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I’m thinking of the ER arc in season 13 which culminates into >!everyone kissing, or flirting, or fighting over Neela in episode 21 (Abby and Kovac’s wedding).!<

This is my second rewatch of the show. I know everyone hates this arc for a reason, it diminishes the roles of characters and dynamics that had huge potential (Neela, Ray, Neela + Lucien’s mentorship dynamic) and is just… frustrating. But, I’m realizing that it feels… so… so similar to Grey’s Anatomy.
This season came out in 2006, when Grey’s would have been a huge competitor to ER. Part of me thinks that this arc was a way for the writers to make fun of Grey’s Anatomy - specifically the various love triangles involving the show’s main character, Meredith Grey.

Neela is a surgical resident, just like Grey, who suddenly finds herself surrounded by people madly in love/lust with one another. All these men >!(and woman)!< claw for her affections. It feels like the writers were trying to exaggerate the things about Grey’s that made it popular:
The love triangles, the surgeon drama, the sex!

Then again, the show started focusing more on how rude/overdramatic/generally weird the surgical staff were when Grey’s started to get big.

I say this as a huge fan of both shows!

Did anyone else notice these parallels or am I trying to find purpose in a generally annoying and useless arc?

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