- Not to be confused with One For The Road, the season 11 premiere.
"One More For The Road" is the twenty-second episode and the third season finale of ER.
Plot[]
Anspaugh is furious when Carter tells him he wants to quit surgery. Charlie is brought in with an overdose. Mark keeps struggling with his beating.
NBC Description[]
SEASON FINALE: Carter decides he wants to give up his surgical residency to pursue emergency medicine, even if it means working for free.
Surgery is performed on Benton's premature baby, but he fears permanent brain damage. Greene destroys the doctors' lounge prompting Ross and others to confront him about his tenuous mental state.
Charlie (Kirsten Dunst), the 14-year-old that Ross met through the Healthmobile, arrives in the ER after a drug overdose. Later, Ross and Hathaway share a kiss.
Short summary[]
Mark Greene continues to struggle with the results of his beating and acquires a gun to protect himself. Doug Ross and Dr. Del Amico treat 14 year-old Charlie who is again living on the street and who is now using hard-core drugs. Ross is also feeling pangs of jealousy when he learns that Carol Hathaway is dating someone. John Carter raises the issue of abandoning surgery as his specialty with Dr. Anspaugh who hits the roof and accuses him of betraying the contract he has made with the hospital. Benton and Carla finally get some good news when their premature baby seems to respond to treatment. Jeanie and Al Boulet are giving their marriage another try.
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[]
- Anspaugh: (to Carter) What's on your mind, doctor?
- Carter: Now? I was hoping for an appointment this afternoon.
- Anspaugh: There's no time like the present.
- Carter: I'd prefer to come back later, if that's okay with you.
- Anspaugh: Are you intentionally trying to irritate me, Dr. Carter?
- Carter: No, sir.
- Anspaugh: Then speak up.
- Carter: I've been contemplating leaving the surgical program. I've been considering it for quite some time, and I feel that I've made an error in selecting surgery as my specialty. For the most part, the training has been excellent, but I just feel that ultimately I don't belong in surgery and I would suspect that you would agree with me.
- Anspaugh: I certainly do not!
- Carter: You don't?
- Anspaugh: You entered into a contract, doctor. A contract with this institution. We agreed to give you the finest surgical training in exchange for six years of your best effort.
- Carter: I understand, but I think...
- Anspaugh: I do not give a damn what you think! This is not summer camp. You cannot just run home to mommy. You're going to suck it up and stick to it! That's what men do. Are we communicating here?
- Carter: Yeah.
- Anspaugh: Good! And if I ever hear this crap coming out of your mouth again, the only medicine you'll be practicing is picking out a cough suppressant for yourself down at the Jewel!
- Doug: I saw your belly-button ring is infected. What did you do, a do-it-yourself with a rusty nail?
- Charlie: I don't feel so good.
- Doug: Yeah, well, we pumped your stomach. Found more chemicals in there than a toxic waste dump.
- Anspaugh: Dr. Carter...
- Carter: Uh... I'm not coming.
- Anspaugh: You're what?
- Carter: I have a patient who needs my attention.
- Anspaugh: Rounds are a pre-requisite for this program, Doctor.
- Carter: So is patient care.
- Anspaugh: You come to rounds today or don't ever come to rounds again.
- Carter: (yells) I'll be there if and when I can!
- Anspaugh: All right, doctor.
- [Doug and Anna are on the streets looking for Charlie]
- Anna: That kid with the wild hair saw Charlie yesterday. Said this guy Tommy's usually around, but she hasn't seen him tonight. Heard he and Charlie scored some hash and a good squat.
- Doug: Anything else?
- Anna: Uh, yeah, that 15-year-old with leather pants said she'd do you for nothing.
- Doug: Well, that's something...
- Carter: (to Dr. Anspaugh) I admire surgery, but it's not the type of medicine I want to practice. I can be a competent surgeon. I can learn the techniques, the mechanics, but I'll never be a great surgeon. Dr. Anspaugh, I can be a great doctor, a doctor who spends time with his patients, who's there for them. I'm good at it. Really good. I can make a difference in people's lives. Don't make me give that up.
- [A beat.]
- Carter: Please don't make me waste it.
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" | |||||||||