ER (season 10)

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ER: The Complete Tenth Season
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Series	ER
Country of origin	United States
Network	NBC
Original run	September 25, 2003 – May 13, 2004
No. of episodes	22
Previous season	ER: Season 9
Next season	ER: Season 11

For more details on this topic, see List of ER episodes.

The tenth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 25, 2003 and concluded on May 13, 2004. The tenth season consists of 22 episodes.

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Reception
4 References

[edit] Plot

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[edit] Production

[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring cast

Noah Wyle - Dr. John Carter/ER Attending Physician
Laura Innes - Dr. Kerry Weaver/Hospital Chief of Staff
Mekhi Phifer - Dr. Greg Pratt/ER Second Year Resident
Alex Kingston - Dr. Elizabeth Corday/Attending Trauma Surgeon
Goran Visnjic - Dr. Luka Kovac/ER Attending Physician
Maura Tierney - Abby Lockhart/ER Nurse & Medical Student
Sherry Stringfeild - Dr. Susan Lewis/ER Senior Attending Physician
Ming-Na - Dr. Jing-Mei Chen/ER Attending Physician
Sharif Atkins - Dr. Michael Galant/ER Intern
Parminder Nagra - Neela Rasgotra/Medical Student
Linda Cardellini - Samantha Taggart/ER Nurse
And Paul McCrane - Dr. Robert Romano/Chief of Emergency Medicine

[edit] Supporting cast

Doctors and Medical Student:
Sam Anderson - Dr. Jack Kayson/Chief of Cardiology
Amy Aquino - Dr. Janet Coburn/Chief of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
John Aylward - Dr. Donald Anspaugh/Senior Surgeon & Hospital Board Member
Scott Grimes - Dr. Archie Morris/ER Second Year Resident
Glenn Howerton - Dr. Nick Cooper/ER Second Year Resident
Bruno Campos - Dr. Eddie Dorset/Vascular Surgeon
Maury Sterling - Dr. Nelson/Psychiatrist
Paul Blackthorne - Dr. Jeremy Lawson/Invasive Radiologist
L.Scott Caldwell - Dr. Megan Rabb/Director of Neo-Natology
Rossif Sutherland - Lester Kertzenstein/Medical Student
Shine Nelson - Sheila/Medical Student

Nurses:
Deezer D. - Nurse Malik McGrath
Laura Ceron - Nurse Chuny Marquez
Yvette Freeman - Nurse Haleh Adams
Lilly Mariye - Nurse Lilly Jarvik
Kyle Richards - Nurse Dori
Liza Del Mundo - Nurse Severa
Bellina Logan - ICU Nurse Kit
Dinah Lenney - OR Nurse Shirley
Nadia Shazana - OR Nurse Jacy

(Conni Marie Brazelton, Ellen Crawford, Gedde Watanbe who played Nurses Conni Oligario, Lydia Wright and Yosh Takata. All made there last appaearance in Episodes 204, Dear Abby)

Staff and Paramedics:
Daniel Dae Kim - Ken Sung/Social Worker
Abraham Benrubi - Desk Clerk Jerry Markovic
Troy Evans - Desk Clerk Frank Martin
Kristin Minter - Desk Clerk Randi
Pamela Sinha - Desk Clerk Amira
Emily Wagner - Paramedic Doris Pickman
Monte Russell - Paramedic Zadro White
Lyn. A Henderson - Paramedic Pamela Olbes
Demitrius Navarro - Paramedic Morales
Brian Lester - Paramedic Brian Dumar
Louie Liberti - Paramedic Bardelli

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[edit] Episodes

See also: List of ER episodes

"Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Season #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season.

Season # Series # Title Writer(s) Director Original airdate

1 202 "Now What?" John Wells Jonathan Kaplan September 25, 2003

The ER is undergoing extensive renovations; Carter returns from Africa but in trouble with Abby; new medical student, Neela Rasgotra, causes a stir when she unexpectedly helps a patient - and angers Chen as Pratt flirts with her; Romano sports a new look and Carter receives an ominous call from Africa. Nielsen Ratings: 23.2 million viewers

2 203 "The Lost" John Wells Christopher Chulack October 2, 2003

Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates. Elsewhere in the strife-torn country, Kovac is seen in flashbacks as he battles debilitating malaria while he ministers to the sick and dying in a land where life is cheap at best.

