Last season of ER

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<p>It was definitely the same actress who’d played Rachel. It seemed to me that the actor playing Reese now is the same one who played him when he was younger…the resemblance was uncanny if they weren’t the same person.
I also enjoyed the return to the original opening credits. DH noticed that the closing shot was from an angle we’d never seen the hospital before…maybe another way of saying goodbye.
With casualties from the explosion arriving at the hospital, it seemed unlikely that Carter would ever get around to calling Kem before she left…too bad.</p>

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<p>Since it’s CC, I have one question – why would Rachel get a deal at Duke from Elizabeth being on staff? I know she’s the step-parent but would Rachel really have lived with her or had the kind of connection that turns into financial aid? I was glad to see that they maintained a relationship after all the time that had passed.</p>

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<p>I think that she would ge FA because she would live with Elizabeth.</p>

<p>I remember seeing that shot before…it was in the early days and Mark and Doug were outside waiting for ambulances to pull up, I think it was during the time Doug was losing his fellowship.</p>

<p>I did hate the fact that they didn’t tie up the Carter and Kem story…I would have been happier if at the end they just agreed her life is in Paris and his is in Chicago and the marriage is over.</p>

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<p>I thought Carter had eyes for Susan Lewis. Did anyone else notice that? Kem doesn’t do it for me. He’s better off without her.</p>

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<p>I think Susan had some plastic surgery(eye brow lift or botox at least), her face looked different than when she was on the show.</p>

<p>check out the pics from now
<a href=“http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/46/55/0000034655_20061021010230.jpg[/url]”>http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/46/55/0000034655_20061021010230.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and from yrs earlier
<a href=“http://www.kleincollinsalumni.com/images/famousalumni/SherryStringfield.jpg[/url]”>http://www.kleincollinsalumni.com/images/famousalumni/SherryStringfield.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>15 years later, except for a lighter hair color, nothing has moved, nothing has wrinkled (she is @ 44 now, compared to 29)…sign me up for here genes if there was no additional help</p>

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<p>Haven’t watched ER much in the last two years. It just got too hard for me to keep up. Didn’t begin watching the show until the assault on Carter and Lucy, and then I was hooked. Watched last night’s show for old time’s sake. Missed Ming Na as well as Luka and Maggie. Loved the bride/mother-in-law tangle with Marilu Henner. Would have loved to have heard ‘Over the Rainbow’ and Enya one more time.</p>

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<p>ITA with Bulletandpima and MomofWildChild… I also hated that they didn’t wrap up the Carter/Kem story. Poor Carter was always angst filled in the love department through the whole show; it would have been nice for him to either have a happy ending or be able to move on. I also thought that Carter had eyes for Susan Lewis, too. It made me think of the early days of the show when he had a crush on her. Totally agree with Mom about Kem…I never liked them as a couple.</p>

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<p>Adding to the chorus that wants to see Carter and Susan together. (I write that like it’s still a possibility). My interest in ER waned during the Carter/Kem relationship. In fact, I didn’t realize they were still married.</p>

<p>I would have loved to have seen a sex scene with some of the old faves – Benton and Elizabeth or Carter or Susan. Oh John Stamos and anyone. ;)</p>

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<p>I hate Carter with Kem b/c it just makes him look like a woos(sp?) </p>

<p>I like that Susan is still with Cosmos dad…I wouldn’t want to see them put in the chance marriages being ruined… smae with Elizabeth and Peter…he has Chloe.</p>

<p>I wished that Sam would have turned to Gates and said I F***ed up, seeing that couple I know I want you to be him in 50 yrs! Oh well the holding of hands gave me hope!</p>

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<p>I haven’t watched the entire show yet, but I don’t mind reading this. I did watch the end. bulletandpima–I too hoped Same would turn to Gates. </p>

<p>Our children were about 1 and 4 when the show began. When they were “babies” it was a relief–sort of–to crash in front of the TV after a long day with them and watch ER. It’s been part of my weekly routine for so long, but it seems appropriate that it’s ending just as the older one will be heading off to college. Time to move on…</p>

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<p>I guess, I’m odd man out here. I didn’t like it…I know it was to wrap it up but I wished they would’ve spent more time on the alcohol poisoning story…
Oh well…still doesn’t beat the finale of St. Elsewhere :)</p>

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<p>I thought that, too, at first, but then realized I think they played it out that way to show the juxtaposition between this young girl and both Sam and Tony’s own kids. If you think back to all the trouble both Sam and Tony went through with each respective son and daughter, then to see how well they have turned out (meaning, they had turned their lives around), and compare it to this 15-year old girl, it reminded me of how far the kids had come, and that they would most likely be OK. So, for me, it was about showing the development of the characters and they did it, sort of, through this story line about the 15-year old.</p>

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<p>I did think they put a little bit of a social message on the alcohol poisoning story by showing the parents who provided the alcohol and by mentioning how many drinks can kill a kid. I don’t think I would have answered six. I also never liked the Carter/Kem pairing. I think it would have been nice if they’d aired the first episode on Wednesday night because, maybe it’s just me, but I don’t remember everything about the first episode and it would have been fun to have seen the comparisons they were going for. At the end, Carter said, “I’m having a bit of deja vu” and I was thinking, “Well, I wish I was, because I know this is supposed to be reminding me of something.”</p>

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<p>Remind me how St. Elsewhere ended. I loved that show but I’m too senile to remember much about it.</p>

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<p>Snow globe.</p>

<p>Ds14 watched the first hour of ER last night and kept asking, “What happened to the dad who provided the alcohol?” I liked the preachy aspect of that storyline, with a 14yo and 16yo watching …</p>

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<p>The autistic son Tommy and his St. Eligius snow globe. Westphall wasn’t a doctor but a blue-collared worker. It was all his imagination. :)</p>

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<p>Oh, yeah! I now remember that clearly. I have had a number of shows leave me, including Chicago Hope, Everwood and Joan of Arcadia, and I have trouble remembering how things end…</p>

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<p>Everwood! Argh!! I will NEVER get over missing the Julliard audition because of that damned Madison!</p>

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<p>Best Last Episode Ever: The last episode of the second Bob Newhart Show (Bob the inn keeper, not Bob the psychologist.)</p>

<p>Maybe I’m just getting crotchedy in my old age, but I didn’t like the last ER episode - too vanilla. Where was the holy-terror Carrie Weaver? Where was Rachel Greene the trouble-maker? ( I would much rather have seen her as some triple-pierced punk rocker, especially given her troubled teen years.) I don’t know, it all seemed so bland. Too bad that helicopter fell on Dr. Romano - he would have been a hoot!</p>

<p>And no last look at Luka…sigh…></p>

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<p>This was a big glitch in my opinion. Luka and Abby have way too much history with Carter not to have been there for the opening. Carter saved Luka’s life, he had a relationship with Abby. They should have been there.</p>