Subj : Re: Episode with No Plot To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Fri Oct 07 2005 11:19:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er wrote in message news:1128689176.856063.244110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Well.... last weeks eppy was stupid and unbelievable. Last nights was > just BORING. (And had it's share of the stupid and unbelievable too, of > course.) > > I'll make my comments random today ... sort of stream of conciousness. > > Dubenko must have a brain tumor. The dialogue they wrote for him > didn't sound anything like he would say, even considering that he > obvioulsy had a lot on his mind just then. (I mean, the idea seemed > right for his character as we've seen it, but the actual wording and/or > the delivery didn't fly.) > > I don't often pay close attention to the credits (and always edit them > out when I tape), but I noticed that Goran has made it to the top of > the credits. I'm guessing that next year he'll get the "and" spot. > > This new nurse manager is unbearable. I'm guessing Kerry must have > hired her, looking for someone who 'manages' with a tough hand. But > she's a crappy manager and I don't recall ever seeing her actually work > with a patient. (Rather needed since as near as I can tell, the only > main/supporting cast nurses left seem to be Sam and Chuny.) I'm sure > she wants to make her authority known, but throwing your weight around > like that the first day is not a good way to 'win friends and influence > people.' > > Looked to me like Sam and LUka were doing their jobs well. (Certainly > better than when Sam threw the kit at him two seasons back because she > was jealous of Gillian!) No excuse for Eve to unilaterally inform her > that her schedule is being changed AND her hours are being cut. > > Looks like Luka's really smoking. (Remember he told Carter way back in > "Kisangani" that he doesn't smoke?) Seeing as Goran himself is trying > to quit, must be tough on him to have to be smoking in his roles.) Must > be a hollywood thing, but can't the writers come up with any visible > way of showing 'stressed character' than to stick a cigarette in their > hand/mouth? > > The Me Goodbody scene was cute. I also found myself enjoying Neela's > photo-shoot, at least once she relaxed and learned that smiling is > sexier than pouting. > > At the end, why was Neela yelling at Ray to 'shut up!' when it was > clearly his ladyfriend who was making all the noise? > > Nice couple of scenes at the end with Luka and Abby. (Though Abby's new > hairstyle with the bangs and darker dye job makes her look about 12. > Maybe Luka really DID buy her a 'school-girl' outfit back when they > were seeing each other.) > > I didn't care for the plot with the breast-cancer gal at all. Maybe > Doc Sharon can fill me in on the details of her problem, but I don't > get why Abby was pressuring her to have this surgery now? The woman > still looks pretty young. Wouldn't 'watchful waiting' (frequent breast > exams and mammograms, and u/s scans of the ovaries) be a reasonable > safe route to take for the next 5-10 years; at least long enough to > allow her to fulfill her dream of marriage/kids. And Shaina was curious > about the "90%" risk reduction that Abby quoted her. "If she has a > mastectomy she won't have any breasts," my brilliant daughet said, "So > how would she have even a 10% chance of getting breast cancer?" > In a more general sense, I really didn't LIKE the way Abby was > pressuring her to have the surgery. Encourage her to talk to the > oncologist, sure. But this is not an emergecy. The poor woman does > have time to consider her options befor making a decision she will > regret. > > The brawl in the trauma room definitely came out of no-where and had no > point whatsoever. (And Shaina said that she thought Luka was stronger > than that! He shouldn't have needed security's help.) > > Once again trying to figure out when this was set. The cleaning lady > told Luka it was 'the first Thursday of the month.' Eve talking about > something having been "ordered back in July and just arrived last > Friday." Greg tells Olivia that he met with Charlie 'last week.' We > know that "Canon City" was set the first week of July. "Nobody's Baby" > seemed to be a week or two later. But this can't be the first Thursday > in August, or Eve's line about having ordered something "back in July" > wouldn't have made sense. Can't be the first week in September or > Greg's line to Olivia wouldn't have made sense. (And we would have > expected to see some closure on the Samka split by now.) > > Kerry tells Luka that the two of them are now the only 2 attendings. > (Though I note she uses the phrase 'faculty.' Is that new > terminology?) That can't be. We've been told over the past few seasons > that there are usually 2 attendings on the floor at any given time. If > we assume that attendings work 4 12/hour shifts a week, that means > there have to be 7 attendings in the ER to allow sufficient coverage. > While there have never been more than 4 in the main cast, it's assumed > that there are some invisible attentings (as well as invisible > residents/med students/nurses/of course). Jing Mei left way back last > December. She hasn't yet been replaced? Carter gave sufficient notice > to have allowed a search to at least begin before he skipped town. I > should hope that Susan gave notice as well, and didn't just up and > quit. And then there have to be those 3 or 4 'invisible' attendings. > > I'm sure more comments will come to me later, but those were the main > ones. > > Naomi > The new nurse-manager is very heavy-handed. Sheesh! Dawn .