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Laura Innes
Birth name Laura Elizabeth Innes
Born August 16, 1959 (1959-08-16) (age 48)
Pontiac, Michigan, Flag of the United States United States
Spouse(s) David Brisbin (1988 - present) 2 children

Laura Elizabeth Innes (b. August 16, 1959, Pontiac, Michigan) is an American actress and director.

Laura Innes was introduced to professional theater by her father, who frequently took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. Following his advice to "do what you love", she attended Northwestern University where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and earned a degree in theater.

Her first stage credits were in Chicago at the renowned Goodman Theatre, where among other roles she played Stella opposite John Malkovich's Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. Other major stage credits include Two Shakespearean Actors with Eric Stoltz at Lincoln Center, Our Town at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Three Sisters at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.

In the 1990s, Innes guest-starred on television series such as Party of Five, My So-Called Life, and Brooklyn Bridge and appeared in the Emmy-winning cable movie And the Band Played On before being cast in her first major TV role as Thomas Haden Church's promiscuous ex-wife Bunny on the NBC comedy series Wings from 1991-1993.

In 1995, she joined the hit NBC medical drama ER, where she was cast as the skilled but abrasive Dr. Kerry Weaver. In 2001, her character, who had a physical disability, came out of the closet, and therefore went on to become a positive role model for both the physically-challenged and the GLBT communities. She received two Emmy Award nominations for her portrayal, as well as three Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the “ER” ensemble, and has received five nominations for Best Supporting Actress from Viewers for Quality Television. Innes also directed several episodes of the series, as well as episodes of House and The West Wing, one of which earned her an Emmy nomination for directing.

In January 2007, Innes left ER after twelve seasons.

In film, Innes has co-starred with Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, and Vanessa Redgrave in the blockbuster film Deep Impact and with ER castmate Noah Wyle in Can’t Stop Dancing.

Her first fiance was murdered in the early eighties. A few years after the tragedy, she married actor David Brisbin and gave birth to their son, Cal in 1999. They have since adopted another child, Mia, from China.

Laura is close friends with Megan Mullally.

Entrevista a Laura innes(seriesdecalidad.blogspot.com)

Esta entrevista fue realizada por tvguide. Thursday, January 11, 2007
Laura Innes Reveals Why She's Leaving the ER
by Ileane Rudolph
Laura Innes, ER
It's goodbye to the last remaining — well, almost — original ER cast member. Tonight Kerry Weaver hangs up her scrubs and leaves Chicago's County General for warmer climes (Florida) to deliver medical news for a prestigious TV station. Laura Innes, who has played the irascibly endearing doc for 11 and a half seasons, gives us the dish on why she needs an abrupt exit, her years on the long-running hit show, and what she's up to next.
TVGuide.com: Say it ain't so! After nearly 12 years, Dr. Kerry Weaver's leaving County General for good?
Laura Innes: Yeah. There's some talk of her coming back a little bit next year, but we'll see.

TVGuide.com: In what way?
Innes: There's an idea about integrating her new job on the medical show into a story line. Part of that thinking had to do with the fact that next year would probably be ER's last year, but the show's doing so well, I don't know what's going to happen.

TVGuide.com: The producers kept your departure awfully quiet. Everyone went, 'What?" when Weaver was fired. Why so under-the-radar?
Innes: We decided to just have it be a surprise. It may not have been a smart decision, but it was good storytelling — making it happen the way it might in real life.

TVGuide.com: It was left a little vague last week. My colleague's daughter, who's a major fan, said that after watching she thought that maybe you'd still be around in some way.
Innes: Nope. I'm in this week's show and have a couple more meaty goodbye scenes to wrap it up. I'm basically doing cleaning-out-my-locker kind of stuff. So one more [episode] for me, and as I said, there's talk about maybe a couple next year, but I [told them], "We'll see if that feels right."

TVGuide.com: Why are you leaving in the middle of the season?
Innes: There are other big stories happening and... Aaron Sorkin just walked in the room. I'm so sorry, I have to talk to my boss for a minute. [Innes calls back five minutes later.] I'm directing a Studio 60 episode for him.

TVGuide.com: Already moving on. Sounds like some other ER characters could be leaving at the end of the year?
Innes: That's a possibility. There are a lot of discussions with the actors about what they want to do. They felt, in case there does end up being another departure, that they wanted to wrap me up early.

TVGuide.com: How long has your departure been in the works?
Innes: About a year ago we talked about it. For the past couple of years, I've been doing half episodes, and I have a directing deal with [ER creator] John Wells. So I've been easing off the acting. This summer we talked about what was going to take place.

TVGuide.com: Whose idea was it for you to make your exit?
Innes: It was kind of mutual — one of those things where it just feels like you're running out of steam. It's awfully hard to leave this show, though, because it's such an incredible joy. But it seems like [it's] time, doesn't it? I just told them, "I don't want to be sick or die." I didn't want to send this message that this woman who had this history of disability and is gay — now we're going to kill her off. I said, "Let her have a happy end." So I'm happy about that.

TVGuide.com: Is that why Weaver had an operation and finally threw away her crutch?
Innes: It did feel like the character was shedding some of her hardness and moving on in her life.

TVGuide.com: You're not kidding. She gets a glam TV job and a gorgeous girlfriend to boot.
Innes: I know. Weaver must be so good in bed! All of her girlfriends are so hot. I definitely raised the bar in the lipstick-lesbian category.

