"ER" Last Rites (TV Episode 1999) Poster

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7/10
Last Rites (#6.2)
ComedyFan20103 March 2015
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Things change in the ER. Romano gives his previous position to Elizabeth and she needs to deal with it. Some of the patients also change their mind, even when nothing can be done anymore. The more intense of these stories is about a young woman who is dying and is on DNR. But she tells Mark that she doesn't want to die and he tries to save her even though it is obvious she won't make it. A very good story as it raises a pretty good ethical question and also feels so extremely sad.

An old woman who wanted no priest ends up asking for one and Luke pretends to be one to let her have more peace when dying. And it is pretty good because as he said all that matters is faith.

Unfortunately Jeanie won't get the baby, at least the way it looks now, but her responding to the marriage proposal now that she knew she didn't do it to get the baby was the sweetest part of the episode.
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10/10
Pretty good episode
kparkslpn14 April 2020
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This was an up and down episode as far as emotions go. Dr. Greene's mother passed away and Dr. Greene is comforting his father. He also has his daughter with him in San Diego. Then he takes his father back to Chicago with him. Dr. Romano offers his previous position to Dr. Corday and she accepts as a way to advance her career. Dr. Benton starts fighting to keep Carla and Roger from going to Germany with Reese.
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1/10
All that matters is faith? No!
gacsogergely17 January 2021
The episode is pretty generic, though asks some interresting ethical questions.

One is, if there is no wittness, but the patiant asks despite otherwise evidence exists (s)he doesn't medical procedure, what's more important in this case.

The other is a dying woman who refuses to call a priest for escaping faith, but when her mental status crumbles in the last minutes, old habbits kick in and calls for one. Then one doctor pretends to be a priest - which is a criminal offense - and gives her comfort. Now this COULD be delt with reasonably, secularly, but some religious nuttcase was writing this, so the reason ends up being "all the matter is faith, no?", while the appropriate approach would have been "I gave her comfort". Obviously the other crew approves this breaking the law without a second thought, because I assume Head Nurse Carol is a religious fanatic.

This constant bigottry of the show is realy disturbing, that religious offense gets away with anything.
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2/10
Is Mark Greene the most generic character possible?
polite-4569230 March 2020
Is Mark Greene the most generic character possible? He sounds disinterested and whiny and does not know how to communicate without tired cliches and truisms. (For example, he is obsessed with saying, "stick around.")
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