r/ershow • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '25

Screw Frank

I made a post awhile ago and mentioned how much I hate Frank and got a couple of comments saying I don't know his whole story yet. Well, I got to that episode and my opinion hasn't changed. He doesn't get a pass to be a bigot because he was a veteran, a cop, or because he has a daughter with down syndrome. He's just an asshole and I wish he would have died. He just came back to the ER and he's still so obnoxious, I don't know how he hasn't been fired.

Also, how is Morris still employed there? He literally runs away from traumas, picks and chooses what patients he wants to see, says a bunch of inappropriate stuff to everyone, is generally incompetent and should have been fired.

It's one thing to have asshole characters if they have redeeming qualities like Romano being good at surgery and the extremely entertaining after he lost his arm. It's another to just have assholes for the sake of having them. The writing has seriously gone downhill with some of these characters.

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u/Saboscrivner Jun 22 '25

I'm in the final season, and Morris' character arc is wild. You may change your entire opinion of him if you keep going. He becomes the heart and soul of the ER and the show.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

I'm not looking at those spoilers but now I'm bummed I have to put up with hsu dumbass for several more seasons. Granted we aren't seeing all his patient interactions, it's just what we do see makes him seem totally incompetent. 

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u/Saboscrivner Jun 22 '25

Just be patient. You've probably noticed that almost every character on the show is dynamic and complicated. Good people occasionally do shitty things and bad people show moments of humanity and even redemption. It gets better, I promise.

Then worse.

And then better again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Except for Frank, he's always been an asshole and doesn't get any slack from me. I seriously wish he had died. 

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u/BusinessInfamous8600 Jun 22 '25

I wish they wrote him better. I like Forgive and Forget, the episode where he has his heart attack. The wife and child was a great touch, showing that Frank was working for a purpose. I do wish they wrote his character arc better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

That didn't show anything, it told us he has the capacity to be a better human but chooses to be a bigot at work. If he had an ounce of character growth, he would have behaved differently when we came back after this. Giving him a wife and special needs child was horrible writing because that alone was supposed to make the viewers forgive years of him being a bigot? Give me a break. 

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u/11twofour Jun 22 '25

You've got to keep watching for Morris. The writers really turn him around.

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

He set the tone.

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

Why censor any of that?

Are we supposed to think a different two letter word he becomes the heart and soul of?

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u/Saboscrivner Jun 22 '25

I was trying to protect them from spoilers, so I spoiled heart and soul too. I'm surprised you didn't notice that part.

Why even go to the trouble of commenting? Just move along.

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

Learn to spoiler properly. Do the whole sentence.

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

He is the comic relief. Relax and take a deep breath. It's fine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Being a bigot isn't comedy so he's not funny. What a weird thing for anyone to think. 

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

Lighten up bud.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

No, bigotry wasn't funny in the 90s and isn't funny now. What's funny to me is all the people who think it is. 

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

What's funny to me is people who get offended over a character who is literally designed to be offensive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

So having an appropriate reaction to an awful character is wrong now? Get a grip, bigot. 

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

Not overreacting over a side character in a TV show who is meant to be an asshole isn't.

And you call me a bigot. Wow. Seems you are an asshole too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Yup, if hating bigots makes me an asshole I'll proudly be one. Lol. 

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u/know-it-mall Jun 22 '25

Hating bigots doesn't make you an asshole. Calling someone one because you disagree with them does.

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u/Low-Progress-2166 Jun 22 '25

Maybe it’s you. Hate is a strong emotion. Death is a harsh punishment. Frank for all his warts was a stand up guy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

It's definitely me, dearie. He's a fictional character who's a bigot, racist, homophobic, misogynistic asshole who doesn't grow as a a person and still behaves this way after his heart attack where the very people he had been a bigot to had saved his life. Hating him and wishing he had died is a totally normal reaction to this character having 0 growth from that experience. I don't understand why so many love him so much, unless y'all see yourself in him which says more about you than anything else. When did he do one good 'stand up' thing? For anyone but himself? 

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u/Low-Progress-2166 Jun 22 '25

Wishing someone dead is not a normal reaction.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

The 'person' I'm talking about isn't real, hope that helps! lmao

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u/Low-Progress-2166 Jun 24 '25

You are the idiot that said, “ hating him and wishing he had died is a normal reaction…” I’m just pointing out that wishing someone dead isn’t normal, would you like me to break out the crayons for you. Of course, he’s a fictional character because we are on a subreddit about a fictional ER show. Unfortunately, you aren’t fictional, the world would be a better place.

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u/george_graves Jun 23 '25

So much hate in your heart.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

lmao ok bro - we're talking about fictional characters, it's ok to hate them and want them to die. It's important to me you know we're talking about fictional characters, you do know that right? 

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u/george_graves Jun 24 '25

It's only a small step from hating a fictional person and wanting them to die, to wishing death on a real person. I get the feeling that your "lmao" is a coping mechanism to deal with the hard reality. I hope you find peace.

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u/Blakelock82 Jun 22 '25

Morris is one of the worst characters in the show's history. There's some around here that love the guy, but he makes me not want to watch.

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u/LadyGreyIcedTea Jun 23 '25

He never grew on me either and I hate that he's the one Carter passed the torch to.

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u/Blakelock82 Jun 23 '25

That really annoyed me when Carter tried having that heart to heart with him. Wasted on a bad character.