I'm not sure it's common practice or at all ethical for a doctor to seek out a parent in his public place of employment in order to drop a medical bombshell about his child.
I AM sure that Antonio saying, "No one is to know about this" is as pointless as closing the barn after those horses are long gone, considering the audience he had while receiving the news.
And why would the issue of how he's going to pay for treatment come up in such a discussion? Especially since he's a civil servant certain to have insurance through his work.
Posted by: LuvJerry Date posted: Sat Apr 26 9:20:15 2008
Message:
But is Jamie really sick? Was this just a 'set-up' by Antonio to make Ramsey think Ant needs money?
Everything was so stupid, I didn't believe Jamie to be sick. Ramsey will catch on to this stuff eventually, if he hasn't already-what a waste of energy to try to set Ramsey up. Ant, Thalia, and John have honesty streaks that make it impossible for them to play any underhanded games against someone "bad."
Maybe that's why RC has written this plot-to show that's basically impossible (classic lit stuff-honest people can't play evil games).
Posted by: Wanda Wolek Date posted: Fri Apr 25 2:59:28 2008
Message: Don't know if it's all part of the Ramsey set-up or not as I ff most of Antonio/Talia/John scenes, but Antonio did bring up that he had insurance. Michael then said that the treatments are experimental and expensive and not all insurance programs would be willing to pay. That is very much true, unfortunately.
Posted by: gemini Date posted: Thu Apr 24 21:30:28 2008
Message: I think it's part of the set-up. Needing money for his daughter would give him an opportunity to have Ramsey think he would do something illegal. But now I'm wondering if Antonio really did have his Santi money taken away or was that also part of the set-up. It's starting to look like all of Llanview is in on this to bring Ramsey down due to Bo being fired. I remember a spoiler from before the strike where it said something like all of Llanview will never be the same & things aren't what they seem. I can't wait to see what RC has planned.
Posted by: Toni Date posted: Thu Apr 24 19:07:09 2008
Message: I wonder if it's all part of the plan...
Having insurance does not automatically mean no worries. I have some friends who don't make a lot of money and their insurance policies will pay...after a huge deductible and with some expenses not covered.
I haven't seen the full scene yet (a little behind on my viewing) however in terms of telling Antonio in person, he probably should have had him come for an appt (or taken him to a private room if he happened to run into him).
Posted by: starfish Date posted: Thu Apr 24 15:16:06 2008
Message: Yes, the whole scene was ludicrous. I'm guessing the purpose of revealing Jamie's condition at the police headquarters was to show Ramsey gloating over Antonio's misfortune.
Posted by: Miss. Bear Date posted: Thu Apr 24 15:03:57 2008
Message: Hasn't Michael McBain ever heard of a telephone? He should have called him about the bad news. How unprofessional.
