Julianna Margulies has revealed that returning to ER felt like “coming home”

Julianna left the show in 2000, but decided to return with many of the shows former stars to take part in the final series.

“It felt as though a lifetime had happened since then… and nothing had happened since then,” she told TV Guide. “Half the crew is still there, God bless them. We were all family.”

Describing her storyline with George Clooney, she said: “[It is] not sensationalistic. John [Wells, executive producer] stayed true to what my feeling was about the characters.

“You pick up a slice of their life now. It’s very satisfying.”

She added that the pair decided to keep their return quiet “because neither George nor I wanted to sit on talkshows, getting people to watch the final episode of ER. It’s the last thing George needs”.