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"Such Sweet Sorrow"
Season 6, Episode 21
Air date	May 11, 2000
Written by	John Wells
Directed by	John Wells
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"Such Sugariness Sorrow" is a xx-kickoff episode of the sixth season of ER. That episode first aired in May 11, 2000. It was written and directed by showrunner John Wells.

It was the final regular episode of Julianna Margulies as ER head nurse Carol Hathaway, who makes a life-changing conclusion following the care of the terminally ill female parent.

Contents

• one Plot
  • i.ane NBC Description
• ii Synopsis
• 3 Bandage & Characters
• 4 Trivia

Plot

When Carol resuscitates a terminally ill mother who was DNR in order for her to say cheerio to her family without Weaver's consent, she realizes that life is also brusk and rapidly left the infirmary to reunite with Doug.

Mark prepares to bury his begetter and expresses his enjoyment with Rachel when he wants his girl to come up with him to his funeral.

Carter'southward mental stability continues to deteriorate to a point where he nearly kills a patient.

Corday gives Malucci her negative assessment on his performance when a patient of his that he never saw nearly dies nether Abby's care.

NBC Clarification

DR. WEAVER TAKES NO PRISONERS WHEN MISTAKES PILE UP IN ER; MEANWHILE, A FRIEND DEPARTS: A wound-up Dr. Weaver (Laura Innes) goes on the warpath when she encounters sloppiness, wrong diagnoses and improper procedures amongst the ER staff and Nurse Hathaway (Julianna Margulies), Dr. Malucci (Erik Palladino) and Abby (Maura Tierney) all feel the heat of her wrath.

A disobeying Hathaway earns Weaver's enmity when she revives a "do non resuscitate" cancer victim (invitee star Rachel Singer) so that the patient tin can spend one last conscious moment with her young family while she ponders her response to Dr. Kovac's (Goran Visnjic) romantic involvement and she makes a life-irresolute conclusion.

When he's not goofing off, Malucci also gets an earful from Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston), who offers a sobering assessment of his performance.

Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) re-thinks his father'due south burying request and determines to spend more time with his girl Rachel (guest star Yvonne Zima). Noah Wyle and Ming-Na as well star.

Synopsis

John Carter is seen lying in bed. He gets up and goes outside to have a cigarette. Carter arrives at the hospital where Jing-Mei Chen tells him he looks like crap. Dave Malucci tells him that too and Carter says it's considering he's having trouble sleeping. Dave wonders what he did to make Weaver detest him and Carter says maybe because he calls her Festus. Carter goes into the bath and stares at himself in the mirror. Carter deals with two patients at a time. Jing-Mei asks if he needs whatsoever assistance just he says he's got it. Carter goes to check up on his patient and realizes she hasn't gotten her antibiotics yet. He goes and gets them himself since the nurse is busy. He comes back with the medicine and administers it to her. Suddenly, she starts having trouble breathing. Carter accidentally gave her the wrong medicine. He gives her a shot to annul the effects just as Jing-Mei runs in and asks what's wrong. Carter says zilch and lies about the patient ripping out their Four. He leaves speedily and heads to the bathroom where he cries in one of the stalls. Jing-Mei goes and talks to Mark about Carter. She tells him that he's been depressed and asks if Carter has been seeing anyone. Mark Greene says he doesn't know if he's seeing a therapist. Jing-Mei begins to list the symptoms he's been having and thinks he might be bipolar. Mark says that he's probably still dealing with the stabbing and feeling responsible for Lucy Knight's death. Jing-Mei says just what if she'south right and if they care nigh him shouldn't they check to meet if its anything else. Mark goes to see Carter who is hanging out in a dark room. Marking tells him that they're worried about him. Carter says they don't need to be. Mark asks if he'south seeing anybody similar a therapist. Carter says no. Marker asks if he needs a referral and Carter says yep so Mark gives him a list of names. He leaves leaving Carter alone in the room.

