I can see it going either way. Losing Joan would be a huge blow to the cast of characters, but this is definitely the kind of show where they wouldn't twist themselves into knots to bring her back.
Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.
'A Hole in the World'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 7:33:21 am PDT #3279 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jon B. - Sep 21, 2009 7:37:42 am PDT #3280 of 11998
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I have a theory based on the previews for next week's ep.
Me too. I'll whitefont, even though it's pure speculation: We saw a man lying face down on the floor of a bedroom. I think it was Joan's husband. If he dies, I could definitely see Joan being offered a job back at the agency.
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 7:38:25 am PDT #3281 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The irony is lost on no one, of course, that in the middle of her crisis--leaving a job that she's too proud to tell anyone she now needs because her husband's fingers have no brains--that Joan ends up being the one to step in coolly and literally save a life by putting a tourniquet on Guy's leg
I missed that bit of irony last night, but it's still pretty awesome in retrospect.
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 7:39:17 am PDT #3282 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jon, do you think he commits suicide? I could see it going down that way.
Vortex - Sep 21, 2009 7:42:22 am PDT #3283 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't really understand why Joan suddenly has to go back to work because he's not cheif resident. Is the difference in salary between chief resident and regular resident that significant? Or does it mean that if he's not chief resident, he won't get a job and then she'll have to work?
Jon B. - Sep 21, 2009 7:47:35 am PDT #3284 of 11998
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jessica -- that was my thought, though it could be an accidental one.
Also, that NY Times review is excellent!
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 7:50:40 am PDT #3285 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is the difference in salary between chief resident and regular resident that significant?
I think so, yes - my impression is that as a resident he's still being paid basically a student's salary. As chief resident, he'd be promoted to a real doctor's paycheck.
sumi - Sep 21, 2009 7:51:19 am PDT #3286 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
I think that the difference in salary is that significant. (The Chief's wife seemed to suggest as much.)
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2009 8:04:35 am PDT #3287 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Per Jon's speculation I thought it looked like Don face down, but I suspect that was the intended misdirect (much like the "Bye-bye Don" from Roger in the previews looked like a firing/downsizing but wasn't). Good call, Jon. I bet that's it.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2009 8:06:27 am PDT #3288 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
LOVED this episode. I thought it looked like Don, too, and I was perturbed. Having it be Greg makes much more sense.