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I swear if I hadn't watched this show since day one I probably wouldn't still be watching it. But at this point I've been with it so long I have to see it to the end. It kind of like staring at an accident as you drive by you just can't look away. I need to see just how bad it can get and there's always that tiny bit of hope that it may get going again.

A couple seasons ago when they brought in the characters of Sam and Neela and most stuff seemed to revolve around them and Abby it looked like it might get back on track. Then the pissed that all away again last season when they pulled back from them and they didn't have Sam being so fiesty. Ever since the departure of Carol they have needed a tough ass nurse.

They really gave Sam and Luka some great stuff there in the opener. If it weren't for that, the episode may have fallen flat on its face. Although I did like how they showed the different styles of doctoring and teaching of Abby, Ray, and Neela. Especially Abby just doing everything on her own. Neela's student was interesting to say the least. Neela may have had trouble with her interaction with patients in the beginning but at least she didn't blow every single diagnosis she made.

The episode (and most episodes lately) would be better if they had sustained emergencies. Unfortunately over the last five years they have been way to focused on everyones personal lives which really only serves the show when it directly impacts their jobs but they don't really work it that way anymore.

This weeks episode is interesting though. The previews make it seem a bit like the second coming of one of the most talked about episodes in the history of the show Love's Labor Lost. Hopefully Ray will have a better outcome than Mark did.