"Full Moon, Saturday Night" is the twentieth episode of the first season of ER.
Synopsis[]
Greene, who is coping with emotional problems due to the Jodi O'Brien case and his crippling marriage, does not impress Dr. William "Wild Willy" Swift, the new Chief of Emergency Medicine, but Lewis does impress Swift.
Hathaway's patient believes that he is a werewolf. Ross goes out on a date with Diane Leeds. Benton tends to his sick mother.
NBC Description[]
NIGHT OF THE LIVING, DEAD: Carter and Chen extend their shifts to experience the ER during a full moon, and they are not disappointed.
Greene is so despondent over the breakup of his marriage that Lewis is left to run the ER. Lewis's skills impresses the new ER Chief, Dr. Swift (Michael Ironside).
Patients include nine naked fraternity pledges are brought in with frostbite after a hazing stunt, a drunk man hit by a car, a hiccupping guy who "comes out" to his fiancée after being diagnosed with HIV.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene
- George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross
- Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis
- Noah Wyle as John Carter
- Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton
Co-starring[]
- Conni Marie Brazelton as Nurse Connie Oligario
- Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
- Emily Wagner as Pickman
- Abraham Benrubi as Jerry Markovic
- Ming-Na Wen as Deb Chen
- Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet
- Christine Harnos as Jennifer Greene
- Beah Richards as Mrs. Benton
- Michael Ironside as Dr. William "Wild Willy" Swift
- Deezer D as Malik McGrath
Gallery[]
Trivia/Notes[]
- In this episode we learn that Carter's birthday is June 4, 1970.
- In this episode, Michael Ironside makes his first appearance as Dr. William "Wild Willy" Swift, the interim ER Chief that replaces Dr. Morgenstern. Ironside previously worked with Anthony Edwards on the 1986 film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis.
- The Nintendo arcade game that Mark Greene is playing is Killer Instinct.
Music[]
- "Twist and Shout", The Isley Brothers
- "Born to be Wild", Steppenwolf
References[]
- "Nielsen Ratings - March-May 1995" (PDF). USA Today. (May 15, 2015).
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