Plot
The sixth season sees the addition of four new characters including long term cast members Dr. Luka Kovač and Nurse/Turned Third Year Medical Student Abby Lockhart, also added are Dr. Cleo Finch and Dr. Dave Malucci. Paul McCrane is now billed as a series regular and the return of Deb Chen from season 1 as Dr. Jing-Mei Chen. Long term server Jeanie Boulet leaves to care for her HIV-positive child. Despite concerted efforts by her colleagues, medical Student Lucy Knight dies after being attacked by a patient and finally Carol Hathaway leaves to begin a new life with Doug Ross.
In addition Luka Kovač struggles to gain the respect and trust from his new colleagues in the ER. Hathaway struggles to begin parenting on her own. Greene and Corday begin their relationship and he deals with the death of his father. Abby Lockhart begins her third-year-med-student rotation. John Carter develops an addiction to pain medication after the violent attack that kills Lucy, culminating in an intervention and finally Carter checking into a rehab center in the season's finale.
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