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Another longtime cast member departs and another regular joins in ER's 13th season, as the Emmy-hoarding drama neared the end of its run. But first things first: tying up the sensational cliffhanger from the previous season, in which a pregnant Abby (Maura Tierney) was left bleeding on the ER floor and Sam (Linda Cardellini) and her annoying son, Alex (Dominic Janes), were abducted, leading to a deadly conclusion. Luka (Goran Visnjic) remains in limbo with the hospital board, and gets into even more trouble when a carpenter named Curtis Ames (Forest Whitaker in an Emmy-nominated guest appearance) has a stroke and sues him for malpractice. Tony Gates (John Stamos), after making a brief appearance in the previous season, joins the staff as an intern, Archie (Scott Grimes) returns, and Weaver (Laura Innes) is demoted and later hangs on the edge of Luka's budget cuts. Gates is easy on the eyes and attracts the attention of the staff, especially Neela (Parminder Nagra), but his life is complicated by a roommate who might be more than just a roommate, Meg (Paula Malcomson), and her daughter, Sarah (Chloe Greenfield). Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) struggles with his workload, volunteers at a church clinic, and also finds his brother (Sam Jones III) going through a personal crisis. Struggling the most with Neela's interest in Gates is Ray (Shane West), who finally explodes at a surprise party with devastating results. Other arrivals and recurring characters included Busy Philipps as intern Hope, Sally Field as Abby's mom, Leland Orser as surgical supervisor Lucien Dubenko, Annabella Sciorra as Sam's photographer friend, Malaya Rivera Drew as Ray's other love interest, Sean Young as a mentally stricken woman, and Stanley Tucci as ICU chief Kevin Moretti. Also departing this season: James Newton Howard's theme music, a casualty of the trend to do away with time-consuming opening credits. --David Horiuchi
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Shaking things up: Former paramedic, now intern Dr. Tony Gates arrives with a straightforward attitude and a complicated personal life. Except for his devotion to healing, he's Gallant's opposite: brash, cocksure, with a bad-boy past - and maybe he's the right prescription for Neela's broken heart. Really shaking things up: Contentious Weaver leaves County General for a career move you wouldn't expect. And the profound dramas of the outside world continue to make their way to the ER, including a hostile patient whose real condition is a secret even to himself, homeless children who escape to a magic world of their own making, and a Christmas miracle. Then again, miracles happen every day at County General.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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If I were to rank seasons of ER, this (and season 15, the final season) would make the top five, along with three of the earlier seasons. Season 13 is major
improvement over season 12, partly because the writers stop forcing us to
sit through Africa episodes.
While I think this is one of the best seasons, there is one flaw I'd like to
mention early in the review, and that has to do with ER taking (bad) cues
from what became it's Thursday night hospital drama competition starting with
this season: Grey's Anatomy. During season 13, I got the feeling that the creative forces behind ER were trying to win over Grey's Anatomy fans
by increasing the amount of sex scenes and "cute" relationship storylines/moments.
ER always had it's relationship stories and sex scenes, and that was fine,
but for a brief period in the season, they piled it on too thick. The prime example is Neela's sex dream about Gates in episode 6 or 7. Fortunately, they backed away from that tactic quickly (although this type of scene made another appearance
late in season 14).
Now that I have that out of the way, I can mention what makes this an outstanding
season of ER. (CONTAINS SPOILERS) First and foremost, Dr. Weaver departs for
a (Dr. Sanjay Gupta) type job at a TV station in Florida. She is missed, but her
final two episodes (as a regular) are well written and, of course, her acting is
top notch. Another highlight is Forest Whitaker's emmy nominated role as Curtis
Ames, a former patient of Dr. Kovac who sues him for malpractice. Sally Field makes her final appearance, Abby and Kovac are married, Dr. Morris matures (a little),
the hospital is closed for renovation and Stanley Tucci makes the first two appearances of a story arc that continues until the end of season 14.
In between these storylines, there are many other shorter patient storylines,
many of which are excellent and fresh, unlike some of the repetitive storylines
tossed around in seasons 11 and 12.
On one final note, this is the season when ER became the most emmy nominated
TV series of all time, with a total of 120 nominations (by the time the series
ended in 2009, the show had been nominated for 124 emmys).
improvement over season 12, partly because the writers stop forcing us to
sit through Africa episodes.
While I think this is one of the best seasons, there is one flaw I'd like to
mention early in the review, and that has to do with ER taking (bad) cues
from what became it's Thursday night hospital drama competition starting with
this season: Grey's Anatomy. During season 13, I got the feeling that the creative forces behind ER were trying to win over Grey's Anatomy fans
by increasing the amount of sex scenes and "cute" relationship storylines/moments.
ER always had it's relationship stories and sex scenes, and that was fine,
but for a brief period in the season, they piled it on too thick. The prime example is Neela's sex dream about Gates in episode 6 or 7. Fortunately, they backed away from that tactic quickly (although this type of scene made another appearance
late in season 14).
Now that I have that out of the way, I can mention what makes this an outstanding
season of ER. (CONTAINS SPOILERS) First and foremost, Dr. Weaver departs for
a (Dr. Sanjay Gupta) type job at a TV station in Florida. She is missed, but her
final two episodes (as a regular) are well written and, of course, her acting is
top notch. Another highlight is Forest Whitaker's emmy nominated role as Curtis
Ames, a former patient of Dr. Kovac who sues him for malpractice. Sally Field makes her final appearance, Abby and Kovac are married, Dr. Morris matures (a little),
the hospital is closed for renovation and Stanley Tucci makes the first two appearances of a story arc that continues until the end of season 14.
In between these storylines, there are many other shorter patient storylines,
many of which are excellent and fresh, unlike some of the repetitive storylines
tossed around in seasons 11 and 12.
On one final note, this is the season when ER became the most emmy nominated
TV series of all time, with a total of 120 nominations (by the time the series
ended in 2009, the show had been nominated for 124 emmys).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not one of my favorite seasons. The story lines a bit slow and aren't elaborated on enough. The season finale does add a shocking twist. The last episode of the season was definitely the best.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Here's another great year of ER!! I can't wait for the release! ER will be missed!!! :'(
I do have a problem with the recent seasons though: where are the gag reels???????? The bloopers are one of the favorite things I love about the show, but they haven't been included on seasons 11, 12, and now, 13!! There IS a gag reel for season 13, because I've seen it!!!!!!!!! I miss the bloopers!!
One more thing. I don't see why so many people hate the Africa episodes so much. They take us along with Luka, Carter, and Pratt, to a hugely neglected part of the world and show us what needs to be done in those countries. These episodes gave me a reason to live, when I was terribly depressed, and I intend on making a difference in central Africa one day---thanks to ER.
I do have a problem with the recent seasons though: where are the gag reels???????? The bloopers are one of the favorite things I love about the show, but they haven't been included on seasons 11, 12, and now, 13!! There IS a gag reel for season 13, because I've seen it!!!!!!!!! I miss the bloopers!!
One more thing. I don't see why so many people hate the Africa episodes so much. They take us along with Luka, Carter, and Pratt, to a hugely neglected part of the world and show us what needs to be done in those countries. These episodes gave me a reason to live, when I was terribly depressed, and I intend on making a difference in central Africa one day---thanks to ER.
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We really enjoy ER, so this was a good addition to our collection of DVD's. We now have all of the seasons.
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