<p>What about Debenko? His love for Neela was always so obvious…and he cared for Abby too at one time…but he challenged and pushed Neela and he was a better match for her in my opinion…vs Ray…I liked Debenko and I think they shortchanged the current crop of “stars” by not having him in last night’s show… All Carrie Weaver did was hug people all night, ugghhhh…she was never a touchy feely person at work while a regular…I liked the premise of the Carter Center opening being a valid reason to bring folks back to Chicago, and agree with mimk6 that Abby and Luka should have been there … heck, they should be on staff at the Carter Center…</p>
<p>What happened to Kerry Weaver’s crutch? Was she cured of whatever problem she had? Did they ever say what it was?</p>
<p>Kerry had surgery that corrected her problem – I can’t remember if they ever said what it was.</p>
<p>^ I think they said it was congenital hip dysplasia</p>
<p>And I agree - not having a wrap-up on Kovac was annoying. They should’ve made it a 3-hour finale :D</p>
<p>Remember- not all the actors agreed to participate, and it appears that Abby and Luca fell into this category. Perhaps they had other commitments. I thought I read somewhere that Clooney held out for a long time before agreeing to come back.</p>
<p>Maura Tierney did participate in an episode a few weeks ago. When she left the show last fall, she agreed to participate in one more episode. She lives mainly in NYC now and is very active in the theatre community.</p>
<p>I liked the way that they showed Dubenko moving on to teaching his next protege in the episode where Neela left. He is a passionate teacher, and they showed that he would continue to give that gift to students.</p>
<p>I loved, loved the last line, “Dr. Greene, are you coming?” </p>
<p>Eriq LaSalle, who was never a fave of mine, was wonderful in these episodes. I wish we would see more of him somewhere.</p>
<p>NBC is repeating Thursday night’s two-hour finale episode right now.</p>