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Paul Sobriki was an ER patient and a law student who appeared in the 6th season of ER.

History[]

In Be Still My Heart, Paul came to the County General complaining of a bad headache.

When he starts vomiting and becoming altered, John Carter and Lucy Knight perform a lumbar puncture to rule out meningitis. As Paul wakes up from the sedative, he starts panicking when Lucy sticks him with the needle. He begs Lucy to stop, but Carter wants her to continue with the procedure which she does.

Paul's spinal tap comes back negative for meningitis. Lucy suspects some paranoia in Paul's behavior when he tells her that he's been avoiding the library where he studies due to some recent muggings. When Paul's friend stops by the hospital to visit him, the two of them get into an argument which prompts Carter to ask the friend to leave.

Lucy tells Carter that she thinks Paul might have schizophrenia and is told to call for a psych consult. He later wanders into the lounge where he discovers the cake for the staff Valentine's Day party.

At some point, Paul suffered from a psychotic break, stole the knife from the lounge and attacked Lucy with it. When Carter goes to search for Lucy in a darkened exam room, he is stabbed in the back by Paul, who flees the ER.

Carter and Lucy are discovered by Dr. Kerry Weaver, and the ER staff work to save their lives. While Carter and Lucy are in surgery, Paul is brought into the ER by paramedics after being hit by a car while running in the street without any clothes on.

After he is stabilized, Dr. Mark Greene has Paul speak to psychiatrist Carl Deraad. When he speaks to his wife, Samantha, Paul claims that the doctors were trying to take out his internal organs and wants to go home to feed his dog.

Although the surgeries initially went well, Lucy ultimately dies from her injuries while Carter is left with pain and life-long kidney problems. In The Fastest Year, it is revealed by Paul's wife, Samantha that Paul has been hospitalized in a psychiatric facility and placed on medication.

In the 8th season episode, Beyond Repair, Paul is brought to the ER after slipping and falling outside of his office building. It is revealed that he is out of the psychiatric facility on conditional release after a professor from Paul's law school got some colleagues to help arrange for him to be released. His wife, Samantha is also shown with their young daughter.

Although Abby Lockhart tries to prevent Carter from seeing Paul, he freezes when he hears Paul's voice as he's being wheeled down the hall. Paul explains to Carter that he is doing okay now. Afterwards, Carter heads to the bathroom and vomits in the sink, presumably due to his disgust and horror over meeting Paul again.

Victims[]

  • Lucy Knight- (stabbed; later died from her injuries).
  • John Carter- (stabbed; survived, but was left with life-long kidney problems).
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