3 204 "Dear Abby" R. Scott Gemmil Christopher Chulack October 9, 2003

Abby's frustrating day gets worse when she gets a special "Dear John" letter from Carter in the Congo while her fellow nurses threaten a walkout and her opinions are ignored. Romano's mood gets nastier when he is fitted with an antiquated hook for his missing arm. Pratt uneasily meets Chen's old-fashioned parents for dinner. In addition, three new second-year residents join the staff - including Archie Morris and the self-assured Dr. "Coop". Also Zac Efron guest stars as Bobby Neville, a boy who gets shot and later dies.

4 205 "Shifts Happen" Dee Johnson Julie Hebert October 23, 2003

Pratt and Weaver wind up on the wrong side of two judgment calls during a hellacious night shift that also finds Abby seeking funds for a hush-hush personal endeavor. Neela deals with a little girl who arrives with her beloved grandmother whose status is DNR. And Corday warms up to Dr. Dorset.

5 206 "Out of Africa" David Zabel Jonathan Kaplan October 30, 2003

Kovac's day back in the ER is a busy one. Lewis fears for a distraught architect, Ben Hollander, whose degenerating eyesight makes him despondent while a spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart, replaces Abby - who decides to return to medical school. And Morris is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the ER.

6 207 "The Greater Good" R. Scott Gemmil Richard Thorpe November 6, 2003

Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman who arrives to deliver a premature baby; Lewis goes above and beyond the call of duty to help Ben Hollander cope with his failing vision; and Coop makes a romantic play for Chen.

7 208 "Death and Taxes" Dee Johnson Felix Enriquez Alcala November 13, 2003

Lewis's busy workload threatens to keep her from an important date with Hollander; Kovac and Corday clash over the treatment of a patient with questionable symptoms; and Sam's son spends a day underfoot at the ER. Meanwhile, Gallant must gamble with a risky hospital transfer to help a young septic cancer patient and Chen gets bad news from China about her parents.

8 209 "Freefall" Joe Sachs Christopher Chulack November 20, 2003

A Thanksgiving tragedy high above the ER has the County staff racing to aid the survivors and Lewis fearing the worst about one of the possible casualties. Elsewhere, Romano threatens to file a serious complaint against the brash Pratt and catches Morris with cannabis. Also, Kovac enjoys Thanksgiving dinner with Sam and her son Alex.

9 210 "Missing" David Zabel Jonathan Kaplan December 4, 2003

Two distinct cultures collide when Neela treats two Amish teenagers involved in a car accident. Corday and a few others mourn the loss of Dr. Romano. Elsewhere, Sam clashes with sympathetic Kovac when he pays too much attention to her trouble-prone son Alex and Lewis is pained when an unconscious 5-year-old girl cannot be traced to any parent or guardian.

10 211 "Makemba" John Wells Christopher Chulack December 11, 2003

On Christmas Eve, a chilled emergency room staff do their best to observe the holiday while a crusading Carter does the same half a world away as his friendship and relationship with Makemba, a native AIDS worker, is revealed.

11 212 "Touch and Go" Mark Morocco Richard Thorpe January 8, 2004

Carter returns from Africa full of surprises including a new love, Makemba "Kem". Pratt accidentally breaks a patient's neck while doing an unsupervised intubation. A whole nursing shift cannot go home until they find one missing Valium.

12 213 "NICU" Lisa Zwerling Laura Innes January 15, 2004

Neela and Abby face their toughest rotation ever after being assigned to the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit, where Weaver and Sandy come needing help with their newly born son, Henry.

13 214 "Get Carter" R. Scott Gemmill Lesli Linka Glatter February 5, 2004

Carter's girlfriend, Kem, steps on more than a few toes while spending a day observing County in action. Pratt has a hard night and questions his abilities as he treats a variety of patients. Gallant accompanies the paramedics and is almost shot in a violent domestic dispute where he befriends a frightened boy. Lewis turns down a promotion, due to an imminent change in her lifestyle.

14 215 "Impulse Control" Yahlin Chang Jonathan Kaplan February 12, 2004

Life and death assume an even higher profile as single-mother Sam treats an abused and newly pregnant teen as well as a wife who sees her injured family melt away after a car accident. Carter shows Kem the city and proposes they move into a townhouse he bought for them. And Kovac receives a sexy late-night visit from Sam.

