You Set The Tone

Has Doug gone too far?

A woman's seizing in his car.

While Benton's being mean,

Carter tames a teen. 

Weaver has a plan,

But Greene's not a fan.

Jeanie is asked on a date,

Leaving her to ruminate. 

There's no need for sorrow,

For you're all invited tomorrow. 

So come one, come all,

As we discuss Last Call.

Another wonderful poem by Sharan!

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Tensions rise, Carter lies, 

Doug's unwise, Benton applies,

Weaver implies, Jeanie defies,

Carol sighs, Johnson dies 

& Susan gives Greene a big surprise 

As they all vie for Anspaugh's prize

Thank you Sharan for the poem!

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This week, just for a change Carter oversleeps AGAIN, but thankfully Gant was there to cover the ER for him, even if Benton was less than impressed. Morgenstern takes a bit more of a centre stage as the news comes in about whether County General is to close or not. Weaver and Greene join him at a very fateful meeting.

Jeanie has her appointment with the HIV clinic and her consultant is wonderfully supportive, although the shadow of cost and insurance rears its ugly head rapidly. Peter makes an unforgiveable move during a trauma. Elsewhere, Carol is struggling with debt and Doug is struggling with adulting. 

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Why oh why did Carter pick the Blue team? Things start out nicely enough and he meets a nice new friend on the team, Dennis Gant. But Benton hasn't changed at all and Carter quickly finds himself back in the ER, instead of up in surgery. Mark and Susan have a well deserved quiet week, though Doug regresses a bit with his choice of dates.

Carol is back in the ER, earning a little scorn from the rest of the Nurses, while Weaver has descended as the full-time Attending. Benton's day starts with a shock when Jeanie speaks to him about her diagnosis, followed by her receiving some stark advice from a fellow patient. 

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We have come to the close of ER's second season and there is both a gentle ending for some characters, others are just about to start facing true challenges. Benton is given pause for thought when Jeanie drops her bombshell on him, though this oddly leads to a tender moment between him and Carter. Carter, for his part, is finally graduating from Medical School, though in a welcome return to form, he misses his own ceremony to spend time with a patient.

Doug's frankly bizarre relationship with Karen is thrown into turmoil when she amends a prescription, while Mark gets some unpleasant news from Jen. And unpleasant news from Morgenstern. And even more unpleasant news from Susan. Basically, it's not Mark's best day! 

Susan figures out her priorities while Carol struggles with reality. Shep...is Shep, and the reign of Weaver is just beginning...

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Susan is stuck between a couch and a blank wall as she attempts to come to terms with the loss of Baby Suzie. Greene tries to help, but he's too swamped trying to handle Weaver's machinations to be of much use. Carter is on his paediatrics rotation, leading to a fateful encounter with a young girl who needs a liver transplant. 

Shep is just about on everyone's last nerve at this point, with Carole finally beginning to see the truth about him. Benton bumps into Al Boulet, who has checked into the ER with a bombshell that will rock Jeanie forever...

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This week it's all about Susan and the loop of hell she's stuck in, despite delivering some of her best medical care in weeks. Weaver remains skeptical of her ability to be chief resident while Mark is gung-ho. Speaking of Mark, he and Jen manage to hash out their differences, before complicating things further. Doug is playing a very strange game with Karen and Carol is finally beginning to see what Riley sees while stuck in a rig with Shep....

Benton, on the other hand, has a pretty wonderful week!

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Oh dear. The episode opens with Shep and you better believe Sharan has some thoughts about that! Shep is struggling still in the wake of Raul's death, but no one is getting more flack for it than Riley. Benton eats a slice of humble pie when a patient he discharges without examining bounces back with a ruptured appendix, for which both Hicks and Jeanie soundly put him in his place.

Meanwhile Susan is going through the ringer with Chloe, while Weaver tries to 'help' with her patients. Mark confesses a deep secret to Doug, though he may wish he hadn't. Speaking of Doug, he can't find his Dad....but he does find his Dad's girlfriend....

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It is Greene's fourth night on the graveyard shift and things are not looking too great when it is being overrun with patients. Tension continues between Greene and Benton, but the shift work brings greater respect between Greene and Carter.

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Oh Carter. Carter, Carter, Carter. So preoccupied with his worry about matching in County General, Carter let's his excitement go to his head. This results in a rather embarrassing outcome when he has a little too much champagne on his lunch break. Elsewhere in the ER, Benton discovers that Ross accidentally misdiagnosed a young man several months' previously, which may lead to the patient losing a leg. Despite warnings from Greene and legal, Benton informs the boy's grandfather.

Shep is still reeling from the loss of Raul, which can be felt by all in the ER. Lewis can barely keep her cool when Chloe demands to see Little Susie, while Carol and Jeanie continue bashing heads on the hospital floor.

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