Posted by shellie on November 19, 2000, at 9:02:03
In reply to Re:Bipolar Disorder as portrayed by Sally Field, posted by ksvt on November 18, 2000, at 17:06:24
Hey ksvt, this is the second time this morning I am agreeing with you!
I also only watch two shows, ER and The Practice, (plus an occasional sixty minutes or dateline). The Practise is by far my favorite. I think ER is getting to be basically another soap opera. I don't expect TV to be realistic, but I agree that having each character in major crisis gives no time for the character development we saw, for example, between Mark and his father, and bringing into it Lizzie and it's impact on their relationship.
I had taped Thursday night's show and actually stopped it for a while and did something else, because it was just too depressing to take in all at once. In one hour, Sally Fields shows up, Peter's nephew dies violently, a teenager shows her abuse, then to top it off Lizzie finds out she has perhaps made a fatal error in her attempt to get away for the weekend. (Oh, yes, and the adoption issue, about which we given only as much insight as "I can't keep the baby").
I rarely like a show more than a couple of years, it always seems like to keep people involved, they add more and more crises and more and more cameo appearances (although I think Sally Field will be around for at least a few shows, if not more). Which means, of course, that Abby's life will be crisis oriented.
In general I like law shows better; since the cases can go on over weeks (unlike patients in an ER), there is more potential to develop better characters. Plus law in general is more interesting to me than medicine.
THE END (of my opinions for today)
shellie
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