2.2 Who has joined/will join the cast in the fifth season? (ER)
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This article is from the ER FAQ, by Rose Cooper cooper@acm.cse.msu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
2.2 Who has joined/will join the cast in the fifth season? (ER)
Kellie Martin, star of stellar productions such as (in the words of
the Chicago Tribune's Gail Shitster) "NBC's mercifully short-lived 'Crisis
Center'" [I'll save my own editorializing for Another Time], as well as
the ABC series "Life Goes On" and CBS's "Christy" [do we detect a pattern?]--
joins the cast as Lucy Knight, a third-year medical student in County's ER.
[Though Salon Magazine tickled me when they described her as filling the
show's "young female doctor void...", since she's not *technically* a doctor,
but only a third-year student, the statement is in error. Although it
didn't stop the show from referring to Studly Young Male Student Carter as
such. But I digress. And editorialize.]
There is much Rumor And Innuendo making the rounds about a male doctor
who might also be joining the cast ("...to take over the Noah Wyle Slot, since
*he* is taking over the George Clooney Slot", or so Rumor And Innuendettes
say [she says, dryly.]), but since we here at the Alt.TV.ER pages try not
to spread more Rumor And Innuendo than is absolutely necessary, we will leave
that to those who do it best.
[The Rumor And Innuendettes are proven right: there will be a male doctor
added, as of episode [506], "Masquerade". Philip Casnoff will be joining
the cast, likely as a recurring cast member (a la Don "SexyRexy" Anspaugh),
as Dr. Dan Litvak...]
*[Aha! Not so fast! Litvak was just a single-episode decoy, a Clever Ruse
set up by MALIK to mask the real possible recurring cast member, one
Dr. Amanda "I'm one of the baddest ER bitches out there" Lee, played by
Mare Winningham. And, NB to the writers: coming from Doyle!, or Randi,
that line may have worked. But Mare just ain't jiggy widdit. Talk about
Hazed and Confused...]
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