ER season 7
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| ER: The Complete Seventh Season | |
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| Season 7 | |
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| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 12, 2000 – May 17, 2001 |
| Season chronology | |
The seventh season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on October 12, 2000 and concluded on May 17, 2001. The seventh season consists of 22 episodes.
Production
Cast
Starring cast
- Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene - Senior Attending Physician
- Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter - Fourth Year Resident
- Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver - Chief of Emergency Medicine
- Alex Kingston as Dr. Elizabeth Corday - Associate Chief of Surgery
- Paul McCrane as Dr. Robert Romano - Chief of Staff & Surgery
- Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovac - Attending Physician
- Maura Tierney as Nurse Abby Lockhart
- Michael Michele as Dr. Cleo Finch - Third Year Paediatric Resident
- Erik Palladino as Dr. Dave Malucci - Third Year Resident
- Ming-Na as Dr. Jing-Mei Chen - Third Year Resident
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton - Attending Trauma Surgeon & Director of Diversity
Supporting cast
Doctors and Medical Students:
Sam Anderson as Dr. Jack Kayson - Chief of Cardiology
Amy Aquino as Dr. Janet Coburn - Chief of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
John Aylward as Dr. Donald Anspaugh - Surgeon Attending Physician & Hospital Board Member
Elizabeth Mitchell as Dr. Kim Legaspi - Psychiatrist
David Brisbin as Dr. Alexander Babcock - Anesthesiologist
Megan Cole as Dr. Alice Upton - Pathologist
Nurses:
Ellen Crawford as Nurse Lydia Wright
Conni Marie Brazelton as Nurse Conni Oligario
Deezer D as Nurse Malik McGrath
Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
Lily Mariye as Nurse Lily Jarvik
Gedde Watanabe as Nurse Yosh Takata
Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
Bellina Logan as Nurse Kit
Staff and Paramedics:
Troy Evans as Desk Clerk Frank Martin
Erica Gimpel as Social Worker Adele Newman
Kristin Minter as Desk Clerk Miranda "Randi" Fronczak
Andrew Bowen as Desk Clerk Andrew
Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
Monté Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
Lynn A. Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
Michelle Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
Pamela Sinha as Desk Clerk Amira
Notable guest stars
Crew
Original executive producers John Wells and Michael Crichton reprised their roles. Sixth season co-executive producers Neal Baer and Jack Orman were promoted to executive producers for the seventh season. Baer left the crew mid-season. Previous executive producer Christopher Chulack remained a consulting producer while working on Wells production's Third Watch. Meredith Stiehm joined the crew as a co-executive producer mid-season.
R. Scott Gemmill returned as supervising producer and was joined by new supervising producer Dee Johnson. Longstanding crew member Joe Sachs joined the production team as a co-producer for the seventh season and was promoted to producer mid-season. Wendy Spence and Richard Thorpe returned as producers. Jonathan Kaplan began the seventh season as a consulting producer but returned to his previous role as producer mid-season. Regular director Christopher Misiano joined the crew as a producer for the seventh season only. Michael Salamunovich returned as a co-producer and Teresa Salamunovich continued in her role as associate producer until the mid-season break.
Wells wrote two further episodes. Orman was the series most prolific writer with seven episodes. Baer contributed a single episode. Gemmill wrote 4 further episodes and new producers Johnson and Stiehm each wrote three episodes. Sachs wrote a further episode. Ex-producer Walon Greene wrote a single episode. Tom Garrigus joined the writing staff as an executive story editor and contributed to two episodes but left the crew with the close of the season. New writer Elizabeth Hunter contributed a single episode.
Producers Kaplan, Thorpe and Misiano served as the seasons regular directors. Kaplan helmed 6 episodes while Thorpe and Misiano directed 3 each. Chulack directed a further episode. Returning directors were executive producer John Wells, cast members Anthony Edwards and Laura Innes, series veterans Lesli Linka Glatter, Felix Enriquez Alcala, and David Nutter and Marita Grabiak and Tom Moore. Guy Norman Bee was the seasons only new director.
