I watched this at 1.30am on Thursday night, having been out having cocktails till midnight. It was just as well I remembered there is the late night repeat as the 2nd chance Sunday on E4 wasn't on, nor is it on C4 tonight. WTF?
Carter in Dafur can be summed up quite quickly: Carter is in Darfur where it is very poor and very dangerous. Carter being Carter has to whizz around in jeeps saving individual patients instead of doing his bloody job at the understaffed hospital. Seriously, how patients weren't seen at the hospital whilst he was off being Johnny Hero? Admittedly, showing him struggling day after day with the lack of resources would have been less dramatic, but this, well, I struggled to think it was good. Hawkeye Piece can go off rescuing individuals in a warzone every now and then because that was in the context of an entire series set in a warzone: ER is set at County General, so straight away this episode looks like war-tourism. Yes, consciousness about Darfur should be raised but showing an American being pointlessly heroic may not be the best way.
Besides, you'd think he had learnt from all that business back in season 10 to behave rather differently. He nearly got Luka killed, FFS.
One tiny snippet within all that is that Carter and Kem are struggling with their relationship. Which hints that maybe the future will have a return to the Carter/Abby/Luka thing.
OK, that's all the Carter stuff out the way.
Kerry: Clemente is a great doctor with personal issues which is not uncommon in the ER.
Heh. Heheh. She nailed it. I love Kerry.
Clemente is technically back, although he spends all his time being either quizzed by the cops or at Jodie's bedside. The way he sticks by her is adoreable, and suggests he is hopelessly drawn to her. I get the feeling the cops aren't trying too hard to believe Clemente didn't do it. What happened to innocent until proven guilty.
Luka still has a problem with Clemente. I'm not sure why, since Clemente is no longer crowding Luka's patch. Besides, shouldn't Luka be more concerned about Abby and the Baby? I love that the Baby has become an open secret.
KJ's dad is back. Surprise, he's been drinking again but obviously expects Pratt to bail him out. Is Pratt crazy? That was rhetorical. Pratt is just stupid.
Bobby, Jodie's insane cop husband, is making calls to Clemente in a kind of "you screwed her so I'm going to screw you" way. This seems a bit dumb to me as it means there will be a cell phone record of where Bobby is calling Clemente from. And for a guy allegedly in New Jersey, his phone shouldn't really be in Chicago.
Is it me or are we in a bizarre slump? I mean, the Jodie and Clemente storyline should engage me way more than it does. Maybe it's just because I read too many spoilers so am instead waiting for later episodes? This is why I try to avoid reading spoilers, because it makes the whole thing less immediate and interesting. So. No more spoilers. No. Spoilers are bad, m'kay?
Monday, April 17, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
12.14 Quintessance of Dust
You know, I watched this last Thursday. I was, however, bewildered by a dream that night in which I was dating a guy who I knew but couldn't name. The main problem being that my mind then decided the nearest analogue would be Clemente. Yeah, don't ask.
So...
Clemente and Jodie are hiding out in bed with charlie. I love the fact he turns out to have this great crossword brain - it makes him seem more like the fast-thinking whizzy brain type, though the nose-candy and skiving off work to snort and shag suggest he's not quite got the hang of consequences.
Pratt is in a bachelor auction and is won by a bloke. "Is he cute?" asks Ray and Morris etc turn into 12 year olds. Morris's love/hate thing with the surgery woman continues. Abby calls the guys on how homophobic and sexist the guys are being when they call Allbright a bitch ("why is it any confident and smart woman in authority is a bitch?") which is great, but then it's revealed that the reason she's getting narked is because she's pulled an all-nighter and is worried about the amnio results on The Baby. So, you know, girly hormones are behind her sudden outburst of feminism?
Jodie's husband looks like a seedy, cut-price member of the Douglas clan. Woah! He shot them. The thing with the belief that Clemente did it is great, with Kerry doing her classic thing of supporting someone she likes even when there is great doubt over them.
Neela is struggling in surgery. Not helped by Allbright's bitchiness and Clemente's coke-fuelled advice. Really, what is Allbright's problem?
Morris: You are totally pregnant!
Abby: And you're in love with Allbright!
Ray deals with a homeless guy who turns out to be a musician. Ray's dad liked blues and it turns out homeless guy is someone he grew up listening to. It's a nice subplot, and gives them a chance to do a musical montage ending.
Carter! Sans hair. He looks kinda hot.
So...
Clemente and Jodie are hiding out in bed with charlie. I love the fact he turns out to have this great crossword brain - it makes him seem more like the fast-thinking whizzy brain type, though the nose-candy and skiving off work to snort and shag suggest he's not quite got the hang of consequences.
