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"Ghosts" is the fifth episode of the third season of ER.

Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway take charge on the roving medical van. Dennis Gant learns that Peter Benton is harder on him than he is with John Carter.

Plot[]

Gant learns that Benton is harder on him than Carter and tries to get his respect. Doug and Carol man the Healthmobile, a mobile medical van. Mark anxiously awaits Susan's return from vacation.

NBC Description[]

TRICKS, NO TREATS: The Halloween shift starts off with a bang when an injured Frankenstein arrives with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Gant and Carter compare evaluations and Gant discovers that Benton is being tougher on him so that no one thinks his race gains him preferential treatment.

Jeanie clashes with the new intern, Doyle (Jorjan Fox) over a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) patient. Hathaway and Ross take the maiden shift in Anspaugh's "baby": the mobile health van.

Lewis returns from vacation, but doesn't admit to Greene that she didn't go to Hawaii due to her fear of flying.

Short summary[]

Gant feels Benton should give him more respect. Benton meanwhile tries to become more child friendly and is tricked into going trick-or-treating with some kids by Dr. Abby Keaton. Jeanie and Maggie treat an old woman who tried to overdose herself with the help of her husband because of the pain she's in. Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile to treat people on the street. Gus, the driver, warns them it'll be a rough ride, especially since they haven't brought any cookies with them. In the meantime, Mark can't wait for Susan to return from her holiday. 

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Trivia[]

  • Kirsten Dunst made her first appearance in the series in this episode.

Quotes[]

[the lights flicker]
Mark: Jerry!
Jerry: I called maintenance 4 times, they're working on it.
Susan: Ohhh, maybe it's the ghost from the 5th floor.
Mark: Not you, too.
Lydia: It's a true story, Mark! It's up there!
Susan: Poor guy, still pining away for the woman he loved.
Lydia: I thought he broke her heart.
Susan: Broke his own heart is more like it.
Mark: And how do you know this?
Susan: Because that's the story. It was Halloween night, the 1930s or something, up on the 5th floor. There was rain and thunder and lightning... he was a doctor, she was an intern...
Lily: She loved him, didn't she?
Susan: (nods) But a really wealthy, handsome patient had fallen in love with her, and asked her to marry him.
Chuny: What did she say?
Susan: She didn't know what to say. So... she told the doctor.
Chuny: What did he say?
Susan: He said nothing.
Lily: I thought he loved her!
Susan: He did love her, but he just stood there, he couldn't get the words out. And then, after she walked across the room, she turned back and looked at him... she put her hand to her lips, and blew him what would be their first and only kiss. They say it blew through him like a rush of cold wind.
Chuny: That's so sad!
Jerry: What happened?
Susan: Unfortunately, the doc fell out the 5th floor window, so that's kind of it.
Mark: Well, I'm sure they worked on him in the O.R. for awhile.
Charlie: Where's my treat?
Doug: You know what? We're all out.
Charlie: Can I get a couple of condoms?
Doug: How old are you?
Charlie: Eighteen.
Doug: Yeah? Why don't you come back when you're 15.
Charlie: Screw it. My dates don't like 'em anyway.
Carol: Wait, what's your name?
Charlie: Charlie.
Doug: Charlie, you working the streets?
Charlie: What do you think?
Doug: I think that you're at risk for, uh, AIDS.
Carol: Charlie, where are you living?
Charlie: (sarcastically) In a penthouse on Lakeshore Drive.

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