Props for ER finale

Not being a faithful viewer of ER, I was surprised to see how uneventful and "normal" the episode seemed compared to past episodes. Lost on the Floor recently blogged that he loved the uneventful ending. I thought for sure that the whole hospital was going to explode and nearly everyone would die. And that those who didn't die in the hospital's demise would go work at Dr. Carter's center. How wrong I was. But the notion kept me watching, waiting for the "big one."

Anyway, the one point of the episode I loved was the teen with alcohol poisoning. I'm not that many years out of high school and I know that parents providing alcohol based on the idea "they may as well do it at home than be somewhere else" was common among my own peers. I also know that this practice is increasing rapidly. I think they really took on an important social issue and presented the consequences well.

And I loved when John Stamos said to his daughter that she needs to call if she needs help, no questions asked. That's not something I felt I could do as a teen but it is definitely something my kids need to know I will do for them, no questions asked. It's such a simple idea but goes unsaid way too often.