ER
Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. Each episode tells the tale of another day in the ER, from the exciting to the mundane, and the joyous to the heart-rending. Frenetic pacing, interwoven plot lines, and emotional rollercoastering is used to attempt to accurately depict the stressful environment found there. This show even portrays the plight of medical students in their quest to become physicians.
- Metascore79
- 1994-2009
- 15 seasons
- NBC
- Drama
- TV-14
Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. Each episode tells the tale of another day in the ER, from the exciting to the mundane, and the joyous to the heart-rending. Frenetic pacing, interwoven plot lines, and emotional rollercoastering is used to attempt to accurately depict the stressful environment found there. This show even portrays the plight of medical students in their quest to become physicians.
Season 14 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
The War Comes Home
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 60 mins
Abby, Pratt and Morris clash with Moretti's strict new ER procedures as victims of an anti-war rally roll in, including Neela. Gates manhandles a patient he suspects set off the explosion that disrupted the protest. A worried Dubenko lets his emotions for Neela take over during Neela's surgery. Meanwhile, the rest of the staff worry over Neela's condition.
Episode 2
In a Different Light
Thu, Oct 4, 2007 44 mins
Patients include a pregnant teacher whose student/lover was critically injured while driving; a man who is hiding a gunshot wound and a brilliant young boy who knows he is dying, but hides it from his mother. Dr. Moretti continues to remake the ER to his liking, Neela is recovering, Luka's absence is reinforced (back in Croatia and not coming back) and Sam may be starting a new relationship with a police officer.
Episode 3
Officer Down
Thu, Oct 11, 2007 44 mins
Abby and a distracted Morris work to save two auxiliary cops brought in with gunshot wounds. Pratt treats a teen wrestler with severe vomiting, but the problem is much more serious. Sam worries over her new beau Litchman. Gates tries to help a young boy in the ICU with a deadly disease. Also, Dubenko visits Neela while she babysits baby Joe.
Episode 4
Gravity
Thu, Oct 18, 2007 45 mins
A former patient gives staff members a complimentary makeover. Gates makes a baseball dream come true for a terminally ill patient. Abby is distraught when baby Joe suffers a serious fall at the playground and Sam helps Abby during the ordeal. Pratt offers some unwanted help when he defends his brother. Neela returns to work.
Episode 5
Under the Influence
Thu, Oct 25, 2007 50 mins
Moretti reassigns Gates back to the ER and treats a couple involved in a car accident. Morris prepares to take his written board exams. Neela is assigned a young genius intern. Kovac plans to extend his stay in Croatia while Abby struggles with single parenthood.
Episode 6
The Test
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 44 mins
Moretti brings in new attending Skye Wexler to help with the patient load. Morris and Pratt cram for the medical board exam. Gates treats a returning patient from the ICU whose condition has worsened. Sam tends to a teenage girl who is feeling neglected by the staff. Neela's intern, Harold, seeks her advice on a personal matter. Abby struggles with her relapse.
Episode 7
Blackout
Thu, Nov 8, 2007 44 mins
The city suffers power outages during an unseasonably hot spell. Nursing-home patients are brought into the ER suffering from hyperthermia. Abby and Pratt disagree on the diagnosis of a fussy baby. Abby falls back to old habits and quickly spirals down to rock bottom on a night she'll forever regret.
Episode 8
Coming Home
Thu, Nov 15, 2007 44 mins
Gates and Julia nurture their newfound romance but are soon interrupted by a troubled phone call from Gates' ward, Sarah.
Episode 9
Skye's the Limit
Thu, Nov 29, 2007 44 mins
A white man is brought to the ER after having caught his arm in a machine at work. Also brought in is a Hispanic cleaning woman with minor injuries she received trying to save the man. But the man's son is so angry that he looks to her as an object of blame. Meanwhile Dr. Wexlar is made ER chief, to the dismay of Pratt, and Abby continues to drink in secret and vent about Luca's absence for the previous few months.
Episode 10
300 Patients
Thu, Dec 6, 2007 45 mins
Morning shift begins. The night shift treated 142 patients - a new record. Dr. Morris is confident that by the end of the day the ER can set a new record of 300 patients. Frank reminds him that there has never been more than 250 patients in a day. Dr. Morris bets $300 that they can reach 300 by the end of the shift. Frank, Dr. Gates and Dr. Pratt each bet $100 against him. But will the game be fair? Also, when chaplain Dupree arrives announcing that she's doing a round of the hospital, holding blessing ceremonies and memorials, the guys are against it, except for Dr. Gates, which makes the others suspicious. Frank goes straight to the point. Then there is the accident involving a camel.
