Re: Old chief, new chief.

<eternalsun****ne80@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> >What was Doug's character?  A guy who slept with
>>anything in a bra, and Carol loved him madly, despite his repeated
>>inability to remain faithful.
>
> Well, if you've been around long enough to remember these details of
> ER of yore, you can probably recall that Doug reformed his womanizing
> ways about halfway through Clooney's run, which is why Carol agreed to
> reconcile about a year later, and that unfaithfulness was not a prolem
> for him from that point on.
>
> And there was a lot more to his character than that.

Yep, back in the day, characters actually realized they were not perfect
and 
it was up to them to change their behavior rather than expecting everyone 
else to live with their rotten actions.  Alas, Abby has been on the show
for 
8 seasons now and hasn't even made an effort to change her behavior,
instead 
expecting her husband to accept whatever she dishes out and protect her
from 
the consequences of her ugliness. And meting out the abuse to him when he 
cannot excuse her and prevent her uglier aspects from coming back to bite 
her.

Sharon