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At this point I think they’re saving something like that for Season 2.

That would be me as well. I saw the crowning moment (hah), and then made sure to look away for everything else. As a black woman who has not yet had the pleasure of giving birth, that was just not the kind of trauma I needed to absorb right now. You’re right. I don’t remember all the particulars, but there was a moment a couple of episodes ago with that particular patient where Santos noted that according to records this patient had had the max dosage of medication for his issue, but when asked about it the patient said he’d put them in his pocket rather than taking them. Langdon ordered more without fuss and ignored Santos’s protests about it. So yeah, I’m guessing the guy pocketing the meds gave Langdon the opportunity to take them. Or Langdon had already taken them and the patient assumed, in his drunken state, that he had just pocketed them.

Is this real or a joke? I don’t generally care for crossovers or stunt casting, but I’m totally willing to tune in for two Green Arrows at once, even if neither of them are in their comic hero prime anymore.

I used to dislike retcons that nullify the emotional pain/growth characters have as result of the trauma, but I've gotten over it for characters I love, and I love Elden Henson as Foggy. Also, I spent most of that first fight being annoyed that I was watching Matt so busy fighting Bullseye while Foggy was DYING, so I'm fine to let that go lol

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Same! I was thinking, “Oh, he’s mad ‘cause she tricked him into getting therapy!”

Aaron Stanford (the second-in-command biker)! I know that hair and slight shoulder hunch anywhere. Now I want to go watch 12 Monkeys again. Otherwise the episode was, eh, fine I guess. When they were describing the suspect’s size and military background I was like, so Colter’s fighting Reacher now? There’s a chance I may watch too much tv 😄

I started hitting the mute button when I felt like something was going to irrationally raise my blood pressure. Really upped my enjoyment of the episode. Oh, Noah Wyle wrote the episode, you say? And it ends from the viewpoint of a medical professional lying helplessly on the ground after being attacked unexpectedly? What are the odds?

Seriously, when would he have had time to do that? There is barely every a spare moment for anything in this ER - Collins couldn't even get a solid minute alone with the ultrasound to check her miscarriage! And Robby trying to hide a near panic attack was the only thing that have him time to pee -- it's just real hard to find time for subterfuge in the midst of this chaos.

I have a new precious snuggle muffin, and her name is Dr. Mel King! She was so good with the little girl and the bear. The whole situation was just crushing. I have figured out that I can't actually watch the physical medical procedures. I look away every time and just listen to the dialogue and infer. Those aren't images I need in my head while trying to sleep. The human trafficking storyline is done very well and made me sad as well. I'm not entirely sure they can do anything if the "assistant" isn't able to be honest with herself about what's going on. Whoop whoop to Javadi figuring out the spider bite before her mom showed up! I hate that she's repeatedly being cast into her mom's shadow, so good on her getting to doctor on her own. Loved the Freedom House reveal. Whether or not it was a BHM callout, it was a wonderful thing to tie in here. The less said about Santos the better. Garcia was right that it's ridiculous for Santos to be floating this accusation when she's been there for all of seven hours. But I'm preparing to be fully enraged when she's somehow proven right, because drama. 🙄

I am absolutely done with Santos. I don’t care about her backstory or her maverick methods of getting the “justice” she deems necessary, protocols be damned — every time she shows up I get a little more irritated. She’s not trustworthy in this environment, and her skulking around try to manipulate a scenario to imply that Langdon should be removed just because he (rightfully) doesn’t let her get away with the crap she’s pulling…. I wish I could skip her interactions. I don’t need the stress building up waiting for her scheming to come to a head.

I don’t mind Andrea, and I even liked Mickey earning her respect at the end of Season 2, but I did not in any way need them to strike up anything more than begrudging frenemies dynamic. No concern at all that this will come back to bite either or both of them.

My internal reasoning for the narration as it was is that they wanted to bookend Clark narrating the beginning and ending of the series — it makes sense logically and narratively with the scope of the show. But I agree that the ending might have been better served by taking those looks back to people as memories along the way, instead of as sappy post-death construct. But then, I personally didn’t think they needed to go into the far future and see his and Lois’s deaths — they just really got stuck on the “death of Superman” as the series ending.

I read an article back when the 3rd episode of the season aired during which one of the showrunners implied that they had intended to explore Jon developing powers slower and later in the series, but I don’t know how much of that was actual plan vs. potential story idea.

I've not seen Stargirl, but AoS is one of my top comic finales. And S&L is up there. Gosh Tyler and Bitsie just carried this whole show. So glad that it was consistently the two of them just bringing it. That scene of them discussing the boys involvement while that helicopter burns in the background sticks out to me - it should look ridiculous, but it's just so grounded by the realness they bring to these characters and their relationship with each other. I really appreciate the growth that a lot of the characters had over this final season. Jordan really settled into himself. Jon getting powers lifted the weight of Superman's legacy off of Jordan alone so that the boys could be who they need to be individually but also handle their heritage better together. Liked seeing Kyle and Clark's friendship solidify. I liked that they're still spending time together 30 years later and Kyle was there for Clark when he needed him. Wish there had been more of Lana, Sarah, and Nat over the course of the season, but I like where they ended up. Clark giving Lana away was sweet. Sarah not being stuck in a life or place she did not want to be in was good for her and privacy good for her friendship with Jordan as well. I love Nat having a sense of belonging in this world, and getting to have a real impact on is safety and wellbeing. I get the look all the way through the future to Clark's official passing, but I do wish we could have seen more of the Kents in the near future, before the twins were full adults and married with kids. Basically I want more time with these characters as I've really come to enjoy them. I hate that this show got cut short (especially when other CW shows dragged on too long), but man, did they make the most of the time they were given.