Er 2/5/04

Patrick Sun · 02-05-2004, 11:05 PM

"Get Carter"

Don't know what to make of tonight's episode.

We see Pratt lose this nerve (due to his cracking a patient's neck previously), and get the pep talk from Carter.

Kimba makes herself at home in the ER and extends the ER quite thin as she takes on whooping cough.

Gallant almost gets his head shot off by a scared boy hiding in a closet while his father beats his mother. Gallant was doing ride-alongs with the paramedics at the time.

A Dr. Lawson keeps poaching Corday's surgical consults. I recognize the actor playing Lawson from being on Presidio Med last season.

Luka and Sam sahre a kiss on the train ride home. The fires are getting stoked.

Romano was honored as they named a ward after him.

Abby was confirmed to be the ER Slut.

Susan is preggers.

(edited typo "also" -> "almost")

Stacy Huff · 02-05-2004, 11:11 PM

I think it should say, "Gallant also NEARLY gets his head shot off by a scared boy hiding in a closet..."

As for the Romano ward, I think that the ER got proof that hell has indeed frozen over.

Kristian · 02-05-2004, 11:14 PM

Boy, was the censorship of the old woman's breast poorly done. It really took me out of that scene. When you look back at all the graphic content that has shown up on ER uncensored over the years, it looks even more ridiculous. Curse you, Janet and Justin!

Other than that, I liked the episode. Romano's memorial dedication was an LOL moment for me. And I sure loved seeing Thandie Newton making that cute puppy dog face.

Patrick Sun · 02-05-2004, 11:18 PM

Was it really that cold in County General (Kimba's highbeams)?

Stacy Huff · 02-05-2004, 11:29 PM

Why couldn't they just superimpose Janet's breast on top of the patient? I mean, we've all seen those now, and it would have to be good for ratings.

Yep, that blur sucked. Thought something was wrong with my eyes.

As for the temperature of County General, I hope the cold front lingers if Kimba is going to be staying around.

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Patrick Sun · 02-05-2004, 11:38 PM

Perhaps the execs were overcompensating by blurring one breast and substituting Kimba's in exchange.

Mike Slade · 02-05-2004, 11:51 PM

Not to mention the lame blurring on the woman's breast caused this week's episode not to be shown in HD.

WillG · 02-06-2004, 12:35 AM

Without trying to get too political, what is the purpose of having a specialized ward for Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals. Do they require different medical treatment then heterosexuals?

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Susan is preggers

Well good that they found her a reason to keep her off the show more. Did she pull a Suzanne Sommers and is now relegated to the "30 second phone call" in each episode? Guess she'll be dying during childbirth

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Boy, was the censorship of the old woman's breast poorly done. It really took me out of that scene. When you look back at all the graphic content that has shown up on ER uncensored over the years, it looks even more ridiculous. Curse you, Janet and Justin!

Exactly, way to ruin it for everyone (not that seeing an 80 year old woman's breast is going to get me all excited)

MattGentry · 02-06-2004, 01:04 AM

Plus, I might add, last week's rerun "Shifts Happen", had a shot of an elderly woman's breast. So not like it's anything new to the show...

WillG · 02-06-2004, 01:08 AM

And there was another episode where a woman burned herself in her car and as they were working on her, she was bare chested. True, he breasts were pretty much burned beyond recognition, but you could clearly see the nipples.

John Lloyd · 02-06-2004, 11:20 AM

The most annoying effect of the breast censorship was the loss of the HDTV broadcast. NBC proudly proclaimed "in high definition where available", when they knew that no one was going to see it that way.