"ER" Heal Thyself (2008)

Director:

David Zabel

Writers:

Michael Crichton (creator)
David Zabel (written by)

TV Series:

"ER" (1994)

Original Air Date:

13 November 2008 (Season 15, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Flashback | Death Of Child | Medical | Emergency Room | Doctor

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Dr. Mark Greene
Parminder Nagra	...	Dr. Neela Rasgotra
John Stamos	...	Dr. Tony Gates
Linda Cardellini	...	Nurse Samantha Taggart
Scott Grimes	...	Dr. Archie Morris
David Lyons	...	Dr. Simon Brenner (credit only)
Angela Bassett	...	Dr. Cate Banfield
Abraham Benrubi	...	Jerry Markovic
Laura Innes	...	Dr. Kerry Weaver
Paul McCrane	...	Dr. Robert Romano
Leland Orser	...	Dr. Lucien Dubenko
Courtney B. Vance	...	Russell Banfield
Dorian Christian Baucum	...	Max Gonzalez
Troy Evans	...	Frank Martin
Yvette Freeman	...	Nurse Haleh Adams

Language:

English | Spanish

Company:

Constant c Productions

Trivia:

Anthony Edwards agreed to return for this episode on the condition that his salary would be donated to his favorite charity. Producers agreed, and donated his salary, and matched it with their own money. Steven Spielberg, the Executive Producer, also heard about this agreement. He matched the contribution as well.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Amazing Work

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

If you watched ER from the beginning, you know how instrumental Anthony Edwards was to this show. His character, Mark Greene, died from cancer at the end of season 8, but he was brought back during the show's final season in this episode. As usual, the writers and producers did an outstanding job incorporating his story (as a flashback involving his long-ago interaction with one of the current doctors) into the current story lines.

The final season of ER will go down as one of the best years of any TV series I've ever watched, and this episode (along with the finale) was one of the highlights!