Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 06:05     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:Some med shows that are close but not as good:

The Pitt. ( good in a different way )

This might hurt a bit (the book is great too)

Berlin ER

Greys Anatomy (or as my husband calls it, Greys Lobotomy)

Nurse Jackie (this is pretty damn good)

Scrubs (obviously different and, they are rebooting it)


And not exactly the same, but China Beach. Loved that show.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 23:23     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:Some med shows that are close but not as good:

The Pitt. ( good in a different way )

This might hurt a bit (the book is great too)

Berlin ER

Greys Anatomy (or as my husband calls it, Greys Lobotomy)

Nurse Jackie (this is pretty damn good)

Scrubs (obviously different and, they are rebooting it)


I’m OP, and I loved Nurse Jackie. Scrubs was funny but the medical part felt background to me (and I suspect the reboot will suck).

Grey’s doesn’t hold a candle to ER or St Elsewhere or even The Pitt.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 23:03     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:ER was soooo good. I did a rewatch about a year ago. My favorite seasons ar 2-6, then Carter goes to Africa which is fine but different, and then when Romano dies (spectacularly, iykyk) and when Susan Lewis leaves the second time, I’m done.

The last season when Benton and Carter have a quick reunion is good too.


Did you know the actor who played Dr. Romano was also a character on Fame (I Sing the Body Electric)?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 22:37     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:Some med shows that are close but not as good:

The Pitt. ( good in a different way )

This might hurt a bit (the book is great too)

Berlin ER

Greys Anatomy (or as my husband calls it, Greys Lobotomy)

Nurse Jackie (this is pretty damn good)

Scrubs (obviously different and, they are rebooting it)


Love it!
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 21:36     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:Sally Field, who played Maura Tieney’s bi polar mom was excellent in that role.


Sally Field is a great actress. She really takes on the character she's playing.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 21:23     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:I loved this show back in the day, especially the first 5 seasons or so. I’m rewatching it inspired by The Pitt.

It completely holds up, I still love it and it remains my favorite medical drama (I’m old enough to have watched Chicago Hope, ER, Grey’s and now The Pitt). I forgot how much the show brings awareness to aids issues.

Also, there are so many actors who have bit parts on the show! I don’t mean guest stars (plenty of those, too), but ones who were not yet but later became famous.


Miami Vice is an amazing rewatch for this, too.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 21:09     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Love the episode where George Clooney saves the kid in the flooding drainpipe.

Watched the entire series again 18 years ago when nursing my second baby for months (recorded on TNT).
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:17     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Some med shows that are close but not as good:

The Pitt. ( good in a different way )

This might hurt a bit (the book is great too)

Berlin ER

Greys Anatomy (or as my husband calls it, Greys Lobotomy)

Nurse Jackie (this is pretty damn good)

Scrubs (obviously different and, they are rebooting it)
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:14     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
ER was soooo good. I did a rewatch about a year ago. My favorite seasons ar 2-6, then Carter goes to Africa which is fine but different, and then when Romano dies (spectacularly, iykyk) and when Susan Lewis leaves the second time, I’m done.

The last season when Benton and Carter have a quick reunion is good too.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:11     Subject: Re:rewatching ER - discuss
LOVED ER! Was watching it when my water broke and went in to labor with my first kid. Was life imitating art!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 16:27     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I loved this show back in the day, especially the first 5 seasons or so. I’m rewatching it inspired by The Pitt.

It completely holds up, I still love it and it remains my favorite medical drama (I’m old enough to have watched Chicago Hope, ER, Grey’s and now The Pitt). I forgot how much the show brings awareness to aids issues.

Also, there are so many actors who have bit parts on the show! I don’t mean guest stars (plenty of those, too), but ones who were not yet but later became famous.

St Elsewhere is a good rewatch, as well.


For those wanting to relive the aids crisis in real time, I think St Elsewhere is the better choice.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 16:23     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LUKA. That is all.


He's SO hot. It's a shame the actor was a total jerk. His character was a better person than the real person. But the way he said "Abby" really did me in.


He is very attractive and I loved his damaged character. As for the actor, I never read that he is a jerk? I did read that Noah Wylie was an a-hole to him, and to many of the other actors who joined the cast (like Kellie Martin), and later publicly owned his behavior.

I didn’t love that Luca wound up with Abby - I respect Maura Tierney as an actress, but feel like she never has chemistry with any of her male leads (not Luca nor Carter in ER, not in The Affair, not in Newsroom).


DP. Totally agree! She never has chemistry with any of her male leads. She’s too brusque or something. Luka deserved better.

And I also never heard anything about Goran Višnjić being a jerk IRL.



They had good chemistry, seemed inevitable as a couple. GV is friendly with his castmates, so apparently wasn't a jerk to them.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 16:05     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Sally Field, who played Maura Tieney’s bi polar mom was excellent in that role.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 15:12     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LUKA. That is all.


He's SO hot. It's a shame the actor was a total jerk. His character was a better person than the real person. But the way he said "Abby" really did me in.


He is very attractive and I loved his damaged character. As for the actor, I never read that he is a jerk? I did read that Noah Wylie was an a-hole to him, and to many of the other actors who joined the cast (like Kellie Martin), and later publicly owned his behavior.

I didn’t love that Luca wound up with Abby - I respect Maura Tierney as an actress, but feel like she never has chemistry with any of her male leads (not Luca nor Carter in ER, not in The Affair, not in Newsroom).


DP. Totally agree! She never has chemistry with any of her male leads. She’s too brusque or something. Luka deserved better.

And I also never heard anything about Goran Višnjić being a jerk IRL.


I'm the person who said that about Goran - it was widely spoken about in the Croatian community.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 15:09     Subject: rewatching ER - discuss
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LUKA. That is all.


He's SO hot. It's a shame the actor was a total jerk. His character was a better person than the real person. But the way he said "Abby" really did me in.


He is very attractive and I loved his damaged character. As for the actor, I never read that he is a jerk? I did read that Noah Wylie was an a-hole to him, and to many of the other actors who joined the cast (like Kellie Martin), and later publicly owned his behavior.

I didn’t love that Luca wound up with Abby - I respect Maura Tierney as an actress, but feel like she never has chemistry with any of her male leads (not Luca nor Carter in ER, not in The Affair, not in Newsroom).


DP. Totally agree! She never has chemistry with any of her male leads. She’s too brusque or something. Luka deserved better.

And I also never heard anything about Goran Višnjić being a jerk IRL.