Peter's Nephew Dies | ER 

She knows him well enough she can tell just by looking it's bad news. Even the regulars were top notch

Cuts straight through

That scream is so desperate so hopeless so REAL. You actually forget that she's acting. Khandi just nailed it.

No it doesn't. But it is devastating nonetheless.

My dads an ER doc and he still has nightmares of the scream a mother made when she found out her 4 year old son had died from a gunshot wound when the boy and his older brother found their dads gun and decided to play with it. Shit was over 20 years ago and he can still hear her scream. To be in this situation, I can’t even imagine it.

Honestly, it did do exactly that once Jack Orman was calling the shots. He turned a poignant, fabulous drama into a joke with some good episodes here and there.

Never. Greys Anatomy, Chicago Med, NONE of them could never. ER is a glimpse into the ED. All others are… just TV

@@trishl707 once the show was more about helicopter disasters, gang shoot outs and hostage situations, it went downhill. I worked on the show between 2000 and 2008. Huge changes and none were positive.

@@catherineshaw1122 yes it became silly in a way. But for 8-9 seasons and turning over an entire cast, that's a feat that won't be outdone I think.

Decades later and it still makes me cry

Sadly, so have I. I remember working one night when a patient injured in a car accident came in via ambulance. I didn't get a chance to see the patient, but I did see who was with her. It was her son. I remembered because I cared for her husband/his dad a few years prior when I worked at a nursing home. I remember the panic, the fear...it was just an emotional moment. He was chasing behind them as they ran the patient to a trauma room. I remember getting up and stopping him (visitors aren't allowed in the room, for obvious reasons) and he flipped out, screaming, "That's my mom! I have to get to her!" "I know. I know. I can't let you back there. They need be able to help her and focus on her right now," I said in a soft, gentle tone. The son was just...I get it, but it was difficult. "That's my mom! I have to take care of her!" he kept screaming. "We will take care of her. We will help her," I said. "Right now I need you to sit out here. I will stay with you if you like." The son started to cry. "We were going to look at the Christmas tree. The roads were bad..." he sobbed. I watched him stand and try to get in the room again. Normally I wouldn't do this without asking first, but I stood and grabbed him in a hug. I whispered in his ear, "You trusted me to care for your daddy and I came through for you. Please trust us to take care of your mama. We will come get you as soon as we know something. I promise," I said, handing him another kleenex. Our wait wasn't long. The doctor came out and you know...you could see it in the doc's face. The son just let out this scream that was somehow more heartbreaking than Jackie's. He just started screaming and crying and I went to catch him before he hit the floor. I just stood there, holding him up as he screamed; there's really not anything anyone can say to make it better. Her injuries were just too severe. She died Christmas Eve. They were supposed to be opening presents and enjoying holiday dinner and taking pictures. Instead they had to make funeral arrangements. I stayed with the son for several hours past my shift. I'm sure you'll understand what I'm about to say about those screams...I firmly believe emotional wounds and scars are so much worse than physical ones. They cut you in ways that don't bleed and the pain runs much deeper because the healing is much slower. The final straw for me working in trauma was a baby who was beaten so severely, she later died from her injuries. She was three months old. The dad brought her in; he was responsible for her injuries and death. He beat the mother too. I flipped out on the dad; it was the reason I left trauma and why I could never go into pediatrics.

@@shannonnealey2839 blessings to you and thank you for sharing. The world is finally starting to realize the toll healthcare takes on those that work in it but thankful to be there for those in need in their darkest hours.

the emotion and blurriness to mask ur decision making is pretty close to real world.

Me too, it was the part of the job I hated the most. To have to watch the pain and heartbreak, clean everything up, only then to have to turn right back around and smile for the next patient

You nailed it with your comments. People can talk Grey’s Anatomy all they want there’s never been a medical drama of the caliber of ER and there probably never will be. The show is pure gold.

He was in desperate denial of the fact that jessie wasn't coming back

My hats off to your description of that scene it felt like I was reading a book. 😀 You should be a writer.💚

What link does the child have with Dr Peter?

