Season 7 - Episode 9 - The Greatest of Gifts
not really a lot to say about this episode
(although I really really liked Ming-Na in it....guess this is
her 'episode
of the season')
firstly, and I have to say this, will someone please wipe that
smug look of
Carter's face....yeuch....
Man those brain surgeons were callous when talking about Mark.....poor
Elizabeth....she was too stunned to say anything....but I bet
she's acted
the same way when discussing a surgery.....granted she probably
never talked
like that in front of relatives....but still....
I liked the conversation Elizabeth and Mark had about the name of
the Tumor
Board....at first I thought it was silly....but then I realized
that this
was probably Mark's way of trying not to freak out while he was
waiting for
the news.
When Mark asked Elizabeth if she'd have the baby even if he died....I
liked
that she didn't say something like 'but you're not going to die'....in
spite
of her earlier positive thinking, she knew that what Mark needed
was a
straight answer....and not false optimism
Aggh, who in their right minds wears 'gloves' while they're
eating pizza?
I don't care <how> cold it is.....
Of course the real reason that Mark noticed the hats on the kids
was cause
he's totally obsessed by weird hats....and no, this is a
behavioural trait
that we <can't> blame on the tumor...
I really felt for the adoptive parents when Jing-Mei breast-fed
the baby...I
mean, they've just got the child they've been waiting a long time
for...they're happily bonding with him....and then along comes a
nurse and
tells them they have to give him back to the mother because she's
asked for
him....
oh and as for Jing-Mei wanting her son to have breast milk/colostrum
whatever....two words....breast pump....(okay, I know the real
reason was
that she was confused, having second/third/fourth thoughts about
the whole
thing....but I think she was making it harder for herself)
and speaking of making things harder.....IMO that social worker
sucked....
okay, I have never been involved in adoption proceedings from
either side, I
know nothing about the process.....I know nothing about the
training or
duties of a social worker....but I still think she sucked....
from what I could see, the social worker had the 'adoption
procedure' all
planned out....she knew what she wanted to have happen...and by
God she was
going to make sure everyone followed the plan....
Maybe she thought it was a good idea for Jing-Mei to hold the
baby....maybe
she was right....but she shouldn't have forced her.....
By all means 'suggest' it to her....give her the option if she
wants
it....but she made it seem like Jing-Mei wasn't getting out of
there until
she'd held her son.
I do admire Laura Innes as an actress (the best on the show) but
those
hiccups.....dammit, I can fake hiccups better than that....(and I
have done so)
Kerry and Kim....
So Kim is trying to explain to Kerry why they can't be friends. (That's
her
decision, I'm not going to analyze/criticize/query it.....that's
already
been well done on other newsgroups)
What I would like to figure out, is exactly what did Kim think
that kissing
Kerry was going to achieve?
Did she hope that maybe one kiss from her would suddenly awaken
all Kerry's
suppressed feelings? Was she trying to show Kerry that she
wouldn't be able
to keep her feelings for her under wrap?
Why?
Mmmm, I <love> Dave's hair.
and yeah, if I was on my way out the door after working all day,
and was
called back for another four hours, I'd think it sucked as
well....especially if I thought I was covering for someone who
was just
tired....
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