0	537
11	Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee	7.9	549
12	Double Blind	7.6	508
13	Choosing Joi	7.8	525
14	The Storm: Part 1	8.4	723
15	The Storm: Part 2	8.6	764
16	Middle of Nowhere	8.0	700
17	Sticks and Stones	7.6	513
18	Point of Origin	7.7	502
19	Rites of Spring	7.6	517
20	Power	8.2	623
21	Responsible Parties	8.0	626
22	Getting to Know You	7.8	520

Season 6 (1999)

8.10 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 48 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Leave It to Weaver	7.8	573
2	Last Rites	7.8	530
3	Greene with Envy	7.8	534
4	Sins of the Fathers	7.6	508
5	Truth & Consequences	7.8	540
6	The Peace of Wild Things	8.2	658
7	Humpty Dumpty	8.0	546
8	Great Expectations	8.6	709
9	How the Finch Stole Christmas	7.9	543
10	Family Matters	7.7	523
11	The Domino Heart	7.9	523
12	Abby Road	7.9	584
13	Be Still My Heart	9.2	1,494
14	All in the Family	9.6	2,605
15	Be Patient	7.9	548
16	Under Control	7.7	544
17	Viable Options	7.6	518
18	Match Made in Heaven	7.5	514
19	The Fastest Year	7.9	538
20	Loose Ends	8.3	593
21	Such Sweet Sorrow	8.7	877
22	May Day	8.7	743

Season 7 (2000)

7.94 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 50 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Homecoming	8.1	671
2	Sand and Water	8.0	530
3	Mars Attacks	7.7	518
4	Benton Backwards	7.9	518
5	Flight of Fancy	7.8	498
6	The Visit	8.4	607
7	Rescue Me	8.2	646
8	The Dance We Do	8.2	569
9	The Greatest of Gifts	8.0	523
10	Piece of Mind	8.4	688
11	Rock, Paper, Scissors	7.5	484
12	Surrender	7.6	490
13	Thy Will Be Done	7.6	493
14	A Walk in the Woods	7.6	543
15	The Crossing	8.4	624
16	Witch Hunt	7.6	474
17	Survival of the Fittest	7.7	491
18	April Showers	7.9	493
19	Sailing Away	7.9	512
20	Fear of Commitment	7.6	483
21	Where the Heart Is	7.7	500
22	Rampage	8.8	804

Season 8 (2001)

8.20 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 48 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Four Corners	7.7	538
2	The Longer You Stay	8.1	532
3	Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic	8.0	590
4	Never Say Never	7.9	492
5	Start All Over Again	7.7	466
6	Supplies and Demands	7.6	464
7	If I Should Fall from Grace	7.8	480
8	Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain	8.5	647
9	Quo Vadis?	7.5	467
10	I'll Be Home for Christmas	8.3	653
11	Beyond Repair	8.1	529
12	A River in Egypt	7.6	489
13	Damage Is Done	8.5	561
14	A Simple Twist of Fate	8.5	560
15	It's All in Your Head	8.1	488
16	Secrets and Lies	8.7	883
17	Bygones	7.9	547
18	Orion in the Sky	9.1	939
19	Brothers and Sisters	7.5	540
20	The Letter	9.1	996
21	On the Beach	9.6	2,595
22	Lockdown	8.6	798

Season 9 (2002)

7.75 avg 22 episodes 8.4 → 8.4 49 min avg

U-shaped

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chaos Theory	8.4	701
2	Dead Again	7.6	469
3	Insurrection	7.9	497
4	Walk Like a Man	7.5	465
5	A Hopeless Wound	7.8	512
6	One Can Only Hope	7.5	465
7	Tell Me Where It Hurts	7.5	459
8	First Snowfall	8.2	1,584
9	Next of Kin	7.5	464
10	Hindsight	7.5	534
11	A Little Help from My Friends	7.5	469
12	A Saint in the City	7.4	457
13	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished	7.6	460
14	No Strings Attached	7.4	446
15	A Boy Falling Out of the Sky	7.6	453
16	A Thousand Cranes	7.8	481
17	The Advocate	7.7	445
18	Finders Keepers	8.0	464
19	Things Change	7.9	446
20	Foreign Affairs	7.6	450
21	When Night Meets Day	8.1	541
22	Kisangani	8.4	640

Season 10 (2003)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 47 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Now What?	7.8	495
2	The Lost	8.4	723
3	Dear Abby	7.9	499
4	Shifts Happen	7.6	469
5	Out of Africa	8.0	492
6	The Greater Good	7.6	455
7	Death and Taxes	8.0	472
8	Freefall	8.6	708
9	Missing	7.5	451
10	Makemba	7.6	507
11	Touch & Go	7.5	443
12	NICU	8.1	506
13	Get Carter	7.5	462
14	Impulse Control	7.7	458
15	Blood Relations	7.7	445
16	Forgive and Forget	8.0	480
17	The Student	7.7	444
18	Where There's Smoke	8.0	554
19	Just a Touch	7.5	442
20	Abby Normal	7.8	441
21	Midnight	8.4	541
22	Drive	7.9	448

