Middle of Nowhere

Season 5, Episode 16, Aired
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Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and takes a two-week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave, he's transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfather's concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanie's condition worsens.moreless
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  • A different kind of medicine...

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    By Parricida, Nov 30, 2007 Report Abuse
    This is different episode but it is not bad - it shows that the world is different and there are places where noone has crash cart and the hospital is just the clinic.

    I adored the way the portrait the life in the small town - the problems there exist are not so much visible in Chigago and Benton has hard time to earn himself a respect. He has some special cases like the little girl with insulin and the girl who is going to have a labor. and the sights.. the landscapes, that swamp - it was beautiful

    Different atmosphere, different ground - but it is somehow similar to the later episodes in Africa. the same shock of variety and different medical.moreless

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  • A excellent episode that sees Peter away from the ER.

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    By Pinkmyst, Jul 10, 2006 Report Abuse
    Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and to earn some extra money for Reese. He is sent to backwoods Mississippi where the hospital is only a clinic in a two-room building.

    This is a challenging episode for Peter as he is forced to practice medicine with limited means. I really liked this episode because we get to see another side of Peter. He is away from the fancy modern surgery that he is used to and is forced to go back to basic's.

    Peter delivers a difficult infant in the breach position. I loved how he used his computer to help him through it.moreless

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    • Goof: It's been well established that Dr. Benton is a vegetarian, yet at the gathering after the funeral he is seen putting fried chicken on his plate. Edit
    • Peter is sent to La Verne, Mississippi, which is in fact a fictitious town. Additionally, in the episode it is established that the closest hospital is 80 miles away in Green Cove, Mississippi, which is also a fictitious town. Edit

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    • (Jeanie's nose is bleeding and Peter reaches out with a tissue) Jeanie: Peter, don't touch me, for God's sake! I'm poison. Edit
    • Jesse: . . . but I had to come to town anyway. If I don't sit in this chair, who is gonna do it? Edit

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