ER: 'Helping them is more important than how we feel'.. Mark Greene tells Carter

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Greene: People come in here and they're sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.

ER: 24 Hours, Season 1, Episode 1 (1994)

John Carter: I thought I was gonna be sick.
John Carter: I'm sorry.
Dr. Mark Greene: Don't ever say you're sorry. See, there's two kinds of doctors... there's the kind that gets rid of their feelings, and the kind that keeps them. If you're gonna keep your feelings, you're gonna get sick from time to time - that's just how it works.
Dr. Mark Greene: Keep your head down.
Dr. Mark Greene: People come in here and they're sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.
John Carter:
Dr. Mark Greene: But it's still a pain the ass sometimes.
John Carter:
Dr. Mark Greene: Sometimes, I just want to quit and do somethin' else.
Dr. Mark Greene: Yeah.
Dr. Mark Greene: Why don't you take a few more minutes?
John Carter: Okay.
Dr. Mark Greene: By the way, I was in medical school with Benton... and he used to get sick *all the time*, so... don't let him give ya any crap. You're gonna be fine

The Letter [8.20]

[After Gallant gets sick during a trauma. Carter repeats what Dr. Mark Greene told him in the same situation eight years ago.]
Gallant: You know, sometimes I don't think I can do this.
Carter: You know, there's two kinds of doctors. There's the kind that get rid of their feelings, and the kind that hold on to them. If you hold on to your feelings you're going to get sick every once in a while. It's part of it. You know, people come in here, and they're sick, and they're bleeding, sometimes they're dying. And they need our help. And helping them is more important than how we feel. But hell, I've been doing this eight years I still get sick. Take another minute.

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Season 1, Episode 1: 24 Hours
Original Air Date—19 September 1994
The pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives of a group of doctors, nurses, and staff members of a busy emergency room at a Chicago hospital. They deal with the seemingly endless casualties that stumble into their place of employment. The central characters are the chief resident and family man Dr. Mark Greene, who is considering a job in private practice due to pressure from his demanding law student wife Jennifer; outgoing Dr. Doug Ross, who deals with cases in his own personal way; straight-arrow Dr. Susan Lewis, trying to get by another long 36-hour shift; inexperienced third-year med student John Carter; cocky surgical resident Dr. Peter Benton; and troubled chief nurse Carol Hathaway.
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ER (TV Series 1994--2009)


The work and lives of a group of emergency room doctors in Chicago.
Creator: Michael Crichton
Stars:Anthony Edwards, George Clooney and Julianna Margulies

Cast
Series cast summary:
Noah Wyle ... Dr. John Carter (254 episodes, 1994-2009) Laura Innes ... Dr. Kerry Weaver (249 episodes, 1995-2009) Laura Cerón ... Nurse Chuny Marquez (219 episodes, 1995-2009) Maura Tierney ... Nurse Abby Lockhart (189 episodes, 1999-2009) Deezer D ... Nurse Malik McGrath (188 episodes, 1994-2009) Goran Visnjic ... Dr. Luka Kovac (185 episodes, 1999-2008) Yvette Freeman ... Nurse Haleh Adams (185 episodes, 1994-2009) Anthony Edwards ... Dr. Mark Greene (180 episodes, 1994-2008) Eriq La Salle ... Dr. Peter Benton (172 episodes, 1994-2009) Emily Wagner ... Doris Pickman (167 episodes, 1994-2009) Alex Kingston ... Dr. Elizabeth Corday (160 episodes, 1997-2009) Lynn A. Henderson ... Pamela Olbes (149 episodes, 1995-2009) Sherry Stringfield ... Dr. Susan Lewis (142 episodes, 1994-2009) Abraham Benrubi ... Jerry Markovic (140 episodes, 1994-2009) Mekhi Phifer ... Dr. Gregory Pratt (135 episodes, 2002-2008) Julianna Margulies ... Nurse Carol Hathaway (135 episodes, 1994-2009) Parminder Nagra ... Dr. Neela Rasgotra (129 episodes, 2003-2009) Troy Evans ... Frank Martin (129 episodes, 1994-2009) Lily Mariye ... Nurse Lily Jarvik (127 episodes, 1994-2009) Linda Cardellini ... Nurse Samantha Taggart (126 episodes, 2003-2009) Paul McCrane ... Dr. Robert Romano (125 episodes, 1997-2008) Ming-Na ... Dr. Jing-Mei Chen (118 episodes, 1995-2004) Montae Russell ... Dwight Zadro (117 episodes, 1995-2009) Ellen Crawford ... Nurse Lydia Wright (113 episodes, 1994-2009) Conni Marie Brazelton ... Nurse Connie Oligario (113 episodes, 1994-2003) Scott Grimes ... Dr. Archie Morris (112 episodes, 2003-2009) George Clooney ... Dr. Doug Ross (109 episodes, 1994-2009) Gloria Reuben ... Jeanie Boulet (102 episodes, 1995-2008)

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  • Amazing, thanks for sharing (:

  • mark was always a bigger father figure to carter then benton was

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