Carter is reading out a letter to the ER staff from Dr Greene. They then read the note from Dr Corday telling them that Mark died in the early hours of that morning. :'(
Kudos to Anthony Edwards for portraying beloved tv-character Mark Greene. When viewers actually feel like somebody they knew has died, you know you've done a very good job.
I think that Dr John Truman Carter ir one of the best caracters ever created. And I woude love seen more of him, what happened with Kem, what happened to his clinic. And if he ever got back to County.
Rachael Blomquist Noah Wyle may not have won the award, but he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Emmy five consecutive years, losing out to people like Ray Walston in Picket Fences, Hector Elizindo in Chicago Hope and Michael Badalucco in The Practice. Even without a win, that's pretty significant peer recognition for his portrayal of John Carter.
seamus1956 not to take anything away from those wins, but maybe, justttt maybe, Ray Walston winning over Noah is sentimental..??!! I think Noah should have won many awards for his portrayal of Carter..none more so than this time. It is years later and I still burst into tears at this scene...really think the same could be said of all the winners in this category? Ugh it's just damn unfair.
@@mediachristiantv7472 Actress whom played Chuny also died, Police killed her when they went to her apartment on a "welfare" call and thought she had a gun, and shot her.
Noah is basically just standing there reading, but he puts so much heat and emotion in the scene. The way he hesitates and gets choked up when he gets to Dr Corday's part is so well done.
Greene's illness and death happened shortly after my best friend at work died of a brain tumor. It tore me apart because I had just lived through it. I admit I wept through this scene and the entire episode that followed.
Me too!! I cried like I lost a beloved family member. These characters were the way I got through some very tough times. This was an amazing show and nothing can ever repeat the world they created.
I was just asking myself the same thing. They are replaying all of the episodes on TV and this one just played. Absolutely balling as if it was the first time watching.
ER was known for giving their main characters very extensive, respectful good-byes when they left. Where your average TV show has a person drop dead unexpectedly from one minute to the next, for cheap shock value or bad show planning, ER spent entire story archs that took several months to slowly unfold. Though there are many great examples, like John Carter, Jeannie Boulet or Carol Hathaway, nothing beats the farewell that was granted to Mark Greene alias Anthony Edwards. The whole sequence surrounding his death was incredibly well done and tremendously dignified. They gave the storyline almost one and a half seasons because that was the time that it needed. I remember how I watched that double-episode "The Letter" and "On the Beach" at night with tears in my eyes - and I really never cry when watching a TV show. Maybe it was because especially "On the Beach" was so realistic and powerful that it transcended the boundaries of a TV show. I felt like I was witnessing something very real happing to a good friend.
I think since it was created by Incredible writer Michael Crichton, writer of Jurassic park and SO many awsome books, who happens to have a mecial degree from Harvard
@@willzyx23 With the exit of Anthony Edwards the show started to deteriorate. That is another reason why him leaving marks such a watershed. There were still some interesting and multi-layered characters, like Malucci and Kerry Weaver, but as a general trend you could clearly feel that ER was losing ground and began "jumping the shark" more and more often. In the first eight or nine seasons ER was an innovative show with scientific background and a social message, not just a show to make everybody feel miserable. In the later seasons it became all abductions and explosions and a contest wether Abby or Kovac would be the first to sleep through the whole department.
I understand not wanting to watch it but I never stopped, I watched it til the end, it remained a wonderful show even after Mark passed away, I cried like a baby though
I've seen that scene at least a half-dozen times and it never ceases to make me feel a sense of profound sadness and loss- almost like Mark Greene was a real person and close friend. In a sense, because of the wonderful work of Anthony Edwards, Mark Greene was real- and the world is a colder, poorer place without him.
This sad episode was brilliantly written, filmed and acted. Still puts a lump in my throat. The entire series of ER was perfectly written, filmed and acted making it one of the best television series ever.
For me this is one of the most powerful moments in TV history. Heartbreaking yet, so subtle in tone. Still the saddest one of, if not the saddest death in TV.
@@marymiller4494 what made Henry Blake's death such a gut punch was that, other that Gary Burghoff (Radar) and the show's producers, NO ONE else in the scene knew what was about to happen. The stunned, tearful reactions you saw were real.
This was the show to watch and still is. Even with the 90s tech, I believe it's aged well over the years. It has a real feel to it and the actors put their all into their characters.
