Lucy Knight's First Day | ER

Eager third-year medical student Lucy Knight starts her ER rotation and gets shown around by Mark.
Requested by Laura Handziuk.
From "Day For Knight" (Season 5 Episode 1)
First broadcast September 24th, 1998

[@rochymatt]

It's cool the way Dr Greene introduces Malik, Lydia and Yoshi by their full names. Giving the nurses their respect.

[@EyobedMesfun-ex3gw]

It's the E at the end. Dr. GREEN IS JUST ANGRY.

[@_Lane_]

Lucy Knight is one of the most loveable and innocent characters of _E. R._ ! 😇

[@tombo1984]

When you realise that the last Doctor she meets is the last person she ever speaks to before dying and also pronounces her dead.

[@krisstinawilson4461]

Also, she meets Dr. Carter in the trauma where she will eventually be and then immediately goes into the other trauma room where he will be when he sees her alive for the last time.

[@tomdjlol438]

And the fact that they did a thoracotomy the moment she walks in the trauma room, wich is the thing that saved her from dying the first time in the exact same traumaroom.

[@5wheels178]

dude

[@scottkavanaugh5711]

Well actually Dr. Corday pronounced her. She and Dr. Romano were in the room when time of death was pronounced.

[@user-mw1ei4ii2s]

Doctor Green doesn't pronounce her dead....the little baldy doctor does

[@samsong24]

Honestly, these long takes must take SO much time and effort from all involved! It's breathtaking direction. Every single person has a purpose and a story...you don't see any wandering/aimless actors/extras. Stunning show. I can understand why it was so successful in the 90s. I feel like watching it from the beginning!

[@deeanna8448]

I watched it from the beginning a couple big years ago.

[@3066961]

looks so natural, so cool and so demanding, if one guy makes mistake, oh oh ...

[@udfan07]

The one interesting thing about ER was Greene was very much hands on with any new students while Weaver tended to give them paperwork or just had them take a tour of the ER via tape, which we saw as Lucy was being shown around. I don't remember the episode, but maybe it could be added here, is where Greene has a bunch of students perform things on patients while they tour the ER. Meanwhile Weaver just gives them paperwork or a recording I think. At the end of the episode Greene's students all decide to join while Weaver's didn't. I remember the look on Weaver's face after she realizes she wasn't that great of a teacher.

[@mtk52983]

It wasn’t that she realized that she wasn’t a great teacher. Dr. Anspaugh offered Dr. Greene tenure on the spot and Dr. Weaver was always angling to force Dr. Greene out.

[@drmayeda1930]

I think the highlight for weaver's patients was following a urine sample. Mark's students handled a trauma case. Mark was more of a people person.

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

But Weaver had a knack for publishing and funding, which seems to matter more in tenure track positions.

[@827honey1]

Example of their strengths and weaknesses.

[@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657]

@@dentatusdentatus1592 Yes and no. If she were in another department, where publishing and funding mattered more, she'd have gotten tenure by year 10, guaranteed. Since she's just floating around the ER and OR, she is just a well experienced surgeon, the hospital can find plenty of those who wouldn't demand tenure like a bratty child.

[@toddsmitts]

Obviously, they didn't plan it this way, but there's something kind of ominous about Lucy seeing a death in her first day at the ER.

[@valentina47734]

Exactly what I thought!

[@socialmedianotfunanymore]

considering how she ended up, it seems like a creepy foreshadowing of her fate. Then again, it is ER, everyone is thrown in the fire as soon as they hit that door. It happened to Abby too.

[@elhadjhabbouche663]

One of my favourite episodes and probably one of the best ones ! I love it that it's all through Lucy's point of view only, making the spectator feel like he's more acquainted with the ER work environment than Lucy is. A great episode ! :-) PS - I love Lucy's character and I really wish they had kept her on the show for a longer time (I prefer Lucy over Neela).

