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In response to "St. Elsewhere was one of the best ideas I'd ever seen at the time even if I don't think the premise holds. -- nm" by David

Spoils (I guess at this point)

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) May 25 '10, 11:54

To me it was a variation on the "it was all a dream" ending. Which worked in Newhart because of self-reference element, but in a show where you vested yourself in the characters it felt cheap to me. In addition it was wholly unbelievable that a kid could imagine it. I get that he was lost in his autistic induced imaginary world, but it was too much to accept as plausible. Just felt like too much reaching.

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What I liked was (spoilers) - David May 25, 11:58 1
- I can see that, and it did make me think of that, but for a series you invested yourself in, it felt like a cop out. - pmb May 25, 12:01
Uh... you realize it is all fiction, right? -- nm - Nightcrawler May 25, 11:55 4
- No idea what you're getting at. - pmb May 25, 11:57 3
  - I have little doubt that Logan could already day-dream Star Wars, at age 3. 4 years. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 25, 12:00 2
    - Star Wars was fantasy and didn't require a working knowledge of medicine, sex and complicated relationships to engage in the fantasy. -- nm - pmb May 25, 12:02
    - he could defecate something better than Batman -- nm - wheezy May 25, 12:01

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