Subj : What TPTB Coulda Done
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 08:21:28

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Was just thinking about possible storylines involving a surrogate
arrangment that would have been
a) more interesting
b) more believable
c) more compelling and emotional.

I mean, what we got a non-dilemma, presented to us as a terrible
decision ... but the result was that we just had a group of blatantly
stupid people making blatantly stupid decisions paraded across the
screen.

Now, the problem with other possible angles would be that most would be
played out primarily in OB, but, of course, that's never stopped the
writers from keeping the patients in the ER before!

But suppose Claire was seriously injured in the accident ... maybe a
'ripped from the headlines' situation where she's brain dead and the
intended parents want to keep her body functioning until the baby is
old enouogh to survive in the outside world.

Or the intended parents pressure her to have a not-very-necessary
section, and there are complications resulting in her having a
hysterectomy. (Or even a very-necessary-section with the same results.)


Or she comes in and is found to have cancer, or some other illness that
requires sacrificing the baby for her own well-being. (Yes, I know
they've done pregnant-woman-with-cancer stories at least twice before,
but the surrogacy angle would give it a unique spin. (Maybe surrogate
mom feels compelled to continue the pregnancy, and the docs have to try
to convince her to pursue treatment.)

Or baby is found (still en-utero) to have some horrible defect, and
IP's want SM to abort, but she refuses. 

Any other ideas?

Naomi

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