E.R. Finale Tonight
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I realized that the most unfortunate dangling thread is that we Carter and Kem still seem as if they're pretty estranged. I'm glad they resolved Gates and Sam but I was hoping for a bit more closure with Carter too. Looks as if he'll be sticking around County though.
I liked it.
I am very happy they used the god damn credits and theme again after all these years! That alone made it worth while.
It was great to see old faces. I was glad they did something with Rachel Greene, and that it seems Carter will now friend-mentor her in the way Greene did him while he was butting heads with his boss-mentor of Benton.
The parallels between finale and pilot where many, which was neat. The whole 24-hour clock thing was in the pilot, the scene with Greene/Morris being woken up, the "I can't do this/yes you can" speech between the med student and the veteran, the crisis at the end of the episode. I'm sure there where a few other moments too.
I am very happy they used the god damn credits and theme again after all these years! That alone made it worth while.
It was great to see old faces. I was glad they did something with Rachel Greene, and that it seems Carter will now friend-mentor her in the way Greene did him while he was butting heads with his boss-mentor of Benton.
The parallels between finale and pilot where many, which was neat. The whole 24-hour clock thing was in the pilot, the scene with Greene/Morris being woken up, the "I can't do this/yes you can" speech between the med student and the veteran, the crisis at the end of the episode. I'm sure there where a few other moments too.
I loved the references to past episodes. Especially the famous "rain/flood" episode when Clooney tried to save the guy stuck in the drain grade.
I also liked just the slight glimmer of hope for Carter's marriage. Anything more would have been too much.
Ernest Borgnine's still got it, too.
And Elizabeth driving a Hummer was TOO funny.
Very nice sendoff. Not overly sensationalized nor sentimentalized.
I'll miss the show.
BTW, I LOVED the helicopter crashing onto Paul Crane's character! One of the most unexpected and hysterically funny moments of the series. And the irony was infinite.
Another touchstone now relegated to DVD's.
--Ted
I also liked just the slight glimmer of hope for Carter's marriage. Anything more would have been too much.
Ernest Borgnine's still got it, too.
And Elizabeth driving a Hummer was TOO funny.
Very nice sendoff. Not overly sensationalized nor sentimentalized.
I'll miss the show.
BTW, I LOVED the helicopter crashing onto Paul Crane's character! One of the most unexpected and hysterically funny moments of the series. And the irony was infinite.
Another touchstone now relegated to DVD's.
--Ted
I still haven't decided if I liked the reference to "Love's Labor Lost" or not. How many new mothers does this hospital lose to DIC? The reason the first episode resonated so much with me was that it was almost exactly like a case we had in the first hospital I worked in. I haven't seen another in 30 years.
The first episode was so powerful. It didn't need the reference back.
Pretty much business as usual. Some big thing in Chicago blew up and the folks at County plus Carter and Rachel Greene saddle up for some good old fashioned triage.
I wouldn't know; I've never seen Friends. *whistles innocently*
It was nice to finally see the hospital, if not entirely but almost. With a fake subway between, but what the hell.
I too only watched the last episodes after I left the series for good when Maria Bello left (whenever that was).
It was nice seeing old faces, but it seemed forced to me.
I too only watched the last episodes after I left the series for good when Maria Bello left (whenever that was).
It was nice seeing old faces, but it seemed forced to me.
Clooney and Wylie were on Friends, but they were playing different characters. I do believe they actually made references to things they did on ER, but I don't remember.
I don't think a hospital having two cases of DIC in fifteen years is pushing it.
I can't believe it's actually over. 15 years is a really long time, and there's always been new ER every fall. So that's weird. But it was again how they brought back some old favorites, and that didn't feel "series-finale-forced" because they'd been bringing veterans back all season. So, like most of the things they've done on ER over the years, it felt natural.
I might have hoped for an ending a little more definite than that, but in the end, the show has always done it like that: A doctor's work is never done... And character arcs most often were resolved in giving just a hint of how their story might continue after their exit. So they did it here as well. Nice seeing Kem again, and it's left to the viewer's imagination how things between Carter and her turn out.
Best things: The return of the opening credits. It never felt right when they did away with them, and to hear that classic theme once more, made tears of joy shoot in my eyes like a fountain.
Worst thing: No Abby and Luka. They could've easily put them in somewhere, and they were pretty important to the show. Neela had a cameo, why couldn't they?
I might have hoped for an ending a little more definite than that, but in the end, the show has always done it like that: A doctor's work is never done... And character arcs most often were resolved in giving just a hint of how their story might continue after their exit. So they did it here as well. Nice seeing Kem again, and it's left to the viewer's imagination how things between Carter and her turn out.
Best things: The return of the opening credits. It never felt right when they did away with them, and to hear that classic theme once more, made tears of joy shoot in my eyes like a fountain.
Worst thing: No Abby and Luka. They could've easily put them in somewhere, and they were pretty important to the show. Neela had a cameo, why couldn't they?
maybe the actors passed on the opportunity?
Well I missed the first fifty minutes of the first hour...but caught the second hour and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I missed the Clooney episode, was Juliana Marguilies in it as well? I know they are still married and responsible for the kidney that Carter got (Wikipedia is your friend, youtube is your second best friend 
. It was good to see most of the cast back, did they explain Keary's leg? She didn't have her cane with her and she wasn't limping as much. Susan, Benton, Corday, good to see all of them back. Also Rachel Green returning was fun. I loved the final scene...sad that Carter and Kem seem to be on the outs. I wonder if John is planning on giving Rachel her father's stethoscope since he "inherited" it from Mark after his death. Hard to belive it's been fifteen years already.
. It was good to see most of the cast back, did they explain Keary's leg? She didn't have her cane with her and she wasn't limping as much. Susan, Benton, Corday, good to see all of them back. Also Rachel Green returning was fun. I loved the final scene...sad that Carter and Kem seem to be on the outs. I wonder if John is planning on giving Rachel her father's stethoscope since he "inherited" it from Mark after his death. Hard to belive it's been fifteen years already.Similar threads
