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The Dope On ER 10.3!!

First by The Z-Frame	Aug 3rd, 2003 03:35:02 AM
Ahh. This show jumped when Greene left. Nuff said.
Count the bodies by ChickenGeorgeVII	Aug 3rd, 2003 03:48:52 AM
In that entire description...three bodies were being treated in the ER...and two of them were staff....is this some of that fancy anti-bacterial soap????...And thus, I have given up! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
by THE WALLACE	Aug 3rd, 2003 04:11:25 AM
"George the 7th chicken!!!" - typical retarded thing for a poster to write. I don't even know why I'm commenting.. I just keep accidently reading it and shaking my head.
Yes! AICNers care about ER! Why haven't you said anything about by alvinsimadeer	Aug 3rd, 2003 10:36:39 AM
Rutgar Hauer is going to be playing Morgan Edge and Perry White will be appearing a few episodes!
Utah Arm by Anakin Whoopass	Aug 3rd, 2003 11:36:07 AM
Here's the Utah Arm, a good choice for Romano because an actor who is not really an amputee can wear a glove that looks like the prothetic. http://www.utaharm.com/utaharm .htm
More Utah Arm by Anakin Whoopass	Aug 3rd, 2003 11:49:37 AM
This PDF describes what Romano would have to do to get his insurance to pay for the Utah Arm: http://www.utaharm.com/pdf/3pf .pdf
Nice bit of research there, Anakin...... by ChickenGeorgeVII	Aug 3rd, 2003 11:53:21 AM
Well Annie, I read about that funny little arm....and quite frankly, it is pretty cool.....and now that I have satisfied the ONLY curiosity I had in watching "ER" this season.....I will now use the hour for semi-regular masturbation.....And thus, I need to re-stock the lube! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
Errr....Err...Err...ER by Electric_Monk	Aug 3rd, 2003 12:35:06 PM
NBC has so much money tied to this Must See Thursday line-up that they'll throw million of dollars into a program that is creatively dried and boring as watching Ann Coulter blame the democrates and the liberals for all the worlds problems. This is the problem with the 1 hour drama format of recent years. While it does take a load of money to start a show, sticking with a program that lost it's wheels 3 or 4 years ago is not logical. So because there has been less development of new dramas, NBC sticks with a show (like ABC's The Practice) that should've been sent to stud a long time ago. Critics have panned CBS for skewing towards older TV viewers, but has finally struck back with the CSI franchise and Without A Trace. If CBS stole a page from NBC, then Zucker must steal it back and find the next drama to replace ER (and it better not be another Law and Order series). Like Friends, I think they have nothing promising. That's why ER and Freinds are still on the air. It took until this year to find a replacement for Friends -and hey, it's a spin-off!!ER would be hard to spin-off, if only because there is not one appealing member of the cast to build a series around. So, will have to put up with one more season of ER, with it's pedantic soap opera story lines, Abby whining about something, Susan looking lost, Ramano -actually the best character on the show -becoming sillier and sillier and Carter never knowing what he wants out of life. Sounds like some people I know, but still. Networks have to realize that while the written word is more important that a guest shot by Sally Fields, you have to make appealing characters and stories that are intersting. ER has moved away from these type of stories and have made all the doctors look like assholes, even when they are trying to help someone. Stop pouring money -what is it, $13 million and episode -and try to usher in newer dramas. Make Must See TV interesting again. All it is right now, is a ghost of what it once was. But, I could be wrong...
wow, sounds amazingly crappy, by yneway	Aug 3rd, 2003 01:46:04 PM
I love the reruns of the earlier seasons of ER, but the show died with Greene. Since then its been the Abby Show. Neverending tales of her misery. I was actually excited when she joined the cast(Newsradio kicked ass). Like everyone says Romano is the only likable character left on the show, and he's supposed to be an ass. I think he's become so popular because he represents the audience's hatred for the rest of the cast.
i agree... er as the abby show by 852369	Aug 3rd, 2003 07:05:59 PM
i am sick and tired of abby... it's like she's the only character left worth focusing on (which she is not). carter, pratt, chen, susan, great characters whom have nothing to do every episode (except for carter). why just abby? like, it's not like we haven't seen her before or anything. retire the character or start focusing on other characters. it is getting monotenous now. sorry, again, i hate abby.
OK, so when's Sally Field coming back? by Creamery Butter	Aug 3rd, 2003 08:38:25 PM
Nothing signals a shitty ER episode like the appearance of Sally Field. So let's take bets: when's Sally going to make her first appearance? ER 10.4? 10.5? We know it's going to be during sweeps, but the way NBC packs in the reruns, sweeps has no correlation to episode number. ER 10.6, maybe? And how many total episodes will feature Sally Field? With the November, February, and May sweeps periods, will ER be able to squeeze in 12 episodes with the Oscar winner no one really, really likes? 4 words: Kill this show now.
this show creatively died five years ago by lush	Aug 4th, 2003 01:48:05 AM
how can the actors stay interested. I guess most are pretty new. I still like melrose place better.
Why the fuck doesn't that cheap basterd just FUCKING pay for the by BannthisUcommies	Aug 4th, 2003 08:08:35 AM
I guess actually having anyone pay for medical care on ER would deflect the constant drum-beat of EVIL HMO EVIL HMO.... Not only is this a soap opera, its a shitty left wing soap opera. No wonder CSI is spanking the living shit out of it.
