Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective

It'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 15. 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 to hear the full episode, including the semi-annual "Tone-y" awards? Support us at the $5 level over at patreon.com/settingthetonepodcast to enjoy that plus over 170 additional hours of bonus audio and video content. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

On this week's series finale: Paul brings his wife Marjorie back to the ER as she is slowly dying, Gates is shaken to his core as a teenage girl no older than Sarah is brought in with severe alcohol poisoning, Alexis Bledel guests stars as an ER doc who definitely should have had more than one episode, Carter catches up with some old friends after hosting a party for the opening of The Joshua Carter Center, Morris eats every bit of junk food ever, Tracy and Sanchez have some interesting patients, Chaz shows some newbies around, Sam gets a huge birthday surprise from Gates and Alex, and the family tradition of medicine continues as a now 22-year-old Rachel Greene is in town to interview with Banfield for a medical school spot at County General.  Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

On this week's penultimate series episode: Tom Arnold guest stars as the leader of a camp for kids with cardiac conditions, Morris bonds with several of the kids before stating his future plans to Claudia, Brenner isn't sad and how dare you think he is, the Banfield's plan to adopt a baby may be jeopardy, a highly intelligent teenager with a head injury has more to his story than he's letting on, and Joanie suffers a major setback. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

This week: It's non-linear storytelling time again as we follow Neela's last day at County, as well as her and Brenner hashing things out while she waits for a plane at O'Hare Airport. Also, Morris gets into a big fight with Claudia as she returns to work, Dubenko is salty that his favorite resident is leaving, Andrew reappears from the shadow realm, Frank plans a going away party, Abby has a small cameo, and a woman with a rare condition is brought in after crashing her motorcycle into a museum. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

This week: It's transplant madness as both Carter and Joanie have their respective organs coming from the same patient in Seattle, Doug and Carol are back and have to convince a grieving grandmother to donate her grandson's organs, Gates helps an older couple navigate the end of the wife's life, Benton steps in to make sure Carter's kidney implantation doesn't get screwed up, and Neela plays a bigger than expected role in Joanie's heart implantation surgery.  Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

This week: Carter collapses as his health problems take a turn for the worse, a documentary crew interviews everyone but Frank and Jerry, Neela finally ends the long national nightmare that was her and Brenner, Sam's reunion with her now fully lucid mom goes about as bad as you might think, Gates helps out a friend, and Morris is stunned after Claudia is shot multiple times while investigating a murder. Help us close out the show! Tell us what STT has meant to you! Join us on Discord or email us at [email protected]

This week: Carter has to make some adjustments as he settles back into the ER attending life, Banfield's husband sucker punches a guy, Sam's mom gets to Chicago but is far worse off than she realized, Brenner assaults Lucy's foster dad after the mere suggestion that he could possibly be a pedophile, Neela tells Dubenko some big news about her future, Morris is concerned about Claudia being hazed, and Frank has a very morbid sense of romance.

This week: Carter returns to Chicago for a bit while he's being treated for an undisclosed kidney issue, Banfield explores other IVF methods, Sam and Gates reconcile after a brief argument, Brenner makes a romantic gesture, Neela's attempts to find a heart for Joanie hit a major roadblock, Jerry hits on Carter, and Morris does whatever he can to get some measure of justice for a victim of police brutality.

This week: Morris awkwardly navigates a surprise party with Claudia's family, Neela gets a surprise call from a potential employer, Gates tries to convince an elderly man to get a routine surgery, an SUV causes a huge wreck in the ambulance bay, and Brenner treats a woman whose injuries require her estranged brother to step up and care for a young girl while she's in the hospital long term.

This week: A pioneer of emergency medicine wanders from his nursing home to the ER and makes a life altering save on a woman thought to have advanced cancer, Morris tries to find a way to help a poor diabetic woman stay out of jail after she was caught shoplifting, Neela goes behind Dubenko's back to get an experimental surgery for a man in an iron lung, and Sam's sister makes a surprise visit to Chicago with news about their mom.