Mark Has A Seizure And Tells Carter About His Brain Tumor | ER

From "The Dance We Do" (Season 7 Episode 8)
First broadcast December 7, 2000
Requested by Zlatan P. Having recently received the diagnosis of a brain tumor, Mark Greene suffers a seizure while at work in front of Carter, leading him to admit to Carter his diagnosis despite wanting to keep it secret.

[@margeshilling7983]

ER was never the same after Mark died.

[@sylviebergognon]

N'll

[@sylviebergognon]

BJ

[@BIGJ03SGPHS]

most definitely

[@elizabethelia9860]

Español

[@brettcolbert9756]

I honestly feel like when Carter left after season 11, the show really didn't feel the same.

[@The.Badger.]

I cried so hard when Carter read Marks letter when he died.

[@georgepep1824]

Me too, that and only 1 other moment on television did that to me, when Edith Bunker died on All in the Family

[@SarahBlueJ]

I think we all did.

[@ivizeino]

Yeeees 😭😭

[@nicolehunter5927]

Yeah me too

[@darrylsowerby7973]

Carter’s whole demeanour changed when he finished reading Marks letter and started to read Elizabeth’s part.

[@breej3055]

By far the best medical drama.

[@Bizarro49]

This scene always chokes me up. This and "You set the tone" drawing back to the first episode. All this time later and this show is still so damn good!!

[@sbaker8787]

The best medical drama ever. Grey's is no comparison.

[@mkrny111]

Yep.. u set the tone is what morganstern told Greene, then Greene tells carter, then carter tells Morris.

[@violinda.]

"You set the tone" is the best recurring line...

[@MistaLovaMan]

“Stupid question Carter”... LMAO I feel like every person with a terminal condition has the right to give that answer when someone asks “Are you OK?”

[@nerva-]

Obviously it wasn't what Carter was referring to, but it was a great comeback from Greene. "What are you gonna do?" "Die, I guess." was also good -- no sense in sugar-coating it. I felt bad though when he said the seizure basically meant he could no longer work an an ER.

[@indagdnm]

I do have a terminal illness and this is exactly how I feel when people ask me if I’m ok or what I’m gonna do. It’s not about being lippy. It’s about being honest so that you can cope with the inevitable.

[@MrCraigblaze]

I liked this storyline here ..The storyline shifted from Dr Carter drug problem to Dr Green's health problem ..

[@dsutt777]

Mark's final scenes always gets me right in the feels, every time.

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@dsutt777 Yes it did .. XD

[@teroterskamaki3395]

Damn this show had the best character development

[@dangurney1042]

Carter knows that Mark isn't fine because he's been in his position of denying that he has a problem.

[@mikekling5880]

Carter & Mark are both denying problems.

[@alejovm98]

Mark didn't have a denial problem he just didn't want resources to be wasted on him

[@nycot107]

Mark isn't denying he has a problem, he just didn't want everyone to know because he knew it would only upset them. He knows that his tumour is deadly, he knows his life is shortened significantly because of it, but he definitely does not deny that he has it.

[@tommyt1971]

People with that condition get combative and their personalities get altered very quickly. Saw my dad go thru it.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

Nycot he was in denial and didn’t want anyone to know and report him to the medical board to be investigated which is exactly what happened.

[@skyehamm9629]

I saw this episode as a teen and years later I dated someone who had it. He dealt with it for 4 1/2 years $ he survived multiple surgeries, clinical trials, etc… I was with him when he died Jan 2013.

[@hobgoblin4614]

RIP to him. Hope you and his family are doing ok.

[@YehoshuaD]

One of the most iconic scenes in TV history....The camera pan has he tells him was one of the most memorable...23 years later and I still remember this...

[@lucyisabelturner]

“Die I guess” - Mark’s best line

[@frankiehere2010]

This is when ER was at its best.!!!!!

[@lvrofhearts9168]

This still gives me chills. And when Mark dies I still cry😭😭😭

[@mommy22alyns]

Every time, I bawl like a baby.

[@beebees9957]

The most accurate thing was how angry he was when he got up. Not because he didn’t want a work up, but because coming out of a seizure often you’re irrationally angry and a little punch-y. If you ever have to assist someone through a grand mal seizure be aware 😬

[@bitameah7745]

Oh, that explains the anger.

