tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post6359224457570014552..comments2024-03-27T00:18:24.085-04:00Comments on St. Elsewhere Experience: "The Ties That Bind"Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06486660044959549624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post-33825855496381807032022-08-07T21:36:53.178-04:002022-08-07T21:36:53.178-04:00While "The Ties That Bind" is somewhat g...While "The Ties That Bind" is somewhat generic popular phrase, I have to think it's a reference to the song that opens Bruce Springsteen's "The River" album. There are several nods to Bruce throughout the show, he was at the peak of his popularity in the early to mid-80s, and Boston is known as one of his strongholds outside of New Jersey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post-10164028523085608652021-07-19T10:31:01.952-04:002021-07-19T10:31:01.952-04:00Critique time: While I enjoyed the Singleton story...Critique time: While I enjoyed the Singleton storyline, I find it a bit problematic and too easily resolved. Jerry Singleton drives his car into the ER, showing a wanton disregard for anyone else's life or property--and he apparently gets away with it! There may be a mention of consequences somewhere, but why isn't this man in jail? He put a lot of people in danger. Also, I get it that he comes to see his own behavior as a probable cause of his wife's stroke, but how he gets there is unclear to me. Jack Morrison performs an enormous feat of reverse psychology by telling Jerry he did the right thing, and Jerry comes to realize he did not do the right thing. Jack must have learned a lot from Hugh Beale or whomever the interim psychiatrist was. (Not that Beale was portrayed as all that competent.) I love the idea of the story--that a man comes to realize his own bullish behavior has had devastating effects on his family--but the story gets there in a ham-handed and clumsy way. I'm not buying it that Fran's rejection of her husband causes him to see the error in his ways. Good performances from Piper Laurie and Alan Arkin, though.Greg Gildersleevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547173803003210524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post-54654279892983898162020-07-26T18:42:59.566-04:002020-07-26T18:42:59.566-04:00This episode features the first glimpse of the new...This episode features the first glimpse of the new set for the hospital's main entrance, including the admissions desk, gift shop and part of the exterior facade, closely modelled on the Franklin Square House in Boston.Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070347097147180846noreply@blogger.com