Season 1 - Episode Guide

The life of a headstrong yet empathetic chief nursing officer named Christina Hawthorne is charted in this hospital drama. The series opens with Hawthorne trying to prevent a cancer patient's suicide attempt. The widowed Hawthorne also deals with her rebellious daughter and her former mother-in-law. Meanwhile, Hawthorne helps a homeless woman and her ill infant.

A brain-aneurysm patient spirals into dementia and comes to believe Christina is his wife, and Christina then grows attached to him. Meanwhile, Kelly tangles with an ornery and demanding patient; and Bobbie mulls over starting a romance with a handsome paramedic.

Christina offers a helping hand to a son who's unwilling to accept that his mother is dying. Meanwhile, Bobbie guides young and inexperienced Kelly through a disturbing case involving an infant who ingested rubbing alcohol. And Ray finagles work time with the sweet Candy, but a demanding patient continually pulls him away.

Christina races to save a woman and her child in the wake of a car accident. But in a bizarre turn of events, the two victims develop a sudden paralysis seemingly unrelated to their accident injuries. Meanwhile, a cancer patient takes a surprising turn for the better; Kelly gets lost in the labyrinthine hospital; and a conniving Camille pushes to attend a class trip.

Christina cares for a young heart patient while squaring off against the arrogant surgeon working the case. Elsewhere, Ray serves as personal nurse to Christina's mother-in-law, who, unbeknownst to Christina, has been hospitalized. Kelly tends to a man with a worrying wife.

It's frenetic pandemonium at the hospital when another Richmond emergency room shuts down, forcing Christina and crew to care for an onrush of extra patients. One patient turns out to be Camille's school friend, who appears to have a drug problem. And a reporter plans to pen a revealing piece on the ER, with Ray serving as the inside source.

A custody battle rages between two couples over a mother's unborn child---with Christina stuck in the middle of the drama. Meanwhile, Ray's on thin ice when he works as a medic at a hockey game; Tom escorts a date to a charity function; and Bobbie offers a helping hand to the homeless Isabel.

Christina assists a woman who was possibly abused by her boyfriend, but surprising details emerge in the case. Elsewhere, Bobbie treats a bigot suffering from abdominal pains; Ray cares for a biker facing possible paralysis after a motorcycle accident; and Kelly gears up to give Camille a driving lesson.

Budget battles pit Christina against Morrissey, who demands that Christina lay off six nurses by day's end. One staffer who could take a hit is Kelly, who lands in hot water after refuting a doctor's treatment. Ultimately, attention turns to a terrible tragedy in the ER.

Christina comforts her friend David, whose cancer has returned, and tries to bust through red tape to place David in a new clinical trial. Meanwhile, Kelly struggles to bid farewell to a special patient, and Candy springs shocking news on Ray.