[@nigelft]

My younger sister, whom is virtually non-verbal, would get really aggressive even after a petit mal seizure, but I never knew why. Only thing I could do was give her a gentle (but very firm, as in applying pressure, but not too much ...) bear hug until she calmed down. Sometimes she would start crying; weaping, actually ... and that burned me like no other, because I am damn sure she knew what was going on, but, as still yet, there is no means for her to 'speak' ... I yearn for the day for those imprisoned by their own bodys, whom are unable to communicate with the world outside their own brain, to end what must be a horror beyond the human imagination ... ... it will be too late for my sister, but I pray not for others, or they whom are yet to be ...

[@sloth8632]

Or you just have no idea what happened and repeat the same thing over and over again.

[@beebees9957]

@@sloth8632 wym

[@sloth8632]

@@beebees9957 That's what I've done after grand mal seizures. Been asked the same question over and over again but not really understood it, had a throbbing headache and been really exhausted. I'm saying that not everyone reacts the same.

[@samueldixon8421]

“What are you gonna do” “Die I guess” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@arielklay23]

Amazing acting! A seizure means a loss of control, so to recreate one is amazing!

[@Watch415]

This is a channel that will be taking off! ER is one of my favorite shows.

[@ninnajacobsen4041]

Every time the intro is shoved, you will seeMark Greens shadow in the pool of water ❤️. It won’t be the same without you Mark.

[@crazyrabbits]

That basketball scene with Carter and Mark feels like a scene from a movie -- the framing, the snappy lines... so good.

[@joemckim1183]

All of the different basketball scenes between Doug, Mark and Carter were always great. They were really the only 3 you saw shooting hoops.

[@Bernie61dee]

My son had the same brain tumour. It'll be 3 years soon since we lost him. He was 31

[@KatAnne17]

💔💔💔

[@jesusislordsoontoreturn2178]

I'm so sorry. My brother died at 12 with brain tumor. We will see them again. Don't you worry.

[@SuperBennnnnnnnn]

My step dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was fine and functional with no symptoms and a month later he passed away. It was tragic.

[@clairevincent2561]

So sorry 4 your loss x

[@tomtrinchera8405]

That's terrible, man. Lost my dad to the same type as Greene's.

[@jujubug2000]

My dad also died from this type of tumor. Thankfully, like your step dad, he did not have any symptoms either except towards the last 3 months. He had a hard time with bodily functions and balance/coordination. He died with a week of us finding out what it was.

[@user-cx5lq7kx2f]

Same thing happened to my grandfather in the early 70s before I was born. My dad told me that on a family trip to Florida he suddenly started dragging his left leg, told my grandmother he either had encephalitis or a brain tumor (he was a physician)....three weeks later he was gone.

[@barbaraparks98]

My daughter lived 18 mos. It sucks.

[@myhybrid09]

Next to Darth Vader finally turning and helping his son, this chokes me up from the beginning of his diagnosis to his death! Anthony Edwards is such an underrated actor! I'm a nerd!!!! :)

[@patriciabrower532]

Lol you,re not a nerd you,re brutally honest. Nerd lol hugs ooo 🙃✌️🌹

[@kristenwilson7384]

Nerds!!!!

[@ronniestar8762]

Carter was the best doctor & friend you could ever have

[@rr7firefly]

Mark Greene and John Carter -- those two were my faves. Abby Lockhart and Kelly Weaver -- I loved them too.

[@_Lane_]

Along with Luka Kovač. 😉 (Oh, and it's Kerry, not Kelly. 😂)

[@ksagstertohi6156]

It’s Kerry.

[@jesusislordsoontoreturn2178]

Wasn't Kelly the one that died when her and John were stabbed? That episode killed me.

[@jesusislordsoontoreturn2178]

Nevermind her real name is Kelly Martin. Can't remember what her name was on the show though.

[@tranettaelizabeth607]

Still am reduced to pieces. I have a brain mass. Mark will always have my heart

[@debbiesb7543]

I have had 6 brain surgeries and that moment before something goes south is the scariest of all.

