Well, I can't think of a better way to end February than reminiscing about the saddest character death on television. As you know (if you have been playing the home version of this game), I adored ER. Dr. Mark Greene's death was super sad. He had a brain tumor and spent his last days in Hawaii with his wife and two daughters. He slips away as the ukelele version of "Over The Rainbow" plays. It's sweet and somber and fitting for a character who brought so much to a show. 

OMG y'all – only one more day to read my ramblings on television!

Okay, if you said Hoarders for this post, please raise your hand. Now put your hand down, I can't actually see you. 

Caution: do not watch this video if you are easily or moderately grossed out. 

The guy who collected the beer cans didn't drink beer. It's true. How weird is that?

This one is hard to say. It would probably be The Facts of Life. I loved this show. And Molly Ringwald was in the first season.

Okay, so that was the first season. Let's skip to the intro for season 7 – with George Clooney and Mackenzie Ashton. 

Vintage Clooney. Amy Bickers, that one is for you.

Once again, I’m picking ER. In the pilot, Clooney shows up drunk and has to sleep it off and Nurse Carol attempts suicide. It’s also Dr. Carter’s first day. What a first day.

Man, I've been waiting for this one.

The Colbys.

The Colbys was a Dynasty spin-off in the 80s. It was one of the shows I watched with my mom (because it was so appropriate for an 11 year-old to watch). The Colbys was centered around Fallon, who was on Dynasty. Charlton Heston was on the show. Here is the description of the finale: 

Now, The Colbys was not an X-Files type show. There were no sci-fi elements leading up to Fallon being abducted by aliens. It wasn't part of an on-going storyline, there was no alien uncle in the cast. It was freaking bizarre. I should also mention that Fallon reappears in the next season of Dynasty with no mention of the abduction. HILARIOUS. 

And that was the end. Most insane fnale ever.

I plan on watching Downton Abbey because every damn person is talking about it. 

from Meredith, Grey's Anatomy:

"But the thing is, it’s hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely, because almost everyone has that smallest bit of faith and hope that one day they would open their eyes and it would all come true. At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don’t really expect it. It’s like one day you realize that the fairy tale is slightly different than your dream. The castle, well it may not be a castle. And it’s not so important that it’s happily ever after — just that it’s happy right now. See, once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you. And once in awhile, people may even take your breath away."

I just love that.

Urkel or Screech. Take your pick.

ER

We're going to talk about the episode that made me cry (numerous times because I watched the show for so long and the characters were so well-written and well-acted that – WHEW, LET ME CATCH MY BREATH.)

I don't like drama in my life, but tv is fair game, people.

Okay, here's the story. I loved ER. It's one of those shows that made me care about the characters. Also, it had George Clooney in it for a long time. So, ER was on for 15 seasons. I was almost as emotionally invested in the show as I was my marriage – for real, the hubs and I had been dating for six months when ER premiered. There was a group of us in college who would watch the show together. None of us were in medical majors. People knew not to call me when it was on. 

Allow me to geek out and silently yell OMG at the following ER moments from the course of the series:

• when Dr. George Clooney, I mean, Doug Ross saves a boy in a flood
• when Dr. Greene died in Hawaii and the ukelele version of "Over the Rainbow" plays
• when Dr. Romano's arm was cut off on the roof by the helicopter blade
• when Carter and Lucy were attacked by a schizophrenic patient on Valentine's Day in the ER and Lucy died. EXTRA KLEENEX
• when Neela decided to give up medicine and went to work at the convienence store across the street from the hospital
• when Cynthia Nixon was a patient who had a stroke, but we could hear her thoughts and the episode was from her perspective – watching what was happening around her and the fact that she could not move or speak. OMG
• when the ER was quarantined because of FREAKING MONKEY POX

In last season, Dr. Carter came back to the hospital and in the finale, we see him opening The Carter Center (or something like that, it's been a few years, I can't remember everything). Lots of doctors who had left the show came back for the finale to see Carter and in the sweetest moment, we see Rachel Greene (Dr. Green's now 22 year-old daughter) touring the hospital during med school. And it was the original actress who played Rachel. I cried like I knew these people. 

Here is a clip from the retrospective that was on before the finale.