TVGuide.com: Speaking of hot girlfriends, do you watch Elizabeth Mitchell, who played your first female lover, on Lost?
Innes: Isn't she great? You never know which way she's going to go. [Her character] is this creepy, beautiful lady.

TVGuide.com: Over the years, Weaver has been portrayed as abrasive, prickly, intensely ambitious and disloyal. Was playing a bitch fun?
Innes: I didn't see her so negatively, because if I did, I might have played her as an evil person. But I remember early on, being in a department store and hearing a woman say, "Oh, I just want to slap her!" That's when I realized this character is going to drive everybody crazy. She's the boss from hell, which was fun to play. But just at the point where you'd want to shoot her, they'd plop in poignant story lines where she'd show empathy, like when I signed with this deaf little girl.

TVGuide.com: Do you think it was brave of you to play her bitchy when she was also a role model for the disabled and lesbian communities?
Innes: [Laughs] A bitchy role model. But you know what? If I had to choose a doctor, it would be Weaver. Her bedside manner is sometimes lacking, but at least she'd save me.

TVGuide.com: Was there a real responsibility being that two-for-one role model?
Innes: For the disabled community, it was a mixed thing. To have somebody who's disabled be a very strong, capable person is great, but I'm not actually disabled, so it was this kind of back-and-forth. But I did always feel a responsibility. I said to the writers, "It's OK if I'm the hard-ass, but I hope you always show her being compassionate, because I represent this large group of people."

TVGuide.com: And then Weaver came out. How was the reaction?
Innes: It explained her avoidance of a personal life. That was my favorite story line. I feel that the producers and NBC didn't really get enough credit, because it was a big deal to have a main character on a mainstream show come out. Some viewers were not happy with that, and my friends said, "People will assume you're really gay." Everyone should get over it. A lot of people do think I'm gay. But for that character, what could have been more interesting to do?

TVGuide.com: You're a married mom of two. C'mon, aren't you sorry you never got to kiss George Clooney or Goran [Visnjic]?
Innes: How do you know I didn't?

TVGuide.com: Did they throw you a big party?
Innes: Yes. Everybody came. It was Dec. 6, my last day, after an emotional goodbye scene I had with Maura [Tierney, Abby], who has become a close friend in real life. They put together a reel of scenes and outtakes and because I'd been on the show so long, it was a long reel. They also gave me a framed copy of my very first call sheet. I was something like No. 47 on that — and the past two years, I've been No. 1. It's like I clawed my way to the top of the call sheet.

TVGuide.com: How Weaverish of you. So is it Laura Innes, director, from now on? You've directed ER, House and now Studio 60.
Innes: I'll definitely keep acting if anything interesting that's not like Kerry Weaver comes along, some hot old chick.... I won't wear a lab coat, and I never want to say, "Pass the CBC Chem 7" again. I would like to do some comedy. I love The Office.

TVGuide.com: There are so many former residents of ER out there. Do you ever hang out?
Innes: There are! We could start our own show — an alternative universe version of ER. I keep up with Julianna [Margulies] and Gloria [Reuben] and I see Tony [Edwards] once in a while.

TVGuide.com: Any last words to your fans of 11 and a half years?
Innes: I would just say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you for watching. I have had a blast."

Lista de episodios

Temporada 1:

1x00 Pilot (24 Hours) - Piloto (24 horas)
1x01 Day One - El Primer Día
1x02 Going Home - Vuelta a Casa
1x03 Into That Good Night - Una Noche Inolvidable
1x04 Hit And Run - Atropellar y Huir
1x05 Chicago Heat - Calor en Chicago
1x06 Another Perfect Day - Otro Dia Perfecto
1x07 9 1/2 Hours - Nueve Horas y Media
1x08 ER Confidental - Confidencias de Urgencias
1x09 Blizzard - La Gran Nevada
1x10 The Gift - El Regalo
1x11 Happy New Year - Feliz Año Nuevo
1x12 Luck of the Draw - Cuestion de Suerte
1x13 Long Day's Journey - Un Día Muy Largo
1x14 Feb 5, 95 - 5 de Febrero de 1995
1x15 Make of Two Hearts - Dos Corazones
1x16 The Birthday Party - La Fiesta de Cumpleaños
1x17 Sleepless in Chicago - Noches en Vela en Chicago
1x18 Love's Labor Lost - El Amor Perdido en el Parto
1x19 Full Moon, Saturday Night - Luna Llena, Sabado por la Noche
1x20 House of Cards - Castillo de Naipes
1x21 Men Plan, God Laughs - El Hombre Planifica y Dios se Rie
1x22 Love Among the Ruins - Amor Entre las Ruinas
1x23 Motherhood - Maternidad
1x24 Everything Old is New Again - Todo Lo Viejo Vuelve a Ser Nuevo

Temporada 2:

2x01 Welcome Back, Carter - Bienvenido a Casa, Carter
2x02 Summer Run - Ambulancias en Verano
2x03 Do One, Teach One, Kill One - Curar, Enseñar y Matar
2x04 What Life? - ¿Qué Vida?
2x05 And Baby Makes Two - Y Con el Bebé Ya Somos Dos
2x06 Days Like This - Días Como Este
2x07 Hell and High Water - Tormenta Infernal
2x08 The Secret Sharer - Como Guaradar un Secreto
2x09 Home - Mi Casa
2x10 A Miracle Happens Here - Aquí Ha Habido un Milagro
2x11 Dead of Winter - Un Crudo Invierno
2x12 True Lies - Mentiras Veraderas
2x13 It's Not Easy Being Greene - No Es Fácil Ser Greene
2x14 The Right Thing - Lo Correcto
2x15 Baby Shower
2x16 The Healers - El Arte de Curar
2x17 The Match Game - Admitido
2x18 A Shift in the Night - Turno de Noche
2x19 Fire in the Belly - Fuego en las Entrañas
2x20 Fevers of Unknown Origin - Fiebres de Origen Desconocido
2x21 Take These Broken Wings - Coge Ese Pajarillo Caído
2x22 John Carter, M.D - John Carter Doctor.

