

"You know, I still have the snow globe," he said. In an interview with Paley Matters in 2018, Fontana - who co-wrote the finale - expressed his ongoing surprise and weird sense of pride at how that final scene has, well, snowballed into the mother of all pop culture fan theories. It's not even that much of a leap to make a connection to the Mighty Marvel Cinematic Universe (you can get there a number of ways, according to Polygon ).

Elsewhere have discovered it be a never-ending task, and they have posited the "Tommy Westphall Universe" as the grand, unified universe at the center of virtually everything you've ever watched on a screen, from I Love Lucy to Malcolm in the Middle to Knight Rider to Star Trek to.
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The suggestion is that the entire series was a product of Tommy Westphall's imagination - but if that's true, then what it implies is nothing short of jaw-dropping.ĭedicated fans attempting to chase down every connection to St. Eligius, with snow swirling around it as the shot fades to black. His castmates unanimously named Mandel the class clown of the show. Though a dedicated surgeon, he was known for his lighthearted behavior toward colleagues and patients alike. He gets Tommy up to wash up for dinner, and as he puts the snow globe on the TV set, the camera zooms in. Not surprisingly, comedian Howie Mandel’s Dr. He sits there, all day long, in his own world, staring at that toy. Here's my son, I talk to him, I don't even know if he can hear me. Westphall sits down next to Tommy and says, "I don't understand this autism thing, Pop.

The elder Westphall returns home, but he's not dressed in scrubs - he's wearing a hard hat, and his conversation with Auschlander (whom he addresses as "Pop") implies that he's a construction worker. Auschlander - only that's not quite right. Seated in a rocking chair is none other than Dr. Suddenly, we're taken to a small apartment where Tommy sits on the floor, playing with a snow globe.
