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Before he leaves he stops by to see Ray, Neela and Abby and shares the letter he wrote to himself as an intern under Dr. Greene, that had sat in his locker until this point. As Carter is leaving the hospital for the last time, Dr. Greene and Dr. Benton (his primary mentors) and Nurse Carol Hathaway
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Unable to reach Dr. Kovač by pager, they send a student over to fetch him. The party immediately evaporates, as everyone runs back to the ER to help the victims of the porch collapse. A surprised Carter returns from the restroom to empty tables. They spend some time watching a slideshow of his
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for his "surprise" farewell party, where most of the attending doctors and his friends are waiting for him. County General then stops accepting trauma patients after further problems with the sewer pipes in the hospital leaves them with only one operating room, coupled with the fact that the
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leave for another party. This party is held on several floors in the back of an apartment building on the balconies at each level. Morris promptly becomes intoxicated, and begins vomiting. Barnett goes to help him. Suddenly the
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Status in the show, making it the first choice for such situations. Barnett uses the radio to call County and demands that Abby reopen the ER, otherwise the five critical patients would probably not make it to the hospital.
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are heard in voice-overs. Outside, he finds a fatigued and partially sober Morris crouching outside. Carter repeats the advice that was given to Dr. Greene by Dr. Morgenstern to the new chief resident: "You set the tone."
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Carter treats one last patient before leaving County General. He is surprised to learn that he delivered the young girl with the broken wrist 11 years ago in Season 1.
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to wrap up his affairs. He purchases half a dozen pizzas for the ER staff, as well as some refreshments. He also treats a patient who has injured her wrist.
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on the scene tell Barnett that they are going to take the critically injured to St. Rafe's Hospital because County is closed. County is the only
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initially refuses, as there are no attending physicians and only one OR, but when one of the critical patients dies, she relents.
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The porch collapse featured in this episode is based on the true story of the
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Ray is dealing with whether he wants to go into his residency as a doctor.
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time at County. The presentation features past ER doctors, including
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Television episodes directed by John Wells (filmmaker)
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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
ER
John Wells
David Zabel
ER (season 11)
List of episodes
final
eleventh season
ER
David Zabel
John Wells
NBC
States
Dr. Archie Morris
Dr. Ray Barnett
porches collapse, one on top of each other
Dr. Kovač
porch collapse
paramedics
Chicago
Level I Trauma
Dr. Lockhart
Dr. Doug Ross
George Clooney
Dr. Mark Greene
Anthony Edwards
Dr. Peter Benton

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