4271. JudithAtHome - 2/11/00 5:06:03
AM
Does anyone here watch ER? I've never watched it but was
wondering what happened last night that caused that British chick
to say, "Oh my God..." in the ads for last nights
episode. It didn't interest me enough to watch the show but I'm
curious...
4273. CalGal - 2/11/00 6:20:15 AM
They killed off Lucy and Carter's badly wounded.
4274. JudithAtHome - 2/11/00 6:27:55
AM
Okay...who are those 2 in real life? Is Lucy Kelly Martin?
4275. Dantheman - 2/11/00 6:33:21
AM
Juditha,
Yes. Carter's Noah Wyle.
4276. glendajean - 2/11/00 6:50:18
AM
Oh, my god. Did Lucy die? I watched it but thought that they both
had an opportunity to survive.
The promos were misleading because the reactions aren't taking
place till next week.
4277. CalGal - 2/11/00 7:56:15 AM
Well, Kelli Martin announced her departure from the show a month
ago, so I'm figuring she's dead.
Yeah, I noticed that about the promos, but it was probably a fair
thing to do--if they hadn't made it clear that something BIG was
going to happen, who would have watched?
Did anyone notice that they were looking for the bigger knife to
cut the cake and Lucy found the patient in that room?
One thing to remember about ER--if Carter is brusque and
impatient, he's gonna be punished.
4293. glendajean - 2/11/00 11:12:00
AM
Cal, thanks for the ER update. I'm sorry they killed her
character off. I enjoyed her in this series and in the one where
she was girlfriend to Rob Lowe's brother Chad. (they are
brothers, aren't they?). Poor Carter. It's nice to see his
character go full arc, particularly in his interactions with the
nurse turned doctor on letting an elderly patient die on her own
terms. He used to be the one fighting to keep old people alive.
Still, he stroked the woman's forhead and made her feeling
comfortable.
Last night's episode was much more about death than other
episodes, with the two parents dying, the doctor facing death
from cancer, and then the attack on Lucy and Carter.
And John Cullum, formerly a Shakespearean actor who ended up
doing musicals on Broadway before his Northern Exposure
role as Holley, got to sing show tunes. Gripping show.
4294. CalGal - 2/11/00 11:19:49
AM
John Cullum is in 1776 as Edward Rutledge, youngest delegate from
South Carolina, and every time he says, "And what happens to
South Carolina?" I tell him, "South Carolina moves to
Alaska and shacks up with an 18 year old."
The scene with Luka and the kids is wonderful; particularly when
the boy says he wants to see his mother and Luka doesn't try to
talk him out of it, but just gently prepares him for it.
Beautifully done.
I have never liked Lucy or Kelli Martin, so I won't miss her. In
fact, I don't care all that much for ER any more--I just tuned in
because I knew what happened. Carter was irritating as all hell,
and I imagine he'll have to take some heat for not supporting
Lucy and making damn sure that Psych came down to check out a
possible undiagnosed schizophrenic.
Still, it was a good episode. One character I particularly like
is Maura Tierney from News Radio (nurse turned doctor)--I hope
her character gets more to do. Dump the skank from Homicide
though. (CalGal, she never forgets.)
4799. glendajean - 2/18/00 11:06:43
AM
I watched ER last night. The past two episdoes were quite
riveting, (Cal you called Lucy's death last week), but I wonder
how many more years are left for the series.
BTW, Carie's reactions to the stabbings were the most
interesting, that and Benton's feelings for Carter.
4800. CalGal - 2/18/00 2:25:11 PM
Thoughts on the ER episode:
Overall, I thought the writing was superb--very tight, and
they focused on the tragedy in a very different way than I
expected.
4811. ChristinO - 2/18/00 3:35:51
PM
terribly visceral
Now I'm wishing that I'd seen this episode.
4812. CalGal - 2/18/00 3:39:07 PM
It will undoubtedly be on rerun.
The final scene was really very simple--Weaver enters the
operating room, the camera pans so that you see Romano sewing up
Lucy. Weaver walks over and as Romano pulls the last suture
tight, she cuts the thread for him. He says "Thanks."
She pulls up the cover over Lucy's head.
4813. spudboy - 2/18/00 4:18:08
PM
Actually, I really liked that closing bit of dialogue.
Romano, to Weaver, as she pulls out the sheet to cover up Lucy
after they finish: "You can leave that for the nurses."
Weaver: "I know." And she proceeds to cover her up,
lovingly.
Very touching. I'm not a regular watcher (Mrs. Spudboy is) and I
usually find it a bit overdone, but this episode was outstanding.
4814. CalGal - 2/18/00 4:59:39 PM
Spud,
Agreed. That was the real surprise of the episode, actually. It's
the first time they've killed off a regular (one guest regular
committed suicide), and I expected it to be overwrought and angst-ridden.
I think the decision to focus on the surgeons and Weaver--coldblooded,
one and all--was a good one.
The other scene I forgot to mention was Corday's scene with her
mother. No emoting, just Corday's drawn face. And her mother,
very English, doesn't know what to do so starts fixing breakfast.