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ER: The Honeymoon is Over (season finale)
(S13E23) SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! Don't blame me if you read about what happened.
Dammit! ER blindsided me again! A few months ago they did it when Dr. Weaver resigned from County General. And now, in the the 13th season finale, they did it again with Ray Barnett. From the previews on last week's show we knew that Neela was going to find Ray in another hospital, so that wasn't a surprise. But, when he rolled his wheelchair to face her, well . . . Holy Crap!
I wasn't expecting the producers to pull a Lieutenant Dan on the viewers and have Ray come out of the accident without any legs. I was shocked! Not as shocked as Neela was, though; she could barely contain her emotions. And then my shock turned to uncomfortableness as Shane spoke to Neela with Katey staring her down. It was very weird. Didn't Katey tell Ray to piss off a few short weeks ago for not even calling her after Christmas? Now she's Florence Nightingale and she's calling Neela a bitch and telling her it all her fault.
Was it really Neela's fault? She wasn't the one who got Ray drunk at Abby and Luka's wedding. She wasn't the one who called Gates a prick and got into a fight with him at said wedding. He wasn't the one who made him drop his cell phone in the middle of the road so he'd be distracted and not see the oncoming truck (well, he was reading a message from her, but she didn't call him directly at that time). All she did was tell Ray to have a little patience after they kissed in his car a few weeks ago.
You want to blame someone, point the finger at Ray himself. He was the one constantly chasing after Neela. Even when he met and went out with Katey he still had feelings for her and thought that Gates wasn't the right person for Neela to date. He just couldn't let her go (and, who could this season. Everyone seemed to be attracted to Neela). Granted, that doesn't mean that he deserved to lose his legs. But, maybe if he stopped whining over Neela things would have been different.
Having said all of that, Neela may have got her just desserts for dragging Ray and everyone else along this season. Maybe it was me, but it certainly looked like Neela was being trampled to death by the war demonstrators who were scared by a few smoke bombs. I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up with some form of paralysis next season from the way people were running over her spine. However, there may be a savior in the form of Tony Gates.
It looks like Tony isn't getting out of Neela's life that quickly, especially when it looks like Shane West won't be returning as Ray Barnett next season (his mother was taking him back to Baton Rouge to recover). And, I think he's going to need a lot of support from someone now that Sarah has been taken away from him. I'll say this much about Tony -- he may be a rebel in the emergency room, but he's a very passionate and emotional person. The way he was talking to Sarah as she was about to leave to the farm was a side of Gates that we don't normally see, and you could definitely see the love between those two. Gates is also a fighter, and I'm sure that this custody battle isn't over by a long shot.
Wow, so much going on with the Neela/Tony/Ray triangle I haven't even touched on goings-on in the ER this week with new chief of staff Kevin Moretti. I was pretty much on Moretti's side throughout the episode. I could definitely see his point on how sloppy the ER has become. In fact, I realized that this was a sub-plot that hung around throughout the entire season. I was even with him when he was dressing down the ER staff on how they treated one of the patients.
But, then he said something to Abby that made me question my opinion on Dr. Moretti. As Abby was leaving the staff meeting Moretti said that she would need to get used to a chief of staff that she wasn't sleeping with. Now, that was just uncalled for. Throughout this entire season I never saw Luka favor Abby in any way. If anything, they were at odds with each other in many cases. For such an intelligent man to say that to Abby was out of character. It was like he was channeling Rocket Romano. But, I guess this is the impetus for Abby to leave the show next season.
One more thing about Kevin. I may have said this last week, but it looks like he's taking Pratt under his wing as his protegee. As Greg will probably be the chief attending come the new season (if he isn't already) Moretti is trying to mold him into a person who thinks ahead of medical issues rather than constantly complaining about lack of staff and other resources. Their relationship is going to be rough; however, as you could see from Moretti's reaction when Pratt found out what he gave to one of his patients to cure her, there's going to be some bonding going on.
All in all, a very good ending to one of the better seasons of ER to come out in awhile. I'm glad you could all join me for the resurrection of this show. To close, on a scale from 1 to 7, where 7 is best, I give the season finale of ER a
I'll see you in three-and-a-half months.
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