By far, ER was and still is one of the best dramas EVER on TV. Still watch ER til this day on syndication on POP. It really resonated when I worked in hospital in NYC for 4 years. Felt like we had lost a loved one - that's when you know you have a great show. 😢 #ER
Can this scene be ever forgotten??? I’m afraid not for it’s the most touching scene in ER. Your heart just breaks and tears flows… The best show ever in the history of television! 👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Really, I hadn't noticed! It's okay to be sad about something real or not. Many real people do die like this every day- that's sad. The portrayal of loss was spot on and I do not regret my emotions. I'm just happy I have some.
+Gernald I agree with you, Gernald, fiction or not this was heartwrenching then and, all these many years later, it's heartwrenching now. A word to Princess, yes this is fiction but it's also real life. I've lost patients to disease and trauma and I've lost colleagues to disease and trauma. Scenarios like the ones in ER happen to us everyday. They are no less touching because they involve fictional characters. I've seen the same story played out in life many times, so whether in a hospital room or on TV, the story really does happen. Seeing it here is a reminder.
I remember this so well when I watched it. ER was something that helped me through some tough time. It came out every Tuesday in Germany and whenever I felt miserably, i told myself " Only ... days left until ER on Tuesday". When Mark died on the show, it was really heartbraking for every fan who watched the show for so long.
This whole park of the death of Mark Green was some of the sadest time in televison history. I don't care if you are a gal or a guy, if you don't at least tear up somethings wrong. To me still one of the greatest shows in history. There was reason it was on for 15 seasons.
Anthony Edwards was magnificent in portraying Dr. Mark Greene for all those years. I enjoyed catching his performances in other works when I saw him appear in movies, but I always looked forward to this anchor character and his steadfast talent. While seasons on ER after his departure were certainly very good, the show lost something for me after he left. It is wonderful when a show is so magical.
@@kgatch113a go back and watch the rest then. I stopped watching when carter left, but then i went back and watched the rest. Imo You shouldn’t stop watching a show that you like just because a character that you like leaves, unless the show gets terrible after they leave
✳️ Originally watched this as a teenager - Mark's attitude to life, his generosity, his gentle spirit and the manner of his death, will stay with me for the rest of my life! I will always remember his inspirational final words to his little girl and us all. 💫
Dear ER Gang, So here I am, out on the beach at 5:30 in the evening. Elizabeth is sitting with me and drinking juice, but I'm all about the Mai Tai's. The sun is going down, Rachel is dipping Ella's toes in the ocean as they head off on their quest for the perfect seashell. Weirdly enough, I find myself thinking, you know what would make this moment complete? Some jogger dropping to the sand, short of breath, so I can sweep in with a piece of bamboo to perform a nice, clean intubation, fix the guy up, and send him off with a good, simple dispo. Which I guess is my way of saying that I miss you all and that dingy place. Lots of times I thought I should have chosen a different career or go into private practice, something easier, less grinding, more lucrative, but since I've been gone, I realize that outside of doing what I'm doing right now, sitting on this beach with my family, staying at County all those years, doing what we do on a daily basis was the best choice I ever made. I know what you're thinking, but trust me, it's not so hard to appreciate once it's over. As much as a part of me would like to believe that the ER can't go on without me, the smarter part realizes that you are an incredible group of doctors and nurses who approach every day with such skill, compassion and thoroughness, that when it comes to patient care, I know my absence will hardly be felt. As for friendship and comradery, well, that’s another matter. In order to leave, I had to go the way I did, but I wouldn't want any of you to think that that meant that I didn't value each of you and the years we worked together, or that I didn't have things of a more personal nature to say. Most of you, I think, have an idea of what those things might be without me writing them down, but still... Ella is laughing and waving for me, Rachel’s found her shell. Mark. Mark died this morning at 6:04 a.m. The sun was rising, his favorite time of day. I sent this on so that you might know he was thinking of you all and that he appreciated knowing you would remember him well. Elizabeth
Even after all this time seeing this I'm sitting here bawling like a baby ... I loved this show more than life ....it had an outstanding 15 year run :) ! I still miss it I wish they could make a reunion show:-) !
There were only 4 medical shows I watched (outside of the reality ones), and they were ER, Third Watch, Casualty, and Holby City (aswell as Doctors), with Casualty and Holby City being sister shows. As for being a doctor, that wasn't really something I saw myself doing, but I did want to be John Carter's wife (and the mother of his kids).
