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Code Black: Season 1

18 episodes Premiered Sep 30, 2015 Updated Jul 21, 2026
Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Sep 30, 2015 · 45 min

Four new first-year residents are immediately put to work by the ER's tough-minded residency director Dr. Leanne Rorish.

S1·E2 Core

We Plug Holes

Oct 7, 2015 · 45 min

Christa saves a woman's life and then pleads with Neal to perform a surgery that will save the patient's reproductive future. Meanwhile, Mario gets into a fight with a patient afte

S1·E3 Core

Pre-Existing Conditions

Oct 14, 2015 · 45 min

The doctors work 36 consecutive hours in code black and must deal with a distraught mother of two sons who were in a devastating car accident. Meanwhile, Mario bullies Angus into p

S1·E4 Core

Sometimes It's a Zebra

Oct 21, 2015 · 45 min

A new surgical attending Cole Guthrie joins Angels Memorial with the help of his estranged father and clashes with Leanne over their contrasting approaches to medicine. Christa has

S1·E5 Core

Doctors with Borders

Oct 28, 2015 · 45 min

Neal clashes with his neurosurgeon father over how to treat his gravely ill mother, whose mysterious symptoms force Angels Memorial to quarantine Trauma One.

S1·E6 Core

In Extremis

Nov 4, 2015 · 45 min

Leanne must deal with the difficult decision of whether to save Tom Moreno (Michael Trucco), the police officer who helped her during her family's accident, or his shooter, who has

S1·E7 Core

Buen Arbol

Nov 11, 2015 · 45 min

Angus utilizes his background in psychology when a woman cannot remember how she injured herself and others; Christa bonds with the mother of a patient with cystic fibrosis.

S1·E8 Core

You Are the Heart

Nov 18, 2015 · 45 min

Christa must handle all emergencies at Angels Memorial that happen outside the emergency room; Malaya arranges a bone marrow drive for Carla; Leanne turns down a date.

S1·E9 Core

The Son Rises

Nov 25, 2015 · 45 min

When the lead actor of the musical “The Lion King” tour arrives at Angels Memorial with a throat infection, Leanne gives him a diagnosis that puts both his career and life in jeopa

S1·E10 Core

Cardiac Support

Dec 2, 2015 · 45 min

Leanne becomes rattled at the thought of losing Jesse, as he fights for his life after suffering a massive heart attack. Meanwhile, Mario asks the residents to cover for him so he

S1·E11 Core

Black Tag

Dec 9, 2015 · 45 min

Heavy fog at the scene of a massive multi-vehicle accident puts the doctors in danger; Jesse's confidence has taken a hit; Carla's condition turns critical.

S1·E12 Core

The Fog of War

Jan 13, 2016 · 45 min

As the doctors treat patients from the chaotic multi-vehicle accident, a love triangle begins to build between Mario, Angus and Heather. Also, when Malaya learns that Carla is at t

S1·E13 Core

First Date

Jan 20, 2016 · 45 min

Angus' older brother, an "all-star" ER doctor, tries to secure a position at Angels Memorial. Meanwhile, Christa's romantic feelings towards Neal begin to grow; and Malaya deals wi

S1·E14 Core

The Fifth Stage

Jan 27, 2016 · 45 min

Leanne visits a prison to finally confront the drunk driver who killed her family. Meanwhile, Malaya begins to feel uncomfortable around her patient.

S1·E15 Core

Diagnosis of Exclusion

Feb 3, 2016 · 45 min

After a violent incident inside the hospital results with some grave injuries, the doctors are questioned. Christa and Neal admit their relationship to human resources.

S1·E16 Core

Hail Mary

Feb 10, 2016 · 45 min

Christa is feeling insecure after Neal's former girlfriend makes a return to the hospital after a year of volunteering in Haiti.

S1·E17 Mytharc

Love Hurts

Feb 17, 2016 · 45 min

Christa has to try and ignore her personal feelings as she and Grace attempt to help a patient who says he was abused at a camp for troubled teenagers.

S1·E18 Mytharc

Blood Sport

Feb 24, 2016 · 45 min

Mario confronts Angus about his Adderall abuse and Christa is surprised to learn how romantically involved Neal and Grace were before she left for Haiti. Also, Dr. Mark Taylor retu