ER (TV Series) A Walk in the Woods (2001) User Reviews

A Walk in the Woods (#7.14)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 18 March 2015]

Peter's story was pretty good. Actually they had a great idea. Even such a brilliant doctor like him needed AA to get to med school. It must have been a very shocking revelation for him. Hope he gets that kid an interview, it really didn't seem the right time to get rid of AA yet when we are not even close to equality in opportunities.

And look at that, the thing with anti vaxxers never changes apparently, this story would be relevant if it was filmed this year as well, with the same arguments they try to push.

The story of Luka's bishop was pretty good as well, very poetically done and they had a great conversation.

It was short but it was nice to see weaver on that date, very well acted one could really see how uncomfortable she feels.

Benton was exposed again

[polite-45692 · 5/10 · 3 April 2020]

Benton was exposed again, this time as having been a mediocre potential medical student who was only accepted due to affirmative action.

Benton and Cleo constantly refuse to recognize how privileged they are, while always feeling resentful at a system that gave them easier opportunities than the people around them. They had their "success" handed to them but never can manage to feel grateful.

One of the worst ever episodes

[darkness_visible · 24 April 2016]

ER is my all time favourite TV show, but this episode was TERRIBLE. I was just about squirming in my seat with embarrassment at the horrible mismanagement - poor direction, dreary story, and most of all, awful music. But if the artistic intent was to provoke the audience into committing suicide to make it stop then they scored 10 out of 10.

The pre-title montage of couples in bed was grotesque. The political commentary was ham-fisted. The "angelic" background music made me want to scream, as did the ordination ceremony music.

In fairness, even the best talents don't get everything right every time - but it seemed like in this episode they got nothing right all the time.

Is this ER, or some cermon-tv?

[gacsogergely · 3/10 · 1 February 2021]

It doesn't start bad, actualy.

Carry has to deal with contacting lesbians stepping on the road of bisexuals is constantly a good plot. But there's the Lying Priest, who want to "work" (clergy and work is oxymoron if you ask me), is a drug-addict, and abuses the Angry Atheist Kovac yet again. The respons of Kovac to the abusive preist, who is obviously loosing faith by the minute as he should, and is in constant coarsive action? He again become a believer. That's offensive nonsense. And on top of it, the priest-storyline constantly overlaps (via music and editing) do anti-vaccine family's story, entirely stripping it from the medical advice that you SHOULD vaccinate your kids - the message is transformed to "Gawd's ways are unpredictable", aka. we should not use doctors at all, or even be anti-science full frontal!

I still gave an extra point for high production value, and one for Benton's Minority Report.

a little silly!

[Dolly_ElMalt · 9 March 2006]

well, i'm a bid fan of ER but to tell the truth this one wasn't really the best if you know what i mean it was a bit silly as Dr Green get really angry with Kerry after knowing about her call for the medical counselor to value his medical abilities , meanwhile Luka is in a complete disaster as the priest is seriously ill and sounds like his life is going to an end , lots lots of emotions was involved not mush about Kater but Dr. Jing is finally back , Abby is doing her best to make Luka get better as it's clear that he's facing a lot with the condition of the priest and memories of Luka's past, in the end Luka & Abby leaves together back home after a real long day ;)

One of the worst

[neatmiker · 3/10 · 11 May 2020]

It starts bad and that's the high point. Too many social commentary storylines being force fed: Kerry's experiment with lesbianism, Kovac's Bishop's revelation regarding his fear of dying, Benton's disappointing affirmative action discovery, Carter's preschool anti vaccination measles case and worst of all, the post pregnancy return of Deb, whose depth of acting chops is the sideways glancing, disapproving grimace which we get to see multiple times every episode. Depressing, slow and dark, this episode is exactly the opposite of what made this show the greatest drama of a generation. Hard to believe it's fallen so far in just a couple of years...and it only gets worse.