Ambush
In an episode originally aired live, a crew making a documentary video invades Chicago's County General Hospital to obtain footage of the e.r. staff at work. Dr. Mark Greene (series star ANTHONY EDWARDS) hosts the group. The recent victim of a violent beating at the hospital, Greene has not recovered emotionally from the ordeal. He gets upset when the videographers ask him to discuss his trauma on camera. After initially protesting, Dr. Anna Del Amico (series star MARIA BELLO) consents to being taped. Meanwhile, head nurse Carol Hathaway (series star JULIANNA MARGULIES) and pediatric emergency fellow Dr. Douglas Ross' (series star GEORGE CLOONEY) renewed love affair remains secret.
Attending physician Dr. Kerry Weaver (series star LAURA INNES) informs Dr. John Carter (series star NOAH WYLE) that, even though he completed a year as a surgical intern, he must repeat his intern year because he switched his specialty to emergency medicine. Dr. Elizabeth Corday (series star ALEX KINGSTON), a visiting surgical lecturer from Great Britain, relieves Dr. Peter Benton (series star ERIQ LA SALLE), who is working longer hours to make up for Carter's absence from the surgical program. On camera, e.r. physician assistant Jeanie Boulet (series star GLORIA REUBEN), who is HIV positive, administers first aid to a bleeding AIDS-infected man (guest star JESSE BORREGO - "Mi Vida Loca," "Con Air"). Dr. David Morgenstern (recurring guest star WILLIAM H. MACY - "Boogie Nights"), the chief of emergency services, suffers a heart attack, which is captured on tape. And Greene, who angrily accuses Carter on camera of not following proper procedure in another life-threatening situation, agrees to be interviewed about his beating--if the documentary crew scraps the footage of him and Carter.
[NOTE: This episode was originally aired live.]