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 | |
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| 1 | 136 | "Homecoming" | Jack Orman | Jonathan Kaplan | October 12, 2000 | |
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Cleaning employees and construction workers strike at County General, Carter comes back out of rehab, a football game riot continues in the ER and Greene and Corday come back from their vacation only to find out they have a terrible rash. Note: Nielsen Ratings: 29.3 million viewers | ||||||
| 2 | 137 | "Sand and Water" | Jack Orman | Christopher Misiano | October 19, 2000 | |
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Carter returns to County General accepting Greene and Weaver's terms. Abby becomes his AA sponsor, Greene and Corday are buying a bigger house and decide to get married. Benton has trouble with Romano over a surgery for a patient whose insurance doesn't cover him anymore. | ||||||
| 3 | 138 | "Mars Attacks" | R. Scott Gemmill | Paris Barclay | October 26, 2000 | |
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On a short-staffed day, Weaver limits Carter's tasks, Kovac needs Abby to do medical procedures she is no longer cleared to do, Benton learns Romano bounced him, and injured attendees from a sci-fi convention are rushed in. | ||||||
| 4 | 139 | "Benton Backwards" | Dee Johnson | Richard Thorpe | November 2, 2000 | |
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Romano offers a per diem position to Benton with no benefits and no stature. A humbled Benton is forced to accept. Kovac lethally pounds a mugger who confronts him and Abby. | ||||||
| 5 | 140 | "Flight of Fancy" | Joe Sachs and Walon Green | Lesli Linka Glatter | November 9, 2000 | |
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The tragedy of teens diagnosed as HIV-positive is compounded by a fatal street accident. A med-emergency flight is followed by the transported patient's wedding in the ER. | ||||||
| 6 | 141 | "The Visit" | John Wells | Jonathan Kaplan | November 16, 2000 | |
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Abby is visited by her bipolar mother Maggie, Peter's nephew comes into the ER with a serious gunshot wound, Luka suspects a young girl is being abused by her father and Elizabeth juggles her desire for a weekend getaway with Mark with treating one more patient. | ||||||
| 7 | 142 | "Rescue Me" | Neal Baer | Christopher Chulack | November 23, 2000 | |
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It's a rainy day at County. Corday is sued for malpractice. Maggie won't leave till Abby talks to her. Chen's mother learns of her daughter's pregnancy, and Corday also learns she's pregnant, but Mark Greene has the worst feeling of all when he loses control of his faculties during a trauma. | ||||||
| 8 | 143 | "The Dance We Do" | Jack Orman | Christopher Misiano | December 7, 2000 | |
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Greene revealed to Corday that he had a biopsy and said the tumor is inoperable. Abby's mother caused a major ruckus at a department store. Corday attended her deposition for malpractice on her previous patient, the surfer. Benton's nephew's girlfriend comes into the ER. | ||||||
| 9 | 144 | "The Greatest of Gifts" | Elizabeth Hunter | Jonathan Kaplan | December 14, 2000 | |
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Chen gives birth, and struggles with the decision to give her baby up for adoption. Benton helps a young girl who is being forced to donate white blood cells to her ill sister. Corday and Greene travel to New York, and find hope when they meet a surgeon who can operate on Mark's tumor. | ||||||
| 10 | 145 | "Piece of Mind" | Tom Garrigus and R. Scott Gemmill | David Nutter | January 4, 2001 | |
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While Greene undergoes surgery in New York to remove his brain tumor, County General is absorbed in the case of father and son that were in a car accident. | ||||||
| 11 | 146 | "Rock, Paper, Scissors" | Dee Johnson | Jonathan Kaplan | January 11, 2001 | |
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Kovac treats a bishop who took a fall and questions Luka's faith. Abby pressures Carter to tell Weaver about the Vicodin he nearly took. Abby later tells him that she cannot be his sponsor anymore. After Kynesha is placed with a foster family, Benton and Finch discover their home trashed by her. Corday's malpractice suit is settled; Mr. Patterson later visits her at the hospital, causing Elizabeth to panic with another patient. Weaver and Legaspi are divided over personal and professional issues. Carter treats a woman smuggling drugs by swallowing a condom full of cocaine. | ||||||
