This scene really illustrates how much ER changed over the years. Ross was a key character in the first 6 seasons, and by the 15th nobody that had worked with him was still there. It was always disappointing to see the main characters leave, one after the other, but it is also a testament to the writers, filmmakers and producers that they were able to do such amazing character development and keep the audience interested for so long. They had lost all of their season 1 main cast by season 8, and still managed to put on 7 more good seasons before wrapping it up. This really was a special show!
Even though its a fictional medical drama, staff turnover in a hospital is common and mirrors real life. Doctors, nurses, administrators, and other hospital employees do come and go. They do move on to other things or (worse) get fired or let go from a hospital for various reasons just like any other career field. Actual medical people who watch ER would say the staff changes at County's ER department is one of the few things that is realistic.
ER has several distinct arcs the first arc with doug/mark/carter/carol/benton etc. then the second arc with weaver/abby/corday/romano/luka/carter in the middle seasons then abby/luka/neela/archie/sam/ray for the last few seasons and of course, they bring carter back for the last season to wrap up the story since he was one of the main characters of the first 2/3 of the show's time
They didn't loose all their original Season 1 main cast by season 8, Carter was still a regular on the show and was for several seasons more. Also Susan had returned by season 8.
I always had massive respect for Clooney for returning. He was an Oscar winning actor by this stage making $20m a movie, but came back to what made him famous.
And when he originally left the show he didn't do so until his contract was up. Not like David Caruso on NYPD Blue bailed in the beginning of season 2.
I always hated that Doug and Carol weren’t at Mark Greene’s funeral. They were his two closest friends. I realize in real life there were probably reasons they couldn’t work it out, but story wise, they should have been there.
When filming this scene, apparently they had to tell Parminder Nagra and Linda Cardellini to stop looking so excited when George Clooney entered the room 🤣
*Regardless if you followed Doug and Carol or not:* These scenes answered our (the audience's) questions on how they are doing in Seattle. We see both are employed in the same hospital. Doug is still a doctor. Carol got a better job. (Before seeing this for the first time, I'm betting you thought she would still be a nurse - and even running a new clinic.) Their personal banter is still the same as it was in Chicago. A happy ending.
Carol has a better job during that return episode. But I'm sure when she first moved to Seattle probably had to work as a nurse for a little while before she could apply for that transplant coordinator job.
This part is not in this clip but Hathaway mispronounces Spokane WA at some point in the episode. You'd think after 9 years living there, you'd be able to correctly pronounce the 2nd largest city in the state.
ER will forever be the greatest medical show on TV! They had real emergency docs on the writing staff so some of the cases were based on real life cases. And the docs gave them pointers to make it look as real as possible.
I could never get into it. I think it was the 10pm time slot. At 10pm, I wanted to wind down my day and the intensity of this show was just too much for me shortly before bed. My wife felt the same way.
That Clooney and Juliana would come back to ER after years leaving the show speaks volumes. GC had already made Oceans 11, Three Kings, Dusk Till Dawn, Good Night, Good Luck AND won an Oscar speaks volumes about his commitment ( don’t forget his cameo when JM left the show). And JM was about to star in the Goodwife. Either could have said no but chose to acknowledge their success. Kudos to both 😘😘😘😘
So true.. lots of old faces returned.. Benton was there for carters transplant, Greene in a flashback n forth episode where banfields son died in that er, morganstern w an older doctor who actually had established the physical er and emergency dept.
They would have been nothing if it hadn't been for ER - Clooney had been on more failed pilots than any other current actor and was playing musical couches with his friends and living with a different one each month or so. Juliana hadn't been in much of anything to remember. Clooney is a great actor, director, producer, writer, and philanthropist, and does as much or more behind the scenes than in front of the camera anymore.
This scene shows how life keeps moving forward and we are all transitioning through.Doug Ross used to be a big cheese back on Chicago but after 15yrs no one knew who he was and they all worked at the same place..that is life..in all its bittersweet glory
That's life. Many of the people that Doug worked with in Chicago were not longer there after 15 years, many had moved on themselves and found new things.
I'd equate it to that kid who was the prom king/star quarterback in high school, but a few years after graduating, nobody is there anymore that even remembers who he was.
She had an amazing run considering her character was supposed to die in the very first episode. Originally Carol Hathaway was not supposed to survive her suicide attempt.
They had Susan Sarandon guest starring in the episode as the grandma of the boy who was donating organs. So she was plenty big enough of an actor to be able to use in teh marketing of the episode.
@@cathleenwarner1778 Probably why they hired an actress with as high of a profile as Sarandon when they could've used a lot less known actress if they were able to promote Clooney.
Yea there's no way Grey's woould have someone coming back and not promoting them. Imagine if Christina Yang ever makes a return, you know they're promoting that.
She delivered her twins and then worked in the ER with her for a few months. Carol was close with Luka before she left she probably would've liked to here that Luka and Abby were a thing now.
Ironically the kidney patient was John Carter and they never knew they helped to save their old friend's life. If Doug had asked about Carter he might've found out
@@Lavender09-r9i Yeah. Apparently he only had one kidney or at least one functioning one. Not sure why since his kidney was saved after he got stabbed. Anyways he got some illness that had destroyed his remaining kidney and he came back to get on the transplant list. Along with Carol and Doug unknowingly helping him to get the kidney, Peter Benton ended up overseeing the transplant itself. His attention to detail and insistence on going by the book saved Carter when a complication arose
Sadly, Mark wouldn’t be there and it wouldn’t be as good, but however I feel like Rachel would fit in well with them. But it would still be pretty cool if they did that.
Hell they did it with the X-Files, 24 and they still go on with Law & Order and that's been around longer then ER so why the hell doesn't NBC go thru with that idea?
Man, my passed grandma loved Clooney so much we used to watch er together back when i was little. When he appeared on the screen she would shout "Its him !😂" lmao.
When reunion done in 2000 Clooney was filming Oceans 11 and doing well. By this scene in 2009 he had filmed the trilogy and was a massive international movie star.
The quality of writing and attention to detail in projects back in the day is first-rate. Sadly, this standard doesn't exist in Hollywood projects any longer for a number of reasons I wouldn't get into. This said, the chemistry btw the original cast (especially Julianna Margulies and George Clooney) is pure perfection. However, when you compare the entire run of NBC's ER to any other major network TV medical drama after it ER still wins all the awards and praise as being the best TV medical drama of all time. Taking the time to watch (or rewatch) ER from beginning to end with new eyes is absolutely worth the time. By today's standard, it's far better than anything else currently on the major networks. Truth.
Thank you for putting up my suggestion! This one almost felt like a crossover, with Sam and Neela being senior cast menbers despite joining years after Doug left.
It's funny how no one mentions Carter. Even at the end Carol and Doug say the kidney went to some doctor in Chicago. Looking back I get why he's not mentioned,it would throw the focus off,oh well what might have been.
Generally speaking, they try not to know the names of the donors or recipients. Removes favouritism. All they need to know is that person X needs organ Y and thats as far as it goes.
they don;t want there to be too much connections. it would be too much fan service for doug and carol to learn it's for their old friend carter. it's likely intended for them to be a near miss on purpose.
