Out of the Blue things learned about TV Characters

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On Chicago Hope, Dennis casually reveals that he is gay during a conversation with Aaron. It’s never mentioned again, but feels perfectly in keeping with the character and the show, and does add a level of depth.

And I can’t let this thread go by without saying that I loved the ending of St. Elsewhere, and felt that far from being tacked on, it explained a lot about the things that happened during the show, and worked very well in spite of the fact that it almost certainly was not planned from the beginning.

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“What? We’ve known eachother for, what, 9 hours, and you never thought to tell me that you were divorced and had a twin brother?!” :slight_smile:

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For out of the blue, random and seemingly inconsequential, the revelation that Lenny Briscoe’s birthdate is 2/1/1940. He mentioned it in the episode where the hacker sent a virus to the blood sugar moitioring program. Meant nothing at the time, but if we assume he dies the same day as Jerry Orbach (28/12/04) does that mean he kicked 5 days short of his pension?

mm