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ER Season 2 Episode 17

The Match Game

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AIRED: 3/28/96

Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the care of a transient. Carter celebrates when he receives his residency match, putting his patient and his job at risk. Shep, still suffering from Raul's death, is surly with new partner Reilly. Benton and Doug have differences when Peter discloses a critical mistake made by Doug, raising animosity between the two.moreless

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Nothing special... Old good ER

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By Parricida, Aug 29, 2007

Or was the episode before it just too good and compared with it, this one was weaker.

No too tragic and high emotions. The most of the thinking is done about the decision Benton made. Morally, I think he did the right thing to tell but the decision was not his, higher powers had already made up their mind. It was he, trying to live by his principles. But as said - it is much easier to tell the truth when your career is not in threat. He saws a way how to compensate his decision on the study. But it is not the right thing. Even if wanted. It is not the revenge nor the match.

We also have look into Susan's life after Chloe has returned. She knows what she does is for herself, for the baby. But there is guilt in her eyes - and I think that is a position I would never like to be. Decide what is more important - the truth that the child is Chloe's and no matter what, she is still the mother or go they way she want. Take the baby, care about her what might be better - for the child. But the guilt. How to overcome it?

So, much for think, not so much action, good episode but nothing special.moreless
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Anthony Edwards	Dr. Mark Greene
Eriq La Salle	Dr. Peter Benton
George Clooney	Dr. Doug Ross
Gloria Reuben	P.A. Jeanie Boulet
Julianna Margulies	Nurse Carol Hathaway
Noah Wyle	John Carter

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Bill Cobbs	Mr. Bowman	Guest Star
Megan Gallagher	Kathy Snyder	Guest Star
Joanna Gleason	Iris	Guest Star
Abraham Benrubi	Jerry	Recurring Role
Ellen Crawford	Lydia	Recurring Role
Yvette Freeman	Haleh	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (3)
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- Susan: Wait a minute! I thought your eyes were brown.
  Mark: For an extra 15 bucks, they can be blue.
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- Jerry: Hot date?
  Mark: Just a couple of single guys hanging out.
  Doug: So, we'll leave around 8 o'clock for a 9 o'clock set?
  Jerry: You know, I'm not doing anything tonight.
  Doug: Really, Jerry? Good, because there's a great game on TV.
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- Mark: (stuttering) You know, I thought I read somewhere that women find baldness a sign of virility.
  Iris: (laughing) Who told you that? Some bald guy?
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- Music: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, "Bad to the Bone"
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ALLUSIONS (2)
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- Title: "The Match Game"
  In medicine, "the match" refers to The National Resident Matching Program. It was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education in the United States.
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- The title of this episode is in reference to a game show in the 1970's that was Title Match Game '
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