St. Elsewhere: The Abby Singer Show (1988)
Season 6, Episode 21
7/10
The End is Near
10 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The series is winding down. I found the series overall to be enjoyable, even if there were some characters that were less so. It had some groundbreaking topics for the time. Sad the only thing it gets remembered for is the ending.

Ehrlich is missing and his parents return to help Lucy find him. The storyline with his parents being spies has been a ridiculous one. You just have to go with it. I'm just glad it's a Victor-free episode.

There is the Doctor of the Year rewards dinner and most of the staff is attending. During the dinner a fire breaks out a few floors below and the staff is trapped until the Boston FD can save them. Some, like Victor's parents, decide to have a sing along; others, like Morrison's dad, are helping to keep the smoke out of the ballroom. Speaking of balls, Novino reacts by fishing around in Jack's pants at the table. The fire isn't the only thing getting hot.

There is a brief episode of "As the Craigs Turn" with Ellen realizing she never let Mark show weakness. Not sure why she is even at this dinner - seems to have a thing for dating right in front of Mark.

The great Lanie Kazan shows up to visit Wayne. Wayne suggests she volunteers so she can do something with her days & Kiem lets her try pediatrics. She is working with Nurse Ratched and after being chastised for every little thing, she bolts. She has a sweet conversation with Kiem about picking up her life after her husband died. Kiem tells her she has to live her life. So she decides to go to Paris (great idea!) and maybe buy a condo in NYC (another great idea if she held that real estate until now).

Fiscus decides to go to Nicaragua and volunteer as they need doctors. Even Elliott's dad (who came to clean out his son's locker) calls him a fathead. Good luck dealing with curly hair in that humidity.

Chandler is offered an attending role at St Eligius by Gideon. Roxanne shows up out of the blue and he is thrilled to see her. Didn't she leave and never bother to tell Chandler she wasn't returning? Gotta love TV relationships. Chandler decides after his father never shows up, that he hates medicine. He makes a flip decision to throw away medicine and his career to follow Roxanne to Mississippi. That seems mature. I wonder what happened to that Denzel guy? Did he ever do anything else after this show?

Griffin finds out he passed his boards and has tested positive for AIDS. Not sure why the Mark Harmon/AIDS storyline was so short, but this dolt had a whole arc. Never warmed to the Griffin character who seemed like a subpar replacement for Bobby.

One more episode to go. Will be interesting to see how everything gets wrapped up.
0 out of 2 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed