a bit of everything

I appreciate that E.R. is so good with continuity in their storytelling. We see Mark heal emotionally and physically from his assault. We see patients return. Characters talk to each other about past events. It makes the show feel more realistic, on top of all of the medical procedures and protocols that they painstakingly follow! I like when a show and the characters feel lived-in. Like they were here before I showed up, and they'll be there when I leave. And I'm just happy to be with them for as long as I can.

Okay I keep thinking about this and I need to yap so I'm sorry if you don't follow me for ER, but I keep thinking about how people already don't like Kerry Weaver before she even starts working, because she worked with Doug Ross before, and he didn't like her, so when people ask about her he says she sucked (and then when she does start working people are predisposed to assume she's being mean when she's trying to be friendly), but the thing is Peter Benton had also worked with her before and appears to like her, and that says so much more about her than Doug hating her. Benton does not like a lot of people meanwhile if Doug hates someone the reason can range from they murdered his firstborn to they simply told him "no" one time. But no you got the combo of Benton being black and having a very typical surgeon attitude so no one listens to him. And then it doesn't help that Kerry is disabled and blunt and just like guys c'mon :[ be nice :[ stop being bigots.