You may remember that we thought that the episode a couple weeks back, where George Clooney, Julianna Marguiles, and Eriq La Salle all made their first (and in Clooney's case, possibly last) appearances in the ER finale parade would have served as a fine and lasting tombstone for the show. Our belief in this was confirmed a week ago, when we were treated to the depressing sight (and even more offensively, the sound) of Uncle Jessie and that red-haired guy whiteblacking to "I Feel Good". Maybe there was a push to have the penultimate episode perfect all the lousy impulses of the recent soapy era?: its struggles to be cool, its desire to be liked rather than admired...
Whatever the reason, we were reminded yet again that this was once a show that was unsentimental, obtuse, and filled with unintelligible jargon...
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