[@tommyt1971]

This storyline about Mark is pretty hard to watch - my dad died of the same thing, glioblastoma multiforme. Didn’t have it in the same region of the brain but it was hard watching him go thru it.

[@zlatanp479]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@Riley98414]

It's too heartbreaking seeing him like this💔

[@violinda.]

Saddest story arc. 😢

[@SimonPetrikov12]

"Die, I guess" is such a sardonic response, I love it.

[@VSisR]

This show is so old now, but that type of cancer is still one of the deadliest, they haven't figured out how to effectively stop it until today, and you are still with almost 100% certainty dead from it within a couple of years maximum. Depressing, really.

[@hannahdyson7129]

It's awfull , but at least in most circumstances you can due with loved ones around you . Something like Rabies on the other hand

[@harmoniousrhythm]

Greene: smacks head on counter on the way down did he hit his head? Carter: No

[@DevilGeneImbued]

I think they meant did he hit his head to cause the seizure. If you hit it a specific way you can trigger a seizure

[@harmoniousrhythm]

@@DevilGeneImbued i know

[@brettwalkup1666]

@@harmoniousrhythm If you know then your first comment is unnecessary

[@ArcanistShion]

@@harmoniousrhythm Pointless comment...

[@Brucefulness]

The basketball scene is a masterclass in cinematography. It could have been in a blockbuster movie.

[@heathermetz6576]

3:16 “Okay Doctor, it’s simple, I have a brain tumor!”

[@horrorfan5157]

Mark was my favorite.

[@sailboatrn7372]

This was so sad.

[@RebeccaPaige]

Doctors make the worst patients.

[@klaudiagrob]

Because they have full awareness about what is happening in their body.

[@_Lane_]

@@klaudiagrob Hi Klaudia, are you from Hungary? (I'm just curious 'cause your name sounds like Hungarian. 😊)

[@emilyfrench481]

Stubborn doctors

[@hannahdyson7129]

Because they know what's going on with them

[@jessiemalexander]

Best show hands down!

[@Florenciareynolds]

Oh God. When he died and the music was playing I was crying like when my dad died

[@tvloover80]

I saw Anthony Edwards trending on Twitter recently - it was his birthday & people were wishing him a Happy bday. I thought to myself, isn't he dead? I laughed because I then remembered it was his character Mark Greene who had died.

[@JohnML]

A reminder that, in the peak of E.R., it never bested this. This was what good TV looked like before Netflix.

[@ladybugmom10]

Mark was the best!!

[@hunterfellman-greene3863]

I remember this scene. I was 10 years old when I saw it

[@keepingitreal71]

I had a friend that had 10 siezures TEN of them one day in middle school.. Scary as hell.. Also had a friend in high school go into a siezure...The one in middle school died not long after and the one from High school recovered... She knew what was happening all around her as it was happening....

[@dianejohnson5216]

Yes I had a seizures and I knew everything happening around me but I couldn’t say anything

[@bigbadbruins1]

I love the music for ER

[@anthonystephenson4180]

You set the tone...

[@Patrick4959]

When a person has a epileptic seizure they are not supposed to be restrained or held down that endangers their own neurological pathways to come to by conciousness plus damage to the nerves too etc.

[@shakey2634]

His death episode was one of the best on tv ever

[@iceberggslim22]

I can’t watch it and ironically that episodes comes on today 1-30-24 🥲

[@tranettaelizabeth607]

Love Mark, tears. Life is brutal

[@florinispas1953]

tHE BEST SHOW EVER.. aND DON'T TELL ME THERE IS BETTER SHOW SINCE..with doctors of course..

[@ST-bz5ii]

When I had these types of seizures in the past I would always vomit and have a migraine

[@patriciabrower532]

Now this was a good story line. I was bummed that they killed him off the show. I thought it was an endearing act of kindness that Elizabeth invited Mark,s ex wife to be a part of the funeral procession. After all they shared a daughter too. 🌹🙏💖👍

[@jennymacallan9071]

Anthony Edwards made the decision to leave the show.

[@l.a.3479]

Obviously ​@@jennymacallan9071

[@puniopenetrante]

"Die I guess" Shit Mark, that still hit like a truck.

