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Subj : Re: Nobody's ... script editor
To   : alt.tv.er
From : KenStahl
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 09:37:02

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

npardue@indiana.edu wrote:

> Lordy ... that sucked!
> 
> I'd inititally missed the first 15 minutes or so.  I got home from work
> at 9:30 and DH asked me to run him over to the nearby fastfood place
> where his car was stalled out. If it wouldn't start, we'd have to dash
> over to Target for jumper cables and then jump it.  I popped my tape in
> first and then we headed out. By the time we got the jumped cables,
> resusitated his car and I got home again it was 10:15. I walked in just
> about the time Inez was suspecting she had just 'delivered a foot.'
> 
> I think the show laid an egg. (BTW, after it was over I went back and
> viewed the beginning on tape.)
> 
> Ok, what I liked.  Let's the good stuff out of the way firs.  I liked
> Abby's line about the second opinion. (In fact, that whole little
> subclot was rather cute.) I really liked the scene where Luka tells
> Abby that Sam's moving out. {Luka really does look especially good so
> far this season!) I liked Dr. Coburn; Amy Aquino really did a good job
> here. (Though I didn't care much for her new hair style. 50's
> throwback?)
> 
> What I hated would fill a novel, so I'll try to be concise.
> 
> The whole main plot with Claire and her baby was just about the most
> incomprensible thing they've ever shown.  And the problem was, the
> rudimentary idea could have been interesting.  A surrogate gestation
> where neither the gestational mother nor the geneitc mother ends up
> wanting the baby.  But instead, we got this completely nonsensicle plot
> full of stupid people acting (in the case of Claire) like idiots, or,
> in the case of the regular cast, like out-of-character idiots.
> 
> How the hell does a woman get to be a surrogate WITHOUT realizing (and
> agreeing to the fact) that a c-section MAY be necessary? While I'm the
> first to agreee that there are way too many c-sections done in this
> country, I also recognize that there ARE cases where they are vital ...
> and a footling breech is one of those cases.  Dr. Coburn should have
> known that.  Ray obviously knew that. Sam should have known that.  So
> why didn't Coburn push harder for Claire's consent? Explain in more
> detail what is going on?  Instead she gets about 3 lines explaining
> that the cord could be compressed and there's a '25% change of
> problems' and then, when Claire still says no, she just walks out and
> says to Ray "SHe doesn't consent, we can't force her!"
> And Sam.  Yes, it is important to explain the risks of surgery to the
> patient. Yes, Ray should have done it.  But simply stating all the
> horrible things that could, potentially happen, without any indication
> of relative risk ... especially to a patient who already has said
> repeatedly that she doesn't want surgery at all .. (and a woman who is
> clearly a few bricks shy of a full load anyway!) is really stupid.
> What exactly was Sam's movitation for trying to disuade Claire?  Just
> because Sam herself doesn't want more kids doesn't mean that other
> women shouldn't be allowed to want them or have them.
> And Ray.  Screaming at patients REALLY doesn't help them make good
> choices.  All last season we were shown that Ray is a guy who really
> doesn't care much about his patients; is more interested in moving
> patients out, making a good superficial impression, and picking up his
> paycheck at the end of the week.  And now, suddenly, he's Super Doc,
> totally wrapped up in the wellbeing of this little baby. (To the point
> where, at the end, he spends the night in the NICU with him. "He
> shouldn't be alone...."  Umm... aren't there doctors and nurses in the
> NICU.) Why was he up in OB with her anyway?  (Incidentally, while I'm
> glad they FINALLY moved her up to OB for the delivery ... but why was
> she in the ER for most of her laobr?  She was uninjured.  The moment
> they recogized the breech she should have been moved upstairs.
> (Remember in "Great Expectations" Carol had to be prepped for surgery
> as soon as her second twin turned breech. Claire should have at least
> been up in the L&D ward, where skilled OB nurses and docs are
> available.)  And not only was he up in OB, he was standing there
> telling Dr. Coburn (an OB doc with over 2 decades experience) what she
> needed to be doing. Coburn should have kicked him out LONG before she
> did.  Hell, she shouldn't have allowed him to come upstairs in the
> firstplace?
> THEN, he goes and tells Tina and Rod that the baby will 'probably' have
> neurogical damage.  That's not his job!  He's neither the OB nor the
> pediatrician.  THEY are the ones who should be telling the parents
> what's going on, NOT the ER doc who examined Claire after the accident
> but had (or should have had) nothing whatsoever to do with the birth.
> 
> Ok. The rest of the eppy.  THe plot with the little boy with the
> metabolic disorder was interesting. (And didn't that red headed
> 'friend' look like "Danny" from The Partridge Family?) Medically
> anyway.  Unfortunately, it was used only to give us another helping of
> "Dr. Lockhart, God's gift to medicine."  A couple of seasons ago,
> wasn't Abby bitching that she just 'wasn't getting it.'  That neither
> the clinical stuff nor the classwork was going well for her?  So why is
> she suddenly all-knowing and infallable?  Yeah, confidence helps a lot,
> but come on .... (Though she skipped over the "A" in her mnemonic.)
> And the friends told Abby that they were skipping school. But isn't
> this July? (New residents just starting, just a couple of days after
> the previous eppy.)  Why would they be in school?
> 
> The female GSW and her daughter served only to be an anvil for Pratt's
> story ... and Pratt's story is (sorry Uncle Copter) about the most
> uningaging 'pesronal' story to have passed through in a long time.
> 
> Morris during his first two seasons was an amusing minor character who,
> while completely unbelievable, was at least administered to us in small
> doses as a nice bit of comic relief.  As cheief resident he's beyond
> insufferable and it's just ludicrous that there was not a single other
> senior resident on staff who would have done a better job. (They didn't
> even look at outside candicates.  Remember that Kerry came on board as
> chief resident from a different hospital way back in S2.)
> 
> Today we get a second crop of really-stupid-interns. (I guess the first
> batch from last week all quit in disgust?)
> 
> While they're working on the GSW lady, someone (don't recall who) told
> Pratt to call it, that they should 'save the blood for someone who has
> a chance.' How often on the show do we see them pouring 6 ...10 ... 15
> units of blood into patients who have massive injuries and been down
> for hours?  "Saving blood" has never been a concern for them before.
> (Though todays POV is probably more realistic.  Blood, espeically O-neg
> blood, is not an unlimited commodity.)
> 
> Luka might be able to actually SEE if Sam and Alex are home, rather
> than just yelling for them, if he'd turn on the light!
> 
> And earlier, when Luka and Alex are talking about Sam's new place, Alex
> says that it isn't close to Luka's, since it's just a few blocks from
> the hospital.  But in S9 didn't we see Luka cross-country skiing to
> work. HE doesn't live far from the hospital either. (Though I suppose
> if Alex 'wasn't far' in the other direction, it might add up to be a
> bit of a hike.  Still, surely Alex knows how to take the el. If he
> really wants to visit Luka, he could do so.
> 
> Bah.  If I had the ability to do so, I'd probably just edit my tape
> down to those few nice "Luka" scenes, and erase the rest. But I can't.
> Ah well.
> 
> Naomi
> 

I didn't watch it last night. I now have Tivo and seldom 
watch shows live any more because I can't fast forward 
through the commercials. I guess I'll find out tonight how 
the show went.


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