Episode 11
Status Quo
Thu, Jan 3, 2008 44 mins
Dr. Pratt applies for the job of ER Chief and gets turned down. This causes him to give 2 weeks notice. A female soldier, home 2 weeks from Iraq, is 2 months pregnant and her husband demands an explanation. Neela's cousin has arrived from London for an extended visit and gets pursued by both Dr. Morris and Harold Zelinsky. After 9 years absence, a fall in gym by her son brings Jeanie Boulet back to the ER. Not only is she troubled because of her son, but the disorientation of knowing virtually no one on the current staff does not help.
Episode 12
Believe the Unseen
Thu, Jan 10, 2008 44 mins
A firefighter is brought in after being injured at a fire that is blamed on a young girl with genetic problems. Abby decides to prove the girl did not cause the fire. A disfigured man saves his anti-social neighbor. An old woman dies unattended at the ER while the staff are waiting for a psychiatrist. Pratt backs up Abby in an administration meeting. Neela's cousin apparently chooses Harold.
Episode 13
Atonement
Thu, Jan 17, 2008 44 mins
Neela and Harold make their debut in the ortho-surgery hockey team, but the opposing trauma surgeons team has Archie and a "ringer." Pratt and Julia try to help former prison doctor Robert Truman, who is suicidal, desperately seeking forgiveness for his part in executions after saving the kid son of an innocent man he once executed, but the mother refuses help, unlike some other victim families. Pratt refuses to commit when Betina wants them to take their relationship to a new level y buying a luxury apartment.
Episode 14
Owner of a Broken Heart
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 44 mins
Abby prepares to travel to Croatia to join Luka, but has deep reservations about confessing to him about her brief affair, which she confides to her AA sponsor. Meanwhile a brash new doctor butts heads with Greg when it seems he isn't interested in teaching his med students anything; and a young woman who recently had a heart transplant is admitted and discovers her body is rejecting her new organ. In addition, Archie needs a willing subject for his taser experiment but can't seem to buy the cooperation of anyone.
Episode 15
...As the Day She Was Born
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 60 mins
On her feet for 30 hours, Neela's endurance is tested by a number of crises - including being assigned a complicated operation. She is bewildered when her med student tells her he is not going to pursue a surgical residency. And she is sucked into the old conflict with Tony and Sarah when Sarah's grandfather suffers what appears to be a heart attack and her diagnosis conflicts with Tony's. Meanwhile Pratt discovers why the woman he was romantically interested in has been avoiding him and he uses his management skills to smooth over a rift between Frank and Archie.
Episode 16
Truth Will Out
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 60 mins
Cases in the ER include a woman pregnant with baby #13 who was in a car wreck; an exchange student beaten by thugs whose exam uncovers something else; and the aftermath of a fire in the ambulance bay. Sam and Tony continue to hide their growing attraction; Lucien's feelings for Skye lead him to an act of cruelty; Dr. Brenner's relationship with a powerful hospital administrator is revealed. Meanwhile, Abby returns to work after her trip to Croatia and deals with her uneasy relationships with co-workers and Luka applies for a job in a nursing home where he meets an old man dying of cancer.
Episode 17
Under Pressure
Thu, May 1, 2008 44 mins
A young couple is choppered to County after a car accident, and one of them has a gun. A boy who wants to be a clown is injured in a unicycle mishap, but his father considers him a mathlete and wants him to go to MIT. Pratt visits Bettina in the hospital, but she tells him off.
Episode 18
Tandem Repeats
Thu, May 8, 2008 45 mins
A young woman with a failing liver has a difficult reunion with her parents, whom she has not seen in six years. Abby receives a job offer. Brenner isn't nice to Laverne after they sleep together.
Episode 19
The Chicago Way
Thu, May 15, 2008 60 mins
In the season finale, an ER patient with a mysterious past is afraid that people are trying to kill him. Dr. Moretti returns, trying to make amends for wrecking the marriage of Abby and Luka. Neela makes her way through a difficult M&M conference. Morris treats a woman with lupus who has an attractive daughter.
