In 1988, though, St. The first connection made in the Tommy Westphall universe is from St. ST. ELSEWHERE: Season 6 (1987-88) Clip - (The Final Scene) Elsewhere--a derisive nickname for the aging South Boston medical facility--was never healthy in the ratings. St. Elsewhere was a solid drama that gave a boatload of great actors some steady work for a few years, but it will always be a peculiar show for that final detail. Elsewhere 's characters appear in Tommy's dream doesn't mean they don't also "That really solidifies things. As they leave the living room, Tommy's father places the snow globe upon a television set. Why was it necessary for St. Elsewhere, an NBC drama about St. Eligius, a run-down Boston hospital headed by chief of staff Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders).His staff included Dr. Daniel Auschlander But [executive producers] Tom Fontana and John Masius and Bruce Paltrow didnt want just a normal ending. St. John Munch). Much of the humor between characters is gallows humor. Elsewhere, Paltrow, Fontana and the several cast members interviewed all said they would have been willing to continue indefinitely. Elsewhere's characters appear in Tommy's dream doesn't mean they don't also exist in the show's actual reality, and thus the ending is being interpreted wrong, and by extension the universe theory is invalid. Elsewhere into Homicide.". St In another, Dr. Morrison, played by David Morse, lost his wife in a freak household accident, then listened with a mixture of anguish and reverence to her heart beating after being transplanted into someone elses chest. The commercial titled "Off Season" features the cast of the mock sitcom "Fansville" discussing their purpose after the conclusion of the college football season. Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Elsewhere storyline exists only within Westphall's imagination. And listen, we set such a bar, its hard to top it to make that ending satisfy a lot of people. Also, consider that each connection fromSt. He also loves both Marvel and DC movies, and wishes every superhero fan could just get along. As one of the co-authors of the scene that ignited the entire premise, Fontana said he was stunned to discover the aftershocks and that the theory basically means that Tommy Westphall is the mind of God.. [3][4] The following exchange occurs: Grandfather: "Good. If the theory holds, then a large chunk of television is the direct result of one childs formidable imagination. I had no ideas of their plans to do that. But because we set a bar, it was just hard to really top that I wish I could say that I loved it. The John Larroquette Show once mentioned Yoyodyne, a manufacturing client of law firm Wolfram and Hart; In a 2003 article published on BBC News Online, St. This year, Ken Lowe is revisiting some of the most influential TV shows that made it to an officially planned final episode. The kind of gallows humor that was in the show was a case of art imitating life, Paltrow continued. Both shows took a grittier and more realistic approach to their drama. I tell you, the last episode, I never bought it. Christina Pickles, whose character of Nurse Helen Rosenthal ended the series triumphantly by kicking a drug dependency, is the only one who believes that St. Then it could create conversation, so I thought it was kind of brilliant. Elsewhere characters Dr. Roxanne Turner (Alfre Woodard) and Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Ed Begley Jr.) appeared on Homicide: Life on the Street. As the episode comes to a close, Dr. Westphall is sitting alone in the office of his friend and mentor Dr. Auschlander, who has recently died when in runs his son, Tommy (Chad Allen), a quiet, autistic boy whom viewers had met a time or two before. Dedicated fans attempting to chase down every connection toSt. I saw it as a show about people struggling to answer lifes ridiculous questions--sometimes they would do it in a comic way, sometimes they would do it in a serious way, said Tom Fontana, one of the shows core group of writers and producers, who served as a creative consultant this season. Elsewhere" finale was the first big "it was all just a dream" finale, ending with the revelation that St. Eligius hospital and its staff were all the creations of