Created by Michael Crichton of “Jurassic Park” fame, ER is one of the most honored and most watched dramas in television history. Winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, ER has also earned 21 Emmy Awards and 108 nominations - breaking an all-time industry record. In addition, ER has been honored with the Humanitas Prize, as well as numerous awards from the People’s Choice Awards, Viewers for Quality Television and others. The acclaimed cast of the series has won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series.
From its very first season, ER quickly became one of America’s most beloved dramas, instantly hooking viewers on the lives, loves and losses of the staff of the fictional County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center in Chicago. The second season of the series was pivotal, as viewers grew ore attached to the cast and the tory lines became increasingly complex and intense. Numerous ig-name stars have aunched their careers on the series, including George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Marguiles, Laura Innes and Noah Wyle, among others.
In the memorable second season holiday episode “A Miracle Happens Here,” Nurse Hathaway (Julianna Marguiles) treats a Kris Kringle look-a-like before heading to a last-minute caroling party where Shep (Rob Eldard) proposes. And who could forget when Dr. Ross (George Clooney) storms out of the hospital after losing his fellowship, only to find and rescue an injured boy (Eric Von Detten) trapped in a rural storm drain (“Hell & High Water”). In the heartwrenching season finale (“John Carter, M.D.”), Jeanie Boulet (Gloria Reuben) and Dr. Benton (Eriq LaSalle) are tested for the AIDS virus, Dr. Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) refuses the offer for chief resident, and Nurse Hathway quits after being frustrated by medical red tape.
Episode Listing:
Welcome Back Carter!
Summer Run
Do One, Teach One, Kill One
What Life-
And Baby Makes Two
Days Like This
Hell and High Water
The Secret Sharer
Home
A Miracle Happens Here
Dead of Winter
True Lies
It's Not Easy Being Greene
The Right Thing
Baby Shower
The Healers
The Match Game
A Shift in the Night
Fire in the Belly
Fevers of Unknown Origin
Take These Broken Wings
John Carter, M.D.
- Featurette - “ER Specialists - Anatomy of an Episode”
- Featurette - “Life of an ER Director”
- Outtakes
- Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentary