View Full Version : Who's Lorrainne? And, the "transition" scene


Craig B
12-16-2008, 09:26 PM
Watching "A Terminal Christmas" from Season 2 tonight. Joe asks Helen if she's excited about her family coming to visit from Texas. Helen says she is, and that she's happy that her family is visiting her and not her sister "Lorrainne".

Surprised the writers didn't remember this when they introduced Casey later on in the series. I don't remember Helen having two sisters.

Also, one thing I've noticed by watching Wings every night for the past three months.

Do you know the scene of the outside of Tom Nevers field? The parking lot scene? It's only on for about three seconds and is always played when they come back from commercial. The cars haven't changed the entire series!! There's a black Ford Escort parked there. Obviously the producers shot that at the very beginning of the series and to save money just used it over and over.

During the times when people only watched once a week, it wouldn't have been noticeable. But it so is now. Found it kind of interesting.

Chocoholic
12-18-2008, 03:53 PM
I never noticed that about the outside shots :lol: It wouldn't surprise me if other shows did that.

I think the writers just forgot that Helen's only sister already had a name when they came up with the Casey character. Lorraine was only mentioned that one time and Casey didn't appear until four years later. If Casey showed up several episodes after A Terminal Christmas, then I'd have a problem with it.

McFly121
12-22-2008, 12:51 AM
Wanna know how many times is too many to have watched the eps (regarding the exterior shots)?

1. The same two guys walking on the outside the airport. One, a gray-haired gentleman with a bag over his shoulder and a blue jacket on. The other, a non-descript skinny guy (both have their backs to the camera).
2. A yuppie-looking, casually dressed guy is waiting against a wooden fence with a bag over his shoulder, and just before they cut you notice his buddy strolling up.
3. Sort of like the Ford Escort thing, the SAME blue, late 80s station wagon passes by the camera as it zooms in slowly.

As far as "Lorraine", I can't for certain say that Helen or Casey ever mentions they are the only children of their parents. So maybe there is a Lorraine floating around out there who is the black sheep of the family (though she wasn't at Helen's wedding...or was she? Off-screen? Yes, I'm reaching).

Chocoholic
12-22-2008, 05:05 PM
Gee, Ryan, you have watched the show way too much! :lol:
Antonio would say that he has come to the inescapable conclusion that you need to get a life ;)

TripperFan
12-22-2008, 05:13 PM
^ :lol:

Hey - at least Ryan's not having to stretch it as far as Happy Days did with the big brother Chuck. That one is the ALLTIME head scratcher - where a character is there for one or two seasons and then totally disappears never to be seen or mentioned again!


Chuck must be partying it up with Lorraine in some sort of sitcom character dumpster in heaven! LOL

Chocoholic
12-22-2008, 05:30 PM
Don't forget the younger daughter on Family Matters. You think where the father's a cop, he would want to know where his own child is.

McFly121
12-31-2008, 04:32 PM
Hehe, you'd be right, Kristen. But Nantucket's the most boring-fun place on earth :), and whenever I hear those drums beat as the theme starts, the other Antonio quote I hear kicks in: "This party ain't over, Paco."

Craig B
01-01-2009, 05:28 PM
Wanna know how many times is too many to have watched the eps (regarding the exterior shots)?

1. The same two guys walking on the outside the airport. One, a gray-haired gentleman with a bag over his shoulder and a blue jacket on. The other, a non-descript skinny guy (both have their backs to the camera).
2. A yuppie-looking, casually dressed guy is waiting against a wooden fence with a bag over his shoulder, and just before they cut you notice his buddy strolling up.
3. Sort of like the Ford Escort thing, the SAME blue, late 80s station wagon passes by the camera as it zooms in slowly.

As far as "Lorraine", I can't for certain say that Helen or Casey ever mentions they are the only children of their parents. So maybe there is a Lorraine floating around out there who is the black sheep of the family (though she wasn't at Helen's wedding...or was she? Off-screen? Yes, I'm reaching).

Awesome observations! While I haven't consciously noticed the three guys walking in the transition scenes (but I can now picture them), I DID notice the same blue, late 80s station wagon. There's also another car that drives by. Guess the producers thought they better use TWO transition scenes just to keep us on our toes.

Chuck and Lorraine in Sitcom Heaven. Now THAT was funny.

BTW, who is Ryan?

Chocoholic
01-03-2009, 10:58 AM
Ryan is McFly121.