I remember the first time i saw this episode i was 13 years old and i cried so hard, that i had 2 days headache.... now 13 years later, again... i am crying like a teenager... this is the saddest moment in TV hostory.
I was always so impressed with how they handled this episode and the story that was written. This was done very tastefully but personably. If there was a real Dr Greene he would be proud too.
Watched this episode and cried. I thought the rest of the ER reavring to his death was all we were getting. But the next episode was following Dr. Greene's final days - headache from crying. They put us through it twice. Great two episodes. Havent watched since.
Started watching the whole series for the 4th time. Impressive every time. Without a doubt the best series ever! Such powerfull characters. Benton and Carter had such chemistry...and Mark...so sad. Scene with the greatest impact of the series
I cried so much at the end of series 8, this scene, his last days in Hawaii, the funeral very sad. ER's not as good as it once was. It remains good, but it used to be excellent.
Brings back memories I remember the letter from a friend telling me that our friend Sherly had died I never finished reading the letter I just couldn't get past that part. I never told her just how much I respected her and loved her. She was born male lived as a woman when doing so wasn't cool and was frowned on. Sherly it's been nearly 25 years and tonight I shed a tear for you. BTW this episode left me devastated.
Let’s also recognize the amazing, yet subtle performance by Sherry Stringfield. Watching her face as Noah reads reminds you of the deep love between her character and Dr. Greene that is never given the chance to blossom in the sunlight.
I grew up watching medical dramas as they were my mother’s favourite shows. From the likes of Dr Kildare, and Marcus Welby MD, to Aussie favourites - All Saints and A Country Practice - ER always stood out. I never missed watching it every week. Reliving this episode still brings tears to my eyes. I loved Mark Greene’s character. Anthony Edwards did a great job I still enjoy medical shows like New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor, Chicago Med, Transplant and 9-1-1. There will always be another medical drama. Thank you for sharing.
When I watched the episode so many years ago, I can't help but remember the entire episode. I watched it when it was first run. I cried then and I cried again just remembering how he was sitting on the beach with his daughter looking at the ocean with the sun going down.
I loved ER. And Mark was my favorite doc there. (well and Mr.Cutie, Carter) I had a big fat crush on him for some reason. Yes, this episode was very hard to watch as was "Love's Labor Lost" or I think that's what it was called. The one where Dr. Greene lost his patient during a emergency C- Section. I bawled for 10 minutes straight!
It's not. One of them, sure. But there is no single moment in the entire history of television that can claim that honor because there are just too many of them.
I haven't watched er probably since the times this episode aired.... yet here I am, crying like a baby same as when I first saw this episode.... such a fantastic show...
Hell, I’ve seen, bawled my eyes out, am currently rewatching the series on Hulu and saw that part and cried again and teared up again just watching this clip. The writers on that show knew how to write and I can’t count how many times I watched an episode and sat there with my jaw hanging open. After this episode I quit watching. Glad I picked it up again. Rest In Peace Dr. Green. No one cared more about that ER than you. I only hope if I ever end up in an ER that I get someone like him to look after me.
There have been several shows after ER, but I don't think these "me too" shows could ever hold a candle to the classic that ER became. Dr. Green was a true leader.
It's a shame this clip doesn't include the moment when Dr. Weaver is reading the letter and gets upset that it was posted on the bulletin board. Her devastation was so clear. Another great performance. And the letter staying up as life does go on.
Once upon a time, I watched this show with my mom. This episode of TV, more than anything we shared in about 40 of watching television shows together, defined what I remember about her and TV.
It still hits hard even after 22 years..😢😢 ER was and still is the best Medical TV show out..
Used to watch it until they went on an anti-2nd Amendment tirade. That was it.
I agree.
Kudos to Anthony Edwards for portraying beloved tv-character Mark Greene. When viewers actually feel like somebody they knew has died, you know you've done a very good job.
Agreed!
I’ll never forget watching the 2 episodes of Dr. Mark Greene dying. I cried like a baby the whole time. So yes, Anthony Edwards did an incredible job!
I know i cried...
I still can’t listen to Somewhere Over The Rainbow without thinking of Mark’s death on ER.
I honestly have to remind myself that Anthony Edwards did not die each time I watch these. He did an amazing job.