[@CarmenCiotti]

this video came out on my birthday, poggers

[@marystoltz1033]

They cut the end. “You set the tone, Carter “ Always loved that

[@Kalabenos]

That's in a later episode.

[@akiakiii5879]

I'm surprised this channel is not copyright striked.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

It’s a clip, not the full episode. Why would it be stricken?

[@klaudiagrob]

And then the damn thing came back. That surgery he had bought him extra year to spend with Elizabeth Rachel and Ella.

[@joemckim1183]

Sadly, with brain tumors when they're operable you're basically just buying time and not really trying to cure them. I mean you might get lucky and be able to buy 5 years longer but most of the time you're getting a year to year and half extra.

[@klaudiagrob]

@@joemckim1183 Yes it was just to buy time. No cure for this type of brain tumour that Mark had. Year before he died was time well spent. He got to spend time with Elizabeth, Ella, and Rachel. He also got a chance to help Rachel.

[@samanthalucas8070]

I saw this episode today on pop

[@Geass0011]

Guess I'll die then - Mark

[@TheAyla2004]

Gbm aren't really operable even now, so sad

[@willythecat2423]

They are, but there is no cure. My father was a long term survivor. He was first diagnosed with Gbm in 2010 and managed to battle the beast in his head for 9 years.

[@amitramsingh6383]

GBMs are usually operable, in fact gold standard management involves maximal debulking along with adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the form of temozolamide. However, in spite of these advances, the 1 year mean survival is still quite dismal even in the best patients. Have seen a lot of it in my patients. Quite sad. (What makes GBM inoperable is based on patient age, location and if it is multifocal or crossing large white matter tracts, in which case they are called "Butterfly" gliomas. The STUPP trial elaborates on these things if you ever curious/ interested about it mate) Cheers

[@TheAyla2004]

@@amitramsingh6383 Debulling tiwhat extent I've seen where agm is repeatedly debulked and is losing the rumour Toulouse brain. tissue and function that deeply impacts ADLs

[@amitramsingh6383]

@@TheAyla2004 GBMs are very diffuse high grade gliomas. Up to 80-90% of the tumour mass can be debulked but bear in mind there will always be some degree of mico-metastases which whill inevitably lead to recurrence. You can get a 99% subtotal resection and WILL have recurrence. GBM surgery is mainly to decompress and to give one some extra time.

[@TheAyla2004]

@@amitramsingh6383 I've know one perso. to survive 7 years after a gbm diagnosed to be honest myself a day colleagues were surprised.

[@millstodd8874]

I worked with a woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer. She was going to fight it. She was gone in about 2 months time.

[@kalel8736]

While rewatching ER I stopped watching after he died. But ironically after the 3rd time rewatching it I can’t keep watching after Carol Hathaway left. Seeing her go find Doug basically ended it for me, it was really like the show ended. I think the actors who played Benton and Green saw it too which is why they left

[@elizabethwedge9136]

Naltrexone is a long term opiate blocker so if he’s not taking it he could use

[@marcpags2528]

I have glioblastoma for over 4 year now. I am lucky

[@cce8632]

You are very fortunate

[@shadowstarz3651]

Wow...you are. Since I think the average survival time is a year or so.

[@ellietoper8584]

Carter or Mark...best men on earth

[@michaeldiehl2458]

They don't make shows like these anymore

[@annalisacampo7974]

💙💙💙

[@bipolarchick8011]

I cried so hard when mark died.

[@patriotgirl330]

Oh my goodness. Is that Ziva from NCIS as a nurse extra in the trauma room?

[@sloth8632]

Around 1:40? Doesn't look like her to me.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today mark 61 years

[@amidemocrate3764]

The worst mistake for ER : the Mark Greene's death. If the producers had just decided to give the opportunity of his character to go somewhere else (like for Doug Ross or Carol Hathaway) and even we had a small scene from time to time, the series wouldn't have changed after like this.

[@mtk52983]

It would not have made sense for him to do that. He had tenure, which Weaver resented, and one of the reasons for his divorce was that he would not leave for private practice. Administrative detritus was never his strong suit so it would not make sense if he took a position as a Dean at the medical school. The only way I could think of Dr. Greene leaving in a way that didn’t kill him off would be an alternative story arc where Dr. Weaver became Chief of Staff and to force him out she made working there a living hell for Dr. Corday that Dr. Greene resigns in protest.

