Anyone remember the medical drama ER

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I watched part of it when it was on in the nineties but since then have rewatched it several times from the start.

If I'm ever sick in hospital I want Dr Greene to treat me. He's so kind, so easy going and so reliable and trustworthy. Plus a good doctor obviously and the actor who played him I thought was one of the best on the show.

I thought Luka Kovac was a really good replacement for Doug Ross. In fact I think I liked the Luka character more. I thought he was more attractive too. He was so tall and George Clooney seemed a bit short.

The show although dated in parts (payphones, pagers, home telephones) is still a really great show. The cost to make it must have been huge as each episode contains so many extras and often they are set out of the hospital in different locations. Each episode is like watching a good film.

I want to speak like Elizabeth Corday with her clipped english accent. I like the character too although she is quite abrupt at times. I was so sad that she didn't get her happy ending when Mark died.

Romano was a great character and gave the show an angle it hadn't had before. I loved the whole arm getting cut off thing but dying by a helicopter falling on him was just silly. One of the few times I thought ER had lost the plot and was about to go downhill. Who can forget when we saw his softer side operating on his dog and of course glimpses of him being kind to Elizabeth when Mark was dying.

Kerry Weaver - the actress who plays her is only in her thirties at the start Did anyone else think she was older?

I didn't really like Cleo or Chen. Cleo just seemed miserable all the time and Chen just seemed to be a bit of smart ass. Lucy really annoyed me when she first arrived and I was glad when they killed her off.

It was very strange to see Mariska Hargitay playing a needy people pleaser character after being used to her kick ass character in Special Victims Unit.

Where did Maria Bello go. One minute she was there, the next she had left.

Loved her line when she said to Carter about giving him the tour of Cockroach Manor. What a great name for a house

It's not surprising that George Clooney ended up a heart-throb. The show really pushed this angle on him with him rescuing drowning boys and standing up for abused children. Lots of shots of him in nice clothes/tux etc and of course potraying him as having lots of women begging to go out with him and of course his father rejecting him to pull on our heartstrings and want to mother him. I don't actually think George Clooney was a very good actor. A bit wooden. Other characters far surpassed his acting skills. He was obviously good for the show though with his good looks and his lovable rogue character.

I thought Anthony Edwards who played Mark was a great actor and he got alot of great story lines that he played so well (getting beaten up, the brain tumour and the dying of course). I cried buckets when he died. So well done ER.

Carter was good and so cute when he first appeared on the show (and so young looking). I liked his character and his relationship with Dr Benton.

If I need surgery I'll have Peter B please. He was a great character who spoke his mind. It was good they showed his softer side with his son story line.

I was jeleous of Abbey when she had Carter and Luka fighting over her (sigh).

I like the congo scenes and they must have been expensive to shoot.

I liked the aids story line with Jeanie who i thought was really pretty. She played it well and was a good character.

Who didn't swoon went Luka beat up the neighbour who hit Abbey.

Last but definately not least how amazing was it that Carol was only meant to be in it for one or two episodes as a temporary character but she ended up being such a central role. I felt really stressed out though when she bought that house right next to the rail line that was falling down. Glad her and George got their happy ending.

What's your thoughts on the show. Do you agree or disagree with my comments. The show went downhill from about series 12 onwards which was a shame.

Lets have a good ole natter and feel nostalgic for the nineties and ER.

p.s. If you're younger than about 50 you might have no clue what I am talking about.

This is so interesting. Someone earlier said they became a nurse because of ER and now we have a doctor.

Also I'm sure I read that Carol was meant to be a temporary character who sucessfully kills herself but audiences loved her so much they made her permanent. Obviously they didn't poll the mumsnet readers as you're the third person to say you didn't like her.

Carol had their twin daughters after Doug left. She finally decided her future was with Doug & flew out to wherever it was he moved to. She went to his house & he was at his boat which was moored at the bottom of his garden, when she arrived

They both appeared one of the last episodes when Neela went to collect organs for a transplant. It was nice to see reference to them still being together

Yes the whole aids thing was rife when I was a teenager debating sleeping with my first serious boyfriend. I refused to sleep with him till he got an aids test as he had 'dated' the school 'tart'

Yes i didn't like the Sally Fields storyline when I was younger but as an oldie now I can see Sally Fields did a great job.

I was always shocked at the amount of people that were homeless and just in for a bath and food. I don't know if they really do that with homeless people or not in America but it was a constant theme. They even had a regular homeless man Paulo.

I can't believe it's taken to page 3 of the thread for someone to say they loved George Clooney. I was expecting droves of mumsnet readers to be saying they fantasised about playing with his stethoscope (oh er!)

Weaver and Romano were great characters although I always though Weavers job must have been really stressful.