Season 11 (2004)

7.79 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 47 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One for the Road	7.9	469
2	Damaged	7.6	508
3	Try Carter	7.6	503
4	Fear	8.0	496
5	Intern's Guide to the Galaxy	7.3	454
6	Time of Death	9.0	1,409
7	White Guy, Dark Hair	7.7	431
8	Shot in the Dark	7.5	425
9	Twas the Night	7.6	456
10	Skin	7.8	463
11	Only Connect	7.4	483
12	The Providers	8.1	452
13	Middleman	7.7	422
14	Just as I Am	7.5	476
15	Alone in a Crowd	8.4	708
16	Here and There	7.7	493
17	Back in the World	7.7	462
18	Refusal of Care	7.4	429
19	Ruby Redux	7.9	447
20	You Are Here	7.4	417
21	Carter est Amoureux	7.5	443
22	The Show Must Go On	8.6	652

Season 12 (2005)

7.69 avg 22 episodes 7.0 → 8.8 48 min avg

Big finale

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cañon City	7.0	474
2	Nobody's Baby	7.5	439
3	Man with No Name	7.4	486
4	Blame It on the Rain	7.8	430
5	Wake Up	7.7	468
6	Dream House	7.4	451
7	The Human Shield	7.8	455
8	Two Ships	8.3	505
9	I Do	7.6	432
10	All About Christmas Eve	7.8	464
11	If Not Now	7.4	439
12	Split Decisions	7.7	481
13	Body & Soul	8.2	657
14	Quintessence of Dust	7.6	436
15	Darfur	7.1	446
16	Out on a Limb	7.4	406
17	Lost in America	7.6	403
18	Strange Bedfellows	7.5	409
19	No Place to Hide	7.6	430
20	There Are No Angels Here	7.7	495
21	The Gallant Hero & the Tragic Victor	8.2	522
22	Twenty-One Guns	8.8	837

Season 13 (2006)

7.66 avg 23 episodes 8.6 → 7.6 48 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bloodline	8.6	634
2	Graduation Day	7.8	479
3	Somebody to Love	7.4	451
4	Parenthood	7.4	427
5	Ames v. Kovac	7.6	444
6	Heart of the Matter	7.5	414
7	Jigsaw	7.9	599
8	Reason to Believe	7.2	442
9	Scoop and Run	7.9	478
10	Tell Me No Secrets...	7.7	425
11	City of Mercy	7.6	431
12	Breach of Trust	7.7	427
13	A House Divided	7.7	438
14	Murmurs of the Heart	8.0	596
15	Dying Is Easy...	7.5	429
16	Crisis of Conscience	7.3	412
17	From Here to Paternity	7.4	395
18	Photographs and Memories	7.5	422
19	Family Business	7.5	402
20	Lights Out	7.5	391
21	I Don't	8.2	535
22	Sea Change	7.6	402
23	The Honeymoon Is Over	7.6	500

Season 14 (2007)

7.43 avg 19 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 48 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The War Comes Home	7.7	445
2	In a Different Light	7.4	414
3	Officer Down	7.5	392
4	Gravity	7.4	394
5	Under the Influence	7.3	392
6	The Test	7.2	410
7	Blackout	7.5	438
8	Coming Home	7.3	391
9	Skye's the Limit	7.3	392
10	300 Patients	7.6	414
11	Status Quo	7.6	430
12	Believe the Unseen	7.4	384
13	Atonement	7.2	427
14	Owner of a Broken Heart	7.1	401
15	...As the Day She Was Born	7.2	380
16	Truth Will Out	7.3	388
17	Under Pressure	7.8	441
18	Tandem Repeats	7.5	387
19	The Chicago Way	7.9	534

Season 15 (2008)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 9.2 49 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Life After Death	8.6	810
2	Another Thursday at County	7.5	432
3	The Book of Abby	8.5	682
4	Parental Guidance	7.4	414
5	Haunted	7.5	429
6	Oh, Brother	7.3	498
7	Heal Thyself	8.9	797
8	Age of Innocence	7.6	441
9	Let It Snow	7.7	415
10	The High Holiday	7.3	405
11	Separation Anxiety	7.2	388
12	Dream Runner	7.4	502
13	Love Is a Battlefield	7.2	397
14	A Long, Strange Trip	8.4	636
15	The Family Man	7.4	411
16	The Beginning of the End	8.0	519
17	T-Minus-6	7.5	418
18	What We Do	7.9	526
19	Old Times	9.1	1,084
20	Shifting Equilibrium	7.9	452
21	I Feel Good	7.8	552
22	And in the End...	9.2	1,548