Binge watching old TV series ER

I have the entire series... it holds up well. Great for binging.

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Great writing

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Michael Crichton was one of the GOATs

St. Elsewhere > ER

I prefer to not think of things in such manner.


But true.

Tarantino directed the season 1 finale. That's what got me to start watching this back in the day.

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but no.. it's OLD now?

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As TV series go, yes, it's old.

See, to me Gilligan’s Island, The Addams Family, Bewitched, Mr. Ed, etc… is ‘old’.

Matter of perspective.

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Michael Crichton was one of the GOATs

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Agreed.

Crichton graduated with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969 although he never practiced medicine. Instead he used his extensive knowledge of biology and anatomy to write numerous fiction and science fiction novels.

In addition to producing ER he also wrote:

The Andromeda Strain (1969),

The Terminal Man (1972),

The Great Train Robbery (1975),

Eaters of the Dead (1976),

Congo (1980),

Sphere (1987),

Jurassic Park (1990),

Rising Sun (1992),

Disclosure (1994),

The Lost World (1995),

Airframe (1996),

Timeline (1999),

Prey (2002),

State of Fear (2004),

Next (2006),

Pirate Latitudes (2009),

Dragon Teeth (2017).

I read a few months ago his wife & heirs are suing the producers of The Pitt for plagiarizing his work in creating ER.

I was in love with Ming-Na. I’m still in love with her 60 something year old arse if I’m being honest. She’s still gorgeous.

There were quite a few main character deaths. The obvious one is Dr. Greene. Other devastating ones were the deaths of Dr. Lucy Knight(Kellie Martin) and Dr. Greg Pratt (Mekhi Phifer). (I cried like a little bitch when he died)
Paul McCrane had a great death.

After the original main cast mostly left, it took a minute, but the core group of Mekhi Phifer, Maura Tierney, Parminder Nagra, Gorman Vijnic, Scott Grimes, and Linda Cardellini had a nice run (2003ish-2009).

The main character who held things together for almost the entire show run was Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes). The only reason Noah Wyle has more appearances(254) than Innes(250) is because she didn’t come on until S2E18, some 42 episodes in. Dr. Weaver was in a leadership position almost from the beginning, whereas it took years for Dr. Carter to achieve the gravitas of an experienced physician (Also , he spent seasons with storylines on other countries). I think Innes does not get the credit she deserves as one of the integral characters of the series.

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I think Innes does not get the credit she deserves as one of the integral characters of the series.

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Because she an antagonist half the time then they screwed up her exit and basically made it the same as Benton's.