"ER" Take These Broken Wings (1996)

Director:

Anthony Edwards

Writers:

Michael Crichton (creator) and
Lydia Woodward (writer)

TV Series:

"ER" (1994)

Original Air Date:

9 May 1996 (Season 2, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Susan has therapy to get over losing little Susie and Jeanie's ex-husband is brought in.

Plot Keywords:

Medical | Emergency Room | Doctor | Hospital | Medical Drama

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Dr. Mark Greene
George Clooney	...	Dr. Doug Ross
Sherry Stringfield	...	Dr. Susan Lewis
Noah Wyle	...	John Carter
Julianna Margulies	...	Nurse Carol Hathaway
Gloria Reuben	...	Jeanie Boulet
Eriq La Salle	...	Dr. Peter Benton
Marg Helgenberger	...	Karen Hines
Abraham Benrubi	...	Jerry Markovic
Scott Michael Campbell	...	EMT Riley Brown
Mary Mara	...	Loretta Sweet
Joanna Gleason	...	Iris
Ellen Crawford	...	Nurse Lydia Wright
Yvette Freeman	...	Nurse Haleh Adams
Laura Innes	...	Dr. Kerry Weaver

Language:

English

Quotes:

Dr. Susan Lewis: The healers are always taught to move on.

Movie Connections:

References The Birds (1963)

Soundtrack:

Blackbird

Wow

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Some may say the episode that Mark Greene dies in is the most tear bringing but for me, this is it.

If you're up on your Susan Lewis storyline you'd know that this has something to do with little Susie. It's sort of hard to describe this episode, but it pretty much follows a mother (or in this case an aunt) as she lets go of her only child (in this case niece). It follows Susan through what seems like a nightmare (and really is except for the fact that she's awake) and therapy which appears more like insanity than anything else.

Susan's sorrow is enhanced by a trauma involving an infant with shaken baby syndrome. Susan is sent out of the room by Kerry Weaver because it is overly emotional.

I cried throughout this entire episode. It was great and the best I've seen so far. I highly recommend it!!!