Going to Extremes

My best friend (back then) and I LOVED this show!!

I would eagerly go to his house so we could watch it together!!!

I was heart broken when it suddenly stopped airing

And all these years later I remember the roaming local and the quirky medical students. I wish they would air it again and again.

It was good clean viewing and very much like Northern Exposure but unique at the same time.

I agree the bigwigs didn't see profit turn over in 12 hours and stupidly cancelled a show that would have been HUGE!!!!!

I miss the show and think of it often and constantly trying to find it online so I can watch it again.

I too loved this show and was terribly disappointed that it ended so soon. The medical student characters were believable, and provided realistic role models to viewers as they adjusted to life in a society so different from their own but deserving of respect. The Jamaicans portrayed exemplified dignity and resourcefulness under very restricted circumstances. Perhaps the emphasis on poverty and naivety among the local populace caused some discomfort among viewers but surely these issues could have been addressed in later episodes. I will never forget the Nyabinghi man who would disappear into the hills, and I still enjoy my own "Nyabinghi" days alone with my own thoughts, stress-free, and at peace.

LOVED that show..wish i could buy a DVD of it!..cant find it anywhere~~~ when they took it off air.i was disappointed .. i thought it was funny and clever...loves the scenery too.... anyone know where i can purchase a DVD let me know~~ where else can u see that scenery and crazy stuff that happened on that show,,,I've looked for a long time...years for the DVD.. and often wondered why it cancelled.. i looked forward to it every week.~

This is another show that the TV execs probably canceled because it didn't blast it's way to No. 1 within the first 5 minutes.

The show had potential. The setting was there and they had the talent, all they needed to do was give the writers some control and let the show grow.

Face facts, MASH ran what seems like forever. You didn't have to see a bloody chest being opened up to realize the drama of what was happening. ER came along and showed us that you can change the cast every few years and people will stay hooked. Scrubs shows us that you can be super silly while in the walls of a hospital.

WHY was this show canceled? Was it location? Was it a budge constraint? I would have watched and yes, recorded it on my VCR if it had stayed around.

Patrick

Solid show that didn't last long enough. Basically it was Northern Exposure set in the Caribbean...quirky characters, doctors, and all. Definitely deserved a better fate, or at least a better time slot.