temporada 3:

3x01 Dr. Carter, I Presume - Dr. Carter, Supongo
3x02 Let The Games Begin - Que Comiencen los Juegos
3x03 Don't Ask, Don't Tell - No Preguntes y no lo Cuentes
3x04 Last Call - Última Ronda
3x05 Ghosts - Fantasmas
3x06 Fear of Flying - Miedo a Volar
3x07 No Brain, No Gain - Para Triunfar Hay que Pensar
3x08 Union Station
3x09 Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies
3x10 Homeless For The Holidays - Navidades en la Calle
3x11 Night Shift - Turno de Noche
3x12 Post Mortem
3x13 Fortune's Fools - La Suerte de los Tontos
3x14 Who's Appy Now? - ¿Quién Opera Ahora?
3x15 The Long Way Around - Dar un Rodeo
3x16 Faith - Fe
3x17 Tribes - Tribus
3x18 You Bet Your Life - Puedes Apostarte la Vida
3x19 Calling Dr. Hathaway - Llamando a la Dra. Hathaway
3x20 Random Acts - Actos al Azar
3x21 Make A Wish - Pide un Deseo
3x22 One More For The Road - Una de Recuerdo.

Temporada 4:

4x01 Ambush - Emboscada
4x02 Something New - Algo Nuevo
4x03 Friendly Fire - Fuego Amigo
4x04 When The Bough Breaks - Cuando se Rompen los Sueños
4x05 Good Touch, Bad Touch - Buen Toque, Mal Toque
4x06 Ground Zero - Nivel Cero
4x07 Fathers and Sons - Padres e Hijos
4x08 Freak Show - Monstruo de Feria
4x09 Obstruction of Justice - Obstruccion de la Justicia
4x10 Do You See What I See? - ¿Ves lo que Yo Veo?
4x11 Think Warm Thoughts - Piensa en Cosas Cálidas
4x12 Sharp Relief - Agujas y Dardos
4x13 Carter's Choice - La Decisión de Carter
4x14 Family Practice - Médico de Familia
4x15 Exodus - Exodo
4x16 My Brother's Keeper
4x17 A Bloody Mess
4x18 Gut Reaction - Reacción Visceral
4x19 Shades of Gray - Zona de Penumbra
4x20 Of Past Regret and Future Fear
4x21 Suffer The Little Children
4x22 A Hole in the Heart - Un Agujero en el Corazón

temporada 5:

5x01 Day for Knight - El Largo Día de Lucy Knight
5x02 Split Second - Una Fracción de Segundo
5x03 They Treat Horses, Don't They? - ¿Acaso no Curan a los Caballos?
5x04 Vanishing Act - La Desaparición
5x05 Masquerade - Mascarada
5x06 Stuck on You - Pegado a Ti
5x07 Hazed and Confused - Aturdimiento y Confusión
5x08 The Good Fight - La Gran Batalla
5x09 Good Luck, Ruth Johnson - Buena Suerte, Ruth Johnson
5x10 The Miracle Worker - El Hacedor de Milagros
5x11 Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee - ¿A Quién no le Gusta Amanda Lee?
5x12 Double Blind - Experimento Doble Ciego
5x13 Choosing Joi - Elegir a Joi
5x14 The Storm, Part I - La Tormenta, Parte I
5x15 The Storm, Part II - La Tormenta, Parte II
5x16 Middle of Nowhere - En Medio de Ninguna Parte
5x17 Sticks and Stones - A Palabras Necias
5x18 Point Of Origin - Punto de Origen
5x19 Rites Of Spring - Ritos de Primavera
5x20 Power - El Apagón
5x21 Responsible Parties - Las Partes Responsables
5x22 Getting to Know You - Llegar a Conocerte.

Temporada 6:

6x01 Leave It To Weaver - Déjaselo a Weaver
6x02 Last Rites - Últimos Ritos
6x03 Greene With Envy - Exceso de Celos
6x04 Sins of the Fathers - Los Pecados De Los Padres
6x05 Truth and Consequences - La Verdad Y Sus Consecuencias
6x06 The Peace Of The Wild Things - La Paz De Los Seres Salvajes
6x07 Humpty Dumpty
6x08 Great Expectations - Grandes Esperanzas
6x09 How the Finch Stole Chrsitmas - La Doctora que Robo la Navidad
6x10 Family Matters - La Familia Importa
6x11 The Domino Heart - Corazón Errante
6x12 Abby Road
6x13 Be Still My Heart - Para Siempre Jamás
6x14 All in the Family - Todo Queda en la Familia
6x15 Be Patient - Se Paciente
6x16 Under Control - Todo Controlado
6x17 Viable Options
6x18 Match Made In Heaven - Una Pareja Ideal
6x19 The Fastest Year - El Año Más Rápido
6x20 Loose Ends - Cabos Sueltos
6x21 Such Sweet Sorrow - Ese Dulce Dolor
6x22 May Day.