Pratt is in a bachelor auction and is won by a bloke. "Is he cute?" asks Ray and Morris etc turn into 12 year olds. Morris's love/hate thing with the surgery woman continues. Abby calls the guys on how homophobic and sexist the guys are being when they call Allbright a bitch ("why is it any confident and smart woman in authority is a bitch?") which is great, but then it's revealed that the reason she's getting narked is because she's pulled an all-nighter and is worried about the amnio results on The Baby. So, you know, girly hormones are behind her sudden outburst of feminism?
Jodie's husband looks like a seedy, cut-price member of the Douglas clan. Woah! He shot them. The thing with the belief that Clemente did it is great, with Kerry doing her classic thing of supporting someone she likes even when there is great doubt over them.
Neela is struggling in surgery. Not helped by Allbright's bitchiness and Clemente's coke-fuelled advice. Really, what is Allbright's problem?
Morris: You are totally pregnant!
Abby: And you're in love with Allbright!
Ray deals with a homeless guy who turns out to be a musician. Ray's dad liked blues and it turns out homeless guy is someone he grew up listening to. It's a nice subplot, and gives them a chance to do a musical montage ending.
Carter! Sans hair. He looks kinda hot.
Monday, April 03, 2006
12.13 Body & Soul
Oooh, no "previously on...". This is going to be one of those ones designed to make us feel all teary and impressed at how dramatic in an emotional sense ER can be.
It's a guy with Lou Gerig's disease. Oh, it's a Big Name Actor one, as well. I'm not a massive fan of these kinds of episodes. They just seem so show-offy.
I'm also not keen on the fact that C4/E4 have started going into the advert break straight after the title sequence like we're American or something.
Ray and Sam are wearing their coats over their scrubs/lab coats. Actually prof already mentioned this. My theory, based on the fact others are wearing heavy sweaters under their lab coats, is that something is wrong with the heating. This would fit with the guy showing up in summer when the air conditioning is out. No wonder he has a low opinion of County.
Two years back Neela couldn't stand surgeons because "they are arrogant and can't relate to people unless they are unconscious". Ha.
Oh great, it's a grumpy guy with a terminal condition. As opposed to the "going gentle into that good night" type. It's like there are only two types. Oh, trauma 1.
I notice Abby overrides consent issues whilst Ray - Ray who used to be very very casual about consent, what with the organ harvest thing, and the surrogate mother, and we're not even going to mention Zoe - is the one trying to stop her.
....Is it wrong to be very bored by the Big Dramatic Death episode? It's like all the stuff which was going somewhere last week (Abby/Luka and the baby, and Neela's fight with Mikey) as been put on hold. The one bit I like is when he drops the molecule model with his right hand whilst talking to student Abby i.e. before he's been diagnosed. That was a nice touch.
What is it about ice-skating=freedom in American drama? I remember this theme being in an episode of Buffy, in which she goes skating as a symbol of her urge to be freed from her Slayer destiny. And here it is again.
It's a guy with Lou Gerig's disease. Oh, it's a Big Name Actor one, as well. I'm not a massive fan of these kinds of episodes. They just seem so show-offy.
I'm also not keen on the fact that C4/E4 have started going into the advert break straight after the title sequence like we're American or something.
Ray and Sam are wearing their coats over their scrubs/lab coats. Actually prof already mentioned this. My theory, based on the fact others are wearing heavy sweaters under their lab coats, is that something is wrong with the heating. This would fit with the guy showing up in summer when the air conditioning is out. No wonder he has a low opinion of County.
Two years back Neela couldn't stand surgeons because "they are arrogant and can't relate to people unless they are unconscious". Ha.
Oh great, it's a grumpy guy with a terminal condition. As opposed to the "going gentle into that good night" type. It's like there are only two types. Oh, trauma 1.
I notice Abby overrides consent issues whilst Ray - Ray who used to be very very casual about consent, what with the organ harvest thing, and the surrogate mother, and we're not even going to mention Zoe - is the one trying to stop her.
....Is it wrong to be very bored by the Big Dramatic Death episode? It's like all the stuff which was going somewhere last week (Abby/Luka and the baby, and Neela's fight with Mikey) as been put on hold. The one bit I like is when he drops the molecule model with his right hand whilst talking to student Abby i.e. before he's been diagnosed. That was a nice touch.
What is it about ice-skating=freedom in American drama? I remember this theme being in an episode of Buffy, in which she goes skating as a symbol of her urge to be freed from her Slayer destiny. And here it is again.
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