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Failure to maintain the original premise is an old, not so honorable TV tradition. The main reason I quit watching Suits. If you're old like me, you'll remember Rockford Files was guilty of this too.

I'm curious why they killed off Benny. He only showed up infrequently. Was there bad blood between showrunners and Treat Williams? When ya kill the character, that means you're through with the actor (looking at you, NCIS)

I would have bet money that Conchita would have had Hector kill Gustavo and the two would sail off into the sunset. Who was the bald guy slurping soup at the banquet table who looked like a Chernobyl mutant?

I am a caregiver for Mrs. Torqy. Barbecue Man's wife nailed it quite well. I wanted to reach into the screen and give her a hug.

Mary Lynn Rajskub, who played Chloe O'Brien in 24

Haven't decided which is soapier, this or Chicago Gabby, er, Fire. Both have red trucks and people who don't follow chain of command because they Care!So!Much!/Take!It!Personally! and put on shameless PDA in the house.

Not to mention the fact that meters/test strips are now considered "durable medical equipment." I'm buying generic ones now, out of my own pocket rather than deal with the quagmire that is Medicare. Back on topic, I really enjoyed the woman selling "doctor gadgets." Mrs. Torqy and I are still making jokes about the artificial sphincter.

I finally gave up on this show a couple seasons ago. Just checked in here to see what's being said. Thanks to all for validating my decision!

I am sure that the general/admiral in the white shirt in the war room is a mole, he's just too sketchy. Ensign Swain is also a good possibility. Some of the writers on this show must have worked on 24. There's a mole in CTU!!! I can't look at Marissa Neitling now without seeing Skyler. (If you also watch Elementary you're already laughing)

My theory is that Vera killed the Beacon because he intended to sacrifice Julian as they did with the calf.

Mrs. Torqy predicts that

No one else clocked that gorgeous '54 Kaiser Manhattan Bazemore's neighbor was polishing?? Get off my lawn!

What they said above! My sister in law was married to a firefighter. She just hated shows about firefighters because no matter how good the initial premise, they just ended up as soaps with red trucks.

Check out the movie Double Jeopardy to see Bruce Greenwood play a sleazy character quite well. Someone upthread wondered if there are enough cancer patients; when Mrs. Torqy was getting chemo for lymphoma (she survives and thrives well) the chemo room as well as the waiting room were always jumping. Sadly there seem to be an endless supply... Re the paper patient files, Mrs. T and I see different docs in the same practice. My doc is appx. 50 and he uses a laptop for my records. Mrs. T's doc, early 70's, though a very good doc, is old-school and writes in a paper chart and will give her a paper scrip on request. Am I the only one who thinks Greenwood has rattlesnake-looking eyes in certain lighting and camera angles?

Prolly hits too close to home?? A friend is a semi-retired doc. He said he tuned out of the pilot after Bell killed the first few patients.

Chekhov's video? Love it! Why are you not writing this show?

I am not in the medical field, but I called the ectopic early on, because I still remember Ralph Bellamy spitting out the words "Ectopic pregnancy!!" and shaking his head in Rosemary's Baby. Seems TV recycles even old ideas... This is why I watch almost everything except news and sports with captions on.

Thanks @Dowel Jones!

Once again, either I was dozing or the DVR hiccupped (Curse you, DirecTV). When did Cable appear, and where, at the end?? Thanx in advance!

Thank you @Ailianna!

I accidentally deleted the second half of the episode. Could someone kindly clue me as to outcome of the feuding neighbors? Thanks in advance!

Conrad's dad is Aaron Pierce!! 36 years ago William Daniels played the Arrogant Surgeon (not evil, though.) Bruce Greenwood has come to own this type of character like Michael Douglas owns the Evil Businessman. Interesting that Greenwood also played a doctor on St. Elsewhere.

As some of my fellow curmudgeons have said above, I remember and still miss the Jim McKay-style ABC coverage of Olympics. Heck, I remember when there WAS an ABC Sports....

Turning into? It has been for a while.

A friend is an old-school doctor, and he just laughed at the show. His wife said she lasted just 10 minutes and gave up. I wouldn't be surprised to see Archie Panjabi show up in a limited role, prolly as a hospital administrator.