One of the best medical shows ever. Great cast,great characters,real writing.
there will never be a show like this
the best one
One of the best shows period
One of the best ever at transitioning characters in and out as actors came and went.
Dr. Mark Greene truly was the heart of ER
and Carter certainly went above and beyond at executing Mark's request
He set the tone
If you knew Susan and Mark’s relationship.. you’d understand how much her heart is breaking in this scene.
Susan's nuanced/subtle/understated reaction to the news of Mark's death was EXTREMELY well acted by Sherry Stringfield.
I remember the last time he saw her, and the curtain got pulled.
It is truly heartbreaking. They had a chance but she was leaving.
so true love the show
Heartbreaking
When the camera pans to Carter when he realizes Mark has died...powerful. Noah Wyle should have won an award for his portrayal of Carter.
I think that Dr John Truman Carter ir one of the best caracters ever created. And I woude love seen more of him, what happened with Kem, what happened to his clinic. And if he ever got back to County.
Rachael Blomquist they should do a show on carter's life
agreed
Rachael Blomquist Noah Wyle may not have won the award, but he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Emmy five consecutive years, losing out to people like Ray Walston in Picket Fences, Hector Elizindo in Chicago Hope and Michael Badalucco in The Practice. Even without a win, that's pretty significant peer recognition for his portrayal of John Carter.
seamus1956 not to take anything away from those wins, but maybe, justttt maybe, Ray Walston winning over Noah is sentimental..??!! I think Noah should have won many awards for his portrayal of Carter..none more so than this time. It is years later and I still burst into tears at this scene...really think the same could be said of all the winners in this category? Ugh it's just damn unfair.
Man, it's been YEARS since I've seen this episode, and it's still a tear jerker.
And fast forward 20 years…the member of the cast that died IRL was Malik (Deezer D)…
Ikr
The staff at county would have gotten that in the afternoon or early evening given the time difference between Illinois and Hawaii.
@@mediachristiantv7472 Actress whom played Chuny also died, Police killed her when they went to her apartment on a "welfare" call and thought she had a gun, and shot her.
I have never cried more over a character death than I have Dr. Greene. 😭 21 yrs later I’m still sobbing.
I went through 8 Kleenexes when I watched this. 😢
This, and waaaay back toward the beginning when Raoul died. 😢
Me too...
Noah is basically just standing there reading, but he puts so much heat and emotion in the scene. The way he hesitates and gets choked up when he gets to Dr Corday's part is so well done.
Dr. Greene was such a great character. Kudos to the writers and to Anthony Edwards. I mourned his death like he was a real person.
Greene's illness and death happened shortly after my best friend at work died of a brain tumor. It tore me apart because I had just lived through it. I admit I wept through this scene and the entire episode that followed.
Me too!! I cried like I lost a beloved family member. These characters were the way I got through some very tough times. This was an amazing show and nothing can ever repeat the world they created.
I was in tears 😭 @ the end. That was a powerful episode.
@@marknelson2846 He passed in ER the same week a family friend also died of brain cancer. That was not an easy thing to watch, and still isn't
@@shaundagaffney8335Same! The ugly, can’t catch your breath kinda crying.
2024... I still can't watch this without crying 😢
ER was so much better than Grey's Anatomy could ever aspire to be.
Completely different type of show - it doesn't even make any sense to compare them.
Rebecca Wright I agree
Amen
Agreed.100000%.
Life time movie
Why I'm still crying on this in 2020? This was one of the most heart breaking moments of TV series ever.
I was just asking myself the same thing. They are replaying all of the episodes on TV and this one just played. Absolutely balling as if it was the first time watching.
I'm crying too great show. He death hit me the hardest of all the great stories on ER
I know. I'm rewatching the series, for 5th time & definitely not looking forward to mark dying.
2022.... still happening
It's 2022 and theirs a tear in my eye
ER was remarkable for its time. Thank you Anthony, George, Julianna, and Co.!! ❤
Wyle should have won an Emmy for playing Carter. He was so real.
Just saw this again on 9/1/2023 and I'm wiping my tears as I'm posting this. Great clip, Great show! Nothing has matched it since!
August 10, 2024
Heartbreaking...but no one better than Carter to read it.
