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Anonymous wrote:What the bell does Garcia see in Santos and vice versa? They both seem like b@tches!

They’re both attractive. And tough. Isn’t that enough? It’s not romance.

Garcia is pretty on the rare occasion when she smiles but o don’t think Santos is the least bit attractive.

She has a pretty bad underbite, so her jaw and chin protrude too much. It’s very distracting and the character she plays is so abrasive. Not a good combo.

She’s the perfect foil to Langdon, he has an easiness about him, he’s male and good looking, but he has a flaw. She hates him for his weakness. Her looks,
and hair scream scrapper, she’s where she is because she’s hard on herself.

She’s jealous of his perceived privilege that’s why she turned him in.

She also turned him in because he was a drug addict who was stealing meds from the hospital and from patients.

Agree. His lack of ethics as a provider and not genuinely trying to make amends with his colleague are not easily received. Also his language would be super triggering for anyone with an abuse history.

I like Langdon overall. His lack in recovery is showing though. This is not the environment for him to heal.

He should have apologized for putting her in an ethically challenging position at minimum. And thanked her for getting him started in recovery. He should not be working with patients under pressure (if at all).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the bell does Garcia see in Santos and vice versa? They both seem like b@tches!

They’re both attractive. And tough. Isn’t that enough? It’s not romance.

Garcia is pretty on the rare occasion when she smiles but o don’t think Santos is the least bit attractive.

She has a pretty bad underbite, so her jaw and chin protrude too much. It’s very distracting and the character she plays is so abrasive. Not a good combo.

She’s the perfect foil to Langdon, he has an easiness about him, he’s male and good looking, but he has a flaw. She hates him for his weakness. Her looks,
and hair scream scrapper, she’s where she is because she’s hard on herself.

She’s jealous of his perceived privilege that’s why she turned him in.

She also turned him in because he was a drug addict who was stealing meds from the hospital and from patients.

Anonymous wrote:I don't need people, particularly women, to be good or perfect, but it's as if the camera operators are in love with Santos. So many other doctors and characters are more interesting. Hope less screen time one day.

Had to turn away from a lot of the operating room stuff this episode. Wowe, blood and body parts.

She didn't get very much screen time this episode? She and Mohan were heavy last week but light this week, though the confrontation with Langdon and Santos was obviously heavily featured. But that was kind of it for her.

A lot of Mel this week, which I thought I would like, but I'm struggling a bit with how she's handling the Becca thing. I'm empathetic but she's just acting very immature.

I liked Robby more this week than I have in previous weeks, even though he's still being a jerk. But him being supportive of Javadi in front of her mom was great, I felt ok with how he handled the ICE stuff (it was such a crappy situation), and I liked him with Duke. Also his face during that conversation with the mom who walked into traffic? Holy crap, someone help that man.

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Anonymous wrote:What the bell does Garcia see in Santos and vice versa? They both seem like b@tches!

They’re both attractive. And tough. Isn’t that enough? It’s not romance.

Garcia is pretty on the rare occasion when she smiles but o don’t think Santos is the least bit attractive.

She has a pretty bad underbite, so her jaw and chin protrude too much. It’s very distracting and the character she plays is so abrasive. Not a good combo.

She’s the perfect foil to Langdon, he has an easiness about him, he’s male and good looking, but he has a flaw. She hates him for his weakness. Her looks,
and hair scream scrapper, she’s where she is because she’s hard on herself.

She’s jealous of his perceived privilege that’s why she turned him in.

I don't need people, particularly women, to be good or perfect, but it's as if the camera operators are in love with Santos. So many other doctors and characters are more interesting. Hope less screen time one day.

Had to turn away from a lot of the operating room stuff this episode. Wowe, blood and body parts.

Anonymous wrote:They had one Spanish speaking patient all day, then ICE shows up and half the waiting room flees?

Robby and Santos were at their worst. Ogilvie was painful to watch. Mel and Javadi were both a mess. Dana is so hyper competent that it's not really believable.

Such rapid fire editing, it was just scenes flashing by, not much coherence. The show continues to get away from what it had going in season one.

Disagree, thought this episode was great. I like how it's the flip of last season's chaos with the mass shooter. The ER is eerily quiet because patients are taking off due to ICE. The tension of that situation is heightening all the existing stressors for everyone. The quiet and patients leaving are also giving people more space to think, and to discuss issues, which is leading to trauma and conflict bubbling up.

I thought this episode was very eerie and well done.

Anonymous wrote:Did not know that the vast majority of the ER staff doesn’t know about what Langdon did. I’ve been wondering why almost everyone appears so cavalier about having him back in the ER. It’s because they don’t know what happened.

Yes, this is why some of us have been defending Santos. Especially since it wasn't her decision to cover for Langdon -- Robby made that call when he promised Langdon last season that he wouldn't report the stolen meds as long as Langdon self-reported his addiction and enrolled in rehab, which he did. So Robby made that decision and put Santos in the position of either going along with it or going over Robby's head to the hospital and medical board, which she obviously didn't want to do. Santos got pretty screwed in this situation.

