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Post by Raffy on Feb 24, 2009 6:23:20 GMT -5
I was posting the same thing ;D
I'm reading some boards and the majority of the fans don't like this scenario and I really can't understand the ones who say that Cater's death would bring the show around full circle!!! It just would mean they jumped the shark again!
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Post by Raffy on Feb 24, 2009 15:39:12 GMT -5
That really sucks. I'm not happy at all about this storyline. He's sick. He never will be the same. He has no familly, no kids. Nothing. It sucks.
Per the new TV Guide: Page: 30
Stars from 15 years of ER scrub in as the veteran medical show approaches its series finale on April 2. Among them is Noah Wyle, whose saintly doc Carter arrives from Darfur with both his marriage and his only remaining kidney failing. "This story line is going to bring Eriq La Salle back and tangentially, Julianna Marguiles," says exec producer David Zabel. (We hear George Clooney also plays a part in Carter's story, as does guest Susan Sarandon.) "I get to play a lot with Eriq," reveals Wyle. "Dr. Benton just happens to be on staff at the hospital where I'm having dialysis." Maura Tierney also makes a cameo visit. Says Zabel, "There will be a lot of great stories and great moments."
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Post by claired80 on Feb 24, 2009 16:11:37 GMT -5
I saw that in IMDB, I'm still waiting for the real confirmation on TV Guide... which has not always been really accurate. Okay, I don't like either the "marriage failing". But failing doesn't mean dead... maybe it's just the way to explain Kem's absence. Maybe she can still show up at a point and be there for a happy ever after... One can hope. And since I'm an hopeless optimistic, I am quite happy with the sound of some things in these spoilers, if they are true. First, from episodes' description, it sounded like Benton would be around only for 15.19 when Carter waits for his transplant. Now it sounds like we could see him before when Carter gets dialysis? And if there's a connection between Carter and Hathaway/maybe Ross' storyline, this means writers are considering quite an arc for Carter. I was under the impression that 15.19 was already shot. The actress who played the anesthesiologist for Carter's kidney transplant said that was shot quite a bit ago. I imagine the meeting up with Hathaway and Ross should then happen after. I feel like that would be not only for the finale, meaning Noah could show up all in all for more than 5 episodes? but I can be totally wrong... Noah said all wasn't written yet. Maybe he's okay to do more than 5 episodes. I'm already happy with 5 episodes instead of 4 originally planned, but I really wouldn't mind more! And anyway, the finale is 2 hours, so that kind of makes more than one episode! ;D I was worried the appearance of Carter in the final episode would be only for inaugurating the Carter Center, with a final quite focusing on the "big star" George Clooney, that is to say with Carter's storyline quite over once he gets the kidney transplant, but that sounds like it could be more than that! so I'm happy about it. And the article makes it sound like all the guest stars returning revolve around Carter's storyline, meaning he is/was really the heart of the ER.
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Post by Raffy on Feb 24, 2009 16:23:02 GMT -5
Probably I'm really in bad mode today but it seems that Carter being the heart of the show just means that he's a attachement to write a finale which includes just everyone from the old cast. I think the character and his story deserves something of better. They could have done better than this. I don't know, really. I'm so used to being desapointed that I can't be optimistic right now.
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Post by claired80 on Feb 25, 2009 9:13:14 GMT -5
Clooney confirmed in an interview with Larry King ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PHw2s-qAg) that he was going to be on ER with Susan Sarandon and Julianna Margulies. Knowing how important the issue of Darfur is to George Clooney and how politically involved Susan Sarandon usually is, I imagine they both agreed to sign up for ER at the condition that the show was going to talk about something important, and Darfur certainly is. And of course the link between Darfur and ER is Carter! I can really imagine that the final episode could include Ross and Sarandon's character discussing with Carter about doing something there. Carter knows the place, has worked there a lot, but probably can't ever work there again, and he'll invite people to take up the job he started there, and do what he can't do anymore and that matters a lot to his heart. It's possible that when in the promo he says to Banfield "I wanted to work here so that I could meet you", he'll be talking about what he did in Darfur, and knowing that Banfield has been working for an NGO, he wants to invite her to work for something having to do with Darfur. Noah has mentioned in interviews that the Africa storyline was not over and that they'll pick up where they left. It's not really been the case so far... Maybe we will learn in the future that his role in Darfur was really important. I kind of remember an interview or an article saying that he was "running" a camp in Darfur, not only working there. There was also somewhere a mention of him working for "triage" for that camp. Maybe he had some role in preparing doctors going to work there, teaching them how to practice medicine there, and he's devastated about having had to give up on that. Maybe he'll try to get back a role as a 'long distance' coordinator for doctors going to work there.
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Post by bpentecost on Feb 25, 2009 10:47:15 GMT -5
That's a good thought. I saw where George just was over in Darfur
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Post by Raffy on Feb 25, 2009 11:06:14 GMT -5
I'm thinking that we're going to see George before the finale..... Synopsis for episode 15.19 DOCTORS STRUGGLE TO SAVE TWO TRANSPLANT PATIENTS—NOAH WYLE AND ERIQ LA SALLE GUEST STAR— Neela (Parminder Nagra) and Sam (Linda Cardellini are shocked when they arrive back to the airport with transplant organs only to find that their plane has left them. Dr. Carter (guest star Noah Wyle) gets a surprise visit from an old friend (guest star Eriq La Salle) while waiting for his kidney transplant. Dr. Banfield (Angela Bassett) bonds with an abandoned baby boy that is left at the ER. John Stamos, Scott Grimes and David Lyons also star. I read that Doug is going to interact with Neela and Sam.....could it be possible that the kidney for Carter comes from Seattle?
