Carol considers going to medical school, but eventually decides that she loves her work as a nurse too much to change.Ĭarter, now an intern, continues to lock horns with Benton, especially over Benton's treatment of surgical intern Dennis Gant. This is possibly due to one of his one night stands dying in the hospital just after they were together, and Doug questioning his actions. Doug is said to be attending therapy throughout the season, although this is never shown on-screen. Meanwhile, Doug and Carol draw closer, culminating in a kiss at the end of the season. He becomes increasingly paranoid about his personal safety and distances himself from friends and family. Although some suspicions arise over former patients and families, his beating was no more than a random act of violence. Towards the end of the season, he is viciously attacked in the ER bathroom, and the thug is never caught. In the aftermath of her departure, Mark begins to fall into depression, develops a meaner attitude, and starts sleeping with County General nurse Chuny Marquez, although they soon break up.
Susan leaves anyway, but not before kissing Mark and declaring, as the train pulls out of the station, that she loves him too. He stops her and declares his love, begging her to stay. He makes it to Union Station just as she is boarding the train.
Before she leaves, Greene realizes his feelings for her and races against time to declare them. Early in the season, Susan Lewis leaves for Phoenix to live with her sister and niece.