ER (1994) - 15 questions

Question: How come Ming-Na Wen is only credited as Ming-Na?

Answer: Ming-Na made the decision to drop her last name, Wen, at the time she married actor/screenwriter Eric Michael Zee in 1995; apparently out of a desire to be like one-named headliners such as Cher and Ann-Margret.

Question: Where is Luca from, and what happened to his wife and children?

Answer: Luca is Croatian. His wife and children were killed during the war, and he moved to the US after that.

Question: How was Dr. Peter Benton written off the show? I just started watching the show regularly and I've seen some of the reruns from earlier seasons, but I've never seen that explained.

Answer: He took a job at another facility, and he had full custody of his son, so they moved to the 'burbs.

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Answer: happened to Dr Weaver's leg, or is it a mystery? You find out in later seasons that it is a congenital hip defect

Question: How old is Ella (Mark and Elizabeth's daughter) supposed to be? she looks about 5/6 but as she was only a baby when Mark died in series 8 we are now on the 10th series... Elizabeth also said that it was still to soon after Mark, even she wouldn't think 5 years is to long to wait?

Answer: The writers of ER "aged" Ella. She is only suppose to be 2 or 3 but they have made her older, 5 or 6. They often do this on soaps too. They probably just didn't want to have to deal with a baby anymore.

Question: What was the name of the episode (I think it was in season 9) where Abby, Susan, Carter, Kovac, and Gallant open a bag that a hooker brought in and start playing around with the toys inside? They got sent to a seminar on sexual harrassment, but the lecturer never showed up, so they spent the whole day sitting around and talking.

Answer: It was in season 8, it was called Secrets and lies. It first aired on 3/07/02.

Question: What do the terms Attending and Resident mean? They mention them on the show e.g.'ER attending'.

Answer: A resident is a person in the second year of their internship. Kind of low on the totem pole. An attending is someone who has gone through med school and their internship and has the right to practice medicine in that facility. In charge of the residents and med students. Go to http://www.erheadquarters.com/doctors_chart/medical_education.htm for more info.

Question: What happened to Carol's clinic? It stopped running just after she left, but she wasn't actually running it at that point?

Answer: Carol stopped being involved with the clinic in Season 5 - The Storm (2) so that it wouldn't be shut down because of her "borrowing" some equipment. Her last episode was Season 6 - Such Sweet Sorrow, that's 22 episodes later which would be a long time for a sub-plot to last with none of the major characters having any involvement in it.

Question: Does anybody know what the episode was called where that helicopter severed Romano's arm? I'm pretty sure it was season 8.

Answer: It was in "Chaos Theory", the premiere episode of season 9.

Question: For episode 15 of season 11, "Alone in a Crowd", NBC's website lists that Ming-Na stars. However I never saw her in the episode and she's no longer included in the opening credits, hasn't been for several episodes. Can anyone point out to me where in the episode she appeared?

Answer: She is no longer on the show - her last episode was "Twas the Night". They must have not yet taken her out of the opeing credits.

Question: I read on a nursing website that two characters on ER started as nurses and then trained to be doctors. Obviously one is Abby Lockhart but who is the other? Thanks.

Answer: Carol Hathaway--she took pre-med exams and did well on them, but elected to remain a nurse.

Question: What is the song that is playing over the screens where Carol is leaving to meet Doug in Seattle?

Answer: "I'm taking you home" by Don Henley.

Question: What happened to Lucy and Carter? How did she die and who attacked him?

Answer: Lucy and Carter were stabbed by a patient she had suspected of having mental problems. Lucy died and Carter survived only to become addicted to painkillers.

Question: What does Romano sign to Reece?

Answer: Take care of your dad.

Question: What did the note Romano sent to Weaver with the cactus "Your 15 minutes are up" mean?

Answer: She was referring to his "15 minutes of fame." This refers to a quote by Andy Warhol who said in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.