On Dec 8, 8:39 am, "sharon" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> snip
>
> > The opening scenes were not promising. The stuff with the camel was
> > definitely one of the top ten Stupidest ER 'Humor' moments ever
> > filmed. (And that scene also included the now required juvenile
> > ***ual humor, with the intern gawking at Neela's butt, and (a few
> > minutes later) everyone getting the chance to gawk at Dubenko's.
>
> There is also the stupid notion that any County hospital anywhere would
have
> a 'Christmas pageant' and that it would include a living nativity. The
ACLU
> would be all over that in a heartbeat. The camel bite humor wasn't
worth
> the ridiculous setup.
>
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>
> I LOVED the scene in Neela's> apartment.
>
> I loved that we got to see that Neela had no idea that Abby was an
alcoholic
> despite being her 'bestest fwend'.
Neela DID know. It took her about three seconds to realize that "I'm
having a drink" was NOT an accurate *****sment of what was going on
there. And to call Abby out on it and urge her to get help.
I also liked that it was written in such
> a way that we saw how low Abby had sunk as she viciously attacked Neela
to
> avoid discussing her issues. What I didn't like is that Neela made no
> effort to prevent Abby from getting in her car and driving off three
sheets
> to the wind. Friends don't let friends drive drunk.
Abby took the el? Walked? We DID see, in the eppy where Abby went to
the air****t, that she WAS rational enough to not try to drive while
under the influence.
I also thought it was
> very wrong of Neela not to tell Luka what happened when she saw him
later.
> Abby is her friend, this is not the time for keeping secrets; she, her
child
> and everyone else is at serious risk.
I think that kind of thing can be a tough call for a friend. Or maybe
she figured Luka already knew.
This also makes at least 4 people
> working at County who know Abby is seriously messed up (and Neela and
Luka
> know exactly what the problem is) who do not bother to try to make sure
she
> doesn't work on patients.
Abby wasn't at work. She went in to apply for time off, NOT to see
patients.
>
> snipped, since I agree, Luka is the kind of guy who takes responsibility
and
> it was not out of character for him to feel guilty about Abby's drinking
and
> his lack of understanding of how serious her problem is. It was,
however,
> completely out of character for him to abandon his wife and child
completely
> for months on end and for him to expect Abby to pay the bills on a
> resident's salary while he didn't work since they apparently had no
savings
> or credit cards and he didn't negotiate a severance package when he
stopped
> being chief. That was bad writing, with logic holes that a truck could
drive
> through.
Yes, I agree that that was poorly handled. Sometime in the many phone
conversations they had over the months, the finances SHOULD have come
up, and Luka should have some savings under him. (They live a fairly
modest life for two doctors.)
>
> (And, just> for the record, he wasn't on his knees.)
>
> Just for the record, that scene was extensively rewritten. I would hope
GV
> and MT had some input since both have real life experiences with
troubled
> marriages including people doing awful things while drunk.
I found myself wondering, as I watched, if GV had any difficulty doing
the scenes, given the mutlple parrallels with RL situtuations I'm sure
he'd rather put behind him.
> A Christmas miracle? Part of the reason was she apparently had a DNR
and
> was also conscious and could confirm her wishes, I think.
>
> > The 300 Patients concept was pretty well handled too. (Though, I
> > dunno, was it 300 pateints in the day, or in 12 hours? If the former,
> > it hardly seems excessive for a busy inner city ER.) Still my thought
> > at the final bit was "You're going to need those winnings, Morris,
> > when Frank has you arrested for assault and battery."
>
> I hated that, it was not funny. Morris has made some real strides in
> becoming a 3 dimensional character. Nobody would try to break someone's
> hand to win a bet, not even him.
I KNEW he would hit the 300, but I was expecting him either fake
something, or maybe injure himself in the process of his celebration.
Which would have made a LOT more sense.
>
> Happy Hannukah, Naomi!
>
Thanks. TOday is also my kid's 16th birthday. The mind boggles.
Naomi
> Sharon
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