Re: 1st Season New Amsterdam - Pilot - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <27f1t352vo9pp1qb9hum9na9eq4qg0g0mi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  John Schilling <schillin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> It can be fixed with a relatively simple fanwank - Amsterdam is by
>> virtue of his centuries of experience a Very Very Good Carpenter,
>> who can make furniture that will sell for $60K even though everyone
>> knows it was made yesterday, because it is just that good.  But that
>> doesn't require or allow the whole "antiquity" scam, and it is an
>> issue that we need to start fanwanking such things this early.
> 
> Sure, but that isn't as cool a way to work his immortality into the 
> story.  It's logical, but not as "fun" a plot device.
> 
> I call this artistic license.

Not to mention... it's only a tv show, not real life.