Episode
ER: How the Finch Stole Christmas
Overview
Kovac and Haleh take care of Hathaway's twins so the new mother can finally get some rest. The job transfer for Carla's husband does not get approved allowing Reese to stay in Chicago. Lucy endeavors to get a heart transplant for a young woman and goes to Romano's house begging him to perform the surgery.
Details
- Series
- ER
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1999-12-16
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
How the Finch Stole Christmas is Episode 9 in Season 6 of ER. It aired on 1999-12-16. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 8: Great Expectations
On Thanksgiving Day Carol goes into labor. She's able to get to the ER only thanks to Luka's help. She delivers the first baby in the ER, but the second causes some trouble. Greene leaves Elizabeth to deal with his father and daughter, as he rushes to assist Carol.
Episode 10: Family Matters
In order to get her paitient to tell her the location of a missing body, Corday agrees to grant him a fatal wish. Kovac befriends two brothers. He tells Weaver that his wife and children died in the Bosnian war. Former medical student Deb Chen returns to County General as a resident, using her Chinese name, Jing-Mei Chen.
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Episode 11: The Domino Heart
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Episode 12: Abby Road
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Episode 5: Truth & Consequences
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Episode 13: Be Still My Heart
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Episode 4: Sins of the Fathers
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Episode 14: All in the Family
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Episode 3: Greene with Envy
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Episode 15: Be Patient
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