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Mourning the death of Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards), widowed mom Corday (Alex Kingston) seeks comfort with her mum (Judy Parfitt) and dad (Paul Freeman) in London, where the season premiere was partially shot. Will she stay in the U.K.? ''Let me put it this way: Alex is with us for the season,'' says exec producer Jack Orman. Carter (Noah Wyle) assumes Greene's old role as the moral leader of the ER and pursues a relationship with nurse Abby (Maura Tierney), much to the chagrin of Kovac (Goran Visnjic). New hires include Mekhi Phifer (now a regular as Dr. Pratt), ''Popular'''s Leslie Bibb as med student Erin Harkins, and Don Cheadle in a four-week arc as a financier-turned-surgical intern. Maybe his ''Ocean's Eleven'' costar George Clooney wrote him a letter of recommendation.