Lyra Catherine 💞💞💞
ER was known for giving their main characters very extensive, respectful good-byes when they left. Where your average TV show has a person drop dead unexpectedly from one minute to the next, for cheap shock value or bad show planning, ER spent entire story archs that took several months to slowly unfold. Though there are many great examples, like John Carter, Jeannie Boulet or Carol Hathaway, nothing beats the farewell that was granted to Mark Greene alias Anthony Edwards. The whole sequence surrounding his death was incredibly well done and tremendously dignified. They gave the storyline almost one and a half seasons because that was the time that it needed. I remember how I watched that double-episode "The Letter" and "On the Beach" at night with tears in my eyes - and I really never cry when watching a TV show. Maybe it was because especially "On the Beach" was so realistic and powerful that it transcended the boundaries of a TV show. I felt like I was witnessing something very real happing to a good friend.
I think since it was created by Incredible writer Michael Crichton, writer of Jurassic park and SO many awsome books, who happens to have a mecial degree from Harvard
Drs Lucy and Romano might take issue with that assessment, lol
@@cvgurauLucy (Kellie Martin) wanted out ASAP because of family issues so I don’t think they had time to develop an arc for her.
And the they dropped a helicopter on my favourite sarcastic surgeon
@@willzyx23 With the exit of Anthony Edwards the show started to deteriorate. That is another reason why him leaving marks such a watershed.
There were still some interesting and multi-layered characters, like Malucci and Kerry Weaver, but as a general trend you could clearly feel that ER was losing ground and began "jumping the shark" more and more often. In the first eight or nine seasons ER was an innovative show with scientific background and a social message, not just a show to make everybody feel miserable. In the later seasons it became all abductions and explosions and a contest wether Abby or Kovac would be the first to sleep through the whole department.
After Dr. Greene passed away, the show wasn't the same without him....I couldn't enjoy it anymore
Tina Parks I stopped watching when he died.
I stopped watching as well
He didn't pass away, he died.
@@ingriddubbel8468 same thing
I understand not wanting to watch it but I never stopped, I watched it til the end, it remained a wonderful show even after Mark passed away, I cried like a baby though
I've seen that scene at least a half-dozen times and it never ceases to make me feel a sense of profound sadness and loss- almost like Mark Greene was a real person and close friend. In a sense, because of the wonderful work of Anthony Edwards, Mark Greene was real- and the world is a colder, poorer place without him.
Years later and this scene still leaves you in tears
Drama shows don't do deaths like this anymore.
One of the saddest ends ever...
To this day, I still cry every time I see this.
Years since i watched this, it hit very hard at the time and i have always remembered it.
So well done, it was a great show:)
This sad episode was brilliantly written, filmed and acted. Still puts a lump in my throat. The entire series of ER was perfectly written, filmed and acted making it one of the best television series ever.
It's April 29, 2022 The Brilliant Acting Of Dr.Mark Greene Death Scene Gets To Me Everytime 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Loved ER♥️♥️♥️♥️
For me this is one of the most powerful moments in TV history. Heartbreaking yet, so subtle in tone. Still the saddest one of, if not the saddest death in TV.
That along with Colonel Henry Blake from M*A*S*H
It’s either Dr Greene or William on This is Us.
@@marymiller4494 what made Henry Blake's death such a gut punch was that, other that Gary Burghoff (Radar) and the show's producers, NO ONE else in the scene knew what was about to happen. The stunned, tearful reactions you saw were real.
This was the show to watch and still is. Even with the 90s tech, I believe it's aged well over the years. It has a real feel to it and the actors put their all into their characters.
By far, ER was and still is one of the best dramas EVER on TV.
Still watch ER til this day on syndication on POP.
It really resonated when I worked in hospital in NYC for 4 years. Felt like we had lost a loved one - that's when you know you have a great show. 😢
#ER
Can this scene be ever forgotten??? I’m afraid not for it’s the most touching scene in ER. Your heart just breaks and tears flows… The best show ever in the history of television!
👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Still brings me to tears...
Gernald wasted tears and energy, it's fiction
Really, I hadn't noticed! It's okay to be sad about something real or not. Many real people do die like this every day- that's sad. The portrayal of loss was spot on and I do not regret my emotions. I'm just happy I have some.
