"A Boy Falling Out of the Sky" is the fifthteenth episode of the ninth season of ER. It first aired on NBC on February 13, 2003. It was written by R. Scott Gemmill & Yahlin Chang and directed by Charles Haid. It has Abby Lockhart reaches a breaking point during the search for her missing brother Eric continues as well as the arrival of her mother Maggie while John Carter tries to help Abby out. Kerry Weaver forces the burnt-out Luka Kovač an ulitimatum about his job.