Shifting Equilibrium is the twentieth episode of the fifteenth season of the NBC medical drama series ER . It premiered on March 19, 2009.
| "Shifting Equilibrium" | |
| Season 15, Episode 20 | |
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| Air date | March 19, 2009 |
| US viewers | 9.28 M |
| Written by | Lisa Zwerling |
| Directed by | Andrew Bernstein |
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Synopsis[]
Neela proves her worth as attending material when she clashes with Dubenko on how to proceed with two different surgical cases. Brenner gains a deep insight into his painful childhood.
Cast and Characters[]
Main
Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra
Linda Cardellini as Nurse Sam Taggart
Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris
David Lyons as Dr. Simon Brenner
Angela Bassett as Dr. Cate Banfield
Supporting/Recurring[]
Justina Machado as Detective Claudia Diaz
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko
Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
Gil McKinney as Dr. Paul Grady
Julian Morris as Dr. Andrew Wade
Troy Evans as Frank Martin
Guest[]
Maura Tierney as Dr. Abby Lockhart
M.C. Gainey as Darrion Walters
Diego Klattenhoff as Jay
Christopher B. Duncan as Matthew Graham
Gallery[]
Trivia/Notes[]
- The music number played at the end when Neela is leaving and joining Ray is the same music number that plays for Dr. Greene in Orion in the Sky when he is leaving, and for Abby when she is dancing with Frank and leaving as well.
- The song played during Neela's farewell party is "Yeh Ladka Hai Allah" from the 2001 Bollywood film, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
- Although listed in the opening credits, Angela Bassett does not appear in this episode.
- The title of the episode relates to the name of the medical facility where Neela arrives at the end of the episode - "Lechatlier Medical Center." In chemistry, LeChatlier's Principle states "if a system at equilibrium is disturbed, the system will, if possible, shift to partially counteract the change."
- As with Dr. Lockhart, who put Kovač and her name, a few episode ago, Neela Rasgotra put her name of the wall with the other who had done it before, either willingly or it was done posthumously in the case of Drs. Greene, Romano, Gallant and Pratt, and med student Lucy Knight.
- The wall of names appears slightly different in appearance from earlier in the season in 'The Book of Abby". Here it is located in a more open space with quite empty surroundings, whereas before, it was behind a door in a narrow space with storage and shelves. The rendering of the wall is also different and some of the name cards are slightly different in appearance.
References[]
- Cancel Bear, The (March 20, 2009). "Thursday Ratings: Down To The Wire ". TV by the Numbers. (May 24, 2015).