+Gernald I agree with you, Gernald, fiction or not this was heartwrenching then and, all these many years later, it's heartwrenching now. A word to Princess, yes this is fiction but it's also real life. I've lost patients to disease and trauma and I've lost colleagues to disease and trauma. Scenarios like the ones in ER happen to us everyday. They are no less touching because they involve fictional characters. I've seen the same story played out in life many times, so whether in a hospital room or on TV, the story really does happen. Seeing it here is a reminder.
+Princess Wow, if only fiction had no impact upon our lives....
me too
WHY is ER not on Netflix??!
Jo Bernhardt Because it's on Hulu
Jo Bernhardt. Its on Hulu
Cuz they suck er chicago med should be on as well
@@madeparks976 WTF is Hulu?
@@normanroscher7545 A difference streaming service then Netflix.
E.R. was the best show ever and it's greatly missed.I love this show watched it in the 90's until last episode.
My favorite, as well, Eric!! I judge other medical shows by E.R.'s standards and they all seem to fail, in my opinion!!
What season is this from
@@lori5374 yea i agree with you
@@curtisleno5469 season 8
Wow!
You have seen every episode of every show produced world-wide, since television ‘began’ in the 1950’s?
No?
Then shut it, you look like a nitwit.
Best show ever. Fine actors, amazing scripts and directors. No hospital drama serie comes close to ER.
Lars i'm ok with you
@@laurentzeitoun4490 Thank you. And merry christmas 🎁 Greetings from 🇩🇰
@@laurentzeitoun4490 Wait a minute. Are you the one i think you are? If so. Thank you for always giving the audience a spectatular experience.
Love it when Carter cleans out Dr. Greens locker and takes his stethoscope to keep his memory alive there
I remember this so well when I watched it. ER was something that helped me through some tough time. It came out every Tuesday in Germany and whenever I felt miserably, i told myself " Only ... days left until ER on Tuesday". When Mark died on the show, it was really heartbraking for every fan who watched the show for so long.
This will forever me one of my favorite ER scenes. Gets me every time. Noah Wyle is amazing in this.
This whole park of the death of Mark Green was some of the sadest time in televison history. I don't care if you are a gal or a guy, if you don't at least tear up somethings wrong. To me still one of the greatest shows in history. There was reason it was on for 15 seasons.
this scene gets me every time. if there was one character I would want to bring to life in the real world it would have been Mark Green
Anthony Edwards was magnificent in portraying Dr. Mark Greene for all those years. I enjoyed catching his performances in other works when I saw him appear in movies, but I always looked forward to this anchor character and his steadfast talent. While seasons on ER after his departure were certainly very good, the show lost something for me after he left. It is wonderful when a show is so magical.
2023 and still makes me cry.
how a simple tv show can grab your heart and make it hurt. some of the best acting ever. thank god for utube.
TheBigsqueezer all epsiodes are on Hulu I'm on season 8 right now
To be honest, after Mark Greene died, I never watched the rest of E.R. It wasn’t the same without him, I missed him.
I watched the remaining seasons, but it was not as good without Mark Greene. He was hands down my favorite person in the E.R series
But Carter was his successor in attituds, charm, swettnes, knowlegdes, skills and … “ the touch” as Mark told him before he left the hospital☝🏻❤️
I stopped when Julianna Marguiles left, but I wished I had stayed for this storyline.
@@kgatch113a go back and watch the rest then. I stopped watching when carter left, but then i went back and watched the rest. Imo You shouldn’t stop watching a show that you like just because a character that you like leaves, unless the show gets terrible after they leave
@@rubenc1004 Bingo
How many years has this been? This letter and scene still gets me every time I watch it. Full tears.
Here in 2019 watching this season of E. R. and this episode still tears me up. I miss this show so much. 😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔❤❤❤❤❤❤
It gets me every time. Even after all these years.
✳️ Originally watched this as a teenager - Mark's attitude to life, his generosity, his gentle spirit and the manner of his death, will stay with me for the rest of my life! I will always remember his inspirational final words to his little girl and us all. 💫
Dear ER Gang,
So here I am, out on the beach at 5:30 in the evening. Elizabeth is sitting with me and drinking juice, but I'm all about the Mai Tai's. The sun is going down, Rachel is dipping Ella's toes in the ocean as they head off on their quest for the perfect seashell.
Weirdly enough, I find myself thinking, you know what would make this moment complete? Some jogger dropping to the sand, short of breath, so I can sweep in with a piece of bamboo to perform a nice, clean intubation, fix the guy up, and send him off with a good, simple dispo. Which I guess is my way of saying that I miss you all and that dingy place.
