Season 15 Rumours and Spoilers

[tammyy2j]

Ah, don't you just love it when things go back in their rightful place? Rumour has it George Clooney will be returning to ER for the hospital drama's 15th and final series. And he won't be alone: if producers have their way, former on-screen love interest Julianna Margulies will be popping back, too.

'We want to revisit characters who have existed on the show over the years and say where they are now,' says executive producer David Zabel. 'We'd love to get them all back in some way.'

Another ER favourite, Noah Wyle, has already signed up for a triumphant return - while Maura Tierney (who played Abby) and Goran Visnjic (Kovac) are also expected to show their faces again. How exciting!

[pookie1968uk]

this sounds really good especially if they manage to get george clooney back for a few episodes!!

[Chloe O'brien]

This is great news to see Dr Ross, Carter & Co back if it's true. Hopefully they can persude Laura to come back as well. Pity there is no chance of seeing Romano or Dr Greene though.

[wizardthecat]

Dr. Ross? Pshaw. The ER return that most fans — or at least the most vocal fans — have been clamoring for is that of Dr. Barnett. And this fall, their prayers will be answered when Shane West's Ray heads back to County General with a new lease on life and eyes for the woman that got away, his ex-roomie and unrequited love, Neela.

Let's rewind first: When last we saw Ray, he was heading home to Baton Rouge to mend his broken heart and recover from a tragic car accident that left him a double amputee. As West points out, "He wasn't in a very good head space."

Well, a lot can change in a year. When Ray returns in the Oct. 30 episode, he'll have both feet firmly planted on the ground — literally and figuratively. "He's walking on his own again," reveals executive producer Joe Sachs. As we'll learn, Ray has endured months of rehab, during which he was fitted with new cutting edge prosthetics. "He in no way appears disabled. He's been through hell and has come out a better, stronger guy. He's matured. He knows what's important in his life."

What or who? Although only back for a brief time — Ray's in Chicago for a medical conference related to physical medicine/rehabilitation (his new specialty, natch) — Sachs hints that his presence has a huge impact on Neela. "His return affects her in a big way," he says. "It stir the embers of that relationship and makes her question, "Could I be with this guy now?"

Sachs isn't providing an answer to that question, although he promises that "Reela" fans will be "satisfied by the story." Adds West: "He's coming back at the right time, when she needs that friend and possibly that romance back. There are definitely sparks reignited."

So much so that the Oct. 30 episode won't be the last we'll see of Ray. West is on board for at least one more episode, to air shortly before ER signs off for good in May. "It's going to be a double surprise," the actor teases. "One in the beginning of the season when he returns, and one at the end." Hmmm…. might that second surprise involve oh, I dunno, a ring?

Hey, speaking of surprises, here's another one: Next week's Ask Ausiello will feature more scoop on West's highly-anticipated return. In the meantime, go ahead and celebrate your hard-fought and well-earned victory in the comments section, Reela fans.

[tammyy2j]

In its final year, ER (Thursdays at 10 pm/ET, NBC) will welcome back some old friends while other cast members make early exits. In the 15th-season premiere, Greg Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) died a shocking death, and Thursday Maura Tierney's lovable but beleaguered Dr. Abby Lockhart checks out for the last time.

TV Guide: You wanted Abby to be killed off, but she won't be. So how does she leave?
Maura Tierney: Last year, Abby struggled so much, the writers wanted to send her off with a certain amount of calm and dignity. It's sweet and funny.

TV Guide: What's the future for Luka and Abby?
Tierney: I think it’s looking up. We sort of exit together. And there could be a kiss.

TV Guide: Are George Clooney and Julianna Margulies coming back?
Tierney: I’ve heard the rumors. [Laughs] I have no inside information…I want them to come back, too, as a viewer.

TV Guide: What do you want to do next?
Tierney: I’m ready for a sitcom. I always beg Paul Simms, who created NewsRadio, to make a show that I could be in. But he hasn’t done it yet, so a friend and I are developing an hourlong drama.

[lizann]

George Clooney is all set for a return to ER, according to former castmate Noah Wyle.

Clooney has made it clear in recent months he will not reprise his Dr Doug Ross character for the medical drama's finale, but pal Wyle insists there are secret plans to bring the movie star back to the show where he got his big break.

Wyle says, "From what I heard, George said, 'Absolutely, schedule permitting'."

And the actor reveals Clooney won't be the only former castmate coming back for episodes next year - he'll be starring in a storyline opposite Eriq La Salle.

But not everyone is keen to return to the show - Juliana Margulies turned down an invitation to reprise her role for the final series of the medical drama, because she doesn't think her character's storyline can be improved.

Margulies portrayed nurse Carol Hathaway on the show.

