"Faith" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of ER.
Plot[]
Carol will hear whether her suspension is permanent or not. Mark and Doyle do what they can to get a patient with Down syndrome on a heart transplant list.
NBC Description[]
BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS: Dr. Benton's attempt to placate Carla (Lisa Nicole Carson) is met with contempt and he returns to the hospital for the first time since his appendectomy.
Dr. Carter is working extra-long hours to cover shifts left vacant by Dr. Gant's death, but he manages to catch another doctor's critical error.
When Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) learns that a 37-year-old Down's Syndrome patient with an enlarged heart has been denied a heart transplant, he takes the matter up with Dr. Pomerantz (Jami Gertz).
Complying with the demands of an 18-year-old cystic fibrosis patient (guest star Chad Lindberg), Dr. Ross (George Clooney) must remove the respirator which keeps the boy alive.
Following her suspension, Nurse Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) is reinstated at the hospital and decides to take the medical admissions test. Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) and Dr. Fischer (Harry J. Lennix) continue their tentative relationship with a second date.
Short summary[]
It's decision day for Carol Hathaway who will learn the results of the investigation and whether her suspension will become permanent. She is also toying with the idea of writing the medical school admissions test. Benton finally comes to terms with the death of Dennis Gant and Dr. Hicks provides him with support. His pregnant ex-girlfriend Carla Reece doesn't want anything to do with him, however. Dr. Carter challenges Dr. Anspaugh's diagnosis of a patient. Mark Greene and Maggie Doyle desperately try to get a patient with Down's syndrome on a heart transplant list, but come up against an unexpected obstacle. Dr. Ross again meets a young cystic fibrosis patient he had treated several weeks before. Now 18 years old, he wants to Ross to remove him from the ventilator even though it almost certainly means he will die.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene
- George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross
- Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter
- Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet
- Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton
Guest starring[]
Special guest starring[]
Co-starring[]
Trivia[]
Quotes[]
- Doug: So why did you go ahead and take it?
- Carol: The MCATs?
- Doug: Mm-hmm.
- Carol: For me. Just wanted to see if I was good enough.
- Doug: You are.
- [Dr. Carter is showing everyone pictures from Benton's appendectomy]
- Mark: Yikes, what is that?
- Carter: That's Benton's appendix in a jar on my mantle.
- [Louise hands her Barbie to Dr. Greene]
- Louise Cupertino: For you.
- Mrs. Cupertino: She likes to share.
- Chuny: Malibu Barbie was my favorite too.
- Mark: I was kind of partial to Ken.
- Louise Cupertino: (disapprovingly) Ken?
- Mark: You don't like Ken?
- Louise Cupertino: Too pretty.
- Carla: (to Peter) You go back to worrying about yourself, because that's what you do best.
- Mary: There will be a written warning placed in your file for a year, and the three weeks you missed due to your suspension will be deducted from your vacation time.
- Carol: That's it?
- Mary: You preferred a public flogging?
References[]
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#1 "Dr. Carter, I Presume" • #2 "Let The Games Begin" • #3 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" • #4 "Last Call" • #5 "Ghosts" • #6 "Fear of Flying" | |||||||||