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This article is from the ER FAQ, by Rose Cooper cooper@acm.cse.msu.edu with numerous contributions by others.

5.18 Did Carol try to commit suicide? Why? (ER)

In the show`s pilot episode, "24 Hours", Carol attempted
suicide by swallowing a bottle of pills.

Originally, the writers had planned to kill Carol off at that
point, but test audiences liked the character too much, so she made a
recovery in the second episode.

Since it happened before the first episode took place, the
impetus for Carol`s suicide isn`t very well documented, but we do
know that it partially resulted from a recent, badly-ended
relationship with Doug Ross, and stemmed from other factors as well.

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