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Quo Vadis?

Episode Number: 166    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Thursday November 22, 2001    Prod Code: 227259
Susan and Carter treat a newlywed couple where the wife may be allergic to her husband's semen. Carter later tells her about the time he masturbated on a train to Seattle; this somehow turns her on, and they kiss. Weaver asks firefighter Sandy Lopez out. Mark and Gallant treat members of a boxing family. Rachel's boyfriend is admitted with a broken ankle and tests positive for marijuana; she comes out clean though. Elizabeth tends to a comatose woman whose husband will only agree to a risky procedure to harvest her organs. Abby openly questions Nicole's pregnancy; Nicole confesses to Luka that she was faking it and that she plans to move to Montreal. Benton's custody trial for Reese is hampered by his long hours. Cleo's testimony doesn't go well either.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Joe Sachs, David Zabel
Director: Richard Thorpe
Star: Paul McCrane (Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano),  Sherry Stringfield (Dr. Susan Lewis),  Alex Kingston (Dr. Elizabeth Corday),  Anthony Edwards (Dr. Mark Greene),  Eriq La Salle (Dr. Peter Benton),  Goran Visnjic (Dr. Luka Kovac),  Laura Innes (Dr. Kerry Weaver),  Maura Tierney (Nurse Abby Lockhart),  Michael Michele (Dr. Cleo Finch),  Ming-Na (Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen),  Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter)
Recurring Role: Montae Russell (Zadro),  Vondie Curtis-Hall (Roger),  Julie Delpy (Nicole),  Sharif Atkins (Michael Gallant),  Khandi Alexander (Jackie),  Lisa Vidal (Sandy Lopez),  Lynn A. Henderson (Olbes),  Matthew Watkins (Reese),  Dinah Lenney (Shirley),  Troy Evans (Frank),  Lily Mariye (Lily),  Yvette Freeman (Haleh),  Deezer D. (Malik),  Laura Cerón (Chuny),  Hallee Hirsh (Rachel Greene)
Guest Star: Mark Tymchyshyn (Mr. Pruitt),  Beth Skipp (Unknown),  Miguel Perez (Santiago Escalona),  Lou Myers (Mr. Urman),  Tracy McCubbin (Carolyn),  Ben Livingston (Unknown),  Connie Richmond (Cardiac Surgeon),  Page Leong (Erin),  Keegan-Michael Key (Witkowski),  Pete Kasper (Officer Thorpe),  Max Kasch (Andrew),  Angus T. Jones (Sean),  Sid Conrad (Lou),  Miguel Castro (Rudy),  Sam Jaeger (Unknown),  Rick Gonzalez (Jorge Escalona),  Tom Wright (Wharton),  Roma Maffia (Janice Prager),  Castulo Guerra (Judge Alter)

Notes

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Music: Enrique Iglesias, "Hero" (edit)

Quotes

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(Dr. Greene and Frank discussing Corday's return to surgery)
Frank: (sarcastically) Good news. The paramedics roll me in, I'll take Romano. (edit)
(Discussing Benton's necktie before the trial, attorney switches ties with him)
Benton: That is the "whitest" tie I've ever seen.
Attorney: It's blue... (edit)
Luka: Are you angry with me?
Nicole: No, of course not.
Luka: Do you think I'm angry with you?
Nicole: I hope not.
Luka: Then why? I thought we both felt the same.
Nicole: You're a good person. But you talked your self into loving me. This is'nt real... I'll leave the key inside.
Luka: I made an Ob appointment for Friday.
Nicole: That's not necessary.
Luka: It is.
Nicole: No it's not. I'm not pregnant. I felt safe for the first time in a long time... I did'nt want to lose you. So I made it up, Luka. I'm sorry. I made it all up. (leaves) (edit)
Abby: So Nicole... They let her go? I'm sure she'll find another job.
Luka: It's not important. She'll wanna take it easy now, with the baby coming.
Abby: She's keeping it?
Luka: Thought she would'nt?
Abby: Ah... I don't know. It's, it's tough being a single mother.
Luka: Maybe she won't be. Ah, I need some Versed to.
Abby: You can't be serious.
Luka: She's a good person.
Abby: You met her like 5 minutes ago!
Luka: It's the right thing to do.
Abby: Did she take a pregnancy test?
Luka: 'Course.
Abby: Did you see it? I mean, in front of you?
Luka: I trust her!
Abby: What exactly has she done to deserve that?
Luka: How can you be so...?!
Abby: And even if it is yours, there's other ways to help! (pause) How much Versed?
Luka: I'll do it.
Abby: No, I'll do it...
Luka: I said I'll do it! (edit)
Abby: This is not the way to get Luka.
Nicole: What are you talking about?
Abby: The truth... What happened to your father?
Nicole: I told you. He killed himself when I was little.
Abby: And then miraculasly came back to life again so he could kick you out when you were 16?
Nicole: Is this funny to you?
Abby: No. I'm just trying to figure it out. You have'nt told anyone the same story twice.
Nicole: My mother remarried, and my step-father did'nt want me around.
Abby: O.k. I guess you have an answer for everything.
Nicole: I guess everything's your buisniss.
Abby: I just don't wanna see him hurt.
Nicole: Maybe you just don't want to see him happy.
Abby: I know what won't make him happy. A made up life. I, you know, if this is, if this is all for real, that's great. Go for it. But if it's not, he's gonna figure it out. He's not stupid. (edit)

Trivia

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Vondie Curtis-Hall played a suicidal transvestite patient in the Season 1 episode "ER Confidential." (edit)
In season 1, Jackie has three kids, in this episode she has a daughter and she had a son that died. What happened to her other son? (edit)

Allusions

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The title of the episode, "Quo Vadis", translates from Latin to English as "Where do you go?" or "Where are you going?".

The title may be an allusion to John 13:36:
"dicit ei Simon Petrus Domine quo vadis respondit Iesus quo ego vado non potes me modo sequi sequeris autem postea"

This translates from Latin to English as:
"Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards."

Quo Vadis has also been a title for a novel, several movies, a board game, a video game, and a death metal band.

The Latin language does not use question marks, so the question mark at the end of the title is incorrectly included. (edit)
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8.1
Great
Quo Vadis?
"Character development"
Fight for Reese...
Continue » Posted Jan 8, 2008 8:27 am PST
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Quo Vadis?
"Average"
An entertaining, ER-style episode.
Continue » Posted Jan 19, 2006 8:12 am PST
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