@@madirishgirl76 Actually Carol was still there when Carter got stabbed. She went home right before the Valentines Day party that took place during when the stabbings took place. Then came into work the next day after everything happened. But then they wrote her character off a few episodes later. Story wise they didn't get her involved with those storylines because they knew her character was about to leave the show.
That was the point, no-one was supposed to know one of the organs was for Carter, because if they had, that would have made them trying to get the organs VERY off putting to everyone
With them being all the way up in Seattle it probably made it difficult to get away to Chicago if they had a lot going on in their lives. In a perfect world people would come back for funerals like this but in a real world you just send flowers because you can't get away for a funeral 2000 miles away.
@@joemckim1183 While that's a valid point, I still think given Doug and Mark's relationship, he would have made time to come to the funeral. But I get that logistically that's not always possible. Would have been nice to have shown a card or something he sent tho.
I always liked that George Clooney remained loyal to the show. You wish he could’ve stayed longer, but his film career was blowing up, so he had to go. He actually fulfilled his contract because he could’ve left the show sooner!
I started watching ER from the beginning on Hulu a couple days ago, and this scene popped up on my home feed. It's like going into the future. The technology, the clothes, the characters all evolved. It used to be typewriters and boxy computers, generic pagers, white coat and tie, and big, fluffy hair. Here, it's Etch-A-Sketch monitors, personalized pagers, blue scrubs, and gray hair.
ER just wasn't the same after the original cast started to leave. Every time I rewatch the series I struggle to make it past Season 5. I know a lot of them lasted longer, but the new cast members just aren't nearly as interesting. I usually make it to the episode where Carter and Lucy get stabbed and then throw in the towel.
I started binge watching because of lockdown and it took me only 3 months to get to season 10... That was from April to July. Ever since Carter left I haven't even watched 2 episodes per week.
I spent weeks like crazy, literally went nuts waiting for this episode!! The longest wait of my life. I was so anxious to watch Doug and Carol after all those years. It was magical and so beautful!!! Of course it would have been perfect for them to know that the kidney was for Carter and to see a photo in the distance of a wedding or of the girls.
I can fully understand why George Clooney did not come back for Mark Greene's funeral because he didn't want his presence to be a distraction. This episode could have given him the chance to offer an explanation for his absence. While asking about everyone else Doug could have asked if they knew Mark Greene. When Sam & Neela said no he could have looked at the floor the way he does when he's uncomfortable and said that Mark was his best friend who died and he always regretted not being able to attend his funeral because...?????....whatever. It only would have taken a second but I think it might have offered closure for many of us fans.
i feel like at this point (well over 7 years after mark greene's death) he wouldve all ready explained everything to his friends. He wouldn't do so for people he never met before.
It's so weird to see people in a waiting room not staring at their phones, trying to occupy their time by reading whatever magazine or newspapers in the waiting room
I like to think they kept in touch with Corday, since they probably kept in touch with Mark (you’ll notice he doesn’t ask about Romano either, and Corday would have been the logical person to tell him). But I’m surprised about Chuny, Haleh, and Jerry too. Unless Carol kept in touch with Chuny and Haleh.
It wasn’t kept private everybody knew they were returning for the end, there were on set images of Clooney that got out - there was a huge happy buzz because he was seen wearing a wedding ring - which validated that he and Carol were still together AND married.
Also strange that Doug mentions Susan when he was there during her first exit, and by the time she came back Carol was already gone too so how did he know she came back?
@@therealmistahjay Are you sure? She said she was picking up a heart not kidney. I haven't seen the episode so I only know what's in the clip. Last I remember Neala was a resident that had left county and ended up as a cashier at the mini mart that replaced doc magoo's
@@dangurney1042 I wonder if this was to show that Doug was a Mark's funeral, just not shown on screen. Susan was working at County at that time so they probably spent time catching up.
The producers did a great job finding a very organic way to bring back as many of the OG cast members as they could for the final season. We got em all: Carter, Benton, Greene (ala flashback), Ross, Hathaway, Lewis, Corday, Weaver, Morgenstern..
The only way that Doug could know that Susan returned to County General is if him and Mark kept in touch off screen and Mark told him. That's why he asked if she's still there. Susan left the first time before he left.
Doug bringing up Susan was a weird moment. Neela and Sam should have reacted to her name, but...would Doug have known that she returned to County in the first place? Also as a surgeon I'm surprised he didn't mention Korday, but then I don't remember them being that close.
I always felt like Doug not mentioning Carter was probably because he'd be shocked if Carter was still there. Seems like Doug knew the events leading up to just before Xmas of season 8 because he asks about Benton and knew that Lewis was back. If you recall very early in season 8 Carter nearly quits because there's not a attending spot available. Doug and or Carol might've heard the gossip and just not followed up.
I think the reason they didn't mention Carter was that one of the organs that Sam and Neela were there to pick up was a kidney that was going to go to Carter. I think if that cat have got out of the bag so to speak the entire focus of the episode would have changed and I don't think they wanted to do that.
@@therealmistahjay yes in an episode season 14 if I remember well. Her adoptive son is brought to the er because he felt in gym at school and Jeanie comes earlier
It was so much fun to see Doug, Carol, Peter, and the rest return in various ways in the last season. ER was a wonderful show and you really grew to either like, or hate the characters. I'm looking at you Weaver and Romano. I despised Benton at the start but the development of his character really changed my opinion of him.
Speaks volumes that Clooney returned for a cameo even after achieving stardom and becoming one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood, he didn't forget his roots in primetime. EDIT: Clooney was also asked to come back for Greene's funeral but he didn't want to impose being that a beloved character had died.
I was starting to find it weird how Doug asked about Susan considering how she had originally left the show before Doug and Carol and came back in season 8. But then I figured that he probably kept in touch with Mark and Mark might’ve told him Susan had come back.
If he'd said that it would have let the cat out of the bag that the kidney they were picking up was going to Carter. That would changed the scene entirely, if not the whole episode. I don't think they wanted to do that. I think they were just trying to bring back all the original cast to make a final "Curtain Call" to celebrate the end of the series without getting into anything too complicated.
I'm not surprised at all. Carter was just one med student among others to him. He mentioned only residents or attendings, no interns, no med students. He could easily have imagined those naturally left and pursued their careers in other hospitals. He didn't even mention Anna Del Amico who was working in paediatrics with him.
Okay, I just realized Anna Del Amico had left before him. But for the general idea, in real life, he would have seen many interns and med students come and go. Sure, Carter stayed long, but he wasn't a direct colleague to Ross.
I wish Carol would’ve asked about Abby. And that they would’ve known the kidney was going Carter… it Sucks only a handful of them got to see how much character growth he had over the years and how far he came.
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that in the list of doctors that Ross listed off, Mark Greene wasn't one of them? It's possible Ross already knew about his death, and its also possible they couldn't fit it in because both Neela and Sam weren't around during his time, but still, neither of those things were indicated in the episode itself. Kind of disheartening, considering they were best friends. On top of that, he also didnt make an appearence during his death episode. Its like their relationship was completely forgotten about when Ross departed the show in season 5.
