I love this show, but nearly everything about this episode is absolutely awful. Not everything after Joel left is terrible, there were even some entertaining and memorable moments in the later episodes. This one, however, is excruciating to watch. The ongoing squabble between the new doctor and his wife was an unnecessary and unwelcome distraction to the show; at least they seem to have worked things out. But the overall pace and storyline of this one is just plain bad. For continuity's sake, you should probably watch it for the full NE experience. But set your expectations low for this episode. It's downright dismal.
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The worst episode out of 110.
carolinetn-114521 February 2024
Horrible. Simply a horrible episode!
How sad to see this once entertaining and pleasantly quirky show bite the dust. They should have ended it halfway through this season. They could have easily wrapped up the main character story lines in 2-3 good episodes after Joel departed instead of some of the silliness the last dozen episodes have as storylines. It's evident the writers were just trying to fill the time slot with anything nonsensical they could come up with. While the actors remained great, I can't help but wonder if they didn't revolt against the scripts. Kudos to them for sticking it out, but after Rob Morrow had contract disputes, I guess everyone else just went with the flow to get to the series finale as quickly as possible.
How sad to see this once entertaining and pleasantly quirky show bite the dust. They should have ended it halfway through this season. They could have easily wrapped up the main character story lines in 2-3 good episodes after Joel departed instead of some of the silliness the last dozen episodes have as storylines. It's evident the writers were just trying to fill the time slot with anything nonsensical they could come up with. While the actors remained great, I can't help but wonder if they didn't revolt against the scripts. Kudos to them for sticking it out, but after Rob Morrow had contract disputes, I guess everyone else just went with the flow to get to the series finale as quickly as possible.
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