Ambush

Season 4, Episode 1, Aired
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Season Premiere: The ER is under the bright lights when a television documentary is filmed depicting a typical day in the ER. British trauma specialist Elizabeth Corday joins the staff. Carter restarts his residency, this time in the ER. A man is paralyzed while breaking up a gang fight. Morgenstern suffers a heart attack. Mark's stress level continues to build.moreless
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  • ER Live. Watch through the eyes of a documentary crew that films the hectic lives of doctors and nurses.

    8.7
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    By walrus_8463, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was the only episode of ER to be aired live. Throughout the episode, Dr. Greene and other staff members are followed around by a documentary crew. We see events unfold through the camera. Dr. Greene is still coping with the trauma of his attack months ago. When the camera crew find out about it, they ask about it, but Greene refuses. Carter is now an Emergency Medicine intern and a little sore about having to be an intern again. Ross and Hathaway are dating again, but keep it a secret from the rest of the staff. David Morgenstern, Chief of Emergency Medicine, suffers a heart attack. The way the staff responds to this shows how much he is cared for and respected. Also, British surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Corday makes her debut. For a change, we get to see how the characters in the ER would respond if they were really behind the camera.moreless

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  • Outstanding and very different camera work but it seems to be it.

    7.7
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    By Parricida, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    I cannot say that I expected something else - it was good episode, it has very unique camera work, story and everything was unique. The way it started, so many other things. But that constant moving, jumping, no deep peak into the story - it seems like clip here, clip there. I did not felt the depth of the cases, depth in actors. I cannot deny that there was moving case - the main case. A man tried so save another's life and he ended up paralyzed, the boy lived and the people who did it - they did not even know the boy they beated very well. The way Greene acted on that case, to call the husband - moving. The old good cases. (I think somehow that the end of last season was somehow week on the cases matter). But they just couldn't seem to get the balance - case good, no good plot between chars. It was quite disturbing to look how everyone was pushed aside by this or that. And boor Carter - his decision seems to be not so pleasant.

    Anyway, hopes are high and next episode ready to watch.moreless

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  • Not one of my favorite episodes

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    By Pinkmyst, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    I love the fast pace in which ER is shot but this was not one of my favorite episodes.
    I didn't like the way the camera moved around so much and I found it very hard to watch.
    I sort of liked the storyline of the characters but the camera movement was just too distracting for me.

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  • Trivia

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    • Goof: Towards the end of the East Coast version of this episode, you can see Kerry Weaver walking without her crutch. Edit
    • When the title is shown at the beginning of the episode, it reads "ambush," without the first letter being capitalized. Edit

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    • This episode did not have any opening credits. Edit
    • The West Coast version of the live episode appears on the Season 4 DVD. Edit
    • According to the Season 4 DVD extras, the idea of doing a live ER episode came from Anthony Edwards and George Clooney. Edit

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    • Aggie: When did you decide to become a surgeon? Elizabeth: Well, that gets into pleasing my father, rattling my mother... and all sorts of boring family secrets. The short answer is, my father is a surgeon, as was his father. And my father had no sons. Edit
    • Carol: (to the reporters) Actually, it's a myth about doctors and nurses dating so much. I mean, more nurses date cops, firemen, paramedics. Now, that cliché is true. Connie: Especially cops. Chuny: Especially young cops. Edit
    • Corday: Dr. Benton? Benton: Yeah? Corday: Elizabeth Corday. Visiting surgical lecturer and your saviour. Benton: Ah, excuse me? Corday: Well, I hear you've been on call forever. You're free to go. I'm on now. Edit

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    • Doug: (to Carol) Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do... Doug is making a reference to one of the signature lines used by Desi Arnaz's character, Ricky Ricardo, in the 1950s comedy series I Love Lucy. Edit

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