Ballad Hathaway is seen lying in bed but she wakes up to go accept care of her crying daughters. She picks up Tess and tells her that she'due south killing her. Carol walks up to the infirmary and finds Luka playing basketball outside. He asks her if he made her angry with the flowers. She says no. He says but they weren't animal crackers. He asks if she's still in love with Doug Ross. She says she doesn't know. He asks why she didn't go with him when Doug left. She says pride and considering she wanted him to stay hither for her. Luka Kovač tells her that he still loves his married woman but its time for him to get on with his life. Carol is given a cancer patient who won't wake up. She looks afterwards the daughters so that the male parent can be alone with his wife. Ballad runs into Mark who'southward on the phone. She asks him when he got back and he says 20 minutes ago. She says she's really distressing almost his Dad. That she tried calling him but that he didn't pick upwardly. He tells her Rachel Greene came upwardly and he's merely been spending time with her. He tells her that he's trying to become his dad into a cemetery but they keep putting him on hold. Carol asks if he wanted to exist buried with his mom in San Diego just Marking says he doesn't know what he wanted. David just didn't want to be a bother. Mark tells Carol that she looks beat. Ballad says that Tess is teething. Mark says that what Luka says and that they meet each other enough to know. Carol tells him not to give her a difficult time. Marking says that he thinks its dandy. Carol says then why is she still so dislocated. Ballad'south cancer patient wakes up just insists on wanting to go home. Weaver tells the husband that doesn't she deserve to die where she wants to. Carol protests saying that they didn't explain all the options to her but Weaver says for to just telephone call and set it up. Carol talks to the father about his wife. He tells her how when she was first diagnosed he kept working instead of spending time with her. Carol says she's going to call social services again when the patient stops breathing. The dad begs them to help her because his daughters haven't said goodbye all the same. But she has a DNR. Carol begs Luka to help her keep her breathing and he agrees. Weaver walks in and yells at them for keeping her alive. That it wasn't Carol's determination to make. Weaver tells her if she tin can't respect her wishes that what is Carol doing working here. She tells both of them that if she codes once again to non touch her. Weaver leaves followed past Luka who Carol calls after. Carol finds Luka and he tells her that she had no right to put him in that situation. Ballad says yeah she didn't and apologizes saying it volition never happen again. She besides cheers him for helping her. He says your welcome and leans over and kisses her. She pulls abroad and he asks what and she says aught. Carol goes to get her patient'due south daughters so that they tin visit with their female parent. One of the daughters stays backside. She asks if she'due south going to die and Carol says yep. The daughter says its non off-white and that she doesn't want just to have a dad. That she wants to be a family like they used to be. Ballad takes her inside to run into her mom. Carol does paperwork every bit they clean the room the mom was in. Luka walks in and asks her if she'd similar to have dinner with him. She says that would be overnice. He says she doesn't accept to but she says she wants to. They get interrupted past the Dad who talks to Carol near soulmates and how she was the love of his life. That he'll never love anyone again the way he loved her. This hits Carol difficult who rushes outs and tells Mark that she'southward leaving early and dropping off the kids at her mothers. Ballad tells Luka she'due south pitiful but she tin't have dinner with him. That she has to go observe out and see if Doug's still in love her with. That he'll observe someone that will honey him like his wife did. Carol runs through the airport and barely makes it to the gate earlier the plane leaves. Carol arrives at Doug's house and goes looking for him when he doesn't answer the door. She finds him at the dock with his boat. Doug looks up and spots her. He walks over. She tells him its beautiful here and he kisses her.

Abby Lockhart is sleeping in a patient room when she's called to work. Abby does a pelvic exam on a patient. The girl is worried that she has an STD from her fellow of over a year. Abby says that it'due south probably merely pelvic inflammatory affliction. That they'll requite her some pills and she'll exist on her way. Abby tells Dave near her patient then that he can sign the chart. Abby gets the date wrong. It's the eleventh non the tenth and she says she tin't believe today is going okay so far. She then gets news that her PID patient complanate in the bay. Abby rushes outside and they bring her back into the ER. She has a ovarian abscess that ruptured and so they blitz her up to the OR. Elizabeth Corday yells at Abby and Dave for discharging a patient that Dave never saw. She tells them that the girl could've died. Elizabeth says she wants to talk to Dave alone. Elizabeth tells him her opinion about him and that he'due south lazy and he endangers patients lives. Elizabeth tells her that none of them think he is much of a doctor.

Mark is looking through old pictures of his dad. He grabs one and pulls it on his nightstand. He talks to his daughter and tells her that he loves her and wonders if he tells her that enough. Elizabeth goes to see Marker at the hospital. She gives him back the pearls saying that she doesn't feel right keeping them. That he should requite them to Rachel. She likewise tells him not to read too much into this. Mark gets called for a trauma and asks Elizabeth if she'southward coming over later. She says yes. Mark takes Rachel to David's favorite spot. He asks Rachel to get with him to San Diego to coffin David's ashes. She says sure. She asks if she misses him and Mark says he does. Which is funny because they didn't similar each other much for a long time. Mark says he can't recollect why only it was probably his fault. Marker pulls out the pearls and gives them to Rachel. He tells her that she looks lovely. He asks her to promise not to grow upwardly besides fast and she says okay.

Cast & Characters

• Anthony Edwards as Marking Greene
• Noah Wyle as John Carter
• Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway (Concluding regular appearance)
• Laura Innes equally Kerry Weaver
• Alex Kingston as Elizabeth Corday
• Goran Višnjić as Luka Kovač
• Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart
• Erik Palladino as Dave Malucci
• Ming-Na as Jing-Mei Chen
• George Clooney as Doug Ross (Uncredited cameo appearance)

Trivia

• Paul McCrane, Eriq La Salle and Michael Michele don't announced in that episode, despite having their names credited in the opening credits.
• This episode is likewise noteable since George Clooney's cameo appearance has been kept so secretive that even NBC never knew well-nigh it.
• This is the kickoff episode to characteristic Frank Martin as the ER desk clerk. His characterisation in this episode is much softer than it would be in subsequent appearances.

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