@@jpr_01 he is peters nephew

Never even thought of it to that degree

ER was one of kind that show. Wish they would make a Reboot of the show and bring it back. That scene was good with Dr. Peter Benton and Dr. Elizabeth kodai, Dr. Mark Green too it look so real! All the actors were great bring back original characters..👍 👏

That's the brilliant director at work, making those choices.

ER is the best medical drama there has ever been, I have my doubts it will ever be surpassed.

She just knew it. Peter's long face, defeated look, blood-stained shirt, peter never needed to say a word.

I'm keeping my eye out for more stuff she has acted in! She's amazing as Jackie in ER, my fav supporting character, and I think it's mainly because of how good she is at acting!

Agreed! Loved her in Scandal and CSI Miami

Yes she does! She’s amazing. Breaks my heart here.

Colin she is awesome. If you haven’t seen The Corner I recommend it for her performance!

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Yep, it was quite fun to watch on set, took a lot of planing, rehearsal and talent to pull it all together.

Production manager here - I see what it takes to do this, every cut, every long scene with no cuts and admire the acting and editing work on this show.

thats what i love about the show. it makes it feel more real and keeps you engaged

*planning ​@@catherineshaw1122

And illegal lol

and unethical

@@willyum3557 how so?

@@willyum3557 It's not illegal.

@@willyum3557 It's not illegal as it looks like another surgeon was also doing the surgery. The other surgeon looks like he told him to go.

Whether or not the boy would lived or died. Hospital admins would have fired Peter for working on a family member. Its NOT permitted JUST for exactly as portrayed. They take the guilt

@@davidfrederick6003lol who asked

That reminds me how close I am to my sisters and to my nephews and as a brother and Uncle God for bid if I lost any of my nephews I would completely heartbroken devastated and lost for words that is why I pray that God will protect them always and pree the blood of Jesus over dem.

@@davidfrederick6003 The hospital might have suspended Peter for treating his nephew but not fired him because with his nephew dying the hospital may have looked bad for firing Peter.Also Peter's coworkers might have supported him if he was fired

She's a really underrated actress. Totally great at drama on ER and also great at comedy on NewsRadio.

So many of the supporting cast members gave fantastic performances. Khandi was def one of the best. I also really liked John Callum as Mark Greene's father.

Khandi Alexander. Awesome actress and beautiful woman

When you lose your husband or your wife, you're a widow(er) When you lose your parents, you're an orphan But when you lose your child, there isn't any word...

@@1rewd133 I loved her in CSI Miami. I stopped watching the show when she left.

@@1rewd133 Ohh I knew she looked familiar, I remember her from News Radio

Michael Michelle was also really good in Er I thought. I’m surprised she didn’t have a bigger career

True

💯

Don’t even say them in the same sentence.

There would be no Grey's Anatomy without ER.

Got that right

It never fails

Me too...

I remember watching this episode when it aired.

Absolutely agree

Not to brag or anything...🙄

Lyin ass

My heart breaks for any parent that has faced that loss

My parents had to go through this as well with my twin sister. It was so painful and still is.

E.R. focused more on patients than personal lives. Greys focused more on their personal lives.

@@beepboop9464 GA sucked.

@@haywoodjablome6645 I thought it was good the first few seasons but I haven't watched it in years. It just became like How many horrible things can happen to these people l.

Grey's was a night soap opera. ER was/is the gold standard of a hospital emergency room with developed characters. The reason many actors auditioned to be a part of the series.

Totally agree with you. This will always be the “king and Queen” of hospital shows. Miss them all.

To think that this is ACTED, imagine how a mother would scream if it was real.

If you did it intentionally, you get points for the cross over with The Princess Bride.

I cry every time

Yes bought the complete series last week they don't make tv like this anymore

To be continued next week episode of. Er. Should have been ended now

Professional manner? Please... they treated that boy’s body with as much respect as a textbook - just a teaching tool, just a mass a flesh. He wasn’t fully humanized until his uncle came barging in.

