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# 026 <2.08> Choices Tentative titles:
  This episode marks the first appearance of uncredited extra GEORGE "GABBY" SASAKI. He is an American actor of Japanese descent, who appeared as an extra in many TV series and movies between the 1950's and 1980's.He portrays Dr. Fong at the Tuscany Valley Memorial Hospital in this episode and will continue to play the same part in many following episodes (with the exception of one of his two appearances in # 032). Compare # 222 for biographical details about this minor rôle and a list of appearances throughout the series. Joseph was born prematurely. The baby playing him, however, does not seem to be that small and frail. The final version of the episode does not give many medical details about Joseph's condition. Detailed lines about his respiratory ailment, complicated with a hyaline membrane, plus viral colonic symptoms and fever, were deleted from the episode in the editing process because the producers felt that too many medical terms would be confusing for the audience. Season time frame: Joseph was born a few days ago, i.e. less than one week ago. This was in # 025.
Tony tells Richard he worked the last 15 years (1967 – 82) on off-shore oil rigs in Alaska. Inconsistency: According to # 005, however, Tony left Tuscany in 1969. Tony's statement in the current episode is probably a rough estimation. Fictional entity: Tony works for the Optoco oil company.  Uncredited stand-in MARTHA MANOR appears as an extra again — this time, in a dark curly wig again, as a Tuscany Valley Memorial Hospital nurse.Compare # 213 for a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about MARTHA MANOR, compare # 001.
  Mistake: In the scene featuring Richard playing with his toy soldiers, the soldier he holds in his hand is not placed on the table at first, but it is in the subsequent close-up.This is a mistake caused by the particular close-up filming technique — check # 001 (Chase and Maggie at the Gioberti Family Cemetery) for details.   The camera features a close-up of Cole's passport: the number is 0736280. It was issued 09/17/1982, it expires 09/16/1987 (right screen capture).Cole's date of birth can be seen in a fraction of a second before BILLY R. MOSES covers it with his thumb: According to the passport, he was born November 17, 1959 (left picture). Inside joke: This is BILLY's real-life date of birth. The prop guys, however, made a bad joke here because Cole — in contrast to BILLY — was born in 1962 according to the show. This can be derived from the fact that he is two years older than Vickie, which was mentioned on various occasions, e.g. in # 033 and 041; Vickie was born in 1964 as known from # 016 (her 18th birthday — 1982). Furthermore, his age (20 years) was mentioned in # 022 also. Another prop mistake is that Cole's middle name, Hartford, is not listed in the passport. Compare # 075 for a different prop with Cole's date of birth.
  Tony lodges at the Carlyle of Nob Hill. The filming location for this hotel, which will occasionally return in later episodes, is at the southeast corner of Jones and Washington Street in San Francisco. In real life, it is an apartment building called Bently Nob Hill.
 This episode marks the first appearance of tall, white-haired and mustached uncredited extra JAMES MOHLMANN. He is an American background actor, who was primarily active in the 1980's.In this episode, he is introduced as a nurse at the Tuscany Valley Memorial Hospital. He will occasionally appear in the series. Compare # 174 for biographical details about this minor rôle and a list of appearances throughout the series.
The autopsy report in the Carlo Agretti case stated that the deceased was killed by a crashing blow to the right temple, as quoted by Steve Barton. Inconsistency: When Carlo's body was found in # 021, blood was all over the left temple. The inconsistency, however, does not result from the script where Barton's line was correct, referring to the "left tempula" (Latin for "temple"). Actor MICHAEL C. GWYNNE obviously mixed up right and left in his line, creating the error.
 
Just one single scene features the entrance to the Tuscany Valley County Courthouse. It is not the building that will become a major part of the series from season 3 on (compare # 042), but a façade on THE BURBANK STUDIOS backlot; this exterior set is widely known among producers as the Midwest Street City Hall — adjacent to the façade posing as the Tuscany County Building, by the way.← Previous episode... → Next episode... |
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