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'Hell and High Water' at 30: The ER Episode That Made Clooney a Star
Thirty years later, the ER classic that transformed George Clooney into a superstar still takes my breath away.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
What, you didn’t think I’d let the 30th anniversary go by without acknowledging one of the greatest #ER episodes of all time… did you?
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
I just don’t believe Will Ferrell is buying a plane ticket using PayPal. 🤷🏻♂️
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I just don’t believe Will Ferrell is buying a plane ticket using PayPal. 🤷🏻♂️
Now on to Sheldon telling Penny how he knocks 3 times because he walked in on his father with another woman — which, as we learned on #YoungSheldon, never actually happened.
When the prequel ended, #BigBangTheory EP Steve Holland confirmed for me that Sheldon, to this day, doesn’t know the truth.
When the prequel ended, #BigBangTheory EP Steve Holland confirmed for me that Sheldon, to this day, doesn’t know the truth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Now on to Sheldon telling Penny how he knocks 3 times because he walked in on his father with another woman — which, as we learned on #YoungSheldon, never actually happened.
When the prequel ended, #BigBangTheory EP Steve Holland confirmed for me that Sheldon, to this day, doesn’t know the truth.
When the prequel ended, #BigBangTheory EP Steve Holland confirmed for me that Sheldon, to this day, doesn’t know the truth.
The episode where Sheldon and Amy first move across the hall, and Leonard and Penny finally have the apartment to themselves, is an all-timer. #BigBangTheory
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The episode where Sheldon and Amy first move across the hall, and Leonard and Penny finally have the apartment to themselves, is an all-timer. #BigBangTheory
Just noticed a flat-screen CRT in Scott’s office with a built-in DVD player.
It’s supposed to be 1995. 😭
#GeorgieAndMandy
It’s supposed to be 1995. 😭
#GeorgieAndMandy
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just noticed a flat-screen CRT in Scott’s office with a built-in DVD player.
It’s supposed to be 1995. 😭
#GeorgieAndMandy
It’s supposed to be 1995. 😭
#GeorgieAndMandy
CBS is quietly flipping #TheNeighborhood and #DMV on Dec. 1, handing the freshman workplace comedy a one-night-only 8 pm showcase. Maybe it’s a tryout for next season — or maybe CBS wants to see if giving #FBI a stronger lead-in can lift those sagging Monday ratings.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
CBS is quietly flipping #TheNeighborhood and #DMV on Dec. 1, handing the freshman workplace comedy a one-night-only 8 pm showcase. Maybe it’s a tryout for next season — or maybe CBS wants to see if giving #FBI a stronger lead-in can lift those sagging Monday ratings.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Psst, HBO Max… do the same with Halt and Catch Fire, k? Thanks!
“Mad Men” will stream on HBO Max starting Dec. 1, in 4K for the first time - and roughly 23 years after HBO passed on developing the show. (It’s currently only on AMC+ in the U.S.)
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Psst, HBO Max… do the same with Halt and Catch Fire, k? Thanks!
Anyone who says #Friends wasn’t good in Season 10 must’ve forgotten that Joey learning French is immediately followed by Phoebe renaming herself Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.
There are two types of people in this world:
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Anyone who says #Friends wasn’t good in Season 10 must’ve forgotten that Joey learning French is immediately followed by Phoebe renaming herself Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.
There are two types of people in this world:
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
There are two types of people in this world:
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
1. People who know Joey Tribbiani learning French is peak comedy.
2. People who are wrong.
Everyone who’s ever bitched about reboots and remakes should be speaking out against this Saving Silverman remake.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Everyone who’s ever bitched about reboots and remakes should be speaking out against this Saving Silverman remake.
1. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
2. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
3. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
4. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
No one told him it had to be four different movies.
2. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
3. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
4. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
No one told him it had to be four different movies.
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
1. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
2. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
3. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
4. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
No one told him it had to be four different movies.
2. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
3. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
4. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
No one told him it had to be four different movies.
I thought Charles, Oliver and Mabel already prevented this from becoming a reality.
"N.Y.C. Casino Bids Promise an Economic Boom. The Reality Might Differ.
As the number of gambling houses has grown across the United States, they are no longer the tourism magnets that they used to be, experts say."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
As the number of gambling houses has grown across the United States, they are no longer the tourism magnets that they used to be, experts say."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
N.Y.C. Casino Bids Promise an Economic Boom. The Reality Might Differ.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I thought Charles, Oliver and Mabel already prevented this from becoming a reality.
Every other country should do the same when he tries to enter.
🔗: bit.ly/4oBjdaz
The Trump administration could begin denying visas to people for being overweight, according to a new report.
📷: Getty
The Trump administration could begin denying visas to people for being overweight, according to a new report.
📷: Getty
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Every other country should do the same when he tries to enter.