| 12 | 147 | "Surrender" | Jack Orman | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | February 1, 2001 | |
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Weaver and Legaspi have spent the night together, although Kerry appears shy of beginning a relationship. She also battles Luka over calling the authorities about an illegal sweatshop employing one of his patients, which causes the owners to torch the place. Greene is back to work, but is mixing up his pronouns, referring to a male patient as a "she." Corday freezes again during surgery, but is able to overcome her fears. Romano talks Benton into taking a job as County's director of diversity. In the wake of his Vicodin slip, Carter is banned from prescribing drugs. He later visits Chase at his home, and admits his addiction. Abby treats two horny old men. | ||||||
| 13 | 148 | "Thy Will Be Done" | Meredith Stiehm | Richard Thorpe | February 8, 2001 | |
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Bishop Stewart returns, seeking pain medication from Luka, who also has his hands full dealing with the parents of a 16-year-old who does not want another heart transplant. Abby fills in as Carter's date for a Carter family function and sees her ex-husband there. Malucci treats a gay man who wants to contract HIV from his positive partner. Greene continues an abrupt personality change in the wake of his surgery. Weaver makes an appointment for a competency review for Mark. | ||||||
| 14 | 149 | "A Walk in the Woods" | John Wells | John Wells | February 15, 2001 | |
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Weaver spends an evening with Legaspi and her lesbian friends. Greene is furious to learn about his competency review; Corday screams at Weaver about ordering it. Chen returns from maternity leave and treats a young boy with measles. Benton struggles to get a young med student applicant an interview after learning that he was only accepted due to affirmative action. Bishop Stewart returns in even worse condition. | ||||||
| 15 | 150 | "The Crossing" | Jack Orman | Jonathan Robert Kaplan | February 22, 2001 | |
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Carter meets a new pedes intern, Rena Trujillo. He and Luka are then dispatched to the site of a major train wreck. Carter must perform a tricky double amputation on an injured firefighter after Corday goes into early contractions at the scene. After Elizabeth returns to the hospital, Abby and Chen treat Corday, who is told to stay on bed rest. Benton lets prospective med student William White follow him around the ER. Weaver calls Legaspi for a psych consult on a suicidal girl who caused the train crash by driving her car onto the tracks. Luka wrestles with his faith, revealing that he could have saved his wife by sacrificing his daughter. Bishop Stewart grants him absolution before his death. | ||||||
| 16 | 151 | "Witch Hunt" | R. Scott Gemmill | Guy Norman Bee | March 1, 2001 | |
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After Abby leaves the room for a second, an infant disappears from the hospital. After spending the night at her place, Carter is shocked to find out that Rena is a 19-year-old undergraduate. Greene gets his competency results--he passed (was there ever any doubt?). Malucci and Mark treat a young boy injecting steroids who is frightened of his father. Legaspi has been accused of sexual misconduct by the teenager who caused the train crash. Weaver is more concerned with hiding their relationship, so Kim dumps her. | ||||||
| 17 | 152 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Joe Sachs | Marita Grabiak | March 29, 2001 | |
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Peter and Cleo may be at fault when a police officer shoots and kills an old woman with dementia. Carter misinforms Rena and tells her that he and Abby had a past liaison. April Fool's Day causes the staffers to play pranks on each other; Malucci gets the worst of it when Kovac injects him with Haldol, rendering him useless for the rest of the shift and getting his hand glued to his forehead while asleep. Corday endures a particularly long surgery just to prove that she can despite her pregnancy. Greene treats three young students who have been huffing carpet cleaner. Luka treats another pregnant teenager, who wants the comfort that a child will bring her. | ||||||
