Let me be honest I stopped watching "E.R." after the sixth season of the series. It had become repetitive and most of the innovative storytelling that was a highlight of earlier seasons was missing. We still had plenty of soap opera moments and story arcs that continued to carry on from previous seasons but the show had lost much of its luster. Change can be a good thing for a series if it prevents it from becoming so homogenized that risky storytelling is a hallmark. That was missing from the seventh season in my mind. Sometimes the show was quirky just to be quirky (like the episode where the guy in the possum outfit bit the guy dressed as a kangaroo) but other times it appeared that the show was in search of itself. Nevertheless hardcore fans will be pleased with the show as there was some closure for some older characters and new dilemmas for others. ---

Image & Sound:

Warner continues to do a terrific job with the transfers for the show. I did notice some mild shimmer in a couple of episodes but otherwise the colors are on target and the show is free of both digital and analog defects. Audio sounds terrific with nice placement of sound effects and ambient sounds. ---

The fact that Warner is still including any sort of special features this late in the game is a big plus. We get deleted scenes and the gag reel. Should they have done a commentary track or two? Again, since many fans began to abandon the show during season five, it would be nice to have a featurette on developments of the show, characters introduced and changes that had impacted the series over previous seasons. It's not a big thing but it would have been a nice extra feature. I'm happy though that Warner is still making the effort at including any sort of extras at this stage. Those "previously on E.R." intros work wonders but it would be nice to have the same info in one place.

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