“Can my co-star look like a British Property Brother?” - Zooey Deschanel, probably
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Can my co-star look like a British Property Brother?” - Zooey Deschanel, probably
Having not seen a second of DMV before now, it just dawned on me that CBS basically copied NBC’s formula:
Put Harriet Dyer in a workplace comedy opposite a former SNL cast member.
Only DMV is different from American Auto… because this one features two former SNL cast members.
Put Harriet Dyer in a workplace comedy opposite a former SNL cast member.
Only DMV is different from American Auto… because this one features two former SNL cast members.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Having not seen a second of DMV before now, it just dawned on me that CBS basically copied NBC’s formula:
Put Harriet Dyer in a workplace comedy opposite a former SNL cast member.
Only DMV is different from American Auto… because this one features two former SNL cast members.
Put Harriet Dyer in a workplace comedy opposite a former SNL cast member.
Only DMV is different from American Auto… because this one features two former SNL cast members.
How early does Nick at Nite start nowadays?
It’s not even 8 pm and Friends is on!
It’s not even 8 pm and Friends is on!
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
How early does Nick at Nite start nowadays?
It’s not even 8 pm and Friends is on!
It’s not even 8 pm and Friends is on!
On vacation this week, so subscribers got two newsletters up front over the weekend:
📺 Thoughts on #Pluribus, #StillerAndMeara, #SVU + more
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/pluribus-a...
💧 “Hell and High Water” @ 30 — the #ER episode that made Clooney a star
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/er-hell-an...
📺 Thoughts on #Pluribus, #StillerAndMeara, #SVU + more
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/pluribus-a...
💧 “Hell and High Water” @ 30 — the #ER episode that made Clooney a star
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/er-hell-an...
'Hell and High Water' at 30: The ER Episode That Made Clooney a Star
Thirty years later, the ER classic that transformed George Clooney into a superstar still takes my breath away.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On vacation this week, so subscribers got two newsletters up front over the weekend:
📺 Thoughts on #Pluribus, #StillerAndMeara, #SVU + more
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/pluribus-a...
💧 “Hell and High Water” @ 30 — the #ER episode that made Clooney a star
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/er-hell-an...
📺 Thoughts on #Pluribus, #StillerAndMeara, #SVU + more
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/pluribus-a...
💧 “Hell and High Water” @ 30 — the #ER episode that made Clooney a star
ryanschwartz.substack.com/p/er-hell-an...
Reposted by Ryan Schwartz
What, you didn’t think I’d let the 30th anniversary go by without acknowledging one of the greatest #ER episodes of all time… did you?
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
'Hell and High Water' at 30: The ER Episode That Made Clooney a Star
Thirty years later, the ER classic that transformed George Clooney into a superstar still takes my breath away.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What, you didn’t think I’d let the 30th anniversary go by without acknowledging one of the greatest #ER episodes of all time… did you?
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
Reposted by Ryan Schwartz
Apple’s #Pluribus might be the next great sci-fi drama.
Ben Stiller honors his parents in Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.
And #SVU delivered one of its strongest episodes in years.
This week’s Watchlist is here — read, share, subscribe ⬇️
Ben Stiller honors his parents in Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.
And #SVU delivered one of its strongest episodes in years.
This week’s Watchlist is here — read, share, subscribe ⬇️
The Weekly Watchlist: Apocalypse and Family Archives on Apple TV
Rhea Seehorn faces #EndTimes, Ben Stiller goes home, and SVU finds new life in Season 27 — plus everything else I’ve been writing, watching and reading.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Listening to @mikeryan.bsky.social obsess over Sombr on the Not Ready for Primetime podcast and cackling.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Listening to @mikeryan.bsky.social obsess over Sombr on the Not Ready for Primetime podcast and cackling.
What, you didn’t think I’d let the 30th anniversary go by without acknowledging one of the greatest #ER episodes of all time… did you?
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
'Hell and High Water' at 30: The ER Episode That Made Clooney a Star
Thirty years later, the ER classic that transformed George Clooney into a superstar still takes my breath away.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What, you didn’t think I’d let the 30th anniversary go by without acknowledging one of the greatest #ER episodes of all time… did you?
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
In place of my usual Tuesday essay, a few hundred words reflecting on “Hell and High Water” — the hour that turned George Clooney into a star.
Apple’s #Pluribus might be the next great sci-fi drama.
Ben Stiller honors his parents in Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.
And #SVU delivered one of its strongest episodes in years.
This week’s Watchlist is here — read, share, subscribe ⬇️
Ben Stiller honors his parents in Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.
And #SVU delivered one of its strongest episodes in years.
This week’s Watchlist is here — read, share, subscribe ⬇️
The Weekly Watchlist: Apocalypse and Family Archives on Apple TV
Rhea Seehorn faces #EndTimes, Ben Stiller goes home, and SVU finds new life in Season 27 — plus everything else I’ve been writing, watching and reading.
ryanschwartz.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are giving her the Emmy she should've received for Better Call Saul.
We is us. :)
We is us. :)
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
We are giving her the Emmy she should've received for Better Call Saul.
We is us. :)
We is us. :)