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.

A cop copes with several personal and professional challenges, including the discovery of his infidelity; his family's massacre; gunshot wounds to two of his partners, one of whom has become his girlfriend; his suspension on a "police brutality" charge; and multiple departmental matters, the most prioritous of which is apprehending a heinous kid-killer.