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Episode Guide > Season 4, Episode 20

ER: Of Past Regret and Future Fear

 

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8.5 Great
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Air Date

Thursday April 30, 1998

Production Code

466370

Episode Summary

It's another busy day in the ER, as case after case comes through the doors. Hathaway comforts a burn victim in his dying hours. Carter and Anna struggle to understand a man afflicted with cerebral palsy. Dr. Ross deals with an infant's heroin addiction and its drug-addicted mother. Weaver cares for an elderly couple who may have AIDS. Peter and Elizabeth decide to keep their relationship a secret. Anna's old boyfriend comes to town. Romano asks Corday for a date.

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    6.8 Fair

    Busy day but nothing too special hide show

    A exciting episode, full of action and interesting, diverse cases. The most moving one is definitely Carol's - she is staying with a man of chemical accident and he is dieing. He wants to see her daughter but the mother refuses. That brings back old memories to Carol.

    Elizabeth has to make hard decision and lies when Romano makes a move towards her but she is now involved with Benton. He is not taking that without complications too as his family seems to have problem with color.

    Ok.. Carter has a quite interesting case what shows well that communication can be take different way. And he makes up with her grandmother too. Even if she wants him not to be a doctor. Some more about Carter past too.

    Much action, little depth..

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    8.8 Great

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    For some reason this episode never gets the credit it deserves, it should be considered one of the best ever. It is very sad to see Mr Canterna dying and realizing that he has made mistakes with his life. I wonder what would have happened if his ex-wife would have brought in his daughter in to see him. Maybe it was better for her that she didn't see her dad. It was very tough for Carol because of her experience with her dad. I love the way that storyline was done, it was very sad. The rest of the episod was good also with the guy with cerebral palsy hit by a car and the introduction to the baby addicted to heroin.

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  • Goof: When Carol takes the paramedic's call, she states that Mr. Canterna is 29, but when the paramedics bring him in, they say that he's 31. []
  • Though spelled correctly when he is listed as the series creator in the opening credits, Michael Crichton's last name is incorrectly spelled "Chrichton" when he is listed with the other executive producers in the end credits of this episode. This mistake was repeated in most of the Season 4 episodes and in all of the Season 6 episodes. []
  • Romano: What kind of salad dressings do you have.
    Waitress: Cesar, ranch, Italian, low cal italian, blue cheese, honey mustard, oil and vinegar and poppy seed vinaigrette.
    Romano: I'll have the soup.
    []
  • Doug: I told you, deep down, your mother likes me.
    Carol: Keep dreaming. []
  • Carol: (reading from Mr. Canterna's letter) Dear Molly. You don't know me. I'm your father. I suppose I shouldn't even call myself that. You're the best thing I've done with my life. Leaving you was the worst. God knows I haven't done much for you while I was alive, but if there's a place called Heaven and they let me in, I promise to always look over you. Please forgive me. I'm sorry I never got to know you. []
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