About this episode

This episode discusses Abby's challenges, the aftermath of the writer's strike, and various dramatic events involving new characters and medical situations.

This week: Abby needs some help from Coburn to get on a plane to see Luka, The writer's strike ends and gives us one of the worst new main cast members ever, a wild new med student appears, a woman is brought in having intentionally sabotaged her transplanted heart, and Pratt shoots Morris with a stun gun.

Topics covered

• Abby
• Coburn

Keywords

• ER
• medical drama
• episode review

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