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Post by silverfire on Feb 25, 2009 11:37:24 GMT -5
Where did you read that? Maybe it's a possibility...
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Post by Raffy on Feb 25, 2009 11:52:50 GMT -5
Good question....but unfortunally right now I don't remember where I read Anyway if the TV Guide is correct about this part (and I hope it's not correct about other parts ) we should see Julianna very soon, if she plays a part in Carter's transplant. Claire could be right about it: Doug's part in this story could be about "Darfur".
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Post by claired80 on Feb 25, 2009 12:44:39 GMT -5
I read that Doug is going to interact with Neela and Sam.....could it be possible that the kidney for Carter comes from Seattle? Yeah, it's a possibility. I really wonder how this episode will turn out. If Neela and Sam get to an airport, I would imagine that they bring the organs somewhere away from Chicago, so not something directly in link with Carter. I really don't know how this things are supposed to work, but I imagine it takes more time if Neela and Sam are supposed to first fly somewhere and then bring back organs to Chicago, but what do I know? And I don't know how are the rules, but I suppose that organs are to be 'anonymous'. But maybe doctors know a bit the characteristics of the organ recipient and someone (Neela, Sam, or maybe Ross...?) guesses it's Carter? What I could imagine making "good" drama (and great acting) would be if Carter is working in the ER at the time when a patient is pronounced dead and becomes an organ donor (and I think I remember that in the casting call for this episode that they were searching for someone to play a mother having just lost her son, who becomes a donor), and soon after Carter has his beeper going off or gets a call that there's an kidney for him, and spotting that guy blood type, he understands he'll be his kidney donor. But he has no right to interact at all with his mother, and all the feelings could be shown only through Noah's eyes (and we do know he can do a great job at that!!! ;D). Bah, I'm thinking way too much... I'm really looking forward to seeing how this all turns out! ETA: The episode "In Times of Old" with Carter's kidney transplant will be shown on March 12th, and that day is "World Kidney Day" ( www.worldkidneyday.org/), and one can wonder if that's a coincidence or if the writers thought of it, and if so, maybe one of the writers or producers is personally involved with that day? And another edit (i'm really hopeless...): I just checked again the blog of the actress who played on 15.19, and she said: so it could very well be the Clooney episode...
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Post by Raffy on Feb 26, 2009 2:38:25 GMT -5
It seems that I was right
The ER reunion of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies is set to air March 12, in an episode that also features Susan Sarandon, TV Guide Magazine has learned. Clooney and Marguiles will reprise their roles as Dr. Doug Ross and nurs Carol Hathaway, who come into contact with Nora (Sarandon), a tough but spirited woman forced to deal with the death of her grandson. Clooney and Marguiles won't be the only ones reuniting in the episode, either. Noah Wyle and Eriq LaSalle will also be back as Drs. John Carter and Peter Benton.
This is going to be episode 15.19 "In time of old"
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Post by claired80 on Feb 26, 2009 2:57:32 GMT -5
Thanks for that!
So many contradicting news here and there. Just yesterday some articles were saying again that Clooney and Margulies would be in the final episode.
I think that this lastest article makes it finally clear. It fits with other things that were said: that they were casting for a woman having lost her grandson (now we know it'll be Sarandon...), that the actress playing the anesthesiologist said it'd be an episode with "big names", and that Clooney and Margulies shot their episode quite a bit ago... it seemed to fit with the shooting of episode 15.19, and not the final episode (which Noah said wasn't even written yet not long ago).
I imagine that will be one big episode! with high publicity around. I can't wait to hopefully get little previews!
When did it ever happen in television history that a series got an episode with a very famous actress as a guest star, a former cast member who is now an Academy Awards winner, one of the main character getting an organ transplant and reuniting 4 of his original cast members? That is HUGE!
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Post by claired80 on Feb 26, 2009 8:56:51 GMT -5
Sorry for the double posting. Now it's apparently confirmed in People that the Clooney/Margulies episode will be March 12th: The episode description for 15.19 does not mention Clooney, nor Margulies or Sarandon, so I wonder if they'll try to keep it kind of secret or show it in the promos... I'm sure they'll want people to tune in for that one, but my guess is that Clooney's appearance will be really short (he shot only for two days...) and they can't promote too much an episode on his return, or people will be disappointed. If he's on for a couple of minutes only while it was shout out in the promo that it's "Doug Ross' big return!!!!!", people will end up feeling like "what? only that?". They'd probably better play the surprise effect, like at the end of "such sweet sorrow" in season 6. Anyway, I can't wait for the promo/previews for that episode. And I'm actually not sure how to feel about the fact that Clooney's return is for an episode with a very important storyline for Carter. Actually, I hope it won't take too much screentime away from Carter's storyline ...
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Post by bpentecost on Feb 26, 2009 10:23:32 GMT -5
yeah i really thought they were gonna be in the last one, because at first the last one was gonna be march 12.then it got changed to April 2
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Post by claired80 on Feb 26, 2009 10:56:12 GMT -5
Yeah, with how 'huge' the stories for 15.19 seem to be, that can sound like it was originally written to be the final episode. That can feel like the 3 left episodes after that will feel quite "plain". The description for 15.20 is just about Neela, and I was never really interested in her character and I couldn't care less if she ends up with Brenner or Ray. After an episode with a Carter/Benton reunion, Carter getting a kidney transplant, Ross and Hathaway showing back, all they'll have to show is Neela leaving? No offense to Neela fans, but I feel like I'll fall asleep during that one...
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