ER season 14

The fourteenth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 27, 2007, and concluded on May 15, 2008. It consists of 19 episodes. NBC and Warner Bros. had planned for the 14th season to be the series' last one and for former regular characters to appear in most episodes including the forecast series finale. Because of the 2007-08 WGA strike and the months-long shutdown/ramp-up related to it, these plans were moved onto a 15th season in 2008–09.

Plot
The series celebrates its 300th episode but due to the writers' strike this season runs three episodes shorter than normal. As a result, certain storylines were altered, including Gates' relationship with hospital chaplain Julia Dupree. With Kovač in Croatia, the focus shifts to Abby as she adapts to life as a single parent. Meanwhile, new ER chief Kevin Moretti continues to make his presence felt until he makes a swift exit, Pratt is angered when locum Dr. Wexler is appointed as Moretti's replacement, Sam and Gates start a relationship and Jeanie Boulet makes a return to the ER when her son is brought in.

Main cast

 * Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovač, Hospice Physician
 * Maura Tierney as Dr. Abby Lockhart, Fourth Year Resident
 * Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt, Attending Physician
 * Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra, Second Year Surgical Resident
 * John Stamos as Dr. Tony Gates, Second Year Resident
 * Linda Cardellini as Nurse Samantha Taggart
 * Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris, Attending Physician
 * Stanley Tucci as Dr. Kevin Moretti, Chief of Emergency Medicine

Supporting

 * Doctors and medical students
 * Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko, Chief of Surgery
 * Kari Matchett as Dr. Skye Wexler, Acting Chief of Emergency Medicine
 * David Lyons as Dr. Simon Brenner, ER Attending Physician
 * Sam Anderson as Dr. Jack Kayson, Chief of Cardiology
 * Amy Aquino as Dr. Janet Coburn, Chief of Obstetrics
 * John Aylward as Dr. Donald Anspaugh, Chief of Staff
 * J. P. Manoux as Dr. Dustin Crenshaw, Surgical Attending Physician
 * Gina Ravera as Dr. Betina DeJesus, Radiologist
 * Busy Philipps as Dr. Hope Bobeck, Intern
 * Malaya Rivera Drew as Katey Alvaro, Medical Student
 * Charles Esten as Dr. Grossman, Orthopedics
 * Robert Gossett as Dr. Everett Daniels, Hospital Board Member
 * Anthony Starke as Dr. Craig, Orthopedics
 * Michael Buchman Silver as Dr. Paul Meyers, Psychiatrist
 * Steven Christopher Parker as Dr. Harold Zalinsky, Surgical Intern
 * Gil McKinney as Dr. Paul Grady, ER Intern
 * Bresha Webb as Laverne St. John, Medical Student
 * Julia Jones as Kaya Montoya, Medical Student
 * Marc Jablon as Dr. Larry Weston, Second Year Resident
 * Patrick Cassidy as Dr. Ramsey


 * Nurses
 * Deezer D as Nurse Malik McGrath
 * Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
 * Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
 * Lily Mariye as Nurse Lily Jarvik
 * Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
 * Angel Laketa Moore as Nurse Dawn Archer
 * Bellina Logan as Nurse Kit
 * Nadia Shazana as Nurse Jacy
 * Nasim Pedrad as Nurse Suri
 * Mónica Guzmán as Nurse Marisol


 * Staff, Paramedics and Officers
 * Troy Evans as Desk Clerk Frank Martin
 * Jesse Borrego as Desk Clerk Javier
 * Reiko Aylesworth as Julia Dupree, Hospital Chaplain
 * Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
 * Montae Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
 * Lyn Alicia Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
 * Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
 * Michelle C. Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
 * Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
 * Louie Liberti	as Paramedic Bardelli
 * Brendan Patrick Connor as Paramedic Reidy
 * Meg Thalken as Chopper EMT Dee McManus
 * Christopher Amitrano as Officer Hollis
 * Demetrius Grosse as Officer Newkirk
 * Joe Manganiello as Officer Litchman
 * Mimi Kennedy as Sergeant O'Malley


 * Family
 * Chloe Greenfield as Sarah Riley
 * Bill Bolender as Hank Riley
 * Frances Conroy as Becky Riley
 * Sam Jones III as Chaz Pratt, EMT
 * Rebecca Hazlewood as Jaspreet
 * Michael Rady as Brian Moretti
 * Andrew Gonzales and Aidan Gonzales as Joe Kovač
 * Zoran Radanovich as Niko Kovač

Guest stars

 * Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet, Physician Assistant
 * Cress Williams as Officer Reggie Moore
 * Mae Whitman as Heather
 * Peter Fonda as Pierce Tanner
 * Jonathan Banks as Dr Robert Truman
 * Hal Holbrook as Walter Perkins
 * Josh Stewart as Daniel
 * Mariana Klaveno as Rebecca
 * Steve Buscemi as Art Masterson
 * Derrek Lee as Himself
 * Aida Turturro as Sheryl Hawkins
 * Drew Powell as Dennis Voltaire
 * Sam McMurray as Mike Landry
 * Michael Gaston as Rick

Production
The season was executive produced by Christopher Chulack, Michael Crichton, John Wells, David Zabel, Joe Sachs, and Janine Sherman Barrois. Virgil Williams and Lisa Zwerling act as supervising producers. Wendy Spence Rosato serves as a producer. Tommy Burns is the season's unit production manager and the on-set producer of episodes. Dieter Ismagil and David Malloy served as associate producers on the first nine episodes of the season. Zabel, Sachs, Barrois, Williams, and Zwerling all worked as writers as well as producers. Karen Maser and Shannon Gross complete the writing staff.

Wells directed a single episode of the season and did not write any episodes for the first time. Chulack served as a regular director along with his production role and contributed four episodes including the series finale. Regular director Stephen Cragg also directed four episodes of the season including the series premiere. Returning director Andrew Bernstein contributed two episodes. New director Anthony Hemingway directed two episodes. Film director Rob Hardy directed a single episode, marking his debut in television. Long serving series directors Richard Thorpe and Félix Enríquez Alcalá each contribute a single episode this season. Former cast members Laura Innes and Paul McCrane continue to direct for the series, each contributing a single episode this season. Returning director Tawnia McKiernan also contributed a further episode this season.

DVD
The DVD of the series includes a half-hour featurette recorded at the celebration event for the 300th episode.