ER

I have mentioned ER on here a couple of times and wanted to do a quick post on it.  Now I mean the American TV programme and not any visits to Accident and Emergency!  It is definitely my favourite TV programme.  I started watching it live in 2001 on Big Thursdays after friends when Series 7 was on.  I carried on watching it with my family and then we started buying the videos from Costco from the beginning of Series 1.  Several years ago my family bought me the entire 15 series on DVD - what a gift!  I started with the latter couple of series which I had not fully seen then I went back to the beginning.  Sometimes I have gone for months or years without watching any.  But I have just done Series 7 and 8 in relatively quick succession - probably within 3 months.  The thing is I can't watch it when John's around as he is not a fan.  So I watch it if he is out or usually I get up early in the morning at the weekend to watch while he still sleeps - like today. 

Two days ago I finished Series 8 and feel that it is the best series.  Part of it is maybe because that's close to when I started watching and I often find that my first experiences of things stick with me as the benchmark.  Now I do love earlier series with Doug and Carol but there just seemed so much in this series that was brilliant:

• Carter's recovery
• Susan returning
• Mark and Elizabeth's wedding & Ella's arrival (actually discovered series 7 - oh well!)
• The train crash episode
• Kerry coming out
• Carter and Abby - will they, won't they
• Benton's court case over Reese after Carla's death
• Benton leaving
• Mark's leaving - the letter, the beach
• 'You set the tone, Carter'
• Lockdown in the ER with pox.  

I feel sure there is probably more too but that's what springs to mind - I remember the first three episodes all being very exciting.  I just need to watch the start of Series 9 to see what happens with Carter and Abby.

I've just wikipedia-ed Series 8 and realise I should be calling it Season 8 and here are a few more things I want to mention...

• Episode 1 - four corners - four different perspectives on the same day.
• Ella's drug overdose and Elizabeth's reaction
• Abby's birthday where she starts drinking again.
• Jerry and Frank
• 'Secrets and Lies'
• Susan looking for Chloe in New York - turns out is a cross over with Third Watch?!

Jack,
        Micheal,
                     John