15 216 "Blood Relations" Nelson McCormick Dee Johnson February 19, 2004

Neela's faced with crippling claustrophobia while trapped in a hyperbaric chamber with a baby suffering from carbon-monoxide poisoning. Meanwhile, Chen returns from China with her ailing father; Weaver breaks bad news to a mother about her son's leukemia; and Sam ponders the repercussions of her night with Kovac.

16 217 "Forgive and Forget" Bruce Miller Christopher Chulack February 26, 2004

Sam's troubled by Kovac's visiting African tryst; one of County's former patients uses a tank to exact a revenge that threatens half of Chicago; Corday is charmed by a fellow surgeon; a staffer becomes a patient after suffering a heart attack.

17 218 "The Student" David Zabel Paul McCrane April 1, 2004

Carter urges Neela to be more pro-active in the ER, that she goes too far in treating a brain-injury patient - and a sympathetic Gallant errs further by falsifying a medical report. Kovac treats the disoriented young son of a man who fears that tests will reveal he's not the boy's father. Chen scrambles to find an appropriate caregiver for her ailing father. And Corday is uneasy about dating two men.

18 219 "Where There's Smoke" Jacy Young Tawnia McKiernan April 8, 2004

Weaver rushes to the aid of her female partner Sandy Lopez when the firefighter is severely injured on the job and must fight for her life. Lewis suffers labor pains and is confined to bed rest, while tension remains between Gallant and Neela as an investigation begins into the suspicious death. Later, Gallant reveals to Neela that he'll be deployed to Iraq. Sam is surprised by the arrival of Alex's dad. Corday discovers that she's the new Head of Surgery.

19 220 "Just a Touch" R. Scott Gemmill Richard Thorpe April 22, 2004

A breast exam lands Pratt in hot water when a woman informally accuses the young doctor of sexual harassment. Abby ponders how to get the attention of her contentious patients during her psych rotation and Neela finds herself studying strokes in a lab populated by brainy but bizarre graduate students. Weaver vows to fight for her baby son and Chen is at wit's end when she brings her combative and ailing father home. Sam is baffled by her ex's return — and Kovac's take on the new man in Alex's life.

20 221 "Abby Normal" David Zabel Jonathan Robert Kaplan April 29, 2004

Weaver considers drastic action to keep Lopez's folks from taking custody of Henry. Abby is in the midst of her psychiatric rotation and tries to help a seizure-prone mother with a controversial drug treatment. Pratt lays into Neela for avoiding the ER to work in a lab. Kovac's relationship with Sam and her son Alex grows awkward when Alex' father returns. Carter impresses a returning Kem — but annoys his father — with a shake-up at his family's foundation.

21 222 "Midnight" John Wells Julie Hebert May 6, 2004

Carter is alarmed as he rushes his pregnant girlfriend Kem into the ER when he suspects trouble, while Corday gets a jolt from the past when the late Dr. Greene's teen daughter Rachel shows up with her boyfriend looking for a haven - and some "morning-after" pills. Neela prepares for her graduation while Abby prefers to sit it out. Sam's ex makes his intentions clear to Kovac. Nielsen Ratings: 28.4 million viewers

22 223 "Drive" Dee Johnson Jonathan Kaplan May 13, 2004

A car wreck brings out Kovac's inner hero. Neela heads for the University of Michigan to begin her internship; her fellow doctors question the bruises on Chen's face; Dr. Pratt keeps a mentoring eye on a young heart patient, Elgin. Weaver hopes to gain custody of her son and Sam flees with Alex after Steve settles down in Chicago. Pratt, Chen and Elgin are victims of gunfire by an irritated motorist. Nielsen Ratings: 23.9 million viewers

