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ER: Retrospective and Series Finale

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I'll admit I gave up on this show years ago but I did watch a couple of shows this season and watched the retrospective and series finale tonight. It was good to see all the old faces and I enjoyed the final episode.

It was a good ending (perhaps several years too late) but it was nice to see former castmembers together again:

-Peter Benton and his son Reece (but not Cleo who was mentioned but not seen)
-Kerry Weaver
-Susan Lewis
-Jerry and Frank, the front desk clerks
-the nurse (whose name I can't recall) in the opening scene
-Elizabeth Corday along with the late Dr Mark Greene's daughter, Rachel, now a budding medical student.

I thought Rachel being there (and her storyline) was a nice touch. Might have been nice to bring back her mother (Greene's ex) as well. Rachel is now a very pretty 22 year old. And how about those high heels!

Even Carter's ex-wife Kem came back from Africa.

Thoughts?
 
I got a "mellow" vibe from the show in the second hour which was a bit of a surprise. I was expecting one last big trauma scene but surprisingly we didn't really get one. I guess this was kind of a glossing over of the past and present of ER, wrapping it in the best way they possibly could.

I agree that the ending was perhaps a few years late. The 'revolving door' cast style didn't really work as well for ER. Not sure why it works better on a show such as Law & Order. I think on ER, we were allowed to develop more of an emotional attachment to the characters. It was hard to enjoy after all of the original cast was gone.
 
I watched ER from the beginning in 1994. But I pretty much stopped watching it when Seinfeld went off the air. In the following years I would catch ER every now and again. Just like on the program, I also had relationships that faded. I pretty much identified the show with this one girl I moved in with as soon as the show began. We would watch Friends, Seinfeld and ER together each week. That lineup became part of us. Her and I split up in 2004. So when I decided to watch tonights final episode I figured that it would probably put me in a reflective mood. I guess that it did. Seeing all the characters and old TV friends from a decade ago. It made me think about a lot. I still found it enjoyable to watch though. The show had a nice long run. It was the last of the Thursday night programs from the "Must See TV" Days. Now unfortunately there isn't much left to see on NBC anymore... is there?
 
I think it works better with Law & Order because that show has more emphasis on the crimes, suspects, victims and all their families. Those characters on whom there is more emphasis, such as Detective Stabler and his family on SVU, are more long-term. Stabler's been on since the show's debut almost 10 years ago (!), as has Detective Benson. Those changes that happen seem more gradual, and watching L&O re-runs you can at least see some continuity with the series now, unless you're watching one of the first couple seasons which are almost unrecognizable.

ER, although it placed more emphasis on patients than, say, Grey's Anatomy, had less continuity of recurring characters. That said ER will definitely be missed by some.
 
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