NOW PLAYING: "THE SECOND TIME AROUND", BY "FRANK SINATRA"
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN ALMOST FIVE YEARS SINCE SHE TOOK AMERICA'S HEART WITH HER ON THE TRAIN TO PHOENIX IN "UNION STATION". FOR SO MANY OF HER DEVOTED FANS, THURSDAY NIGHT TELEVISION HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE. MOST OF THESE FANS LOST ALL HOPE FOR HER RETURN TO "er" THE FIRST YEAR AFTER HER DEPARTURE. AND, WHEN GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIANA MARGUILES, AND GLORIA REUBAN LEFT IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, IT SEEMED THAT ALL SEMBLANCES OF THE OLD "ER" WERE GONE FOREVER-ONLY TO BE FOUND IN LATE NIGHT RERUNS ON CABLE TV
IN EARLY JUNE 2001,WHEN I RECEIVED THE FIRST OF OVER TEN E-MAILS INFORMING ME OF HER RETURN TO THE SHOW, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT IT WAS ANOTHER PHANTOM CYBER-RUMOR, JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT WERE SPREAD AROUND IN 1997. WHEN I CONFIRMED THE RUMOR THOUGH THE "E" ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITE, I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. AS THE TIME FOR RETURN HAS GROWN CLOSER, I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF WATCHING "er" AGAIN-HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT SHERRY'S RETURN WILL BRING BACK THE "GOOD-OLD DAYS" OF THE SHOW. SINCE SO MANY OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS ARE NOW GONE, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR--BUT TIME WILL TELL.
AS I ONCE ASKED BEFORE, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS WOMAN THAT IS SO UNFORGETABLE? FOR ME, THE ANSWER STILL REMAINS THE SAME- THE SMILE!THE VOICE! AND THE FACT THAT SHE'S STILL HAS THAT "DAME" QUALITY THAT GEORGE CLOONEY ONCE DESRIBED HER AS HAVING. ALL I REALLY KNOW IS THAT THE REST OF THIS SEASON'S "er" SHOULD BE ONE TO REMEMBER. AT LEAST I HOPE SO.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, JUST LET ME SAY TO BOTH THE REAL-LIFE SHERRY STRINGFIELD, AND THE MAKE-BELIEVE CHARACTER OF DR. SUSAN LEWIS:
WELCOME HOME, SHERRY/SUSAN-IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK WHERE YOU BELONG.
SINCE OCTOBER 12,2001
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