# Er - 10/30/03 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665 "2003-10-31T16:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/21 "2003-11-01T13:00:25Z")
What’s the name of the actress who is playing the new nurse? She looks very familiar. It seemed Romano was a bit taken aback by her spunk. I’m glad there’s someone he can’t intimidate. I especially liked the line about how she likes working at County…the pace is a bit slower, you can catch your breath. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/22 "2003-11-01T13:34:13Z")
The best part of the episode: when my 90-year-old mother referred to the burned woman as “that actress with all the makeup.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/23 "2003-11-01T13:43:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*What’s the name of the actress who is playing the new nurse? > > She looks very familiar. \*\* It was Linda Cardellini, of the late, great _Freaks and Geeks_ and the live-action "Scooby-Doo movie. She played Velma. (No, I didn’t see it voluntarily, I have kids.) ---
**Author:** ![phartizan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@phartizan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phartizan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/24 "2003-11-01T16:18:36Z")
Linda Cardellini is great, but then I love the tough babes. Unfortunately, as a single mom, her character’s ripe for a soap opera treatment. The self-burned mom was a good story, althoug instead of pitying her, I felt she was an incredibly selfish woman. Anyone know the name of the music that we heard starting when Susan burst into Bob Newhart’s place, and then continued for the rest of the episode? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/25 "2003-11-01T16:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phartizan \* > \*\*Linda Cardellini is great, but then I love the tough babes. Unfortunately, as a single mom, her character’s ripe for a soap opera treatment. \*\* Wanna place any bets as to who she’ll sleep with first? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/26 "2003-11-01T20:42:28Z")
All I noticed was that there was alot of Dr. Cutie. And that’s all I care about. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/27 "2003-11-01T21:23:38Z")
Romano is no longer cute with his rants. He’s showing racist colors, and even though Dr. Pratt was holding his own during the exchange, I really wanted a smack-down to be laid on him by somebody. And I really hated him for humilating Abbey. I miss tough-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside Romano. ---
**Author:** ![SpasticKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@SpasticKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasticKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/28 "2003-11-01T21:36:50Z")
Oooh, lots and lots of Luka. _rowr_ Does anyone else think they’re setting it up for Luka and Abby to get back together, or am I just totally reading it wrong? When is Carter supposed to come back? I’m starting to miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/29 "2003-11-01T22:25:56Z")
What I want to know is does ANYONE at County ever have a relationship with someone NOT working at the hospital? Except for Jeannie and Lydia\*, EVERYONE dates their coworkers! What’s up with that? I highly doubt that occurs in a real hospital. \*Jeannie (the PA with HIV) and Lydia (one of the nurses) both married policemen. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/30 "2003-11-01T22:59:17Z")
As I recall, Jeannie (actually, Jeanie, according to imdb) dated Peter Benton for a while, and when her diagnosis came in, he had himself hastily checked. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/31 "2003-11-01T23:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Wanna place any bets as to who she’ll sleep with first? 😉 \*\* **Abby! Abby! Abby!** \ ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/32 "2003-11-02T02:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monstro \* > \*\*Romano is no longer cute with his rants. He’s showing racist colors, and even though Dr. Pratt was holding his own during the exchange, I really wanted a smack-down to be laid on him by somebody. And I really hated him for humilating Abbey. I miss tough-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside Romano. \*\* I suspect the Romano character is headed for a major comeuppance (it seems to me that some of the staff are increasingly unintimidated by him) that will either cause him to repent or leave the hospital. I find it unrealistic that he hasn’t been fired already for the behavior he has displayed thus far. ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/33 "2003-11-02T08:21:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by threeorange \* > \*\*I suspect the Romano character is headed for a major comeuppance… \*\* Gosh, I thought getting his arm sliced off by a helicopter blade was a major comeuppance. How many does one character need? Oh never mind, we’re talking Romano. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/34 "2003-11-02T13:00:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by threeorange \* > \*\*I suspect the Romano character is headed for a major comeuppance … \*\* Major spoiler ahead… don’t read it if you don’t want to know. You’ve been warned. I’ve read on the TWoP boards that in an upcoming episode Romano kills himself. I wanted to remain spoiler-free, and someone posted this without spoiler tags by accident. ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/35 "2003-11-02T20:39:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Major spoiler ahead… don’t read it if you don’t want to know. You’ve been warned. I’ve read on the TWoP boards that in an upcoming episode Romano kills himself. I wanted to remain spoiler-free, and someone posted this without spoiler tags by accident. \*\* Oh well good then, because they’ve purged him of any redeeming qualities and he’s simply annoying now. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/36 "2003-11-04T03:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*Major spoiler ahead… don’t read it if you don’t want to know. You’ve been warned. I’ve read on the TWoP boards that in an upcoming episode Romano kills himself. I wanted to remain spoiler-free, and someone posted this without spoiler tags by accident. \*\* I wonder if he does it on a Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/37 "2003-11-04T03:32:02Z")
Nah. He’ll deliberately step in front of Kurtwood Smith’s car. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/38 "2003-11-04T03:52:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Nah. > > He’ll deliberately step in front of Kurtwood Smith’s car. \*\* I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665/39 "2003-11-04T04:03:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I don’t get it. \*\* Well, no more Cafe Society posting for _you!_ Explanation for the strong-stomached: Paul McCrane, who plays Romano, was run over by Kurtwood Smith near the end of _RoboCop_. What made the scene particularly memorable was that McCrane had been throughly doused with toxic waste a few minutes earlier so he stumbled around blindly with his skin peeling off, and when Smith’s car hit him, his body disintegrated in a big red splatter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/er-10-30-03/210665.md?page=1)