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The remarkably strong first season showed off its sharp ensemble cast through a variety of compelling story lines both personal (Carter's conflicts with Benton, Lewis's struggles with her no-account sister, Chloe, played by Kathleen Wilhoite) and professional (a holiday blizzard and especially the harrowing tale of a pregnancy gone bad, "Love's Labor Lost," which won five Emmy Awards). When Carter is pondering whether his future includes the ER, Green jokes, "It's not bad: Stress, late nights, hard work, no pay--it's hard to beat." It's hard to imagine people choosing to work under those conditions, but they do, and in the process these very human people perform superhuman feats as they face life and death as part of their daily jobs.
DVD features are fairly generous for a TV series box. There are two commentary tracks on the pilot episode, including one by Crichton, and crew commentaries on "Sleepless in Chicago" and "Love's Labor Lost." A new 39-minute documentary discusses the show's genesis, casting, and the "Chicago hospital drama smackdown" with Chicago Hope through interviews with Crichton, executive producer Steven Spielberg, other crew members, and the principal cast members other than Eriq LaSalle. Also included are a very watchable featurette on the show's realism (ever wonder why Ross is always looking down?) and another on post-production, a list of characters (including patients by episode, but why no actor credits?), three minor deleted scenes, outtakes, and a glossary of frequently used medical terms. Particularly notable is that the episodes are shown in anamorphic widescreen. ER was one of the first network shows broadcast in widescreen, but that was years after these episodes, which are shown in widescreen for the first time. --David Horiuchi
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | John E. Gallagher, Brett Fallis, Richard Thorpe (II) |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 September, 1994 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Brothers Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 085392462926 |
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Customer Reviews of ER - The Complete First Season
Love It! I got into ER by renting the first disc of season one off of Netflix. After that I was hooked and bought it immediately. It quickly became my favorite TV show and quite a bit of obsession. To me the first season is the best by far. The current episodes lack the amazing characters of the earlier ones. Every episode on these discs is great and so far none of mine have gotten scratched.
Groundbreaking 90's Medical Drama
Okay, I remember in the early 90's when NBC was beating the other networks with hits like Seinfeld, Friends, and this bigtime drama. Well, this was probably the really big hit drama during the early 90's that no one will forget. Now, I don't recognize today's ER cast and the people seem more Hollywood than struggling TV actors. So, this first season really defines the heart of drama on TV which is giving a chance to those struggling TV actors to really shine. Well, I guess George Clooney is the only one to break out of ER with big success. The others managed to get out when the scripts ran out of steam after the 4th or 5th season.
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>Well, the DVD treatment of this season is pretty standard. Although I would have prefered a nicer box set with individual cases. Anyways, the DVD package is a fold-away stack of double-sided DVDs. Yeah, this probably was done to save cost so that the price would be affordable. It's annoying to be super careful but hey, fewer discs in the end. The menus are pretty much simple to use and some discs have extras. My favorite was looking at the bloopers on the final disc. Also, interviews with the cast was nice to see how the actors remember fondly on their times on ER.
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>The picture quality of the episodes are first rate and seems almost perfect as it was on TV. I don't have any complaints on the transfer since everything looks crisp. So, there are no overly dark scenes which are difficult to see. Plus, the audio is well done but I wished there were English subtitles. Sometimes, the doctors, interns, and nurses speak too fast in the action that you want to catch part of their dialogue. This was a major letdown for me since this should be the standard for all US released DVD in general (TV, movies, etc).
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>Overall, this is a keeper and I would recommend this to watch again. You really get to heart of disciple-pupil relationship between Carter and Benton as well as some funny fiascos of Deb Chen with trying to please Benton. Plus, Dr. Ross and Nurse Hathaway plot is full of complications which is the more soapy stuff for daytime. But, the writers balanced it off on the operating table and I think this season is probably the best in my humble opinion. It makes me think that if doctors watched ER on a regular basis, then they would realize that the humanizing part of being doctors about understanding the patient is what we really appreciate. Well, I just hope that my doctor turns out to be like Susan Lewis rather than Peter Benton.
TV drama, how it's ment to be.
This is where it all started. This is the real deal. This is quality TV. Before they turned it into a crappy soap opera.
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>Top notch picture & sound quality.