The Best of "ER" - Notable Episodes Quiz

Answer: O'Brien

Sean and Jodi O'Brien were the unlucky couple featured in this episode. There were complications with Jodi's pregnancy and delivery, and she did not survive.

Flynn is the last name of the actress who portrayed Jodi O'Brien. Dr. Coburn is an obstetrician who appears once in a while, and Wright is the last name of ER Nurse Lydia.

This episode won Emmy Awards for Writing, Directing, Editing for a Single Camera Production, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. Colleen Flynn (who played Jodi O'Brien) was also nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress for her role in this episode.

Answer: Ben

Ben Larkin, played by a young Erik von Detten, is the little boy in this episode. Doug and Mark are the first names of Dr. Ross and Dr. Greene, respectively, and Steve is the first name of future character Sam Taggart's ex-husband.

This episode was nominated for Emmy Awards for Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Editing for a Single Camera Production, and Sound Mixing.

Answer: Nurse Carol Hathaway

Carol Hathaway is in the convenience store when two men, played by Currie Graham and Ewan McGregor, hold up the store and prevent everyone inside from leaving. The majority of the episode takes place inside the store and shows how the robbery unfolds.

This episode was nominated for two Emmy Awards - for Outstanding Guest Actor (Ewan McGregor) and for Editing in a Single Camera Production (which it won the award for).

Answer: It was performed live.

The cast performed this episode live. It was performed twice - once for the East Coast and once for the West Coast. When the episode is shown now, in syndication, viewers watch the first half of the East Coast version and the second half of the West Coast version.

This episode was nominated for Emmy Awards in Lighting Direction, Sound Mixing, and Directing, and also received an Emmy Award for Technical Direction/Camera/Video.

Answer: Dr. John Carter and Lucy Knight

At the end of the previous episode ("Be Still My Heart"), Carter and Lucy were stabbed by Paul Sobriki, a psychotic patient played by David Krumholtz. Dr. Weaver discovers them in an exam room in the opening sequence of this episode, and the ER staff spends the rest of the episode trying to save their lives. Carter survives, but Lucy does not.

This episode was nominated for Emmy Awards for Directing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. It also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing.

Answer: All of the ER doctors stay in the ER for the entire episode.

This episode, the series' 150th, was a busy one - a train derailed nearby, causing a huge accident and providing many patients for the ER. Drs. John Carter and Luka Kovac are sent to the accident scene to help out, and eventually, Dr. Elizabeth Corday joins them. At the episode's end, Dr. Kovac goes to see Bishop Stewart, and is with him during his last moments and as he dies. James Cromwell played Bishop Stewart in 4 episodes, with "The Crossing" as his final appearance.

This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Single Camera Sound Mixing, and won an Emmy Award for Sound Editing.

Answer: It is shown in reverse order.

The episode begins at the end, ironically, and unfolds the story through flashbacks that travel gradually further back in time.

The episode does not stay only in the ER - there are scenes at a holiday party, in a car, and at the site of a car accident, to name a few.

No new main characters are introduced in this episode.

The only "ER" episode to have been performed live (in the first twelve seasons) is the fourth-season premiere, "Ambush."

Answer: Dr. Greg Pratt worked his last shift at County.

This episode, the series' 200th, was a busy one. It followed Dr. Carter's day shift and Dr. Pratt's night (and what was supposed to be his final) shift by switching back and forth between the two.

Among the episode's events were a solar eclipse, a mass suicide (by ingesting cyanide), a near-drowning, an ongoing gang war, a fire at Doc Magoo's, and the amputation surgery for Dr. Romano.

Dr. Pratt had a great shift, and decided to stay at County instead of transferring to Northwestern (a nearby hospital) as he had planned. Dr. Carter had a horrible shift, and decided to go to Africa to help out Dr. Kovac, who was already there.

Answer: Neela

A helicopter that is transporting a patient to another hospital has a bad takeoff from the roof, explodes, and then crashes in the ambulance bay, landing on (and killing) Dr. Romano.

Chuck, Dr. Susan Lewis' ex-husband, was supposed to be on the flight, but there was no room for him. He survived, but sustained some injuries that forced Abby and the other med students to intubate him and put in a chest tube (procedures that medical students do not normally perform).

Paramedic Zadro, a constant fixture on "ER," was in the ambulance bay at the time of the crash, and sustained a head injury.

Though Neela was on the roof when the helicopter began 'thrashing' around, she remained uninjured (though the nurse she was with was not as fortunate).

Answer: It was performed live.

"Time of Death" was a rare episode in which the traditional opening-credit sequence was not shown. The actual credits were shown on screen while the show was airing, but the theme song, along with the shots of each character and actor that normally air, was not played.

The episode plays out in real time -- in the 44 minutes that are shown to viewers on screen, only 44 minutes of time actually passes in the "ER" world. Through the first 12 seasons of "ER," it is the only episode to be shown in this manner. [Note: The real-time aspect is also demonstrated when Ray Barnett (Shane West's character) orders pizza, and keeps track of the time, making sure that the pizza place will keep its promise of delivering with 40 minutes (or the pizza is free).]

This episode featured Ray Liotta as Charlie Metcalf, an alcoholic and ex-con who is treated by Sam, Dr. Kovac and Dr. Pratt. Liotta won an Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in this episode.

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