ER: The Complete Sixth Season

Starting off a little weak, this season only gathers momentum as it heads towards the inevitable departure of Julianna Margulies. Without Doug Ross, Carol Hathaway has no reason to remain at County! With an excellent guest appearance from Alan Alda (one of my favourite actors) as Kerry Weaver's teacher stricken by Alzheimers, he stands out for his run. Furthermore, John Cullum as David Greene, Mark's dying father, gives new depth to his character, and both actors excel with the plotline. The main point of this season is the introduction of an almost entirely new cast! Four new characters are introduced this season; and Paul McCrane is upgraded to regular and Ming-Na makes a comeback. This helps keep the show appropriate, and avoids the old characters running out of steam. Furthermore, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben and Kellie Martin depart in this season. Kellie Martin's character had not run its course, and its a shame as she was genuinely likeable. Of the brand new characters, Goran Visnjic and Maura Tierney make the most impact, both will become long-serving cast members and truly excellent additions to the cast. Michael Michele is undoubtably very pretty but doesn't really do much, other than providing Peter Benton with a love interest, and Erik Palladino is strange but still funny in this season. The best episodes are 'Humpty Dumpty'; 'Great Expectations'; 'Be Still My Heart' and 'All In The Family'; 'Loose Ends', 'Such Sweet Sorrow' and 'May Day'. Finally, the change in Noah Wyle (John Carter) as an actor is very clear it seems he switches on and shows off his range as an actor, which is impressively large. He becomes the lead in seasons 9-11, and you can see why this season. Buy it!

Far and away my favourite Season of ER. The show had got better and better in each of the previous Seasons but it was Season 6 where it truly hit its stride. The two-parter 'Be Still My Heart' and 'All in the Family' is the best written and most shocking episode in ER's history. I remember crying watching the second part back when the show was on Sky 1 and crying again when it was repeated on S4C a couple of weeks later. The penultimate episode of the Season also sees the departure of Nurse Carol Hathaway, and is perhaps one of the best character sendoffs that ER does. There's also a couple of new faces with the arrivals of Dr. Kovač, Dr. Malucci and Abby Lockhart and the return of Season Ones 'Deb' aka Dr. Chen played brilliantly by Ming-Na. While Clooney fans may be disheartened by his exit last season, it's worth watching this season til the very end for another chance to be reminded of the great chemistry he had with Julianna Margulies. For fans of American Drama this is a must have purchase, and if you've never experienced ER before this is definitely the Season that will have you hunting down all the other box sets

this season is, in my oppinion, is only medioca, but with the apperance of clooney it is well worth the money. in perhaps the most shoking story in the shows history, one of the most popular charactors of this season is killed in a heartbreaking bouble "be still my heart" and "all in the family" as well as the death of one the victims the other, who feals to blame, combined with the pain if the attack starts abusing pain killers and is faced with a big life changing decision. though not all sad boullet finds happiness with reggie and a baby.and carol makes adecision, not as good all round as seasons 3 or 5 but the main story is the saddest and most gripping in the show, well worth it!!!

Bought this as a replacement, this one works fine.

The Sixth season brings in a host of new faces Luka Kovic, Abby Lockheart, Dave Malluchi and Cleo Finch. There is also the return of Deb Chen who appeared in the first season, there are also a number of departing characters Jeanie Boulet, Lucy Knight and Carol Hathaway. Episodes "The Domino Heart", "Be still me beating Heart "and "All in the family" are the stand out episodes from the series, on the whole I would recommend this for any fan of the show it is well worth watching.

E.R. is a very entertaining series that has all the right elements in it. It is easy to identify with and draws you in so that you share the highs and lows of the characters. You can easily be drawn into the emotions of the characters and share in their laughter, anger, tears and frustration of working in a close knit 'family' of people who are stretched to the limit but mainly loving it. A very 'human' series.

I agree with the lengthy review below. The series starts off painfully - the script is dire and the pace and direction is cringeworthy. Then Alan Alda steps in and the whole dynamic changes. Some of the most emotive scenes I have seen and his acting raises everyone's to a higher standard. Keep persevering past the first three episodes.

PRODUCT AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. OUT OF 22 EDPISODES SEVEN (EACH TIME ON A NEW DISC) WOULD NOT PLAY; HENCE WE HAD TO TURN THE DISC OVER AND JUST TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT - MISSING SEVEN EPISODES REDUCED OUR ENJOYMENT AND WE DO NOT FEEL AMAZON SHOULD BE SENDING OUT FAULTY PRODUCTS. THIS WAS SERIES SIX AND HAS LEFT US MOST ANNOYED AT BASICALLY SUCH A WASTE OF MONEY (AND THE LOST SEVEN EPISODES!). DO NOT TOUCH THIS PRODUCT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE SERIES.

