Gallant Hero and Tragic Victor

[larue]

Whew...I am EXHAUSTED. What an emotional episode on so many levels. Still...as much as I like John Leguiziamo.....it was a crappy story line from Jodie's appearance on. I feel like a tremendous amount of screen time was devoted to a character that I no longer care about or have any interest in. And interestingly enough...I am not really sure who I would have wanted to see more of this week. There were good doses of everyone. Sigh....happy Luby would have been nice in the beginning. And Abby was huge!!! Too cute.

[Lubyfanatic316]

I thought it was an awsome episode. I loved it! I could go without the Victor storyline but other than that a great episode. I loved how Gallant made the tape for Neela. Very emotional.

[lubylove]

I'm agreeing with you 2, I could certainly have gone without the lame Clemente storyline...luby was cute, i loved Abby's interaction with Neela...was it me or did things just seem to go by so fast in this episode? I felt like i was hit with everything all at once...but great episode nonetheless...after that promo, i CANNOT wait until the finale

[chief8abug]

ER kicked @#$%!

I loved every single minute of it. My favorite line came from Morris and Clemente. First it was the super-freak thing Morris did in the beginning and taking a sneak shot of him and the doc in bed and then it was this...

Ray: Mo?
Morris: It's a nickname..f-for Morris.
Abby: Or homo!

I also liked it when Clemente yelled out...

Clemente: Yeah, run back to your daddy, you little @#$%!

...when Ray went to get Luca. I never could stand Ray and I still don't like him now. But I do like Luca so I have to detract a couple of points there.

I liked the history (what little there was) Michael shared with Pratt, Luca, and Abby and I liked seeing Gallant again. You know, in the five seconds he was on (in the beginning), for me, I ended up totally rooting for him. I forgot how much I liked him; and in the end, when he was on tape and watching Neely's reaction to him, it was nice touch. I rooted for them in the beginning, you know. When Gallant was on ER.

And of course, our much needed Luby scenes were sweet as peaches. Loved it.

All in all, good ep.

[larue]

Kerry! They should have had Kerry there to see/deal with the crap with Clemente.....

[<3 LubyII <3]

I think that this episode was one of the best of the season. I feel so bad for Neela, she didn't want him to go back and now he's dead. The movie that Gallant made for her was so touching. I didn't particularlly like the situation with Clemente...enough already. I really wouldn't mind if he didn't come back next season. But I did love the Luby interaction. Especially the part when they are in the medicine closet that was funny.

[noekii]

I think it was a very good episode. Neela was really amazing. Especially that video from Gallant was very touching..

Other than that, I liked the storyline with Pratt, how he had 'problems' with fitting in now he's back in Chicago. Luka & Abby were also great.

But in my opinion Clemente's storyline did get way too much screentime - and Neela's storyline too few. And I didn't like Morris' comments about Albright.

About next week; I think the USA promo is even more creepy than the Canadian one. (and that says a lot!) Can't wait to see that eppie!

[Tannii]

It was an outstanding episode! But come on, Clemente is so wako, he just got to go.

I loved Abby and Luka's scene

[debz1616]

Thanks goes to Pragmatic, from Bleuprofond, I've made some screen caps from the links she posted here www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=PragmaticChaos
debs
xx

[Lubyfanatic316]

love the pics. Thanks for posting.

[licorice]

This episode was amazing, apart from the usual Clemente crap. I can't stand him, he's ruining screen time and I can't help but hope that something really bad happens to him in the season finale.
I loved the video. I cried the second time I watched it, it must be so hard for Neela to have to deal with Gallant's death, especially since she told him not to go.

The tiny Luby scenes made the episode more than worth watching

[Praline]

I really like Clemente, but I wish they did more with him and not made him so much of a dickhead!

I have only really quickly scanned through the eppy to get clips up, I haven't watched it properly yet, but it was defintely one of the best eps of the season IMO.

I felt really bad for Neela, but to be honest, that is what you need to expect when you marry into a soldier family - it comes with the territory - I just wonder how long they will drag out the Neela/Ray relationship now...

The one major Luby scene was so sweet and I liked the look Abby gave Luka in the Ambulance Bay after talking to Sara (can't remember her ER name!!)

[carrie]

Sorry I'm kind of late with this.

First of all I have 383 screencaps of this episode available at my icon jouranl... if you want them, knock yourself out....
autumnfoxx.livejournal.com/32141.html

And here's what I wrote about this episode at my friend's only journal...

Parminder did an amazing job in "The Gallant Hero and the Tragic Victor". I really felt for her. At the end when she's watching her husband on video, and she's crying her heart out, I totally lost it and bawled right along with her. She should have had more screentime than Johnny Leguizamo (aka Clemente).

I've always liked Gallant. Was it really necessary to show him being blown up? That was a bit cruel.. especially considering he was talking about his wife Neela right at that exact moment. We really did not need to see it.

I did enjoy the Clemente storyline simply because I found it entertaining to watch Vic fall apart. How cruel is that? I know, I know.. not nice. However, I never did like him. I did feel sorry for him in the end when Luka is wheeling him away.. coudn't help it. (Although, I wish Luka would wheel me away.) Sad ending to a sad story.

Morris and Albright still make me gag. Nuff said.

Loved Luka in this one. We just sort of followed him from storyline to storyline. He was kind of the one that tied it all together.

My favorite scene, of course, was the luby scene. How unbelievably cute was that? Abby and Luka, snuggling, Abby talking about going on vacation, Luka suggesting he dig a big whole in the sand for her big belly. *Hee!* Such a nice Croatian mating ritual.. I'd like to crawl into a hole with Luka too.

Next week's look intense. I squeed like crazy when they showed Luka kissing Abby's big baby belly. That's the scene I've been waiting for. Unfortunately they have to go and ruin it by showing Abby, bloody, on the floor...

Then I added these thoughts while screencapping...

Cool thing about screencapping.. when I do it, I do it with the volume off (ohh sounds kinky), and you just notice little things you probably wouln't normally.

Parminder is amazing. I mean, seriously, amazing. Her facial expressions during the scene where she actually gets the news.. the tears, the disbelief, the horror.. it's all there reflected in her eyes. You can see every emotion so clearly. Then there's the fact that she had to go from super happy to absolutely devestated in such a short time. She does it amazingly well. One minute she's smiling, and the next she looks like a frightened little girl, and the next she's angry and in denial. I didn't realize what a great actress she was until screencapping this episode. She should get an emmy.

Abby's belly is gigantic. It looks like she's having twins. Seriously, the woman's about to blow. Maura's eyes also tear up a lot in this episode. I noticed before.. she is amazing when it comes to crying on camera. I don't know how she does it. Another amazing actress.

I have about a zillion shots of the drug lock-up scene with Luka and Abby. Seriously, you could probably make a video with all of them. I'll probably go back and do it again too. Luka makes Abby so happy in that scene. Seriously, the big smile on her face when he mentions the hole in the sand for her big belly (no sound - I just have the scene memorized) is adorable. They are so friggin cute in this scene, it makes my heart melt.

I'll add some screencaps tomorrow... not feeling very well at the moment.

[chief8abug]

Thanks for the screen caps, Carrie and I'm surry you're not feeling well today. Hope you feel better soon.

[Maité]

I really liked this episode..although it was very sad, because of Gallant's death and because of Clemente too. I have never liked him so much, but what happened to him was really sad

In conclusion, I almost cry(pretty weird the 'almost' thing because I always cry)