There was a time when it was okay to like MTV. In fact, for certain age groups, voluntarily viewing MTV was expected, unlike today, when no self-respecting person of any demographic should acknowledge the channel’s very existence, let alone pay attention to it. The early 2000s marked that shift into disaster territory; MTV did a [...]

(Season 15, Episode 13 – “Love is a Battlefield”)
After the unusual weirdness of last week’s episode we returned to the normal weirdness of the day-to-day activities of County General’s ER. And it was a jam-packed episode featuring some resolutions to Neela’s dreams, meatier roles for Grady and Daria, a jealous Sam, and an appearance by Gary [...]

(Season 15, Episode 11 – “Separation Anxiety”)
We now come to the final ten or so episodes left in the run of ER and, as we now know, an end of an era (for now) when it comes to scripted programming at 10:00 pm. Until then, there is plenty more story to tell of the valiant doctors [...]

(Season 15, Episode 10 – “Let It Snow”)
Christmas is an unusual time for ER. Instead of piling on the doom and gloom that is the normal status quo of County General, the annual holiday episode tends to give the viewer a sense of hope and good cheer. Usually there is a baby involved, or a [...]

(Season 15, Episode 8 – “Age of Innocence”)
Yeah, I knew it was too good to be true. Over the last few weeks I’ve been touting the change that Simon Brenner has gone through this season, turning into just a git after premiering as a prat. He’s become patient with the interns, less into himself, and [...]

ER fanatics, hear me out! I realize that reading a review of ER can be somewhat tedious. Especially reviews that I write since I’m a long-winded fart that likes to hear the constant clicking of the keyboard. So, instead of giving you an all-out, full-bore review of this week’s episode of ER I thought I’d [...]