Quincy helps a cancer patient who is dying.Quincy helps a cancer patient who is dying.Quincy helps a cancer patient who is dying.
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- TriviaThe title is from the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," by Dylan Thomas, which begins, "Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- GoofsThe station wagon Brian is driving is a 1969 Chevy...but when it goes over the cliff, it has become a "clamshell" body style, meaning it's a 1971-76 era Chevy wagon.
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A deeply compassionate story handled with brevity
No, this is not (as some feeble-minded person said, a 'dopey story'. As Novak Constantine's character said, death is something everyone (and everything) will go through, but... It's something we push away from - especially when we're younger.
In the 1960's, there was a book written about the American dying 'industry ', and how impersonal death, and the process (es) involved have become.
It was less than a century ago when families would spend a day at a cemetery - not necessarily to visit a lived one - and then only once or a few times per year, but, it was more accepted as just another facet of life.
I've seen many hokey' TV shows, which deal with a topic usually not dealt with. Typically, it's trumpeted as being a 'special episode' (one which comes to mind was Different Strokes, and Gordon Jump as a child molester). I never took those episodes seriously - if I even watched them.
I've been watching Quincy for the past few days - the first time in a long time I've seen the show, and this one really stood out because had it been done with different actors it could've very easily become yet another 'very special episode of Quincy'...'
Tyne Daly is terrific actress, and here she plays a young married mother who's going to die. This episode doesn't revolve around her, instead, she's 'just another' patient who's story is followed, here, and by bit focusing solely on her,, it gives her and her character's terminal situation a more realistic chance to be explored.
What do I mean?
Typically, in a story such as this, there's an arc, and we're introduced, get an overview of the featured character, they seem to be doing well, then Silent bad happens.... well, we've all seen this type.
But here, Ms Daly's character is only dropped in on, and we know what's going to happen.
This episode is for the VIEWER'S better understanding... and ACCEPTING of the death process, and by normalising it, it humanises it.
That's NOT something easily done - either in a TV show with a standard story arc, and it's even less so, for a less talented actor to pull off.
When something seems effortless (such as Fred Astaire dancing), and the person watching says,'that looks easy,I could do that', it's the talent I'd the performer which hides the actual difficulty involved.
The fact that this episode comes off so matter-of-factly is a testament to Ms Daly (and Messers Klugman and Constantine)'s talent.
This is one of THE best Quincy episodes.
In the 1960's, there was a book written about the American dying 'industry ', and how impersonal death, and the process (es) involved have become.
It was less than a century ago when families would spend a day at a cemetery - not necessarily to visit a lived one - and then only once or a few times per year, but, it was more accepted as just another facet of life.
I've seen many hokey' TV shows, which deal with a topic usually not dealt with. Typically, it's trumpeted as being a 'special episode' (one which comes to mind was Different Strokes, and Gordon Jump as a child molester). I never took those episodes seriously - if I even watched them.
I've been watching Quincy for the past few days - the first time in a long time I've seen the show, and this one really stood out because had it been done with different actors it could've very easily become yet another 'very special episode of Quincy'...'
Tyne Daly is terrific actress, and here she plays a young married mother who's going to die. This episode doesn't revolve around her, instead, she's 'just another' patient who's story is followed, here, and by bit focusing solely on her,, it gives her and her character's terminal situation a more realistic chance to be explored.
What do I mean?
Typically, in a story such as this, there's an arc, and we're introduced, get an overview of the featured character, they seem to be doing well, then Silent bad happens.... well, we've all seen this type.
But here, Ms Daly's character is only dropped in on, and we know what's going to happen.
This episode is for the VIEWER'S better understanding... and ACCEPTING of the death process, and by normalising it, it humanises it.
That's NOT something easily done - either in a TV show with a standard story arc, and it's even less so, for a less talented actor to pull off.
When something seems effortless (such as Fred Astaire dancing), and the person watching says,'that looks easy,I could do that', it's the talent I'd the performer which hides the actual difficulty involved.
The fact that this episode comes off so matter-of-factly is a testament to Ms Daly (and Messers Klugman and Constantine)'s talent.
This is one of THE best Quincy episodes.
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- Oct 12, 2019
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