A Chemical Spill Causes A Crisis | ER
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- A nearby building collapse results in a number of casualties, only worsened when some of the patients have been contaminated with a toxic solvent, the fumes from which cause Weaver to faint, leaving Carter to take control of the situation himself.
Requested by Mica Dela Cruz.
From "Exodus" (Season 4 Episode 15)
First broadcast February 26th, 1998
We had hoped to have this up last week but there were a few hiccups along the way. Apologies for the delay! Do you think Carter handled the situation well?
One of the coolest episodes where carter grows up
I would say so.
You can see what a good doctor Carter is in this episode and the expertise he actually has. One of my favorite episode!
Yes, I do
My family and I kept going "C'Mon Carter." And then when he took over lots of yelling. Damn fun. Gonna post the rest with the save in the cafeteria and when he gets decontaminated?
People talk about how Benton supported him, but it goes beyond that. Benton was the *first* to leap into action after listening to Carter's instructions, basically signaling the rest of the people there to follow suit. It really showed how much Benton trusted and admired his former student that he was willing to listen to him in such a crisis, as well as help get everyone else on board.
That was actually one of Carter's shining moments. He stood up and took charge when those with vastly more experience floundered. You can't help but feel proud of him.
I remember my mom yelling "Yeah alright, way to go John!" and clapping when he took charge and organized everything on the fly.
Taking charge would have implied don't let them in the ER at all.
@@paxundpeace9970 a few people loaded a bunch of victims from the explosion in a pick-up truck and drove them into the ambulance bay without talking to the firefighters or paramedics
I think the point was the only senior doctors were two surgeons (Corday and Benton) who only come to the ER for specific things and also with their own patients they were looking after and a paediatrician (Doug) wo was dealing with a ventilated patient on dialysis, so not a surprise they didn't immediately think they should be in charge. As Weaver had collapsed and with no Mark - Carter realised it was only him and Del Amico as the remaining ER Doctors; he was the one with the most ER experience out of the two of them (Del Amico having been a paediatrician originally), so quite right that he took charge in the chain of command.
@@stephenreeves-brown7219 It wasn't just that Carter was the most experienced. He was the one who had the best grasp of the situation, since he was examining Dr George Bikel, who alerted him of a smell of benzine.
This is my absolute favorite episode of ER, I've watched it like a dozen times.
I love that Benton just let Carter cook. No interrupting. Truly treated him like a colleague
Smartest thing Benton could have done in that situation. He knew Carter was handling it like a boss!
Benton's pediatrician, Carter was more rounded with knowledge in hazmat. Benton recognized Carter's knowledge and let him have his head.
@@jonstefanik9400
It's simpler than that, Benton is surgical, but this situation should be handled by ER staff. That means Carter who was an ER intern but had more familiarity with medical procedures.
This is the moment that John Carter evolved from a Charmander to a Charmeleon.
Try Charizard!
@@mikegallant811 No, he turned to Charizard after the Walkout or Mark Greene's death.
I have no idea what you are saying but I agree.
@@CaptainKeithMark It’s Pokémon. They have transformations to get more powers. A charmander is basically a baby, it’s evolved form is an charmeleon. Basically he’s saying he’s matured and really grew this episode when he took leadership.
lol!
The camera work in these scenes is unbelievable.
Exodus
Exodus. One of the best episodes in the entire run. We saw Carter grow up before our eyes. I love at the end when Weaver comes to and she's basically telling Carter that when he talks to reporter to not make it about him and the rest of staff is behind her applauding his effort. He deserved to take a bow. He was incredible to say the least.
If that's not setting the tone.....
Not applauding him, taking orders from him on who gets what equipment. The nurses were still getting the ER up and running.
I always like when Carter takes charge.
Yep
I do to
Ohh Bay Bay
Don't we all!!
me too
Benton listening to Carter is the best part of this!! Love their relationship.
I aswell always liked that. He saw that Carter knew what he was doing and didn’t even hesitate to listen to him.
Petah and CATAH.
@@zdelacruz6296 😂😂😂😂
Me too. He recognized that there needed to be one voice and leader in the chaos and respected Carter enough to let him lead.
My jaw dropped when i saw that
We really have to give props to whoever is uploading this stuff, decades after it finished.
Hands down one of the best episodes of ER. Would love to see this show get a revival.
Carter was a total badass in this episode. Grabbing the Firefighter boots and running back in.
Ooooh, I forget about that part, I need to watch the whole episode.
