S11.E15

Alone in a Crowd

Episode aired Feb 17, 2005
TV-14
45m

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Linda Cardellini and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.A soccer mom finds herself completely aware of everything going on around her, but is unable to move or speak after suffering a stroke.

Director
- Jonathan Kaplan
Writers
- Michael Crichton
- Dee Johnson
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8.4/10

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Director
- Jonathan Kaplan
Writers
- Michael Crichton
- Dee Johnson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
One of Ellie Shore's kids, Erin Shore (Camryn Grimes) is related to Scott Grimes (Dr Morris) in real life but they don't share a scene together in this episode.

Goofs
Dr. Dubenko suggests Abby write up an interesting case right away to get it into a medical journal the following month, yet it takes months for an article to make it into a professional journal. They are peer reviewed, meaning one or more anonymous professional in the field reads and investigates the contents, sometimes following up on data or other information. Even a quality article often requires one or more periods of revision after reader comments, which all takes time.

Quotes
[Carter is calling the pizza place]
Dr. John Carter: What do you think? Large pepperoni and mushroom?
Wendall Meade: I think I love you.
Dr. John Carter: I... would like to place an order for delivery, please.

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7/10

Good Episode, But Overlapping Dialogue Can Be Distracting

This episode does a nice job in depicting the innermost panic, thoughts, feelings, and uncertainty that a stroke victim faces after suffering the stroke. However, Cynthia Nixon's constant shrill self-talk and the doctors and nurses trying to diagnose the issue at the same time (overlapping dialogue) makes it difficult to follow at times, and it gets in the way of the storyline. Her "thought-scolding" of her ex-husband as he is deciding to give consent for the risky surgery ("Dan, have some b*lls!") was unnecessary, and it lessens empathy for her character's fate. If the self-talk was less, it would be a more bearable episode.