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24 Hours (ER)

"24 Hours" is the pilot episode of the medical drama series ER. It first aired on NBC in the United States on September 19, 1994. The episode was written by Michael Crichton, adapted from a screenplay he originally wrote in 1974, and directed by Rod Holcomb. The episode was a critical and commercial success, receiving both high ratings (23.8 million viewers on its initial broadcast.) and very favorable critics reactions.

At Chicago’s County General Hospital, ER chief resident Dr. Mark Greene, asleep in an exam room, is awoken to tend to the drunk Dr. Doug Ross.

A building collapse in the Loop brings a dozen critically injured patients to the ER. Most are successfully treated; Greene informs a man of his father’s death and the man breaks down. Greene meets his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Rachel, in the cafeteria. Jennifer reminds him of his appointment later that day for a potential new job with a private practice.

Surgical student John Carter arrives for the first day of his ER rotation, and is assigned to Dr. Peter Benton. After a quick-fire tour, Benton demonstrates how to start an IV and suture before he is called away. The inexperienced Carter manages to treat a woman with a hand laceration, and a man with anger issues who shot himself in the leg.

Ross meets his new medical student, Tracy Young. They diagnose a young boy with a stomach ulcer, presumably due to stress from his overbearing mother. Ross flirts with nurse manager Carol Hathaway and reminisces about their past relationship. A woman gives birth in the trauma room.

At his appointment, Greene finds the affluent private practice much calmer than the chaotic hospital, but despite the offer of better pay and less stressful hours, he is unconvinced to leave the ER.

Dr. Susan Lewis shows a patient, Mr. Parker, the X-ray of a mass in his lungs, and tries to assuage his fears of lung cancer. He asks for a frank diagnosis, and she tells him he likely has six months to live, but assures him that nothing is certain; he thanks her for her honesty.

Frequent ER visitor Mrs. Raskin seeks out Greene for medical attention for a hangnail. Hathaway leaves as the ER changes shifts. Carter treats a young woman who is distraught at having crashed her father’s new Cadillac; her father, though angry, is relieved she is okay. Benton scolds Carter for having more patients waiting to be seen. Ross sees to a young boy who has swallowed his mother's house key. Carter treats a girl with stomach pains who insists she is not pregnant. Carter brings in Benton, who determines she has an ectopic pregnancy.

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