ER Episode 22 Season 4 ” A Hole in the Heart”

This episode opens up right where the previous episode left off with Dr. Ross and Dr. Weaver taking the baby up to the PICU.  When they arrive there they choose to continue to rapid detox that Dr. Ross has already started.  While this is going on Dr. Ross calls an emergency meeting with the Chief of Staff Dr. Anspaugh and some of the pediatricians.  He calls this meeting to brief everyone before Dr. Weaver could get to it and point out all the negatives on what he did.  Next the mother of the child arrives at the hospital and wants to see her son.  This situation could turn out good or bad for Dr. Ross depending on how she feels about the rapid detox.  When the mother arrives the first question she ask is if Dr. Ross could do the same thing for her.  In the end this case turned out in Dr. Ross’ favor because the child comes out of the procedure doing well and the mother approves and wants one for herself.

The next major thing is Dr. Weaver quits as Acting Chief of Emergency Medicine.  She quits because she feels like nobody listens to policy, her main example is Dr. Ross.

The episode ends with a man coming in for the second time in the day.  He has a gun and they find out that he has shot his entire family in the car outside in the ambulance bay.

I rate this episode a 5 because right at the end the trauma that comes in is very suspenseful and shocking.

Time Viewed: 9pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 21 Season 4 “Suffer the Little Children”

This episode begins with Jeanie Boulet thinking her HIV has taken a turn for the worse because she wakes up feeling very sick. 

Another thing is Dr. Romano sees Dr. Benton and Dr. Corday kissing after Dr. Corday tells Dr. Romano she doesnt date people that she works with.

Dr. Ross runs out of the hospital to bring back the child that was addicted to methadone because he is now returning to his mother who steals the methadone that the child needs for her own drug abuse.

Dr. Ross takes this case into his own hands and decides to put the child on an ultra- rapid detox right in the Emergency Room.  This procedure is completely not allowed to be done without supervision from higher people.  The major fact that makes this wrong is that he is hiding it from everyone in the ER.   After a while the monitor begins to go off that the baby’s heart rate was dropping.  Dr Greene hears this and goes into the room and sees that he is de-toxing the baby without consent or anything.  They move the baby up to Pediatric intensive care unit.  Dr. Weaver finds out and tells Dr. Ross that he will have to explain this case to the entire board of directors.

This particular case could have ruined Dr. Ross’ career in medicine because doing this procedure was so over the line and out of the boundaries of his job.  Dr. Greene even lost respect for him after this procedure because of the way he went about it.  The whole situation is wrong and mainly it probably shoots down any chance of Dr. Ross getting a Pediatric attending position, which is what he had been fighting for.

I rate this episode a 5 because of the suspense and action that it had in it.

Time Viewed: 10pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 20 Season 4 “Of Past Regret and Future Fear”

This episode opens up with Nurse Hathaway and Dr. Ross having Hathaway’s mom over for brunch.  The surprise is she brings a guest that nobody knew was coming.  This comes as a shock to Nurse Hathaway and turns her off.

Dr. Carter is first pictured in this episode when he goes to visit his cousin in the rehab center.  While there the doctor tells him that his cousin has lost almost all function on his left side.  Dr. Carter does not believe this and has to find out the hard way by asking him to write with his left hand.

The first major trauma case is a man brought in with chemical burns all over his body.  The amount of burns he has are very toxic and are fatal.  The worst part about this is his daughter and wife who he has not seen in years refuse to come see him, because he has been out of their life for so long. 

A second humorous part that was my favorite part of the episode is when Dr. Romano takes Dr. Corday out for lunch and asks her out on a date, and is turned down.  This becomes a very awkward situation for Dr. Romano who rarely aver finds himself in these situations.

Dr. Ross has the final major part of the episode.  This case consists of a methadone addict that comes in with her baby who is also addicted to methadone now because of his mothers addiction.  Dr. Ross doesnt know what to do with this case but knows he has to make a decision quickly that will help both the mother and child get away from drugs.

This episode I rate a 4 only because the trauma cases werent as urgent as possible or as frequently reoccurring but overall it was a good episode.

Time Viewed: 6pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 4/5

ER Episode 19 Season 4 “Shades of Gray”

This episode opens up with Dr. Carter applying for a loan.  He runs into complications because he has no previous tax returns because his first job was being a doctor and had never had a previous job growing up because of his wealth.

There are two major things that are brewing in the beginning of this episode.  The first one is Dr. Anspaugh’s son passed away, and the second is there is a committee that is going to review the case with Dr. Morgenstern and Dr. Benton to see exactly why the man died.

