ER (1994)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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…he's clearly panicking at the thought of leaving his ER in the state it's in…
It is a splash-of-cold-water reminder of how vulnerable these workers are dealing with some angry people every day.
One of its recurrent tensions is how much time doctors spend with patients: The hospital administrators simultaneously want doctors to see sick people more quickly and still receive higher patient-satisfaction scores, and that impossible demand weighs on “the pit” and its backed-up waiting room.
I’m a sucker for the old-school “ER docs versus surgeons” rivalry, and we get a good taste of it here when the last victim from the shooting arrives…
…life in the ER is one plagued by human misery…
Dana continues to show Emma around the ER.
It’s true of George Clooney in the former – look at ER – and it’s true of Harrison Ford – look at Star Wars.
It turns out that in her own solo series, Claire’s life mainly resembles ER, as she performs surgery and takes the risks that, damn it, a sensible doctor (who isn’t pining after her red-haired lover from another century) just wouldn’t take.
The clips during the Jay Kelly tribute include scenes from Combat Academy, Sunset Beat, ER, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Peacemaker, The Thin Red Line, Out of Sight, Three Kings, Intolerable Cruelty, Ocean’s Twelve, Syriana, The Good German, Michael Clayton, Leatherheads, Burn After Reading, Up in the Air, The American, and The Midnight Sky.
Clooney was a working but relatively unknown actor until he was cast in ER at the age of 33.
…who didn’t really land with audiences until NBC’s medical drama ER debuted in 1994…
…of course these are clips of Clooney’s actual films (no ER though)…