Anonymous
11/18/2025 16:15
Subject: Re:Watching ER from the beginning
Anonymous
11/17/2025 16:35
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
I can’t decide if I think that it’s an advantage to be able to immediately search for medical terms I don’t know. For example, thirty years ago, I could infer that GCS score had something to do with how well the patient the EMTs were bringing in was doing. The lower the score, the worse off they were it seemed. Now, I can pause and quickly google to see that GCS stands for Geneva Coma Score, what its point ranges signify, etc. So, I have my answer, but I’m taking myself out of the storytelling.
Anonymous
11/09/2025 00:44
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
I recently finished rewatching it. It was really well done and brought back a lot of memories of the time period. It did make me feel old, though. I liked the Pitt but ER was better.
Anonymous
11/08/2025 21:51
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
Yeah, I felt that way too about the Pitt, but as the season went on, I kind of started liking some of the characters more and got more engaged with it by the end. It’s no ER yet though.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 13:21
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ER was SO much better than The Pitt. It feels like The Pitt is just a poor imitation.
Agreed. I actually just gave up on watching The Pitt. It was simply awful. I didn't care about any of the characters. The real time format doesn't work and woke message of the week is painful.
ER is way better.
+1
It all seemed very “knowing,” like “look at us trying to imitate ER, wink wink”. I don’t quite know how to describe what I mean, but from the very first episode I got that vibe.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 12:21
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
I was fresh out of college and starting in the ad industry in Chicago when ER first became a hit. I remember Clooney and Edwards were filming a scene at the Wrigley Building, which was across from my office, and we all rushed over to see. No cell phones for photos, but I got within 2 feet of Clooney as they were walking across the bridge when they finished filming. Great memory!
Anonymous
11/07/2025 11:54
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
Anonymous wrote:The Pitt is good but again, not as good as ER, especially season two through six.
My favorite part of ER though are Carter’s transition from newbie to seasoned doctor.
I also loved Sherrie Stringfellow, and thought she had more chemistry with Mark than his eventual wife. I also thought the British lady was much better paired with Benton, but he, the actor actually asked them not to pair them together anymore, because he didn’t like the depiction of a black man with a white woman. His relationship with Carla his first partner was a mess. But I loved the storyline of his son Reese.
I kind of like Carol but not really. Also kind of like Abbey and her mom is hilarious (Sally Field) but after a while, it got annoying and also her relationship relationships with Carter and Luca were crazy.
I thought Kerrie/Dr Weaver was one of the better characters, and I had a better appreciation for all of these as an adult than I did in my teens when I first started watching it
The episodes where mark loses the baby in season 1, and Carter’s drug addiction, and the scene with Carter and Lucy and the schizophrenic patient, and of course, who could forget the helicopter scene chopping off that one doctor’s arm. Those were epic. I also kind of like the Africa season, and thought Carter and Thandie Newton had good chemistry.
I agree with every word of this, even the Africa season (which many didn't like).
Anonymous
11/07/2025 11:51
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
The Pitt is good but again, not as good as ER, especially season two through six.
My favorite part of ER though are Carter’s transition from newbie to seasoned doctor.
I also loved Sherrie Stringfellow, and thought she had more chemistry with Mark than his eventual wife. I also thought the British lady was much better paired with Benton, but he, the actor actually asked them not to pair them together anymore, because he didn’t like the depiction of a black man with a white woman. His relationship with Carla his first partner was a mess. But I loved the storyline of his son Reese.
I kind of like Carol but not really. Also kind of like Abbey and her mom is hilarious (Sally Field) but after a while, it got annoying and also her relationship relationships with Carter and Luca were crazy.
I thought Kerrie/Dr Weaver was one of the better characters, and I had a better appreciation for all of these as an adult than I did in my teens when I first started watching it
The episodes where mark loses the baby in season 1, and Carter’s drug addiction, and the scene with Carter and Lucy and the schizophrenic patient, and of course, who could forget the helicopter scene chopping off that one doctor’s arm. Those were epic. I also kind of like the Africa season, and thought Carter and Thandie Newton had good chemistry.
My favorite part of ER though are Carter’s transition from newbie to seasoned doctor.
I also loved Sherrie Stringfellow, and thought she had more chemistry with Mark than his eventual wife. I also thought the British lady was much better paired with Benton, but he, the actor actually asked them not to pair them together anymore, because he didn’t like the depiction of a black man with a white woman. His relationship with Carla his first partner was a mess. But I loved the storyline of his son Reese.
I kind of like Carol but not really. Also kind of like Abbey and her mom is hilarious (Sally Field) but after a while, it got annoying and also her relationship relationships with Carter and Luca were crazy.
I thought Kerrie/Dr Weaver was one of the better characters, and I had a better appreciation for all of these as an adult than I did in my teens when I first started watching it
The episodes where mark loses the baby in season 1, and Carter’s drug addiction, and the scene with Carter and Lucy and the schizophrenic patient, and of course, who could forget the helicopter scene chopping off that one doctor’s arm. Those were epic. I also kind of like the Africa season, and thought Carter and Thandie Newton had good chemistry.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 07:59
Subject: Watching ER from the beginning
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ER was SO much better than The Pitt. It feels like The Pitt is just a poor imitation.
Agreed. I actually just gave up on watching The Pitt. It was simply awful. I didn't care about any of the characters. The real time format doesn't work and woke message of the week is painful.
ER is way better.
Well then you missed out. I loved ER. And I enjoy The Pitt. Yeah it’s not as good as ER, but it’s all we have.