Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective

On this week's series finale: Paul brings his wife Marjorie back to the ER as she is slowly dying, Gates is shaken to his core as a teenage girl no older than Sarah is brought in with severe alcohol poisoning, Alexis Bledel guests stars as an ER doc who definitely should have had more than one episode, Carter catches up with some old friends after hosting a party for the opening of The Joshua Carter Center, Morris eats every bit of junk food ever, Tracy and Sanchez have some interesting patients, Chaz shows some newbies around, Sam gets a huge birthday surprise from Gates and Alex, and the family tradition of medicine continues as a now 22-year-old Rachel Greene is in town to interview with Banfield for a medical school spot at County General. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at settingthetonepodcast@gmail.com

On this week's penultimate series episode: Tom Arnold guest stars as the leader of a camp for kids with cardiac conditions, Morris bonds with several of the kids before stating his future plans to Claudia, Brenner isn't sad and how dare you think he is, the Banfield's plan to adopt a baby may be jeopardy, a highly intelligent teenager with a head injury has more to his story than he's letting on, and Joanie suffers a major setback. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at settingthetonepodcast@gmail.com

This week: It's non-linear storytelling time again as we follow Neela's last day at County, as well as her and Brenner hashing things out while she waits for a plane at O'Hare Airport. Also, Morris gets into a big fight with Claudia as she returns to work, Dubenko is salty that his favorite resident is leaving, Andrew reappears from the shadow realm, Frank plans a going away party, Abby has a small cameo, and a woman with a rare condition is brought in after crashing her motorcycle into a museum. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at settingthetonepodcast@gmail.com

This week: It's transplant madness as both Carter and Joanie have their respective organs coming from the same patient in Seattle, Doug and Carol are back and have to convince a grieving grandmother to donate her grandson's organs, Gates helps an older couple navigate the end of the wife's life, Benton steps in to make sure Carter's kidney implantation doesn't get screwed up, and Neela plays a bigger than expected role in Joanie's heart implantation surgery. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at settingthetonepodcast@gmail.com

This week: Carter collapses as his health problems take a turn for the worse, a documentary crew interviews everyone but Frank and Jerry, Neela finally ends the long national nightmare that was her and Brenner, Sam's reunion with her now fully lucid mom goes about as bad as you might think, Gates helps out a friend, and Morris is stunned after Claudia is shot multiple times while investigating a murder. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at settingthetonepodcast@gmail.com

This week: Carter has to make some adjustments as he settles back into the ER attending life, Banfield's husband sucker punches a guy, Sam's mom gets to Chicago but is far worse off than she realized, Brenner assaults Lucy's foster dad after the mere suggestion that he could possibly be a pedophile, Neela tells Dubenko some big news about her future, Morris is concerned about Claudia being hazed, and Frank has a very morbid sense of romance.

This week: Carter returns to Chicago for a bit while he's being treated for an undisclosed kidney issue, Banfield explores other IVF methods, Sam and Gates reconcile after a brief argument, Brenner makes a romantic gesture, Neela's attempts to find a heart for Joanie hit a major roadblock, Jerry hits on Carter, and Morris does whatever he can to get some measure of justice for a victim of police brutality.

This week: Morris awkwardly navigates a surprise party with Claudia's family, Neela gets a surprise call from a potential employer, Gates tries to convince an elderly man to get a routine surgery, an SUV causes a huge wreck in the ambulance bay, and Brenner treats a woman whose injuries require her estranged brother to step up and care for a young girl while she's in the hospital long term.

This week: A pioneer of emergency medicine wanders from his nursing home to the ER and makes a life altering save on a woman thought to have advanced cancer, Morris tries to find a way to help a poor diabetic woman stay out of jail after she was caught shoplifting, Neela goes behind Dubenko's back to get an experimental surgery for a man in an iron lung, and Sam's sister makes a surprise visit to Chicago with news about their mom.

This week: Luck strikes at the Jumbo Mart as 5 employees split a $90 million lottery prize, Sam is being her best passive aggressive self with Daria, Gates treats an older woman and her ex-husband who have been married and divorced 3 times, Morris suspects there may be more to a teenager's story after a car vs bicycle accident, The staff play hot potato with a very gross patient, Banfield attempts to have her eggs harvested for IVF, and the writers are still trying to make Brenner and Neela happen against our will.

This week: Neela's day plays out three separate ways as she and Dubenko decide on the best course of action for Anastasia, a man with a unique neurological condition comes in having fallen out of a second floor window, the season 15 cameopalooza continues with a surprise appearance of Dr. Corday, Jerry has a gift for Morris, Gates attempts to reconnect with Sam, and Brenner has three very different interactions with Neela.

This week: Gates does some good for Max but also does something stupid with Daria, A drug deal gone bad leaves brings three victims to the ER including two brothers, Morris is clearly falling for an undercover cop, Neela treats a young girl having a sickle cell crisis, and Banfield turns to Coburn for help as her attempts to get pregnant the old fashioned way are not going well.

This week: Jerry returns and gets his old job back, Morris gets saddled with a storage locker of stuff from his dead father, Banfield advocates for a cancer patient to get a palliative surgery, Alex is on the mend, but Sam can't forgive Gates for what happened, Daria and Sanchez get super high, and Neela cares for a pregnant woman who is wanted by ICE.

This week: Morris and Banfield have an evening of drunken misadventures as they get snowed in at an Omaha airport, The interns all kinda hate Neela, Chaz babysits and tries to explain death to what's sure to be this season's shittiest kid, and as a blizzard rages in Chicago, Alex and Sarah get into a car accident that leaves Alex fighting for his life as Sam watches on.

Content warning: storyline about a pedophile and Brenner's trauma from childhood sexual abuse. This week: Tension is in the air after an alleged pedophile is brought with after a house fire, Brenner has himself a little crashout, Gates finally explains why he cares so much about finding Max, Andrew bounces back with a great save, Morris is caught in the middle of everyone's issues, and Dubenko reminds Neela what she was like when she was an intern.

This week: Past and present collide as Banfield recalls how her son died at County 7 years ago as she, Morris, and Tracy attempt to save a little girl who nearly drowned after falling into Lake Michigan.

This week: Morris puts far, far too much responsibility on Chaz during his 1st-year ER rotation, Gates connects with a homeless army veteran, Daria is still acting weird, Neela and Banfield have differences of opinions on teaching methods, Sam and Alex make a big life decision, and Chadwick Boseman guest stars as a boxer who may have taken one too many shots to the head.

This week: It's the show's last Halloween episode as Gates is a real jerk to Sam, Banfield remains her usual curmudgeonly self, a bird gets loose in the ER, Brenner takes issue with a mom's behavior after her son was in a fight at school and stabbed another student with a fork, Daria is acting very weird and flirty, Frank dresses up as Julius Cesar, Morris and Tracy make a great save, and Neela is thrilled when Ray makes a surprise visit to County General.

This week: Gates struggles with parenting after Sarah makes a bold choice on a dare, the interns get paired off with other doctors for the day, Morris is still down on love, Banfield does some digging to find out about a weird family situation that's resulted in multiple injuries, and Brenner does what he can to help a son reconnect with his father after his mom is in a car accident.

This week: The story of Abigail Lockheart, MD at Country General comes to a close as she fights with Banfield, saves a basketball coach who has been shot, appreciates the good work of Neela and a returning Dubenko, fights for Sam's job, reassures Morris that he is indeed a good doctor, and manages to talk a young man out of killing himself.