I'll never forgive the producers for doing the episode with Doug and Carol coming back like this and not them meeting the old gang again. I missed all expectations, it definitely wasn't how I expected the end of the serie, since all the important characters were there.
Well I sort of get it, it would be hard for them to put them all together without it feeling contrived. Especially since each character’s exit left them in a very different place and state (Doug and Carol in Seattle, for instance).
@@Xerruy They could have done the same thing they did to bring Susan and Kerry. In addition, it would be easy to explain if Carter had told Peter a few episodes before something like, "I called the old team to see my project, let's see who shows up" and surprise: Carol and Doug go there. It wasn't that hard and it was going to be a lot more memorable.
@@cmupensfan He didn't have to go to the hospital, just join the old gang. Elizabeth, Peter and Kerry didn't go there, but they got together. In theory, there was no reason for anyone who left Chicago (Susan or Kerry) to go back there, but they came back anyway. Again: It wasn't that hard and it was going to be a lot more memorable.
As much as I love the original ER cast I grew to appreciate the cast from the later seasons. I wish ER would have went longer like SVU I think they could have pulled it off.
Dick Wolf could get a character from County General to move to Gaffney Chicago Medical Center, if he had wanted to. Remember he had done this before: Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch went from _Homicide: Life On The Street_ to _Law & Order: SVU_ and Wolf never created _Homicide._
@@camillemckenzie3235 ER so much better than med and it's not even close. Med has way too many love triangle stories and it's distracting to the drama of the story. and some of the acting on Med just isn't ....great.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth I loved "Homicide: Life on the Street" and Munch's character. Both that show and "Law and Order" did crossovers with Richard Belzer and Jerry Orbach. I named my dog Pembleton and my cat Stanley after Andre Braugher's and Ned Beatty's characters.
The reasons are two fold: 1. George Clooney didn’t want to return and take any attention away from Anthony Edwards final episode. 2. The producers decided not to ask him because they got a lot of heat from NBC when they kept his appearance for Julianna Marguiles final episode a secret from them. NBC was pissed because had they known they would’ve promoted the hell out of it which would’ve ruined the surprise.
@@therealmistahjay ... I fully understand Clooney's reasonings, especially after all the hoops they had to jump through for Julianne's final episode. But I still think they should have inserted the two of them in the funeral scene at the end. No talking, just show them standing there for three or four seconds which would at least prove they were there. That wouldn't have taken anything away from Anthony Edwards.
@@PlumbPitiful I doubt very much that you could have George Clooney on screen for a single frame and not end up with it overshadowing Anthony Edwards. George was way too big by then for that to not happen. Even without a single line the whole focus of the audience and of NBC would land on the George Clooney cameo, not on Anthony Edwards' final episode.
@@PlumbPitiful And most of the returns for Mark's funeral just stood there in the background, they didn't even have any speaking lines other than Eriq LaSalle.
I loved seeing Doug and Carol. ER was a great show up until Greene died. He held the show together. I found it chaotic afterwards. Abby and Luca kept it going a bit but it just wasn't the same. The original characters were definitely the best.
The same as everywhere else I imagine. Follow the regulations and keep distance when possible as well as frequent covid tests. I think if this show was still active at least one doctor would have gotten a bad case of lung covid probaly to show the possible serious nature of the virus.
My theory on why Doug didn't mention Carter was because possibly they still had some sort of contact, maybe Doug thought Carter was still in Africa, Kinda similar to Benton in the same episode who thought Carter was still in Africa even though they had limited contact. About him saying no about Abby was true, maybe he knew who she was due to her helping delivering his twins but Doug wasn't there when Abby was there which is why he said no.
Just going by memory, but I think Doug never directly worked with Carter on a regular basis, so thats why Doug didn't bring up his name. I do not believe either men kept in touch with each other. As for Abby, only Carol knows the details. (If Carol had been present in the room and Abby's name is brought up, then the conversation can swing differently when Carol mentions to Doug that Abby helped her in the twins' delivery.) This chit-chat Doug had with Sam and Neela basically told him how much turnover had happened at County after he left years ago, since the gals never heard a majority of the names he brought up. At least he now knows Anspaugh is still there.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth Also Sam and Neela didn't bring up Luka. Obviously he and Doug never met but he probably knows Carol had some history with a guy with that name.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth They worked together very often. Carter even worked under his tutelage for a good part of season 2 after getting fired from surgery for a while.
I really forgot that some of these characters were on this show! Neela and Ray and a few others.... for some reason I recognized them immediately but forgot that it was because of this show! I loved ER!
Carol when she moved to Seattle I assume at first she was just taking care of the girls. Then when they got pre school aged probably went to work as a nurse at that hospital. Then a few years later saw an opening for the transplant coordinator and interviewed for the job.
I stopped watching ER after Mark Green died I recently fimished the episodes on Hulu. I dont think the new characters and story lines were as good as previous seasons but this episode really touched me. First seeing Carter then Carol, Doug and Benton was abdolutely wonderful!!! I never cared for Benton but i really liked him in this episode. Great episode. I just wish everything had worked out for carter in his personal life
Oh, I SO wish we'd gotten more with them. See how they're doing, see the twins. I just want more! I mean, there's only so much us FanFic writers can make up!
Always bothered me that when Carol asks who everyone is every single person other than Neela says their name, city and hospital. Neela just says Chicago. Would have been nice to have seen Carol's reaction to hearing the name county general.
It really isn't surprising that Clooney came back. He referred to ER in interviews as the 'brass ring', that if it weren't for a 10pm time slot for ER on Thursday nights on NBC that none of his future career would have happened. This was his way of saying thank you.
Okay, I watched this show series religiously from the beginning to about halfway through, and I was familiar with the second set of characters... Or the third set, or however that works out. But, I find it hard to believe that Neela and Sam have never even heard of Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway. Surely Sam, with her sharpness, would've done a double-blinking double-take, looking off to the left in mild agitation for a long moment and then right before the pair left the room, had a 'wait a minute' moment... "There was a 'Doug Ross' and a 'Carol Hathaway' where we came from, in Chicago"... What a coincidence! And then Carol could ask, "what part of Chicago?" And then to find out that it is them. And then they could "jump-cut" the scene to them seated in the room, discussing everyone... especially CARTER!! Ahem. Now, I know that Doug Ross didn't really know those people. But, he could have heard of these people in letters and long distance phone calls back-and-forth (this was pre-internet and pre-cell phone days, if memory serves!) And Doug could have described what he had heard of these people as we originally knew them before they changed... Sherry Stringfield thin and with long hair, square jaw... No, she's more matronly, with shorter hair, square jaw... Oh... And we could THEN have enjoyed the dichotomy of the various changes to our favorite characters ... both OLD and MORE RECENT... that we ourselves may have missed... However, we have to have more out of this thing than just Doug Ross asking them to say hello to Anspaugh for him, as if ANYONE would care if THAT ever happened... in reality... The scene tortures the viewer with a sort of a 'preeclampsia' episode agitation... I mean, this whole damn scene is just pregnant with infinite possibility. And we basically get dick-snot out of it. Nothing. _____ It's like that scene where Carter catches Benton on the jogging trail and tries one last time to get some damn validation from that cold asshole... You would think that Benton could have given Carter the royal nod, or something... But, no. "No, you're not." It's enough to piss you off. I liked Benton, and I would definitely want him as a doctor. But I would not want to work with him.