Temporada 7:

7x01 Homecoming - La Vuelta a Casa
7x02 Sand And Water - Arena y Agua
7x03 Mars Attacks
7x04 Benton Backwards - Contra Benton
7x05 Flight Of Fancy - Castillos En El Aire
7x06 The Visit - La Visita
7x07 Rescue Me - Rescátame
7x08 The Dance We Do
7x09 The Greatest Of Gifts - El Mayor De Los Regalos
7x10 Piece Of Mind - Quítatelo De La Cabeza
7x11 Rock, Paper, Scissors - Piedra, Papel, Tijeras
7x12 Surrender - Rendición
7x13 Thy Will Be Done - Hágase Tu Voluntad
7x14 A Walk In The Woods - Un Paseo Por El Bosque
7x15 The Crossing - Cruce De Caminos
7x16 Witch Hount - Caza de Brujas
7x17 Survival Of The Fittest - La Supervivencia Del Más Fuerte
7x18 April Showers - En Abril Lluvias Mil
7x19 Sailing Away - Levando Anclas
7x20 Fear Of Commitment - Miedo Al Compromiso
7x21 Where The Heart Is - Donde Está El Corazón
7x22 Rampage - Baño de Sangre.

Temporada 8:

8x01 Four Corners - Cuatro Esquinas
8x02 The Longer You Stay - Cuánto Más Tiempo Te Quedas
8x03 Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic - Sangre, Azucar, Sexo, Magia
8x04 Never Say Never - Nunca Digas Nunca Jamás
8x05 Start All Over Again - Volver a Empezar
8x06 Supplies and Demands - Ofertas y Demandas
8x07 If I Should Fall From Grace - Si Perdiera la Gracia Divina
8x08 Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain - Parcialmente Nuboso con Posibilidad de Lluvia
8x09 Quo Vadis?
8x10 I'll Be Home For Christmas - Estaré en Casa por Navidad
8x11 Beyond Repair - Sin Remedio
8x12 A River in Egypt - Un Río en Egipto
8x13 Damage is Done - El Daño Está Hecho
8x14 A Simple Twist of Fate
8x15 It's All in Your Head - Todo Está en tu Cabeza
8x16 Secret's and Lies - Secretos y Mentiras
8x17 Bygones - Lo Pasado, Pasado Está
8x18 Orion in the Sky - Orión Está en el Cielo
8x19 Brothers and Sisters - Hermanos y Hemanas
8x20 The Letter - La Carta (La Carta de Mark Greene)
8x21 On the Beach - En la Playa
8x22 Lockdown - Encerrados.

Temporada9:

9x01 Chaos Theory - La Teoría del Caos
9x02 Dead Again - Muerto Otra Vez
9x03 Insurrection - Insurrección
9x04 Walk Like a Man - Como Un Hombre
9x05 A Hopeless Wound - Una Herida Sin Cura
9x06 One Can Only Hope - Siempre Queda la Esperanza
9x07 Tell Me Where It Hurts - Dime Qué te Duele
9x08 First Snowfall - La Primera Nevada
9x09 Next of Kin - Familia Directa
9x10 Hindsight - Mirando Atrás
9x11 A Little Help From My Friends - Un Poco de Ayuda de mis Amigos
9x12 A Saint in the City - Un Santo en la Ciudad
9x13 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ningún Bien Queda sin Castigo
9x14 No Strings Attached - Sin Compromiso
9x15 A Boy Falling Out of the Sky - Un Chico Caído del Cielo
9x16 A Thousand Cranes - Mil Grullas
9x17 The Advocate - La Defensora
9x18 Finders Keepers - Quien lo Encuentra, se lo Queda
9x19 Things Change - Las Cosas Cambian
9x20 Foreign Affairs - Asuntos Exteriores
9x21 When Night Meets Day - Cuando se Funden la Noche y el Día (episodio 200)
9x22 Kisangani.

Temporada 10:

10x01 Now What? - ¿Y Ahora Qué?
10x02 The Lost - Los Perdidos
10x03 Dear Abby - Querida Abby
10x04 Shifts Happen - Uno de Esos Turnos
10x05 Out Of Africa - Lejos de África
10x06 The Greater Good - El Bien Mayor
10x07 Death and Taxes - Muerte e Impuestos
10x08 Freefall - Caída Libre
10x09 Missing - Desapariciones
10x10 Makemba
10x11 Touch And Go
10x12 NICU
10x13 Get Carter
10x14 Impulse Control
10x15 Blood Relations
10x16 Forgive and Forget
10x17 The Student
10x18 Where There's Smoke
10x19 Just a Touch
10x20 Abby Normal
10x21 Midnight
10x22 Drive.

Temporada 11:

11x01 One for the Road
11x02 Damaged
11x03 Try Carter
11x04 Fear
11x05 An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy
11x06 Time of Death
11x07 White Guy, Dark Hair
11x08 A Shot in the Dark
11x09 Twas the Night
11x10 Skin
11x11 Only Connect
11x12 The Providers
11x13 Middleman
11x14 Just As I Am
11x15 Alone in a Crowd
11x16 Here and There
11x17 Back in the World
11x18 Refusal of Care
11x19 Ruby Redux
11x20 You Are Here
11x21 Carter est Amoureux
11x22 The Show Must Go On

Temporada 12:

Season 12, Episode 1: Cañon City
Original Air Date: 22 September 2005
Sam and Luka go on the search for her runaway son, Alex. Meanwhile, Pratt and Lewis guide Abby, Neela and Ray, who have become R2's, on how to teach the new interns.

