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"Day
One"
Original Air Date: September 22,
1994
Episode
Number: #3
Director: Mimi
Leder
Writer: John Wells
Description: The physicians of County
General Hospital are inundated with food poisoning victims including
German tourists and members of a wedding party--all of whom ate at a
German Hofbrdu. Meanwhile, tough, talented medical resident Dr.
Susan Lewis (SHERRY STRINGFIELD) saves the life of an infant who
swallowed an earring. Later, she argues with the hospital's chief
psychiatrist, Dr. Cvetic (JOHN TERRY - "Against The Grain," in
a recurring role), regarding the fate of a senile man (ED CAMBRIDGE).
Despite their argument, Lewis and Cvetic are lovers. Confident
surgical resident Dr. Peter Benton (ERIQ LA SALLE) can solve any medical
problem in the emergency room. When Benton correctly diagnoses a case of
thrombosis, which the victim's personal physician missed, he impresses
the naove medical student, John Carter (NOAH WYLE). Carter is
assigned to deal with a patient, Liz (LIZ VASSEY), who is a frequent
visitor to the emergency room. She constantly tries to seduce the
doctors using real or imaginary maladies to get their attention. This
time Liz has a rash on her buttocks, caused by poison oak, and Carter
must examine it. Later, she asks him to come home with her, and Carter
accepts. Finally, Dr. Mark Greene (ANTHONY EDWARDS) and pediatric
resident Dr. Douglas Ross (GEORGE CLOONEY) try to help the victims of a
drunk driving accident, a father, mother and daughter. Also, Dr. Greene
confronts an elderly husband (JOHN RANDOLPH) who insists on sustaining
his dying wife on a respirator against her wishes. With Dr.
Greene's encouragement, Dr. Ross visits Nurse Carol Hathaway (JULIANNA
MARGULIES), who is recuperating from a suicide attempt. The two behave
awkwardly around each other. Meanwhile, Dr. Greene's wife, Jennifer
(CHRISTINE HARNOS), announces that she passed the bar exam to practice
law. Greene admits he has no intention of leaving the ER for private
practice.
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