annoying Schiavo plot on "Dead Zone"?

[Lerkfish]

Did anyone see this episode last night?
I normally love this show, and AS A SHOW, it was still excellent last night.
However, I felt that it was "inspired" and not in a good way from the schiavo case.

SPOILER ALERT (don't read further if you haven't seen it yet)
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Jonny meets a female fellow psychic who is being "guided" by a small boy, trying to prevent his father from assasinating people. Just in the nick of time either or both psychics foil the assasinations attempts. What is troublesome, however, is that the boy is brain dead in a hospital, and the insurance company is no longer willing to pay for his care, and someone wants to pull the plug (I'm a little fuzzy on who that was, the hospital or the insurance co.).
At any rate, the DOCTOR is adamant he is brain dead, the father wants to kill people who advise them to pull the plug. In the end, the would-be assasin father becomes the SYMPATHETIC character, and Jonny tells the mother its in God's hands....and that the body might be dead, but the "heart" is alive....implying the soul or the mind, not sure.

anyhow, I found bile rising up in my throat as I watched it because it was so clearly taking the POV of the schindlers and randall terry, including the notion that assassinating people who want to remove the plug is somewhat glorified as an understandable response.

grrrrrr


(edited to correct some spelling and one word choice)

[Maraya1969]

1. Who is the creator or producer of that show? I never watch it

[Pool Hall Ace]

2. Oh, that's a good show. I started to watch last night, but

fell asleep.

It was created by Michael and Shawn Piller, who I believe have quite a few ST:TNG episodes under their belt.

[Lerkfish]

3. sorry if my post was a spoiler for you, then...

when you do get to see it, its still worth watching as a show.

[Pool Hall Ace]

5. Oh, no prob, I'll still watch it !

:hi:

[China_cat]

4. The original Dead Zone

both book and movie, are far more relevant to what is going on today.