Jeanie Boulet is the one employee that goes to the funeral because of how close she had gotten to Scott, Dr. Anspaugh’s son.  Scott even left Jeanie a box of his belongings.

After this scene, the next scene is the review of the Dr. Morgenstern case.  As the scene starts both Dr. Benton and Dr. Morgenstern start basically going against each other instead of protecting each other.  In the end since Dr. Morgenstern was the senior surgeon, Dr. Benton is suspended after the review.

In this episode Dr. Carte has a case of an elderly man with bed sores and feces on his body when hes brought in.  Dr. Carter makes a decision to put him into an extended care home because of the signs of neglect that are exhibited on his body.

My favorite part of the episode was when Jeanie Boulet sings at Scotts funeral.  She sings his favorite song and its a kind of inspiring part of the show.

The final major part is Dr. Morgenstern admits to making a major error in the surgery.  He notifies the hospital staff and asks that Dr. Benton gets his job back.

I rate this episode a 5 because this out of the whole season was one of my favorite episode.

Time Viewed: 8pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 18 Season 4 “Gut Reaction”

This episode opens up with Nurse Hathaway getting all deliveries for the clinic.  Another thing is the ER’s banquet is in this episode taking place in the same night.  Dr. Greene in the beginning feels like the whole night is planned and set up fine.  At this point Jerry tells Dr. Greene that the food didnt pan out along with the band cancelling.  This already starts Dr. Greene off to a stressful day.

Dr. Ross in this episode is trying to get a petition for an ER Pediatric attending.  He seems to be the only person who wants this position.

Dr. Anspaugh’s son seems to be getting worse and is going to try a new chemo therapy treatment that is going to have severe side effects that could make him very sick.

After thinking that Dr. Morgenstern was back on his feet, he gets very confused while performing surgery on a patient and Dr. Benton has to take over which is really not allowed since Dr. Morgenstern has a lot of seniority, and is a senior surgeon as well.

The episode ends with the annual ER banquet, that is really not well planned or put together.  The band is a one man keyboard player.  The bar is not an open bar but everyone has to pay for there drinks.  The food comes out cold and really isnt that good.  Although the banquet was a complete mess, everyone still seemed to have a good time anyway.

I rate this episode a 5 because i enjoyed the banquet scene and the number of traumas that came in.  This episode was very action packed which made it move along very quickly.

Time Viewed: 5pm Location:Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 17 Season 4 “A Bloody Mess”

This episode opens up with Jeanie Boulet taking Dr. Anspaugh’s son rock climbing since he finished his chemo therapy treatments.  He falls and gets tired after jus a little climbing and is brought back into the hospital for some tests.

A second major part is that Dr. Morgenstern returns to the ER after being off for a while after a heart attack.  This return people may think have been too soon because in trauma situations at two separate times he has frozen and not been able to finish certain procedures.

The next part of the episode is Dr. Romano offering Dr. Corday a position of coordinator of a hemo-aid study in the O.R.  This offer is very conflicting to Dr. Corday after just receiving a mediocre review on her work.  This makes Dr. Corday very confused.

Dr. Anspaugh’s son finds out that the cancer is back and is now in the bone marrow.  This new is very saddening and even more upsetting because he had just finished treatments and felt like it was all behind him.

My favorite part of this episode was a small comedic part in the beginning when Dr. Benton’s son dumps his food on his head with Dr. Greene and Dr. Ross present which made it funnier them joking around about it.

In the end Dr. Morgenstern begins to get back into the swing of things down in the ER it must have just taken a few procedures to get the kinks out.

I rate this episode a 4 because for the most part it was a good episode at points it dragged but overall a great episode.

Time Viewed: 6pm Location: Home Rate Episode: 4/5

ER Episode 16 Season 4 “My Brothers Keepers”

This episode begins with Dr. Greene dropping off luggage at Cynthia’s apartment only to find out that she moved before he got home.  This came as a shock and leads to Dr. Greene to start smoking more which is turning slowly into an addiction.

The first major part is that Dr. Ross is presenting a research piece in front of other colleagues and Dr. Weaver has some opinions on how it doesnt work.

Dr. Benton and Dr. Corday continue to go out and begin to get closer.

Dr. Ross also has a major pediatric case where a child swallowed some poison that his brother had put in a coke can.  The father shows signs of abusing the children, with the way he reacts.  Dr. Ross has to involve child services in this situation.

A second part is Dr. Romano giving Dr. Corday her six month review on her work.  The review was satisfactory at best, and is probably just Dr. Romano reminding her of his authority.