| 18 | 153 | "April Showers" | Tom Garrigus | Christopher Misiano | April 19, 2001 | |
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Mark must overcome numerous obstacles, mostly weather-related, in order to get to the church to marry Elizabeth, who is stuck with both of her bickering, divorced parents. Abby has a major cold, but cannot leave the hospital, due to most of the nurses being at the wedding. Many patients come in to the ER from an accident involving a prison van; Luka and Carter clash over the treatment of an injured cop and a prisoner with a dislocated shoulder. While waiting for a flight to Vegas, Weaver (who wasn't invited to the wedding), strikes up a conversation with a friendly man. Chen misses her son. Cleo doesn't want to go to the wedding, because the bride is Peter's ex-girlfriend. | ||||||
| 19 | 154 | "Sailing Away" | Jack Orman and Meredith Stiehm | Laura Innes | April 26, 2001 | |
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Corday goes into labor and delivers a baby girl named Ella. Benton treats his junior high school science teacher. Numerous college students come into the ER, victims of fraternity/sorority pledging pranks and hazing rituals. Carter and Abby take a road trip to Oklahoma to pick up Maggie, who has locked herself in a motel room; then she steals sleeping pills from a convenience store and attempts suicide. Rena dumps Carter over the phone. | ||||||
| 20 | 155 | "Fear of Commitment" | R. Scott Gemmill | Anthony Edwards | May 3, 2001 | |
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Abby goes to court to argue for a 90-day psych hold for her mother. Her mother is released, and later shows up at Luka's hotel room. Weaver treats an old children's television show host and an animal suit fetishist. Carla checks into the hospital after a fall. Benton treats Carl Ferris again after he suffers a heart attack. Malucci clashes with Jing-Mei and Cleo when his past track record gets him in trouble. Carter treats a young girl whose boyfriend has been interfering with her pregnancy by feeding her herbal root extracts to cause a natural abortion. Chen treats a patient with a talent for numbers. Malucci calls in a priest to perform an exorcism. | ||||||
| 21 | 156 | "Where the Heart Is" | Dee Johnson and Meredith Stiehm | Richard Thorpe | May 10, 2001 | |
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Abby is flabbergasted when Maggie reveals her plans to move back to her birthplace of Minneapolis. Abby reveals to her mother that she was pregnant once, but had an abortion, scared about the genetic possibility of herself or her child turning out bipolar. Meanwhile, Carter and Chen are both shot down in their bids for chief resident, after which she tells Weaver she is a victim of discrimination. Weaver meets Legaspi's new girlfriend. Carla hits on Benton and freaks out at Cleo after she turns her back on Reese for a second and he injures himself. Mark treats a young abused boy with an extremely irate father. Most of the ER staff play in a softball game after work. | ||||||
| 22 | 157 | "Rampage" | Jack Orman | Jonathan Kaplan | May 17, 2001 | |
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The father of the abused boy that Mark treated last week goes on a shooting rampage throughout the city, looking for anyone connected with the placing of his son in a foster care facility. Mark fears for Elizabeth and baby Ella's safety when Corday doesn't answer her pager. Chen moves one step closer to the chief resident position. Romano fires Legaspi. Weaver confronts Romano, and comes out to him, threatening that she will quit if Kim is not rehired. Carla's husband, Roger, accuses Benton of sleeping with Carla. Cleo cuts her hand while treating an HIV-positive patient. Luka draws unhappiness from Abby when he sends in her med school reapplication without her consent. Carter expresses his feelings to Abby and begins thinking about his future at another hospital. While treating the shooter alone in an elevator, Mark makes a critical decision regarding his care when the man flatlines. Note: Nielsen Ratings: 30.7 million viewers | ||||||