L' épisode " TOUS POUR EUX" est très émouvant car c'est le dcd de LUCY et les blessures de CARTER

El producto llegó a tiempo y en buen estado de empaque. Mi error fue reproducir los DVD después de 1 mes de haberlos recibido, con la confianza de que es un producto original. Sin embargo, de los 6 discos, sólo 3 se reproducen completamente y sin ningún problema, uno de los 6, se reproduce bien excepto en el último capítulo, pues la imagen se queda congelada. Los otros dos restantes, definitivamente ni siquiera los acepta el reproductor DVD. Es una lástima, porque NO COMPRÉ UN PRODUCTO PIRATA, y acepté como consumidor, las condiciones de compra del proveedor, pero el proveedor también debe cumplir con las condiciones de calidad. Incluso en el inicio de cada disco, viene el anuncio de exhorto al consumidor, a NO COMPRAR PELÍCULAS PIRATAS haciendo hincapié en la calidad y honestidad de los productos originales. ¿Acaso es burla?

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This is an incredible series, the actors and actresses are amazing, and it really gets you invested in their lives while also going into each patient every episode. Product came in wrapped nicely, nothing was broken or scratched, everything is working great. Shipping was really fast and came here before eta.

ER has had several memorable episodes over the course of its first five seasons. We saw Mark Greene attempt to deliver a baby in Season 1 that cost the life of the mother. We had Doug Ross in Season 2 courageously saves a boy trapped in a storm drain. And yet, as powerful as those episodes were, even they pale in comparison to Season 6's "All in the Family." Before I comment on that episode, we see some new additions to the cast of ER. Goran Visnijic debuts as Dr. Kovac. I liked him much better in these earlier seasons before they made him a carbon copy of Doug Ross when he was a womanizer. Michael Michele comes aboard as Dr. Cleo Finch, the new Attending Pediatric physician. Finch is a good doctor who really cares about her patients, and Michele does a great job of demonstrating this. Erik Palladino is a new, young ER resident, Dr. Dave Malucci. Malucci is the gung-ho doctor who doesn't have much of a bedside manner, but who is over-eager for the most difficult cases. Malucci's impulsiveness tends to land him in hot water, especially with Dr. Weaver. Ming-Na also makes her return here as Dr. "Deb" Chen. I really liked her in Season 1 of ER, and I was thrilled when she came back. She was always a good counterpart for Carter, as the two always seemed to be in competition with each other. Season 6 also has the first appearance of Abby Lockhart (Maura Tierney) who is doing a rotation as an OBGYN nurse before beginning her rotation down in the ER. Season 6 also has one of the great guest appearances by Alan Alda playing Dr. Gabriel Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence was the doctor who trained Kerry Weaver, and when a medical condition arises in Dr. Lawrence, Weaver has a difficult time facing her mentor and friend. There is a great scene between these two characters during his final appearance that is touching. The season is a good one, and the acting talents of Noah Wyle are really put to the test, especially in the episodes that follow after "All in the Family" when Carter tries to deal with his guilt as well as the trauma that he suffers. Wyle was always a strong actor and played Carter with an almost innocent quality. Perhaps this is truly the first time that we see Carter with a loss of that innocence. This season also sees the exit of the third member of the original cast. One of the small problems in this season is that, at times, you have too many cast members and too little screen time. At one point, there are twelve regular cast members during the course of this season. There simply isn't enough time to really showcase them all, especially the new additions to the cast. SPOILER ALERT BELOW Now, on to the episode of "All in the Family." I still recall vividly the first time I saw this episode when it aired. It was unlike anything I'd seen on television before. It was so powerful and poignant, that even seeing it again moves me inexplicably. Dr. Carter and Lucy Knight have just been brutally stabbed by a psych patient. This occurs at the very end of the previous episode. So, imagine waiting an entire week to find out what happens next! This was one of the biggest cliff-hangers that I can remember, and everyone made sure they were available to watch this episode to find out what was going to happen to Carter and Lucy. Very few people foresaw what transpired. The entire ER springs to action when Dr. Weaver discovers them on the floor in the trauma room lying in pools of blood. There's nothing like a team coming together for a single purpose, especially when that purpose is dire. There is something especially powerful in such actions. Benton is nearly out of control when he discovers that Carter has been injured. Perhaps for the first time in the series, we really see and understand how the usually emotionally cold Dr. Benton feels about Carter. It's on his face and in his actions. As Benton tries to assure Carter that he will be all right, Carter says in a cracking voice, "I'm glad it's you," when he realizes that Benton is going to operate on him. Equally strong is Dr. Corday and Dr. Romano working feverishly to save Lucy's life. Dr. Romano, who seems to care about no one at all, can't even hide his anger, frustration, and grief when it's clear that Lucy can't be saved. In many ways, Romano is the doctor who speaks for the audience. Seeing this episode for the first time, it was unbelievable that Lucy was dead. It wasn't often that a major character was killed in an on-going series, and so Romano expresses his anger and disbelief for us, and he does it well as he sends surgical instruments flying across the room. Just when you think that ER can no longer surprise you, they came up with this episode. Word has it that Kellie Martin no longer felt comfortable being on the show as her own real-life sister was a traumatic victim of lupus. You have to credit the writers for coming up with this episode. Very few, if any, characters up to this point in television history have had such a powerful and heart-wrenching exit as Kellie's character here on ER. I recall the following Friday everyone talking about it. There have been previous events in ER that were terrific episodes, and there were even a couple more that would follow after Season 6, but "All in the Family" is still the premiere ER episode that truly defines the pinnacle of a great drama series.