ER telly

ER, that famed medical drama, is now on its 15th and final season and the longest-running tv show i've ever kept tracked of. i never thought i could tune in even after doug and carol reconciliation kiss in seattle. i'm hoping against hope to compile every season's dvd's. i need nine more dvd's to round up the collection and another dvd rack for such insane hoarding activity. but reading about pratt's being dispatched to the afterlife by the buscemi ambulance was too painful a way (for a staunch viewer like me) for a laudable character to go. why not sail into the sunset by moving to new york or miami or join the peace corps by feeding the orphans in romania? but the writers and producers thought the audiences love tearful storylines --- dr. green dying of brain tumor, romano's catastrophic encounter with the falling helicopter, michael gallant being blown up in iraq, lucy knight tragic stabbing by a deranged patient.

there was no secret that abby was leaving but at least she's alive and there's a kid and a dishy spouse. but probably it was a flimsy thought to have abby introduce baby joe to carter, showing an ex-boyfriend that there's more to life than being the pathetic dumpee (photos : yahoo tv; nbc).