| "Parental Guidance" | |
| Season 15, Episode 4 (#313) | |
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| Air date | October 23, 2008 |
| US viewers | 8.69 M |
| Written by | Janine Sherman Barrois |
| Directed by | John Gallagher |
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Parental Guidance is the fourth episode of the fifteenth season of the NBC medical drama series ER. It premiered on October 23, 2008.
Synopsis[]
Dr. Banfield defends herself ably during a mugging. Dubenko returns to work, due in no small part to Brenner 's organized protests. In return, Brenner asks a favor of Dubenko. A young gymnast comes into the ER with injuries consistent with a fall, but Banfield and Gates each think a different family member may actually be to blame. Sarah neglects to ask Gates' permission before getting her tongue pierced.
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[]
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko
Julian Morris as Dr. Andrew Wade
Emily Rose as Dr. Tracy Martin
Angel Laketa Moore as Nurse Dawn Archer
Quotes[]
- Brenner (to Neela): I'm not going to beg, but one day you are going to wake up next to me, and you are going to wonder, how did this happen? And I'm going to smile and remind you that I predicted this over coffees and chocolate glazed donuts.
- Neela: You are a cocky bastard.
- Brenner: Yeah, but I'd be a correct cocky bastard and that's all that would matter.
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- (When Gates is leaning against the desk, yawning)
- Banfield: Am I boring you, Dr. Gates?
- Gates: Oh, sorry. It's the 6 a.m. shift. My brain is here, but my body isn't.
Trivia/Notes[]
- For the second time since ER began it's 15 year run, the main cast numbered the same (6) as it did when the series started out. The first time was in the Season 14 premiere, "The War Comes Home."
- Molly Price (Mrs. O'Fallon) previously guest starred as a different character in the Season 8 episode "Brothers and Sisters."
- Tara Karsian, who plays recurring character DCFS worker Liz Dade, is the real-life daughter of Pat Carroll, who guest-starred as a character named Rebecca Chadwick in a Season 11 multi-episode story arc.
References[]
- Seidman, Robert (October 24, 2008). "Thursday Ratings: CBS Dominates With CSI; World Series and Life on Mars Drop ". TV by the Numbers. (May 24, 2015).