LAST "ER" of 15 year run tonight at 8PM on NBC -3 hour special

[old mark]

with many old cast members. I love this show even after working in a hospital for years, and I'm sorry to see it go, but they did a great job with it and I'd rather see it go out still good than to see it deteriorate.

mark

[Blue Diadem]

1. Thanks for the heads up.

I used to watch it faithfully but stopped a few years ago. I miss the old timers. I happened to catch the one earlier this year with Mark Green and then I heard it was ending so I've been trying to watch. I had no idea their final show was 3 hrs and probably would have missed most of it.

Thank you mark.

[keroro gunsou]

2. 2 hours

with a one hour best of clip show to precede it.

on edit:

i miss the old timers too. i loved watching benton put down carter week in and week out, and poor carter moving heaven and earth for a tiny nugget of praise from benton.

[old mark]

3. Right - I just checked the listing - it's divided into 2 segments -

I am recording the entire thing.
I thought it was one long episode from 8 to 11.

mark

[Blue Diadem]

5. Oh Benton and Carter! Wasn't it something for Benton to be

the one who insisted on proper protocol for the kidney transplant for Carter and to be the one who stayed with him so he wouldn't be alone. Kinda made my heart melt.

[old mark]

6. They have had such good writing and so many good actors for

the entire run of the show. They will be very hard to match by whatever replaces it.

mark

[Blue Diadem]

7. Yes they sure did.

IMO, it's been one of the best shows ever.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I've been watching the show since day one...

it's hard to believe that it has been on for 15 years! As sad as I am to see it go, I think it's time and I fully expect (hope) the finale to not disappoint

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Yeah, I'm bummed. :^(

[Vidar]

9. One of my favorties, though the last few years haven't been so good.

[ChoralScholar]

10. I've been trying to watch it from the beginning since this summer.

Considering it's been on since I was in high school - it's quite a feat.

I've made it part-way through season 7, where Dr. Greene gets his first brain surgery.

[old mark]

11. All except the last 2 seasons are on discs and can be rented.. nt

[PBS Poll-435]

12. All I want is season 15 on DVD

STAT!



The last episode I sas was the finale of season 14. Then TNT started from the pilot again! :banghead:

[BarenakedLady]

13. It's like saying goodbye to an old friend

Eventhough all the friends are different (for the most part). I stopped watching it the past few years, but started back recently because I knew it was ending.

[charlie and algernon]

14. Sure is nice seeing (spoiler) back

didn't expect to see Ernest Borgnine return.

[dflprincess]

15. Ernest Bornine's character is making me cry.

He still has it as an actor.

[Orrex]

17. He's really surprisingly good

He has much greater subtlety and sensitivity than I recalled from many of his other roles.


Probably doesn't help that I sat through The Poseidon Adventure again last week...

[WCGreen]

22. Watch Marty....

[charlie and algernon]

18. got that right

i thought they were setting up the AIDS patient to be the heart of the episode, then Borgnine showed up... :cry:

[greenbriar]

16. I am going to miss this show

true it has run its course, but tonight has really showed me why I lived it in teh first place

[dflprincess]

19. For sure (eom)

[Critters2]

20. It was my mom's very favorite show.

I'm thinking of her tonight. She once noted that she had "the same disease that killed Dr. Greene". It was at that moment that I knew she knew she was dying.

[rvablue]

23. I read this when you posted it a couple of days ago...

and was touched by it.

I'd like to think, from somewhere, your mom was watching her favorite show tonight.

It made it more special for me. Thanks for sharing the memory!

:hi: :hug:

[Critters2]

28. Thank you, ravblue. I actually cried a little last night.

It added some finality to my mom's passing, somehow. Thank you for thinking of her and me. :hug:

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. I thought it ended brilliantly tonight (spoilers)

I loved seeing the old cast come back and it had very emotional moments without being sappy which is hard to accomplish in a series finale.

I also liked the closing scene, I think they needed chaos rather than calm to close it out. Plus it finally came full circle from Dr. Greene mentoring a young John Carter to Dr. Carter mentoring the young Rachel Greene. It was a nice touch that I really didn't expect.

[elleng]

24. Well done,

and the 'chaos' was somehow calm.

[Blue Diadem]

25. I thought it did too.

I think the ending was perfect.

[TommyO]

26. I also liked the retro opening credits with the new and old cast members

[Patiod]

27. Damn - I missed the credits

Lovely ending, just perfect

[TommyO]

29. If you have a reasonably fast connection, watch it online

http://www.nbc.com/ER/video/categories/season-15/698321/

[Patiod]

30. Thank you so much, Tommy O!

I saw the entire episode, but switched away when the credits came on. I'm so unobservant, though, that I might not have noticed that they were the old ones!

Great to see some of the old supporting players get some lines, especially Yvette Freeman and Ellen Crawford, nurse from the early days.

[Vidar]

31. Great ending to a great show.

[crim son]

32. Wait... so the one last night wasn't the last?

I just watched it on hulu and bawled my eyes out. There's more?