8x19, "Brothers and Sisters", airing April 25th From NBCMV: DR. LEWIS RACES TO NEW YORK TO SAVE NIECE AND SISTER IN TWO-PART CROSSOVER WITH NBC'S 'THIRD WATCH' -- Dr. Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) is deeply disturbed when she receives a traumatic call for help from her 6-year-old niece in New York and she rushes east to search for the child and her trouble-prone sister with the aid of Officers Yokas (Molly Price) and Bosco (Jason Wiles) from NBC's "Third Watch" as they desperately comb the mean streets together. Elsewhere: Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston) fears the worst when she is phoned by Dr. Greene's teenaged daughter in Hawaii where the pair are vacationing; arrogant newcomer Dr. Pratt (TBA) causes havoc and clashes with the staff when he tries a dangerous unauthorized procedure on a dying patient; Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle) strongly chastises Dr. Kovac (Goran Visnjic) for allowing Abby (Maura Tierney) to slip back into using alcohol as a crutch; Dr. Weaver (Laura Innes) contends with a crushed couple who can't decide if they want to disconnect their brain-dead son's life support while she later deals with devoted religious man (as Rev. Ed, guest star TBA) who ministers to everyone. Paul McCrane, Ming-Na and Sharif Atkins also star. TV Guide: Brothers and Sisters 60 min. This tense episode launches a crossover storyline with Third Watch. It begins when Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) receives a cryptic call from her young niece that leaves her fearing the worst about her troubled sister, Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite). Lewis traces the call to a New York hotel, but when help arrives, the room is empty. Desperate, she flies to Manhattan and enlists Third Watch cops Yokas and Bosco (Molly Price, Jason Wiles) to search for her loved ones, but what they discover only leads to more questions. Back at County General, Carter realizes that Abby has picked up an old habit; and Corday makes a dramatic decision about her future with the ailing Mark. From Epnebelle: - Third Watch crossover. Susan in NY. - Susan flies to New York City and enlists police help (Bosco and Yokas of "Third Watch") in an attempt to track down her sister and niece after Suzy calls her for help. - Pratt's superior attitude hampers his abilities to diagnose patients and get along with his colleagues. - Carter tries to speak with Abby, who's avoiding him. From Bluebelly: Lewis is in the Lounge with Carter. She calls her answering machine to pick up her messages. There's a call from her mechanic, but then the voice of her young neice. "Auntie Susan. My mommy's really sick. We're in a hotel. I think she needs a doctor. I can't wake her up. I gotta go." Click. Lewis and Carter are stunned. Lewis immediately dials up her sister. No answer. Bluebelly: Weaver spies the commotion over in chairs. "Who let Reverend Ed in?" ""You know the preacher?" Gallant asks. "He's a holy pain in the ass. Get rid of him!" "Me?" Kerry and the preacher continued.... Weaver informs Gallant, "In about 10 minutes he's going to start trying to heal people. It's bad for business." Gallant moves to the preacher in chairs and asks him to leave. Bluebelly: But first, Chen and Pratt start at it..... Pratt asks her if she likes macaroni and cheese, because that's all he's got for dinner. But if she brings the bottle of wine it's not so bad. "Are you asking me out?" Chen can't believe this one. Pratt suggests she might want to eat something before things get hot and heavy. Wouldn't she like to go home have a nice shower, a glass of wine, some great sex....Yeah, right. "I can do all that by myself," Chen says. Blubelly: The show opens with Abby returning to her apartment for the first time since she was cbeamed by her neighbor, Brian, She is moving some of her stuff. a load of laundry, back into her apartment with Luka there to help her. He, in turn, is there to pick some of his stuff he has left behind. So then, Luka is adding a new lock to the door; Abby is cleaning up the old pizza and beer, when; a knock on the door. Luka opens the door to a surprised Carter, sees Abby holding a beer bottle. Carter doesn't know what to think. "I