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Old 01-09-04 | 01:34 PM
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Got a quesiton for someone who has seen Ed from the beginning. I'll spoiler it since it deals with something that was in the preview for tonights show...

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Did Lea Thompson play Ed ex-wife in the first show? Or didn't they show his ex-wife? I didn't pick up Ed until about half way through S1.


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Old 01-09-04 | 01:47 PM
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Originally posted by Vonner
Got a quesiton for someone who has seen Ed from the beginning. I'll spoiler it since it deals with something that was in the preview for tonights show...

Spoiler:
Did Lea Thompson play Ed ex-wife in the first show? Or didn't they show his ex-wife? I didn't pick up Ed until about half way through S1.


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Spoiler:
the whole ex-wife thing was mentioned/covered in the five minutes or so of the NBC pilot. And it wasn't Lea Thompson. Not sure who it was. The wife in the original pilot that CBS turned down and NBC never aired had the wife played by Janeane Garofalo

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Old 01-09-04 | 02:18 PM
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Interesting. Thanks djbrown.
Old 01-09-04 | 02:40 PM
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It was definitely a different brunette that played Ed's now ex-wife in the first season of "Ed".
Old 01-09-04 | 02:50 PM
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This episode was painful. I watched it last night finally and found myself looking at my watch so I could just go to bed. I was watching it on my computer and just had the audio playing in the background for most of the time because the storyline was just not interesting at all. Again, Mike stole the show. He's like Joey on Friends - the only thing worth tuning in for anymore.

This episode did nothing to advance any plot.

This was the last time we'll see this show on Wednesday nights.

Goodbye, Ed.
Old 01-09-04 | 02:58 PM
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Kenny?
The chick from a couple of weeks ago that everyone was drooling over. Can't remember her name though.
Old 01-09-04 | 03:36 PM
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Old 01-09-04 | 03:45 PM
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This episode was painful. I watched it last night finally and found myself looking at my watch so I could just go to bed. I was watching it on my computer and just had the audio playing in the background for most of the time because the storyline was just not interesting at all. Again, Mike stole the show. He's like Joey on Friends - the only thing worth tuning in for anymore.

This episode did nothing to advance any plot.

This was the last time we'll see this show on Wednesday nights.

Goodbye, Ed.
I'm a big fan of Ed and with both Buffy and the X-Files long gone, I very much wanted Ed to last 8 or 9 years, but it's been awful. As has already pointed out, Carol has been written to be almost unlikeable and Ed is annoying in that he doesn't do anything about it. Mike and Nancy are the show.

Which would be enough for me to want it to come back, if I felt Mike and Nancy would be the leads, but that won't ever happen. And I don't think NBC is even considering a Mike and Nancy spin-off, but I really wish they'd write and episode that had both Ed and Carol away and let the ENTIRE story develop around Mike and Nancy. Maybe if that did well it would get the people at NBC thinking about it. Otherwise, we'll see these two actors next season is 2 separate sitcoms that both suck.
Old 01-09-04 | 03:53 PM
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Anyone think the Ed and Carol are America's favorite couple? The voiceovers for the promos are nauseating in this respect.
Old 01-09-04 | 04:03 PM
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I think they meant Mike and Nancy and just used the wrong shots in the promo.
Old 01-09-04 | 04:21 PM
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Just a reminder to those taping tonights show, like me, it starts at 7:59 CST (8:59 EST). Don't miss the first minute! (Damn NBC)
Old 01-09-04 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by Vonner
Got a quesiton for someone who has seen Ed from the beginning. I'll spoiler it since it deals with something that was in the preview for tonights show...

Spoiler:
Did Lea Thompson play Ed ex-wife in the first show? Or didn't they show his ex-wife? I didn't pick up Ed until about half way through S1.


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Spoiler:
Ed's ex-wife did appear in an episode in the second season titled "Closure". She was played by Melissa Errico.
Old 01-09-04 | 08:41 PM
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No Mike and Nancy tonight? This sucks!
Old 01-09-04 | 09:41 PM
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No Mike and Nancy tonight? This sucks!
And another episode where Ed and Carol can't communicate how they actually feel.

Maybe the actors playing Mike and Nancy are filming a pilot called Dr. Mike.

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