7.0/10372 votes#1 - Cañon City
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2005
Sam and Luka go on the search for her runaway son, Alex. Meanwhile, Pratt and Lewis guide Abby, Neela and Ray, who have become R2's, on how to teach the new interns.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: John Wells, Lisa Zwerling, Joe Sachs
7.5/10340 votes#2 - Nobody's Baby
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2005
Much to Ray's dislike, a surrogate mother in labor doesn't want to have a C-section and endangers the life of the baby. Meanwhile, Sam tells Luka she and Alex are moving out. Pratt meets his half-brother and -sister, and Abby makes a difficult decision about a young boy.
Director: Laura Innes
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.4/10658 votes#3 - Man with No Name
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2005
Luka has a very bad day: New nurse manager Eve Peyton notices he doesn't want to work with Sam and tells him so. At the end of the day he's drunk and Abby takes him home.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: David Zabel
7.8/10336 votes#4 - Blame it on the Rain
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2005
The rainy night brings in diverse patients including a mother involved in a car accident with her baby, a man with a satisfaction facilitator, and a comatose patient who suddenly wakes up. Also, Sam steps up to Eve and her strict ways and Jerry gets struck by lightening!
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.7/10373 votes#5 - Wake Up
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2005
A new attending, Dr. Victor Clemente, comes aboard and quickly makes a stir on the ER. Abby's breast cancer patient convinces her to take a long awaited test. Luka befriends a young woman who awakes from a six-year coma. Also, Weaver shows Clemente who runs the ER.
Director: Arthur Albert
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
7.4/10356 votes#6 - Dream House
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2005
Pratt's half-brother tries to get him to make ends meet with his estranged father. Clemente treats an infant chimpanzee and involves Abby and Neela on the secret case. Eve promotes Sam and her first tasks is to fire a beloved nurse.
Director: Stephen Cragg
Writer: David Zabel
7.8/10355 votes#7 - The Human Shield
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2005
A kidnaped girl is the victim of police shooting. Abby is stuck in the middle of a disagreement between Luka and Clemente. Neela receives a phone call from Iraq. Later, Luka and Abby share a kiss.
Director: Laura Innes
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.2/10406 votes#8 - Two Ships
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2005
The ER prepares to take in victims from a plane collision, while Neela and Pratt head out to the crash site where Neela makes heroic efforts. At the end of the day, Neela gets a surprising visit.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: Joe Sachs, Virgil Williams
7.6/10333 votes#9 - I Do
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2005
Gallant impulsively asks Neela to marry her that exact day, she says I do but soon gets cold feet. Morris stands up to Weaver on a patients course of treatment. Luka, Sam and Clemente treat a boy who contracted HIV from his mother. Also, Abby and Luka redefine their relationship and Luka is named the new Chief of Emergency Medicine.
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Lydia Woodward
7.8/10358 votes#10 - All About Christmas Eve
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2005
Pratt and Weaver try to create a Christmas miracle when they work to save a girl wounded from gunfire. Eve gets into trouble after punching a disruptive patient. Also, Abby has a special gift for Luka.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
7.4/10346 votes#11 - If Not Now
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2006
Neela treats a religious teenage girl who turns out to be pregnant. Abby and Kovac struggle to figure out what to do with her unexpected pregnancy.
Director: John Gallagher
Writer: David Zabel
7.7/10660 votes#12 - Split Decisions
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2006
Ray helps an old friend escape from her abusive father. Dubenko volunteers in the ER but can't seem to handle a slow day. Abby and Kovac go baby shopping, while Neela gets unexpected and upsetting news from Gallant.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.1/10537 votes#13 - Body and Soul
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2006
Dr. Nate Lennox, a former professor with ALS, is brought in as the progression of his disease is chronicled through his own flashbacks as he is treated by each of the doctors at one point. As Lennox wants to give up, Abby fights to convince him to keep on fighting.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Joe Sachs
7.6/10336 votes#14 - Quintessence of Dust
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2006
An unexpected visitor puts Clemente in the middle of a domestic dispute. Meanwhile, Luka and Abby await test results on their unborn child; Neela struggles with her surgical elective and Pratt ends up with an unexpected suitor when he participates in a charity bachelor auction.
Director: Joanna Kerns
Writer: Lisa Zwerling, David Zabel
7.3/10343 votes#15 - Darfur
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2006
In the Sudan, Carter and a colleague struggle to save a woman who was raped by a band of militants. Back in the ER, Clemente asks to return to work after the shooting incident, but Kovac refuses. Meanwhile, Neela and Pratt have a work dispute, and, in a related incident, K.J.'s father shows up again in the ER.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
7.4/10317 votes#16 - Out on a Limb
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2006
When is it time to go out on a limb? Armand Assante guest stars as a patient who makes Sam an offer she might not be able to refuse. Luka must calm Abby’s baby-related fears after an incident at the hospital places everyone at risk. Kerry makes a difficult choice, and Neela joins a support group.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Karen Maser
7.5/10312 votes#17 - Lost in America
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 3/23/2006
Abby and Luka desperately try to keep a young woman brought into the ER with stab wounds to the neck alive. As her condition begins to worsen, Clemente steps in and tries a risky procedure on the girl in order to save her life. Meanwhile, Neela pulls an all-nighter in preparation for a speech at a surgeon's convention, Ray treats a man claiming to have swallowed a bottle of pills, and Sam decides to take a part-time job with Richard to help her with childcare expenses.
Director: Stephen Cragg
Writer: Lisa Zwerling
7.5/10316 votes#18 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2006
When Luka answers a call for help, he discovers not everyone is pleased. Will he honor his commitment, or ask a colleague to step in for him? Abby and Morris wrestle with the strange case of a car crash victim. Having made a change in her life, Sam finds herself enjoying a few new perks. Neela has unexpected visitors, with even more unexpected news.
Director: Laura Innes
Writer: Virgil Williams
7.7/10339 votes#19 - No Place to Hide
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2006
Pratt departs for Africa with attitude to spare but makes his first contact with harsh reality before the plane lands. Abby senses something is not what is seems when she treats a 12-year-old and her grandmother, then differs with Luka over the best course of action. A prisoner is brought to the ER with what everyone thinks is a fake case of appendicitis. Morris is dressed, and ready, to impress, but Albright’s not. It’s time for Kerry to return to work and Clemente doesn’t know when it’s time to leave.
Director: Skipp Sudduth
Writer: Lydia Woodward
7.7/10388 votes#20 - There Are No Angels Here
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2006
Pratt gets to work in Darfur alongside Carter and his co-workers, but is troubled by astounding number of people needing care and finds himself making a dangerous journey.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill, David Zabel
8.2/10416 votes#21 - The Gallant Hero and the Tragic Victor
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2006
Pratt struggles to get a straight story when two abused boys come into the ER with their father. Two U.S. Army officers enter the ER.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.7/10734 votes#22 - 21 Guns
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2006
Chaos reigns in the ER when two prisoners are brought in for treatment, but instead plot a violent escape. Their desperate actions place one doctor in harm's way, and forces one nurse to become a tool in their plan.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: David Zabel
The Best Episodes of ER Season 12
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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 12 Ratings Summary
"Cañon City" is the best rated episode of "ER" season 12. It scored 7/10 based on 372 votes. Directed by Christopher Chulack and written by John Wells, Lisa Zwerling, Joe Sachs, it aired on 9/22/2005. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Nobody's Baby".