[@kerriethompson2073]

Personally I thought Nela was a little annoying and needy.

[@l.a.3479]

The actress who played her chose to leave.

[@Alignment22]

Very happy this channel exists! don't stop the uploading :)

[@cobracommander6522]

Same.

[@deedeestardust2535]

I’m still not over about what happened to her. And I looooove every time she had to be with Dr. Romano!

[@l.a.3479]

It's just a show, which ended a long time ago.

[@daenitarthtag6409]

I had forgotten how much l loved ER. Thankyou

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Lucy was a good character, I liked her.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Wish Lucy was on the show longer. XD

[@drmayeda1930]

When the actress breaks her contract, TPTB doesn't have a lot of options. She went out with a bang and it had ripples into the next season.

[@mungox1]

she said she didn't like the character development www.eonline.com/news/39348/kellie-martin-s-deadly-quot-er-quot-exit

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@mungox1 I say..She was only on for 18 months ?? XD if that XD

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@mungox1 She left the show in the many Sheri Springfield did which would've left the possibility of her character coming back in the future.

[@Pinkranger87]

I read her sister died and she needed time

[@davidmurray5399]

My Mom worked in an ER in a Chicago hospital. It was a usually pretty calm except on Friday nights, it could get pretty insane with gunshot victims, OD's, traffic accidents, beating victims and then your usual run of heart attacks, strokes, household accidents, various illnesses. The staff, residents and Med students worked long hours and were borderline exhausted most of the time.

[@PRHILL9696]

Yep thats Chicago

[@marines24601]

While many find it odd for season five to start like this, this was also done as a way to have people who wanted to watch but couldn't catch up. Back there there was no DVD box sets let alone streaming, so this episode by my best guess was to have the new viewer introduced to the world of the show. Granted they'll miss some nods from the seasons before but along with being a new way to open a season it was done to have more who wanted to watch er that never before get in as smooth as possible.

[@kylew.4896]

In medic school I did 750 hours ER internship, not paid mind you but invaluable experience. Started out with doing IV, taking vitals, assessments etc by the end after ACLS I was running codes, tubing patients. Miss those days

[@melissajustice8338]

I'm rewatching ER on Hulu right now and cannot wait until this season. I'm just starting season 3 though.

[@cesargallardoii6188]

She was literally the only easily relatable character, how? When your young studying to be someone in life and you get the opportunity to see how the professionals do it but then you realize this isn’t highschool where you just study, it’s the real world and the world is cruel, she was belittled by carter in someways, faced a lot of stress and disappointments. She died young with what could’ve been a bright future in the medical field. She died doing what she loved. Aside from Dr. Kovac this was an admirable character again easily relatable

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Her youth doesn't make her the only easily relatable character in the show. Most of them are relatable in one way or another, which is why the show itself has survived the test of time. Greene had a lot of family trouble, Carol had mental health struggles, Doug had issues with authority, Carter struggled to fit in at first, Weaver struggled as a woman and later a gay one, etc. Everyone was relatable to someone.

[@PlumbPitiful]

By his own admission Noah treated Kellie the same way Carter treated Lucy at first, and he still feels bad about it. Alot of it was jealousy that after 5 years of blood sweat and tears to make ER the best show on TV here comes a new cast member who gets an entire episode just about her!

[@Quadracer687]

Thank you so much for this request I really appreciate it. This was fun to watch as Lucy starts her first day in the ER. Quadracer687 (Laura)

[@katiekearney1007]

I felt it when he tried to get just a few more moments of sleep

[@Kate867]

I wonder if the writers had her outcome planned from the start. If you rewatch this episode and intro scene in particular is foreshadows a lot. The fact Dr Carter is unveiled nearly like a dead body covered is eerie the last time we see Lucy Dr Weaver is pulling the sheet up over her. There will never be another show like ER.

[@dgs8011]

Scene ends with Lydia saying, "I'll get the death kit."

