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ER Season 11 Episode 8

A Shot in the Dark

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AIRED: 12/2/04

The 15-year-old son of a seriously wounded policeman is given the authority to decide the course of his father's treatment, and he turns to Ray for advice. Carter accompanies Wendall rock climbing. Luka begins to take a more active role in Alex's life after he's suspended for bringing a copy of Maxim Magazine to school. An exhausted Chen returns to work, where Pratt finds her stealing potassium.moreless

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This is the real spirit from Neela

7.3

By Parricida, Feb 29, 2008

Ray has a hard case as there was a shooting. A police man is hardly injured and it gets complicated when to decide who has the right for medical decisions - ex-wife or fiancee. So, they go for the minor son, who gets the right and he wants more risky but better changes getting better procedure, but his mom is against it.. So Ray helps the kid.. but when the clocks ticks and he is off, he is gone and Neela takes over but is no able to keep Ray's promises and she does have the spirit to go after Ray and got it all on his face. That is a spirit and way to make Ray thinking more clearly.

In so many ways Ray (he is a cool char, I most say) he remind me Malozzi. He is, the same way, irrational and.. but he is interesting char...moreless
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A young boy has to make a difficult decision resulting in an argument between Neela and Ray.

8.2

By xcharmedkx, Apr 19, 2007

The main story in this episode was that of a 15 year old (he had a weird name i've no chance of remembering) who has to decide the direction of his dad's treatment after he was shot.I doubt i would of been able to make such a decision but his mother was just making it worse for him, he made the decision get over it.I'm really not a fan of Ray this season he just can't handle responsibility and when you think he's going to grow up he falls short.Neela rulled telling him the fact being a doctor is not a day job and he needs to realise that for the sake of his patients.

Chen is obviously suffering from caring for her father, but is the strain becoming too much and ultimately going to end in Chen helping her father die via Potassium.Well it looks like it...!moreless
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Missing Corday

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By kimmie_chan, Aug 22, 2006

This episode wasn't very good at all, the hole episode was center in the desicion about the boy who want that his father had the cirgury but his mother and his dad best friend, who i think is the one who shoot him in the first place, want to have the other way. And because of thet Neeal got angry with Ray, because he has to be there and not with his stupid band, that later on the series kick him out because of the hospital. Well, that was preatty much it, and it shows too how Ray want to switch shift with Neela and Abby.moreless
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Goran Visnjic	Dr. Luka Kovac
Linda Cardellini	Nurse Sam Taggart
Maura Tierney	Dr. Abby Lockhart
Mekhi Phifer	Dr. Greg Pratt
Ming-Na	Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen
Noah Wyle	Dr. John Carter

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Monica Garcia	Benita Escobar	Guest Star
Rusty Joiner	Brett	Guest Star
James Macdonald	Officer Gary McWayne	Guest Star
Laura CerÃ³n	Chuny	Recurring Role
Troy Evans	Frank	Recurring Role
Oliver Davis	Alex	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Dubenko: You don't get in trouble for doing something in the patient's best interest.
  Abby: Tell that to Dr. Corday.
  Abby is alluding to Dr. Elizabeth Corday's illegal organ donation procedure, performed five episodes earlier in "Try Carter." The operation saved the patient but resulted in disciplinary charges against Corday that led to her resignation in the subsequent episode, "Fear."
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QUOTES (5)
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- Susan: Oh, this is unbelievable.
  Abby: (walking by) What? Weaver has a boyfriend?
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- Abby: Hey Ray. You forgot something.
  Ray: What, Abby?
  Abby: (shoves a needle in him) Your flu shot.
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- Sam: Where'd he get it? (long pause) You subscribe?
  Luka: I like the articles!
  Sam: Oh, please.
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- (Carter has his rock-climbing harness on backwards)
  Carter: Is this how this thing's supposed to go?
  Brett: Sure, if you wanna hang upside down by your balls.
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- Neela: Screw your gig. Medicine is not a day job!
  Ray: This coming from someone who was making hot dogs three months ago.
  Neela: I was off at 7, Abby was off at 7, but we were still there taking care of our patients.
  Ray: Know what? We would never leave the hospital if we stuck around tucking in every patient.
  Neela: I'm not talking about every patient. I'm talking about one kid. He trusted you with the most important decision of his life, and you left.
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- This is the second episode of ER that has a horse in it. The first was in the Season 5 episode "They Treat Horses, Don't They?"
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- Although in the opening credits, Laura Innes does not appear in this episode.
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