Love's Labor Lost (ER)

"**Love's Labor Lost**"
"Love's Labor Lost"
ER episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 19
Directed by	Mimi Leder
Written by	Lance Gentile
Production code	456618
Original air date	March 9, 1995
Guest appearances
	Ellen Crawford as Lydia Wright; Yvette Freeman as Haleh Adams; Lily Mariye as Lily Jarvik; Theodore Borders as Joey Paige; Bradford Drazen as Dr. Ralph Drake; Edith Fellows as Sadie Hubbell; Jesse D. Goins as Mr. Paige; Maddi Lewis as Dr. Pauline Blair; Shelley Malil as Dr. Urami; Christopher Richardson as Jesse; Mark Dakota Robinson as Steven; Colleen Flynn as Jodi O'Brien; Bradley Whitford as Sean O'Brien; Monty Ash as Old Man w/Dentures; Jeffrey Dean Rosenthal as Tattoo Man;
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"Love's Labor Lost" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American medical drama ER. It first aired on March 9, 1995, on NBC in the United States. The episode was written by Lance Gentile and directed by Mimi Leder. The episode received acclaim, with many deeming it the best of the series, and some going as far as to deem it one of the greatest television episodes of all time. "Love's Labor Lost" earned five Emmy Awards (Writing, Directing, Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing) and several other awards and nominations.