# Er 1/5/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700 "2006-01-06T04:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/21 "2006-01-06T22:36:31Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > So Kerry fired him. He quit. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/22 "2006-01-06T22:38:18Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > He quit. And then his band dumped him. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/23 "2006-01-06T22:52:45Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Hijack, but didn’t want to start another thread: > > Can anyone think of a TV/movie instance where someone planned and went through with an abortion? I am always surprised by how they find a way to write alternatives that solve the problem but don’t have the person have an abortion. In movies (spoilers for mostly older movies): _Cabaret_: Sally has an abortion after much deliberation. She pays for it by selling a fur coat. _The Last American Virgin_: the title character (a guy) pays for an abortion for a girl he likes, who is pregnant with another guy’s baby. He sells his stereo to pay for it. _High Fidelity_: John Cusack’s character’s girlfriend had an abortion before the main action of the movie after she discovered he’d cheated on her. He didn’t know she was pregnant when he cheated, and she didn’t tell him about the abortion until after the fact. On TV: A teenaged character on _Degrassi: The Next Generation_ had an abortion, but the episodes dealing with it only aired in Canada, not the US. I seem to recall Helen Mirren’s character in the \*Prime Suspect \* series (made for British TV, but it aired on PBS) having an abortion. Sorry for the hijack; this probably should be its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/24 "2006-01-06T23:02:41Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > So Kerry fired him. > [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > He quit. Not quite. He said he would “consider quitting” if he couldn’t get the time off because the opportunity to go record was too good to pass up. Weaver then called his bluff and accepted his resignation. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/25 "2006-01-06T23:11:19Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Kerry came in on a gurney after slipping on some ice outside the hospital. She didn’t want to have any workups, but the other doctors forced her to. Meanwhile, Ray asked for two weeks off to go record. He said it was such a good idea he would quit to take it. So Kerry fired him. Not really. She said sometihng to the effect of “Resignation accepted” And then, the band drops him. He’s in the previews, so apparently he was able to retract the resignation that he didn’t formally make. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/26 "2006-01-08T13:19:56Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Hijack, but didn’t want to start another thread: > > Can anyone think of a TV/movie instance where someone planned and went through with an abortion? I am always surprised by how they find a way to write alternatives that solve the problem but don’t have the person have an abortion. The only one I’ve seen recently where the person went through with it was Nip/Tuck where their anesthesiologist has an abortion because her baby had defects. On Grey’s Anatomy Christina was planning one but ends up ectopic. Or the person miscarries (not uncommon, I know, but conveniently used). It’s interesting to me that most other controversial subjects get shown but not abortion. Claire Fisher had an abortion on **Six Feet Under**. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/27 "2006-01-08T16:42:06Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > And then his band dumped him. And then I laughed and laughed and laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/28 "2006-01-08T17:35:10Z")
Didn’t Faith have an abortion on _Third Watch_? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/29 "2006-01-08T18:23:06Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Didn’t Faith have an abortion on _Third Watch_? Yep, and then she let her husband think she miscarried because a suspect punched her in the stomach. I believe Abby has said that she had an abortion in the past. I think it was an episode with her mother and her mother was telling her she’d feel differently about having kids once she was pregnant and Abby said she had been pregnant and had an abortion because she didn’t want to bring a kid into her crazy family. I believe at the time she was married or had just seperated. I don’t think she ever told her ex, but I don’t remember if that was even mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700/30 "2006-01-08T23:34:01Z")
Neela and Gallant - yeah, someone mentioned it up there already, and I have to agree that there was a tiny bit of conversation about him having to go a long ways away to continue his MD training. So I’m guessing that’s gonna be the big problem next week. I like John Leguizamo most of the time but this role is laughable. Seriously, does anyone know any doctor who would act the way he does? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-1-5-06/338700.md?page=1)