Brenda Song | ER

• Genre: Medical drama
• Created by: Michael Crichton
• Starring: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Maria Bello, Alex Kingston, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Goran Višnjić, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Ming-Na, Maura Tierney, Sharif Atkins, Mekhi Phifer, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini, Shane West, Scott Grimes, John Stamos, David Lyons, Angela Bassett
• Theme music composer: James Newton Howard (1994–2006; 2009), Martin Davich (2006–2009)
• Composer: Martin Davich
• No. of seasons: 15
• No. of episodes: 331
• Executive producers: Michael Crichton, John Wells, Christopher Chulack, Lydia Woodward, Carol Flint, Jack Orman, David Zabel
• Running time: 45 minutes
• Production companies: Constant c Productions, Amblin Television, Warner Bros. Television
• Network: NBC
• Release: September 19, 1994 – April 2, 2009

Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. Each episode tells the tale of another day in the ER, from the exciting to the mundane, and the joyous to the heart-rending. Frenetic pacing, interwoven plot lines, and emotional rollercoastering is used to attempt to accurately depict the stressful environment found there. This show even portrays the plight of medical students in their quest to become physicians.

"Fear of Commitment"

Abby goes to court to argue for a 90-day psych hold for her mother which doesn't happen because Maggie's lies get her released, but Abby's tearful monologue to Maggie about how her mother's untreated mental problems have devastated her seems to finally get through to her mother. Weaver treats an old children's television show host (Bette Ford) and a pair of furries. Carla checks into the hospital after a fall. Benton treats Carl Ferris again after he suffers a heart attack. Malucci clashes with Chen and Cleo when his past track record gets him in trouble with angry or uncommunicative patients. Carter treats a young girl whose boyfriend has been interfering with her pregnancy by feeding her herbal root extracts to cause a miscarriage. Chen treats a patient with a talent for numbers. Malucci later calls in a priest to perform an exorcism.