Season 12, Episode 2: Nobody's Baby
Original Air Date: 29 September 2005
Much to Ray's dislike, a surrogate mother in labor doesn't want to have a C-section and endangers the life of the baby. Meanwhile, Sam tells Luka she and Alex move out, Pratt meets his half-brother and -sister and Abby makes a difficult decision on a young boy.

Season 12, Episode 3: Man with No Name
Original Air Date: 6 October 2005
Luka has a very bad day: New nurse manager Eve Peyton notices he doesn't want to work with Sam and tells him so. At the end of the day he's drunk and Abby takes him home.

Season 12, Episode 4: Blame It on the Rain
Original Air Date: 13 October 2005
The rainy night brings in diverse patients including a mother involved in a car accident with her baby, a man with a satisfaction facilitator, and a comatose patient who suddenly wakes up. Also, Sam steps up to Eve and her strict ways and Jerry gets struck by lightening!

Season 12, Episode 5: Wake Up
Original Air Date: 20 October 2005
A new attending, Dr. Victor Clemente, comes aboard and quickly makes a stir on the ER. Abby's breast cancer patient convinces her to take a long awaited test. Luka befriends a young woman who awakes from a six-year coma. Also, Weaver shows Clemente who runs the ER.

Season 12, Episode 6: Dream House
Original Air Date: 3 November 2005
Pratt's half-brother tries to get him to make ends meet with his estranged father. Clemente treats an infant chimpanzee and involves Abby and Neela on the secret case. Eve promotes Sam and her first tasks is to fire a beloved nurse.

Season 12, Episode 7: The Human Shield
Original Air Date: 10 November 2005
A kidnaped girl is the victim of police shooting. Abby is stuck in the middle of a disagreement between Luka and Clemente. Neela receives a phone call from Iraq. Later, Luka and Abby share a kiss.

Season 12, Episode 8: Two Ships
Original Air Date: 17 November 2005
The ER prepares to take in victims from a plane collision, while Neela and Pratt head out to the crash site where Neela makes heroic efforts. At the end of the day, Neela gets a surprising visit.

Season 12, Episode 9: I Do
Original Air Date: 1 December 2005
Gallant impulsively asks Neela to marry her that exact day, she says I do but soon gets cold feet. Morris stands up to Weaver on a patients course of treatment. Luka, Sam and Clemente treat a boy who contracted HIV from his mother. Also, Abby and Luka redefine their relationship and Luka is named the new Chief of Emergency Medicine.

Season 12, Episode 10: All About Christmas Eve
Original Air Date: 8 December 2005
Pratt and Weaver try to create a Christmas miracle when they work to save a girl wounded from gunfire. Eve gets into trouble after punching a disruptive patient. Also, Abby has a special gift for Luka.

Season 12, Episode 11: If Not Now
Original Air Date: 5 January 2006
Neela treats a religious teenage girl who turns out to be pregnant. Abby and Kovac struggle to figure out what to do with her unexpected pregnancy.

Season 12, Episode 12: Split Decisions
Original Air Date: 12 January 2006
Ray helps an old friend escape from her abusive father. Dubenko volunteers in the ER but can't seem to handle a slow day. Abby and Kovac go baby shopping, while Neela gets unexpected and upsetting news from Gallant.

Season 12, Episode 13: Body & Soul
Original Air Date: 2 February 2006
Dr. Nate Lennox, a former professor with ALS, is brought in as the progression of his disease is chronicled through his own flashbacks as he is treated by each of the doctors at one point. As Lennox wants to give up, Abby fights to convince him to keep on fighting.

Season 12, Episode 14: Quintessence of Dust
Original Air Date: 9 February 2006
An unexpected visitor puts Clemente in the middle of a domestic dispute. Meanwhile, Luka and Abby await test results on their unborn child; Neela struggles with her surgical elective and Pratt ends up with an unexpected suitor when he participates in a charity bachelor auction.

Season 12, Episode 15: Darfur
Original Air Date: 2 March 2006
In the Sudan, Carter and a colleague struggle to save a woman who was raped by a band of militants. Back in the ER, Clemente asks to return to work after the shooting incident, but Kovac refuses. Meanwhile, Neela and Pratt have a work dispute, and, in a related incident, K.J.'s father shows up again in the ER.

Season 12, Episode 16: Out on a Limb
Original Air Date: 16 March 2006
Weaver contemplates hip replacement surgery after she finds it hard to do her labor intensive job. Meanwhile, Kovac tries to ease Abby's fears about raising a child together. Neela decides to attend a support group for military spouses but when she offers her opinions on the war, the meeting turns into a debate. And after Sam treats a fainting victim, she finds herself with an intriguing job offer.

Season 12, Episode 17: Lost in America
Original Air Date: 23 March 2006
Abby and Luka desperately try to keep a young woman brought into the ER with stab wounds to the neck alive. As her condition begins to worsen, Clemente steps in and tries a risky procedure on the girl in order to save her life. Meanwhile, Neela pulls an all-nighter in preparation for a speech at a surgeon's convention, Ray treats a man claiming to have swallowed a bottle of pills, and Sam decides to take a part-time job with Richard to help her with childcare expenses.

