I should be blogging about my comps. I passed with flying colors! I'm excited! Now all that stands between me and academic immortality is a dissertation. Whoo hoo!

Instead, I just figured out what is going to happen on the final episode of ER, and I just had to share. A giant meteor will strike Chicago killing everyone except the staff of County General. But just when viewers start thinking Abby, Morris, Neela, and Uncle Jesse's character (Yeah, I hate his character so much I choose not to remember his name), they'll all develop surprising complications and will horribly pass away spewing blood from their throats. Then Dr. Ross and Nurse Carol will return to the smoking crater to fondly remember them. Maybe Ike's / Doc Magoos will survive too.

Yes, producer John Wells told the Hartford Courant the ER will go on, but if tonight's episode is any indication, I don't believe him. I've never been a fan of Dr. Pratt but he deserved a better demise than walking away from an ambulance explosion only to completely bleed out from his mouth. Ewwww!

I stopped watching ER after being a loyal fan for at least 10 years last season because I'm a fan of logical, realistic character development and that hasn't happened on ER for some time. Instead, the writers rely on heavy doses of Deus Ex Machina so they can create drama by screwing over the main characters as soon as it seems their lives are in order.

I think the trend started with Dr. Green and has kind of snowballed since then. Wikipedia's "notable cast departures" list demonstrates the phenomenon. How many boyfriends has Neela lost? At least two (well, I guess the Shane West character just had both his legs chopped off by a speeding truck!) by my count. They also killed off Morris' girlfriend, Dr. Carter's baby. I thought for sure that Abby and Kovach's baby was next, but no, he just hangs on long enough to drive Abby back to the drink.

Heck, who knows, I'm probably not getting it all right, but who can keep it all straight. I wonder what the writer's outlines look like. I'm betting there's lots of red ink.

So what does this have to do with the Internet? Not much really. I tried to find a bunch of other bloggers whining about the episode like me, but you'd be surprised how many pages about real hospitals come up with you do a Google search for "ER deaths". I'm just so frustrated that I had to vent. But maybe in my perfect online world, someone will hear me. Fans will unite to teach John Wells and his hacks a lesson, and there will be a satisfying series finale. Or maybe I'll just join my wife and watch Gray's Anatomy.