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Well, not really. But, did anyone catch ER last night (for all of those who live here in the States)? I've been saying since Y2K that by 2005 we'd have a scripted, filmed and aired instance of the word "shit" in spoken dialogue on network television in the U.S.
I'm not saying that it's a revolutionary idea or anything...I was just surprised when Dr. Greene said it last night. It was a very good scene when Mark realizes the tumor in his head has paralyzed his entire right side and that he can't walk anymore. He falls down trying, slams hand on the floor and yells, "SHIT!" Cut to commercial.
I thought it was very emotionally honest, myself. It was a good scene.
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I got to see the short scene with him and the girl one the Missouri, then crying in her room, then her going to talk to her dad, while he was laying on the patio..... then the TVs owner switched to Prophecy 3....
So, he wasn't dead in that scene??? I won't tell my wife, she thought he was....
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Wow someone finally said shit on American television, another thirty years and maybe I will be able to watch Easy Rider uncut on american tv. WhooHoo
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No, he wasn't dead there. He didn't die until the end of the show. It showed a brief clip of the funeral after that. It was neat...they had a bunch of the older characters at the funeral. Michael Ironsides from a few years back. The big receptionist guy that was there fro the first few years. Even some of the recently departed characters were there. Eric Lasalle and the lady he was dating. Notable exceptions: Malucci wasn't there and neither were George Clooney or Juliana Margulies (SP?).
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Oh, I don't mind. Just a bit surprised.
(And curious as to why someone would want to give up an acting job that pays $500.000 per episode ).
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Depends on your definition of "network." FX beat NBC out by a month with "The Shield," which I might add is an in-fucking-CREDible show.
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if we are going to consider FX a "network" then we might as well mention that history making episode of south park where they say shit every other word (funny episode, by the way).
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Yes. I was speaking of ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and FOX as the "network" television. All the free stuff.
I've seen previews for The Shield, but I've never seen it. It's got the guy from The Commish in it, right? From the previews, it seems like this is...well...a bit different than that
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Yeah, I always loved Michael Chiklis in "The Commish"...& this really IS the "anti-Commish." Jeff would love the first couple episodes becasue it's got "Homicide" alum in front of & behind the camera. When an episode opens with a nude female face up on the ground, breasts exposed...& a detective talking about how he's "never seen a pair like those before" (& his partner asks, "You sure you don't want to take a squeeze before the ME gets here?")...yeah. My kinda show.
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Here's the lowdown: Mark actually died in last week's episode. Carter gets a letter from Mark on how he's doing. He reads the letter to most of the staff there. At the end he reads the addendum from Elizabeth that Mark passed away at 6:04am Hawaii time (presumably). He has Frank (a receptionist and ex-cop) post it up for others to read it. The rest of last weeks episode dealt with the rest of the staff coming to terms with his death. Kerry tries to clean out Mark's locker but can't. Carter finishes the job for her and takes Mark's stethascope (sp?). Kerry finally admits that she actually lost a friend despite always butting heads with him. Near the end, we have a scene exactly like what happened in the pilot. In the pilot Carter (who was a med student at the time) got sick when helping an injured patient and Mark came out to say it's alright. In this episode, Gallant (the new med student) get's sick and has Carter come out saying it's alright.
Last night's episode was a flashback of sorts as we see Mark's final days. He does die at the end, with the funeral occuring at the very end. The entire main ER staff is there including Peter and Cleo from Northwestern Hospital. Donald Anspaugh (former head of County) is also there as is Ironsides (can't remember his character's name) and Romano, Jennifer, and Gallant in his army uniform. We only see two ER nurses there, Abby and Halleh, but presumably there were others. Correct we don't see Mallucci, Carol, Doug, Anna, and Jeanie. We also don't see Pratt there as well because he only knew Mark for one day and besides someone still has to be at the hospital. Anyway, those we don't see could still have been there. (Except fot Lucy as we already know she passed away a few seasons back)
Oh, and most likely, the original script probably had Mark saying something else like "Damn!" and was probably filmed that way for the NBC executives to preview, but was reshot and re-edited for the final airing for the public. They did something similar when Juliana Marguilles left and had a cameo by George Clooney at the end. (The execs didn't know Clooney was going to be in the episode)
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Actually, I've been following it since the pilot Shik -- although I was 100% certain that it would suck just by virtue of all the damn adds F/X ran for it.
Well, advertising is BOUND to be correct every now and then ... right?
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Jeanie...that's who I forgot. Those absences could be explained by the fact that those characters couldn't be reached or that noone thought to call them.
I didn't see William H. Macy's character there either. He was Benton's mentor. Chief of surgery before Romano.
Doug and Carol's absence could be explained by the fact that they couldn't get there in time. The real reason is most likely that the actors didn't want to bother with it.
I thought one of the coolest things ER did was get Clooney to do a guest spot when Carol left. That and the death of Lucy. That was just excellently done.
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