"The Secret Sharer" is the eighth episode of the second season of ER.
Plot[]
Doug's heroics earn him a second chance as Bernstein and Morgenstern ask him to stay on. He and Mark clash when each treats a seriously injured patient and want to use the same equipment.
Benton learns that Jeanie has separated from Al. After missing an earlier diagnosis, Carter overcompensates on his next patient and catches a break when the test results reveal something.
Shep gets on Carol's bad side when he makes disparaging remarks about people with botched suicide attempts.
Doug gets a phone call from his estranged father. Later, he shows up drunk for his own awards ceremony, threatening an obnoxious speech, but he reconsiders and recovers nicely.
NBC Description[]
HEROIC EFFORTS: Now that Dr. Ross is considered a hero by all of Chicago after saving a boy from a flooded storm drain, Bernstein reinstates his fellowship.
Feeling guilty from a misdiagnosis, Carter orders a million tests on his newest patient with surprising results.
Benton learns that Jeanie has filed for divorce; Harper and Carter reconnect.
Short summary[]
Doug gets the opportunity to stay at the ER thanks to the publicity surrounding his rescue of a drowning boy last week. He will even be given an award. Later, Doug and Mark have a disagreement about two patients and Mark sends Doug home. Shep finds out about Carol's suicide attempt a year earlier and Carter tells Benton something about Jeanie he didn't know. Susan is still looking for a babysitter when she gets a lovely old woman who's good with children as a patient.
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 stars[]
Co-starring[]
Trivia[]
- Any profession that requires wearing a type of mask that must be sealed around the face would not allow the wearing of long sideburns or beards because the mask cannot seal properly on facial hair. However, Ron Eldard was filming the movie "Sleepers" at the same time as this episode and he had changed his appearance for his character in "Sleepers".
Goofs[]
- You can see that George Clooney has his lines written on a gurney during the double trauma that results in him being sent home. You can see his lines right after Ross starts examining the patient in the trauma room.
Quotes[]
- Mark (to Doug): So you can't take the fact that I'm your boss?
- Doug: Typically narcissistic of you, Mark. I can't take the fact that anyone's my boss.
- Shep: Pills are for people that don't really mean it.
- Carol: I really meant it.
- Shep: Yeah, right...
References[]
| Season 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
#1 "Welcome Back Carter!" • #2 "Summer Run" • #3 "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" • #4 "What Life?" • #5 "And Baby Makes Two" | |||||||||