The Practice (CBS) - TV program on JWs

by dozy 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  dozy

  Anybody ever seen this episode? Recorded it (Sky+ is a wonderful thing) but not yet watched it...............

  http://www.cbsdrama.co.uk/shows.php?program=77224

  Series 5 , Episode 14
  '514'
  US legal drama following a Boston law firm. When Rebecca needs a critical blood transfusion, her mother refuses on the grounds that she is a Jehovahs Witness. s5 ep14/14
  
  Airs next on CBS Drama on:
  Wednesday 3rd February 2010 @ 04:00
  Wednesday 3rd February 2010 @ 23:00
  Thursday 4th February 2010 @ 04:00
  Thursday 4th February 2010 @ 23:00
  Friday 5th February 2010 @ 04:00
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  andy5421

  tell us how it turns out
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  brizzzy

  I saw it a few years ago. As I recall, the argument was that she was no longer a Witness - she didn't carry a No Blood card, saluted the flag, etc. etc. Actually, I thought the attorney who argued the case proved pretty conclusively that she wasn't a JW anymore. But the judge ruled in the mother's favor, and there was no blood transfusion. It ended up not mattering anyway, because miraculously, everything was alright and she woke up from her coma (of course - it's TV).

  Strangely, nobody in the episode thought to ask her upon waking whether or not she actually considered herself a JW or would have accepted a blood transfusion. So there's no plot resolution there. Here's a dissection of the episode: http://news.lp.findlaw.com/legalnews/entertainment/reviews/practice/010211.html

  Scrubs also did an episode with a JW character who refused a blood transfusion, and the entire first episode of Lie to Me was centered around a JW family whose son is accused of murder.
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  BluesBrother

  Satelite are running this series in U K , but what do you know? they are up to Ep 16 already....