[@nicholasmaude6906]

It's a shame we never got to see a Carter/Knight romance.

[@BaldursPicketFence]

Nicholas Maude oh man I remember “shipping” them so hard before “shipping “ was a thing!

[@nekolalia3389]

I remember not watching ER but the 'shippers for this pair would leak into the fandoms I was in and I got a little invested. Not enough to watch, but...still...

[@MrBadBoy2105]

I think they would have ended up together

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@MrBadBoy2105 Me too.

[@fareehamughal2676]

@@MrBadBoy2105 lucy or carter?

[@paoladamini1901]

Thanks

[@MrBadBoy2105]

She is adorable

[@jonstefanik9400]

What an experience for Lucy. Guy dies when she walks in the door. I'm sure the ER docs thought it would be a good learning.

[@anthonywebster7722]

Hmm, interesting that the Patient named Allana's chief complaint is "infected butt hair follicle." Glorious.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

She just leaves a bloody lab coat at the admin desk?

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday lucy from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er

[@PlumbPitiful]

Why do you keep posting the same message over and over and over on every ER video? Stop it! Nobody cares!

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday lucy alias kellie from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er

[@mikeg8375]

Watching this knowing her eventual fate makes it a difficult experience. She might have shown some Growing Pains during her medical school rotations but I think she would have made a great doctor. If I remember correctly she was supposed to be a psych resident at County after graduating. So sad.

[@user-qk8qn3iv2v]

its music is nice

[@jordenmercedes1394]

Does anybody know the episode where carter and Kerry help the gay teenager

[@shahabnabavi7302]

3:52 George Clooney was treating a patient, says "be right back", and suddenly just leaves after talking Lucy? WTH?

[@sandieperez4566]

lucy such a shame. but i guess that's why the show was good

[@robertomele-casillas8692]

Lucy Knight was on Law & Order: SVU season 5.

[@MrBadBoy2105]

Really?

[@hcroussette]

I think you mean Kellie Martin

[@edb9109]

at 4:00 its river song

[@magica1355]

Oh I didnt realize they recasted Rachel!

[@ihatefortnightgivemeareaso5659]

It’s odd how they called the guy a no body but this was shot in 98 where the war on drugs was kicking off

[@theITproductions1]

They were saying they were saving nobody, or that's how I heard it

[@AngelInspireQuest]

She was so young here

[@arielg7000]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@RINGO463]

Mark and susan Love forever

[@kaylove8663]

Marks daughter is Gracie from the nanny

[@PlumbPitiful]

No. Madeline Zima played Gracie on the Nanny. Her sister Yvonne played Rachel Greene on ER (Though she was later replaced by Hallee Hirsch)

[@sabrineandersen6230]

Rip Deezer D 😥

[@Riley98414]

Malik was my fav😭

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today lucy 48 years

[@HoldenNY22]

Is the same actress who plays the Child- Rachel Greene, the same actress who plays the Adult Rachel Greene in I think the last year of ER.

[@GermanLeftist]

No. This was Yvonne Zima. She played Rachel in seasons one to six. Halle Hirsh took over the role in season eight after the character made no appearance in season seven. And after season eight, Rachel appeared twice: Once in season ten, visiting Elizabeth, and again in the finale, applying for a rotation in the ER in her first year in med school.

[@HoldenNY22]

@@GermanLeftist Thank You. I guess you are a very Big E.R. Fan.

[@GermanLeftist]

@@HoldenNY22 Kinda on and off. Right now it's on again. And for her name, I had to look on Wikipedia to be honest.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

2:55 we see Sara Sidle moon-lighting as an ER doctor;).

[@joemckim1183]

They have a doppelganger named Gina Toscano whose job was protecting the presidents daughter.

[@PlumbPitiful]

Nick Stokes was moonlighting as a paramedic around this time too for a couple of episodes

[@thelaw6267]

@@PlumbPitiful And Doug Ross was sleeping with Catherine Willows earlier on.

