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I unfortunately listened to the comments last week about this show and tuned in this week. God, what a SNOOZE FEST.

Okay the baby's going to live, but Abby is still complaining.

Everyone is still moping.

And why is the set for this show so dark??

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I thought they were letting Luka go? Did I miss some dialogue?

Finally a somewhat upbeat ER. I don't think Abby will ever get a full smile on her face - I've just come to peace with that! John Stamos's character has already started out abrasive & the previews for next week didn't really make me look forward to more of his character. Jury's still out on him.

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They seem to be trying to put last season behind them. I think it will be good to have Kerry back in the ER instead of as chief of staff. imdennycrane, she threw herself on the sword so they wouldn't fire Luka, I'm surprised they didn't fire her. I really don't remember what happened but I think Luka wanted to get rid of Clemente but Kerry kept him around so it really was her fault for the problems or something. Either that or she did it since Luka and Abby just had a new baby and she didn't want to see him fired cause he really is a good doctor. Someone will have to help me out because last season is a blur.

I'm still OMG over CSI last night.

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Tom, I'm with you on this one. I read all of the praise that people wrote on this board and I tuned in too.

I was asleep before the first 30 minutes were over.

If that's ER's version of upbeat, then it's no wonder that most people already think that the show has gone off the air.

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I tuned if after Deal or No Deal and I liked last week's episode, but this week was not very entertaining.

I felt tired and drained after watching it.

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Commenter #3, I agree with you. I couldn't remember everything that had happened last season that would have resulted in the demotion of Kerry. Does this mean that Luka is the head of the ER? And I, too, was still in shock over CSI - what an action packed episode!! As for those who slept through the ER episode, well, if they haven't been watching it regularly, they wouldn't have understood everything that was happening, which of course would have made it boring to watch!! That's not the show's fault, nor the viewer's fault. By the end of the show, when Maggie is leaving, I was in tears, and told my husband that yes, men "rule" the world, but the hardest and most satisfying job is being a mother, something that causes great joy, yet also great pain.

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WHERE'S THE OPENING MUSIC/MONTAGE?!

GIVE ME BACK THE OPENING MUSIC!

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so-so episode. i'm glad the baby lives, but abby's reactions and actions with the baby seemed fake and put on. she just doesn't seem like a natural mother.

gates was good, but he looks so much older than neela that it's hard to see a relationship developing there unless it's a january-december thing.

all in all, i think that i'll watch six degress next week.

er's soap opera is okay, but it's not worth staying up till 11pm for.

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John Stamos you are fantastic as Tony Gates!
I can`t wait to see more of you!
Wow,wow,wow!

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Tricia, my husband didn't watch all of the episodes from last year and for the last two episodes he has been asking questions like "where's Kerry's crutch?" "where's the crazy doctor from last year?" So this season isn't making much sense to him either. What did happen to Clemente (sp?) did he leave with his girlfriend after she came out of the coma and cleared him of the charges? I honestly don't remember what happened to him.

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Clemente had a nervous breakdown towards the end of last season. We last saw him being sent up to the psych ward muttering to himself. Frankly, I'm glad he didn't come back because that character just didn't fit with the rest of the cast.

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Gates looks old enough to Abby's father. I thought this episode would have energy and excitement, but it just had arguing, moping, and more arguing.

I turned about 45 minutes into it and found that Shark is not as bad as I thought it would be.

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I started off the evening by watching Ugly Betty, which was WONDERFUL!!! It was the best show of the evening, IMO, with wit and charm and lots of humor.

Unfortunately, I ended the evening by watching ER.

ER used to be smart and charming, now it's just dark and depressing.

kerry's fired
abby's baby is sick and she's as bi**** as ever
she and her mom still argue
neela's depressed

and on and on and on

I've tried to stick with the current cast of characters, but as a group they've sucked the life out of the show.

I didn't realize how much until I saw something as vibrant as Ugly Betty.

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I'm glad that many of you are enjoying new shows such as Ugly Betty and Shark. However, I feel that comparing them to the feel of ER is unfair. Since episode one of season one ER has always had darkness to it, mostly due to the environment that it is based on. Even though there are soap opera elements to it I feel that it shouldn't be compared to a show like Ugly Betty, which is a comedy based in the fashion world. I have no issues if you want to compare it to Grey's Anatomy since it is also a medical drama.

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Who didn't love Sally Field's reliving her Steel Magnolia's Screaming Mom at the Hospital Charactor?

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This was a dreadful episode. It's like they brought in all new writers and they decided to distance themselves from all the current plotlines and tie them all up in a completely rushed and uninspired manner. It's like they read a book on dramatic writing and did everything they could to cut out every possible moment of interest (skipping over major confrontations between characters).

I'm hoping that now that they've divorced themselves from the previous plotlines they'll get on to some equally good new ones ... but I don't know how much longer I can wait for it to get interesting again.

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Thank you MrsElduby! I'd actually forgotten all about the whole Clemente mess!

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Oh yeah, Clemente! I didn't even remember him!! It is kind of coming back to me now!! As for the age difference between Gates and Neela, well, that would be a large difference if she were only 20 or so, but she is probably around 30, has had a life altering tragedy, so a man in his early 40's wouldn't be that big of a deal. And especially one who looks like that! As for Abby, Luka, and Joe, I think they will kind of back off of their problems now for a while, let someone else be the main storyline for awhile. Hopefully, they won't age the baby like they do on soap operas or in a couple of years he could be in junior high!

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"Graduation Day" is a fitting title for this episode. and the character who gets to graduate with honors is Kerry Weaver. Over the years we have seen Kerry stepping over more bodies than any other ER member: over Mark to become ER Chief; over Kim, Her first Lesbian lover, to stay in the safe, warm closet; Over Chen and Dave about the Marfan guy. It didn't make you like her, but I couldn't help but feeling sorry for that lonely woman who has nothing but work in her life and would do anything - and that means anything - to better her position in the food chain, or save herself from losing her job or the respect of her colleagues (respect, not love. Kerry seemed to have given all hope about that). But things have changed for Kerry. First she found out she was gay, and let heself fall in love for the first time in the show, probably in her life. Then Sandy came along and dragged Kerry's ass out of the closet (and behold! Kerry didn't lose the respect of her co-workers on this one. A major turning point for this woman). Henry's arrival turned Kerry into a mother, and Sandy's death into a single mom. Suddently work wasn't everything. After finding herself (and her birth-mother, I almost forgot), losing her wife, and facing the prospect of losing her son to Sandy's parents, Kerry is no longer to terrified workoholic control-freek that would sell out a friend and a new daddy to save her own skin.
Happy graduation day, Kerry!

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Can someone explain why Kerry lost the Chief of Staff position? It's a mystery to me.
Thanks

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