Late at night, pregnant Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite) tells her sister Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) that she is experiencing frequent contractions.

Tarantino decided to come on board as director after George Clooney (the actor who was portraying Doug Ross on ER) gave him the idea after filming From Dusk till Dawn.

[5] Julianna Margulies mentioned that Tarantino would only shoot one take for the scenes so the network would be forced to accept his cut of the episode without any interference.

"[10] Writing for The Boston Globe, Frederic M. Biddle said that NBC's choice of hiring a film director like Tarantino was risky, but ultimately said that the "gift of mischief dazzles.

"[11] Additionally, television critic Hal Boedeker simply called the episode "memorable", and said that it revealed "unexpected tenderness" from the director.

Elsewhere,[14] while Richard Helm, writing for the Edmonton Journal, said that he felt Tarantino was "[fighting] the temptation" of applying his "reputation on shock violence and dark humor" to the episode.

[18] In his weekday column on the Lansing State Journal, Mike Hughes said the episode was not special compared to others on ER, writing that "Tarantino is smart enough to avoid overwhelming the show.