
Chloe wakes Susan up and tells her that it is
time for the baby; her contractions are only 2
minutes apart. Chloe wants Susan to put
on "Blackbird".
It is 4:30 am and Susan
calls Dr. Colburn to come, but Susan ends up
delivering the baby herself. A new nurse
named Chuny Marquez assists her. It is
Mother's Day. Mark tells Carter that he
can have the ER Sub Internship if he wants it,
but he tells Mark that he would rather wait to
see if he is going to get the Surgical Sub
Internship. Diane tells Doug that she is
going to have to find a new place to live and
that

she would like him to move in with her
and Jake. Doug stutters and tells her
that he will think about it. Cookie
Lewis, Susan and Chloe's mom, arrives to see
the baby. She tells Susan that she has
already raised her girls and does not want to
raise another one. Susan is going to
have to take care of Chloe and little Suzy herself. Ms. Linda Farrell comes to see
Doug again. She asks him out, but he
tells her no...again. The nursing home
calls and Peter runs over there to see what
the problem is. He finds out that his
mother has died. Jeanie later comes in
and comforts him as he cries. Then she
kisses him. Dr. Hicks tells Carter that
he did not get the Surgical Sub Internship and
Carter takes it badly. Diane goes to
meet Doug and she sees him and Linda leaving
the building together. She leaves and
Doug catches up with her and tells her that it
is not what it looks like.
Reviewed
by Tony Conner on 09-19-2000

NBC Review
A BIRTH, A DEATH -- Despite having kicked out
her pregnant sister, Lewis winds up delivering
Chloe's baby girl in the ER. However, plans for
Chloe and the baby to live with Lewis's mother,
Cookie (Valerie Perrine), are thwarted when
Cookie refuses. Meanwhile, Carter is rejected
for the surgical internship after rejecting an
ER internship with Greene. Diane (Lisa Zane)
asks Ross to move in with her -- which sends a
scared Ross into the arms of his former lover,
Linda (Andrea Parker). At the end of a harrowing
day, Benton learns that his mother has died, and
finds comfort with Jeanie Boulet (Gloria
Reuben).

TV Guide Review
May 11, 1995: Motherhood: Oscar-winning
screenwriter Quentin Tarantino directed
this episode, which is set on Mother's Day. "I
never realized [Mother's Day] could be so
dangerous," says Carter during a frenetic 24
hours that begins with the birth of Chloe's (Kathleen
Wilhoite) baby and ends with Benton reaching
a dramatic turning point in his personal and
professional life. In between, Ross, Carter and
Lewis are each dealt devastating blows that could
affect their futures.