Season 12, Episode 18: Strange Bedfellows
Original Air Date: 30 March 2006
When two teens are in a car accident, Abby and Morris struggle to figure out what is wrong with the unconscious girl. Meanwhile, Neela gets a visit from her in-laws and discovers some troubling news. Kovac tells Abby that he plans to go to Africa and help Carter, but when he realizes Abby is not crazy about the idea, he decides to send someone else in his place. Sam starts her new job with Elliot and quickly starts to love the the perks.

Season 12, Episode 19: No Place to Hide
Original Air Date: 27 April 2006
Abby senses something not right when a grandmother and granddaughter are brought into the ER. Sam's jailed ex-husband Steve is brought into the ER and everyone but Neela assumes he is faking sick. Meanwhile, tensions grow when Morris and Albright argue over a patient, Pratt heads to Africa to help Carter and quickly realizes how difficult life will be, and Weaver finishes physical therapy.

Season 12, Episode 20: There Are No Angels Here
Original Air Date: 4 May 2006
Pratt gets to work in Darfur alongside Carter and his co-workers, but is troubled by astounding number of people needing care and finds himself making a dangerous journey.

Season 12, Episode 21: The Gallant Hero & the Tragic Victor
Original Air Date: 11 May 2006
Pratt struggles to get a straight story when two abused boys come into the ER with their father. Two U.S. Army officers enter the ER.

Season 12, Episode 22: 21 Guns
Original Air Date: 18 May 2006
Chaos reigns in the ER when two prisoners are brought in for treatment, but instead plot a violent escape. Their desperate actions place one doctor in harm's way, and forces one nurse to become a tool in their plan.

Temporada 13:

Season 13, Episode 1: Bloodline
Original Air Date: 21 September 2006
Weaver, Kovac, and the other doctors work frantically to try to save Jerry and a pregnant Abby, who were both critically injured during the shootout that left the ER in shambles. Meanwhile, Sam tries to escape from her ex-boyfriend and his criminal accomplices as they head north, but things quickly turn violent.

Season 13, Episode 2: Graduation Day
Original Air Date: 28 September 2006
As Abby and Luka cope with their newborn's life and death struggle, the couple is shocked to receive a surprise visitor: Abby's mother Maggie. Meanwhile, Sam fears the prospect of criminal charges; Neela discovers that Tony Gates will be joining the ER team as an intern and Morris gets his job back while Weaver gets demoted.

Season 13, Episode 3: Somebody to Love
Original Air Date: 5 October 2006
Gates is assigned to the case of a closeted gay man whose partner clashes with his family; Neela meets her new surgical chief, Dr. Crenshaw; and Pratt must cope with the flood of new interns.

Season 13, Episode 4: Parenthood
Original Air Date: 12 October 2006
Abby and Kovac discover both the joys and difficulties of raising a newborn; Morris is wrongfully accused of being a child molester; Pratt has his trial-by-fire when he has to handle the ER alone, juggling multiple traumas, teaching duties and a troublesome intern. Neela continues to be the target of her difficult supervisor, and Sam discovers her sons latest extra-curricular activity.

Season 13, Episode 5: Ames v. Kovac
Original Air Date: 19 October 2006
Curtis Ames, a carpenter who suffered a stroke under Kovac's care, sues him for malpractice. Kovac and Ames square off in court as each man's recollections of Ames' treatment are recounted via testimony and flashbacks. Meanwhile, Abby returns to work and must adjust to the dramatic changes in her life, and Pratt's early morning trip to the barbershop results in a new awareness of community need. Also, Abby and Pratt try an unconventional method for treating a heart patient and Neela tries a risky procedure which doesn't sit well with her chief.

Season 13, Episode 6: Heart of the Matter
Original Air Date: 2 November 2006
Kovac anxiously awaits the verdict between himself and Curtis Ames but fears the worst. Meanwhile, Neela disobeys her chief's orders and also questions her feelings for Gates, and Weaver unwittingly steals the spotlight from Morris in his big television debut.

Season 13, Episode 7: Jigsaw
Original Air Date: 9 November 2006
A belligerent young man with the flu turns out to be more than he seems, and presents a challenge to Morris and Sam when he refuses treatment. Abby's chance encounter with Curtis Ames leaves Kovac uneasy. Meanwhile, Pratt discovers a local church's risky drug exchange program, Neela and Gates square off, and Weaver gets an interesting offer.

Season 13, Episode 8: Reason to Believe
Original Air Date: 26 October 2006
A mysterious illness leaves little hope when a group of homeless kids enter the ER and one of them believes that Neela is a guardian angel in blue; Abby and Kovac clash over a possible case of domestic abuse; Pratt makes a shocking discovery about his brother, and Weaver is unexpectedly called into action when her television appearance becomes a real emergency.

Season 13, Episode 9: Scoop and Run
Original Air Date: 23 November 2006
Thanksgiving at County is quiet, with the normal number of routine (or nearly so) emergencies. But Abby makes up for the lack of excitement while returning to the hospital as the doctor on a helicopter transport.

Season 13, Episode 10: Tell Me No Secrets...
Original Air Date: 30 November 2006
Kovac and Gates treat a girl who appears to have been assaulted. When the police are no help with Ames, Kovac decides to confront the problem himself; Morris and other doctors work on a patient with an ice pick in his ear. Meanwhile, Ray tries to keep his new relationship a secret and Pratt can't fully deal when his half-brother officially comes out. Also, a new male nurse arrives.

