In yesterday’s episode there was a joke where one character called Dianne a dentist and she corrected her by saying she is an orthodontic surgeon. But in the pilot episode, they showed Dianne working in an ER.
Is this just an example of them tinkering with the characters and making changes? Or is it possible that an orthodontic surgeon would be on duty in an ER?
Shows often make changes after the pilot episode. Ask Chuck Cunningham.
Delenn used her rings of power on him.
I think she said she’s an orthopedic surgeon.
Jackie and Diane (the two exes) could have their own shows. Both of them overshadow and are more interesting than Kate, I think.
I disagree. A lot of good comedies work because of the ensemble of characters. When you try to split them up and give each character their own show, you end up with several weak shows instead of one strong one.
Just checked on Hulu and you’re right. My bad.
That said, I’d think ERs would often have situations involving needing something done very quickly with the mouth and teeth. Are there dentists who work in ERs or do regular doctors just do what they can to stabilize things and eventually you go elsewhere for the real dental work?
That’s true.
What do you guys think of Bert? I think he’s an adorable riot, but I gotta wonder how much of his high spirits is acting and how much is the actor.
Speaking of riots, gotta love the puns in the restaurant scene. So cool when good jokes are throwaways and not drawn out.
The AV Club review says the show is getting good reviews elsewhere, so maybe it won’t be cancelled.
I think he’s pretty funny, but likely to grow out of it so they shouldn’t hang too much of the show on his tiny shoulders.
Is there such an animal as an orthodontic surgeon?
“orthodont” ~= “straight tooth”. AFAIK, a surgeon who messes with your mouth is called an oral surgeon (or possibly oral / maxillofacial).
Okay, I just got a joke from several episodes back (I can be slow sometimes).
It was the episode where Meg and Kate and been drinking and Meg was looking for a bed to crash in.
“Does that little Chinese kid have a race car bed?”
“No, and his name is Bert.”
“Did he come with that name?”
And I just figured out that it’s a fourth wall joke about Bert Tsai playing Bert Harrison.
I actually considered both of these points. But the pilot scene in the ER took place at night and I figured that while and ER might have reason to call in an orthodontic surgeon they wouldn’t have one waiting on duty. Unless it was a situation where all surgeons did a rotation in the ER.
I also checked and confirmed that there is such a thing as an orthodontic surgeon. Apparently it’s a specialization within the field of oral surgery.
In retrospect, when I was checking on this point, I should have also checked that I remembered the line correctly.
You were trying to make Meg’s mistake make sense. That was a mistake.
True. But I thought it could also be a play on Dianne’s personality. Remember the speech she wrote to have Peter introduce her? She would call herself an orthodontic surgeon. But somebody like Meg would say, “You fix teeth? You’re a dentist.”
That said, I think Meg had the best line of the show, when she walked up on Kate and Peter listening to the couple in the office.
“You’re not in there?”
“I don’t think so but I’m pretty drunk.”