tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post7114893558387620357..comments2024-03-27T00:18:24.085-04:00Comments on St. Elsewhere Experience: On Call, Vol. 1, No. 2 - From the Discharge Department: St. Elsewhere's Last Episode, or "Bobby Ewing Takes a Shower with Rosebud"Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06486660044959549624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474373967694036822.post-3452803337745139312013-07-14T22:59:05.233-04:002013-07-14T22:59:05.233-04:00I always thought that the ending was not meant to ...I always thought that the ending was not meant to be taken literally (the entire series being a figment of Tommy’s overactive imagination). Throughout the entire final episode, there's a series of fond farewells to the television characters and by the time you get to the final scene, it was as if the camera had pulled away from the show itself and this was the creators, producers and writers creative way of saying farewell to the entire series and its loyal viewers. A key to this is the conversation Auschlander and Westphall have near the beginning of that final scene. When Auschlander asks Westphall how his day went, he responds with something like, “We topped off the twenty-second story and I’m beat”. That final episode was the 22nd story of that season. Also, the actors in that scene are portrayed as being one family unit which may have been a reference to the Tinker family (Grant Tinker, who was the CEO of NBC during the run of “St. Elsewhere”, and his two sons, Mark and John, who directed and wrote for the series). Finally, before the scene ends, the snow globe is placed on top of a blank TV screen, which was likely their way of saying “we're glad you enjoyed the show but that’s all there is folks and it’s time to move on!” and that is something Tom Fontana alludes to at the end of this article.Tea-Mannoreply@blogger.com