They've said, after five seasons you're only watching a series for the characters. I'm only just now, in 2024, getting around to watching ER and I'm wondering when that analogy was first trotted out. Most of the characters are terrible out of the gate, with the few good ones saddled with annoying baggage characters that made them unpleasant to watch. Two of the best character's actors: Anthony Edwards and Noah Wyle have fled the series by season 10 leaving the last, and best character, Robert Romano anchoring the show. The writers had tortured him with a loss of limb lazy story line using a helicopter, before finally killing him off in Freefall using, yet again, another helicopter. I'm hoping it was at Paul McCrane's request. He certainly deserved better from the writers.
