Subj : Re: What's happening? To : alt.tv.er From : Sharon Three Date : Fri Oct 14 2005 17:36:13 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er wrote in message news:1129306571.505806.244720@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > npardue@indiana.edu wrote: >> Dropping The Helicopter wrote: >> > [...] >> > - As creepy, icky, and hateful as Creepy Surgeon Guy is, they >> > pulled off that coffee scene between Abby and him incredibly well. >> > "What about after?" "Yeah I'm going to have to pass on that too." >> > That's vintage ER right there. >> >> Yeah, that was a weird scene. I guessed where THAT one was going as >> soon as Dubenko started explaining his 'options' to Abby. I'll >> definitely have to rewatch with the sound to get the nuances ... but >> so far my impressionw as just 'weird.' > > I only half-watched the last two eps so I have to review the tapes, but > what the hell was that? Is Abby known as the department slut or > something? Are we supposed to believe surgeons like Dubenko live at > home with their mothers? > I think it was more that Abby was prying into his personal business, calling him by his first name and asking why he was visiting oncology so he thought she actually cared about him. I also think the writers will do anything for a cheap laugh and they thought this was a funny scene instead of pathetic and weird. Doc Sharon .