[Emmie]

I must start watching it agen wen it comes back on but i prefur the old episodes

[alannah]

The first episode of the final series :crying: was shown here in Ireland on Sunday night I'm probably going to cry every Sunday at some point between 9.30pm and 10.20 pm. Poor Greg and Morris was sweet and Frank was heart broken :crying:

[Chloe O'brien]

I was like that when Season 8 was on. I knew Dr Greene was going to die at the end of the series and I cried every week as his condition got worse.

[alannah]

Love your new avatar:wub:

[tammyy2j]

10/29 - Episode 15.11 - Separation Anxiety [Airing January 8]: Alex is set to be released from the hospital. Doctors treat African-American brothers Curtis Bennet, 17, who has abdominal pain and 10-year-old Quincy Bennet who has a knee injury. Both were injured during a drug deal that went terribly wrong. There's still some residual tension between Gates and Sam. A female patient in police custody doesn't want to be examed by Morris. A 13-year-old patient named Anastasia messes with Neela's love life. Dubenk, Dawn, Banfield, Grady and Daria also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

[alannah]

Woo-hoo :cheer:



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[tammyy2j]

The on-screen reunion that many felt needed to happen before ER could properly end its 15-year-run will come to fruition after all.

Though neither NBC nor Warner Bros. have yet to officially confirm the news, sources tell TVGuide.com that both George Clooney and Julianna Margulies — aka one of the medical drama's premiere on-screen couples, Dr. Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway — will resurface in one episode before County General shutters its doors on April 2. Both actors are reportedly filming their scenes this week, on a closed set.

Clooney last checked into ER in May 2000, making an unbilled, end-of-episode appearance so as to properly usher off Margulies' nurse Hathaway. The secretly filmed scene had Carol approaching a dock, where Doug waited for her, smiling yet silent.

Just last week at the TCA Winter Press Tour, TVGuide.com asked NBC entertainment president Angela Bromstad if the extension of ER's final run by three episodes might afford John Wells additional time to talk Clooney into an encore. Her response: "Ask John Wells." Days later, the ER boss actually dismissed the idea, saying that Clooney — whose film career has soared over the past decade — is "too busy."

Indeed, Clooney's publicist as recently as September pulled a Debbie Downer by deflating talk of the movie star's possible drop-by, saying, "It is something he has already done."

Weeks later, Margulies herself scoffed at the idea of returning during ER's final season, explaining, "I left Carol Hathaway in the best scenario possible. I can't imagine making it any better."

Already this season, Anthony Edwards reprised his role as Mark Greene (appearing in a "new" flashback with Laura Innes, aka Weaver); Alex Kingston put in an appearance as Mark's widow, Elizabeth, on Jan. 15; and Noah Wyle is due back as Carter for the final four episodes (though that could change in light of the extended order).

[lizann]

According to Eonline's Kristin Dos Santos, the power of The Cloon is just too much for other A-list actors to resist.

It seems as though Susan Sarandon will be appearing in scenes with George Clooney on one of the final ERs. The context of their scenes aren't known right now, and neither is the scene that Clooney apparently filmed with ER regular, Linda Cardellini – who plays Sam

[tammyy2j]

Julianna Margulies has claimed that she still has chemistry with her former ER co-star George Clooney.

The actress, who played nurse Carol Hathaway, was recently reunited with her old on-screen lover for the NBC medical drama's final season.

Margulies opened up about her return to the show's set in a conversation with Manhattan's eyebrow specialist Ramy Gafni, explaining: "It's been nine years and it was like we'd never been apart."

Gafni told People magazine: "She said, 'The chemistry was still there.' She said she loves him to pieces and that he's such a great guy."

Clooney, who starred as Dr. Doug Ross from 1994 to 1999, reportedly filmed his return to the show last month.

[tammyy2j]

Sherry Stringfield is returning to ER, a source close to the deal has confirmed to TVGuide.com.

Stringfield's participation is the latest in a slew of alums who have signed off to send off the show in its final season, a group that already includes Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies and George Clooney.

Stringfield played Dr. Susan Lewis on NBC's medical drama from 1994-1996 and then returned to the show in 2001 for another four seasons. No word on how Dr. Lewis will reappear this time.

[lizann]

TV's former Gilmore girl, Alexis Bledel, will return to the smaller screen as a guest star in the two-hour ER series finale, airing April 2

Bledel will trade in her Traveling Pants for scrubs, playing Dr. Julia Wise, a new intern at County General, says People.

Other "names" on board for ER's series-ending salvo include George Clooney and Julianna Margulies (reprising their roles as Doug and Carol), and Susan Sarandon (playing a patient's grandmother), all three of whom will turn up in the March 12 episode.

[arjaco1]

do we know if abby is back?