S01.E03: Weird Stuff You Can’t Explain

[chitowngirl]

When Ron hexes the day to prove superstitions aren't real, things at the hospital start getting weird; Joyce and Matt discover an employee's secret.

[AnimeMania]

Stephen Schneider as Chaplain Steve
Erinn Hayes as Dr. Taylor
Lidia Porto as Maria
Esteban Dager as Nephew
David Theune as Keith
Casey Feigh as Male Patient
Monique Mosee as Mother
Mark Bloom as Father
Amy Tolsky as Woman
Eli Gonzalez as Diego

[ItCouldBeWorse]

I was prepared to find out that the chaplain was actually Jewish and didn't want to say so (his sect was "private") because St. Denis has mostly Christian patients. It's true that Gehazi and Elisha are from the Hebrew Bible, but anyone could make a mistake, but it would explain not knowing about Paul.  But that was ruined with the fake divinity school.  That's straight up fraud.

This episode was very good.  I really like David Alan Grier in this role.

I don't believe that that giant cross would have been allowed in the surgical suite.

[Chit Chat]

That was a fun episode!  Alex's interest in horoscopes was just for fun and a daily diversion from the madness, then Bruce comes along and takes it to another level!  He was all in!  After his initial snarky comments, I thought he was just showing interest as a way to make fun of her, but he really seemed to take it seriously.  

I suppose the rift between the chaplain and Matt will become a running joke, kind of like the relationship between the Janitor and JD on Scrubs was portrayed.    

[Irlandesa]

Of the three episodes, I thought this was the best one.  I too am a little disappointed they went the predictable route with the fake chaplain being antagonistic to Matt.

The horoscope story was fun.  Alison Tolman is so good and has such good chemistry with her cast mates. 

[iMonrey]

I got a big laugh out of Joyce saying she keeps the Chaplain away from the kids. Oh wait that's Priests. Not all of them but some of them. LOL. 

Did anyone else do a double take when they showed the Chaplain? I would have sworn it was Steve Carell. Younger, of course, but looks SO much like him.

It's a cute show. Not my favorite show but it's a cute show.

[ItCouldBeWorse]

9 hours ago, iMonrey said:

Did anyone else do a double take when they showed the Chaplain? I would have sworn it was Steve Carell. Younger, of course, but looks SO much like him.

I also saw the resemblance:

 https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64625884/?ref_=nm_nwr_1

Edited Wednesday at 01:03 PM by ItCouldBeWorse

[shura]

I noticed they've fixed the jerking camera work.  Wonder how someone thought it was a good idea in the first place.

11 hours ago, Chit Chat said:

I suppose the rift between the chaplain and Matt will become a running joke, kind of like the relationship between the Janitor and JD on Scrubs was portrayed. 

Or we will never see the chaplain again (unless they find a way to have Steve Carell play his father in a future episode).  It really wasn't very virtuous of him to (a) lie about his credentials and (b) to hold a grudge like that against someone who caught him.  It's not clear how this Catholic hospital hired him to begin with.  From what I'm reading, to be a chaplain one needs to be certified by some official organization, and that often requires a divinity degree.  So he must have produced some certificate when he applied, right?  And now Joyce can just hire him back and the hospital's Catholic supervisory board will be okay with that?

Have they said where this show is set that they have rattlesnakes slithering around biting surgeons?  California?

I keep questioning Bruce's qualifications.  I probably wouldn't want someone operating on me if he may think that maybe he should cancel the surgery because Uranus is in the wrong phase for a Capricorn or whatever.  But I did like the demonstration of why it's not a good idea to have surgeons help with carrying heavy objects.

[AnimeMania]

23 minutes ago, shura said:

Have they said where this show is set that they have rattlesnakes slithering around biting surgeons?  California?

St. Denis Medical is in Oregon.

[shura]

Ah, yes, now I remember.  The best breast test in the West.  Excluding Portland. 

[MaryMitch]

Well, the cross was just too too ridiculous, even for a comedy that is supposed to be ridiculous.

But the rest of the show was pretty good. I liked how the Chaplain wasn't all "forgive and forget".

[auntiemel]

2 hours ago, shura said:

Have they said where this show is set that they have rattlesnakes slithering around biting surgeons?  California?

 

1 hour ago, AnimeMania said:

St. Denis Medical is in Oregon.

And it must be in the more northern part of Oregon, because in the pilot they got shakes from Burgerville and that’s not a thing in southern oregon.

[kaygeeret]

I do like this show.

Lots of great acting going on.

Much better than the night court #2

[iMonrey]

1 hour ago, kaygeeret said:

Much better than the night court #2

I think that's called "Damning with faint praise," LOL. Yeah I never made it past that show's pilot episode.

[txhorns79]

I didn't love the episode.  The giant cross made for a funny sight gag, but the joke just went on too long and got stupid.

On 11/19/2024 at 10:28 PM, Irlandesa said:

Alison Tolman is so good and has such good chemistry with her cast mates. 

I really like her.  She has a nice "normal" quality, if that makes sense.    

I also didn't understand why the Hospital Administrator would bring the nurse with her when she was going to fire the Chaplain. 

Edited Thursday at 03:59 AM by txhorns79