The main stories I heard of note from friends who worked in ERs were about objects lodged in places they had no business being.
So, if we take GWB to an ER, they could get his head out of his ass?
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2005 10:17:25 am PST #1740 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2005 10:18:07 am PST #1741 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, if we take GWB to an ER, they could get his head out of his ass?
Rectocranial inversion. Happens all the time.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2005 10:18:16 am PST #1742 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hec, I swear I've seen that on TV, and I can't remember how they got it out.
This is gonna bug me. I can't even remember the show. Scrubs, maybe?
eta: no, not the same, now that I think. It was a bulb but not flourescent.
Theodosia - Jan 28, 2005 10:18:37 am PST #1743 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I give Homicide: Life on the Street major points towards realism.
Dana - Jan 28, 2005 10:19:47 am PST #1744 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
David, they did that scenario on one episode of Scrubs. Camera fades in on three doctors staring at an x-ray.
Dr. Cox: "Well, either this guy's colon had a very bright idea, or he's got a lightbulb up his ass."
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2005 10:20:20 am PST #1745 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I give Homicide: Life on the Street major points towards realism.
I agree. Even things that didn't seem realistic to me (like the kid getting tricked by a copier) actually happened in real life.
brenda m - Jan 28, 2005 10:21:19 am PST #1746 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee. Love Dr. Cox. I haven't see the show in ages, though.
msbelle - Jan 28, 2005 10:21:21 am PST #1747 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I need to say that there is no "fun part" to a limb being torn off.
I am not looking for reality from my scripted tv. believablity sure, but reality? nope. There is news and documentaries and non-fiction books for that. I avoid most of them also.
Nutty - Jan 28, 2005 10:23:14 am PST #1748 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The other place you have seen Eion Bailey was chowing down on Principal Flutie in the hyenas episode of Buffy S1.
I think early ER was strong because it had a stated policy of undercuting "drama" in favor of humor, connection, or other surprising moments. The best parts of the Bradley Whitford episode are parts like Carter manually pinching arteries in Mom's belly, while everyone else is trying to save the kid, and the obstetrician bustles in (too late to help) and asks Carter what the hell he is doing. It's notable that in that episode, the big emotional "Hey, we accidentally killed your wife" moment is something we see silently, through a glass door, and the episode ends as the moment is only getting started.
Late ER is melodrama. It hasn't moved me in a long time.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2005 10:23:49 am PST #1749 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Flourescents are doubly dangerous because they implode when they break. Putting pressure like that on one = yikes!