@BōfôDeez He did an emergency pediatrics fellowship at County General. It was stated clearly on the show several times. In his final season, he became the ER pediatric attending physician. Who is "they"? Physicians certainly do fellowships.
@@Flashygrrl I can understand that reasoning. But Doug was his best friend. Carol became a close friend as well. Even with all of Doug's flaws, I think his character would've still made that funeral.
@@Flashygrrl ... I can understand that but I also know that Doug Ross was Marks best friend. All they had to do is put he and Carol in the funeral scene just standing there with everyone else No talking, just stand there just for a split second to show that they were there.
@@PlumbPitiful Its been discussed before. I believe the theory is that the showrunners wanted to put Doug and Carol in the funeral scene but there was some disagreement with the studio because of the previous incident with Clooney appearing in Margulies's last episode. Apparently the studio wasn't aware of Clooney's appearance, if they were, they wanted to promo the heck out of Clooney and the producers didn't agree with that. So they made the decision to not have Clooney/Margulies in the funeral episode.
This scene really illustrates how much ER changed over the years. Ross was a key character in the first 6 seasons, and by the 15th nobody that had worked with him was still there. It was always disappointing to see the main characters leave, one after the other, but it is also a testament to the writers, filmmakers and producers that they were able to do such amazing character development and keep the audience interested for so long. They had lost all of their season 1 main cast by season 8, and still managed to put on 7 more good seasons before wrapping it up. This really was a special show!
Agreed!!
Even though its a fictional medical drama, staff turnover in a hospital is common and mirrors real life. Doctors, nurses, administrators, and other hospital employees do come and go. They do move on to other things or (worse) get fired or let go from a hospital for various reasons just like any other career field. Actual medical people who watch ER would say the staff changes at County's ER department is one of the few things that is realistic.
ER has several distinct arcs
the first arc with doug/mark/carter/carol/benton etc.
then the second arc with weaver/abby/corday/romano/luka/carter in the middle seasons
then abby/luka/neela/archie/sam/ray for the last few seasons
and of course, they bring carter back for the last season to wrap up the story since he was one of the main characters of the first 2/3 of the show's time
@@InTecknicolour ER was actually all about carter right from the off.
They didn't loose all their original Season 1 main cast by season 8, Carter was still a regular on the show and was for several seasons more. Also Susan had returned by season 8.
I always had massive respect for Clooney for returning. He was an Oscar winning actor by this stage making $20m a movie, but came back to what made him famous.
And when he originally left the show he didn't do so until his contract was up. Not like David Caruso on NYPD Blue bailed in the beginning of season 2.
Well there was Rosanne show too 😂
I always hated that Doug and Carol weren’t at Mark Greene’s funeral. They were his two closest friends. I realize in real life there were probably reasons they couldn’t work it out, but story wise, they should have been there.
@@melvinsmiley5295he never blew up until ER though 😆
@@casey3cI heard that Clooney didn’t wanna make the moment about himself 🤷🏾♂️
When filming this scene, apparently they had to tell Parminder Nagra and Linda Cardellini to stop looking so excited when George Clooney entered the room 🤣
I would be excited to, it’s George Clooney 🤣🤣
2:06 Lol I don't think Parminder did so well on that
Haha lol
Honestly, I'd be the same way too.
@@shealyny9489 it’s Doug Ross
*Regardless if you followed Doug and Carol or not:* These scenes answered our (the audience's) questions on how they are doing in Seattle. We see both are employed in the same hospital. Doug is still a doctor. Carol got a better job. (Before seeing this for the first time, I'm betting you thought she would still be a nurse - and even running a new clinic.) Their personal banter is still the same as it was in Chicago. A happy ending.
The best ending ever. They're together, happy and stable. It can't be said for most of the other characters, so I'm glad they were the lucky ones.
And wearing wedding rings.
Carol has a better job during that return episode. But I'm sure when she first moved to Seattle probably had to work as a nurse for a little while before she could apply for that transplant coordinator job.
The best thing is Doug's smile to her when he says he is sticking around...that is just so him first seasons, that is so George Clooney actually.
This part is not in this clip but Hathaway mispronounces Spokane WA at some point in the episode. You'd think after 9 years living there, you'd be able to correctly pronounce the 2nd largest city in the state.
LOL when Anspaugh hears Doug Ross says hi his first reaction will be shock that he isn't in prison or kicked out of medicine.
ER will forever be the greatest medical show on TV! They had real emergency docs on the writing staff so some of the cases were based on real life cases. And the docs gave them pointers to make it look as real as possible.
Not just "the greatest medical show" , for me it was 'the greatest show.'
@@monaali1402 same for me I haven’t watched a show that i like as much as ER yet
I could never get into it. I think it was the 10pm time slot. At 10pm, I wanted to wind down my day and the intensity of this show was just too much for me shortly before bed. My wife felt the same way.
That Clooney and Juliana would come back to ER after years leaving the show speaks volumes. GC had already made Oceans 11, Three Kings, Dusk Till Dawn, Good Night, Good Luck AND won an Oscar speaks volumes about his commitment ( don’t forget his cameo when JM left the show). And JM was about to star in the Goodwife. Either could have said no but chose to acknowledge their success. Kudos to both 😘😘😘😘
So true.. lots of old faces returned.. Benton was there for carters transplant, Greene in a flashback n forth episode where banfields son died in that er, morganstern w an older doctor who actually had established the physical er and emergency dept.
Shows how amazing the show was and well the actors were treated. I’m sure they would all love a reunion episode
They would have been nothing if it hadn't been for ER - Clooney had been on more failed pilots than any other current actor and was playing musical couches with his friends and living with a different one each month or so. Juliana hadn't been in much of anything to remember. Clooney is a great actor, director, producer, writer, and philanthropist, and does as much or more behind the scenes than in front of the camera anymore.
I noticed when you're naming all movies on Clooney's resume you conveniently forgot about Batman and Robin! 😂
@@PlumbPitifulI'm sure it was for good reason!
This scene shows how life keeps moving forward and we are all transitioning through.Doug Ross used to be a big cheese back on Chicago but after 15yrs no one knew who he was and they all worked at the same place..that is life..in all its bittersweet glory
That's life. Many of the people that Doug worked with in Chicago were not longer there after 15 years, many had moved on themselves and found new things.
I'd equate it to that kid who was the prom king/star quarterback in high school, but a few years after graduating, nobody is there anymore that even remembers who he was.
@@anthonyanderson9303except for the headmaster and a couple of teachers..😅
@m.s.6586 but even then, teachers go through so many students every year they can't remember everybody.
Carol Hathaway was awesome. She was one of my favourite characters along with Mark, Doug, Carter, and Jeanie.
She had an amazing run considering her character was supposed to die in the very first episode. Originally Carol Hathaway was not supposed to survive her suicide attempt.
