redwinter101 wrote:...I confess the scene where he told Andy that if it were up to him, he'd let nature take its course, made me tear up. That's a tough thing for someone so young to admit but the actor did an amazing job and I think it spoke to the relationship between Andy and Scott - that really worked. I believed in it - and hence why it hit Andy so hard.
Even from the first scene, where Andy and Scott hugged... I bought into their relationship. And part of that is that Scott was on before. So the relationship carried over and built on what we already knew. The show runners did not seem to get that potential very well... cramming eps with too much, and trying to force emotions and relationships into a few minutes per storyline, instead of letting there be running stories, like Kuol's, over the season. But yeah, these two actors worked it for me last night.
redwinter101 wrote:I just wish we'd had more time on that and ditched the third story about the girl being poisoned by her co-worker. That didn't add anything and meant, once again, they tried to cram too much into the episode.
And even as they did a good thing with the Scott story, they continued upon their self-destructive path with confusing the viewers with extraneous side-stories. Even the opening sequence, at the grocery store... did you not figure out immediately that the little girl was safe, it was the rescuer who was gonna crash??? So we wasted 2 minutes of precious episode time on an annoying mom on her damn cell phone in the store. I mean, pulease!
I realllllly enjoyed the Andy bits from last night... his frustration at his own ineptitude and disinterest in administrating, his connection to this patient who, I believe, reminds him a bit of his own younger self, and the greater interaction between him and his colleagues that we got to see, finally. I WANTED to enjoy the personal moment with Dr. Lisa, but as we've all said, too sudden, no build up, no lead in, no sense. Someone takes your hand in comfort and you pin em to a wall???? That's like the worst of what fanfic gets panned for!!! (On other boards, of course...
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So I came to the realization last night that I enjoy watching Alex, and will do in anything (big news) but that this particular group of writers, directors, producers, and show runner would NEVER, even if given a promise of 5 seasons on air, NEVER manage to pull it all together. Their (Her? Is it just Barbee making these dramatically inept decisions?) vision, their taste, their comprehension of what makes good story-telling is just sub-par.
So, for Alex, it is good that CBS realized that so fast... and I shall enjoy these last eps of 3R for what they are. Mediocre stories that star--at least part of the time-- my very favorite actor in the universe.
It was either Code Green or Good Intentions. 
You're welcome. 