Subj : Re: BEST.  EPISODE.  THIS.  SEASON.
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Dropping The Helicopter
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 04:20:46

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Dropping The Helicopter wrote:
> You read it right: I dare say that tonight's episode may have been the 
> best episode so far this season.

Yes Unkie Copter, I agree.  However, I couldn't help but notice, and be 
bothered by, the inexplicable concentration on SKG in this episode, whom 
we of course all hoped had simply vanished from the face of ER.

With the single exception of Mark Greene, whenever a well liked 
character leaves, they're just gone one day and never heard from again, 
and that's it.  But in this episode, we have a universally disliked, 
creepy serial killer who was at best a bit player anyway, and suddenly:

- He's inexplicably sending cards to the ER, which nobody else has ever 
done, especially interns that didn't match.
- Abby inexplicably gives a damn.  Inexplicable of course since they 
were barely "fuckbuddies"[1], and Abby told him to leave.

I also noticed that Doogie Hauser can't act his way out of a wet paper 
bag.  He can't even deliver that last line of his (the one about "his 
first night alone") without that permanent smirkiness of his.  Reminds 
me of a very bad early Carter.

Also, did anybody else notice that the guy from Lethal Weapon played 
Pratt's father?  I wonder why they didn't promote that more.

-- 
Dropping T. Helicopter
[1] You women are corrupting my innocent mind with your hilarious 
potty-mouth sayings.

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