ER – Season 11
Reviewer: Jordan Brown
Issue 103 May 2008
(1 votes, average: 8 out of 10)
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Get Carter.
The Lowdown: Ever since his girlfriend gave birth to their stillborn son, things haven’t been quite right for Dr. John Carter. Taking his troubles to work with him, his behaviour begins to have a drastic effect on the rest of the staff at County General Hospital, resulting in tension, personality clashes and resignations.
Review: You’ve got to give the producers of ER credit. Not only have they been able to keep the frantically-paced medical drama going for 14 years, they’ve also been able to keep it consistent and fresh – despite the main cast being changed more times than a hotel bedspread. Constantly surprising and always entertaining, the hectic lives of Chicago’s finest quacks have gripped us since their inception back in 1994. It’s therefore unsurprising that, like ‘The Simpsons’, ER has become a staple of television for which we may not tune in at every opportunity, but we’d sure as hell miss it if it went off the air. And that eventually will be happening soon, as the 15th Season, currently still in production, is due to be the last.
In this season, things get shaken up as John Carter returns to work a little down in the mouth after losing his son. Armed with a slightly haphazard approach to his job, his recklessness rubs off on Elizabeth Corday when he convinces her to perform an illegal operation that leads to her quitting. In the meantime, Lewis has become Chief of Emergency Medicine, Abby gets abducted by a gang and Neela finally lands a permanent job at the hospital. The highlight of the season, however, aside from the characteristically jaw-dropping ending, is the real-time episode in which the action follows Ray Liotta as he plays an alcoholic with moments left to live. It’s superbly played, gut-wrenchingly emotion stuff that rounds off a stellar season of a persistently superb show. Shame about the piddly extras though.
FILM: 8 EXTRAS: 4
DVD Info:
Certificate: 15
Starring: Noah Wyle, Sherry Stringfield, Goran Visnjic, Mekhi Phifer, Linda Cardellini, Laura Innes
Directed By: Various, 2004-2005
Distributor: Warner
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Visuals: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Running Time: 930 mins
Price: £44.99
Special Features:
Episode Selection
Outpatient Outtakes
Additional Scenes
