An English paramedic rides with Gage and DeSoto. The actor portraying him is no great shakes, but the story is good.
Gage has an insecure reaction when the Englishman shows interest in a nurse he himself set his sights on. On the last rescue (of a man stuck in a grain elevator) the Englishman asks to climb the elevator with Gage and DeSoto, and Gage tells him to be careful because they don't want to have to rescue him, too. Not long after that, Gage almost falls from top of elevator and the Englishman saves his life.
Gage later learns that the Englishman is a bonafide hero back in the UK after single handedly saving eight people.
Speaking of the grain elevator rescue: The guys climb up the bucket chain to the top, and I had to wonder why they couldn't find a better way. It wouldn't look as thrilling on TV, I suppose.
The rest of the episode consists of...
A piece of a catheter breaks off in a patient, and Bracket has to fish it out by inserting a probe into the vein. I guess it was supposed to be suspenseful, but I found it dull and plodding.
A nurse is habitually late and tells a patient's wife to "shut up." Dixie straightens her out.
The banter between the guys on Emergency has always been tame and G rated, but it approaches lame territory in this episode.
Watch for the squad being driven over a curb while taking a corner too tightly early in the episode. I had to wonder if it was done intentionally or was a mistake. My guess is mistake, as they wouldn't want to damage their vehicle.
Gage has an insecure reaction when the Englishman shows interest in a nurse he himself set his sights on. On the last rescue (of a man stuck in a grain elevator) the Englishman asks to climb the elevator with Gage and DeSoto, and Gage tells him to be careful because they don't want to have to rescue him, too. Not long after that, Gage almost falls from top of elevator and the Englishman saves his life.
Gage later learns that the Englishman is a bonafide hero back in the UK after single handedly saving eight people.
Speaking of the grain elevator rescue: The guys climb up the bucket chain to the top, and I had to wonder why they couldn't find a better way. It wouldn't look as thrilling on TV, I suppose.
The rest of the episode consists of...
A piece of a catheter breaks off in a patient, and Bracket has to fish it out by inserting a probe into the vein. I guess it was supposed to be suspenseful, but I found it dull and plodding.
A nurse is habitually late and tells a patient's wife to "shut up." Dixie straightens her out.
The banter between the guys on Emergency has always been tame and G rated, but it approaches lame territory in this episode.
Watch for the squad being driven over a curb while taking a corner too tightly early in the episode. I had to wonder if it was done intentionally or was a mistake. My guess is mistake, as they wouldn't want to damage their vehicle.
