On Dec 8, 8:08 pm, "sharon" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>
>
>
> > THere are private treatment centers that tend to have beds available.
> > (THey have good insurance, so she doens't need to wait for a bed to
> > open at County.) And you'll recall that Carter got a bed at a rehab
> > place with just a few hours notice.
>
> The place Carter went is based on a real place in Atlanta that
specializes
> in addicted physicians. In real life, there is a waiting list and it
takes
> several weeks minimum for get to the top of the list. I have two
friends
> who've been inpatients there, both waited for weeks for a bed. And that
IS
> a private facility. As is Hazelden and Betty Ford and a whole lot of
other
> places which also have a wait list. In real life, Abby wasn't going to
be
> admitted anywhere immediately. If anything, the good private facilities
> have a longer wait than the public ones.
Well, as we're fond of noting, ER isn't real life, and sometimes
dramatic liscence DOES apply. It was very clear to me that Abby WAS
headed for a treatment cener somewhere.
>
> >> Abby has never been one to sympathize with anyone else, it would be
out
> >> of
> >> character in some ways for her to be invested in how Luka is feeling,
how
> >> his father's illness and death have affected him.
>
> > She often sympathizes with others. But right now, the bottle is
> > trumping everything else.
>
> When, exactly, have we seen her ever sympathize with others? Sure,
> sometimes she acts like she gives half a dam* about patients, but, when
it
> comes to her friends and family, we sure don't see her being sup****tive
in a
> crisis very often. When Carter's grandmother died, her excuse was that
she
> was worried about Eric.
Yes, she cared about Eric. We've discussed this scenario a dozen
times. She was in a tough situation. She had TWO people who needed
her at the same time, and she couldn't possibly be there for both. So
she dealt with the most pressing crisis, (which, at that point, WAS
Eric) then made it back as soon as she could to deal with the next
one. (Help Carter with the arrangements, and offer moral sup****t.)
And yes, we see her caring about her patients. Often.
>
> Once again, examples please. When Neela was hurt, we saw her behave
like a
> complete a** in order to assert her dominance in the ER, but that was
just
> more Abby Always Knows Best and must be obeyed, not so much concern for
> Neela, IMO or she wouldn't have been screeching at the chief of surgery
and
> her boss.
I missed the first eppy this season.
>
> > HE has to go to the funeral. Abby can't go.
>
> I've already explained that I disagree. However, to me, the Luka we've
seen
> over the past few years, Abby's little manservant. would've offered to
stay
> behind with her, telling her he had been with his father when he was
alive,
> had recently seen everyone he needed to see and that his father would
want
> him to remain with her and help her. Sorta like Abby implied to Carter
that
> he didn't have to hang around Chicago after his Gamma died when he could
be
> gallivanting all over Iowa looking for her brother with her. Life is
for
> the living and all that.
What? When did Abby tell Carter that he had to go to Iowa with her?
When she bumped into him in the hall, she didn't yet know that Gamma
had died. I dont recall the precise dialogue, but once he told her,
she was very warm and sympathetic, and offered her condolences. She
DID say that she needed to deal with the Eric crisis, but never even
hinted that he needed to go with her.
>
> There's no reason TPTB couldn't have him offscreen and Abby tell us he
is
> working at another hospital and helping with Joe or mention he went with
her
> to marital counselling.
Absolutely correct. I was just thinking earlier today that, with the
odds of the show being renewed roughly equal to that of a snowball
surviving 6 months hours in hell ... it should have been possible to
write around Luka's absence without necessitating a long sojourn in
Croatia for him. We're already halfway through the season.
Naomi
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