@@PlumbPitiful and Dr Lewis was supposed to be a man and Dr Benton was not supposed to be an Afro-American 😉
I love how they brought Doug back.
Clooney wasn't mentioned in the promos, no hint of him coming back. But then just *boom* there he is.
They had Susan Sarandon guest starring in the episode as the grandma of the boy who was donating organs. So she was plenty big enough of an actor to be able to use in teh marketing of the episode.
That was part of his agreement, that no mention of him be made in promos
@@cathleenwarner1778 Probably why they hired an actress with as high of a profile as Sarandon when they could've used a lot less known actress if they were able to promote Clooney.
He never wanted the hype of his name to be bigger than the hype for the show itself.
Yea there's no way Grey's woould have someone coming back and not promoting them. Imagine if Christina Yang ever makes a return, you know they're promoting that.
If Carol had been in the room, she probably would've recognized Abby's name. Abby helped deliver the twins!
Yes she would have
Surprised Doug didn´t name Carter??!!!!
She delivered her twins and then worked in the ER with her for a few months. Carol was close with Luka before she left she probably would've liked to here that Luka and Abby were a thing now.
@@joemckim1183 yes missed opportunity there
Then she would have said “Dr. Carter”
*Doug:* What about Romano? What happened to him?
*Sam:* A helicopter fell on him.
*Doug:* No, seriously, what happened to him?
That conversation didn’t happen did it? Doug was gone before Romano came, I’m confident about that.
@@siobanethier no ramono joined the show in the fourth season
@@dizman19 that’s correct in fact I remember both Ramono and Weaver having a conversation about Doug Ross in Season 5...
Doug was still there when Romano came and that was in Season 4.
@@siobanethier I’m personally surprised he didn’t ask about Carter.
@1:05 They're sooooooooo pretty together - and their chemistry is still off the charts.
Ironically the kidney patient was John Carter and they never knew they helped to save their old friend's life. If Doug had asked about Carter he might've found out
Perhaps Doug didn't ask about Carter because they were never that close.
@@klaudiagrob certainly after he slept with Harper in season 2. Carter’s response was class personified
Carter needed a transplant?!!😳
@@Lavender09-r9i Yeah. Apparently he only had one kidney or at least one functioning one. Not sure why since his kidney was saved after he got stabbed. Anyways he got some illness that had destroyed his remaining kidney and he came back to get on the transplant list. Along with Carol and Doug unknowingly helping him to get the kidney, Peter Benton ended up overseeing the transplant itself. His attention to detail and insistence on going by the book saved Carter when a complication arose
But i am thinking why he cant ask about him
I would love to see a new 16 season of ER with Doug Ross, Carol Hathaway, Peter Benton and John Carter characters back for a few episodes.
It would be amazing if they made an ER Reunion and Carter was the boss!
Sadly, Mark wouldn’t be there and it wouldn’t be as good, but however I feel like Rachel would fit in well with them. But it would still be pretty cool if they did that.
Hell they did it with the X-Files, 24 and they still go on with Law & Order and that's been around longer then ER so why the hell doesn't NBC go thru with that idea?
And Luka
@@michaelsinclair8733 wait so what exactly did they do with those shows?
Man, my passed grandma loved Clooney so much we used to watch er together back when i was little. When he appeared on the screen she would shout "Its him !😂" lmao.
😂
When reunion done in 2000 Clooney was filming Oceans 11 and doing well.
By this scene in 2009 he had filmed the trilogy and was a massive international movie star.
More precisely Ocean's Eleven was filmed between February 11 and June 7, 2001 so the reunion was a year earlier :P
Was always surprised he didn't ask neela and sam about Carter.
He's still friends with Carter so he knows already.
The quality of writing and attention to detail in projects back in the day is first-rate. Sadly, this standard doesn't exist in Hollywood projects any longer for a number of reasons I wouldn't get into. This said, the chemistry btw the original cast (especially Julianna Margulies and George Clooney) is pure perfection. However, when you compare the entire run of NBC's ER to any other major network TV medical drama after it ER still wins all the awards and praise as being the best TV medical drama of all time. Taking the time to watch (or rewatch) ER from beginning to end with new eyes is absolutely worth the time. By today's standard, it's far better than anything else currently on the major networks. Truth.
Funny how the memory works.
First person you mention and cant forget is the one who gave you hard time.
sadly he never mentioned mark greene... they should've added that with him saying his name with a sad expression
@@Deimonos85He knew Mark died so it wouldn't have made much sense to ask about Mark.
Thank you for putting up my suggestion! This one almost felt like a crossover, with Sam and Neela being senior cast menbers despite joining years after Doug left.
It's funny how no one mentions Carter. Even at the end Carol and Doug say the kidney went to some doctor in Chicago. Looking back I get why he's not mentioned,it would throw the focus off,oh well what might have been.
I am also thinking that he can't even remember carter like what how rude he is🤣
Generally speaking, they try not to know the names of the donors or recipients. Removes favouritism. All they need to know is that person X needs organ Y and thats as far as it goes.
they don;t want there to be too much connections. it would be too much fan service for doug and carol to learn it's for their old friend carter.
it's likely intended for them to be a near miss on purpose.
Dont forget Carol and dough was gone before Lucy and Carter was stabbed so they didnt know Carter needed a new kidney
@@madirishgirl76 Actually Carol was still there when Carter got stabbed. She went home right before the Valentines Day party that took place during when the stabbings took place. Then came into work the next day after everything happened. But then they wrote her character off a few episodes later. Story wise they didn't get her involved with those storylines because they knew her character was about to leave the show.
What?! I'm very disappointed they didn't mention Carter
That was the point, no-one was supposed to know one of the organs was for Carter, because if they had, that would have made them trying to get the organs VERY off putting to everyone
Carol, Doug and Benton saved Carter in that episode and only 1 of them knew it. All Carol and Doug ever knew was that "some doctor" got the kidney
The mystery of the episode
And Chuny Marquez or Malik
I don't think Carter and Doug were particularly attached to one another to speak about one another.
I loved this scene to see how Doug and Carol are doing in Seattle, but it always bothered me that they didn’t return for Mark’s funeral.
With them being all the way up in Seattle it probably made it difficult to get away to Chicago if they had a lot going on in their lives. In a perfect world people would come back for funerals like this but in a real world you just send flowers because you can't get away for a funeral 2000 miles away.
Fun fact, they had asked Clooney to return but he didn't want to impose on such an emotional goodbye for a beloved character like Mark.
and in the story Doug was Mark's best friend
@@joemckim1183 While that's a valid point, I still think given Doug and Mark's relationship, he would have made time to come to the funeral. But I get that logistically that's not always possible. Would have been nice to have shown a card or something he sent tho.
I have the DVDs but thank you for uploading all the clips!!! It´s really nice to watch them every time we want :)
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I always liked that George Clooney remained loyal to the show. You wish he could’ve stayed longer, but his film career was blowing up, so he had to go. He actually fulfilled his contract because he could’ve left the show sooner!