This show's still on the air? by Blanket-Man	Aug 4th, 2003 08:27:13 AM
Someone had to write it...
sweeps by ajay	Aug 4th, 2003 11:03:13 AM
dumb brit question : what's "sweeps"
ER? by HailDaHypnoToad	Aug 4th, 2003 12:42:15 PM
Who FUCKING cares? Just like the rest of the middle of the road mindless tripe that straddles the airwaves. Probably worse. At least Star Trek had the decency to leave the air while it was still a viable product. The network hacks at NBC will of course keep trying to beat money out of this pinata until the stick breaks. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!!!
Uh .... by Itchy	Aug 4th, 2003 02:18:33 PM
Not to be a realist or anything, but for a "creatively dead" piece of crap show, it still usually lands in the top-5 of the weekly Nielsen ratings. I guess I understand the motivation in keeping it around. Hell, I haven't really watched it since they knifed off Kellie Martin (I know, she's a pretty mediocre actress and had squat to do on the show, but for some reason she does it for me - maybe because she reminds me of the retard next door's little sister who I always wanted to bang)
YAY! Abby abusing patients! by Drath	Aug 4th, 2003 02:35:38 PM
Oh god, what a great idea! A five year old with a head trauma needs treatment, but Abby, mad about her love life, stabs him in the head with a needle! An elderly diabetic is admitted, but hearing that her old boyfriend has a new socialite date for the evening compels Abby to crush the man's vertibrae in her teeth! She proceeds to wound or mame every other patient in the ER until this becomes the new theme of the show! No longer a show about an inner city Emergency Room, ER is now about a psychotic nurse torturing every unfortunate bastard who checks in during her shift! Perfect! I'm so glad they did this because I didn't think they'd done enough to reverse all the praise they got for brining in Maura Tierney once upon a time...
dun-DUNH duh-DUNH duhDUNHduhDUNHduhDUNH by KCMOSHer	Aug 4th, 2003 03:52:21 PM
We're gonna need a bigger boat...I see the fin now! Set up the ramps and get those waterski's waxed, this puppy's about to make the big jump.
Ajay and Sweeps by SeptemberDay	Aug 4th, 2003 04:07:36 PM
"Sweeps" is the time that networks trot out the "best episodes" of whatever shows they have on during the season. Also a chance for them to kill off anything worthwhile to put another reality show in it's place.
Shark jumping by DyslexicHeart	Aug 4th, 2003 07:03:52 PM
I think it was when they brought in Alan Alda as the alzheimer's doctor. The last truly great episode was the valentine's day ep in 2000 where Lucy and Carter got stabbed. Abby is a character I've never warmed to like Hathaway.
Paging Dr. Chen by septimus_p	Aug 5th, 2003 02:50:36 PM
I've got a fever---and the only prescription---is more Ming Na! She is one "scrumtrelessant" babe.
By the way by HailDaHypnoToad	Aug 5th, 2003 03:58:49 PM
Anyone who thinks that NEILSEN accurately reflects the viewing habits of the American public is smoking some really BAD shit. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!!!
LOL, septimus, you willing to take down Mekhi Phifer for Doc Che by Terry_1978	Aug 5th, 2003 06:45:06 PM
The surgical gloves come off....
Terry1978: No Violence! by septimus_p	Aug 5th, 2003 07:21:42 PM
Terry, I live by the motto "make love, not war". When Pratt breaks Chen's heart, I'll be there to pick u the pieces, STAT! She'll need some sexual healin' in my deep lovin ICU. Can you dig it?
ajay - sweeps by mbeemer	Aug 6th, 2003 02:36:50 PM
A little more info - there are three weeks during the year that are analyzed to set advertising rates based on audience ratings. These are called "sweeps weeks" and everyone does their best to artificially raise their ratings by showing new episodes and doing their most sensational plots/ "news" stories. So, they're not representative of the usual ratings, but they're treated as if they are. Go figure.
shrink hit the nail on the head... by Blanket-Man	Aug 7th, 2003 11:05:44 AM
There's not a single likable person left on the show, because it appears that no one on the show likes each other. In its heyday, I watched because I liked the Ross/Greene dynamic; they actually DID like each other and their conflicting personalities made things interesting. And the romantic sparks between Ross and Hathaway were genuine. Not one romance on the show since they left seems real. Abby/Susan and Carter/Luka are together cuz they're about the same age and single, not cuz they like each other much. Not a genuine emotional attachment evident anywhere. I've taken to begging the missus to turn this show off, but she's a die-hard, so I continue to suffer.
But..but..but.. by Locar	Aug 7th, 2003 07:38:25 PM
I thought i read on this site that our sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet was going to have a role on ER next season???
Beckam star to "e.r" by septimus_p	Aug 11th, 2003 04:07:03 PM
locar, the actress from BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM that's joining the "e.r" cast is Parminder Nagra, not AICN's fan-boy fave Keira Knightley. Never fear---Looks as though you'll all get your daily fix of Ms. K as long as Mr. Knowles keeps that ad up on the site!

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