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i totally agree. romano was the best character. this season, he just sucks. his character was the strongest in my opinion. are you sure it is a helicopter? was a sucky life to have a helicopter first cut your arm off. then later, a second comes to kill you. how awful. ER has turn into a really good show in the last couple of seasons. i hope the death of romano doesnt mean that they are going to suck again.

Yep, definatally "jumped the shark". November is sweeps month and ratings do count this month.

my thoughts: THANK GOD theyre killing off romano. He's horrible to everyone he works with. he shows no respect for women, minorities, nurses. It's absolutely disgusting.

I liked Dr. Romano - I thought he brought some synical, sick, sad humor to the otherwise stuffy show. I mean really, how many more pneumothorax (collapsed lung), living will/life support issues, or precordial thumps (when they pull back and thump a patient's chest) can we see?????

I dont like this super-high character turnover either. I think Romano added something useful to the show, c'mon, there has to be someone to drive you nuts. The show where he got his arm cut off was so good...just a giant shock! Good excitement.
Since I'm not in the USA and can't watch, someone please update after the show airs and tell me if he really does die!

I am glad they are getting rid of Ramono. I used to think his charactered added but since they chopped his arm his character adds nothing.

Personally I am a fan of the earlier seasons but still enjoy watching it. Everytime I say I am not watching it anymore I find myself watching it because I saw a preview and needed to know what happened.

Apparently, helicopters and Dr. Romano don't mix. ;)

I think that ER has jumped the shark a few times. When my boyfriend ;) George Clooney left and then when Julianna Marguilles left, it jumped a little. It really jumped when Anthony Edwards left. I think that the last great episode was when Dr. Romano lost his arm in the helicopter accident. The episode in Africa few weeks ago was good. I try to watch the show now, but it is kind of uninteresting to me. NBC should retire ER when they retire Frasier and Friends.

i miss dr. carter :(

dr. carter will be back. they just wrote him away from the show for a little while cause in reality, he wanted to be with his baby.

i think the show got good when nurse hathaway left . she annoyed the crap out of me. i didnt think she was a very good actress.

what kinda freaked me out was when romano was showing feelings for dr. corday. that was just weird.

Same here!

Personally, I wanted to stop watching because I felt the show became too graphic and outrageous, beginning with Romano losing his arm. And now, Bob Newhart shoots his brains out, damn near on camera!!!!

The writing is what the problem is....when you have to resort to these theatrics to get good ratings, they've failed.

(PS - Does anyone remember when Dr. Glasses-Man said "shit" in his final episode?)

I hardly ever watch anymore, and Dr. Romano is one of the reasons I quit. I'm very glad to see him go!

i am usually in bed listening to er, but i really haven't been interested in watching. i thought it was really weird how they carried on about bob newhart in his "farewell" episode. he was on the show three times....and the whole premise was that he was going to committ suicide bc he was losing his eye sight. give me a break.

as much as i wanted to throw something at the tv every time i heard romano's voice, i am going to be sad to see him go. who else is going to be the big jerk?

I remember reading about killing off Dr. Romano's character a few months ago and that Paul McCrane was leaving the show for good. Can't remember where I read it, but I'm presuming it's true.

Everytime I see that guy I can't help but sing along to the 1980s song from "FAME"--the movie:

"I siiiiiiing the bodyyyy electriiiiic..."

Okay, before I say a word, it's a well-known fact that the best way to get me to HATE YOUR GUTS is to call me during ER!!! I am hooked to that show as if I'm on some sort of life support.

*breathing again*

I read about Rocket Romano & John Carter, so I'm not surprised about those twists.

I almost lost it with this!!!

And this (because I do the same darn thing!)

I loved last night's show!!! Someone I dearly love is going through macular degeneration, and I really needed to see what Bob Newhart was seeing. I completely understand at least considering suicide when you lose your ability to do any of the things you were good at. And it was good for Susan to see that, when an emergency call comes in, you sometimes need to take the call, or regret the consequences.

An added plus: was there no Carrie Weaver last night? Why oh why oh why isn't she the one to get bumped off? She's not even the character you love to hate anymore - she's simply loathsome. blech.

