Re: "ER" to end after next season

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:30:39 -0700 (PDT), eternalsun****ne80@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I also think that the hideously awful state of the Abby-Luka storyline
>>right now -- with Abby's relapse -- distorts how well the storyline
>>was doing when they got back together.
>
>Not everyone believes that a "surprise" pregnancy (hey, you never know
>with Luka) a month after getting back together is the best basis for a
>long-term relation****p. 

See, I think it's funny that you were assuming that they were saying
that a surprise pregnancy is a good basis (much less the best basis)
for a long-term relation****p.  IMO, Luka and Abby's relation****p even
before they got pregant (heck, even before they broke up the first
time) was depicted as being anything *but* ideal.  

Here's a simple rule for TV:  

Depiction != Idealization --> Depiction = Observation

>Or that it makes for a highlight in the
>history of TV romance. 

Again, I think it's funny that you're assuming that the writers were
writing a romance as opposed to the rocky relation****p that they were
always writing.

>Particularly when no issues from former years
>are ever discussed. 

What part of Abby suppressing and bottling and avoiding everything
until it blows up in her face do you not understand?

And mind you, I think that the writers of ER ****ed up in not writing
toward Maura Tierney's immense strength in comedy.

In conclusion:  I think that you are substituting what you want to see
out of the Abby & Luka storyline for what the writers are actually
interested in and intending to write about them.  So it's no wonder
that they don't live up to what you want to see out of the show since
they're not the least bit interested in writing toward it wrt Abby &
Luka.

(BTW, the same goes for Gg fans regarding Lorelai and Luke in seasons
6 and 7 of Gilmore Girls, BID.)

  -- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.  
It never works.  I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work 
and what I could've done differently.  I'm analyzing all my shortcomings 
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan 
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent 
victim of my own stupid plans.  God, I need some coffee.