"Make A Wish" is the twenty-first episode of the third season of ER.
Plot[]
It's Carol's birthday, Mark is returning to work after being assaulted and Carla goes into premature labor.
NBC Description[]
UNSCHEDULED DELIVERY: Carla goes into labor eight weeks early, causing a frantic Benton to overstep his bounds. Benton and Carla grow further apart as their baby's life hangs in the balance.
Carter contemplates whether or not he's cut out to be a surgeon, while Jeanie rekindles her relationship with Al.
Ross helps the nurses surprise Carol with a birthday party. Greene, battered physically and psychologically, returns to work amid heightened security.
Short summary[]
Mark Greene returns to work after his assault but he is clearly suffering from post-traumatic stress and has come back too soon. John Carter is beginning to have serious doubts that surgery is the right specialty for him and asks Dr. Weaver what it would take to change his residency to emergency medicine. It's Carol Hathaway's birthday and Doug Ross offers to save her from the embarrassment of any party her friends might throw her by inviting her out to dinner. Carla Reece goes into premature labor and gives birth to a baby boy.
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[]
- Anna: I'm telling you, it was at least 50 questions about my family background.
- Randi: Yeah, nothing like the head of security to make you feel insecure.
- Anna: He almost withheld my photo ID because I didn't know my stepmother's maiden name. Who knows their stepmother's maiden name?
- Carol: Wow, he didn't cut you much slack on that picture there, either.
- Anna: You'd think I was trying to walk in the front door of the White House.
- Randi: Which is easier. I've done it.
- Mark: What we should really be changing is the way we deal with patients and their families.
- Randi: Yeah, like can't we keep them out of here? They're a pain in the ass.
- Mark: Your compassion knows no bounds, Randi.
- Mark: You carry a gun?
- Maggie: Under the front seat of my car. I was at the drive-thru once, waiting for some fries, and this punk walks up, and sticks a knife in my face. He wants my wallet. So I reach under the seat, grab the .357, stick it up his nose, and whoa, could that kid run.
- Carol: (about E-Ray) He is so strange. Where did we find him?
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" | |||||||||