ER: Season 9

2002 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 9 of ER

In Season 9, Carter's romantic escapades at work turn into a problem that affects every one of his 24 hours of the day. Kovac's nights out start to take a toll on his job performance. Weaver is offered a promotion outside E.R., but Romano takes her place. Kovac and Carter finally decide it's time for a change, so they head off on a mission to Africa. Life at County General is a walk in the park compared to what awaits them.

22episodes

Sep 26, 2002premiered

May 15, 2003latest episode

16.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 Chaos Theory
Sep 26, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 8.1
Dr. Carter, Abby and other staff of the ER are quarantined as the CDC investigate a mysterious, deadly outbreak.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: Jack Orman, R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Troy Evans, John Aylward, Diane Delano, Perry Anzilotti
9x02 Dead Again
Oct 3, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
After another hospital shuts down, the ER is flooded with patients. Dr. Pratt resuscitates a heart-attack victim who had been pronounced dead.
Directed by: Richard Thorpe · Written by: Dee Johnson · Starring: Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Deezer D, Laura Cerón
9x03 Insurrection
Oct 10, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
Dr. Carter leads a walk-out of staff protesting lack of security in the ER.
Directed by: Charles Haid · Written by: Jack Orman, Yahlin Chang · Starring: Troy Evans, Diane Delano, Deezer D, Laura Cerón
9x04 Walk Like a Man
Oct 17, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Weaver makes a mistake on live television while demonstrating flu shots, inadvertently sticking two reporters with the same needle. In the bathroom later, Susan and Abby catch Weaver in a stall with a needle. Weaver confesses to Susan that she's taking hormones. Carter, assuming Susan knows already, tells her about Abby's drinking problem. Abby becomes nurse manager, and argues with Carter about her drinking. Luka flirts with a patient's mom and is caught emerging from a storage closet with her. Gallant has a rough day: Pratt butts in on a patient of his, and Stella Willis dies because Kayson didn't bother with thorough treatment.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Writing: David Zabel · Starring: Diane Delano, Deezer D, Laura Cerón, Kristin Minter
9x05 A Hopeless Wound
Oct 31, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on a new med student for a surgical rotation - Paul Nathan, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and decided to pursue medicine after being diagnosed. Despite a difficult first day, both professionally and medically, Nathan makes a difficult diagnosis. Romano's rehab lags behind his expectations, and he begins to doubt his role in surgery is no longer an option.
Directed by: Laura Innes · Written by: Joe Sachs, Julie Hébert · Starring: Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Matthew Glave, Deezer D
9x06 One Can Only Hope
Nov 7, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Corday clashes with new surgical resident Paul Nathan regarding his intervention into the treatment of a sickly young woman, Alison, who has signed a "do not resuscitate" order. Abby wonders about the erratic behavior of her visiting brother Eric, and feels conflicted over a nurse's official complaint against Kovac, Abby's former lover. Meanwhile, Pratt comforts Chen after a patient threatens her, and Corday suspects that an unconscious, 14-year-old female patient has been sexually assaulted.
Directing: Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: Bruce Miller · Starring: Yvette Freeman, Deezer D, Laura Cerón, Chad McKnight
9x07 Tell Me Where It Hurts
Nov 14, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Abby fears the worst when her brother Eric suddenly disappears. Carter and Chen treat a frightened Chinese immigrant nanny, Tong-Yi, whom they suspect was impregnated by her employer. Meanwhile, new surgical resident Paul Nathan, who is struggling to overcome a physical disability, tries to help in the emergency room—but his fellow doctors do not appreciate his advice to patients. Unable to quench his sexual appetites, Kovac also gets into trouble in his professional life, despite his admirable resolve to find an eye specialist to treat a young gunshot victim. Gallant and fellow medical student Erin Harkins engage in an escalating competition of medical knowledge. And Weaver gets some much-needed good news.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Bellina Logan, Troy Evans, Yvette Freeman, Deezer D
9x08 First Snowfall
Nov 21, 2002 · 47 min · ★ 8.0
Abby's family nightmare continues as she and her mother Maggie search for Abby's missing brother Eric, who Abby suspects is suffering from serious mental problems. Meanwhile, Corday treats a family of patients who, while building a snowman, were severely injured after being struck by a truck driver.
Directing: Jack Orman · Writing: Jack Orman · Starring: Troy Evans, Deezer D, Laura Cerón, Kristin Minter
9x09 Next of Kin
Dec 5, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
Abby is distressed when her mother interferes with Eric's treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Pratt treats a frightened young girl who has been injured in an auto accident and desperately wants to hide a secret. An unhappy Luka forms an unlikely bond with a lonely elderly woman who makes him a surprising offer. Chen is overcome with upsetting memories when a baby is abandoned in the emergency room. Pratt takes action after Leon is fired from his menial job.
