Season 9

Season 9
No. of episodes	22
Original network	NBC
Original run	September 26, 2002 – May 15, 2003
DVD release	June 17, 2008
Season chronology
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The ninth season of the medical drama series ER which originally aired from NBC on September 26, 2002 and concluded on May 15, 2003 The season consists of 22 episodes. It was released on Region 1 DVD on June 17, 2008.

Production

Crew

Main article: Season nine crew

• Michael Crichton - Executive Producer
• John Wells - Executive Producer, Writer
• Lydia Woodward - Co-executive Producer, Writer

Cast and characters

Main article: Season nine characters

See also: Season nine cast

Actor/actress	Character	Role
Noah Wyle	Dr. John Carter	Chief Resident
Laura Innes	Dr. Kerry Weaver	Chief of Emergency Medicine, later Chief of Staff
Mekhi Phifer	Dr. Greg Pratt	ER Intern
Alex Kingston	Dr. Elizabeth Corday	Associate Chief of Surgery
Goran Višnjić	Dr. Luka Kovac	Emergency Medicine Attending
Maura Tierney	Abby Lockhart	ER Head Nurse
Sherry Stringfield	Dr. Susan Lewis	Emergency Medicine Attending
Ming-Na	Dr. Jing-Mei Chen	Emergency Medicine Attending
Sharif Atkins	Michael Gallant	Fourth Year Medical Student
Paul McCrane	Dr. Robert Romano	Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery, later Chief of Emergency Medicine

Plot synopsis

Episodes

Main article: Episodes

Season #	Series #	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate
1	180	Chaos Theory	Jack Orman and R Scott Gemmill	Jonathan Kaplan	September 26, 2002
2	181	Dead Again	Dee Johnson	Richard Thorpe	October 3, 2002
3	182	Insurrection	Yahlin Chang and Jack Orman	Charles Haid	October 10, 2002
4	183	Walk Like A Man	David Zabel	Felix Enriquez Alcala	October 17, 2002
5	184	A Hopeless Wound	Julie Hebert and Joe Sachs	Laura Innes	October 31, 2002
6	185	One Can Only Hope	Bruce Miller	Jonathan Kaplan	November 7, 2002
7	186	Tell Me Where It Hurts	R Scott Gemmill	Richard Thorpe	November 14, 2002
8	187	First Snowfall	Jack Orman	Jack Orman	November 21, 2002
9	188	Next of Kin	Dee Johnson	Paul McCrane	December 5, 2002
10	189	Hindsight	David Zabel	David Nutter	December 12, 2002
11	190	A Little Help From My Friends	Julie Hebert	Alan J Levi	January 9, 2003
12	191	A Saint in the City	Arthur Albert and Bruce Miller	Peggy Rajski	January 16, 2003
13	192	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished	R Scott Gemmill	Nelson McCormick	January 30, 2003
14	193	No Strings Attached	Dee Johnson	Jonathan Kaplan	February 6, 2003
15	194	A Boy Falling Out of the Sky	R Scott Gemmill and Yahlin Chang	Charles Haid	February 13, 2003
16	195	A Thousand Cranes	David Zabel	Jonathan Kaplan	February 20, 2003
17	196	The Advocate	Joe Sachs	Julie Hebert	March 13, 2003
18	197	Finders Keepers	Dee Johnson	TR Babu Subramaniam	April 3, 2003
19	198	Things Change	R Scott Gemmill	Richard Thorpe	April 24, 2003
20	199	Foreign Affairs	David Zabel	Jonathan Kaplan	May 1, 2003
21	200	When Night Meets Day	Jack Orman	Jack Orman	May 8, 2003
22	201	Kisangani	John Wells	Christopher Chulack	May 15, 2003