Dr. Carter goes and visits his cousin Chase who is still in bad shape in the hospital on a ventilator.  Dr Del Amico gets a patients family hopes up by saying that there was a possibility of a surgery on the patient that was already brain-dead.  For her actions she is reprimanded by the chief of neurosurgery.

Dr. Ross begins his research speech and at the end Dr. Weaver asks a tough question to try and ruin his whole presentation which is very obvious.

I rate this episode  a 5 because it once again had all the major aspects of suspense comedy thrill etc.

Time Viewed: 9pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 15 Season 4 “Exodus”

This episode opens up with Dr. Corday taking an ambulance ride along to see what a regular day consists of for an EMT.  The first call is a major fire and Dr. Corday has to go into a small space to try and save a victim that is trapped under the debris.  This situation is getting very suspenseful as the camera cuts back into the ER.

When the camera cuts back to the Emergency Room another sign of the times is shown.  Dr Weaver is buying a coffee and the cashier says 60 cents which is a lot cheaper than a regular coffee would be today.

After this scene the camera goes back to Dr. Corday.  At this time they need to raise the debris an inch or two off of the victim in order to get him out without having to amputate his arm.  Dr. Corday refuses to leave the victim, even after the fire department gives an order to get out.  Dr. Corday stays and eventually gets the victim out alive.

The major part of this episode was the chemical spill that brought patients in with toxic solvents on them.  When this happens Dr. Weaver passes out from a reaction to these solvents and Dr. Carter is the only one left to takeover the ER in this emergency situation.  He moves all patients to the cafeteria to get away from the spill.  During this time Dr. Carter takes complete control of the situation and really steps up to the plate when they needed him.  My favorite part of this episode was watching Dr. Carter mature before the audiences eyes.  In this episode he made executive decisions, and made them correct and saved many lives, which was why this part was my favorite.

I rate this episode a 5 because of the completeness of the episode, and mainly because of Dr. Carter taking control.

Time Viewed: 8pm Location Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 14 Season 4 “Family Practice”

This episode is filmed solely in San Diego where Dr. Greene is traveling to because his mother is sick and in the hospital.  This entire episode deals with how much his mother has changed since the last time he saw her.  Dr. Greenes relationship with his father is very strained and throughout the episode is very obvious.  One surprise for Dr. Greene was Cynthia Hooper shows up in San Diego and he seems pretty surprised and shocked.

When Dr. Greene first sees his mother in the hospital bed he is completely shocked at how much different she is.  She is slurring her words and is very erratic.  Throughout the episode Dr. Greene realizes that his mother is going downhill, and that him and his father probably will never mend their relationship.

Dr. Green has an argument with his father which lands his father in the hospital because of breathing complications.

Next, while in the Emergency Room with his father a trauma comes in and he notifies a Doctor that one of the trauma patients isnt breathing.  After this they ask Dr. Greene to help out and he does.  This is the first time Dr. Greenes father actually looks proud and impressed of his son, while he is in action on one of these patients.  This part of the episode was my favorite because you saw the pride that his father really had in him.

Finally, Dr. Greenes mother arrives home and is having difficulty around the house because of her lack of mobility.  The episode finishes off with showing how his mother looks like she is not going to get much better, and taking a walk with his father allows them to bond in a way they havent since Dr. Greene was a child.  So in the end the episode had both positive and negative points attached to it.  I rate this episode a 5 because of the different theme it had to it, which could havebeen boring, but by still incorporating a trauma scene even in a different hospital made it better.

Time Viewed: 10pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5

ER Episode 13 Season 4 “Carter’s Choice”

This episode begins with Dr. Carter driving to the hospital in a snow storm.  When he arrives there is only one patient on the board due to the blizzard.  The ER at the time is empty with only a few doctors and nurses around.

After a few minutes the first trauma patient comes in.  The patient is a security guard who stopped an elderly lady from getting raped but was shot and eventually died in the Emergency Room in the process.  The lady he saved was probably a victim of the chain of rapes that has been going on with elderly women.  This case hits Dr. Carter particularly hard because the man died and he felt like if anyone should get a chance to live it should be this man.

Later on the rapist gets brought into the hospital with gun shot wounds.  Since the hospital is low on blood Dr. Carter auto-tranfuses the rapist with his own blood.  The rapist survives the procedure and is stable

Dr. Benton finds out that the mother of his child is seeing someone else and that person is playing more of a father role than he actually is.  This makes him a little angry and it is very visible.

I rate this episode a 5 because of the major rapist case finally coming to a close with the arrest of the rapist and helping the final victim to survive and not get raped.  This case along with a few others made this episode a complete success and very exciting and suspenseful to watch.

Time Viewed: 9pm Location: Home  Rate Episode: 5/5