ER (TV Series) Be Patient (2000) User Reviews

Be Patient (#6.15)

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 9 March 2015]

It was indeed a bit bizarre to see most of the staff being happy and not mentioning Lucy at all, but I guess in such a show they can't dwell too long on it. I did though like Lucy's mother come to the hospital and have a conversation with Carter.

One thing I disliked in this episode was Luke's story. It shows again that he is a substitute for Doug. Just as annoyingly child worshipping and impulsive. And no, sorry ER but I don't see the driver that hit this kid as a bad guy, nice try, it was a stupid kid and I am sad she survived because it would be some perfect Darwinism here.

I did like the story of Mark and Elizabeth's parents Not even so much the relationship as that it led to an important point being brought up, Elizabeth's mother was not neglecting her, she was a working woman who only got the heat for her gender, men who do it never get criticized

Lack of Aftermath?

[fdm25892 · 6/10 · 2 January 2012]

Despite this episode only airing one week after the huge climax of the stabbing storyline, it seems to have rather forgotten that it took place. Rather, even though reference is made to the event, the staff at County General seem to have moved on very quickly.

However as a stand-alone episode, this is actually a decent effort. Taking focus of around five stories, each of them are well balanced with good amounts of screen time for each. These are stories focused on Hathaway and the diagnosing of an HPV sufferer, Greene and his father, Kovac and a hit and run victim, Lockhart and a hemorrhoids patient and Carter and his getting over Knight's death.

Despite the sudden love story between David Greene and Isabelle Corday being a good twist on things, I found it predictable. It seems to follow a generic storyline path; people start a relationship, family don't like it, family eventually get used to it, relationship is blown open by some tragedy. In this case, it's Mr Greene Snr. being diagnosed with lung cancer. However, it has to be said that Anthony Edwards' performance as the reluctantly knowledgeable son is very good along with an excellent script.

Goran Visnjic really gets to shine as Luka Kovac on his own in this episode taking a central role in a somewhat controversial story. We see his weakness for the first time and we get a real sense of his character that we have only seen glimpses of in past episodes. He also starts to build relationships with staff members other than Hathaway or Weaver.

For the first time in what I think is several seasons, the relationship between Carter and Benton returns. The old partnership are momentarily back together and it's showing of both Carter's growth as a character and Noah Wyle's growth as an actor is superb. This is something I would like to see more of in future episodes.

With the exception of Carter's conversation with Knight's mother, the moving on from the student's death is too quick. This is why I gave it 6/10. Weaver, who took a central role in dealing with the incident in the previous episode, has absolutely no mention of it whatsoever in this. All in all, while this is a great stand-alone episode, it doesn't work as part of the series for me.