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Madhulk  +  689024 Fri, 20 Mar 09 05:02 PM
There was a patient I brought in the ER. Some drunk driver,
fatal accident (The driver had a car crash?). We called the cops. He ran. We had the entire
night staff scattered around the hospital, looking. And we didn't find him,
but...I found you, wandering around the hall,
completely out of it. Out of his mind?
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Grammar Geek  +  689026 Fri, 20 Mar 09 05:06 PM

Yes, the driver was driving drunk and caused a fatal accident.

"Out of it" could be in a daze, extremely confused. You can feel "totally out of it" if you have a very bad cold or you are exhausted, in addition to what he tried to imply - that Jimmy was taking too much of the pain killing drugs and was halluscinating.

I'm kind of sad you never asked about "my Delorean" and "Door #2" in the episode where Lois ended up on that distant planet. Did you get those references on your own?

 

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RayH  +  689028 Fri, 20 Mar 09 05:07 PM
There was a patient I brought in the ER. Some drunk driver,
fatal accident (The driver had a car crash?). We called the cops. He ran. We had the entire    Someone was killed in the accident
night staff scattered around the hospital, looking. And we didn't find him,
but...I found you, wandering around the hall,
completely out of it. Out of his mind?    disoriented, possibly unaware of where he is or even who he is.
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Madhulk  +  689051 Fri, 20 Mar 09 06:08 PM
 Thanks, Barbara and Ray!

On your question, Barbara - DeLorean was a sports car engineer.

So I guess Lois was implying that's their way out of there. You have a memory like

a steel trap. But, uh, I can't remember myself the door #2 line. Could you give me a cue? Huh?

P.S. Too bad that was LoveLaura Vandervoort'sLove last appearance... Crying

Grammar Geek  +  689078 Fri, 20 Mar 09 07:40 PM

In the movie trilogy "Back to the Future," the time-travel machine was indeed an altered model of the sports care, the Delauren.

So when she looked at whatever it was she had to do to get back to Earth, she was suprised and said "That's my [thing that will take me through time and space to get where I want to go]?" Although in Back to the Future, it did NOT travel through space - only time. That was in fact very key to some of the plot points.

 In the game show "Let's Make a Deal," the person playing would be shown something. They knew what they could win. But they would have a chance to trade it for "whatever was behind door #2" - which they could not see. Sometimes (maybe always? it was a long time ago) there was also a door #3. So you might have something of a little value - maybe a very nice watch, and have the chance to trade for something unknown. Behind door #2 might be a pair of socks, or it might be a new car. You never knew. So if someone has something that's okay, but not great, they may be looking for a better deal. I don't remember the context of that line in that episode any longer, but when I saw it, I thought you'd ask about it.

I've now seen 3 episodes, and I'm struck by just how artificial the dialogue is. In real life, no one says nearly the number of cute things and the references to American pop culture as these characters do.

So who is the fellow whose mother came back to kill him to make him stronger who is now going around murdering others and what was Chloe to him?

 

Madhulk  +  689086 Fri, 20 Mar 09 07:55 PM
Maybe you missunderstood me. I wanted you to tell me what the exact line was with door #2.

Anyway, to find out more about the illustrious fellow I guess you'd have to watch the animated movie

Superman: Doomsday. Stick out tongue He is in love with Chloe but that's something like an impossible romance

because of her husband Jimmy. Davis kissed her a few episodes back. And Chloe told him they shouldn't see

each other any more. 

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