ER - Season 1 Episode 17
Seasons & Episodes
Episode Overview
It's a day of birthdays. Peter Benton's mother is celebrating a birthday and he tries desperately to find someone to cover his shift. He makes a choice however when Dr. Hicks suggests that he's been absent too often and may wish to consider a leave of absence until his mother's situation is resolved. Carter thinks it's Benton birthday and has a surprise for him. Mark Greene's daughter is also having a birthday but he misses that due to an emergency at the hospital. An elderly, solitary man in the final stages of cancer arrives in the ER on his birthday. Carol Hathaway suggests to her fiancé that they adopt little Tatiana, the AIDS patient abandoned in the ER. Ross has to deal with a young child who was kicked out of a window.
Episode Details
Airdate: 1995-02-16
Episode Title: The Birthday Party
Runtime: 46
Director: Elodie Keene, James Hayman
Cast: Abraham Benrubi, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Karmin Murcelo, Khandi Alexander, Lili Flanders, Noah Wyle, Sherry Stringfield
Episode Rating: 7.7 (544 votes)
Release Year: 1995
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
