When Night Meets Day

Season 9, Episode 21, Aired
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Carter's day shift and Pratt's night shift (his final shift at County) are intercut. Both men have extremely busy days. Doc Magoo's burns down. Luka calls Carter from the Congo and asks for help. Carter decides to go. Pratt decides to stay at County. In other parts of the hospital, Romano has his now-useless left arm amputated.moreless
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    9.9
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    By crimsin23, May 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is definetly a top ten episode. It has such an interesting story line with the shifts of Carter and Pratt being separate but yet intertwining. Carter deals with a gang banger that stabs an enemy and runs away, and Pratt pronounces the same gang banger. Carter revives an almost drowned victim, and tells the father that she may not recover, while the same victim get better on Pratt's shift.

    And how Carter deals with the nun and realizes that he has a greater purpose, while Pratt decides to stay at county at the end of the episode.

    This is a great episode that will have you on the edge of your seat.moreless

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  • Gorgeous way to celebrate 200. episode.

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    By Parricida, Feb 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    This was first little confusing as I hardly understand the logic they were having there but when I got it - it was amazing. The way those patients who were the long and how they showed everything totally mixed up and only in the end we learned and understand what happened.

    The storyline jumping, the motion, all the emotions there - it was superb.

    Also those patients, their stories.. and I so much understand why in the end, Carter felt he has to get away. Sooner or later it will get to him.

    I specially loved Romano part - he is so complicated char and the way he is ending now - it is really hard but... somehow it was beautiful. Elizabeth has been there for him always, no matter what he said and I thought we all knew.. It was really beautiful episode.moreless

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  • It's the 200th episode, and they made it awesome. We see how the shifts from Pratt and Carter went. One at night, one at daylight.

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    By SinspaW, Dec 12, 2006 Report Abuse
    Perhaps to celebrate the 200th episode they made an awesome episode.
    We see seperatly the 2 shifts from Pratt that is going away and has his last night shift, and from Carter in the day that a solar eclipse is going to happen, and later on , a fire in Doc Magoo's.
    The episode is really well directed and well done, we often see the shifts being switched with an eye blink and the same persons being treated, in the two different shifts, like they were being updated.Carter treats several patients that then come into Pratt's shift and die , or Pratt treats the unsolved Carter ones.
    This is also the day that Romano is getting his arm amputated.

    A really interesting and well done episode.moreless

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    • Goof: The only total solar eclipse (also only visible in the Southern Hemisphere) that occurred in the year 2003 was on November 23. This episode aired May 3, 2003, more than 4 months earlier. Edit
    • The screen splits vertically during the treatment of Dr. Carter's patient to include Dr. Pratt's simultaneously on the screen's right side. Edit

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    • This is the 200th episode of the series. Edit

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    • (still under the effects of anesthesia) Romano: She's one hell of a surgeon. So beautiful. You're taking good care of me. I love you, Elizabeth. Edit
    • (as he is about to get his left arm amputated) Romano: Do me a favor. Write "not this one, idiot" on my right arm… Oh, like it doesn't happen! Edit
    • Chen: Congratulations Greg, you survived the County experience. Pratt: Oh no, not just survived. I whooped it's ass. Edit

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