At least Carter was trying to salvage the relationship.. instead Abby pulls out a cigarette, tells him to get the hell out in so many words.. talk about cold.

Frank is becoming more a caricature of a person, anyone who talked like that at a public hospital would be fired in 5 mins or less.

Not a flub. The problem for which she was in the hospital was a wound, an infection, or an infected wound in the inside right elbow area, and a (lack of) clotting problem. They drew blood for testing from the left arm, but that had nothing to do with her death.

You mean Mekhi Pfifer as Pratt. Omar Epps' Dennis Gant jumped in front of a train in Season 3.

By the way, would Carter be able to get through customs with all that medication?

Honk!

Mekhi Phifer plays Dr. Pratt...unless you were being funny about something I don't get, in that case...I don't get it.

Agreed. I usually hate the 'road-trip' episodes, but the Africa one last year was really well done.

As long as they keep Abby's family out of the storylines, I'm a happy camper.

Agree with this, and that's exactly what my wife and I said about those two while watching this last night.

the new girl

Abby is the new Mark Green, only difference is she does not sport the beard to tell us she is in the "evil mode."

I find the Abby/Carter relationship very realistic. Its exactly how many relationships go. That doesn't mean I like to spend 12 shows on it. I wish they would have more episodes where they have about 5 storylines and we follow all of them.

It depends on the destination country of course. Which country is he going to?

But if he is on a medical mission with all that medication I'm sure that he would be let in. His medication might be confiscated (read stolen) but I don't think they wouldn't let him in.

Wow, really? That's sad. Which part is realistic? The schizophrenic brother falling into Carter's Billonaire Grandmother's Grave? Jetting off to Africa after he heard his ex's ex-boyfreind died there? Seeing how nuts her mom is and still sticking around?

The most unrealistic thing about the whole show is that Carter still cares about that Sucubus at all.

Frank/Dr. Galant (can't recall): "Dr. Romano, how's your arm?"
Dr. Romano: "Gone"

Yeah, that was funny.

Frank: "Dr. Romano, how's your arm?"
Dr. Romano: "Gone. How's your prostate?"
Frank: "The size of your head."

Honk!

Thanks, goose!


I couldn't remember the 'complete exchange' they did!

I'm still waiting for the ER/Grounded For Life cross-network/cross-over.

Ha. Same here. On-and-off toward the season finale I started watching the series.

My Omar Epps/Mekhi Phifer switcheroo was unintentional... oops!

Was anybody else screaming at the TV "Run away Carter! Run away while you have the chance!" in regards to Abby? Hmmm, maybe thats why he went back to Africa in such a hurry?

I like how Carter is the one running off to try and save his friends life but Abby is the one complaining about how she 'can't do this anymore!'. Do the writers really expect us to sympathise with her?

They seriously need to overhaul her character. She needs to go back to med school or something. She has no purpose.

I did like last year's finale, too. I also hate it when they leave the hospital, so I avoided it last spring, but I caught it last week so I wouldn't miss anything w/ the premiere. I was surprised I actually liked it.

I'm going to be pissed if Kovac is dead. I know a lot of people don't like his dark, depressing storyline, but I think his character is one of the best on the show, even though his character has what seems to be a deathwish.

I love Abby, too, but her family sub-plot shouldn't be touched w/ a ten foot pole ever again.

I have always liked her character, but they need to do something w/ her and I have said for a couple of years now that she needs to go back to med school. That's one of the reasons that I like her w/ Carter - he could pay for her to go back. But if that happens who is going to be the main nurse? because Abby basically took over the main nurse's role from Juliana Marquiles's character. They could bring in Charlize Theron.

after the comments here last season, i'm surprised there's some positivity regarding a return trip to Africa..

then again, some of those posters haven't commented here..perhaps they've given up on the show..?

MMMMmmmmmmmm Suuuuuuucubussssss....


I like Gallant's goatee. Makes him look 12+

I hope that he hardens up a bit (especially after his eventful traffic stop w/ Casanova Pratt last year.)

Aww..thanks for clearing that up.

Well U never know if the clips they showed with LUCA for next week episode might be flashback scenes showing how he died.

Perhaps the different enjoyment levels of it is coming from the different types of viewers? I saw the mention of people hating "road" episodes.

Myself, I don't watch the show regularly and probably have only caught a few episodes per season over the last couple cause I was bored with the rut I felt with the show. To me most every show I saw was the exact same thing with a few moments of advancing the characters in their storyline. It was a few procedures when the music kicks in, good acting, quick moving, with those moments scattered here and there. That was the reason I tired of watching the show awhile ago.

Every week the commercials had to hype up a unique accident or one of the character moments to make it seem like something new was always going on. Perhaps that is way the Maura Tierney character doesn't bother me since I haven't seen it and it sounds like her character has been pretty one note for awhile. Me, I just see her good acting and general appeal.

The reason I liked the finale, and the premiere to slightly less degree, is because it wasn't that type of show. I found it to be much more minimalistic and character driven unlike what I used to get from the typical episode. Perhaps those that didn't like these last two, not sure how many they have done like these as I only saw the last two, are those that liked the show more when it didn't break away from what it made its reputation in?

I mentioned in my earlier post that there was one scene right around the half way mark of the premiere when they started to work on a patient and the ER music kicks in full force and I started thinking that it was going back into its formula. That scene was pretty quick and the drama equivalent of the laugh track stayed away other than that, same with the finale IIRC.

I am sure they will be back to its formula soon enough, probably after next weeks return to Africa, but until then I am enjoying what I find a refreshing change. After that I will probably stop watching regularly. I did like the new female doctor addition.

So who gave Gallant a pair this season?