<p>omg! They had better not kill off Carter.</p>
<p>I almost wish this season was bad, so I won’t miss it so much when it’s gone.</p>
<p>TIVO’d ER to watch later, but I hope it’s going to get better ala Lost this last year!</p>
<p>sorry dragonmom - I should have put ‘spoiler’ in the title of the thread. Luckily I didn’t say too much.</p>
<p>I think this last season has been really good. I will miss it when it’s gone. I still remember it debuting opposite Chicago Hope and trying to decide which show to watch. I went with Chicago Hope (I love Mandy Patinkin), but it wasn’t long before I was an ER fan and have been ever since. I am one of the few who didn’t give up on it and have watched it throughout the years. I still remember when my son (who is now a high school senior) had his kindergarten roundup in the spring before he started school and one of the teachers promising to have us all home in time to see what happened to Carter and Kelly after they had been attacked in the ER.</p>
<p>teriwitt - that was exactly my reaction. I sure hope not.</p>
<p>I also wondered if the comment Gates made about whether Carter was the one who got the nurse pregnant & moved to Seattle was written before they knew that George Clooney was going to appear…kind of a way of paying homage to him.</p>
<p>You knew at the beginning when Carter drove up looking all pensive and haggard that something bad was going to happen. Then they end the night with him in dialysis and show next week clips of him on the floor - NO! They can’t kill him off! I’ve still not forgiven them for killing off Dr. Greene. </p>
<p>ER has gotten so boring over the last few seasons it’s a wonder it’s still on. Too many new faces coming and going that it’s hard for the viewer to get connected with the characters. I haven’t watched much since Carter left and even his last season it was hit and miss (mostly miss). Now that they’re bringing back the original cast, I’ll be a fan again.</p>
<p>Years ago, when D was little she went in to get some stitches removed from her head (that tumble cost her about 150 SAT points!) and the doctor who walked in was Dr. Greene! I swear, that was his name and he looked exactly like Anthony Edwards! I couldn’t say anything coherent and just stared at him whole time.</p>
<p>Glad to see John Carter back. As the opening credits rolled I said to DH “Oh, Carter’s back tonight!” and he said, “How do you know?” :rolleyes:
How about because the first name on the credits was Noah Wyle. I agree that they better not be killing him off! Mark Greene, Greg Pratt…</p>
<p>I think they might kill off Neela, too… :-(</p>
<p>owlice - why do you think they will kill off Neela? She is not one of my favorites, but I don’t think anyone else needs to die. I have a feeling that it will be a funeral that brings everyone out of the woodwork though. Where is Carrie - I forgot what happened to her.</p>
<p>Luca and Abby were always my favorites, followed closely by Anthony Edwards’ and Alex Kingston’s characters.</p>
<p>I looked away for a little while last night, and was wondering if it was my imagination that Carter seemed to be on dialysis…a Carter funeral would span the generations, and so be a good reason to get everyone together one last time.</p>
<p>Most of the people who left ER haven’t had much of a career since - Clooney being the big exception. I think Wylie thought he was headed to the movies and had a few small parts but nothing big. Juliana Margulies was in a couple of movies but flamed out. </p>
<p>I thought I saw a clip of a show the other day that had Susan Lewis(Sherry Stringfield) in it. I always liked her.</p>
<p>I’m wondering if Carter picked up some horrible disease in Africa, and that’s why he’s on dialysis.</p>
<p>And yes, I think his funeral will bring everyone back. I about cried when I heard him tell Morris that he listened to him, that he set the tone… another of Greene’s comments.</p>
<p>They have killed off an unusual amount of docs in this show. Greene, Kelly (although just a med student), the other med student who committed suicide, Pratt, and Romano.</p>
<p>The helicopter cutting off Romano’s arm and then one crashing on him are two of my unforgettable ER memories.</p>
<p>Was that dialysis or chemo Carter was receiving?</p>
<p>I thought it was chemo since he walked over to the cancer center.</p>
<p>I thought the Carter Center was an HIV/AIDS center so I’m thinking he contracted HIV/AIDS in Africa.</p>
<p>I noticed on the machine it said “Dialysis.”</p>
<p>I think that was a dialysis machine. I wonder what kind of disease Carter contracted (I think it will be revealed that he had some infectious disease) that lead to his kidney failure. And I think Neela will be killed off. So sad…</p>
<p>I want to know why people think Neela will be killed off? Am I missing some foreshadowing or have you been haunting the spoiler forums?</p>
<p>I am in Honduras and haven’t seen last night’s episode yet, but I can’t wait. What is going to happen with that tiresome Sam? Luca was my favorite. I, too, have watched it from the beginning through strong and weak seasons/characters.</p>