Thursday April 4, 2002
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Mark serves his final day in the ER overseeing the first day of Gregory Pratt, a cocky yet eager new intern. Through observing his patients, he decides to forego chemotherapy, and spend his remaining days in peace. He also meets with his ex-wife, tells Weaver to live a little and leaves, never to return. Meanwhile, Abby plans to move back into her apartment when her landlord lets her know that Brian's moved out.
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I have no words.. It was brilliant.. Not that the last episode was not but - I still have no words even if I took brake after the episode and let those feelings settle. Mark has been there from the beginning and the way he is going to leave and the way.. all those old patients he used to work and now back and the traumas, and Pratt (if I am not wrong, he will be the one who Carter later tells to set the tune). So it is so many ways so symbolical episode. But to be honest - it was just too much. All those emotion, all the feelings. It really made me cry so much... and like that boy who was not able to let her mom go, I feel I am not able to let Greene go.
Super episode. And that little girl, his last patient and Carter, all those slow motion frames.. Super
Dr. Greene spends his final day in the ER after he realizes that with his ongoing tumor he won't be able to give the best treatment for his patients and instead realizes that Carter and a new generation of Doctors will take take his place. hide show
If you ask me Orion In the Sky is an ER episode good enough to be a series finale, it shows Greene passing the torch to Carter and really shows how the ER keeps moving on but beside the point it's still an amazing episode. In the beginning Greene plays basketball making some shots and missing (Probably an Ode to Doug Ross) anyway after Carter plays a game of horse with him, they discuss the death of a patient called Blue Bertha before Dr. Greg Pratt appears and introduces himself to Greene. As Greene treats two trauma patients including a muscular guy who knocked himself out and a pregnant woman who took drugs lying to Greene and the ER, after Greene yells at the woman for lying about taking drugs and ruining the potential life of her baby (We never really see him express himself this way) he goes to help Carter with a difficult patient before Weaver catches him and realizes that the tumor may have taken it's toll on Greene as he is unable to steadily move his hands and tells Weaver to "Pick a poison." Weaver realizes Greene can't do much in his current physical condition and tells him actually to work with Pratt and his orientation. So Greene babysits Pratt and after Hal (The Old Guy From the first episode appears) Greene tells Pratt to take a history before he goes up to get his chemotherapy. In a sad scene Greene gets has an IVY tube linked up to him as he talks with the woman giving him the IVY about the Chicago Bulls. Pretty sad to see Doctor Greene so sick and weak just practically becoming a slave to cancer but after Hal gets in trouble, Greene manages to save his life and tells Pratt to take a better History leading to confrontation between the Doctor and Patient. As Pratt complains to Carter about Greene, Lewis tells him about the tumor and how he only has a few months to live. At this point Greene is having his IV watching Hal complains about not having his cart, this is when Greene realizes that this is going to be his last day because he can't treat patients anymore now that he is so sick. He gets rid of the IV and helps Hal out. After telling Corday that he would rather have 2 really good months then 4 months as a trapped patient, Greene goes back to his orientation with Pratt as Pratt apologizes and tries to contact the Doctor of a patient, who didn't tell his patient that he had cancer. After Greene tells the man who has cancer he knows what he's going through, Greene tells Pratt that he what he said to the man, "He didn't learn from Medical School." So after Greene treats a little girl who has a splinter in her arm and she tells him in an inspiring scene about Orion, and how he got in the sky where he couldn't be hurt. As the music plays we realizes this it for Greene as Haleh, and Chen stare at him one final time before Pratt tells him he learned alot and Greene tells him to come back for more, soon Greene goes the lunchroom and empties out his locker as Weaver asks him about Pratt and how many shifts she should put him down for next month. Greene replies by saying "Kerry live a little." Before saying goodbye and catching Carter snoozing. After a conversation on the patients being treated and Kovac and Abby enter the ER to take care of a patient, Carter and Greene share one final moment outside after Greene throws Carter a deflated ball and tells him "You set the tone Carter" before leaving the ER for the final time. The music is perfect and the scene is great even Carter's surprise when Greene tells him the famous line, and the episode nicely ties together the previous patients including the "Hang Nail Lady" and the "Homeless Guy." Great sad episode, that really ends Doctor Greene's legacy as a Doctor working in the ER.
Dr Greene's last episode one of the best of this season..! hide show
This episode really showed how the tumour has started to affect greene and his views on life. His decision to stop chemo was obviously hard for him and elizabeth but i think he made a good point about rather spending the time he had left doing as he wished than hooked up to machines.
I liked the fact they gave him a chance to pass on some wisdom to pratt and make that final difference to the E.R.
Anthony edwards has made a huge difference to the show and had some amazing storylines over the years.!His acting ability is awesome and i admire the fact he left the show with some dignity.
The writers used his patient to show some understanding in him and the realisation that sometimes in life things aren't always simple.
You got the impression that nobody knew he was leaving but i liked the fact that Abby said goodbye and gave him that smile as if deep down she knew he was going... the final scene with him and carter and the basketball were quite revealing and it was a shame to see him leave for the last time...!
Mark decides that there is no point to continuing treatment and feeling bad. He also leaves work for the last time. hide show
The day is full of indicators for Mark. He treats a woman whos son doesn't want her to die even though she in DNR. He also treats Al, who also decides that he's rather die on the street than in a hospital.
Elizabeth struggles with the reality of his decision to stop having treatment, but has to accept the logic of it, even if it very painful.
We meet Pratt for the first time, as an intern. He is cocky, until he has to tell a man he has advanced prostate cancer, and then he realises that Greene's humanity is as important as his clinical skills.
Mark, leaving the hospital says to Carter, "You set the tone". This is another tearjerking episode, with a stalwart of ER coming to the end of his Watch.
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The ER loses it's leader, and he could not possibly have been given a better send off. There is no way to tell how much Mark Greene meant to the ER and what Anthony Edwards meant to the show. The episode takes us through Mark's final shift and has some nostalgia with some old patients. We see Mrs Raskin and Mr Ervin again who we haven't seen since the pilot, which I think is pretty cool. We also see Mr Seidell who is diagnosed with prostate cancer. I think this is very interesting because Dr Greene can relate to him. I love the end of this episode as Dr Greene treats Katie his last patient, then leaves. His final scene with Kerry is great, but not like his final scene with Carter where he delivers the imfamous line, "You set the tone, Carter."
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