I started watching ER from the beginning on Hulu a couple days ago, and this scene popped up on my home feed. It's like going into the future. The technology, the clothes, the characters all evolved. It used to be typewriters and boxy computers, generic pagers, white coat and tie, and big, fluffy hair. Here, it's Etch-A-Sketch monitors, personalized pagers, blue scrubs, and gray hair.
ER just wasn't the same after the original cast started to leave. Every time I rewatch the series I struggle to make it past Season 5. I know a lot of them lasted longer, but the new cast members just aren't nearly as interesting. I usually make it to the episode where Carter and Lucy get stabbed and then throw in the towel.
I started binge watching because of lockdown and it took me only 3 months to get to season 10... That was from April to July. Ever since Carter left I haven't even watched 2 episodes per week.
After Carol left, I watched purely out of habit.
The later seasons were hard for me to get through considering almost no one was left from the earlier seasons.
it was nt the sam anymore sp after carter
I hear ya. I made it until Dr. Greene died, then stopped pretty much.
I spent weeks like crazy, literally went nuts waiting for this episode!! The longest wait of my life. I was so anxious to watch Doug and Carol after all those years. It was magical and so beautful!!! Of course it would have been perfect for them to know that the kidney was for Carter and to see a photo in the distance of a wedding or of the girls.
hatharossdc he‘s a very good speller 😂❤️
I love how Doug and Carol never found out it was Carter they were helping. It was literally just another day at the office for them.
I’m surprised he doesn’t ask (and Sam doesn’t mention) about any of the nurses. Chuny and Haleh were still there.
I can fully understand why George Clooney did not come back for Mark Greene's funeral because he didn't want his presence to be a distraction. This episode could have given him the chance to offer an explanation for his absence. While asking about everyone else Doug could have asked if they knew Mark Greene. When Sam & Neela said no he could have looked at the floor the way he does when he's uncomfortable and said that Mark was his best friend who died and he always regretted not being able to attend his funeral because...?????....whatever. It only would have taken a second but I think it might have offered closure for many of us fans.
Yes, it really annoyed me that they didn't do that.
Missed opportunity 😢
i feel like at this point (well over 7 years after mark greene's death) he wouldve all ready explained everything to his friends. He wouldn't do so for people he never met before.
It's so weird to see people in a waiting room not staring at their phones, trying to occupy their time by reading whatever magazine or newspapers in the waiting room
What's a magazine or newspaper🤔?
Sam was playing solitaire to kill time. Nowadays she would've probably been playing some game on her phone instead.
HAHA!!! You speak the truth!
Yeah but who wants to watch a TV show where the characters are all sitting around looking at their phones lol
I am surprised that Neela and Sam didn’t mention Corday or Carter or any of the nurses ( Malik, haleh, chuney) or that desk clerk from season 1
because Neela and Sam are crappy self-absorbed new characters
I like to think they kept in touch with Corday, since they probably kept in touch with Mark (you’ll notice he doesn’t ask about Romano either, and Corday would have been the logical person to tell him).
But I’m surprised about Chuny, Haleh, and Jerry too. Unless Carol kept in touch with Chuny and Haleh.
One of the best scenes ever 😢
THEY HAD NO IDEA, THAT THEY SAVED CARTER'S LIFE.
So nice to see the couple doing well. Cute
it was such a surprise to see Carol and Doug... nowadays, in the age of social media, keeping huge guest stars like this would be impossible
It wasn’t kept private everybody knew they were returning for the end, there were on set images of Clooney that got out - there was a huge happy buzz because he was seen wearing a wedding ring - which validated that he and Carol were still together AND married.
Ladies George Clooney is coming in and were not gonna make a big deal about it 😂
You can still tell that Parminder was about to break.
Strange that neither of them mentioned Carter
Also strange that Doug mentions Susan when he was there during her first exit, and by the time she came back Carol was already gone too so how did he know she came back?
Yeah I was super disappointed by that
Creative decision by the writers. If they mentioned Carter it changes the whole dynamic of the episode if Carol and Doug found out it was for him.
@@therealmistahjay
Are you sure? She said she was picking up a heart not kidney. I haven't seen the episode so I only know what's in the clip. Last I remember Neala was a resident that had left county and ended up as a cashier at the mini mart that replaced doc magoo's
@@dangurney1042 I wonder if this was to show that Doug was a Mark's funeral, just not shown on screen. Susan was working at County at that time so they probably spent time catching up.
The producers did a great job finding a very organic way to bring back as many of the OG cast members as they could for the final season.
We got em all: Carter, Benton, Greene (ala flashback), Ross, Hathaway, Lewis, Corday, Weaver, Morgenstern..
Romano too in the same flashback episode as Greene.
The only Season 1 character they weren't able to get back in was Jeanie. But she appeared in Season 14 and was great
@@aaronburgin1442 and Chen.
@@PlumbPitiful And they were able to bring back Weaver for that episode too in addition to her also returning for the opening of the Carter Center.
Yea it certainly beat Meredith Grey and her "Covid dreams" lol
Ross > McDreamy/McSteamy
Forever and always!
Yasss!!
He's the original Dr. McDreamy
Mc Who?
I just noticed Neela said she was there for a heart. Weren't they there for a kidney for Carter?
I work in medicine and this really happens - "Oh, I used to work there, is George still working there?" then rattle off the whole list
The only way that Doug could know that Susan returned to County General is if him and Mark kept in touch off screen and Mark told him. That's why he asked if she's still there. Susan left the first time before he left.
Doug bringing up Susan was a weird moment. Neela and Sam should have reacted to her name, but...would Doug have known that she returned to County in the first place? Also as a surgeon I'm surprised he didn't mention Korday, but then I don't remember them being that close.
Abby helped deliver your daughters Doug.
But Doug wasn’t there. He left season 5 and carol gave birth season 6 I believe
Suyapa Rosalia Tec I know that. I just think that would’ve been special had he known.
Yep
Wasnt the kidney given to carter?
Doug wasn't around.
I always felt like Doug not mentioning Carter was probably because he'd be shocked if Carter was still there. Seems like Doug knew the events leading up to just before Xmas of season 8 because he asks about Benton and knew that Lewis was back. If you recall very early in season 8 Carter nearly quits because there's not a attending spot available. Doug and or Carol might've heard the gossip and just not followed up.
I think the reason they didn't mention Carter was that one of the organs that Sam and Neela were there to pick up was a kidney that was going to go to Carter. I think if that cat have got out of the bag so to speak the entire focus of the episode would have changed and I don't think they wanted to do that.
Amazing moment. Could you find the moment Jeanie boulet comes in the er years after with her adoptive son
Jeannie came back? When was this? 😮
@@therealmistahjay yes in an episode season 14 if I remember well. Her adoptive son is brought to the er because he felt in gym at school and Jeanie comes earlier
@@florencelitavszky1500
He should have been a red tag patient. He was HIV+. That ambulance would need to go down for sterilization.
None of them mentioned Carter? I mean, the kindney was for him and they were all his friends.
It was so much fun to see Doug, Carol, Peter, and the rest return in various ways in the last season. ER was a wonderful show and you really grew to either like, or hate the characters. I'm looking at you Weaver and Romano. I despised Benton at the start but the development of his character really changed my opinion of him.
