Elsewhere (1982) lists many of the awards and nominations wracked up over the 6 seasons. Amazingly enough, the show never won an Emmy for Best Drama Series, but several performers did. Some of the storylines are more groundbreaking than anything on network television currently. Nearly 20 years since the pilot, and there are few signs of dating. As the closing credits for the last episode rolled, most of the characters were still intact, as complex and absorbing as ever. Irritating stories evolved, or simply ended. When writing problems emerged, they worked themselves out. Elsewhere it never experienced the transformation from superb to wretched most long-running dramas do. This meant, however, that one mistake would mean the whole scene had to be filmed over again from the start which could be frustrating and costly. When Masius and Fontana took a lesser role in season 6, others stepped up to the plate, resulting in a few bad stories and some that were incredibly powerful. Elsewhere, similar to E.R would film scenes in 5 minute takes, with one moving cameras and cast coming in and out of shot where needed. Fontana also established an actor base and wealth of in-jokes that he still uses today. A typical example would be Cheek to Cheek, with a scene of a doctor reading a tender goodbye present given to her by a cartoonist patient, immediately followed by a scene of another doctor being brutally raped.
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In the Series Finale The Last One, Fiscus recalls working with Ben. Good and evil were represented in all their forms, sometimes in the same episode. Elsewhere was the first prime-time Medical. In this episode, Nina continues her labor and the other doctors take. Former scriptwriter and story editor Tom Fontana (along with John Masius) took over around season 2 or 3, mixing the most extreme aspects of humanity. The first season finale in this medical drama series set in St. They left after the first year (but are given an ironic tribute in the series finale). Elsewhere 's finale, titled 'The Last One,' aired on May 25, 1988, and the bulk of its narrative was concerned with the requisite deaths, departures, transfers, and tying up of loose ends. The guiding influences in the first year were Joshua Brand & John Falsey they produced a diverse, fascinating cluster of episodes that stand out as some of the best the show has to offer. History was used to enhance future stories these were not heroic doctors who had no past and only the brightest future. Veteran characters were respected, instead of being shuffled away in favor of vapid newcomers.
Some died, and not always those expected to. Major characters went through changes that were rooted in years of history and behavior. A mixture of laughter, tears, grit, intelligence, and realism that no other program has managed to combine. Elsewhere is one of the finest television show ever produced. Elsewhere Finale at 30 By Matt Zoller Seitz At the time, this puzzling closing image inspired as many arguments as the ending of The Sopranos 18 years later.
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But this episode was the tribute episode to all TV endings, with references ranging from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to "Dallas." And, no, I won't provide the spoiler to the ending, but when it first aired, it literally stunned the fans. The show had a reputation of reflecting television as a whole with loads of inside humor: A reference to the hospital barber named Floyd was summarized with the joke, "He may bury us all." I wonder if Andy Griffith ever saw that one. This was a series that could make you laugh you butt off, creep you out or terrify you with it's life-threatening situations, and rip out your heart with some of its twists.
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