A season full of events that seem new and exciting for everyone, where everyone is struggling here to survive against the spread of infection in the OR, so the staff decides to remove the wooden floor and make it flat, and officers decide to change the work system and partners.
By season 9 the show had become virtually unrecognizable from its first year and the Robert Altman feature that had inspired it... That said, the season still has its share of top-flight shows.