TV rant

Okay, this is a rant against a TV show (which I still watch every week) and the repetitive gimmick it uses to beef up its weekly plots. The show is ER and it seems that every season they kill off a few people, either characters or people related to characters in order to increase interest in the show. In the season premiere next week, it looks like they're going to kill of Jerry the desk clerk.

here's a list of all the people killed off in recent seasons in ER

Dr Gallant (roadside bomb in Iraq)
Dr. Greene (Cancer)
Dr. Romano (helicopter fell on him)
Dr. played by Kellie Martin (stabbed to death in ER)
Dr. Greene's father (heart attack
Dr. Benton's girlfriend (car accident)
Dr. Carter's grandmother (heart attack)
Dr. Carter's baby (stillborn)
Dr. Weaver's girlfriend (killed in fire)
Dr, Chen's father (Alzheimers)

That's a pretty good list for the last 5 years or so.