ER
The Longer You Stay
Season 8, Episode 2 · Aired 2001-10-04
Synopsis
After finishing a shift, Carter approaches Weaver about an attending position, and then gets sucked back into work when a stampede at a rock concert brings in many patients. Abby and Luka break up. When Weaver goes MIA, Malucci and Chen make a severe mistake with a patient, ultimately leading to the patient's death. They blame it on Weaver for not answering their pages; we later see that Weaver left her pager in the bathroom at Doc Magoo's. Carla and Reese get into a car accident, which kills Carla and injures Reese. Mark and Elizabeth struggle to balance parenthood and their schedules.
In the series
This episode is part of ER (1994–2009) on NBC.
Steadicam adrenaline and cast breakouts on a weekly trauma loop.
Key cast
- Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene
- George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton
- Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- Noah Wyle as John Carter
- Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet