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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 10 Episode 8 - Freefall
    9.1/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Freefall

    S10:E8

    On Thanksgiving Day, a helicopter crash outside the ER leaves several injured, and kills Dr. Romano. Alex tries to bring Sam and Luka together.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Exodus
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Exodus

    S4:E15

    Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - A Shift in the Night
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #3 - A Shift in the Night

    S2:E18

    Mark finds himself manning a very crowded ER on his scheduled night off, filling in while Doug is out with whiplash and Susan meets with her lawyer. He tries to juggle hunger pangs, 40+ patients in the waiting room and a never-ending stream of traumas.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  4. undefined Season 12 Episode 8 - Two Ships
    8.9/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Two Ships

    S12:E8

    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.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  5. undefined Season 12 Episode 13 - Body and Soul
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Body and Soul

    S12:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - 6:00 P.M.
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #6 - 6:00 P.M.

    S1:E12

    When dozens of critical patients flood the ER, Robby and his team struggle to keep up amid quickly diminished supplies.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - 7:00 P.M.
    8.8/10(33 votes)

    #7 - 7:00 P.M.

    S1:E13

    As the night shift begins, Robby refuses to give up on a mass casualty victim. Samira and Santos each attempt risky moves.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  8. undefined Season 9 Episode 12 - Under Pressure
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Under Pressure

    S9:E12

    After napalm is detected at a crime scene, the NCIS team investigates the sole casualty for possible links to terrorism.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 17 - Sticks and Stones
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Sticks and Stones

    S5:E17

    During a paramedic ride-along, Carter is forced to drive the ambulance while fleeing a riot scene and inadvertently runs over a teenage boy. Later, a paramedic is shot by an angry mob looking for the driver of the ambulance. Carol is despondent following Doug's departure. She later discloses that she's pregnant. Kerry is intrigued by an injured pro wrestler and his relationship with his father. Lucy tangles with an Asian family that requests their matriarch not be told of a cancerous tumor. Jeanie turns down dates with both Dr. Baker and Reggie, telling each she's seeing someone else.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  10. undefined Season 9 Episode 17 - The Advocate
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Advocate

    S9:E17

    Dr. Weaver bends the rules and treats the Alderman's lover for syphilis. Dr. Kovac's patient claims she was sexually abused at a boot camp for troubled youth. Dr. Carter treats a women with a nasty personality.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  11. undefined Season 13 Episode 1 - Bloodline
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Bloodline

    S13:E1

    Weaver, Kovac, and the other doctors work frantically to try to save Jerry and a pregnant Abby, who were both critically injured during the shootout that left the ER in shambles. Meanwhile, Sam tries to escape from her ex-boyfriend and his criminal accomplices as they head north, but things quickly turn violent.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - Make a Wish
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Make a Wish

    S3:E21

    It's Carol's birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  13. undefined Season 14 Episode 1 - The War Comes Home
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #13 - The War Comes Home

    S14:E1

    Season Premiere. Moretti's first day is challenging as the ER is inundated with casualties from the peace rally - including Neela. Dubenko faces a crisis in surgery. Abby, Pratt and Morris conspire about how to deal with a shared problem. A new intern arrives unexpectedly, and Gates is reassigned.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - Masquerade
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Masquerade

    S5:E5

    Halloween night finds the ER awash with allergic or otherwise incapacitated children. Kerry tolerates a visiting candidate for chief while she waits for the official vote. Romano operates on an 11-year-old girl and finds she's genetically male. Carter leaves Lucy in charge of a dorm party he's supposed to be overseeing, with unfortunate results. Mark learns that Jenn's moving to St. Louis--with Rachel. Mark and Carol treat a pregnant schizophrenic.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - 2:00 P.M.
    8.3/10(34 votes)

    #15 - 2:00 P.M.

    S1:E8

    While Robby attends to an elderly patient with ties to Pittsburgh's history, other members of the team attempt to resuscitate a young drowning victim.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 17 - Survival of the Fittest
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Survival of the Fittest

    S7:E17

    A demented patient causes a shootout in the emergency room. After terrorizing people in the ER with a gun, she gets shot by a policeman. She soon dies. Benton later discover her dementia was caused by an aftereffect of his surgery that he and Cleo should have detected. Carter pursues a cute intern.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  17. undefined Season 8 Episode 22 - Lockdown
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Lockdown

    S8:E22

    Just when the ER is understaffed and swamped, two children who were brought in turn out to have full blown smallpox. The entire ER must be locked down. The staff needs to improvise while they battle not only the disease but also frayed tempers.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  18. undefined Season 9 Episode 5 - A Hopeless Wound
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #18 - A Hopeless Wound

    S9:E5

    On a busy Halloween night, Carter and Abby are the only staffers in costume when victims of an apartment building fire pack the ER. Corday takes on a new med student for a surgical rotation - Paul Nathan, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and decided to pursue medicine after being diagnosed. Despite a difficult first day, both professionally and medically, Nathan makes a difficult diagnosis. Romano's rehab lags behind his expectations, and he begins to doubt his role in surgery is no longer an option.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  19. undefined Season 15 Episode 14 - A Long, Strange Trip
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #19 - A Long, Strange Trip

    S15:E14

    Gates and Morris tend to an elderly man who was assaulted on the street. Sam 's sister shows up unexpectedly. Brenner and Dubenko clash while treating a mother thought to have late-stage cancer. Dr. Morgenstern returns to the ER to assist a former mentor who is seriously ill.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  20. undefined Season 14 Episode 5 - Under the Influence
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Under the Influence

    S14:E5

    Moretti reassigns Gates back to the ER and treats a couple involved in a car accident. Morris prepares to take his written board exams. Neela is assigned a young genius intern. Kovac plans to extend his stay in Croatia while Abby struggles with single parenthood.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Higher Power
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Higher Power

    S3:E11

    The NCIS team must locate a classified device with the power to destroy Los Angeles that was stolen from a college research facility. Meanwhile, Sam tries to track down a highly sought-after Christmas present for his daughter, and Eric meets Nell’s parents.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  22. undefined Season 10 Episode 12 - The Sound of Silence
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Sound of Silence

    S10:E12

    After the chief of logistics for a naval weapons station collapses on the job, the NCIS team must determine if this is a terror threat or a stress-induced breakdown. Also, Kensi and Deeks research different honeymoon locations.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  23. undefined Season 6 Episode 11 - The Domino Heart
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #23 - The Domino Heart

    S6:E11

    Lucy's patient finally gets a heart transplant but does not survive. The transplanted heart will now go to another recipient. Greene interferes in a gay domestic situation. Corday tricked her patient who murdered several women and now he's being transferred to a county jail.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  24. undefined Season 11 Episode 1 - One for the Road
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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  25. undefined Season 11 Episode 8 - A Shot in the Dark
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Writer:Joe Sachs

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Joe Sachs Ratings Summary

"Freefall" is the best rated episode written by Joe Sachs. It scored 9.1/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/20/2003 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Exodus".