Season 13, Episode 11: City of Mercy
Original Air Date: 7 December 2006
It's Christmas in the ER. A homeless boy sends Gates and Ray on a mission. Meanwhile, in the ER, Neela oversees an unusual kidney transplant case; Sam takes a stand when a patient is dumped in an alley by another hospital; and Morris plays Santa for a special girl and learns the meaning of Christmas.

Season 13, Episode 12: Breach of Trust
Original Air Date: 4 January 2007
Weaver cares for a Katrina survivor who's reluctant to having surgery on her foot; budget cuts force Luka to make a difficult personnel decision. Also, Gates' home life intrudes on the ER; and Pratt and Hope are shaken after a patient in their care dies needlessly.

Season 13, Episode 13: A House Divided
Original Air Date: 11 January 2007
Kovac reacts negatively when he sees Abby giving extra attention to a patient; Ray and Gates clash over a patient, pinning Neela in the middle; and Ben takes things to the next level with Sam. Meanwhile, Pratt is under investigation and Weaver says a final goodbye to the ER.

Season 13, Episode 14: Murmurs of the Heart
Original Air Date: 1 February 2007
Kovac finds himself in a tense confrontation with Curtis Ames, and Abby must act to protect her family. Meanwhile, Neela and Gates rush to get Meg to the hospital while Sam's new home is soon under threat from fire.

Season 13, Episode 15: Dying Is Easy...
Original Air Date: 8 February 2007
Abby and Sam try to treat an obnoxious, aspiring comedian with mysterious symptoms; Pratt must defend his actions in front of the medical board; Neela scrubs in on a kidney donor transplant; and Morris, as the lone attending, must run a busy ER. Also, Kovac gets a surprising proposal from Abby.

Season 13, Episode 16: Crisis of Conscience
Original Air Date: 15 February 2007
Kovac and Gates find themselves with a moral dilemma when a woman comes into the ER with acute liver failure; Neela finds herself questioning what is right when Manish decides to give up a kidney to a complete stranger. Meanwhile, Ray fights to get to the bottom of a cheerleaders accidental fall; Abby gets a prediction for her future; and Alex's troubles continue to intrude on Sam's work life.

Season 13, Episode 17: From Here to Paternity
Original Air Date: 22 February 2007
A blizzard strands a family in the snow and Abby and Pratt quickly try to save the family. A gang shooting challenges Morris and Pratt. Meanwhile, Kovac and Abby begin making wedding plans, but their engagement might not be very secret; Gates struggles with the reappearance of his father and the possibility of losing Sarah; and Neela becomes jealous when Dubenko brings in a new surgical intern.

Season 13, Episode 18: Photographs and Memories
Original Air Date: 12 April 2007
It's Sam's birthday, but she finds it hard to be away from her son Alex. Meanwhile, Sam meets a photographer taking pictures of a terminal patient and she gives Sam a new perspective on life. Dubenko's new surgical intern unsettles Neela during a trauma; Gates is shadowed by a new and nerdy intern and later must tell Sarah the truth that he may be her biological father. Also, Morris and Hope annoy Kovac and Abby when they try to help with their wedding preparations.

Season 13, Episode 19: Family Business
Original Air Date: 19 April 2007
Kovac and Gates deal with a hopeless father whose son succumbs to heart failure; Pratt tries to resolve the tension between him and his brother; an Armenian man tries to be a good samaritan but ends up crashing near the ER; Abby sneaks in baby Joe when she worries his sickness may be worse than it seems; Also, Sam injures the instructor of a self-defense seminar.

Season 13, Episode 20: Lights Out
Original Air Date: 26 April 2007
In 12 hours, the ER will shut down. As Kovac is under pressure to take care of the patients before the final hours, he makes a pivotal decision about his future. Meanwhile, Sam befriends a photojournalist who returns only this time she's terminally ill; Pratt is concerned when his brother ends up in the ER drunk; Morris confronts Gates when he ignores his orders and angrily sends him home while Gates tries to defend his actions.

Season 13, Episode 21: I Don't
Original Air Date: 3 May 2007
What is suppose to be a departmental dinner organized by Kovac turns out to be the surprise of a lifetime for Abby when she soon learns it's a surprise wedding, secretly planned by the eager groom. Meanwhile, at the wedding, ER staffers enjoy themselves with music and booze while Neela finds herself the center of unexpected attention between Gates and Ray, which leads to a drunken fight and a shocking conclusion.

Season 13, Episode 22: Sea Change
Original Air Date: 10 May 2007
The ER reopens with new changes. However, the ER is not the only thing that's changed; Kovac and Abby adjust to being newlyweds; Morris and Hope enjoy themselves at the honeymoon suite; Pratt attempts a change for a woman; Neela worries when Ray goes missing; Meanwhile, there's a new doctor in the ER and he means business; and another change may come when Kovac receives a phone call.

Season 13, Episode 23: The Honeymoon Is Over
Original Air Date: 17 May 2007
The ER is now in the hands of a new chief, Dr. Kevin Moretti, who is bent on major changes. Meanwhile, a phone call leads Neela to a hospital where awaits a major shock and a final farewell from a friend and colleague. Gates urgently goes home to stop Sarah from being taken away from him. A GI patient baffles Morris and Sam. Also, Kovac postpones the honeymoon and says goodbye to Abby and his son, for the meantime, while he travels to Croatia to visit his ailing father.


