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ICAM. I have no interest whatsoever in Sonny's trial or John and Johnny trying to take Sonny down. It's just a endless cycle that delivers nothing. And I could care less about Franco as the father of Sam's baby. And I'll be pissed if Matt is Lisa's killer for no reason whatsoever other than to just give worthless Spinelli airtime.

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I think the issue in writing good hospital stories is the same it's been for years. With the vets gone barring Monica there is really no strong presence or lead to help carry a story there. Frankly while I don't mond Patrick or Matt I don't see either capable of carrying or driving a story. Same with Liz or Steve

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They did when Robin went into the lab & it exploded, She was presumed blown up to get Jason's serum.

Unless Jason or Sonny or their cohorts are in the hospital you won't get one...I thought Scrubs (Robin Scorpio/Patrick drake) were suppose to be the anchors on the hospital side, yet it was bitchin' & moanin' by many they were boring. ... the Lisa saga played out..also their chief of staff storyline....Shirley's cancer storyline (that was boring according to many post I read although I enjoyed it)... Maya was blimp on the radar I remember her "she froze up in a crisis storyline"..... then there was the other pediatrician storyline dr Terrell who virtually vanished without explanation replaced by Maggie from Memphis....

They won't write for Monica...every now again there is a hospital board meeting....

they had a strong hospital charismatic cast IMO from the NS1 series Leo Julian, Andy Archer, Nurse Regina along with Lainey & Kelly Lee but they didn't cross them over for long & we know what happened to them they slowly disappeared one got gassed ...same thing with NS2...that was a good hospital cast too again ... Nada

bottom line....they refuse to write for them

Unless its the awesomeness of Jason/Sonny/Sam/Carly with Michael etc in the hospital... that's about it. This is what this show is about period. Elizabeth (a 15 year vet) & Steven Lars are Steve Hardy's (a founding character of the show grandchildren) supposedly they aren't good enough to handle top tier story which I don't agree with but whatever....my thing is write a good story first & foremost....

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Shirley's cancer wasn't a big storyline. She was someone we had no connection to who was a friend to live and died. I didn't really care about her or her daughter.

I don't even like Liz working at the hospital. I still think she should open her own gallery.

But Steve if SR wasn't so miscast should be leading a hospital storyline and I'd bring back Tom and Tommy.

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I agree I think he would have done wonders for the hospital side as well its so much they can do with him....

Re: Shirley:

I don't "need a connection" to another character or a town for a story to work for me...its just a standalone story period everyone does not have to be related or connected in a town some people just show up they use to do this quite frequently back in the day. I work with people who are not from Chicago & came soley because of a job or for chemo treatment that's "their standalone story" it works. At the beginning of GH patients were admitted to the hospital for "a hospital story" then they were discharged.... does every patient in the series Greys Anatomy have a connection to the canvas other than their dr...?

Same with the Good Wife they have clients ... they come they go that's it some stay over several eppys some its a one shot deal...

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ITA except Shirley IMO was not a hospital story. She was a named actress brought on specifically to tell the audience and send the message that Liz was ok.she didn't really impact or interact in terms of story with many other folks. That's fine if your a fan of one character but it was only a hospital story because it occurred at the hospital. No diff than Jason sitting in a hospital room for weeks calling it a hospital story.Stories like the Monkey Virus storyline or the almost story of a takeover of the hospital or Monica even competing for the Chief of Staff position were or could have been hospital stories.

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I certainly saw this as a hospital storyline; maybe not as good as it could have been; I didn't get that impression rather my interpretation wasn't as such as I got a lot about "Shirley the patient out of this story" yes she was sympathetic to Elizabeth's plight & since Elizabeth has no family & her best friend is dead (who use to stand tall for her even when she screwed up... except for Steven Lars) she was used as her POV ....not unusual....she bonded with Elizabeth because she was in her story.

I was glad at that time Elizabeth was being barked at & smacked down (with few exceptions e.g. Robin & Patrick & Matt) quite a bit LoL...It was during the period where her writing was just horrid so as her fan I welcomed Shirley but I can see how others would feel she was an Elizabeth ass-kisser I feel that way about quite a few characters right now...

I'm wondering what would be considered a hospital storyline? I think I asked this once before when there was a similar discussion its possible that I don't get it.

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