Tue, 21 March 2006 at 12:00 am

Shohreh Aghdashloo in ER

"Lost in America" Synopsis :: Abby (Maura Tierney) and Kovac (Goran Visnjic) desperately try to keep a 21 year-old girl (Zina Zaflow) brought into the ER with stab wounds to the neck alive while they wait for a surgeon to operate. As the young girl’s condition begins to deteriorate, Clemente (John Leguizamo) steps in and decides to try a risky procedure on the girl in order to save her life. Meanwhile, Neela (Parminder Nagra) pulls an all-nighter in preparation for a speech at a surgeon’s convention but is disappointed when her speech goes awry. Back at the ER, Ray tries to treat a suicidal man claiming to have swallowed a bottle of pills. Sam (Linda Cardellini) decides to take a part-time job with Elliot (Armand Assante) to help supplement her childcare expenses.

Double dose of Shohreh Aghdashloo this Thursday! Oscar-nominated Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, 53, guests stars as a Turkish mother whose daughter is brought to the ER close to death following a knife attack. ER episode "Lost in America" airs this Thursday, March 23 on NBC (10-11 p.m. ET).