http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 3 Oct 2003 19:51:09 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21752 'his' in my comment above refers to Luka, by the way. 21752@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 19:51:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21751 Seeing as Luka has been anti-religious (atheist? not sure) all along, I think last night's episode was pivotal for the fact that it appeared to be an 'act of God' that saved him, which had a bit of foreshadowing when the woman gave him the crucifix earlier in the episode. I thought that was handled quite well, actually - with him bound up, hands in front, almost as if he was being forced to pray. But really, I'm just looking forward to the episode where Linda Cardellini joins the cast. She's rumored to be his new love interest. Really missed seeing her since Freaks & Geeks went off the air (boo NBC on that one - another great show that was NOT given a fighting chance while turgid crap like Good Morning Miami gets renewed.) 21751@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 19:50:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21733 It probably helps -- in my case -- that Goran Visnjic is way hotter than Noah Wyle. Abby and Luka, redux. Yeah, that's what I expect. I do not approve. Thank goodness it's only ER-fantasy-land. 21733@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:23:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21623 Michelle: I think the international market is getting ER at about the same time we are. If you've seen two new episodes this season, then you're right where we are. 21623@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:24:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21622 "Now, Carter, on the other hand..." Carter has just been recycled into Mark Green in his annoying phase. Now it's all about his angst. He wasn't even irritating as a recovering drug addict: *now* he's a pain. And you know Abby and Luka are going to hit the sheets again. Circular plot lines. I still like Noah Wyle quite a bit. But in ER-fantasy-land I'm presently more fond of Luka than Carter. 21622@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:18:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21620 I'm just in the beginning of the season, but now I know that not only I think this season sucks. Thanks! 21620@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 07:31:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21613 Preposterous, yes, but I love the character of Luka. This devoted family man and doctor devolved into a lost soul last year, and I was sucked into caring about him and praying for his spiritual resurrection. I figured the Congo trip would lead him there. When that phone call came into the ER last week ("Someone is dead ... Dr. Kovac"), I wept like a baby. The whole week I was sad, thinking he was dead. Watching the flashbacks during tonight's episode, my thoughts drifted to all the things Luka had endured -- the violent loss of his family in Croatia. His inability to find peace or love in Chicago. His fall into despair and promiscuity and irresponsibility. His loss of faith. I prayed with him in that moment before the seemingly inevitable moment came when he would be shot to death like all those around him. Then the woman yelled, "You can't kill a man of God" (I read the subtitle, of course, as she was speaking in the native language), and I found myself leaping from my chair and shouting with joy. Tears were pouring down my face. Yeah, it was a cruel manipulation, but credit where it is due. All last season, ER kept me as a viewer solely because of Luka's story. I came back to find out what happened to this wounded soul. And tonight I was rewarded for it. ER cheeses me off more often than not, and for too many reasons to recount. But I am so happy, so relieved that Luka lived. Now, Carter, on the other hand... 21613@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 02:17:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/02/232357.php#comment-21606 My favorite part was where the Congolese rebels knelt in supplication before Luka. That was the most amazing slice of the preposterous that I've seen on TV since Bobby Ewing didn't die. 21606@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:50:52 EDT