I love how Benton doesn't even try to override Carter when he takes charge.
This situation had to be taken care of...if someone didn't take charge soon, things would've of gotten worse
I just started re-watching ER again, and I love to see how much time the show gives to its characters, how you can see their personal and professional growth. I mean, in episode 1 Carter was a total n00b who couldn't even do stitches and 4 seasons later he's a full grown doctor, capable of being level-headed in stressful situations and managing the chaos. That's why ER is the best.
Where are you watching?
@@PandaA1257 hulu
I can’t remember if it was the first or second episode, but I remember Carter doing his first solo IV on Frank (while he was still a cop)
Yup. Totally agree, and I think Carter to me showed the most growth throughout the series.
Me too I own season 1,2, and 8 but am rewatching other seasons most I never even saw.
The look on Carter’s face when he sees the tracks of benzine on the floor: “Oh shit.”
That's the best thing about ER, the character development is chef's kiss. I remember watching Carter observe how Greene cleared the patients when ER was full, going to one patient after another. Carter not only had Benton but Greene that provided him with leadership and humane qualities.
They picked a good plot device for this one; Purple Benzene is a nasty petrochemical, giving off nasty fumes that can put you down almost as fast as Ammonia. Awhile back, a barge full of Benzene ran aground in the Corpus Christi shipping channel and started leaking the stuff. They evacuated a 10,000 population center on an island. I caught a whiff of the stuff while bugging out, we misjudged the wind and it shifted, blowing it across our evacuation route. Nasty stuff.
When was this
It is also a carcinogen.
@@sexyhomeowner9345 Well, that's just about every petrochemical I can think of...... it's derived from petroleum so....yeah.
They needed to strip them all down and wash them all up in decon. Otherwise, the hospital becomes unsafe.
Glad u ok
This scene is not just an excellent demonstration of good leadership, but also good _followership._ Benton, despite being the senior doctor, defers to Carter and shushes people up so that they don't override his instructions, since Carter is clearly the person who knows the situation the best, and they need ONE voice to get things done, not a thousand voices arguing and blaming each other. It also shows the trust and respect all the other staffers have for each other, even for their junior members.
But funnily enough the moment that makes me go "HELL YEAH" the most is when Carter figures out they can move the critical patients to the cafeteria. It's such a simple, unorthodox, yet brilliant solution.
This is one of my favorite episodes of not just ER, but television ever.
That was the wrong location, but on the fly since he didn't have the right manual to consult
This was peak broadcast TV.
As a Healthcare worker, I am just sitting here going "when is someone going to take charge".
Our ER resembled this, last week when we were bombarded with trauma patients in a 15 minute span.
This and All In The Family are the best episodes of ER. You genuinely can't turn away.
Dr. Carter grew up really fast in this episode.
I love the ending where he tells the HazMat captain that he's just an intern, and the Captain is like "WTF???"
@@Narof321 Sometimes ability should outrank everything else
WOW...DR. CARTER REALLY OWNED THE WHOLE EPISODE...SO PROUD OF HIM
Benton should be so damn proud watching Carter take charge like that. He was like, FINALLY!!!
It still blows my mind how the camera crew was able to hide their reflection when the cameras do that cool one shot around the emergency room
My favorite moment in ER. We thought Carter could never rise to the occasion when we first see him but then down the road he uses every bit of knowledge he has to contain an already disastrous situation. He takes charge and earns our respect ten fold.
This is probably my #1 favorite episode of the entire series!
One of my favorite and most memorable episodes of ER. There are many episodes that captured your attention for the heartbreak or triumphs, but this was a crisis situation that was handled very well by an intern who grew into a leader before our eyes.
Wow! This is my request a few weeks ago. Thank you. 😊 This is one of the episodes where Carter showed how great of a leader he is. Very smart and strategic ideas.
It's 2:30 in the morning and i can't stop watching these. Damn the memories of this iconic show are intense.
Love Benton in this scene! First he shushes Chuny to let Carter talk and then after Carter gives his instructions to the patients and staff, Benton backs him up by shouting, "Alright, you heard him! Move!"
Though he constantly talked down to Carter, especially when he was his student, Benton really did respect Carter and saw him grow as an ER doctor. Probably why he backed him up - to see his former student prove himself.
Excellent leadership from Carter. One step at a time.
Carter steped up. Always loved how everyone just listen to him. A great scene
Quality of a good leader sounding sure of yourself in a crisis even if you're just making it up as you go
*stepped. *listens
@@annehajdu8654 your seriously correcting
my spelling.
