“Vomit is a favorite of the prop crew, who produce a substance the consistency and color of the real thing, while still having an acceptable taste in the actor’s mouth. It has a tomato soup and milk base with other soups added for texture. The result is a thick, almost nauseating prop durable enough for use in six or more takes.”

(Includes a floor plan of the ER set, ca. 2003/Season 9)

Carter knew he’d lose a few things in his self-imposed plunge into poverty.

Nice shoes. Takeout from that sushi place on the corner. That fancy Italian bar soap that smelled like mint and lemon.

But after four long days of trying to stay full on ramen and peanut butter sandwiches, there was still more that was slipping away. As he takes the first bite of his burger—stacked with enough meat and cheese to make a cardiologist faint—he closes his eyes, and a moan slips through his lips.

And in that moment he realizes that, along with life’s small luxuries, his dignity is gone.

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A missing scene from Season 4, Episode 19 envisioning what happened when Doug Ross took Carter out to dinner after the shift from hell. Features a freshly impoverished Carter, Doug Ross at his best, and Carter baring his soul over a burger that’s to die for.

Carter’s not sure exactly when he first learned about the patented Peter Benton Dating Algorithm, but it must have been early on, because he internalised it like it was any other scrap of information he’d gleaned and hoarded like a crazy person, like his GPA (3.8), his birthday (September 9th) or his blood type (B positive).

Before death became a regular occurrence on television, NBC’s juggernaut ER did the unthinkable by killing off one of America’s sweethearts in a traumatizing hour that still haunts viewers to this day.

In the sixth season of the beloved doctor drama, John Carter (Noah Wyle) and Lucy Knight (Kellie Martin) were violently attacked by a psychotic patient (David Krumholtz). Below, all three talk about what it was like to film that monumental, heart-wrenching scene.

“You set the tone.” Dr. Morgenstern (William H. Macy) first said what would become County General’s mantra to Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) on the pilot episode of ER. For the NBC drama itself, the foundation for its groundbreaking, fast-paced style was established in the pilot as well, but the show’s tone – its uncanny ability to meld technical wizardry with unmatched emotion and storytelling – was set in the unforgettable Season 1 episode “Love’s Labor Lost.”