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15x19 Old Times

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First Aired: Mar. 12, 2009 on NBC
Summary: Neela and Sam are stunned when they find their transplant plane has left without them. Dr. Carter gets a surprise from an old friend as he waits on his transplant. Meanwhile, Dr. Banfield bonds with a child abandoned in the ER.

Main Characters in this Episode


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Guest Stars

Dr. Simon Brenner played by David Lyons (IX)
Dr. Cate Banfield played by Angela Bassett
Nora played by Susan Sarandon
Paul Manning played by Ernest Borgnine
Dr. Kurtag played by Christian Clemenson
Joanie Moore played by Hedy Burress
Nurse Haleh Adams played by Yvette Freeman
Lucy Moore played by Ariel Winter

Episode Quotes

Nurse Samantha Taggart: How much time do we have?
Dr. Neela Rasgotra: Eight hours. Eight hours until this heart needs to be beating in a chest or we might as well chop it up and use it a shepherd's pie.
Dr. John Carter: Does anybody know when he's coming? How about a rough estimate? More than a minute, less than a hockey season? More than an hour, but less than the lifespan of a giant redwood tree.
Dr. Peter Benton: Carter.
Dr. John Carter: I'm so hungry, thirsty. I'm tired. I'm cold. My arm just fell asleep.
Dr. Peter Benton: Stop being a baby.
Dr. John Carter: Plus I feel like I'm hanging out of this thing. Can someone cover up my crotch please?

Mistakes/Goofs

  • Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Carol Hathaway asks the organ couriers where they are from, the courier from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) identifies himself as being from "OSHU".
  • Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Julianna Margulies mispronounces the name of the city "Spokane." She says "SPO-kayne" rather than "spo-KANNE." Anybody living for so many years in the state of Washington (or Oregon or Idaho) would know the correct pronunciation.

Trivia

  • Ernest Borgnine's character is named Paul Manning, a tribute to the ER writer and producer who passed away in 2005.
  • George Clooney returned after having left the show years ago for one episode, the title "old times" refers to that. His returns wasn't advertised by the network, that was a special condition by Clooney for his return