Thursday February 2, 2006
9:59 PM 1.0 ER
BODY AND SOUL

A LONG GOODBYE- JAMES WOODS AND ALLY WALKER GUEST STAR-- When an abandoned ALS (Lou Gerigs disease) patient arrives at the ER, many of the doctors are shocked when they recognize the former medical school professor (Guest star James Woods. Abby (Maura Tierney) and Kovac (Goran Visnijic) try to understand Dr. Lennox's wishes for his life after the professor is struck with pneumonia as well as the nerve degenerating disease. As the disease continues to cripple Dr. Lennox, Abby struggles with the possibility of losing the professor that was responsible for making her a doctor. After a controversial decision to attach a trake to help Dr. Lennox breathe, Abby and Fran Guest star (Ally Walker) wonder if they made the right decision. Mehki Phifer, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini, and Scott Grimes also star.