# Question about Goodbye Lenin (spoilers possible) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goodbye-lenin-spoilers-possible/449298 "2008-05-14T16:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goodbye-lenin-spoilers-possible/449298/1 "2008-05-14T16:07:20Z")
Hoping somebody else out there saw this and can answer. Just saw this from Netflix, and I have one question: why did Alex have Lara wrap him up in the plaster cast? Did I miss a couple of subtitles? I thought he said something like, “I hope this works”, and then they got sidetracked into arguing, so I didn’t really “get” what the point of the plaster cast was. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goodbye-lenin-spoilers-possible/449298/2 "2008-05-14T17:16:47Z")
I thought that it wasthat his girlfriend was a nurse in training, so he was helping her practice her castmaking skills. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goodbye-lenin-spoilers-possible/449298/3 "2008-05-15T03:09:47Z")
I guess that makes sense. But they could’ve explained it a bit more clearly for us old fogies who are slow on the uptake.