Chaos Theory (ER)
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Chaos Theory is the 180th episode of the NBC
television series, ER
Gallant begins inoculating everyone locked down in the ER while Weaver aids the evacuation from outside in the ambulance bay. On the roof Romano, Kovac and Lewis argue over the use of the last remaining helicopter. In the chaos, Romano backs into the choppers tail rotor and his arm is severed off above the elbow.
Kovac and Lewis attempt to stabilise him and Kovac is forced to take him back down to the deserted ER where he’s aided by Chen and Pratt who fight to keep him alive, leaving Lewis trapped on the roof with a dying patient. Anspaugh arrives with a surgical team and are allowed into the ER to attempt to reattach Romano’s arm while Gallant fails to reach Lewis in time before her patient dies.
Two weeks later, the ER is re-opened and Carter and the others are given the all clear. Meanwhile, Corday has returned to England and is now working at her father’s private hospital. However, her Americanised ways do not go down well with her new colleagues and realising that County is where she truly belongs she decides to return home to Chicago.
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television series, ER
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Plot synopsis
Continuing the events of last season, the smallpox crisis continues to escalate and Carter, Abby, Chen, Pratt and a patient named Stan are all quarantined. When the CDC confirms that the outbreak is a mutated form of monkey-pox originating from the Congo, Lewis is ordered to evacuate the entire hospital.Gallant begins inoculating everyone locked down in the ER while Weaver aids the evacuation from outside in the ambulance bay. On the roof Romano, Kovac and Lewis argue over the use of the last remaining helicopter. In the chaos, Romano backs into the choppers tail rotor and his arm is severed off above the elbow.
Kovac and Lewis attempt to stabilise him and Kovac is forced to take him back down to the deserted ER where he’s aided by Chen and Pratt who fight to keep him alive, leaving Lewis trapped on the roof with a dying patient. Anspaugh arrives with a surgical team and are allowed into the ER to attempt to reattach Romano’s arm while Gallant fails to reach Lewis in time before her patient dies.
Two weeks later, the ER is re-opened and Carter and the others are given the all clear. Meanwhile, Corday has returned to England and is now working at her father’s private hospital. However, her Americanised ways do not go down well with her new colleagues and realising that County is where she truly belongs she decides to return home to Chicago.
Starring
- Noah WyleNoah WyleNoah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. John Truman Carter III in the Medical drama ER. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley and Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise...
as Dr. John Carter - Maura TierneyMaura TierneyMaura Therese Tierney is an American film and television actress, who is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio and Abby Lockhart on the television medical drama ER.-Early life:...
as Nurse Abby Lockhart - Sherry StringfieldSherry StringfieldSherry Lea Stringfield is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Susan Lewis on the medical television drama ER, a role for which she received three Emmy Award nominations. Stringfield was a member of ER's original cast, but she quit the show during its third season,...
as Dr. Susan Lewis - Goran VišnjićGoran VišnjicGoran Višnjić is a Croatian actor who has appeared in American and British films and television productions. He is best known for his role as Dr. Luka Kovač in the hit television series ER...
as Dr. Luka Kovac - Paul McCranePaul McCranePaul David McCrane is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as an occasional television director. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film Fame and Dr. Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama television series ER.-Early life:McCrane was...
as Dr. Robert Romano - Laura InnesLaura InnesLaura Elizabeth Innes is an American actress and director, probably best known for her role as Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER, and most recently, as Sophia on the NBC thriller The Event.-Career:...
as Dr. Kerry Weaver - Ming Na as Dr. Jing Mei Chen
- Mekhi PhiferMekhi PhiferMekhi Thira Phifer is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile...
as Dr. Gregory Pratt - Alex KingstonAlex KingstonAlexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston is an English actress. She is most widely known for her roles as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER and as River Song in Doctor Who.-Early life and education:...
as Dr. Elizabeth Corday - Sharif AtkinsSharif AtkinsSharif Atkins is an American television actor. He's best known for his role as Dr. Michael Gallant on ER.- Career :He gained fame for his role as Dr. Michael Gallant, a character that debuted in the eighth season of the NBC Universal Television medical drama ER. He left ER after the 2003-2004...
as Dr. Michael Gallant
Guest starring
Doctors, Nurses and Staff -- John AylwardJohn AylwardJohn Aylward is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode...
as Dr. Donald Anspaugh - Perry Anzilotti as Dr. Perry - Anaesthetist
- Laura CeronLaura CerónLaura Cerón is an Alma Award winning Mexican-American actress. Her most recognizable role is that of Nurse Chuny Marquez on the television series ER.-Early life:...
as Nurse Chuny Marquez - Deezer DDeezer DDeezer D , whose real name is Dearon Thompson, is an American actor, rapper and motivational speaker. He is best known for his role as Nurse Malik McGrath in the US TV series ER, and, to a lesser extent, his roles in the films CB4 and Fear of a Black Hat...
as Nurse Malik McGrath - Lily MariyeLily MariyeLily Mariye is an American actress and filmmaker.From 1994-2009 she had a regular role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC television series ER, for which she has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series four times.Mariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from...
as Nurse Lily Jarvik - Troy EvansTroy EvansTroy Evans is an American football linebacker and special teams player who is currently a free agent. Evans previously played for the St...
as Desk Clerk Frank Martin - Monte Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
- Christopher Grove as Dr. Marty Kline
- Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
- Dinah LenneyDinah LenneyDinah Lenney is an American actress and writer. She is the author of Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir, a 2007 book about the murder of her father, Republican Party politician and businessman Nelson G. Gross.-Biography:...
as Nurse Shirley - Nadia Shazana as Nurse Jacy
Others -
- Paul Freeman as Dr. Charles Corday
- Miranda KwokMiranda KwokMiranda Kwok is an actress, screenwriter and film producer born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Biography/Education:Miranda began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the Claude Watson School for the Arts, Canada's premiere multidisciplinary school for the performance and visual...
as Kristen Shoop
Ratings and awards
- Nielsen Media Ratings: 26.7 million viewers
- This episode won an Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series, and was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.
External links
- Full Cast & Crew at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Recap from Television Without Pity
- In depth recap from ER Headquarters (this link is broken)