I watched every episode of ER- Here are some observations

Marielle Songy
24 min readSep 29, 2020

Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers about the 90's/00's NBC show ER. I mean…duh.

On a lark, and out of sheer pandemic boredom, I decided to watch the entire NBC series, ER, which originally aired from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009. My original plan was to just watch the first 3 seasons, but after I got hooked, I decided I was in for the long haul.

I figure 22 Emmy wins has to be worth a few hours of my time, right? Just so I wouldn’t feel like this was a total waste of time, I decided to share some of my observations here. I kind of brush over seasons 1–7. Skip ahead to season 8, if amusing details are your thing.

Now, let me start by saying I was pretty familiar with the series. I had watched it off and on since its inception, and I knew about some of the major storylines. However, I wasn’t as in tune with some of the more intimate details of the characters, so here we are.

By the way, this isn’t going to be a comprehensive write-up of the entire series. For that, check out the ER wiki. This is just meant to be an amusing write-up about the moments that made an impression on me.

The show takes place in Chicago at County General Hospital- a teaching hospital that sees a variation of every type of patient imaginable from gunshot and car…

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Marielle Songy

Marielle Songy is a writer and journalist living in New Orleans. More of her work can be found at www.mariellesongy.com