Happy birthday julianna as carol from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er
Speaks volumes that Clooney returned for a cameo even after achieving stardom and becoming one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood, he didn't forget his roots in primetime. EDIT: Clooney was also asked to come back for Greene's funeral but he didn't want to impose being that a beloved character had died.
More thabn a cameo. He wad in for the majority of the episode
I was starting to find it weird how Doug asked about Susan considering how she had originally left the show before Doug and Carol and came back in season 8. But then I figured that he probably kept in touch with Mark and Mark might’ve told him Susan had come back.
In current times with things like facebook it would be easier for old work colleagues to keep in touch.
Doug only cared about the original "A" Team (Weaver. Benton, Lewis, and Anspaugh).
And Greene!! I hated that Doug wasn't on Mark's funeral - for obvious reasons- but still :(
Clooney: "IS MALIK STILL THERE?"
R.I.P
Yeah, sadly he died..
Yeah, like TEN days ago?!!! That's awful!!
Shows you how the nurses were always disrespected. They make that place run
I have always been mad that nobody said Carter’s name when they were asking who was still working in the ER
Somebody said that was the point, that no one was supposed to be thinking about Carter, but yet we're all actively working on getting him a kidney
It drove me crazy, but I'm pretty sure they did it on purpose.
So Doug switched from being a pediatrician and Carol upgraded into...admin?
Can't believe Doug didn't say Carter
If he'd said that it would have let the cat out of the bag that the kidney they were picking up was going to Carter. That would changed the scene entirely, if not the whole episode. I don't think they wanted to do that. I think they were just trying to bring back all the original cast to make a final "Curtain Call" to celebrate the end of the series without getting into anything too complicated.
Doug slept with a girlfriend of Carter that why didn't bring it up because Doug wasn't there when Carter was attacked..
@@PlumbPitiful Yeah, that would made all the conversations with the grandmother, kind of obscene if they'd known it was Carter who needed the kidney
I'm not surprised at all. Carter was just one med student among others to him. He mentioned only residents or attendings, no interns, no med students. He could easily have imagined those naturally left and pursued their careers in other hospitals. He didn't even mention Anna Del Amico who was working in paediatrics with him.
Okay, I just realized Anna Del Amico had left before him. But for the general idea, in real life, he would have seen many interns and med students come and go. Sure, Carter stayed long, but he wasn't a direct colleague to Ross.
I wish Carol would’ve asked about Abby. And that they would’ve known the kidney was going Carter… it Sucks only a handful of them got to see how much character growth he had over the years and how far he came.
Didnt Neela say they where there for a heart though?
Happy birthday doug from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that in the list of doctors that Ross listed off, Mark Greene wasn't one of them? It's possible Ross already knew about his death, and its also possible they couldn't fit it in because both Neela and Sam weren't around during his time, but still, neither of those things were indicated in the episode itself. Kind of disheartening, considering they were best friends. On top of that, he also didnt make an appearence during his death episode. Its like their relationship was completely forgotten about when Ross departed the show in season 5.
I'll never forgive the producers for doing the episode with Doug and Carol coming back like this and not them meeting the old gang again. I missed all expectations, it definitely wasn't how I expected the end of the serie, since all the important characters were there.
Well I sort of get it, it would be hard for them to put them all together without it feeling contrived. Especially since each character’s exit left them in a very different place and state (Doug and Carol in Seattle, for instance).
@@Xerruy They could have done the same thing they did to bring Susan and Kerry. In addition, it would be easy to explain if Carter had told Peter a few episodes before something like, "I called the old team to see my project, let's see who shows up" and surprise: Carol and Doug go there. It wasn't that hard and it was going to be a lot more memorable.
@@ceciliarpereira They would have had less screentime probably then in this scenario
Doug was persona non grata back at County, and Carol tech quit on them. .There would be no reason for them to be back in Chicago once Mark had passed
@@cmupensfan He didn't have to go to the hospital, just join the old gang. Elizabeth, Peter and Kerry didn't go there, but they got together. In theory, there was no reason for anyone who left Chicago (Susan or Kerry) to go back there, but they came back anyway. Again: It wasn't that hard and it was going to be a lot more memorable.
Juliana and George Clooney enters. Looks at them. "Who are these people? Ok, rookies. This is how you do it."
As much as I love the original ER cast I grew to appreciate the cast from the later seasons. I wish ER would have went longer like SVU I think they could have pulled it off.
I LOVE how the first guy says he's from OSHU Portland...It's OHSU !!!
should've mentioned some the the ER nurses that were there the entire series.
Frankly, I'm surprised Dick Wolf hasn't dragged County General Kicking and Screaming into his little corner of his Chicago world.
Because he has Chicago Med already
Dick Wolf could get a character from County General to move to Gaffney Chicago Medical Center, if he had wanted to. Remember he had done this before: Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch went from _Homicide: Life On The Street_ to _Law & Order: SVU_ and Wolf never created _Homicide._
@@camillemckenzie3235 ER so much better than med and it's not even close. Med has way too many love triangle stories and it's distracting to the drama of the story. and some of the acting on Med just isn't ....great.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth I loved "Homicide: Life on the Street" and Munch's character. Both that show and "Law and Order" did crossovers with Richard Belzer and Jerry Orbach. I named my dog Pembleton and my cat Stanley after Andre Braugher's and Ned Beatty's characters.
@@InTecknicolour Grey's Anatomy is another medical drama that focuses on the "soapy" more than the "medical" storylines.
Wonder what Carol and Doug's reactions would've been when they find out they helped save their old friend's life.
Still shocked he doesn’t ask “John Carter?” I guess he was forgetful.
Also obviously Doug knew his buddy Mark Green died 🥲
Today doug 62 years
oh ok never mind you put the episode at the end. I had no idea this happened!!
I can't believe that they didn't bring Dr. Ross back for Dr. Green's funeral! But still... I love all episodes!
The reasons are two fold:
1. George Clooney didn’t want to return and take any attention away from Anthony Edwards final episode.
2. The producers decided not to ask him because they got a lot of heat from NBC when they kept his appearance for Julianna Marguiles final episode a secret from them. NBC was pissed because had they known they would’ve promoted the hell out of it which would’ve ruined the surprise.
@@therealmistahjay ... I fully understand Clooney's reasonings, especially after all the hoops they had to jump through for Julianne's final episode. But I still think they should have inserted the two of them in the funeral scene at the end. No talking, just show them standing there for three or four seconds which would at least prove they were there. That wouldn't have taken anything away from Anthony Edwards.
@@PlumbPitiful I doubt very much that you could have George Clooney on screen for a single frame and not end up with it overshadowing Anthony Edwards. George was way too big by then for that to not happen. Even without a single line the whole focus of the audience and of NBC would land on the George Clooney cameo, not on Anthony Edwards' final episode.
@@PlumbPitiful And most of the returns for Mark's funeral just stood there in the background, they didn't even have any speaking lines other than Eriq LaSalle.
I loved seeing Doug and Carol. ER was a great show up until Greene died. He held the show together. I found it chaotic afterwards. Abby and Luca kept it going a bit but it just wasn't the same. The original characters were definitely the best.
