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Patreon Preview: Season 10 Wrap-up
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - April 04, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIt’s that time again! Join the STT hosts and special guest Jake from The Popular Court as we recap all the good and bad that was season 10. Hear our opinions on the season as a whole, what we loved and what we hated the most, as well as some thoughts from your fellow listeners. Wan...
S10E22 - "Drive"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - March 28, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Luka is a good samaritan, Neela has second thoughts about her career path, Abby finds out if she gets to be a doctor or not, Sam leaves Chicago in a hurry, a mom and son are critically injured thanks to a high driver, Carter has issues after returning to work too soon, Kerry fights fo...
S10E21 - "Midnight"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - March 21, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsContent Warning: Unborn Child Death This week: The med students have their graduation, Neela says Daniel's favorite line of the series, Steve confronts Luka about Sam, Frank makes his grand return to County, Rachel needs Corday’s help, Pratt screws up big time, Abby and Kerry have a tense ...
S10E20 - "Abby Normal”
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - March 14, 2024 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Neela’s lab buddies do some off the books experimentation, Kerry has second thoughts about Henry’s custody arrangement, Pratt is a huge jerk, Abby works with a mom with a troubled past, Carter and Kem prep for the baby’s arrival, and Luka and Sam try to figure out what Steve being in ...
S10E19 - "Just a Touch"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - March 07, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Pratt defends himself after a female patient lodges a complaint, Archie gets hit in the nuts, Jerry gets his nipples rubbed, Neela starts a new elective, Sam’s ex may be hanging around for a while, Abby leads a group therapy session, Carter does rich people things, and Kerry lawyers up.
S10E18 - Where There's Smoke
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - February 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Abby fails her board exam, Corday gets a job offer, Gallant treats a vet who is not as drug seeking as he appears, Susan helps legal investigate Luis’ death, and an accident during a warehouse fire leaves Kerry in a haze as Sandy fights for her life.
S10E17 - "The Student"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - February 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: At Carter’s urging, Neela takes on a bigger role in patient care (with mixed results), Chuck gets into a fight with a creep who won't leave Susan alone, Chen can’t catch a break, Gallant reveals his feelings for a colleague, a recovering Frank pops in to say hi to everyone, a group of...
S10E16 - "Forgive and Forget"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - February 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Sam shows her petty side, Jessica Chastain makes her on-screen debut, Chen returns to work, Corday takes a leap with one of her boyfriends, Luka treats a young kid who has an STI, a disgruntled patient heads back to County in a stolen tank, and the ER races to save the life of one of ...
S10E15 - "Blood Relations"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - February 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: an entire family with various level of carbon dioxide poisoning are rushed to the ER, Chuck finally meets Susan's dad, Chen returns to County with her sick father, Alex finds out Sam and Luka are together, and a claustrophobic Neela is forced to stay with a baby in the hyperbaric cham...
S10E14 - "Impulse Control"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - February 01, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Abby gets yelled at by multiple other docs, Carter and Kem go on a weird tour of Chicago, JK Simmons runs into an entire family, Sam treats a young woman with a strange relationship dynamic, and Luka and Sam finally hook up.
S10E13 - "Get Carter"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - January 25, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Kem is a bit too inquisitive, Corday makes friends with a fellow single parent, Susan is knocked up, Luka tries his hand at teaching, the nurses are horny for Pratt, and Gallant nearly gets shot during a paramedic ride-along. Buy our merch and support LGBT healthcare! https://www.bonf...
S10E12 - "NICU"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - January 18, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Abby and Neela start their neonatal intensive care unit rotations, and experience the high highs and low lows that come with caring for newborn babies who are often very sick. Oh, and Sandy returns from the Shadow Realm to give birth to her and Kerry’s baby boy.
S10E11 - "Touch and Go"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - January 11, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Kem gets adjusted to life in the USA, Gallant finds an interesting surprise when he gets home early, Abby is burning the candle at both ends, Pratt makes a massive mistake, Alex keeps getting into trouble, and Carter has a rather eventful first day back at County.
S10E10 - "Makemba"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - January 04, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: The story of Carter and Kem begins in earnest through a series of months-long flashbacks. As the two become closer, Kem gets Carter to fund part of her AIDS drug program, the doctors in Africa debate global politics, Carter treats an entire HIV positive family, and somewhere in there ...