Lots of times I thought I should have chosen a different career or go into private practice, something easier, less grinding, more lucrative, but since I've been gone, I realize that outside of doing what I'm doing right now, sitting on this beach with my family, staying at County all those years, doing what we do on a daily basis was the best choice I ever made. I know what you're thinking, but trust me, it's not so hard to appreciate once it's over. As much as a part of me would like to believe that the ER can't go on without me, the smarter part realizes that you are an incredible group of doctors and nurses who approach every day with such skill, compassion and thoroughness, that when it comes to patient care, I know my absence will hardly be felt.
As for friendship and comradery, well, that’s another matter. In order to leave, I had to go the way I did, but I wouldn't want any of you to think that that meant that I didn't value each of you and the years we worked together, or that I didn't have things of a more personal nature to say. Most of you, I think, have an idea of what those things might be without me writing them down, but still...
Ella is laughing and waving for me, Rachel’s found her shell.
Mark.
Mark died this morning at 6:04 a.m. The sun was rising, his favorite time of day. I sent this on so that you might know he was thinking of you all and that he appreciated knowing you would remember him well.
Elizabeth
Even after all this time seeing this I'm sitting here bawling like a baby ... I loved this show more than life ....it had an outstanding 15 year run :) !
I still miss it
I wish they could make a reunion show:-) !
Agree with you 100%… There has never been a medical drama like ER… Not ever
one of the saddest episodes I still remember
I miss the old days when i was a kid and watching this great series !!!
Q8 Rising same here!
This was such a good show. I wanted to be a doctor on this show. This beats every other medical show before and after.
There were only 4 medical shows I watched (outside of the reality ones), and they were ER, Third Watch, Casualty, and Holby City (aswell as Doctors), with Casualty and Holby City being sister shows. As for being a doctor, that wasn't really something I saw myself doing, but I did want to be John Carter's wife (and the mother of his kids).
+demonic alien cat princess love ER but Before this show us 80s baby's had St elsewhere.
+Michael Martinez great
So did I
I love the Susan's face in that part of episode
It's been years since I've seen this episode and I'm still crying. RIP Dr. Greene.
After this E.R was not the same..
Caen Viso after this, it was not the same. after carter left, i stoped watching -.-
Yasi I share your feeling!
Yasi I stopped watching after Hathaway left, and then I stopped watching for good until the last season
Dr,Green was one of the good guys
I thought it was when George Cloobeybleft
I remember the first time i saw this episode i was 13 years old and i cried so hard, that i had 2 days headache.... now 13 years later, again... i am crying like a teenager... this is the saddest moment in TV hostory.
The way Lewis looks away briefly at 2:27 like she knew what was in the letter is heartbreaking.
Still one of the most heartbreaking moments of the series.
I was always so impressed with how they handled this episode and the story that was written. This was done very tastefully but personably. If there was a real Dr Greene he would be proud too.
All these years latter and I still bawl my ass off. One of the saddest moments on television.
Watched this episode and cried. I thought the rest of the ER reavring to his death was all we were getting. But the next episode was following Dr. Greene's final days - headache from crying. They put us through it twice. Great two episodes. Havent watched since.
Started watching the whole series for the 4th time. Impressive every time. Without a doubt the best series ever! Such powerfull characters. Benton and Carter had such chemistry...and Mark...so sad. Scene with the greatest impact of the series
I cried so much at the end of series 8, this scene, his last days in Hawaii, the funeral very sad.
ER's not as good as it once was. It remains good, but it used to be excellent.
Did not miss an episode every Thursday at 10 pm .... best show ever! 😭❤️
This scene brings me goosebumps from head to toe. I'll never forget my very first TV heartbreak ❤️ This show man!!!
To this day, I still can’t get through any of these scenes without losing it. Fantastic show, I haven’t rewatched it in ages
Brings back memories I remember the letter from a friend telling me that our friend Sherly had died I never finished reading the letter I just couldn't get past that part. I never told her just how much I respected her and loved her. She was born male lived as a woman when doing so wasn't cool and was frowned on. Sherly it's been nearly 25 years and tonight I shed a tear for you. BTW this episode left me devastated.
All these years later and this scene still brings the tears.
So amazing how we come to care about these characters and feel loss when they die. It's a tribute to amazing writing/acting/film making.