Also, while I am rooting for Langdon, I have to admit that I found his apology to Santos unsatisfying because he also engaged in some classic addict behavior that personally would have made me struggle with it the same way Santos did. Not saying he's relapsing, I don't think that. But this is the issue with addicts and dry drunks. Even when the stop using, they sometimes don't stop engaging in the dysfunctional behavior their addiction led them to. So when Langdon starts trying to get Santos to feel bad for him by saying "you don't know what I've been through" and talking about losing his wife and his kids, I had an immediate hackles up reaction similar to Santos. That stuff is not Santos' issue. She can't be forced to forgive Langdon out of concern for his kids (whose she's never even met, and who may be better off without Langdon, who knows). Langdon's accountability has to be direct to Santos and based on their limited relationship and interactions. That means confronting what he actually did, which is steal drugs and then gaslight, berate, and lie to a subordinate doctor when she discovered it. He's sort of getting that but I don't think he's fully accepting his culpability there, and agree with Santos that to some degree he is leaning back on being good looking and charming and being able to get people to forgive and trust him because of how he looks and how charming he can be.

I would be extremely wary of Langdon in Santos' shoes. I've been burned by people just like that.

They had one Spanish speaking patient all day, then ICE shows up and half the waiting room flees?

Robby and Santos were at their worst. Ogilvie was painful to watch. Mel and Javadi were both a mess. Dana is so hyper competent that it's not really believable.

Such rapid fire editing, it was just scenes flashing by, not much coherence. The show continues to get away from what it had going in season one.

Did not know that the vast majority of the ER staff doesn’t know about what Langdon did. I’ve been wondering why almost everyone appears so cavalier about having him back in the ER. It’s because they don’t know what happened.

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Anonymous wrote:A few thoughts - just watched the most recent episode.

Whoever called the sexual relationship for Mel’s sister- you get a prize! Why wasn’t Mel’s very first question- are you using protection?

Why would Garcia ever date Santos? An obviously damaged much younger woman at a way lower rank, medicine wise? Oh wait- I literally just realized that that is what a$$hole men do the world over. Haha

The idea that an ER doc and a med student (?!) would be in the room for the long time dying woman’s final moments seems not likely. They would leave and let the damn woman die in as much peace as is possible in a busy ER. Teen son not wanting to go in there? Oof- all the feels from me. So sad. So sadly not uncommon. Teen boys lose their moms to cancer all the time. Sucks.

Mel saying she doesn’t have money to pay the lawyer, when her rep says all the bluster in the deposition was about squeezing more $$ out? Cmon! She is supposed to be on the spectrum, not stupid. I was irritated by that.

I love the old battleaxe nurse they brought back. That’s a good storyline.

Duke will have… inoperable cancer? And then Robby will…? Over the top foreshadowing of a crash when he tells Robby that he wouldn’t make that drive after a 12 hour shift

NGL, I did think less of … can’t remember her name, the doctor who had the panic attack about her mom an hee internship applications. Get it together!

I think I’m going to hold off this Thursday so I can at least watch two episodes back to back. They are so short!

Protection doesn't stop a UTI, you need to pee after sex.

Garcia and Santos aren't dating, they're eating ramen in bed after sex.

It's not weird that two doctors are there, they aren't waiting with her, just giving her the morphine.

You completely missed the point on why Mel should have asked Becca about using protection and it has nothing to do with the UTI. We know protection doesn’t prevent UTIs! lol.

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Anonymous wrote:A few thoughts - just watched the most recent episode.

Whoever called the sexual relationship for Mel’s sister- you get a prize! Why wasn’t Mel’s very first question- are you using protection?

Why would Garcia ever date Santos? An obviously damaged much younger woman at a way lower rank, medicine wise? Oh wait- I literally just realized that that is what a$$hole men do the world over. Haha

The idea that an ER doc and a med student (?!) would be in the room for the long time dying woman’s final moments seems not likely. They would leave and let the damn woman die in as much peace as is possible in a busy ER. Teen son not wanting to go in there? Oof- all the feels from me. So sad. So sadly not uncommon. Teen boys lose their moms to cancer all the time. Sucks.

Mel saying she doesn’t have money to pay the lawyer, when her rep says all the bluster in the deposition was about squeezing more $$ out? Cmon! She is supposed to be on the spectrum, not stupid. I was irritated by that.

I love the old battleaxe nurse they brought back. That’s a good storyline.

Duke will have… inoperable cancer? And then Robby will…? Over the top foreshadowing of a crash when he tells Robby that he wouldn’t make that drive after a 12 hour shift

NGL, I did think less of … can’t remember her name, the doctor who had the panic attack about her mom an hee internship applications. Get it together!

I think I’m going to hold off this Thursday so I can at least watch two episodes back to back. They are so short!

If you skip this week then you're going to have to skip this thread, or you'll get spoilers!

I know! I’ll just have to do some Duggar-hate-reading on the other thread. 😄