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Thu Apr-02-09 09:19 AM
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LAST "ER" of 15 year run tonight at 8PM on NBC -3 hour special |
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with many old cast members. I love this show even after working in a hospital for years, and I'm sorry to see it go, but they did a great job with it and I'd rather see it go out still good than to see it deteriorate.
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:30 AM
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1. Thanks for the heads up. |
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I used to watch it faithfully but stopped a few years ago. I miss the old timers. I happened to catch the one earlier this year with Mark Green and then I heard it was ending so I've been trying to watch. I had no idea their final show was 3 hrs and probably would have missed most of it.
Thank you mark.
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Thu Apr-02-09 10:10 AM
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Edited on Thu Apr-02-09 10:12 AM by keroro gunsou
with a one hour best of clip show to precede it.
on edit:
i miss the old timers too. i loved watching benton put down carter week in and week out, and poor carter moving heaven and earth for a tiny nugget of praise from benton.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:40 AM
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3. Right - I just checked the listing - it's divided into 2 segments - |
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I am recording the entire thing. I thought it was one long episode from 8 to 11.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:49 AM
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5. Oh Benton and Carter! Wasn't it something for Benton to be |
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the one who insisted on proper protocol for the kidney transplant for Carter and to be the one who stayed with him so he wouldn't be alone. Kinda made my heart melt.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:52 AM
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6. They have had such good writing and so many good actors for |
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the entire run of the show. They will be very hard to match by whatever replaces it.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:56 AM
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IMO, it's been one of the best shows ever.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:47 AM
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4. I've been watching the show since day one... |
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it's hard to believe that it has been on for 15 years! As sad as I am to see it go, I think it's time and I fully expect (hope) the finale to not disappoint
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Thu Apr-02-09 01:33 PM
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9. One of my favorties, though the last few years haven't been so good. |
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Thu Apr-02-09 03:33 PM
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10. I've been trying to watch it from the beginning since this summer. |
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Considering it's been on since I was in high school - it's quite a feat.
I've made it part-way through season 7, where Dr. Greene gets his first brain surgery.
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Thu Apr-02-09 05:45 PM
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11. All except the last 2 seasons are on discs and can be rented.. nt |
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Thu Apr-02-09 08:04 PM
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12. All I want is season 15 on DVD |
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STAT!
The last episode I sas was the finale of season 14. Then TNT started from the pilot again! :banghead:
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Thu Apr-02-09 08:19 PM
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13. It's like saying goodbye to an old friend |
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Eventhough all the friends are different (for the most part). I stopped watching it the past few years, but started back recently because I knew it was ending.
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:11 PM
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14. Sure is nice seeing (spoiler) back |
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didn't expect to see Ernest Borgnine return.
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:41 PM
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15. Ernest Bornine's character is making me cry. |
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He still has it as an actor.
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:46 PM
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17. He's really surprisingly good |
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He has much greater subtlety and sensitivity than I recalled from many of his other roles.
Probably doesn't help that I sat through The Poseidon Adventure again last week...
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:04 PM
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:49 PM
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i thought they were setting up the AIDS patient to be the heart of the episode, then Borgnine showed up... :cry:
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:44 PM
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16. I am going to miss this show |
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true it has run its course, but tonight has really showed me why I lived it in teh first place
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:59 PM
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Thu Apr-02-09 09:59 PM
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20. It was my mom's very favorite show. |
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I'm thinking of her tonight. She once noted that she had "the same disease that killed Dr. Greene". It was at that moment that I knew she knew she was dying.
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Thu Apr-02-09 11:39 PM
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23. I read this when you posted it a couple of days ago... |
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and was touched by it.
I'd like to think, from somewhere, your mom was watching her favorite show tonight.
It made it more special for me. Thanks for sharing the memory!
:hi: :hug:
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Fri Apr-03-09 12:19 PM
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28. Thank you, ravblue. I actually cried a little last night. |
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It added some finality to my mom's passing, somehow. Thank you for thinking of her and me. :hug:
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Thu Apr-02-09 10:36 PM
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21. I thought it ended brilliantly tonight (spoilers) |
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I loved seeing the old cast come back and it had very emotional moments without being sappy which is hard to accomplish in a series finale.
I also liked the closing scene, I think they needed chaos rather than calm to close it out. Plus it finally came full circle from Dr. Greene mentoring a young John Carter to Dr. Carter mentoring the young Rachel Greene. It was a nice touch that I really didn't expect.
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Fri Apr-03-09 12:25 AM
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and the 'chaos' was somehow calm.
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Fri Apr-03-09 07:19 AM
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25. I thought it did too. |
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I think the ending was perfect.
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Fri Apr-03-09 08:01 AM
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26. I also liked the retro opening credits with the new and old cast members |
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Fri Apr-03-09 11:07 AM
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27. Damn - I missed the credits |
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Lovely ending, just perfect
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Fri Apr-03-09 03:36 PM
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29. If you have a reasonably fast connection, watch it online |
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Fri Apr-03-09 04:13 PM
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30. Thank you so much, Tommy O! |
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I saw the entire episode, but switched away when the credits came on. I'm so unobservant, though, that I might not have noticed that they were the old ones!
Great to see some of the old supporting players get some lines, especially Yvette Freeman and Ellen Crawford, nurse from the early days.
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Fri Apr-03-09 05:18 PM
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31. Great ending to a great show. |
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Fri Apr-03-09 05:25 PM
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32. Wait... so the one last night wasn't the last? |
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I just watched it on hulu and bawled my eyes out. There's more?
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