<p>Yea and he also played on another show (it was on Fox and it had to do with the west in the 1800s). He has playing annoying people down to a science.</p>
<p>I thought Benton did turn out to be…she only said he wasn’t so she could move to Germany.</p>
<p>Didn’t the preview show Neela talking to Abby, so maybe they are now going to show an update on them also.</p>
<p>I had read a few months back that the actress who plays Neela is pregnant and real life and that they were going to work it into the story. I am wondering if that is going to be announced next week and she decides to leave to have the baby</p>
<p>ahhhhh… I was out of the country last week when this episode aired, but thought I had TiVo’d it (so I religiously avoided this thread). Just sat down to watch it and it didn’t TiVo! But I managed to watch it on line.</p>
<p>First, I don’t think Peter and Carla were ever married; they dated.</p>
<p>I, too, loved the interaction between Carter and Benton. I do think Neela will end up with Ray. I can’t believe there are only three episodes left to resolve all this.</p>
<p>And the peach nectar; yes, thickened juices are better for people with swallowing issues. When they first suggested giving her something to drink, and her husband said no, that she couldn’t have the glass of water, that he had something she could have, I thought he was going to take out the thickening agent they use for people who have swallowing issues. </p>
<p>Post #68: Didn’t Carter & Kim have a baby that died? They just couldn’t get past that together. I figured they had drifted apart. Or is Kim a different girl?? I am old, you know - hard to remember things - at least that is what you’d think when my kids make fun of me for thinking an “old guy” like George Clooney is totally hot!</p>
<p>George Clooney will forever be my “old man” fantasy. And I’m only 20 years old.</p>
<p>I echo you guys with loving Carter/Benton and being frustrated about the lack of Carter/Ross. I’m surprised you all see Neela with Ray again–I’m starting to really like her with Simon! How do you think the series will end for Carter…or anyone else for that matter? A little healthy speculation’s always fun :)</p>
<p>I have been a very faithful watcher of this show and I completely agree that last week was very satisfying…</p>
<p>my favorite moment last week was when Dr. Ross asked the Susan Sarandon character if her grandson was “Generous?” … it was just magic… </p>
<p>I agree with a few who felt that Carol was tooo much of a suit and not an empathetic soul as she used to be… but I applaud the honesty of the script for placing her in a role where competence matters and if I needed body parts, I would want Carol Hathaway running the show…</p>
<p>I too am pleased that they are wrapping up story lines in a positive manner, or so it seems. That baby definitely belongs in the arms of Angela Bassett… she totally communicated caring in her interaction with that baby the first time she touched it. </p>
<p>I will miss this show, because I will miss the characters and their story arcs that have come and gone over sooo many years. I think the very best arc they ever did was when Sally Field played Mom to Abby… the manic and depressive sides of Bipolar disease were portrayed in complete honesty… and the anguish that Abby showed in trying to deal with each different spike… her mom…her brother… to have her reward be Lucca (sp?) was a treat to witness…</p>
<p>But there are many excellent story arcs that merit mention… the work in Africa was introduced in a seamless manner, in my opinion… now that a plane landed on the Hudson, I guess the crashing helicopter arc doesn’t seem so ridiculous… </p>
<p>The constant characters of Jerry and the different nurses who have been a part of each and every show? I will miss ER… and the staff and patients that populated the place.</p>
<p>I enjoyed tonight’s episode. So did Neela choose her job based on proximity to Ray? It seems she did. I enjoyed the flashbacks and the resolution to her relationship with Dr. Brenner. I was glad we saw Abby but I laughed because it seems that in Boston, just like in Chicago, she likes living without a lot of light on. All of her scenes at home in Chicago (and in fact for most of the characters) used to bug me because it seemed that none of them would turn on enough lights for the audience to be able to see anything. I could never figure that out.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, there was little suspense to Neela’s decision. Shane West was in the opening credits so I knew Ray would be in the episode & neither Neela nor the airport ever announced where she was going so we never knew if she was headed to North Carolina to take the job at Duke after all. Did she ever talk about a job in New Orleans?</p>
<p>It took me weeks of racking my brain where I saw him before and realized it was on an ABC show with Sela Ward (she was a Mom of 2 girls getting divorced from the guy in control on 24 this yr and in love with the father of Shane)</p>
<p>I always expect to see Sela Ward make a comeback - along the lines of Jeanne Tripplehorn in “Big Love” or Patricia Wettig in “Brothers and Sisters.”</p>
<p>I just discovered that Tripplehorn is married to ER’s Dr. Dubenko.</p>
<p>I panicked when I realized that little girl wasn’t strapped to Morris - I thought for sure she was going to plummet to the floor. I’m ****ed about the baby turmoil - can’t one show or movie not use the “I changed my mind” drama.</p>