Season 5, Episode 1: The Truth and Other Lies

Season premiere

Aired: Monday, September 29, 2003

Rating: 7.5/12

Credits

Written by Edward Allen Bernero
Directed by Nelson McCormick

Starring

Michael Beach
Coby Bell
Eddie Cibrian
Nia Long
Molly Price
Kim Raver
Anthony Ruivivar
Skipp Sudduth
Tia Texada
Jason Wiles
Bonnie Dennison
Chris Bauer

Guest starring

John Michael Bolger as Lt. Johnson
Audrie Neenan as Ruth Johnson
David Pittu as FBI Agent Roy Lane
Joe Lisi as Lt. Swersky
Saundra McClain as Nurse Mary Proctor

Co-starring

Firefighter Bill Walsh as Walsh
Firefighter Derek Kelly as DK
Sterling Brown as Dade
Kristen Vermilyea as Ginny
Sakina Jaffrey as ER doctor
Joumana Kidd as Jackie Gianni
Peter Van Wagner as surgeon
Robert McKay as neurologist
Pilar Witherspoon as flight nurse
Phil Campanella as sergeant
Tyree Simpson as uniform one

There were supposed to be scenes in this episode of Alex's mother (Veronica Hamel) thanking Doc for helping her daughter, but they were cut out.

"Tell me why this happened to my husband. 'Cause it sure isn't the money. He works three extra jobs just so we can keep our kids in a decent school. The people honked their stupid horns and waved for one week two years ago, then went back to ignoring all of you. The city's heroes! You're not heroes, none of you! You're husbands and wives and sons and daughters, and God help, I don't understand why, why you would want to do a job that leaves a wife to explain to her children why that monster in there is all that's left of their father."