Appearances Lucy Knight

1 appearances

1.1 season 5
1.2 season 6

1.2.1 death

appearances
season 5

during season 5 third-year medical student. dr. john carter assigned resident while completed emergency room rotation. knight , carter varied between respectful , contentious interactions.

at beginning of rotation @ county general, popular attendings , nurses, treated colleague. lucy run trouble nurse carol hathaway after asks iv. lucy, unable start iv asks carol , doesn t own carter can t start 1 until end in trauma admits truth. carter furious @ lying him , said if ever did again off rotation permanently, , relationship between them never quite same. lucy wound in trouble carter again after halloween party @ med school gets out of control , 2 students die. angry work has been thrown @ him @ last minute, carter leaves lucy in charge of party though, ra, responsibility. carter blames lucy him losing ra position , fight again when carter overrules on case lucy s judgment correct, lucy making comments on palm pilot carter accidentally hears describe condescending treatment of her. carter , lucy come agreement after episode fight when pair spend day , evening searching little girl s father has same extremely rare blood type does.

although pair find father, girl s condition remains critical story ends , s not clear blood donation came in time save her. @ end of episode, carter , lucy reconcile on efforts made. during episode, lucy reveals carter brought mother, , did not know father.

during episode storm: part 1, lucy accidentally kicks carter while performing work-out video patient in exam room; suffers gash on head. pair later share kiss in x-ray room, carter ends brief relationship because unethical medical students , residents romantically involved. lucy s rotation in psych department goes exceptionally well, senior doctors there impressed successful results. first time show had main character started out working in er shown poor match emergency medicine + match different medical field (a similar, longer path traced starting in season 10 neela rasgotra, uneven er doctor emerged on time superb surgeon).

near end of season 5, revealed lucy on ritalin , has been since high school. carter urges quit , does. when performance @ county begins suffer, lucy goes on ritalin without telling carter, , when finds out , chides bluntly says doesn t expect him understand or care, since s clear ve never lived expectations.

season 6

lucy s role in episodes of season 6 rather small, having minor sub plots such helping young artist using cocaine or urging dr. dave malucci come forward , admit possible mistake when using bunsen burner thought have caused explosion in er.

lucy clashed nurse carol hathaway when both make plea last bed in rehab clinic. bed goes hathaway s patient, creates renewed friction between pair when patient not show treatment. lucy clashes dr. cleo finch when finch undermines lucy s judgment in regard young boy , mother both have alcohol abuse problems.

lucy able come own , show potential in christmas episode how finch stole christmas when patient valerie paige comes er in desperate need of heart transplant. lucy goes above , beyond ensure valerie gets life saving procedure - going far bang on dr. robert romano s door in middle of night on christmas eve. though angry her, romano agrees perform operation after lucy berates him seemingly flippant attitude towards dying patient. though faces reprimand romano, seems have more respect on.

later in episode domino heart , lucy devastated when valerie dies complications after surgery. makes ponder time @ county general , prompts give moving speech dr. luka kovac it: s never been easy me here, felt never fit in. @ beginning of every day have been grateful m walking in here of own choosing , not being carried in here on gurney , @ end of every day if have helped 1 person, s been worth it. , didn t happen today , makes me sad... . kovac reminds her day not yet on , may still 1 person. @ moment patient arrives near ambulance bay, , kovac asks assist. episode ends 2 of them rushing patient er , kovac teaching lucy procedures , asking questions.

death

in various interviews, kellie martin stated , producers felt character of lucy not working, decided lucy written out of show permanently. martin said having family members face serious real-life medical issues nixed interest in working on medical show. on february 14, 2000, on course of 2 episodes, still heart , in family , paul sobriki (played david krumholtz), man schizophrenia, checks emergency room. lucy picks on mental problems, carter refuses case , either ignores 100%-accurate views of paul s state or openly scoffs @ them. when wants getting psych department take @ paul, carter dismissively says should contact them , pick on other cases, leading angrily forget it, carter! , stop seeking advice on case. last time ever speak each other.

while in delusional state, paul acquires knife used cut valentine s day cake , stabs knight multiple times before lying in wait carter. when carter enters room , sees valentine lucy on floor, picks , looks on smiling paul emerges shadows , stabs him twice before fleeing. upon glancing @ blood-stained fingers, carter goes shock , hits floor, gazing in surprise @ lucy lying in pool of blood on other side of gurney. both lose consciousness.

both later discovered dr. kerry weaver , taken main trauma rooms treated. s discovered lucy had received 4 serious stab wounds internal organs, lung, , neck. although weaver , dr. elizabeth corday able stabilize lucy in er, , corday , dr. robert romano able repair tissue damage, develops complications, including pulmonary embolism. despite heroic efforts of doctors corday , romano, lucy dies while in catheter lab awaiting greenfield filter.

lucy s memorial service takes place in episode patient , although not seen on-screen , apparently attended jing-mei chen, there more representative of er friend of lucy s. same day, lucy s mother, barbara knight, arrives clear out locker. seeks carter out , spend afternoon talking, mrs. knight recounting how lucy loved san francisco went chicago practice medicine before begins sobbing on daughter s death carter watches silently , sadly. carter later talks few characters , says lucy better doctor gave credit for. says in season 6 finale may day lucy s death partly fault .

in episode match made in heaven , letter lucy arrives med school. had matched county, and, had lived, have been given position psych resident.