Inspiration for the episode came from production staffers for the show having worked in documentaries. "Ambush" was directed by Thomas Schlamme and written by executive producer Carol Flint.
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Greene allows the documentary crew to interview him on the condition they do not use the footage of him and Carter.Īctress Alex Kingston made her series debut as Elizabeth Corday. After Carter loses an elderly patient, Edwards berates him for not knowing any better. The production crew hits a raw nerve with Mark Greene ( Anthony Edwards) and refuse to being interviewed after inquiring on his assault from last season. Newly hired British surgeon Elizabeth Corday ( Alex Kingston) joins the hospital while John Carter ( Noah Wyle) learns he has to repeat his internship after switching from surgical to emergency medicine. Macy) suffers a heart attack and gets hospitalized. During filming, chief of surgery and head of the ER David Morgenstern ( William H. The County General Hospital is filmed by a PBS documentary film crew, capturing the staff treating patients, ranging from a dog bite attack to a good Samaritan being thrown off a bridge stopping a gang initiation. The episode received four nominations at the 50th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one. Praise was given to the live performances but the story and script writing was criticized being lackluster. Reception to the episode was mixed from critics. Watched in a total of 42.71 million viewers, the episode became the most watched season premiere episode for a drama series. In its initial airing, "Ambush" received the highest rating of the week, in front of episodes from Seinfeld and Veronica's Closet.
Inspiration for the episode came from production staffers having worked in documentaries, with Anthony Edwards and George Clooney suggesting to do it live. The episode introduced British actress Alex Kingston as Elizabeth Corday to the cast. Shown through the perspective of a PBS documentary film crew, the emergency room is filmed as a day in the life of the doctors. Written by executive producer Carol Flint and director Thomas Schlamme, the episode was first broadcast on NBC on September 25, 1997, as a live episode, filmed twice for the east and west coast. " Ambush" is the premiere episode of the fourth season of the American medical drama ER.
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