LPC
10-20-2002, 01:56 AM
I saw the final episode earlier today and there were a number of things that just didn't fit. At the risk of nitpicking, here are some of my observations about what I saw today and also throughout the latter stages of the program:
-Either the doctors who made the original diagnosis of Keith’s knee injury were incompetent, or his recovery was a medical miracle. A more feasible angle would have made the injury long-term with Keith rehabbing throughout rather than making it a career-ending one. This would have made his return to professional football much more believable.
-How could Keith have kept training with the Chicago Bears a secret? Surely at some point he would have let on that his knee was improving. And how can those who live with someone who’s practicing with a professional football players fail to notice since he would have been sore and certainly would have had the kinds of bumps and bruises that all NFL players tend to have? He also would have had difficulty explaining the frequency of his absences since pro teams practice pretty well every day. His return to the Bears also would have definitely been mentioned in the media so there’s NO WAY it could have been kept from the family.
-And why would Keith with his $60,000 contract (decent money at the time) insist that Florida move in with him and Thelma? Why not opt for privacy and have Florida either stay in her apartment or help her with the rent for an apartment in the new building? Florida could have even paid part of the rent while Michael could have moved in with Florida and chipped in the money he was going to spend living on campus. I also wasn’t certain where JJ was going to wind up living. Did he mention that he was moving into his own place?
-Was Willona’s salary increase so great that she could suddenly afford to live in a much higher-calibre building?
-In an earlier episode, Thelma was upset when Keith came home and said he had picked out an apartment (of was it a condo?) into which he insisted they were going to be moving. She felt she should have been consulted and she had a point. Keith did the exact same thing in the last episode but Thelma didn’t seem to mind. Why did it bother her the first time but not the second?
-What was Thelma doing when she married Keith? I don’t remember her having a job and I also don’t remember her studying. Did she ever graduate from college and if so why wasn’t there any kind of celebration when she did so? If she had to drop out why didn’t we see her looking for work the way JJ was? Was it because Keith didn’t want her to work?
-Everyone kept making a huge deal out of how Michael was well on his way to becoming a lawyer yet he never seemed to do a lot more studying in his younger years. If fact, I don’t remember him doing any studying in his later years which is when he should have been struggling to complete essays and prepare for mid-terms.
-In one episode I recall Thelma and Keith watching TV in their room. Why wasn’t the TV in the living room so everyone could watch it?
If any of you could makes sense out of some of these observations I would appreciate it!
-Either the doctors who made the original diagnosis of Keith’s knee injury were incompetent, or his recovery was a medical miracle. A more feasible angle would have made the injury long-term with Keith rehabbing throughout rather than making it a career-ending one. This would have made his return to professional football much more believable.
-How could Keith have kept training with the Chicago Bears a secret? Surely at some point he would have let on that his knee was improving. And how can those who live with someone who’s practicing with a professional football players fail to notice since he would have been sore and certainly would have had the kinds of bumps and bruises that all NFL players tend to have? He also would have had difficulty explaining the frequency of his absences since pro teams practice pretty well every day. His return to the Bears also would have definitely been mentioned in the media so there’s NO WAY it could have been kept from the family.
-And why would Keith with his $60,000 contract (decent money at the time) insist that Florida move in with him and Thelma? Why not opt for privacy and have Florida either stay in her apartment or help her with the rent for an apartment in the new building? Florida could have even paid part of the rent while Michael could have moved in with Florida and chipped in the money he was going to spend living on campus. I also wasn’t certain where JJ was going to wind up living. Did he mention that he was moving into his own place?
-Was Willona’s salary increase so great that she could suddenly afford to live in a much higher-calibre building?
-In an earlier episode, Thelma was upset when Keith came home and said he had picked out an apartment (of was it a condo?) into which he insisted they were going to be moving. She felt she should have been consulted and she had a point. Keith did the exact same thing in the last episode but Thelma didn’t seem to mind. Why did it bother her the first time but not the second?
-What was Thelma doing when she married Keith? I don’t remember her having a job and I also don’t remember her studying. Did she ever graduate from college and if so why wasn’t there any kind of celebration when she did so? If she had to drop out why didn’t we see her looking for work the way JJ was? Was it because Keith didn’t want her to work?
-Everyone kept making a huge deal out of how Michael was well on his way to becoming a lawyer yet he never seemed to do a lot more studying in his younger years. If fact, I don’t remember him doing any studying in his later years which is when he should have been struggling to complete essays and prepare for mid-terms.
-In one episode I recall Thelma and Keith watching TV in their room. Why wasn’t the TV in the living room so everyone could watch it?
If any of you could makes sense out of some of these observations I would appreciate it!