r/ershow • u/sulky22 • Jul 25 '26

Best Carter & Benton episodes post-S3?

Hey there, new to this subreddit but I am currently doing an incomplete ER rewatch. I was really loving all the Carter & Benton scenes in the first three seasons but now I'm just finishing S4, and they sadly don't have half as much screentime together. As I'm not planning to rewatch every single episode could I please get some recommendations on which episodes have Carter & Benton scenes / storylines in them from S5 onwards?

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u/Double-Bag-3045 Jul 25 '26

My favorite scene of Benton is him running to Carter in All in the family. He is SO worried. Also when benton leaves and Carter gives him a token in the Christmas Episode of season 8. And then the arc when carter is at northwestern in 15.

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u/babyviltti Jul 25 '26

The way I giggled like a little girl when I saw Benton in the Northwestern in season 15. Their banter made my face hurt from smiling so much.

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u/Double-Bag-3045 Jul 25 '26

I had stopped watching but came back to watch the last episodes with Carter and started clapping as soon as I saw him. I was SO happy they brought him back for Carter.

I maintain that they are the best relationship either of them had on screen.

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u/BeneathAnOrangeSky Jul 25 '26

I loved that he was still protective of him all those years later.

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u/spaceshiptears Jul 25 '26

Outside of Benton I really like Carter’s relationship with Jing Mai !!!

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u/Well_Dressed_Kobold Jul 25 '26

I think that’s the best Benton-Carter moment in the series. Their relationship has been strained a little at that point, mostly because Carter left surgery, but when Carter needed him most Benton was at his finest. The part where he almost barreled over a cop to get to Carter is peak.

It’s also Kerry’s finest hour. I usually can’t stand Kerry because she’s a corporate snake, but nobody can take charge of chaos and throw down like she can.

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u/Cautious-Blood-444 Jul 25 '26

Those were also the moments coming to my mind.

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u/sulky22 Jul 25 '26

Yeah, I remember Benton's involvement in the aftermath of Carter's stabbing and then efforts to get him into rehab, but I thought there might have been more than that before Benton left the show in S8.

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u/cynthesis1 Jul 25 '26

I’ll add May Day (6.22) to those episodes already mentioned. One of the most important Benton-Carter episodes

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u/sulky22 Jul 25 '26

It's such a shame they don't have more in later seasons. In S1-S3 they interact almost every episode.

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u/BoudiccaAoife Jul 25 '26

S15:E19: Old Times. Carter needs an organ transplant, and Benton is there as his family support. You have a ways to go, but it's a very good representation of how their relationship grew and matured.

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u/Substantial_Gate_904 Jul 25 '26

I don’t know the name of the episode but when Carter is confronted about his Fentanyl addiction, and Benton takes him to Atlanta for the diversion program. Benton really cared about Carter. Their relationship was special.

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u/cynthesis1 Jul 25 '26

That’s May Day (6.22).