Missed March 7 "ER"

Due to an unplanned VCR meltdown, I missed last weeks episode :frowning: - recap please!

A dominatrix and a man she just worked on. Lewis, Carter, Kovac, Abby and Gallant work on him while the dominatrix stands by. She leaves behind her work bag and the five of them play with what’s inside (rather innocuously) until Weaver comes in and crashes the party. One of the five, pissed at Weaver, places a dildo in her locker. The quintet is sent to a sexual harassment class because none will admit to the dildo.

The five arrive at the class pretty much on time but the teacher is stuck in traffic. What unfolds is sort of like breakfast club in which we learn:
The ages at which they all lost their virginity. Lewis brought this up and it made her look like a big ho. Abby, 16; Lewis, 15; Gallant, 14; Carter, 11 (with a maid at his house!). Luka lost it with his wife. He said he was young at the time.
The various professions of their parents. Luka’s dad was a conductor/painter, Abby has no idea what her dad did, Carter’s dad spends the family trust, Gallant’s entire family, except for his sister with cerebral palsy, is in the military and Lewis I forget although she did date a cowboy.
Abby says she likes being a nurse because she gets more one-on-one time with patients and that’s why she didn’t go back to med school. She also says the doctors lord over the nurses too much. Also, she went to Penn State.
Carter and Luka fence but it gets serious and they hurt eachother. We later learn they were both actors in college, and they were both in Hamlet, with Carter as Mercutio and Luka as the title role. Luka was also in Waiting for Godot, and thanks to him my teacher was impressed that I knew it was about the meaningless nature of life the next day in class.
Around then the teacher comes, the class starts, and after it Carter admits to Lewis he was the dildo person.

BigKahunaBurger , you must be a guy–you left out all the good girlie bits in your otherwise impressive summary.

Carter caught Susan coming home from Mark Greene’s (she spent the night on the couch b/c of his tumor surgery) and he got jealous. She said that she thinks he has the hots for Abbey. Later, during the wait for the teacher, Luka revealed that Abbey is sleeping on his couch, which is the underlying reason for the duel. Finally, at the end of the show, Carter and Susan kissed and both admitted that they don’t have chemistry. Mmmm mmmm, watch out, Abbey! :cool:

The whole episode had a very The Breakfast Club feel to it. Five very different people stuck in a room, talking about all sorts of different subjects.

And the funny parts:
The dildo was a strap-on, a giant neon-purple one at that!
Carter finally admitted to Susan at the very end that he was the one who left in her locker…it used to be his locker, and she never changed the lock combination.

Abby is sleeping at Luka’s because the neighbor who beat her up is still living in her apartment building.
Susan won’t tell Carter why she slept at Mark’s, but just said that when he finds out why she stayed there, he’s going to feel really, really bad.

Luka lost his virginity on his wedding night. I don’t think he ever said what age exactly.

Carter and Susan kissed at the end, and decided they are better off as friends, and it looks like Carter may try for a romantic relationship with Abby, but I think she likes Luka.

When they were discussing what their fathers did, Susan said her father was a test pilot for Barco-Lounger…great line!

When they brought in the guy in the leather suit, he refused to take off his mask. My husband was **convinced **it was Frank the desk clerk in there, until we saw him later.

Television Without Pity will have an entire recap of it up in a few days, if you want more detail than these fine folks have given.

sigh Luka’s revelation about his wedding night had me swooning-have you ever heard anything more romantic?

sigh

Oh, and Carter played HORATIO. Mercutio was in Romeo and Juliet.

Luka and Carter are hot. Sorry, it’s an ER thread, so I have to state that.

LUKA AND CARTER ARE SEXY!!!

You can have Carter. He’s too little-boyish for me.
I’ll take Luka. sigh

I thought this episode was rather silly, but then again, it might be a good thing that they injected some levity before they build up to <the worst-kept spoiler in television history occuring> at the end of the season.

It is good to see a medical student on the show again. It’s also good to see one who apparently has a giant stick up his ass–give them some points for accuracy. :slight_smile:

Dr. J

I felt so sorry for Carter throughout this one. He was trying so hard to outcool Luka (who is so cool he didn’t even realize there was a competition). Luka was a better actor than Carter, a better fencer (first blood went to Luka, you know) than Carter… it just went on and on. Then, the final blow – you would think that losing your virginity earliest would win Poor Carter some cool-points, but NO! Carter’s thing with the maid (at 11!) just seemed pathetic and creepy while Luka (noble Luka) lost his virginity on his wedding night with his now-dead wife. <sigh> The only thing Carter was best at was practical joking – he did put the dildo in Weaver’s locker – and nobody even knows about that except Susan. I definately thought the episode had a Breakfast Club vibe with Poor Carter playing the Anthony Michael Hall part.

Jess

It would have been too derivative and over-the-top, but they really should have played “Don’t You Forget About Me” to close the show out, as Carter and Lewis were walking away.