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Impulse Control

Season 10, Episode 14, Aired Feb 12, 2004

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Sam treats a mother whose family was in a car accident and a 16-year-old pregnant girl whose boyfriend loaned her out to his friends. With Alex at a sleepover, she gets lonely and heads over to Luka's, where they consummate their relationship. Carter shows Kem the city and proposes they move into a townhouse he bought for them, but she leaves to go back to Africa for a while. A Human Resources consultant is sent to the ER to observe the staff. Morris chokes on a french fry and Sam performs the Heimlich on him.moreless

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Richard Kline

Arnie Nadler
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Jacqueline Williams

TSA Guard
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Danny Soso

Max

Sherry Stringfield

Dr. Susan Lewis
Sharif Atkins

Dr. Michael Gallant
Parminder Nagra

Neela Rasgotra
Noah Wyle

Dr. John Carter
Mekhi Phifer

Dr. Greg Pratt
Maura Tierney

Abby Lockhart

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Noone can control the things happening...

8.9

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By Parricida, Feb 26, 2008

I loved this episode.. I am not sure.. maybe because it was so emotional, the patient cases - that man whose life is saved by his car accident.. but he crashing into the other cars leaves many causalities. And the one family...who was on that crash ... the boy and father is hardly injured, daughter missing. And the way both boy and father die and the monologue of that woman - it was so beautiful.

And the case with that girl who was so loved on his boyfriend but he.. another sad story and really moved and caught Sam.. I think first storyline where I liked her... but the ending.. I do not know.. :Smoreless
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Funny, but just not ER.

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By lozza1525, Feb 26, 2007

The episode was hilarious, funny, especially when Sam uses self defence on a man who trys to stop her from calling the police, but yet somehow, the episode was out of character for ER. What do I mean? Well for one, hardly anything happened, and it was mainly focused on personal dramas rather than medical storys. And Sam... argh. This was the period where she absolute annoyed the heck out of me. And the ending, no, no, no. Sam and Luka? Yuck! But I have to admit, I did love the song that was played at the end of the episode: "Here with me" by Dido. It's the perfect song. Pity it couldn't of have been used in a different and better episode.moreless
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If you\'re son isn\'t home, why you have to stay if you could go away and get laid?

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By kimmie_chan, Jul 29, 2006

All the week, i have been dying tio see this episode and now when i have the oportunity, to wash it i couldn\'t becase my mother was bossing aorind me.

Well the part that i see was when Sam kick the guy, because he didn\'t want her to call the police, that was soo good. I hate that the little kid die, that was so sad. And that the boyfriend let her friends abuse of her.

The part that i was must wanting to see, was when Sam and Luka have sex and that was the part that i enjoy the least because by that time, i was sooo angry with her, my mom, not Sammoreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- Title: "Impulse Control" The episode title comes from a portion of dialog that Kerry says to Sam: "It's clear to everyone that you have an impulse control problem."
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- Sam: When I finally figured out where the clinic was, I sat in the waiting room and when they called my name I couldn't get up. The second time I went, I was too late. And now I look at Alex... Abby: The clinic I went to had a Strawberry Shortcake poster. I just looked at that the whole time.
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- Arnie Nadler: This place is a disaster. I've never seen anything like it. I've witnessed your workers engaging in bullying, hostility, violence, inappropriate touching... Kerry: Oh, come on. We have a good staff. They do their best. Arnie Nadler: You have a bunch of walking lunatics on your hands! Doctors yelling, nurses beating up patients. You need to start firing people immediately! Kerry: Fine. You're fired. Arnie Nadler: What? Kerry: Don't come back tomorrow. Arnie Nadler: You won't be meeting the terms of the legal settlement. Kerry: So sue me! Again! What else is new.
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- Abby: What are we gonna throw all our TB patients in jail? Cause I'm telling you... Pratt: No, just this one in particular. Abby: ...If this is the way we treat people with TB they're gonna stop coming to this hospital. Pratt: Abby, it's not like they all go clubbing together.
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- Arnie Nadler: Hi, i want to talk about the incident with Dr. Morris. Sam: It was no incident, it was a french fry.
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- Frank: You waiting for Weaver? Sam: Yeah. Morris: Well, don't hit her. She's crippled. Frank: Ha ha ha ha ha!
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- Frank: (to Susan) Are you getting married, or is that kid going to be a bastard? Abby: Shut up, Frank.
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- Music: "Here With Me," Dido
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- Although in the opening credits, Alex Kingston and Ming-Na do not appear in this episode.
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