Lol
This actually happens sometimes. I work in a hospital. When a patient comes in from a chemical spill, we are supposed to be notified and everyone needs to wear their PPE. Sometimes there will be someone on the team who isn't aware of the risk and they can get poisoned like this.
A lot of "my favorite episode" comments!!! All I can say to that is "AMEN!!!". I absolutely LOVE this show!! Paid a lot to get it on DVD!! Well worth it!! If I weren't an essential worker, this is what I would do during quarantine!!! Started watching the show because Anthony Edwards was on it, but stayed for Carter!!! God Bless!!!
He told Benson to shut up and it actually happened.
*Benton, but yeah... :)
That's the last time I watch TH-cam drunk 🤣🤣🤣
My jaw dropped
Did he specifically tell Benton to shut up, or was it just a general to all persons talking and shouting at the same time to shut up? Because there is a difference.
@@clit_niblr0375
There is a difference ...
... but Benton did shut up, did listen, and did _exactly_ what Carter said, without stomping on him ...
_That_ is when Benton knew Carter had what it took; no longer teacher/pupil, but actual colleagues ...
I really like how Carter took charge and showed true leadership in all that chaos.
The most significant part was Benton listening to Carter’s orders without hesitation.
Loving this show.
Bonus with River Song being there
and Marshall Flinkman of Alias :)
ER is where I first saw Alex Kingston and loved her. I was so happy when she started on Doctor Who.
I watched this episode right before work and even though my heart was beating fast for coming to work late, my eyes couldn’t get off the screen for a minute. It was absolutely amazing!
Carter comes out of his shell and kicked ass.
I was just watching the entire episode "Exodus" again, and there's a scene in the beginning with Mickey Rooney where he tells Carter how to build a tonal pen (pressure transducer) for measuring eye pressure. Later in the episode Benton had to measure internal pressure of a patient's leg but he doesn't have access to a transducer, so he builds one.
This is Carter's - and to a lesser extent Corday's - "Hell or High Water" episode. My favorite, where my favorite male and female ER character shine and go full hero. Of course they don't make the news! Weaver makes sure of that. But you can really see Carter blossom as the guy who will one day dodge gunfire and shells and run a Medicins refugee hospital for five years.
Corday did, romano had a bitch fit about it a few episodes later.
@@williamrosmer8381 Was that the same thing as the writeup in the newspaper that he flipped about? I thought that was unrelated to her whole search & rescue effort in this particular episode...but I confess it's been a while since I saw it. Which episode? I was mainly complaining about Kerry's rapid squelching of any stories of individual heroism from County during this crisis...it infuriated me at the time.
This is the episode where Carter truly became Dr. Carter to me
If you notice at the end of the episode all the nurses and other staff were calling him "Dr. Carter," where before they just called him "Carter."
Love this show. It was way better 1000 times better than Grey's Anatomy
Certainly the early seasons
Before season 10, yes
Two totally different shows..yes they are both medical but er is very fast pace you have to concentrate on what's happening and it's all about medicine...greys is also about the characters private lives with a mixture of drama and comedy
Grey Anatomy is just the cast sleeping around with each other
@@Liz-vd4lj maybe that way now...I stopped watching after season 10 cos I thought it wasn't the same show anymore...it should have really finished then so dint have a clue what the storylines are like now
When Season 4 aired for the first time in Germany I was part of a mailing list (that´s before social media 🤣) and the admin kept posting teaser messages referring to this episode. "Exodus" is coming! Remember this season: "Exodus". He wasn´t hyperbolic.
Stellar leadership. WOW
This will always be one of my favourite moments in tv history.
MY FAVORITE EPISODE!!!
Me2
Same
That was a great episode...I think the best one from season 4. I was always a fan of the character Dr. Carter - especially when he was young and upcoming as a 1st year/2nd year resident. This episode showed he had a lot of potential for greatness.
Never seen ER but thanks to this, I'm really considering it.
You won't regret it. One of the best shows in the history of television.
Why are you considering it? Why not just watch it and see if you like it
I've never seen the show but have been watching clips of ER for a long time and been recently watching the opening theme. I may not be into med drama shows, but this is a really good show minus the blood and the guts. I want to watch this
keeping a cool head in al that chaos? he did a great job.
