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redwinter101 wrote:Sleepy Andy waking up with that VOICE. And the sad little smile when he tells Kuol he doesn't think he has a wife any more.

Loved the rest of the ep but that scene at the end. Oh my...

Red

wpgrace wrote:

redwinter101 wrote:Sleepy Andy waking up with that VOICE. And the sad little smile when he tells Kuol he doesn't think he has a wife any more.

Loved the rest of the ep but that scene at the end. Oh my...

Red

Yeah... it was quite the gamut of emotions in that scene. I had just watched The Invisible, where Marcus wakes up and rubs his eyes... so it was kinda interesting to then see this scene in this piece where Alex plays this character. Kinda cool. Two very different guys. Both still sleepy but very different personalities waking up with very different facial expressions. Kudos to Alex.

And ITA with Alle about the Rena relationship. This is nothing like any relationship on ML. This is a marriage on life support, and a HUMAN relationship on life support. Andy is no Mick. No preternatural patience or angst or dark secret past (at least not any secrets from Rena), or any of that. His emotions and experiences, and Rena's, in love and in life are more like ours. And there is NO more uncomfortable state than being at the end of a relationship. That horrible sense that... is there SOMETHING you can do to save it? Or is there not? WHEN do you give it up? WHAT and WHICH of your own actions were to blame? HOW much do you bang yourself up about it? And HOW did you go from intimate, loving, and in-love with this person to near-strangers? It is an awful feeling... and I think they both felt awful. And nervous around each other.

But someone oughta slap her upside the head. Just sayin'.

francis wrote: The contrast of a grown man behaving like a child is what's annoying me.

librarian_7 wrote:

francis wrote: The contrast of a grown man behaving like a child is what's annoying me.

yeah, 'cause they NEVER do that in RL. *heavy irony*

Lucky

PNWgal wrote: If CBS wants to keep this show believable, these doctors are going to have to lose someone soon...although I'm glad it wasn't the cop. I really enjoyed that storyline.

A Revealing Three Rivers
by Megan Walsh-Boyle November 02, 2009 10:21 AM EST

Our prayers have been answered! Three Rivers finally gives us a major dose of character development… and a glimpse at Alex O'Loughlin’s abs!

This week’s episode, “Alone Together,” opens with an officer named Phillip down (looks like a heart attack) and his partner demanding he be taken to Three Rivers, where we—and ER doc Lisa—learn the ailing officer’s partner is Andy’s wife, Rena (Kelly Overton). That was an awkward introduction between Lisa and Rena, right?

It turns out Phillip’s apparent heart attack is really an aneurysm, which wouldn’t be difficult to treat if he wasn’t already given an anticoagulant (yikes!) And Phillip would probably be a goner if “rock star” Andy wasn’t on the case. Andy tells Phillip’s fiancée that he’s going to perform a “very new procedure…that just might work.” (Spoiler alert: It does!)

Meanwhile, Sophia, Miranda and David treat possibly the worst patient ever: Mr. Boyle, a theater professor with advanced liver disease and a grating personality. Just how annoying is Mr. Boyle? Well, when a match is found in West Virginia, the Three Rivers staff cheers not for Mr. Boyle, but to be rid of him. In his defense, Mr. Boyle has a lot to be bitter about—not only his disease, he also watched his partner die of AIDS.

In Sophia’s mind that means Mr. Boyle gets a pass for all of the racial slurs he shoots David’s way (even the Yo-Yo Ma reference). Sophia, in her infinite wisdom, deems it will be good for both Mr. Boyle and David to spend some time together, saying David needs to learn to love the unlovable in order to become a great surgeon.

We also get some comic relief in the form of Miranda, who runs into one roadblock after another in procuring the liver for Mr. Boyle. After getting caught in a sprinkler, having to climb a fence and inadvertently breaking a surgeon’s nose, she returns to Three Rivers and Mr. Boyle gets his new lease on life. And there’s hope he’ll have a better attitude too now that he’s no longer friendless—David sent him flowers. Awww!

Now, the best part of the hour—the juicy tidbits on the private lives of the doctors! Andy and Rena love each other, but no amount of couples counseling can save their marriage since, in Rena’s words, “You save lives, Andy—what’s more important than that?” So ladies, Andy’s officially back on the market (and wants to have kids!), but I’m thinking it’s going to take someone truly special to make him “forget” about Rena. And can anyone compete with workaholic Andy’s job?

Even more interesting is what we learned about Sophia and her secret (well, not anymore) intimate relationship with Miranda’s deceased father. Note to Three Rivers: This backstory needs a flashback episode! Who’s with me? Give us your thoughts in the Comments section below!

Miranda! She's become my fave character, and isn't it total wish fulfillment to see an arrogant SOB in authority get his for a change? I laughed out loud. I thought the broken nose was a genius plot device, and the entire procurement adventure entertaining -it woke me up.

wpgrace wrote:Cool review... annnnnd, this is the online TVG, Alle? I STILL don't quite get that whole thing...