I would love to know how the COVID-19 pandemics was managed on the Chicago County ER
The same as everywhere else I imagine. Follow the regulations and keep distance when possible as well as frequent covid tests. I think if this show was still active at least one doctor would have gotten a bad case of lung covid probaly to show the possible serious nature of the virus.
Was that the guy from “Band Camp” dozing off at the end of the scene 😂. So many famous actors were in ER.
My theory on why Doug didn't mention Carter was because possibly they still had some sort of contact, maybe Doug thought Carter was still in Africa, Kinda similar to Benton in the same episode who thought Carter was still in Africa even though they had limited contact. About him saying no about Abby was true, maybe he knew who she was due to her helping delivering his twins but Doug wasn't there when Abby was there which is why he said no.
Just going by memory, but I think Doug never directly worked with Carter on a regular basis, so thats why Doug didn't bring up his name. I do not believe either men kept in touch with each other. As for Abby, only Carol knows the details. (If Carol had been present in the room and Abby's name is brought up, then the conversation can swing differently when Carol mentions to Doug that Abby helped her in the twins' delivery.) This chit-chat Doug had with Sam and Neela basically told him how much turnover had happened at County after he left years ago, since the gals never heard a majority of the names he brought up. At least he now knows Anspaugh is still there.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth Also Sam and Neela didn't bring up Luka. Obviously he and Doug never met but he probably knows Carol had some history with a guy with that name.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth ansbaugh would have thrown them out of the office when heard that name
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth They worked together very often. Carter even worked under his tutelage for a good part of season 2 after getting fired from surgery for a while.
I really forgot that some of these characters were on this show! Neela and Ray and a few others.... for some reason I recognized them immediately but forgot that it was because of this show! I loved ER!
I would have loved to see Anspaugh's reaction to that, honestly.
I wonder of Doug and Carol knew about Mark 🥺🥺🥺
Carol when she moved to Seattle I assume at first she was just taking care of the girls. Then when they got pre school aged probably went to work as a nurse at that hospital. Then a few years later saw an opening for the transplant coordinator and interviewed for the job.
Today doug 63 years
I stopped watching ER after Mark Green died
I recently fimished the episodes on Hulu. I dont think the new characters and story lines were as good as previous seasons but this episode really touched me. First seeing Carter then Carol, Doug and Benton was abdolutely wonderful!!! I never cared for Benton but i really liked him in this episode. Great episode. I just wish everything had worked out for carter in his personal life
Oh, I SO wish we'd gotten more with them. See how they're doing, see the twins. I just want more! I mean, there's only so much us FanFic writers can make up!
Yea same, do you have any fanfics?
You should upload the video when carter was an RA and he left Lucy to watch the med school party and it went wrong
Always bothered me that when Carol asks who everyone is every single person other than Neela says their name, city and hospital. Neela just says Chicago. Would have been nice to have seen Carol's reaction to hearing the name county general.
It really isn't surprising that Clooney came back. He referred to ER in interviews as the 'brass ring', that if it weren't for a 10pm time slot for ER on Thursday nights on NBC that none of his future career would have happened. This was his way of saying thank you.
They got Doug and Carol back for an episode? Sweet!
And their girls are 9 years old (even though they’re not in this scene) 😁
Okay, I watched this show series religiously from the beginning to about halfway through, and I was familiar with the second set of characters... Or the third set, or however that works out.
But, I find it hard to believe that Neela and Sam have never even heard of Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway.
Surely Sam, with her sharpness, would've done a double-blinking double-take, looking off to the left in mild agitation for a long moment and then right before the pair left the room, had a 'wait a minute' moment... "There was a 'Doug Ross' and a 'Carol Hathaway' where we came from, in Chicago"...
What a coincidence!
And then Carol could ask, "what part of Chicago?"
And then to find out that it is them.
And then they could "jump-cut" the scene to them seated in the room, discussing everyone... especially CARTER!!
Ahem.
Now, I know that Doug Ross didn't really know those people.
But, he could have heard of these people in letters and long distance phone calls back-and-forth (this was pre-internet and pre-cell phone days, if memory serves!)
And Doug could have described what he had heard of these people as we originally knew them before they changed... Sherry Stringfield thin and with long hair, square jaw... No, she's more matronly, with shorter hair, square jaw... Oh...
And we could THEN have enjoyed the dichotomy of the various changes to our favorite characters ... both OLD and MORE RECENT... that we ourselves may have missed...
However, we have to have more out of this thing than just Doug Ross asking them to say hello to Anspaugh for him, as if ANYONE would care if THAT ever happened... in reality...
The scene tortures the viewer with a sort of a 'preeclampsia' episode agitation...
I mean, this whole damn scene is just pregnant with infinite possibility.
And we basically get dick-snot out of it.
Nothing.
_____
It's like that scene where Carter catches Benton on the jogging trail and tries one last time to get some damn validation from that cold asshole...
You would think that Benton could have given Carter the royal nod, or something...
But, no.
"No, you're not."
It's enough to piss you off.
I liked Benton, and I would definitely want him as a doctor. But I would not want to work with him.
really no mention of MARK?!?!
Doug was Mark's best friend. He surly would have known that Mark died. More disappointed he didn't mention Carter though
The most Beautiful couple ever
Ross did his fellowship at County General, not his residency.
They don't do fellowships
@BōfôDeez He did an emergency pediatrics fellowship at County General. It was stated clearly on the show several times. In his final season, he became the ER pediatric attending physician. Who is "they"? Physicians certainly do fellowships.
@christianfinkbeiner684 dude, I WORKED at Cook County. My classmates (who actually finished medical school. I didn't) didn't do fellowships.
@@BōfôDeez Watch the show sometime. You might like it.
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Wow I’ve had facial plastic surgery at OHSU because I live in Portland Oregon and I was born at St Luke’s Hospital in Boise Idaho
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This ER episode from season 15
1:01 you what would be Crazy? a 4th Wall Break! They Watch TV on the 1st Episode of ER but don't say anything on what the Show is called!
It was a shame they didn't make it to Greene's funeral earlier.
They did that because if they had pulled those two in any scenes involving George Clooney would have caused distraction towards the real focus.
@@Flashygrrl I can understand that reasoning. But Doug was his best friend. Carol became a close friend as well. Even with all of Doug's flaws, I think his character would've still made that funeral.
@@Flashygrrl ... I can understand that but I also know that Doug Ross was Marks best friend. All they had to do is put he and Carol in the funeral scene just standing there with everyone else No talking, just stand there just for a split second to show that they were there.
@@PlumbPitiful Its been discussed before. I believe the theory is that the showrunners wanted to put Doug and Carol in the funeral scene but there was some disagreement with the studio because of the previous incident with Clooney appearing in Margulies's last episode. Apparently the studio wasn't aware of Clooney's appearance, if they were, they wanted to promo the heck out of Clooney and the producers didn't agree with that. So they made the decision to not have Clooney/Margulies in the funeral episode.
Really Tired 64 At the very least, the show could have maybe found look alikes and not showed their faces at all - like it did for the nurse, Lydia.
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