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Ghost Canyon

'ER: The Complete Fourteenth Season'
(Maura Tierney, Mekhi Phifer, Parminder Nagra, John Stamos, Linda Cardellini, et al / 5-Disc DVD / NR / 2010 / Warner Bros.)

Overview: The doctors at Chicago’s County General Hospital are never off-duty. Over 14 seasons, so many people have come and gone, but the noble calling of saving lives and the dedication of the people who operate County General remain. In the penultimate season of this powerful, Emmy®-winning series, personal tragedies threaten — and sometimes strengthen — relationships amongst the staff.

DVD Verdict: Although I've spoken on this subject before, as a freelancer, my God, what an awful season this fourteenth was! I can only suppose it had to do with the writers strike. It seemed more like a soap opera to me, and the camera work was awful as well, almost like home made movies with too many close-ups.

It also looked like most of the season was shot late spring and summer months as you did not get the sense of changing seasons as you did over the course of other seasons, although there were a few winter episodes. Pratt lost like 20 pounds overnight near the end, so I could tell there was quite a gap between 2 episodes at that point, strike related no doubt.

I was also disturbed by the apparent acceptance of some behaviour like doctors lying to childrens parents to perform or withold treatment on the children, police attacking a patient and striking an attendant who got in the way, none of which resulted in any action taken against the doctor or policeman, or even any outrage from those who witnessed it, or were victimized by it.

It did improve near the end, and the last episode suggests one or two characters will no longer be with us in season 15. If you are an ER fan you will buy it, but if you have to miss any of the 15 seasons, this is probably the one to miss. [PT] This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Unaired Scenes
Paley Festival Panel Featurette

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