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"Such Sweet Sorrow"
Flavour half dozen, Episode 21
Air date	May 11, 2000
Written by	John Wells
Directed by	John Wells
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"Such Sweet Sorrow" is a twenty-first episode of the sixth season of ER. That episode first aired in May 11, 2000. It was written and directed by showrunner John Wells.

It was the last regular episode of Julianna Margulies equally ER head nurse Carol Hathaway, who makes a life-changing decision following the care of the terminally ill mother.

Contents

• 1 Plot
  • 1.1 NBC Clarification
• 2 Synopsis
• 3 Cast & Characters
• 4 Trivia

Plot

When Ballad resuscitates a terminally ill mother who was DNR in order for her to say goodbye to her family without Weaver'southward consent, she realizes that life is too short and speedily left the hospital to reunite with Doug.

Marker prepares to bury his father and expresses his enjoyment with Rachel when he wants his daughter to come with him to his funeral.

Carter'due south mental stability continues to deteriorate to a point where he about kills a patient.

Corday gives Malucci her negative assessment on his functioning when a patient of his that he never saw nearly dies under Abby's care.

NBC Description

DR. WEAVER TAKES NO PRISONERS WHEN MISTAKES PILE Upwardly IN ER; MEANWHILE, A FRIEND DEPARTS: A wound-up Dr. Weaver (Laura Innes) goes on the warpath when she encounters sloppiness, incorrect diagnoses and improper procedures among the ER staff and Nurse Hathaway (Julianna Margulies), Dr. Malucci (Erik Palladino) and Abby (Maura Tierney) all feel the heat of her wrath.

A disobeying Hathaway earns Weaver's enmity when she revives a "do not resuscitate" cancer victim (invitee star Rachel Vocalizer) and so that the patient can spend one last witting moment with her young family while she ponders her response to Dr. Kovac's (Goran Visnjic) romantic interest and she makes a life-changing conclusion.

When he's non goofing off, Malucci also gets an earful from Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston), who offers a sobering assessment of his performance.

Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) re-thinks his father'due south burying request and determines to spend more time with his girl Rachel (guest star Yvonne Zima). Noah Wyle and Ming-Na also star.

Synopsis

John Carter is seen lying in bed. He gets up and goes outside to have a cigarette. Carter arrives at the hospital where Jing-Mei Chen tells him he looks like crap. Dave Malucci tells him that too and Carter says information technology's because he's having trouble sleeping. Dave wonders what he did to make Weaver hate him and Carter says mayhap considering he calls her Festus. Carter goes into the bath and stares at himself in the mirror. Carter deals with 2 patients at a time. Jing-Mei asks if he needs any assistance but he says he's got it. Carter goes to cheque up on his patient and realizes she hasn't gotten her antibiotics all the same. He goes and gets them himself since the nurse is busy. He comes back with the medicine and administers it to her. All of a sudden, she starts having trouble breathing. Carter accidentally gave her the wrong medicine. He gives her a shot to annul the effects just every bit Jing-Mei runs in and asks what'south incorrect. Carter says nothing and lies virtually the patient ripping out their IV. He leaves quickly and heads to the bathroom where he cries in one of the stalls. Jing-Mei goes and talks to Marker virtually Carter. She tells him that he's been depressed and asks if Carter has been seeing anyone. Marking Greene says he doesn't know if he'southward seeing a therapist. Jing-Mei begins to listing the symptoms he'southward been having and thinks he might exist bipolar. Marking says that he'southward probably still dealing with the stabbing and feeling responsible for Lucy Knight'south death. Jing-Mei says but what if she'southward right and if they care about him shouldn't they check to encounter if its anything else. Marker goes to come across Carter who is hanging out in a dark room. Mark tells him that they're worried about him. Carter says they don't need to be. Mark asks if he's seeing everyone similar a therapist. Carter says no. Mark asks if he needs a referral and Carter says yes so Marking gives him a listing of names. He leaves leaving Carter alone in the room.