[edit] Reception

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Season #	Series #	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Original airdate
1	202	"Now What?"	John Wells	Jonathan Kaplan	September 25, 2003
The ER is undergoing extensive renovations; Carter returns from Africa but in trouble with Abby; new medical student, Neela Rasgotra, causes a stir when she unexpectedly helps a patient - and angers Chen as Pratt flirts with her; Romano sports a new look and Carter receives an ominous call from Africa. Nielsen Ratings: 23.2 million viewers
2	203	"The Lost"	John Wells	Christopher Chulack	October 2, 2003
Carter returns to the Congo to search for the body of a fellow doctor and reunites with several associates. Elsewhere in the strife-torn country, Kovac is seen in flashbacks as he battles debilitating malaria while he ministers to the sick and dying in a land where life is cheap at best.
3	204	"Dear Abby"	R. Scott Gemmil	Christopher Chulack	October 9, 2003
Abby's frustrating day gets worse when she gets a special "Dear John" letter from Carter in the Congo while her fellow nurses threaten a walkout and her opinions are ignored. Romano's mood gets nastier when he is fitted with an antiquated hook for his missing arm. Pratt uneasily meets Chen's old-fashioned parents for dinner. In addition, three new second-year residents join the staff - including Archie Morris and the self-assured Dr. "Coop". Also Zac Efron guest stars as Bobby Neville, a boy who gets shot and later dies.
4	205	"Shifts Happen"	Dee Johnson	Julie Hebert	October 23, 2003
Pratt and Weaver wind up on the wrong side of two judgment calls during a hellacious night shift that also finds Abby seeking funds for a hush-hush personal endeavor. Neela deals with a little girl who arrives with her beloved grandmother whose status is DNR. And Corday warms up to Dr. Dorset.
5	206	"Out of Africa"	David Zabel	Jonathan Kaplan	October 30, 2003
Kovac's day back in the ER is a busy one. Lewis fears for a distraught architect, Ben Hollander, whose degenerating eyesight makes him despondent while a spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart, replaces Abby - who decides to return to medical school. And Morris is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the ER.
6	207	"The Greater Good"	R. Scott Gemmil	Richard Thorpe	November 6, 2003
Pratt and Kovac clash over a miscarriage-prone young woman who arrives to deliver a premature baby; Lewis goes above and beyond the call of duty to help Ben Hollander cope with his failing vision; and Coop makes a romantic play for Chen.
7	208	"Death and Taxes"	Dee Johnson	Felix Enriquez Alcala	November 13, 2003
Lewis's busy workload threatens to keep her from an important date with Hollander; Kovac and Corday clash over the treatment of a patient with questionable symptoms; and Sam's son spends a day underfoot at the ER. Meanwhile, Gallant must gamble with a risky hospital transfer to help a young septic cancer patient and Chen gets bad news from China about her parents.
8	209	"Freefall"	Joe Sachs	Christopher Chulack	November 20, 2003
A Thanksgiving tragedy high above the ER has the County staff racing to aid the survivors and Lewis fearing the worst about one of the possible casualties. Elsewhere, Romano threatens to file a serious complaint against the brash Pratt and catches Morris with cannabis. Also, Kovac enjoys Thanksgiving dinner with Sam and her son Alex.
9	210	"Missing"	David Zabel	Jonathan Kaplan	December 4, 2003
Two distinct cultures collide when Neela treats two Amish teenagers involved in a car accident. Corday and a few others mourn the loss of Dr. Romano. Elsewhere, Sam clashes with sympathetic Kovac when he pays too much attention to her trouble-prone son Alex and Lewis is pained when an unconscious 5-year-old girl cannot be traced to any parent or guardian.
10	211	"Makemba"	John Wells	Christopher Chulack	December 11, 2003
On Christmas Eve, a chilled emergency room staff do their best to observe the holiday while a crusading Carter does the same half a world away as his friendship and relationship with Makemba, a native AIDS worker, is revealed.
11	212	"Touch and Go"	Mark Morocco	Richard Thorpe	January 8, 2004
Carter returns from Africa full of surprises including a new love, Makemba "Kem". Pratt accidentally breaks a patient's neck while doing an unsupervised intubation. A whole nursing shift cannot go home until they find one missing Valium.
12	213	"NICU"	Lisa Zwerling	Laura Innes	January 15, 2004
Neela and Abby face their toughest rotation ever after being assigned to the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit, where Weaver and Sandy come needing help with their newly born son, Henry.
