"The Match Game" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of ER.
Plot[]
Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the care of a transient.
Carter celebrates when he receives his residency match which ends up putting his patient and his job at risk. Shep (still grieving from Raul's death) is surly with his new partner, Reilly.
Benton and Doug have differences when Peter discloses a critical mistake made by Doug, raising animosity between the two.
NBC Description[]
LEWIS'S CHOICE: Dr. Lewis's erratic sister Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite) returns, claiming five months of sobriety. Lewis, however, refuses to trust her and refuses to turn over baby Susie.
Benton ignores hospital policy and betrays Dr. Ross in the process. Carter lets his personal life interfere with proper patient care.
Short summary[]
Mark has changed his look and image: he comes to work on a motor, has a goatee and wears contact lenses. Carter is very nervous because he's about to get his residency match. Shep has a new partner, rookie Reilly and Carol and Jeanie constantly rag each other, which indirectly leads to the suffering of a patient. Benton finds out Doug missed something in the diagnosis of a boy Doug treated four months ago.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene
- George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross
- Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis
- Noah Wyle as John Carter
- Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton
Guest starring[]
Special guest starring[]
Co-starring[]
Trivia[]
Music[]
- "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Quotes[]
- Susan: (to Mark) Wait a minute! I thought your eyes were brown.
- Mark: For an extra 15 bucks, they can be blue.
- Jerry: (to Mark & Doug): Hot date?
- Mark: Just a couple of single guys hanging out.
- Doug: So, we'll leave around 8:00 for a 9:00 set?
- Jerry: You know, I'm not doing anything tonight.
- Doug: Really, Jerry? Good, because there's a great game on TV.
- Mark: (stuttering) You know, I thought I read somewhere that women find baldness a sign of virility.
- Iris: (laughs) Who told you that? Some bald guy?
- Benton: On my count. One, two...
- Doug: Buckle my shoe and kiss my ass.
References[]
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#1 "Welcome Back Carter!" • #2 "Summer Run" • #3 "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" • #4 "What Life?" • #5 "And Baby Makes Two" | |||||||||