Temporada 14:

Season 14, Episode 1: The War Comes Home
Original Air Date: 27 September 2007
Abby (Maura Tierney), Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) and Morris (Scott Grimes) try to figure out how to handle Dr. Morretti's (guest star Stanley Tucci) strict new ER procedures. As the injured arrive at the ER from the anti-war rally, Gates (John Stamos) frantically tries to find out what happened to Neela (Parminder Nagra). Later, Gates takes matters into his own hands when he finds out that a patient was responsible for the explosion at the rally.

Season 14, Episode 2: In a Different Light
Original Air Date: 4 October 2007
Patients include a Pregnant teacher whose student/lover was critically injured while driving; a man who is hiding a gunshot wound and a brilliant young boy who knows he is dying, but hides it from his mother. Dr. Moretti continues to remake the ER to his liking, Nila is recovering, Luka's absence is reinforced (back in Croatia and not coming back) and Sam may be starting a new relationship with a police officer.

Season 14, Episode 3: Officer Down
Original Air Date: 11 October 2007


Season 14, Episode 4: Gravity
Original Air Date: 18 October 2007


Season 14, Episode 5: Under the Influence
Original Air Date: 25 October 2007


Season 14, Episode 6: The Test
Original Air Date: 1 November 2007

Ficha

Urgencias

Título original: Er
País: Estados Unidos
Año inicio: 19 de septiembre de 1994
Año finalización: - - -
Género: Drama
Dirigida por: Michael Crichton (creador)
Guión: Michael Crichton y Sonya Steele
Producida por: Christopher Chulack, John Wells y Michael Crichton
Música original por: Marty Davich, Georg Brandl Egloff, James Newton Howard, Christopher Neal Nelson y Richard Wolf

urgencias-er

ER en DVD

Contenido:
Menús interactivos
Acceso directo a escenas
Detrás de las cámaras
El realismo médico en Urgencias
La Post-producción
Escenas adicionales
Escenas suprimidas
Pack Urgencias (1º Temporada)
Rod Holcomb
Idiomas: Español sonido: estereo
Formato: televisión 4:3
Duración: 1080 minutos
Zona DVD: 2
Director: Rod Holcomb
Actores: Anthony Edwards
George Clooney
Noah Wyle
Eriq La Salle
Contenido del DVD 1
Menús interactivos
Acceso directo a escenas
Bienvenido a casa Carter
Comentario de la productora y directora Mimi Leder
Especialistas de Urgencias
Anatonmía de un episodio
Escenas suprimidas
Tomas falsas

Contenido:
Menús interactivos
Selección de escenas
Audiocomentario del episodio 8 por el director y el editor
Audiocomentario del episodio 14 por el guionista, el editor, el director y los actores Noah Wyle y Veronica Cartwright
Especialistas en Urgencias: Miedo a volar
Escenas suprimidas
Tomas falsas
Contenido:Tomas falsas.




contenido: escenas inéditas, tomas falsas y secuencias suprimidas.

Motivos del blog

Que pq le dedico este blog a esta serie pq hasta el momento es la única serie que tras 14 temporadas sigue siendo fresca como el primer día.

Carta publicada en seriesdecalidad.blogspot.com

cuando hay series tan buenas como E.R, cualquier cosa que yo os comente, será poco comparado con el nivel de creación que a logrado en sus ya 13 casi 14 temporadas en antena. Pero vamos a ello!
Un buen día, en un restaurante de Barcelona, estaba con mi amigo vilalta hablabando de cine y el estaba muy contento por que había salido a la venta E.R 1ª temporada. Yo hice algo que ahora me arrepiento:
-¿es la serie que salía George clooney verdad? le pregunte.
-si esa, contesto vilalta.- Nunca la he visto pero las series de médicos tipo hospital central no me gustan nada. Vilalta me miró con cara asesina y textualmente me dijo:
¿como puede ser que me compares hospital ejem con la maravilla de urgencias?
Ya puedes ir al curro está tarde y cuando vayas a la biblioteca de préstamo de material, coges urgencias (E.R) y en cuanto la veas llámame y me dices que tal.
Pues así lo hice fui al servicio de préstamo de material de formación de la tienda en la que trabajaba por aquel entonces y me propuse sacarle todas las pegas posibles.
Vilalta y yo nos conocíamos desde que coincidimos en la escuela de cine y siempre intentábamos picarnos con algún tema relacionado con directores de cine o series de televisión siempre intentando a prender el uno del otro.

Pues bien, esa noche vi el piloto y me pareció brutal. Se que a estas alturas hay temporadas mejores que la 1ª y muchos capítulos superiores al piloto. Pero cuando visioné por primera vez el piloto, hay amigos cometí un terrible pero grato error. Si pq yo peque de ingenua y no solo vi el 1º si no que le siguió el 2º, 3º, 4º hasta en un fin de semana vi toda la 1ª temporada, si enterita, y después de 2 años ya he visto hasta la temporada 13.
Y os diré que nunca había disfrutado tanto de una serie de médicos, que no solo hablan de su trabajo si no que también nos dan en cada episodio, clases de montaje cinematográfico y sobre todo en los ya muchos episodios que lleva la serie nos ha dado en cada uno de ellos una lección de cine pq no és difícil de ver en muchos de ellos referencias al cine clásico de ayer de hoy y de siempre.
Así que solo tengo que agradecer a Vilalta su información acerca de E.R ya que si no hubiera sido por el hoy en día no conocería una de las pequeñas o grandes obras maestras que a veces hace la televisión.

Thank you!