ER on tonight!!!!!

[smschex]

Did I dream it or did the first episode end with Dr. Green saying "Dr. Carter, are you coming?" Maybe I am looking for a little too much symmetry.

 

[mom of 3G's]

Can you anyone find comparison's to the pilot episode other than Dr. Morris sleeping and a nurse coming to find him. I know in the pilot this was Dr. Green and the same nurse, but I can't remember her name -- she was on every episode up until a few years ago.

I feel like they tied up any loose ends, although I really would have liked to have seen Doug and Carol again. And it still bothers me that they didn't know the kidney was going to Carter, but I can see why the writer's didn't want them to know.

What am I going to do on Thursday evenings now???

 

[Tantor]

Did I dream it or did the first episode end with Dr. Green saying "Dr. Carter, are you coming?" Maybe I am looking for a little too much symmetry.

Yes, I think you are right on that if I remember correctly.

 

[madge]

Did I dream it or did the first episode end with Dr. Green saying "Dr. Carter, are you coming?" Maybe I am looking for a little too much symmetry.

I just checked YouTube, and can't find the end of the pilot. I can find the beginning, but not the end .. I know Benton used to as Carter that question from time to time?

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Did I dream it or did the first episode end with Dr. Green saying "Dr. Carter, are you coming?" Maybe I am looking for a little too much symmetry.

I said the exact same thing to my mom!

It's so sad that's is over!

 

[Ohiodislover]

Was anybody told "you set the tone" in tonight's episode? That was always a well used line.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Is it just me or does Noah Wylie look too young to be a in these old clips?

OMG did he look young!

I didn't even realize that she did not have the cane anymore. Oh and Dr. Benton's little boy is older now.

I was so glad to see that they had the same little boy play him.

I liked the episode. I thought the ending was appropriate. The whole episode was about the cycle of life. Birth, death, and the drama in between. The drama that was ER is dead, but they left us knowing that the characters will forever be doing what they do best and that the cycle will always keep going.

Exactly.

I cried almost the whole way through it!

Did I dream it or did the first episode end with Dr. Green saying "Dr. Carter, are you coming?" Maybe I am looking for a little too much symmetry.

I think so. I think the episode was meant to follow the first show in that manner.

 

[ColoradoBuffaloMom]

Wow! The show was wonderful. Like so many of you, I have watched the show since the begining and have watched it in reruns for so long too. I loved how they tied so much together tonight.

I taped it so I know I will want to watch it again.

 

[Kycha]

Can you anyone find comparison's to the pilot episode other than Dr. Morris sleeping and a nurse coming to find him. I know in the pilot this was Dr. Green and the same nurse, but I can't remember her name -- she was on every episode up until a few years ago.

The nurse was Lydia. I thought it was nice that she got to reveal that she had grandkids. And my favorite part was seeing Reese. When they ran the 1 hour retrospective I thought to myself how nice it would be to see him now all grown up, as a young man. He looked exactly the same.

 

[Cindy B]

I hate to say it, but I expected a heck of a lot more. I wish there was a reveal about the kidney. The kidney episode was way better and that should have been the final episdoe.

It seemed almost anticlimatic in a way. Sure the Carter Center opened, but no one left County to work there. Sure it was nice to see Reese all grown up (he's about the same age as my own son). I thought there was too much emphasis on the new prospective Dr. Green.

I have no idea how they would get everyone in one place though.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

I enjoyed it but was expecting more. I liked how they brought Dr Greene's DD back as an intern.

I loved the one hour retrospect more. Seeing Anthony Greene and the others talk was nice.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Did everyone catch the ending of the retrospective where John Wells (I think) said that the last episode was going to mirror the first episode? That included the nurse waking up Dr. Morris and the ending where Carter asked Rachel is she was coming.

That's why he said that he felt like Michael Crichton was there with him when he was writing it because they had done it before. That's why parts seemed very familiar.