Directed by: Paul McCrane · Written by: Dee Johnson · Starring: Conni Marie Brazelton, Jeffrey DeMunn, Yvette Freeman, Dave Power
9x10 Hindsight
Dec 12, 2002 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Dr. Kovac's speeding causes a crash on an icy road. The ER staff treats angry elves and a female hockey player with a head injury.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: David Zabel · Starring: Michael Ealy, John Kapelos, Troy Evans, Ana Ortiz
9x11 A Little Help From My Friends
Jan 9, 2003 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Dr. Pratt brings a gun into the ER; Dr. Weaver tries to conceal her pregnancy; a woman plots against her dying husband; Dr. Chen treats math students who overdosed on an unknown stimulant.
Directed by: Alan J. Levi · Written by: Julie Hébert · Starring: John Doman, Bob Papenbrook, Sondra Currie, John Aylward
9x12 A Saint in the City
Jan 16, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
Dr. Weaver is in a difficult situation when an alderman tests positive for syphilis. Dr. Carter is impressed when he meets a man who runs an inner city clinic.
Directing: Peggy Rajski · Writing: Bruce Miller · Starring: Jeannetta Arnette, Courtney Jines, Erica Gimpel, Frances Sternhagen
9x13 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Jan 30, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
Dr. Pratt's disabled roommate leads him to a wounded thief. Dr Carter decides to practice medicine in Africa. A doctor makes a pass at Dr. Corday.
Directed by: Alan J. Levi, Nelson McCormick · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Troy Evans, Shannon Whirry, Kyle Richards, Bruce Weitz
9x14 No Strings Attached
Feb 6, 2003 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Abby's troubled brother is missing. A car runs into a crowd of teen girls. The alderman with syphilis gives Dr. Weaver a promotion. Dr. Lewis looks forward to a blind date.
Directing: Peggy Rajski, Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: Bruce Miller · Starring: Richard Biggs, Robin Sydney, Troy Evans, John Aylward
9x15 A Boy Falling Out of the Sky
Feb 13, 2003 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Abby comes close to breaking down trying to deal with her mother. Dr. Pratt goes for his required paramedic ride-along. Dr. Weaver confronts the man who stole her purse. Dr. Lewis has a teen admirer.
Directing: Charles Haid · Writing: Yahlin Chang, R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Troy Evans, Kyle Richards, Elizabeth Morehead, Patrick Fugit
9x16 A Thousand Cranes
Feb 20, 2003 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
The police question Drs. Pratt and Gallant about a rampage at the diner across from the ER. Dr. Lewis befriends her teen admirer, a cancer patient.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan · Written by: David Zabel · Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Morehead, Patrick Fugit, Michael B. Silver
9x17 The Advocate
Mar 13, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Dr. Weaver bends the rules and treats the Alderman's lover for syphilis. Dr. Kovac's patient claims she was sexually abused at a boot camp for troubled youth. Dr. Carter treats a women with a nasty personality.
Directed by: Julie Hébert · Written by: Joe Sachs · Starring: Troy Evans, Frances Sternhagen, John Aylward, Yvette Freeman
9x18 Finders Keepers
Apr 3, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Dr. Romano seizes control of the ER and manages to offend everyone. Dr. Kovac asks Dr. Corday's help in the quest to bring a sickly Croatian boy to the U.S. for medical treatment.
Directed by: Babu Subramaniam · Written by: Dee Johnson · Starring: Smith Cho, Donal Logue, Christopher Allport, Bodhi Elfman
9x19 Things Change
Apr 24, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
A psychotic patient threatens Abby. Dr. Weaver suspects a woman poisoned her own baby. Dr. Romano continues to make rash judgments.
Directing: Richard Thorpe · Writing: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Donal Logue, Troy Evans, Frances Sternhagen, Julie Ariola
9x20 Foreign Affairs
May 1, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boy's life. A baseball player gets treatment for a heart problem.
Directing: Jonathan Kaplan · Writing: David Zabel · Starring: Cory Hardrict, Ricky Luna, Donal Logue, Alisa Reyes
9x21 When Night Meets Day
May 8, 2003 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
Carter's day shift and Pratt's night shift (his final shift at County) are intercut. Both men have extremely busy days. Doc Magoo's burns down. Luka calls Carter from the Congo and asks for help. Carter decides to go. Pratt decides to stay at County. In other parts of the hospital, Romano has his now-useless left arm amputated.
Directed by: Jack Orman · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Paul Butcher, Alex Hoover, Addison Hoover, Stephen Lee
9x22 Kisangani Season Finale
May 15, 2003 · 46 min · ★ 8.1
Carter travels to the Congo after Luka calls and asks for help. During the course of his two weeks there, he learns how much different the conditions are against what he's used to. Luka decides to stay for a while as Carter heads back to Chicago, ending up at a sleeping Abby's bedside.
Directed by: Christopher Chulack · Written by: John Wells · Starring: Earl Houston Bullock, Simone-Elise Girard, Jarreth J. Merz, Abdul Ayoola