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The Best Episodes of ER Season 11

Every episode of ER Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of ER Season 11!

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Season 11 Ratings Summary

"One for the Road" is the best rated episode of "ER" season 11. It scored 7.8/10 based on 359 votes. Directed by Christopher Chulack and written by Joe Sachs, it aired on 9/23/2004. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Damaged".

  • One for the Road
    7.8/10359 votes

    #1 - One for the Road

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2004

    After being shot at, Pratt, Jing-Mei and Elgin are trying to get of their sinking car. Sam took Alex with her while fleeing for Steve, Kovac is considering to go after them. Abby wants to go to bed since tomorrow is her first day as a doctor, but is thwarted by Weaver, whose custody battle might take a dramatic turn. A young drug-dealer is brought in with "a foreign object" in her tunnel of life.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Joe Sachs

  • Damaged
    7.6/10669 votes

    #2 - Damaged

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2004

    Neela is still struggling with her decision not to continue becoming a doctor. We discover that Ray is in a band. Kovac and Sam are amoureux, but where does that leave them?

    Director: Paul McCrane

    Writer: David Zabel

  • Try Carter
    7.7/10670 votes

    #3 - Try Carter

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2004

    It's a busy Fourth of July and Carter is the only attending working.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

  • Fear
    8.0/10381 votes

    #4 - Fear

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2004

    Carter, Pratt, Kovac and Abby are dealing with a woman and her three children who've jumped from a three floor apartment trying to escape from the father. Meanwhile Dr. Lewis becomes Chief of Emergency Medicine, Howard quits his internship and Dr. Corday is facing dismissal.

    Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

    Writer: Dee Johnson

  • An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy
    7.4/10344 votes

    #5 - An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2004

    Neela starts a new job in the emergency room after working at the convenience store near the hospital. On Neela's first day, Pratt expects the interns, Abby, Ray and Neela, to take on a large patient load during their shifts. Pratt turns processing the patients into a competition, in which Ray is clearly going to be the winner.

    Director: Arthur Albert

    Writer: Lisa Zwerling

  • Time of Death
    8.9/101,132 votes

    #6 - Time of Death

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2004

    The last 44 minutes of ex-con & alcoholic Charlie Metcalf's life are in the ER, as he slowly succumbs to end-stage liver failure.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: David Zabel

  • White Guy, Dark Hair
    7.7/10327 votes

    #7 - White Guy, Dark Hair

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2004

    A rape victim, barely able to speak, does all she can to help police find her attacker.

    Director: Nelson McCormick

    Writer: Lydia Woodward

  • A Shot in the Dark
    7.6/10324 votes

    #8 - A Shot in the Dark

    Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2004

    A wounded police officer's teenage son must make a life or death decision. Abby tries to convince a girl needing appendicitis surgery to stay at County, but her fathers wants her transferred to another hospital.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Joe Sachs

  • Twas the Night
    7.6/10352 votes

    #9 - Twas the Night

    Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2004

    Abby has a dialysis patient in critical condition, but she cannot find his physician, who does not want to be bothered during the holidays.

    Director: Julie Hébert

    Writer: N/A

  • Skin
    7.8/10356 votes

    #10 - Skin

    Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2005

    Gang members kidnap Abby hoping she can save one of their members with a gunshot wound. Ray starts treating a patient, but when she requests a new doctor, he gets offended.

    Director: Stephen Cragg

    Writer: Dee Johnson

  • Only Connect
    7.5/10651 votes

    #11 - Only Connect

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2005

    Two teens enter the ER with gunshot wounds. When one dies, Neela botches telling the next of kin, making the woman hysterical.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Yahlin Chang

  • The Providers
    8.2/10348 votes

    #12 - The Providers

    Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2005

    When a 16-year-old girl who had received a kidney transplant from her father arrives at the emergency room feeling dizzy, Carter traces the problem to a new drug that the girl was taking to control seizures related to her kidney dysfunction.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: David Zabel

  • Middleman
    7.7/10323 votes

    #13 - Middleman

    Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2005

    While examining a young boy, Pratt finds a suspicious gash across his chest and calls Wendall for a consult. Kovac and Pratt examine a man who was shot when he confronted his boss with a gun. Jake tries to convince Abby to date him despite his being a student.

    Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

    Writer: Lisa Zwerling

  • Just As I Am
    7.6/10367 votes

    #14 - Just As I Am

    Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2005

    Dr. Weaver meets her birth mother, but their relationship changes when Kerry reveals she is gay. Dr. Carter causes a commotion when he confronts a couple hoping to scam some painkillers.

    Director: Richard Thorpe

    Writer: Lydia Woodward

  • Alone in a Crowd
    8.4/10566 votes

    #15 - Alone in a Crowd

    Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2005

    A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Dee Johnson

  • Here and There
    7.8/10379 votes

    #16 - Here and There

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2005

    Neela (who's in Chicago) and Gallant (who's in Iraq) miss each other and write letters. Gallant also tries to save the life of a little girl.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: David Zabel

  • Back in the World
    7.7/10351 votes

    #17 - Back in the World

    Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/2005

    Sam's ex-husband shows up and wants to take Alex on a trip. Gallant is back and Neela hopes to see him before he goes back to Iraq.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Lisa Zwerling, David Zabel

  • Refusal of Care
    7.5/10330 votes

    #18 - Refusal of Care

    Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 4/21/2005

    A woman on a hunger strike refuses treatment until the INS give her son another deportation hearing. Abby searches for proof when she suspects a patient is the victim of elder abuse.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: Joe Sachs

  • Ruby Redux
    8.0/10351 votes

    #19 - Ruby Redux

    Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/2005

    Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux is back in the ER. He's still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.

    Director: Paul McCrane

    Writer: Lydia Woodward, Lisa Zwerling

  • You Are Here
    7.5/10325 votes

    #20 - You Are Here

    Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/2005

    Morris is named the new chief resident, which makes nobody really happy, except Morris. Meanwhile Luka and Sam are having communication problems, Carter gets a promotion Susan really wanted and Ray finds out a 14-year old who always comes in for free drugs has been raped.

    Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

    Writer: Dee Johnson, Karen Maser

  • Carter est Amoureux
    7.6/10345 votes

    #21 - Carter est Amoureux

    Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/2005

    After Carter finds out Kem's mother is hospitalized in Paris he decides to go there to tell Kem how he feels about her. Meanwhile, Ray makes a fatal error.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: John Wells

  • The Show Must Go On
    8.6/10538 votes

    #22 - The Show Must Go On

    Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2005

    Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carter's going-away party because he's leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for the courage to confront his father, Charlie.

    Director: John Wells

    Writer: David Zabel