Whenever they airlift someone in on the Pitt, I have flashbacks to Dr Romano and his chopper mishaps.
Is it Mahershala Ali? I think he is the worst successful actor in movies and TV. I mean, I can’t believe he gets work.
Nearing the end of S1 of The Pitt. Last night was E13 with the mass shooting (blurred just in case). Very intense and graphic.
The big helicopter crash happened in season 10. There were 5 more seasons.
I wouldn’t miss an episode of ER when it was on. Then I realized I just stopped watching. After about season 8 I watched sporadically then I stopped watching completely and never saw the later seasons. Partly because all they did was lump misery upon misery for the characters. Probably a lot of the reason was the babies that appeared in my house at around that time. Now one of those babies has binged the entire run of ER at least twice.
No, it’s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, who I don’t remember doing anything notable before this series. (Of course, I don’t watch a whole lot of movies or dramatic TV).
He certainly doesn’t fit my mental picture of Mickey Haller.
I remember him from the Magnificent Seven remake and A Man Called Otto.
What I liked about the first episode of the ninth season of ER, in which Dr Romano lost his arm to a helicopter rotor (and is it necessary to spoiler-box something from 23 years ago?) was that wasn’t spoiled in advance by the network. Typically, their promotions give at least a hint that something big is happening. It reminded me of a sudden death in a 1991 episode of LA Law, which was similarly unspoiled.
One thing that people forget about ER around the big episodes and the soap nature was the incessant bullying and stress as a theme. Benson was a total piece of shit, and Romano too. It was a major feature even leading up to proper flashpoints. At least in the earlier seasons. Later on it was just treading water mostly.
He doesn’t do anything notable in the series, either, e.g. acting.
I remember trying to watch ER and being unable to get pass the sheer incompetence, I remember thinking “a real hospital that had that many mishaps would soon be closed”.
May be the show was better at first , but by the time I tried to watch it it has become unwatchable.
The other thing about ER is the frequency of mass casualty incidents; one week a bus crash, the next a ten-car pile-up, then a plane crash. Probably more major incidents in one season than any real hospital sees in ten years. The nice thing about The Pitt is that the one-day-per-season thing means it’s less obvious.
Small Prophets
Recommended.
Cute show from Mackenzie Crook, who has a small role in it. Guy grows 3 tiny homunculi in some jars and they help tell the future.
It’s relatively calm and kind of funny. We liked it.
The public hospital it was based on was pretty much known for just that.
Every. Single. Time. I can’t watch doctors waiting for a helicopter on the roof and not get nervous that someone is going to get injured, no matter what the show is. The Pitt, that HBO Katrina hospital show, etc. That stupid scene from ER has forever seared itself in my memory.
What about doctors walking on the ground? Because when helicopters have it out for you, nowhere is safe.
The first season only had one mass casualty, for what it’s worth.
Wait until The Pitt reaches episode 250; I suspect they’ll be running out of ideas by then…
Yeah. I mean, first of all, having like a dozen LAPD officers and a couple FBI guys do a stakeout in Mexico (where the US has no jurisdiction) over the murder of two women- where LA has 230+ murders a year. (Yes the TV showed only 5 LAPD, but of course they have to watch 24/7. ).
They also threw away his race, powers, and about everything else but his name. In other words, as good as this show might be, it aint about the Marvel Wonder Man.
I really liked it.
I had started to rewatch (again) Game of Thrones out of boredom, but couldn’t really get into it the third time around. Then I saw a couple of reviews here about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and thought “why not”. Binged four episodes this afternoon and liked it well enough. I could have done without the giant penis and the guy having projectile shit coming out of his bum, but perhaps that’s just me.
We finished the first season of Murderbot and gosh it got good by the end. Very poignant finale. I’m hoping for more, and want to read more of the books now.
It was made by Marvel so by definition it is Marvel Wonder Man. Except for racists who cares about his race? But anyway, Ultimate Wonder Man is black and that’s also Marvel Wonder Man. They did mention ionic powers but did not fully explore what his powers are. As a lesser known character it doesn’t really matter.