After being pushed out of his job as Chief of Staff by Kerry, Romano takes control of the ER and wreaks havoc and manages to get himself beaten up in a bar after work. Luka tries to convince Kerry to put him on the case of a Croatian child desperately in need of heart surgery, to no avail. A young woman with terminal cancer must make a choice between life-prolonging chemotherapy and the life of her unborn child. Pratt buys a birthday gift for Chen from a street vendor whose foot was run over by Elizabeth's nanny; Susan's husband (who she married the same week she met him) unexpectedly shows up from Las Vegas.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 9 Episode 18 of ER resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

ER Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Chaos Theory
• s09e02 - Dead Again
• s09e03 - Insurrection
• s09e04 - Walk Like a Man
• s09e05 - A Hopeless Wound
• s09e06 - One Can Only Hope
• s09e07 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
• s09e08 - First Snowfall
• s09e09 - Next of Kin
• s09e10 - Hindsight
• s09e11 - A Little Help From My Friends
• s09e12 - A Saint in the City
• s09e13 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
• s09e14 - No Strings Attached
• s09e15 - A Boy Falling Out of the Sky
• s09e16 - A Thousand Cranes
• s09e17 - The Advocate
• s09e18 - Finders Keepers
• s09e19 - Things Change
• s09e20 - Foreign Affairs
• s09e21 - When Night Meets Day
• s09e22 - Kisangani

ER Show Summary

ER follows the medical personnel and patients in the emergency room of Chicago's fictional County General Hospital.

As the doctors and nurses of County's ER confront the daily challenges of a busy urban hospital, including overcrowded waiting rooms, staffing shortages, and the impact of life-and-passing decisions. While they teach the next generation of doctors, the each must tackle demands of their personal lives, at times unsuccessfully.

The staff is led by Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr. Luka Kovac, a gifted teacher who came to Chicago from Croatia following the tragic passing of his wife and children, but now finds his life on an upswing, and Dr. Kerry Weaver, County's Chief of Staff, a compassionate doctor and uncompromising administrator whose rigid style has isolated her from the medical staff. The ER is staffed by fourth-year resident Dr. Gregory Pratt, who puts patients before procedure, yet fears the responsibility now thrust upon him, feisty nurse Samantha Taggart a tough single mother attempting to balance her difficult personal issues with her demanding professional life, and Scott Grimes as the less than capable Chief Resident Dr. Archie Morris, along with a trio of second year residents: Dr. Abby Lockhart a former ER nurse turned doctor, building a new career and a new life that has taken a sudden and unexpected turn, Dr. Neela Rasgotra recently married and finding her role in the ER after a long period of uncertainty, and Dr. Ray Barnett who must make the choice between his career as a doctor and the rock band in which he plays. Featured this season as recurring characters are John Leguizamo as the innovative, and problematic, Dr. Victor Clemente, Kristen Johnston as demanding Nurse Manager Eve Peyton, and Leland Orser as the ER's highly individual surgical attending, Dr. Lucien Dubenko.