"ER" 24 Hours (1994)

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers:

Michael Crichton (creator)
Michael Crichton (written by)

TV Series:

"ER" (1994)

Original Air Date:

19 September 1994 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives of a group of doctors...

Plot Keywords:

TV Series Pilot | Time As Title | Digit In Title | Time In Title | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Dr. Mark Greene
George Clooney	...	Dr. Doug Ross
Sherry Stringfield	...	Dr. Susan Lewis
Noah Wyle	...	John Carter
Eriq La Salle	...	Dr. Peter Benton
Julianna Margulies	...	Nurse Carol Hathaway
Christine Harnos	...	Jennifer Greene
William H. Macy	...	Dr. David Morgenstern
Holly Gagnier	...	Tracy Young
Glenn Plummer	...	Timmy Rawlins
Vanessa Marquez	...	Nurse Wendy Goldman
Yvette Freeman	...	Nurse Haleh Adams
Deezer D	...	Nurse Malik McGrath
Abraham Benrubi	...	Jerry Markovic
Scott Jaeck	...	Dr. Steven Flint

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Norway:15

Company:

Constant c Productions

Trivia:

Nearly fifteen years later, director Rod Holcomb would direct the show's final episode: "ER: And in the End... (#15.22)" (2009).

Quotes:

John Carter: [sighs] I thought I was gonna be sick.
[pause]
John Carter: I'm sorry.
Dr. Mark Greene: Don't ever say you're sorry. See, there's two kinds of doctors... there's the kind that gets rid of their feelings, and the kind that keeps them. If you're gonna keep your feelings, you're gonna get sick from time to time - that's just how it works.
[pause]
Dr. Mark Greene: Keep your head down.
[pause]
Dr. Mark Greene: [squats down beside Carter] People come in here and they're sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.
John Carter: [nods]
Dr. Mark Greene: But it's still a pain the ass sometimes.
[...]

Soundtrack:

Are You Hearing What I Hear?

An excellent start to one of the best shows around.

The way they start this show is not in an introductory manner. They don't do a slow introduction to every thing, every character around, slowly. They just take us into a regular day in the E.R., starting with a doctor waking up, to a med student's first day, it's kind of a sequence of different medical events. They also give us insight to some of the characters. This pilot is circled around Dr. Mark Greene (played by Anthony Edwards). It starts with a nurse waking him up, and him, going into his day. With this, they introduce to ped's resident Dr. Doug Ross (played by George Clooney), who pretends he's sick before his shift starts. A nice way to start the show. A little humor. We also look into Dr. Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield), an E.R. resident, Dr. Peter Benton (Eriq La Salle), a surgical resident, and the new guy on board, med student John Carter (Noah Wyle). Through their eyes, we go through different emergencies, from traumas, to cancer, to an abused baby, to Carter nearly throwing up, even to the team treating one of their own staff members, nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies, who later becomes a regular). This pilot opened doors to a great T.V. series, lots of medical emergencies, fast-paced action, different story-lines, from medical law suits, to lockdown emergencies, to staff members dying, everything you find in a County Hospital, started here.