10 TV Episodes You Didn't Know Were Filmed By Famous Hollywood Directors

6. E.R. €“ Quentin Tarantino

Episode: "Motherhood" Well, I don't know about you, but this came as a surprise to me. The master of hyperviolent, over the top, and strangely endearing pop culture dialogue who brought us classics like Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs also directed an episode for one of the longest running dramas in American Television. And of course, it was a Mother's Day episode. You can get a whole rundown on the media and popular reaction to Tarantino directing the episode at the Chronological Snobbery blog, where the anonymous author has posted newspaper clippings, trailers, interviews, and shot by shot comparisons. But don't expect too much from it - Tarantino may have been in the limelight after his Oscar win for Pulp Fiction, but he didn't have free reign over the episode. While it has smatterings of his trademarks on it - dark humour littered with pop culture references, small directorial tics, and a tinge of general quirkiness, it's still just an episode of E.R.