Carol Hathaway is seen lying in bed only she wakes up to go take care of her crying daughters. She picks upwardly Tess and tells her that she's killing her. Ballad walks up to the hospital and finds Luka playing basketball game outside. He asks her if he made her angry with the flowers. She says no. He says merely they weren't animal crackers. He asks if she's still in love with Doug Ross. She says she doesn't know. He asks why she didn't go with him when Doug left. She says pride and because she wanted him to stay here for her. Luka Kovač tells her that he still loves his wife merely its time for him to get on with his life. Carol is given a cancer patient who won't wake up. She looks after the daughters so that the begetter tin be alone with his wife. Carol runs into Marker who'south on the phone. She asks him when he got back and he says xx minutes ago. She says she's really sorry about his Dad. That she tried calling him but that he didn't pick up. He tells her Rachel Greene came up and he'south merely been spending time with her. He tells her that he's trying to go his dad into a cemetery but they go along putting him on concord. Carol asks if he wanted to be buried with his mom in San Diego but Marking says he doesn't know what he wanted. David just didn't want to be a bother. Mark tells Ballad that she looks beat. Carol says that Tess is teething. Marking says that what Luka says and that they see each other enough to know. Ballad tells him not to give her a hard time. Mark says that he thinks its great. Carol says and so why is she nevertheless then confused. Carol'south cancer patient wakes up but insists on wanting to become home. Weaver tells the husband that doesn't she deserve to die where she wants to. Carol protests saying that they didn't explain all the options to her but Weaver says for to simply call and set it up. Carol talks to the father about his wife. He tells her how when she was commencement diagnosed he kept working instead of spending time with her. Carol says she'southward going to telephone call social services again when the patient stops breathing. The dad begs them to assist her because his daughters haven't said goodbye yet. But she has a DNR. Ballad begs Luka to help her keep her animate and he agrees. Weaver walks in and yells at them for keeping her alive. That information technology wasn't Carol'due south decision to brand. Weaver tells her if she can't respect her wishes that what is Carol doing working here. She tells both of them that if she codes once again to not touch her. Weaver leaves followed by Luka who Carol calls after. Ballad finds Luka and he tells her that she had no right to put him in that situation. Carol says yeah she didn't and apologizes saying it will never happen again. She also thanks him for helping her. He says your welcome and leans over and kisses her. She pulls abroad and he asks what and she says nothing. Carol goes to get her patient's daughters then that they can visit with their mother. Ane of the daughters stays behind. She asks if she's going to die and Carol says yeah. The daughter says its not fair and that she doesn't desire simply to have a dad. That she wants to be a family unit like they used to be. Carol takes her inside to see her mom. Carol does paperwork every bit they clean the room the mom was in. Luka walks in and asks her if she'd like to have dinner with him. She says that would exist prissy. He says she doesn't have to but she says she wants to. They become interrupted by the Dad who talks to Carol about soulmates and how she was the love of his life. That he'll never love anyone again the way he loved her. This hits Carol hard who rushes outs and tells Mark that she's leaving early and dropping off the kids at her mothers. Carol tells Luka she's deplorable but she can't have dinner with him. That she has to go find out and see if Doug's all the same in love her with. That he'll observe someone that volition dearest him similar his wife did. Carol runs through the airport and barely makes it to the gate earlier the airplane leaves. Carol arrives at Doug's house and goes looking for him when he doesn't answer the door. She finds him at the dock with his boat. Doug looks upwardly and spots her. He walks over. She tells him its beautiful here and he kisses her.

Abby Lockhart is sleeping in a patient room when she'due south chosen to work. Abby does a pelvic exam on a patient. The girl is worried that she has an STD from her boyfriend of over a year. Abby says that it's probably merely pelvic inflammatory disease. That they'll requite her some pills and she'll exist on her way. Abby tells Dave about her patient so that he tin sign the nautical chart. Abby gets the date wrong. It'southward the eleventh non the 10th and she says she can't believe today is going okay so far. She and so gets news that her PID patient collapsed in the bay. Abby rushes outside and they bring her back into the ER. She has a ovarian abscess that ruptured so they rush her up to the OR. Elizabeth Corday yells at Abby and Dave for discharging a patient that Dave never saw. She tells them that the girl could've died. Elizabeth says she wants to talk to Dave alone. Elizabeth tells him her opinion about him and that he'south lazy and he endangers patients lives. Elizabeth tells her that none of them call up he is much of a doctor.

Mark is looking through onetime pictures of his dad. He grabs one and pulls it on his nightstand. He talks to his daughter and tells her that he loves her and wonders if he tells her that enough. Elizabeth goes to come across Mark at the hospital. She gives him dorsum the pearls saying that she doesn't feel right keeping them. That he should give them to Rachel. She also tells him not to read likewise much into this. Mark gets called for a trauma and asks Elizabeth if she's coming over later. She says aye. Marking takes Rachel to David'south favorite spot. He asks Rachel to get with him to San Diego to bury David'southward ashes. She says sure. She asks if she misses him and Marking says he does. Which is funny considering they didn't similar each other much for a long time. Marker says he can't recollect why simply it was probably his fault. Mark pulls out the pearls and gives them to Rachel. He tells her that she looks lovely. He asks her to hope not to abound up too fast and she says okay.

Bandage & Characters

• Anthony Edwards as Mark Greene
• Noah Wyle as John Carter
• Julianna Margulies every bit Carol Hathaway (Final regular appearance)
• Laura Innes as Kerry Weaver
• Alex Kingston equally Elizabeth Corday
• Goran Višnjić as Luka Kovač
• Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart
• Erik Palladino as Dave Malucci
• Ming-Na every bit Jing-Mei Chen
• George Clooney as Doug Ross (Uncredited cameo appearance)

Trivia

• Paul McCrane, Eriq La Salle and Michael Michele don't appear in that episode, despite having their names credited in the opening credits.
• This episode is also noteable since George Clooney's cameo advent has been kept so secretive that even NBC never knew about it.
• This is the first episode to characteristic Frank Martin as the ER desk-bound clerk. His characterisation in this episode is much softer than information technology would be in subsequent appearances.

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