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John Truman Carter III, M.D. is a fictional character from the NBC television series ER. He was portrayed by Noah Wyle and appeared as one of the series' principal characters from the pilot episode until the eleventh-season finale .
For the first time, John Carter is centered as the main character of the show at the end of the season. In this season, several staff members face personal and professional pressures, including Greene and Corday who face the most difficult issue of all when their baby overdoses on Ecstasy pills.
"The Show Must Go On" is the 22nd and final episode of the eleventh season, and the 245th episode overall, of the American television series ER. Written by David Zabel and directed by John Wells , the episode originally aired on NBC on May 19, 2005.
For the first time John Carter becomes the central character and Noah Wyle receives star billing. The death of Mark Greene continues to affect his colleagues while a grieving Corday has left Chicago for England. She returns and a medical student raises eyebrows. The ER is still plagued by the smallpox disease at the beginning.
Carter shows Kem the city and proposes they move into a townhouse he bought for them, but she decides to return to Africa. An HR consultant, evaluating work conditions as part of a lawsuit settlement prompted by Dr. Romano's behavior, urges Weaver to fire what he sees as an unruly staff, but she ultimately tells him to shove it and makes him leave.
Carter works in the Sudanese desert, helping treat hundreds of diseased people including a woman raped by a militant group. Back in the ER, the police accuse Clemente of shooting Jodie. Pratt and Neela work to save a 14-year-old involved in a hit-and-run accident, but Pratt is infuriated when he discovers who hit the young teen.
Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter), Anthony Edwards (Dr. Mark Greene), Eriq La Sal The cast of ER took the doctor drama genre to the next level when the show premiered in September 1994.
Numerous college students come into the ER, victims of fraternity/sorority pledging pranks and hazing rituals. Carter and Abby take a road trip to Oklahoma to pick up Maggie, who has locked herself in a motel room; then she steals sleeping pills from a convenience store and attempts suicide. Rena dumps Carter over the phone.