Dream Runner is the twelfth episode of the fifteenth season of the NBC medical drama series ER . It premiered on January 15, 2009.
| "Dream Runner" | |
| Season 15, Episode 12 | |
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| Air date | January 15, 2009 |
| US viewers | 6.98 M |
| Written by | Lisa Zwerling |
| Directed by | Andrew Bernstein |
| Episode Guide | |
| ← Previous Separation Anxiety |
Next → Love Is a Battlefield |
Synopsis[]
Neela has recurring dreams about trying to save a girl with sickle cell anemia. In them she also goes to an attending interview and sees an old colleague, has conversations with Ray , welcomes Brenner back from Australia, and assists Gates and Banfield in trying to save a "dream runner" who jumped out of a window during his sleep.
Cast and Characters[]
Main[]
Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra
Linda Cardellini as Nurse Sam Taggart
Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris
David Lyons as Dr. Simon Brenner
Angela Bassett as Dr. Cate Banfield
Supporting/Recurring[]
Abraham Benrubi as Jerry Markovic
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko
Perry Anzilotti as Perry
Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
Nasim Pedrad as Suri
Guest[]
Keiko Agena as Mrs. Vasquez
Imani Hakim as Anastasia Johnson
Alex Kingston as Dr. Elizabeth Corday
Gallery[]
Trivia/Notes[]
- Music: "Mad World," Tears For Fears (Neela's ringtone)
- In each version of Neela 's day she drops her mobile phone and Dr. Brenner picks it up.
- Gates and Morris treat a patient who is a "dream runner," defined as someone who is sometimes unable to go into a paralytic state during sleep, causing them to physically act out their dreams.
- It is unclear which specific events are canon, though there are some allusions to this episode in subsequent episodes. In the next episode 'Love Is a Battlefield' Neela tells a healthy looking Anastasia and her mother as they are leaving "I'm just glad we avoided surgery" which aligns with version 3 of Neela's day. However, in the 'previously' montage at the beginning of the next episode, 'A Long, Strange Trip' the clip of Neela questioning Dr. Lucien about pushing her to do interviews is used which is from version 2 of Neela's day (where it was implied Anastasia would not survive). Likewise, in the 'previously' montage at the start of Episode 15 'The Family Man' a clip of Dr. Corday advising Neela to move on from County during her Duke interview is used which is from version 2 of Neela's Day where the interview did not go well and Neela abandoned proceedings. Also in 'The Family Man', Neela receives a call from Duke indicating the interview did go well (as portrayed in version 3 of Neela's Day) but comments "I thought I'd sunk myself in that interview."
Goofs[]
- When Neela and Simon talk outside the Hotel, in the wide shot the trunk of the car that they are standing next to opens. In the next close up shot, the trunk opens again immediately after.
References[]
- Cancel Bear, The (January 16, 2009). "Updated Thursday Ratings: CSI's Petersen Farewell Draws 23 Million ". TV by the Numbers. (May 24, 2015).