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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    ER Season 11 Episode 1 - One for the Road
    7.8/10(409 votes)

    #1 - One for the Road

    S11:E1

    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

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  2. ER Season 11 Episode 2 - Damaged
    7.7/10(718 votes)

    #2 - Damaged

    S11:E2

    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

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  3. ER Season 11 Episode 3 - Try Carter
    7.7/10(716 votes)

    #3 - Try Carter

    S11:E3

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

    Director:Jonathan Kaplan
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  4. ER Season 11 Episode 4 - Fear
    8.0/10(433 votes)

    #4 - Fear

    S11:E4

    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

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  5. ER Season 11 Episode 5 - An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy
    7.4/10(394 votes)

    #5 - An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy

    S11:E5

    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

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  6. ER Season 11 Episode 6 - Time of Death
    8.9/10(1282 votes)

    #6 - Time of Death

    S11:E6

    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

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  7. ER Season 11 Episode 7 - White Guy, Dark Hair
    7.7/10(375 votes)

    #7 - White Guy, Dark Hair

    S11:E7

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

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Lydia Woodward

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  8. ER Season 11 Episode 8 - A Shot in the Dark
    7.5/10(371 votes)

    #8 - A Shot in the Dark

    S11:E8

    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

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  9. ER Season 11 Episode 9 - Twas the Night
    7.7/10(403 votes)

    #9 - Twas the Night

    S11:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. ER Season 11 Episode 10 - Skin
    7.9/10(405 votes)

    #10 - Skin

    S11:E10

    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

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  11. ER Season 11 Episode 11 - Only Connect
    7.5/10(699 votes)

    #11 - Only Connect

    S11:E11

    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

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  12. ER Season 11 Episode 12 - The Providers
    8.1/10(399 votes)

    #12 - The Providers

    S11:E12

    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

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  13. ER Season 11 Episode 13 - Middleman
    7.7/10(368 votes)

    #13 - Middleman

    S11:E13

    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

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  14. ER Season 11 Episode 14 - Just As I Am
    7.5/10(418 votes)

    #14 - Just As I Am

    S11:E14

    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

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  15. ER Season 11 Episode 15 - Alone in a Crowd
    8.4/10(640 votes)

    #15 - Alone in a Crowd

    S11:E15

    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

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  16. ER Season 11 Episode 16 - Here and There
    7.8/10(436 votes)

    #16 - Here and There

    S11:E16

    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

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  17. ER Season 11 Episode 17 - Back in the World
    7.7/10(402 votes)

    #17 - Back in the World

    S11:E17

    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
    Writers:David Zabel, Lisa Zwerling

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  18. ER Season 11 Episode 18 - Refusal of Care
    7.5/10(377 votes)

    #18 - Refusal of Care

    S11:E18

    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

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  19. ER Season 11 Episode 19 - Ruby Redux
    7.9/10(398 votes)

    #19 - Ruby Redux

    S11:E19

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

    Director:Paul McCrane
    Writers:Lydia Woodward, Lisa Zwerling

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  20. ER Season 11 Episode 20 - You Are Here
    7.5/10(366 votes)

    #20 - You Are Here

    S11:E20

    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
    Writers:Karen Maser, Dee Johnson

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  21. ER Season 11 Episode 21 - Carter est Amoureux
    7.5/10(393 votes)

    #21 - Carter est Amoureux

    S11:E21

    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

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  22. ER Season 11 Episode 22 - The Show Must Go On
    8.7/10(598 votes)

    #22 - The Show Must Go On

    S11:E22

    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

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"One for the Road" is the best rated episode of "ER" season 11. It scored 7.8/10 based on 409 votes. Directed by Christopher Chulack and written by Joe Sachs, it aired on 9/23/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Damaged".