13	214	"Get Carter"	R. Scott Gemmill	Lesli Linka Glatter	February 5, 2004
Carter's girlfriend, Kem, steps on more than a few toes while spending a day observing County in action. Pratt has a hard night and questions his abilities as he treats a variety of patients. Gallant accompanies the paramedics and is almost shot in a violent domestic dispute where he befriends a frightened boy. Lewis turns down a promotion, due to an imminent change in her lifestyle.
14	215	"Impulse Control"	Yahlin Chang	Jonathan Kaplan	February 12, 2004
Life and death assume an even higher profile as single-mother Sam treats an abused and newly pregnant teen as well as a wife who sees her injured family melt away after a car accident. Carter shows Kem the city and proposes they move into a townhouse he bought for them. And Kovac receives a sexy late-night visit from Sam.
15	216	"Blood Relations"	Nelson McCormick	Dee Johnson	February 19, 2004
Neela's faced with crippling claustrophobia while trapped in a hyperbaric chamber with a baby suffering from carbon-monoxide poisoning. Meanwhile, Chen returns from China with her ailing father; Weaver breaks bad news to a mother about her son's leukemia; and Sam ponders the repercussions of her night with Kovac.
16	217	"Forgive and Forget"	Bruce Miller	Christopher Chulack	February 26, 2004
Sam's troubled by Kovac's visiting African tryst; one of County's former patients uses a tank to exact a revenge that threatens half of Chicago; Corday is charmed by a fellow surgeon; a staffer becomes a patient after suffering a heart attack.
17	218	"The Student"	David Zabel	Paul McCrane	April 1, 2004
Carter urges Neela to be more pro-active in the ER, that she goes too far in treating a brain-injury patient - and a sympathetic Gallant errs further by falsifying a medical report. Kovac treats the disoriented young son of a man who fears that tests will reveal he's not the boy's father. Chen scrambles to find an appropriate caregiver for her ailing father. And Corday is uneasy about dating two men.
18	219	"Where There's Smoke"	Jacy Young	Tawnia McKiernan	April 8, 2004
Weaver rushes to the aid of her female partner Sandy Lopez when the firefighter is severely injured on the job and must fight for her life. Lewis suffers labor pains and is confined to bed rest, while tension remains between Gallant and Neela as an investigation begins into the suspicious death. Later, Gallant reveals to Neela that he'll be deployed to Iraq. Sam is surprised by the arrival of Alex's dad. Corday discovers that she's the new Head of Surgery.
19	220	"Just a Touch"	R. Scott Gemmill	Richard Thorpe	April 22, 2004
A breast exam lands Pratt in hot water when a woman informally accuses the young doctor of sexual harassment. Abby ponders how to get the attention of her contentious patients during her psych rotation and Neela finds herself studying strokes in a lab populated by brainy but bizarre graduate students. Weaver vows to fight for her baby son and Chen is at wit's end when she brings her combative and ailing father home. Sam is baffled by her ex's return — and Kovac's take on the new man in Alex's life.
20	221	"Abby Normal"	David Zabel	Jonathan Robert Kaplan	April 29, 2004
Weaver considers drastic action to keep Lopez's folks from taking custody of Henry. Abby is in the midst of her psychiatric rotation and tries to help a seizure-prone mother with a controversial drug treatment. Pratt lays into Neela for avoiding the ER to work in a lab. Kovac's relationship with Sam and her son Alex grows awkward when Alex' father returns. Carter impresses a returning Kem — but annoys his father — with a shake-up at his family's foundation.
21	222	"Midnight"	John Wells	Julie Hebert	May 6, 2004
Carter is alarmed as he rushes his pregnant girlfriend Kem into the ER when he suspects trouble, while Corday gets a jolt from the past when the late Dr. Greene's teen daughter Rachel shows up with her boyfriend looking for a haven - and some "morning-after" pills. Neela prepares for her graduation while Abby prefers to sit it out. Sam's ex makes his intentions clear to Kovac. Nielsen Ratings: 28.4 million viewers
22	223	"Drive"	Dee Johnson	Jonathan Kaplan	May 13, 2004
A car wreck brings out Kovac's inner hero. Neela heads for the University of Michigan to begin her internship; her fellow doctors question the bruises on Chen's face; Dr. Pratt keeps a mentoring eye on a young heart patient, Elgin. Weaver hopes to gain custody of her son and Sam flees with Alex after Steve settles down in Chicago. Pratt, Chen and Elgin are victims of gunfire by an irritated motorist. Nielsen Ratings: 23.9 million viewers