This was like a decade or longer ago.

Man this show knows how to off people.

Why don't you ER people go off and do something worthwhile like but out the rest of the seasons of St. Elsewhere?

And Hill Street Blues.

Christ if you're not going to bother making money off of them at least give them to Hulu/Netflix WatchNow.

I don't care how they bring him back, just find a way. Do it "A Christmas Carol" style. Have the three sprites of the "Rocket" visit a cast member. Those three sprites could be Sneaking Little Shit Romano, from the early days, Arrogant Prick Romano, after he became Chief of Staff and finally, Out of his Fucking Mind Romano, after he lost his arm(twice) and was demoted to the ER.

The St Elsewhere ending would make sense if ER did it too. I always thought that was kind of the point they were making at the end of St Elsewhere. That whatever Hospital shows that followed would simply be the same kid imagining more stories on another day, but with different people.

And then, the death that made me laugh out loud at the ludicrousness of it all: Romano gets a helicopter dropped on him. I still look back at that as my own personal "shark jumping" moment. But I wasn't mad. I just laughed and laughed. Then, Carter's adventures in Africa sealed the deal for me and pretty much ended my interest. But I'd still like to see the old cast return.

I remember a couple of years ago NBC was promoting one episode like crazy declaring "Noah Wyle returns to ER". He WAS in the episode - the last 5 seconds. And he didn't return to the ER, he was still in Africa. After all that build-up all we got was a shot of him in a helicopter at the very end of the episode. I wonder if those who tuned in just to see Carter, and got pissed because he really wasn't in the episode, felt once bitten, twice shy the next week when Wyle was a big part of that episode.

If Edwards' return is a flashback, will anyone comment on how different he looks? "Hey Mark, rough night last night? Geez dude, looks like you aged at least 7 years overnight".