![]() ![]() Many times I tried to think about which one was actually the best, but in the end I consider both of them pretty unique. Yes it shares quite a few things with Hill Street Blues, and in therm of production, HSB probably conforted MTM in their capability of producing innovative shows. I also haven't seen every episode in order - wouldn't mind doing that if the opportunity came along. I should disclose that I've only seen a handful of episodes since it was regularly rerun in the eighties. That being said, Hill Street Blues was so innovative at the time that even imitating its formula with any success meant good writing and a certain amount of individuality. I started watching the show when it first aired and it felt a lot like the Hill Street Blues formula transferred to a hospital series. At some point the entire series was available on VOD, although on their censored version (no effort whatsoever to do the show some justice), I don't know if that's still the case but I wish they could release a DVD box set of the show like they did for Hill Street Blues.Īnyone else had the chance to watch it too? Too many good things in the show to actually list them, but the fact that it is completely unavailable on DVD is no less than criminal. Elsewhere (If you're a fan of Oz you can see some very tiny references to St.Elsewhere, like some character names etc.). Tom Fontana worked as story editor and you can see that he learned quite a few things about tv drama there, I wish there was more interviews of him speaking about his work on St. It was groundbreaking on so many level I am still amazed of its power and authenticity today. Of course not everything about it is perfect but the whole serie is so well written, be it for each episode individually or the complete show (there's still references to the first season in the last one). It's definitly my favourite show and I consider it one of the best thing to ever air on tv. ![]() I've just restarted to watch the entire show with my girlfriend who had absolutely no clue about it (it's completely unknown here in Europe) as I have the "chance" of owning the first season on dvd and the rest of the series on VHS (tv-ripped, of course not the best quality and many episode are badly censored). ![]()
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