Yeah...I really questioned the point of Tucci...he was completely useless...if they had to do that role they could have done a MUCH BETTER job of casting...maybe looked at their daytime Roster and gotten someone like Peter Reckell (Bo on Days)...maybe even EJ...I am not completely convinced that would fly but I know it's a better idea than the one they came up with.

I think Tucci would have been okay, IF the story had a point. What was the point? Just to have him come in, be weird, and sleep with Abby?

They've made some really, really poor acting/writing choices since Mark died. They never found a good bunch of characters/actors to fill the roles of the older set.

Maura Tierney is not going to die on ER, but she will be leaving. She will be leaving soon though. Abby will be leaving with Luka to livve somewhere else. Yes i know this sad because she was my favorite too.

Seeing as it's the last season of the show, I am going to guess a few of them will leave before the last show airs. The first show was pretty sad at the end. I was doing fine till Morris pulled the ring out of his pocket. I also think Luka should have been at the bar when they all met after work.

Oh my gosh, I suspected it would be Pratt, but I didn't expect to weep like a baby for half the show like I did.

I'd have preferred them not to have chosen him, but I can see why they did. His character had evolved and grown into a caring compassionate and great doctor.

I agree also! They brought in guest stars but their roles didn't accomplish anything and when their contracts were up, they were gone, with no resolution, no nothing. Armand Assante is one example. He played a patient who hired Sam as his live-in private duty nurse, gave her a home and was a helpful mentor to her and then, what happened to him? "Oh, it wasn't working out" and Sam was off on her own again. That's poor writing in my opinion, nothing like the earlier years of the series, which I enjoyed very much. . . . Anna

I too agree with you!!