ER season 9
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No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 26, 2002 – May 15, 2003 |
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The ninth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 26, 2002 and concluded on May 15, 2003. The ninth season consists of 22 episodes.
Plot
For the first time John Carter becomes the central character and Noah Wyle receives star billing. The death of Mark Greene continues to affect his colleagues while a grieving Corday has left Chicago for England. She returns and a medical student raises eyebrows. The ER is still plagued by the smallpox disease at the beginning. Elsewhere Romano suffers a horrific injury which has consequences throughout the season, Weaver finds herself promoted, Abby's family troubles resurface, Pratt continues to get on the wrong side of his colleagues, and Kovač and Carter join a relief mission in Africa, setting up a continuing story thread for following seasons. Carter deals with professional and family issues while other staff members have their own problems. Over the course of this season, Romano suffers setbacks after losing his arm, Abby and Carter lean towards a relationship, Pratt has troubles in both his personal and professional life and several staff members face critical decisions in the busy hospital at County General.
Cast
Main cast
- Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter – Attending Physician
- Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver – Chief of Emergency Medicine
- Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt – Intern PGY-1
- Alex Kingston as Dr. Elizabeth Corday – Associate Chief of Surgery
- Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovač – Attending Physician
- Maura Tierney as Nurse Manager Abby Lockhart
- Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis – Attending Physician
- Ming-Na as Dr. Jing-Mei Chen – Attending Physician
- Sharif Atkins as Michael Gallant – Fourth-year Medical Student
- Paul McCrane as Dr. Robert Romano – Chief of Staff and Surgery
Supporting cast
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Notable guest stars
- Chris Pine as Levine
- Paul Hipp as Craig Turner[7]
- Josh Radnor as Keith
- Crispin Bonham Carter as Passenger[6]
- Simone-Elise Girard as Nurse Gillian
- Pragna Desai as Dr. Angelique Chatta
- Bruce Weitz as John Bright
- Edward Asner and Liz Torres as patients
- Patrick Fugit as Sean Simmons
- Katee Sackhoff as Jason's girlfriend
- Josh Hutcherson as Matt
- Nina Bell (credited as Nina Sablich) as Dr. Gordana Horvat
- Aaron Paul as Doug
Production
Original executive producers John Wells and Michael Crichton reprised their roles. Long-time crew member Jack Orman returned as executive producer and show runner. Previous executive producer Christopher Chulack remained a consulting producer while working on Wells' Third Watch. R. Scott Gemmill and Dee Johnson continued to act as co-executive producers. Medical expert Joe Sachs remained a supervising producer. Richard Thorpe, Joe Sachs, and Wendy Spence Rosato returned as producers. They were joined by new producer Bruce Miller. Eighth season executive story editor David Zabel and unit production manager Tommy Burns joined the production team as co-producers for the ninth season. New crew member Julie Hébert began the season as a co-producer. Zabel and Hebert were promoted to producers mid-season. Hebert left the crew with the close of the season. Teresa Salamunovich returned to the crew as an associate producer for the ninth season. She was joined by new associate producers Erin Mitchell (for the entire season) and Shelagh O'Brien (after the mid-season break).
Wells wrote a further episode for the season. Gemmill was the season's most prolific writer with five episodes. Johnson and Orman each wrote four episodes. Zabel and Hebert each wrote three episodes. Sachs and Miller each wrote two episodes. Yahlin Chang joined the writing staff as a story editor in 2002 and contributed to four episodes as a writer and twelve episodes as an executive story editor and one episode as a co-producer between 2002 and 2005. Wells was promoted to executive story editor mid-season but left the staff with the close of the season. New writer Arthur Albert wrote a single episode.
Producers Kaplan and Thorpe served as the season's regular directors. Kaplan helmed five episodes while Thorpe directed four. Chulack directed a further episode. Show runner Orman helmed a further two episodes. New producer Hebert directed a single episode. Returning director Charles Haid directed two episodes. Cast members Laura Innes and Paul McCrane each directed an episode, McCrane making his series debut. Returning directors were Félix Enríquez Alcalá, David Nutter, Nelson McCormick, TR Babu Subramaniam, and Alan J. Levi. Peggy Rajski was the season's only new director.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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180 | 1 | "Chaos Theory" | Jonathan Kaplan | Jack Orman & R. Scott Gemmill | September 26, 2002 | 175151 | 26.72[8] |
181 | 2 | "Dead Again" | Richard Thorpe | Dee Johnson | October 3, 2002 | 175152 | 25.13[9] |
182 | 3 | "Insurrection" | Charles Haid | Yahlin Chang & Jack Orman | October 10, 2002 | 175153 | 24.74[10] |
183 | 4 | "Walk Like A Man" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | David Zabel | October 17, 2002 | 175154 | 25.65[11] |
184 | 5 | "A Hopeless Wound" | Laura Innes | Julie Hébert & Joe Sachs | October 31, 2002 | 175155 | 23.53[12] |
185 | 6 | "One Can Only Hope" | Jonathan Kaplan | Bruce Miller | November 7, 2002 | 175156 | 24.39[13] |
186 | 7 | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | Richard Thorpe | R. Scott Gemmill | November 14, 2002 | 175157 | 24.28[14] |
187 | 8 | "First Snowfall" | Jack Orman | Jack Orman | November 21, 2002 | 175158 | 25.85[15] |
188 | 9 | "Next of Kin" | Paul McCrane | Dee Johnson | December 5, 2002 | 175159 | 23.92[16] |
189 | 10 | "Hindsight" | David Nutter | David Zabel | December 12, 2002 | 175160 | 22.75[17] |
190 | 11 | "A Little Help From My Friends" | Alan J. Levi | Julie Hébert | January 9, 2003 | 175161 | 21.52[18] |
191 | 12 | "A Saint in the City" | Peggy Rajski | Bruce Miller | January 16, 2003 | 175162 | 21.80[19] |
192 | 13 | "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" | Nelson McCormick | R. Scott Gemmill | January 30, 2003 | 175163 | 21.90[20] |
193 | 14 | "No Strings Attached" | Jonathan Kaplan | Dee Johnson | February 6, 2003 | 175164 | 20.91[21] |
194 | 15 | "A Boy Falling Out of the Sky" | Charles Haid | R. Scott Gemmill & Yahlin Chang | February 13, 2003 | 175165 | 20.59[22] |
195 | 16 | "A Thousand Cranes" | Jonathan Kaplan | David Zabel | February 20, 2003 | 175166 | 22.37[23] |
196 | 17 | "The Advocate" | Julie Hébert | Joe Sachs | March 13, 2003 | 175167 | 20.92[24] |
197 | 18 | "Finders Keepers" | T.R. Babu Subramaniam | Dee Johnson | April 3, 2003 | 175168 | 18.93[25] |
198 | 19 | "Things Change" | Richard Thorpe | R. Scott Gemmill | April 24, 2003 | 175169 | 20.88[26] |
199 | 20 | "Foreign Affairs" | Jonathan Kaplan | David Zabel | May 1, 2003 | 175170 | 19.55[27] |
200 | 21 | "When Night Meets Day" | Jack Orman | Jack Orman | May 8, 2003 | 175171 | 21.90[28] |
201 | 22 | "Kisangani" | Christopher Chulack | John Wells | May 15, 2003 | 175172 | 21.61[29] |
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