[@reductio1000]

talk to me goose !

[@EthanMandelson]

Off topic but the film blemishes are very bad this season especially in the scene where Greene and Carter are outside! Very noticable at 3:23, love the show and it the picture is amazing but i just felt like pointing it out.

[@herdmentality1894]

😂🤦‍♀️ Carter did he hit his head? No. Meanwhile Mark slamming face first into that cart 🛒💥💀

[@frankseward7017]

Are we sure this us from season 7. I figured this would be season 8 since he died on thst season.

[@er-emergencyroom434]

This is Season 7. Later in the season, Mark has surgery to remove his tumor and he recovers, but unfortunately it comes back worse later, in Season 8 as you rightly say.

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

Ativan would not be administered in that manner. You don't just stick a needle in a vein that way. It would have been given IM unless he already he had an IV.

[@heatherreed162]

This was a fucken show. Definitely to young to watch but I didn’t care. Greys was no where near ER obviously so diffident and I get that believe me I do, but certain episodes from greys where just right where they needed to be comparatively to ER. TVs never been the same. Loved what we had.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday mark from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er

[@kimberlypatzkowski1506]

What episode is this

[@PlumbPitiful]

Look in the description

[@mkrny111]

It’s called “the dance we do” .. a 2000 or 2001 episode. The dance we do is how Abby describes her and her moms relationship. Mom shows up, is all off her meds and all crazy, then disappears again whenever till next time. This was 1st episode of sally field as abby’s mom.

[@teroterskamaki3395]

Gradus 4 glioblastoma damn

[@lindaterrell5535]

A lab colleague’s husband was diagnosed with the same thing at the same time as Mark. It was so weird watching them go through the same things.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today carter 52 years

[@olgaaspitia]

CARTER , NO SOPORTA EL LUGAR ?¿¿ SE LE HACE MUY PESADO LA MUERTE Y SUFRIMIENTO DE LOS PACIENTES

[@olgaaspitia]

SI PODRIAN PASAR CON SUB TITULOS ?¿? POR FAVOR ?¿?

[@bluebirdsigma]

La serie entera esta en HBO Max ahora. Estuve a punto de cancelar la suscripción y me salen con eso... Ahora ya la estoy viendo toda

[@whitneyochs234]

I agree- ince Mark died this show just wasn't the same, it was still good but definitely not the same

[@l.a.3479]

*since

[@kimmilliner7300]

My dad had brain cancer....

[@nigelft]

My condolences ...

[@user-kt2wi4vp1j]

Sometimes along the line, hospital shows become about medical staff treating themselves, police shows about cops investigating themselves, lawyers prosecuting themselves....tiresome.....

[@smallville316619]

Yeah realism is so tiresome. Shut up.

[@violinda.]

"Die, I guess." 😭

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday carter from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er

[@danielserrano591]

elsa is new york

[@briannadieguez6854]

If only he had met Dr Shepard

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE NOAH WYLE WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL

[@SamuelPearlman]

Malucci... aren't you fired?!

[@justinhillenburg9286]

Not yet, Season 8.

[@LilTRoberts1000]

That green black and white tile is just off putting to me lol

[@PlumbPitiful]

That's how you can tell which trauma room you're in!😊 one is green and one is yellow

[@SarahBlueJ]

There was an episode where a patient refused the green room for the same reason haha

[@andrewcrockett3044]

Noah Wyle could have played Nathan Drake EASILY and would have been great for the movie series of Uncharted

[@TheLirJEt86]

No shock that seasons 1-8 were the best. And 9-15 were meh. I think seasons 3-5 were the absolute best

[@user-qt6zl9oi8t]

No cast member lasted for the entire series

[@jonstefanik9400]

That's a Grand Mal. It's not fun.

[@Olivia-no7mi]

I Think He Was Embarrased When He Woke Up.

[@jennyoneill8879]

Anthony Edwards wanted to leave the show so they killed him off...

[@tbeasley845]

That's right, did he do anything after he left

[@kerrijohnstone7588]

NEVER hold down a seizure patient NEVER IMMEDIATLEY turn on their side Tis was bad acting - or rather bad writing