Agreed. The veins in his arms while operating. This scene was REAL

It takes guts having children, you expose yourself to the painful possibility of out-living your own kids, and no parent can ever fully recover from losing a son or daughter..

I know the show is fiction, but her scream is the maternal, almost primal, accurate reaction of a parent learning their child is dead.

@@jenjarrell9973 and Peter real tears

Yess I am

@@BayouZeta81 People actually pronounce my name like this (Bayou) 💀 That is good that you watch ER. I am re-watching all 10 seasons (I decided not to watch the other 5)

I am

From Italy, here!

I still watch ER.

And that scene where the gang came in the hospital to see Jessie and Jackie loses it on them. As a parent I’m right there with her

Jackie's scream scared me half to death when I saw this episode. When I saw Peter crying over his failure to save his nephew, my heart broke for him.

I live close to Chicago and this episode I think hits harder for us Chicagolanders because we see and hear about tragic cases like this every day and our corrupt city officials refuse to actually do anything about gang violence which is the actual problem. Instead they try to go after decent cops who want to do their jobs right and protect people along with licensed firearm owners in Dekalb who never did anything more violent with their 12 gauge than go annual deer hunting.

*knocked

@l.a.3479 two years later you got me

Do you know where I can find the scene you’re talking about? I’ve tried searching on here with no luck.

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Six Four Thank you!

Yeah Malucci was such a heartless bastard.. If only he knew that this gangbanger is gangbanger we know and not random gangbanger nr 56362362 he wouldnt dare to make fun of him/be detached like the entire staff did to dozens of gangbangers before. Awesome lesson there breh.

I never liked his character, no compassion & just a total ass!!

sadly malucci is 90% of the doctors 🤬😧 in the real world ....

@@virgilsolozzo3510 except he isnt.

@@Canaris3 He wasn't a gang banger tho. So yeah, there's that.

I had surgery when I wad a child and the doctor came out to talk to my mom and he had my blood splattered on his glasses. It totally freaked my mom out.

This part is amazingly real and touching

I believe she goes by Khandi Alexander.

Why is 'beating' the answer no matter WHAT the question was. You don't have 2 think if your primary.responses are silence and rage.

@@robyndismon394 I agree with you to a point. However, in this moment Peter was completely numb and he was fed up with Malucci’s snarky comments. And when he was criticizing his deceased nephew’s choices, and essentially saying “that’s what you get for being in a gang”. I think Malucci deserved that punch. Peter’s grief manifested itself in anger at what Malucci said and reacted aggressively. I do agree that violence is never the answer but I think Malucci deserved that punch. What he said was rude insensitive, and he should have been kicked off the case early on.

The BEST medical show ever. (At least the first 7 seasons. )

I thought so too.

The director on this episode was extraordinary.

Right, you don't get scenes like this in Grey's Anatomy. It's scenes like this that make ER the best medical show ever

Also the fact that he was covered in her babies blood as well.

Well ER started in 1994 so I guess you should say All Saints is the Australian ER.

@@PlumbPitiful exactly.

Probably not, but the others were too sympathetic to try to stop him. Just look at their faces: they all knew that the kid wasn't going to make it.

@@WarGrowlmon18 good point

I'm sorry to hear that. I don't have much family left myself. ✌️😥

I’m so sorry for your losses, Cayenne.

True. But they pretty much knew the kid wasn't going to make it before Peter got there. The only reason they continued to work on his was because he was Peter's nephew.

Gaelin Wade yeah. It would’ve been worse if they had worked because Peter would’ve always lived with that “i could’ve done better. Maybe i could’ve saved him”.

Na but peter did his thing here, he didn't make any mistakes the kid just was not gonna make it. I always thought that if Peter was there from the start maybe he would've.

@@jessicamarie42503 Yeah. I know doctors shouldn't work on relatives, but this is television and Peter knew he did everything he could to save his nephew.

Not to mention he was insubordinate to the E.R. attending physician and Assistant Chief of Surgery. And abandoned his own patient in the middle of surgery. Though I can't blame him for intervening because he was a much more talented surgeon than Corday.