Let’s also recognize the amazing, yet subtle performance by Sherry Stringfield. Watching her face as Noah reads reminds you of the deep love between her character and Dr. Greene that is never given the chance to blossom in the sunlight.
Omg always cry my eyes out watching this.
After all these year's one of most sadest TV scene. Always tears in my eyes... ER was one of the best TV shows!
Watching in 2022.
I just watched this episode this morning and as always it had me in tears. Beautifully acted and written.😢
One of the most saddest episodes, I bawl my eyes out every time
The part where John reads Corday's "P.S." about Mark's death *literally* just gave me the chills just now.
This was such a phenomenal show. So brilliantly acted, and more true to real life than any other medical show. I miss it!
It’s 2024 and I’m still tearing up. I loved that character.
My dad died on Father's Day this year around the same time of day. Five minutes before six in the morning. This hit me really hard.
Still gets me even today 😢
I grew up watching medical dramas as they were my mother’s favourite shows. From the likes of Dr Kildare, and Marcus Welby MD, to Aussie favourites - All Saints and A Country Practice - ER always stood out. I never missed watching it every week. Reliving this episode still brings tears to my eyes. I loved Mark Greene’s character. Anthony Edwards did a great job I still enjoy medical shows like New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor, Chicago Med, Transplant and 9-1-1. There will always be another medical drama. Thank you for sharing.
When I watched the episode so many years ago, I can't help but remember the entire episode. I watched it when it was first run. I cried then and I cried again just remembering how he was sitting on the beach with his daughter looking at the ocean with the sun going down.
I loved ER. And Mark was my favorite doc there. (well and Mr.Cutie, Carter) I had a big fat crush on him for some reason. Yes, this episode was very hard to watch as was "Love's Labor Lost" or I think that's what it was called. The one where Dr. Greene lost his patient during a emergency C- Section. I bawled for 10 minutes straight!
Anyone who doesn't say Dr. Greene's death is the saddest in the history of television doesn't know what they're talking about.
It's not. One of them, sure. But there is no single moment in the entire history of television that can claim that honor because there are just too many of them.
I haven't watched er probably since the times this episode aired.... yet here I am, crying like a baby same as when I first saw this episode....
such a fantastic show...
all these years later, and i'm still watching this balling my eyes out, i loved and miss this show
This scene, no matter how many times I watch it, never fails to make me cry! -/3
I remember watching the episode when he died and couldn't control my shit lol I was crying so hard
Yep, and every time I hear that Hawaiian version of 'Simewhere over the rainbow' I bawl my eyes out!
Paula Cridge never have i cried so hard when mark died OMG SO SAD RIP .
It was extremely sad. Cried like a baby
So do I and want it played at my funeral as well..
Hell, I’ve seen, bawled my eyes out, am currently rewatching the series on Hulu and saw that part and cried again and teared up again just watching this clip. The writers on that show knew how to write and I can’t count how many times I watched an episode and sat there with my jaw hanging open. After this episode I quit watching. Glad I picked it up again. Rest In Peace Dr. Green. No one cared more about that ER than you. I only hope if I ever end up in an ER that I get someone like him to look after me.
How can this still make me cry after decades?😢
There have been several shows after ER, but I don't think these "me too" shows could ever hold a candle to the classic that ER became. Dr. Green was a true leader.
One of the most heartbreaking scenes in ER.
It's a shame this clip doesn't include the moment when Dr. Weaver is reading the letter and gets upset that it was posted on the bulletin board. Her devastation was so clear. Another great performance.
And the letter staying up as life does go on.
She would be quiet
Eve missed an episode until Anthony Edwards left. It’s August 2024 and I’m crying again. Best hospital show ever made.
Once upon a time, I watched this show with my mom. This episode of TV, more than anything we shared in about 40 of watching television shows together, defined what I remember about her and TV.
I was an ER nurse and loved this show.
This scene gets me every single time 😭😭😭
All these years later and I still get choked up. ER was the best
Incredible show. Still having goosebumps so many years after. 😭
Nothing can beat ER and NYPD Blue. 2 of the best shows in TV history.
This episode was on tv today, never fails to make me cry, er is not the same without Mark :(
I remember watching this episode as a kid and bawling… just as much as it makes me cry now.
It's amazing how fast times goes. The best gift that you can give anyone is your time. It's priceless.