just wanted to make sure you were settled." He puts his housewarming gift of dried flowers on the table. "Welcome home." He looks pissed at Kovac because of his apparent indifference to Abby's drinking. Carter leaves. Abby wants to hide. Luka comments, "He brought you dead flowers." "They're dried flowers," is all Abby can say. 8x20, "The Letter", probably airing May 2nd From Epnebelle: - Each of the staff take a moment out of their day to read a letter from Mark posted on the bulletin board, and later have an evening out at a bar where they once celebrated Mark's birthday. - Abby resists when Carter attempts to force her to an AA meeting. She bites him. (This after ER Daily revealed that Abby is drunk, and when Carter tries to force her into an AA meeting, things become "physical".) - Susan's continuing worries about Chloe and Suzy are temporarily forgotten during an encounter with an attractive bartender. - Pratt is disappointed to have recieved his last choice for a match: County. - Kerry requests immediate time off from Romano. 8x21, "On the Beach", airing May 9th Anthony Edwards' last episode. NBCMV: DOCTOR GREENE RETREATS TO HAWAII TO RE-CONNECT WITH HIS REBELLIOUS TEEN DAUGHTER In an affecting and poignant look at Mark Greene's (Anthony Edwards) final days, the once driven E.R. doctor takes reluctant Rachel (Hallee Hirsh) to his childhood home in Hawaii . There he indulges in life's simple pleasures and tries to impart bittersweet memories and family history to his distant daughter. But as their clashes escalate and as Greene's health fades, so does the chance for a final reconciliation between them. Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Goran Visnjic, Paul McCrane, Ming-Na, Sherry Stringfield, Sharif Atkins also star. From Donnatella: -Written and directed by John Wells. -Funeral. (+Benton and Cleo.) -Greene returns from the dead: Hawaii and Rachel. Lots. 8x22, "Lockdown", season finale, airing on May 16th NBCMV: DOCTORS FEAR OUTBREAK OF DEADLY DISEASE IN THE E.R. -- Fear grips Chicago when Carter (Noah Wyle) and Abby (Maura Tierney) treat two children with ominous symptoms that force the E.R. into quarantine until federal disease experts arrive. As Carter fights to save the youths, the staff is trapped with the deathly ill victims and a busload of injured and ornery senior citizens. Media swarm the hospital and riot police guard the exits while the restless elderly victims begin a small riot in an attempt to escape the dangerous and stifling conditions inside. Meanwhile, Drs. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) and Chen (Ming-Na) -- who may have contracted the disease -- put aside their own symptoms as they labor to save the life of frequent homeless visitor Stan the Can (guest star Harrison Page). Laura Innes, Goran Visnjic, Paul McCrane, Sherry Stringfield and Sharif Atkins also star. Donatella: Also, Kovac and Corday question Lewis and Carter's decision to lock down the ER. Donatella: That would be episode 22: Lockdown. The season finale. Remember--Weaver's locked outside of the hospital, along with lots and lots of other people. The reporter is trying to get the scoop from her. EpneBelle: As a smallpox quarantine threatens to overwhelm a shortstaffed ER, the doctors struggle to cope with an increasingly angry crowd. Carter, Lewis, Kovac, and a feverish Chen take charge of the situation inside, while a frustrated Weaver waits outside, unable to offer assistance. Donatella replied: Hmm. She does more than just "wait." Donatella: Outside: Weaver, Haleh, Jarvik. Inside: Lewis, Carter, Gallant, Abby, Luka, Pratt, etc. Chen: fever. Jerry: cold sore. General Spoilers: Donatella: "AbLuCar? I foresee an end to this triangle. Anyone want to guess who wins the heart of our favorite nurse" Bluebelly's signatures (lines fron finale): Signature 1: kerry after romano: "you'd better be kidding!" Signature 2: weaver to romano: "do you have to keep saying this?" Signature 3: Romano to Weaver, "I can't help it. it makes me excited. you Carter to Abby, "Haven't seen you around this morning." Abby to Carter, "It's been busy." All the easier to keep avoiding him. Romano to Weaver, "I'm just reading what it says." Last line of the season: Carter: "You tell me."