| "Motherhood" | |
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| ER episode | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Motherhood_-_ER_episode.png) Carol and Susan take a break to sunbathe on the roof of the hospital, in a scene Decider found reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs.[1] | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 24 |
| Directed by | Quentin Tarantino |
| Written by | Lydia Woodward |
| Produced by | |
| Featured music | Martin Davich |
| Cinematography by | Richard Thorpe |
| Editing by | Jim Gross |
| Production code | 456623 |
| Original air date | May 11, 1995 |
| Running time | 47 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Motherhood" is the twenty-fourth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American medical drama ER. Written by supervising producer Lydia Woodward and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the episode was first broadcast on NBC on May 11, 1995.
In the Mother's Day-themed episode, Susan Lewis helps her sister Chloe give birth, John Carter learns the true outcome of his surgical internship application, and Peter Benton is told tragic news about his mother. Writing the episode, Woodward said she did not create the script with Tarantino in mind, but that she did try to "gross out" the screenplay after learning he would direct.
In its initial airing, "Motherhood" received the highest rating of the week, in front of episodes from Friends and Seinfeld, and was watched in a total of 21.8 million homes by 33.1 million viewers. The episode also received generally positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the episode but also said that for ER, the directing style of Tarantino did not stand out.