ER - Season 1 Episode 1
Seasons & Episodes
Episode Overview
The pilot for the popular TV series is set during 24 frantic hours in the lives of a group of doctors, nurses, and staff members of a busy emergency room at a Chicago hospital. They deal with the seemingly endless casualties that stumble into their place of employment. The central characters are the chief resident and family man Dr. Mark Greene, who is considering a job in private practice due to pressure from his demanding law student wife Jennifer; outgoing Dr. Doug Ross, who deals with cases in his own personal way; straight-arrow Dr. Susan Lewis, trying to get by another long 36-hour shift; inexperienced third-year med student John Carter; cocky surgical resident Dr. Peter Benton; and troubled chief nurse Carol Hathaway.
Episode Details
Airdate: 1994-09-19
Episode Title: 24 Hours
Runtime: 88
Director: Rod Holcomb
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Christine Harnos, Eriq La Salle, George Clooney, Glenn Plummer, Holly Gagnier, Julianna Margulies, Noah Wyle, Sherry Stringfield, William H. Macy
Episode Rating: 8.5 (2559 votes)
Country: USA
Release Year: 1994
Rotten Tomatoes: 87
Metacritic: 79
Episode Runtime: 44 min
Rated: TV-14
First Air Date: 1994-09-19
Seasons: 15
Status: Ended
Creators: Christopher Chulack, Jonathan Kaplan, Michael Crichton
Awards: Won 23 Primetime Emmys, 157 wins & 370 nominations total