[@EyobedMesfun-ex3gw]

Hi Lucy 👋. 2002 version at that time and place. While pretending to do a residency. Scrubs. You know I love you...baby powder blue to Mat black with the custom grit and red highlights. That's my csedan, truck, and bike 🏍 😎

[@isabelcontreras1092]

Me encantaba esta pareja Lucy y Carter no debería muerto en la serie y haber tenido un romance ellos

[@l.a.3479]

Carter did not die. Neither one was married, so why would they have an "affair"?

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

I've done what Carter tried. You're just going to get shouted at louder 5 minutes later

[@claudiam2474]

Breakfast burrito

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Bearded Carter was the best Carter.

[@bobgand4158]

she looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar and sounds like her

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Ofc he was an RA lol

[@jennyoneill8879]

Dont u have to attend the school in order to be a RA??

[@ddivincenzo1194]

I think so, my brother was an RA during his junior and senior years. After he graduated, he took up an administrative role, but still lived in student housing at 2 colleges.

[@robertcliff3197]

Since I think it was med school I'm assuming it may have different rules; maybe thy understand young doctors need to make extra money

[@dawnhopkins7593]

Kelly wanted out of the show.........Because her sister just recently died........She couldn't be around hospitals.......She and Carter had great chemistry.........Even though they were never really a couple.......I love how Lucy can't do an IV so Carole does it for her.......She makes Carter think she's an expert at it.......When he fines out he's furious that she lied him.......I didn't realize that Lucy and Elizabeth come on the show .......On the same day really kool....... .

[@itsonlysound]

She was the only actress Noah Wyle actually had chemistry with, so it was doubly sad. He actually admitted he was an absolute dick to her (and Goran Visnjic and several of the newer actors) in a interview last year, that he wasn't easy to work with.

[@theferryman4916]

actually - her sister died before she started on the show...

[@sexyhomeowner9345]

@@itsonlysound Where was the interview? It sounds interesting.

[@terezafrankova8724]

@@sexyhomeowner9345 I heard about it from this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIirdYlqrJuKgcU

[@itsonlysound]

@@sexyhomeowner9345 www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a27253380/noah-wyle-er-exit-horrible-hated-goran-visnjic/ . There were a lot of rumours about his behaviour back then, but none of the cast ever said anything publicly. It's nice he can admit it now and apologise.

[@raffi19791]

Is it not ironic that their very first scene - and very last scenes - Lucy and Carter - are with Carter on a gurney?

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

No.

[@l.a.3479]

No

[@laurenreynolds4132]

2:12 that would so be me lol

[@Riley98414]

:)

[@TrevorDBrown]

2:33-2:39 and 3:11-3:16 - I never noticed that before... and the fact she's the voice on the tape. Lol!

[@Ann71987]

She was the one who I think she got hurt more when he died

[@StrivingTowardsWhatIsAhead]

Smash

[@rainbowazumarill789]

Roxanne from A Goofy Movie!!

[@SimonPetrikov12]

Was never really a fan of her

[@bluestarthewlfdeadchannel3719]

HOW THE F DID I NOT KNOW DR GREENE EVER HAD A FRIGGING BEARD????

[@l.a.3479]

Calm down. It doesn't matter.

[@charlotteziggy8353]

Hated the dull, bland Lucy character .

[@l.a.3479]

Hate is a strong word for a character on a TV show.

[@PlumbPitiful]

She was neither dull or bland. Everyone loved her character. We're still talking about her death 20 years later

[@Riley98414]

Bruh

[@xuaeenr1]

I wish that Netflix stream E.R. online. :D

[@l.a.3479]

Hulu does

[@kortland30]

My heart belongs to John Truman Carter lll 🤍🤤that beard though >>>😭

[@jonstefanik9400]

What an experience for Lucy. Guy dies when she walks in the door. I'm sure the ER docs thought it would be a good learning.