S10E9 - "Missing"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - December 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Alex steals a human finger, Lizzy hosts a memorial service for Romano, Neela works with a couple of Amish teenagers, Abby fails her practice boards, Gallant’s disabled sister comes to town, and Pratt is back to his kinda sleazy bachelor ways.
S10E8 - Freefall
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - December 21, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Abby kills the practice dummy, Morris gets caught smoking a joint, Frank is very proud of his turducken, Abby cares for a woman going through a miscarrage, Pratt pisses off Romano, and the hospital descends into chaos as a helicopter explosion severely damages the ICU and ambulance bay.
S10E7- "Death & Taxes"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - December 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsTW: discussion of sexual assault and graphic depictions of suicide Bob Newhart breaks all our hearts, Elf is out this week, writing episode descriptions is hard
S10E6- "The Greater Good"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - December 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsSome stuff happens, Bob Newhart is nice. You get the idea.
S10E5 - "Out of Africa"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - November 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: a new nurse makes a hell of an entrance, Romano shows off his fancy new prosthetic arm, Kovac returns to the ER and immediately starts making changes, Corday’s fling ends rather abruptly, Abby is back in med school, and Susan treats an elderly man who may have intentionally overdosed ...
S10E4 - "Shifts Happen"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - November 23, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Pratt gets put through the ER wringer and he and an understaffed night shift crew barely keep their heads above water. Also, Morris is incompetent, Kerry is incredibly grumpy, Romano gets a new prosthesis, Abby catches up with Luka, and Randi gets Bob’d.
S10E3 - "Dear Abby"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - November 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: a new group of residents shows up at County, Romano is having insurance issues, Abby keeps getting sidetracked when she tries to visit a recovering Luka, Zac Efron gets shot, Susan tries to honor an awful family request, Corday gets laid, Pratt gets blindsided by Chen’s parents, and C...
S10E2 - "The Lost"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - November 09, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Carter heads back to the Congo to recover Luka’s body, and to try and unravel the mystery surrounding Luka’s apparent murder.
S10E1 - "Now What?"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - November 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: A certain British/Indian med student arrives for her ER rotation, Carter returns to Chicago, a major construction project leaves the ER a mess, Chen shows her jealous side, Pratt flirts too much, a major car crash happens right outside of County, and the staff is rocked by the news th...
Patreon Preview: Season 9 Wrap-up
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - October 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIt’s that time again! Join the STT hosts and special guest Jake from The Popular Court as we recap all the good and bad that was season 9. Hear our opinions on the season as a whole, what we loved and what we hated the most, as well as some thoughts from your fellow listeners. Want...
S9E22 - "Kisangani"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - October 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Carter gets his first taste of what medical care is really like in the Congo. He joins up with Kovac to try and provide the best care possible for hundreds of impoverished residents of the war-torn country.
S9E21 - "When Night Meets Day"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - October 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsOn this week’s 200th episode: Stories intertwine as we follow the day shift of Carter, and Pratt’s last night shift at the same time. Carter gets the brunt of the patients from a raging gang war and a mass suicide that leaves the whole hospital stretched to the breaking point. Pratt deals with t...
S9E20 - "Foreign Affairs"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - October 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Luka is sent into desperation mode after the sick child he’s trying to help makes a surprise early arrival, Eric crashes Gamma’s funeral, Romano’s arm gets set on fire, after a young man’s entire family is injured in a drive-by shooting, Carter tries to stop him from igniting a brewin...
S9E19 - "Things Change"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - September 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Abby finally gets a lead on Eric’s whereabouts, Susan defends Chuck after he messes up an intubation on the air rescue chopper, Luka’s surgeon friend from Croatia gets caught up in the ER vortex, Romano is clamping down on ER wait times, Pratt gets to live out every disgruntled worker...
S9E18 - "Finders Keepers"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - September 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: A depressed Romano begins his reign of terror as the new ER Chief, Susan husband shows up (much to the confusion of everyone else), Luka tries to organize a pro bono surgery for a little Croatian boy, Corday does everything in her power to try and disregard a patient’s wishes, Carter ...
S9E17 - "The Advocate"
Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective - September 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThis week: Kerry is distraught after one of Alderman Bright’s aides dies due to a drug allergy, Luka does a therapy (though maybe not in the traditional way), Romano’s arm troubles keep worsening, Corday tries to get through to a troubled teenager and her mother, and Carter winds up screaming at...
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