When I posted on social media about how excited I am to finally watch this show again without the glitch from scratched DVD’s, I was met with very confused Americans who couldn’t comprehend the fact that we don’t have access to HBO or Hulu. It’s on Netflix for the first time and you have no idea how happy I am, Christmas came early.

I am a mega fan and I mean mega, I have hand signed autographs and I’m probably the only fan of the show who has an iconic bombed jacket from the 200th episode celebration. Thank you to Lisa Eisler, I proudly have kept her jacket safe for over a decade now.

This show “set the tone” literally! The cinematic movie length pilot was crafted by the legendary Michael Crichton in 1974 about his experience at medical school. The first accurate representation of what it is like as a medical student on an ER placement. Michael wanted to create realism and represent everyday issues.

When I ask people if they’ve watched or even heard of this show, they’ve told me “no” and I honestly can’t believe how they’ve missed out. Some are watching for the first time and that’s so hard to comprehend. This show deserves more recognition than its predecessors and I’m hoping the accessibility of streaming can do that. Maybe, just maybe, we can get that reboot going after all. As I’ve spoken before about how ER’s reboot turned into the now successful The Pitt.

It is gripping, fast, chaotic, you are glued, the characters are so complex. You have young, pre-stardom, George Clooney, this show made him! I can’t say Doug is a great character, he’s problematic in quite a few ways. One thing that I love is that the supporting characters have loads of personality and enhance every single scene.

The friendship between Mark & Susan is electric, it was the original “will they, won’t they.” The best of friends with awesome banter. They compliment each other and almost always have each others back.

You’ve got characters that cause friction, Peter Benton, he’s so hard to be likeable at times because of his attitude but he has redeemable qualities.

Clueless Carter, starting his placement with no clue what he’s supposed to do. He doesn’t know anything. It’s kind of funny.

The biggest event of the pilot revolves around Carol. I’m not going to spoil it but it is intense and shows how you never know what someone is going through. She was only meant to be in one episode.

You have 15 seasons, 331 episodes, a retrospective, that’s if you can find the retrospective. It makes me cry. There’s characters you love, you hate, the ones you’ll never forget and the ones who you’ll keep with you forever. It’s wholesome in every way. Life changing.