If you see pictures on the internet of what Susan actress is meant to look like now she looks really good for her age. Not sure if she has had work done or just blessed with great genes.

thats great your kids in their twenties have seen it. I remember reading that Friends had become cool with the youngsters and they were enjoying it through a retro lense. Got to be the mark of a great show though when people are still watching it 30 years after it aired in 1994. Long live ER!

Yes you really wanted to have a harem of all the men - Mark to be the sensible, kind husband type, Luka for the moody brooding mysterious good looking one, Carter for the cute one to go to ball games and plays bowls with, George Clooney for a challenge to snare him. Between them they almost made a perfect man.

this time round re watching it I have realised that Gant who was the one who killed himself was in the series House with Hugh Laurie. I didn't recognise him till this time round.

You're right though - it was a dramatic moment when they realised it was Gant on the table.

I forgot about Rachel trying to follow in her old man's footsteps. A justified tribute to Mark Greene character.

I'm 44 and this is one of my all-time favourite shows. It was our 9pm Thursday watch all through my teens. Hearing the opening credits still gives me the chills! My favourite part was always Benton's karate chop with the stethoscope.

Carol was prickly at times (I vastly prefer JM as Alicia Florrick) but I have re-watched Doug and Carol's happy ending so many times on YouTube. I was absolutely in love with Doug Ross- not George Clooney, but specifically him as Doug.

I loved the final scene of the final episode where they pan out to show the whole hospital for the first time.

He was a great actor though Anthony Edwards. One of the best on the show. Very Believable.
I really wanted him to get a happy ending although of course the tumour/dying story line was great to watch.

Neela was just so pretty. She was a good character too but I just thought she was a really pretty actress.

really ? Wow that's amazing.

I liked the Carter being rich storyline too although I did have to wonder if anyone is his position would really want to give rectals, clean up sick and all the other horrible jobs he had to do as a med student.

I guess we were meant to think he was very noble and wanted to help people despite being rich but hard to believe it would ever really happen.

Stupid question - but what was the reason for Carols reticence? Did I miss something.

Mark was in top gun wasn't he? He was Tom Cruises pal who gets killed. Think that was before ER though from memory. Took me a while to realise this as he has hair and a moustache in Top Gun and looks quite different. I think he went on to directing after ER although I saw he did a cameo appearance in Special Victims Unit.

I remember thinking Luka was so exotic when he joined the show. This tall dark handsome actor from a far away country (because I'm pretty sure I didn't know where Crotia was back then) with his sexy accent.

The internet has changed things and of course we watch lots of foreign actors/films now but back then most of the programes we watched were just british people in them like Casualty or Blind Date or Eastenders. Luka was like a new exotic man that we were not used to.

Hard to believe we only used to have 3 channels to watch (then 4, then 5) before the days of SKY dishes. Completely different to now with our thousands of streaming options.

Loved it. Weird to see Romano as a balding grown man after seeing him in the Fame (1980) with wild curly hair.

I'm going to have to rewatch Fame now just to see Romano!

It finished perfectly.

The last few episodes actually built up to the perfect ending.

i was rewatching it on 4od
always liked Dr Greene best and Luka later
i never got to catch up with Luka this time though.
i watched quite a few but some of the stories were pretty ott

i think my rewatch went up to susie losing custody

I love ER! My mum used to let me to stay up to watch it when it was on and I've rewatched a few times as an adult as well.
My favourites were Dr Weaver and Dr Greene

When younger i wouldve agreed with this but watching again Mark moved from job to job and expected her to follow without discussion, he was barely at home when Rachel was young. Yet when Jen's career started to take off, he did not like it, wouldn't compromise despite many discussions. That was one part of his character that I really disliked and I'm glad Jen stood up to him eventually, but I don't think she had an affair did she? There was the guy Greg from work who she was friends with but I don't think anything happened there, Mark didn't like it though but he couldn't talk what with his relationship with Susan

Lucy really annoyed me when she first arrived and I was glad when they killed her off.

Jesus.. no.. that episode was horrific. Amazing but terrible. I did think that how they treated the character development of Carter from then on was very good though.

Something else I seem to remember from the series, I'm sure that Dr Romano asked Kerry to marry him at one point. She turned him down. Anyone else remember that?

Rings a bell.

The final scene was an emergency coming in. They are outside waiting on the ambulances. Mark Greene’s daughter is there having started her medical career. She stands watching, not sure what to do or how to proceed. John Carter shouts to her (as he wheels a patient inside), are you coming Dr Greene. She smiles. The end.

It ended like it started but it started with Mark Greene doing the same to Carter.

Between top gun and er, I e seen Anthony Edwards die so many times and each time it still gets me!

And I know I’m in the minority but I loved the later seasons too. Archie was such a shit to begin with but was then amazing (think he was the kid from Critters, really showing my age now!) loved Ray and omg, Pratt.

might have to go back and watch it all again!