*all
This was always, and will always be my favorite episode!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!! I remember watching this wonderful episode in the year of 2000 and well THIS IS one unforgetable episode. I mean, My Mom heard me talk about this episode for hours and hours after seeing it for the first time! EXODUS!!!! NUMBER ONE EPISODE!!!! After seeing it, When I played Dr. I reinacted THIS EPISODE!!!! I dreamed that episode in my sleep! And this episode sticks out in my history of watching ER!
This is still my all time favorite e.r. episode. And that's saying something.
I had completely forgotten about this episode! This was great to see.
I'm rewatching ER on All4. One of my fave hospital shows.
Getting closer to this episode.
I'm on season 4 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Carter and Benton are the best 👌 👍🏽 😍
Whats your favorite medical show?
People often think of the drama and romance aspects of this show, which it certainly has in abundance. But I tend to think of it as an action series.
There aren’t fist fights and car chases every week. What it does have is people stepping up in difficult circumstances trying to figure out how to save lives, sometimes without knowing what the problem is, and when time is usually working against them. Sometimes coming at great personal cost, which I think there are plenty of examples of throughout the series.
So long since I saw this! This was always my favorite episode
I remember the first time I saw this episode, I was very impressed by Weaver's epileptic seizure. It was impressive. And great acting.
One of my favorite episodes. Carter kicked ass and took names and I loved every second of it.
Carter was always my dream
man.
Really? Because it never seemed like he treated the women he was with especially well.
I really want to watch that episode again now
Just started season 5 on Max, enjoyed this episode, came REAL close to rewatching it. Carter is indeed worthy of his future promotion.
I liked when that nurse talked after Carter told everyone to shut up, Benton told her to quiet down and listen to him. And then proceeded to immediately follow his instructions.
I recently watched this episode and I think it's my favorite of the season!
Love this episode, Carter really stepped up
one of the best episodes.
When Carter became a leader
Yes this was the start when Carter started to become more confident as a leader.
Good going Dr Carter!!!
I am going to use this for business continuity and disaster response training!
Would like to see the conclusion of this ep. Or better yet the whole episode of "Exodus"
I was so proud of Carter! Even Benton was proud I believe.
PUH-LEASE upload the whole episode. It is my favorite episode!
TH-cam no longer allows full episodes. But you can find the entire series on Hulu
A friend of mine said this show is unrealistic.
Another who works A&E says he's talking bollocks and this is like a regular day for her.
Also, a Brit Medic in the Chicago , love it!
Ah no, that’s Dr. Elizabeth Corday. She is a British Trauma Surgeon who moved to Chicago sponsored by the County General to gain experience in trauma surgery. In US residency programs have ambulance ride alongs so she was doing one of those, she’s not a medic.
@@barsdogukankarakoyun8798 Oh,my mistake.
3:29 Like Benton nodding in the back, ready to follow Carter’s lead.
Carter handled this *so* *well.*
Was he still an ER resident here, or was he an ER attending at this point? Thx.
He was still an intern in season 4 after he quit the surgery residency in season 3.
I always feel this is the moment Carter went from bumbling student to reliable resident
Love the videos keep them coming. Please try to get more full episodes I loved all episodes never missed an episode
I keep skipping back 10 seconds rewatching carter scream shut up over and over🤣🤣 favorite ever
I haven't seen ER since my childhood. Talk about hard hit with nostalgia.
I love this episode so much
As a healthcare worker, this is even too much for me. And i’ve been in some chaotic situations while at work.
This is my favourite episode
I'm currently watching this episode right now.
Never a good scene when the boss is unexpectedly incapacitated. Always loved this ep, my favorite of the whole series.
This was my favorite episode.
So much of ER is the education of John Carter. It felt like a completely different show after he left.
finest medical show ever
And mark was on a flight back here and arrives at the end of the episode lol
"Give me 5 minutes, i'll clear the whole place!"
"YOU GET TWO!"
God the writing in this show just had a way of gripping the viewer like no other show could.
1:27 - gotta love Jerry!
yeah,,His name in real life is Abraham Benrubi.I remember him from Parker Lewis,Can't Lose....
I still love this episode
Well done carter.He's a great doctor. 😁
He was awesome! 💯💯
You know what I love about this show? They don't wait for you to catch up. You either understand the medicine, or you watch people die. It's damned compelling television.
Lol, if this wasn't a serious problem, the doctors and nurses running around with the beds and gurneys would be hilarious XD
Hospital bumper cars.
carter really was amazing in this situation
I remember watching this episode as a child, I had nightmares for months after.
Love ER when can it come back on tv