 

[welovedisneyx4]

OMG!!! I loved it!!

Before they said who Rachel Green was, I told DH that she looked familar. When Jerry realized who she was I almost screamed!! LOL!!

I loved the 1st part w/ the actors as well.

I do wish they had done a bit more w/ Dr. Ross and Carol, that would have been nice.

 

[CruiserMom]

Bravo! I loved it! I am like alot of you, watched it religiously for the first 9 or 10 years. I've caught some of the later years episodes, but didn't see them all. But I've been watching this year, and it just got better and better.

I thought the last episode was a real tribute to the fans! Just enough of the old stuff, mixed in with the new people, and LOVED the ending! I cried like a baby during the last 30 minutes!

And honestly I didn't not care at all that Doug and Carol were not in it. There was so much more to ER than them. I always thought Dr. Carter was the real heart and soul, because for many years it really was about his journey, and to see him "hand it off" to Rachel was perfect. And I loved that last shot, where they pulled back and you could see the hospital, and the streets and stoplights and L train. I thought it was the perfect way to end it, by saying it doesn't end, it goes on, we just won't be there to see it anymore.

 

[jx3smom]

I agree that it was a perfect ending. The last shot was so cool and that's when the tears began to really flow!

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Did anyone else feel like some of the interactions between the older characters a bit forced. Loved seeing them all again, but I thought it was a bit awkward.

I think it did seem a bit forced, but wouldn't it also be a little forced IRL once you and your coworkers go your separate ways, only to meet up for, what might be, one last time? People change, so I can see how you would have that old comraderie, but still feel a little out of place, KWIM?

 

[Geoff_M]

I thought it was a great final episode... I was afraid they'd try to throw in a last minute curve ball at the end (a la St. Elsewhere, Dallas, etc.) but was glad they didn't.

I would have only tweaked the ending a bit. Instead of ending with the mad rush of patient triage, I'd have ended with the cast standing outside all ready to go, doctors and nurses looking at one another with "ready or not, here we go" glances, and the sounds of sirens in the air and reflections of red lights from around the corner just as the ambulances were about to descend.... and then fade to credits. The "Dr. Greene" line could have be used to call Rachel outside to join the group.

I also don't know if everyone saw it, but the case of the teenage girl with the alcohol poisoning was based on the real death of one of the show's executive producer's teenage nieces last December under the same scenario (though I don't think the parents of the host girl provided the booze as in the finale). Her friends took her to the bathroom when she was passed out and propped her up so she could throw up in the bathtub... and they found her dead in the morning.

 

[Ohiodislover]

I think it did seem a bit forced, but wouldn't it also be a little forced IRL once you and your coworkers go your separate ways, only to meet up for, what might be, one last time? People change, so I can see how you would have that old comraderie, but still feel a little out of place, KWIM?

I thought about that too, and DH and I actually discussed that it was like a class reunion. But I truly think some of it was the level of acting as well. Susan, and Carrie in particular. Carter, Kem and Benton were more natural, and true to their characters.

 

[spacemountain]

I liked the episode. I thought the ending was appropriate. The whole episode was about the cycle of life. Birth, death, and the drama in between. The drama that was ER is dead, but they left us knowing that the characters will forever be doing what they do best and that the cycle will always keep going.

I agree. I think it's comforting when a show ends and you know that the characters lives will go on in the same way even though you won't see it anymore. I was so glad they didn't do something like have a bomb drop on the hospital and that was it. Because that would've been awful, but I wouldn't have put it past the producers of this show. But I think the somewhat anticlimactic ending was perfect.

 

[bigmerle1966]

And I loved that last shot, where they pulled back and you could see the hospital, and the streets and stoplights and L train. I thought it was the perfect way to end it, by saying it doesn't end, it goes on, we just won't be there to see it anymore.

I was trying to remember last night, have they ever shown the hospital like that? I have to say that part really gave me the chills.