Oh, and I have first dibs on George Clooney. Sorry, sweetie! ;)

I'm just so glad that there are other ER junkies! :)

Honeychile, I am finished with George Clooney. We have both moved on. I give you my blessing. I have to go. My new boyfriend Derek Jeter is calling. :p

I have a few clients with it (I'm a geriatric counselor), and my best friend's mom had it. One of my clients has a pair of window pane glasses with a sticker right in the middle, so you see just the opposite of tunnel vision. I thought that was very clever of her to have those, to better explain what she's seeing.

What's really scary is that the tendency for developing it is inherited. I took a relative of mine with it to the eye clinic at Johns Hopkins (which is absolutely fantastic, I can't say enough nice things about it!!), and she was in the test that ended up with the development of Preservision. I plan to start taking it when I hit about 50 - unless there's a cure by then.

:D

Mazel Tov, y'all!

what's that? did someone ask for a beat down? derek has been my baby for a LONG time. so back off sister. :p;)

I miss Carter too. And I'm glad Romano's going!!!

I really like what they're doing with Abbey's character - the new storyline has the potential to be good. What I can't figure out is whether or not she's going to hook back up with Kovac before he goes back to Africa, or who her new love interest is going to be.

Anyone have any info on that??? ;)

The person who tells me what's happening gets it from E! online. I try not to go there often, because I don't want to ruin every plot! :)

I think Kovac is going to hook up with the new nurse!

Doesn't Kovac usually hook up with everyone? ;)

but he's hott!!! :)

He lives a few blocks from me so eat your heart out. :) Be jealous, be very jealous! :p

Has anyone seen the commercial for this Thursday's ER?! Oh my goodness, it looks like it's going to be the best one ever!:eek:

HOLY S**T!!!! did anyone see the helicopter fall on romano?! and also one of the blades stabbed one of the nurses!!! OMG!!!:eek:

I just saw it! Poor Dr. Romano. :(

This is just horrifying... best one in ages...

and i was feeling so bad for him cause he had to be near the helicopter on the roof. :(

I am a horrible person - I STILL wish it had been Carrie Weaver!!!


Although, it seems like the accident has Susan & Chuck much closer! :)

Actually, it looks like we have to wait a couple of weeks for a new one. Next week is Thanksgiving!!:(

Plus, what is up with Carter shacking up in the Congo? Who is the new lady??? :eek:

She was Luka's honey when he was in the Congo. When they thought Luka was dead & Carter returned to claim his body, he met up with (I forget her name, but she's from Montreal) and they searched for Luka together. Obviously, they've been enjoying that togetherness still....

To quote Alanis: "A little too ironic..." Poor Romano! And no one knew where the heck he was at the end, they just thought he was skipping out cause he's a jerk. No one deserves to be killed off the show in such a cruel and ironic twist of fate, not even Rocket Romano. Why would they get rid of him, he was always good for a laugh. If it wasn't for Mehki and the hopes of Carter coming back, I would probably stop watching the show.

OMG! Tonight's episode was just stunning. I got goose-bumps when that helicopter started falling towards the ground! OH LORD! :eek:

it was soo sad! but a GREAT episode!

Ahhhh!!! (frustration) I hate reading about ER when I'm missing it!!! (Why am I reading this thread? Just a masochist I guess.)
So...can someone tell me...why was a helicopter falling?
Am I the only one who doesn't like Luka?

The helicopter was falling because of a freak change in the winds. The pilot lost control. It first kinda crashed on the roof and some of the blades of the chopper were breaking off. Then it skidded over the edge of the roof and hit the side of the building where Luka and the front desk nurse were (another ward). There was an explosion at that point. (It hadn't exploded on the roof.)

Now, Romano WAS on the roof, but he had a panic attack and couldn't stay there. So he went downstairs and went all the way outside to get some air. He saw one of the med students smoking a joint (long story) and he angrily told him to go inside and wait for him. Romano then walked to the middle of the street/alley, and noticed this firey wreckage falling around him. (From the explosion when the chopper hit the building.) He looks up, and the chopper is coming right for him. He hits the ground and says nooooooooo! (Which was nat because the camera angle was from the ground up.)

And then he died.

For the rest of the episode, nobody knew where he was. In fact, they didn't even move the wreckage from the chopper until the very last scene of the episode, and the movers were like "Oh damn..." and shining their flashlight on what must have been Romano's charred remains.