ER & Grey's Anatomy

[cruzh]

For school I have to do a project in which I have to compare two series with eachother. I've chosen for Grey's Anatomy & ER. And now I'm looking for similarities between this two shows. And I wanna ask you guys for help. So, do you know any? Please comment :D
Thanks in advance (A)

Comments

[plungerdna]

What about some of the larger scale, more serious, issues that are represented in each show, especially if you are trying to contrast them at some point. For instance, the last few Grey's episodes touched on suiside, love, committment/commitment issues, death and dying. I haven't watched ER in years, but that included topics of HIV/AIDS and the stigma, homosexuality, substance abuse, and I am sure many, many more.

[cruzh]

Thanks!!

[ascension]

I don't watch ER, but maybe you can research to see if the music or awards they've been nominated for are similar?

[cruzh]

Yea, didn't think of that! Thanks :D

[bkworm9]

Are you writing about the olden days of ER or as-it-is today? If you're doing as-it-is today, you could talk about how they both include over-the-top patient scenarios...(eg. Grey's had two people stuck on a pole, ER has military tanks in the streets and helicopters landing on people).

Both have had outbreaks...I don't remember what it was in ER (but I'm sure if you go to an ER-inspired community they could tell you) but it was in an episode where a few people - including Deb and Mekhi Phifer's characters had to stay in the ER in isolation. And then Grey's had isolation with the bomb episodes and also more recently with that episode called "Wishin' and Hopin'" about the contaminated patient in the OR.

Both have racially diverse casts...and interracial couplings. Grey's: Burke/Cristina, Webber/Ellis, etc. And on ER, there's so many to pick from: Neela/Gallant (really, Neela with anyone), Carter/Kem, Benton/Corday, Pratt/Deb. You could take diversity one step further and go with the fact that both have had homosexual couples: for

[bkworm9]

And also both have doctors messing up. Izzie with Denny is the obvious one for Grey's (although in the end for Denny, I would argue that that was almost a collective effort, because they all got involved). For ER, there's an episode in the sixth season (I think?) where Benton's handwriting messes up a patient's drugs, and there's an episode where Neela gives some patient the wrong injection...and there are a couple other instances.

Along the lines of doctors becoming patients, you've got Meredith (appendicitis and most recently), George (syphilis), Burke (hand), and Cristina (when she gets an abortion and then collapses or something). On the ER side, you've got Carol with the drug overdose (first season), Greene with the tumor in his brain and also earlier when he gets attacked by a patient, Carter who gets traumatized by the stabbing and has to go into rehab, etc.

Hope some of this helps!

[cruzh]

I'm sure that helps a lot! I really really really really really appreciate your ideas :D They're very good i think :) Thank you!

[wittybib]

I haven't watched ER in quite a few years, but the thing that strikes me all the time is the similiarity between Benton and Burke. Both are surgeons, very detached from their personal lives and their patients (at least that's how Burke started), and see things in black and white terms. Both are also absolutely driven to be the best and be at the top.

Both shows also made superstars out of actors that had been hanging around Hollywood awhile: Patrick Dempsey and George Clooney.

[indy788]

George Clooney and Patrick Dempsey are both mcdreamy :D haha.

George Clooney's character and Meredith both had problems with their fathers.

Doug Ross also secretly had a kid that no one knew about, as does Izzie.

http://www.tv.com/users/TvFreaK25west/profile.php?action=show_blog&entry=m-100-24794105&print=1

this might help as well.

[tangent7]

Wait, what? Doug had a kid? Don't remember that...

[cruzh]

Thank you very much :)