I don't know how many of you watch ER but the season finale was last week and I got to say, I wasn't a faithful watcher of the show but I did watch it enough to feel nostalgia at the end. I haven't watched a season in about 4 or 5 years but I always enjoyed watched reruns on TNT (Primetime in the Daytime). It was a really dynamic show, great guest stars, great ensemble cast, excellent camera work, crazy over the top stories but very entertaining. The show had a 15 year run and it always earned a lot of acclaim. Before the finale they did a retrospective of the show and it was very sad to see all the characters from the past that had left or died, and with almost evert iconic show there was this sense that an end of era had been reached. This same feeling happened with The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Friends, and it will happen with Lost, and 24. But anyways it was a bittersweet moment in TV that I wanted to share with you all. Feel free to let me know what you thought of ER.
Also This week marked the return of one of my favorite shows .......DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!! Rescue Me. The first episode of the season was great, not over the top like a lot of premiers but nonetheless enetertaining Rescue Me has the amazing ability to mix really intense drama with very darkly and sometimes morbid humor. No other show can do this as well as Rescue Me and I'm glad to see the show back. Its been two years maybe more since we've last seen the show and its good to have it back, this is one of those shows that will deninately be missed when its over. The acting from everybody is just sooooo good, it probably has one of the best ensemble casts on TV right now, and they always get very talented guest stars (this season we have a very foul mouthed Michael J. Fox dating Denis Leary's ex-wife. ) Anways I want to here what you guys think about Rescue Me so hit me back.
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OMG! The last episode was great for two reasons. First, there was some much parallel to the first episode, with everything coming to a circle (Circle of Life anyone?) And didn't finish all storylines and didn't give us everyone's futures because in the end it didn't matter. Like The Sopranos, these characters lives continue on with or without us seeing them every year. Watching this episodes gave me a chill because I realized I would never see another new episode...ever. It was like watching The Sopranos all over again (except without the black screen lol) ER went out with grace and dignity. It gave some great laughs and made alot of us cry. And that is what a great show should do. Thanks ER!
Anytime Michael J. Fox shows up to swear a blue streak, I'm there with bells on. F**k Parkenson's, right?
I did not watch the last episode of ER because I was never really that big of a fan of the show from the beginning back when it first started. I do now sort of wish that I had because this post sort of got me interested in seeing how they got it to work. Also, I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with what Bjorn had to say about Michael J. Fox. If he's there, I'm there. Got to be one of my favorite actors of all time; and no, I do not have any really good reason to back that opinion up.
Joe- I completely agree with you about it coming full circle, the first episode started with Dr. Greene waking up to chaos, and the end of the last episode impending chaos.
Bjorn and James- Totally agree with you guys about Michael J. Fox. I mean c'mon Marty McFly!!!! (BTW-He had a funny quote in this weeks issue of EW about the show Lost and a reference to Doc Brown).
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