Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140910035928/@comment-4091815-20140918040621

Walt whacks his head twice - once on the over-sized stainless steel meth machine and again on the concrete floor. A 50 year old man who has just finished a round of chemo and radiation would not have walked away without at least a concussion. Either gravity is weaker, concrete is softer or bones are stronger and more malleable than in the real world.

OR it's much more likely that the director thought it was funny so he did it that way and counted on the audience to have the common sense to know that without an onscreen warning - "do not try this at home."

The Good Wife isn't wasting time explaining that Voir dire for a homicide trial in a city the size of Chicago (especially in federal court) would take the better part of a week and include more than 200 potential jurors. Nope - they pick a jury and Alicia is still wearing the same blouse during her opening.

Also - not all characters in Lord of the Rings stay on the ground and nobody says anything when a character, that has shown no sign of the power of flight previously, suddenly takes to the air because the audience just understands it's "magic" and they're done with it.

You are being un-REALISTICALLY critical of a common practice in television in order to criticize Teen Wolf. Once a show establishes its universe - Werewolves are real, full moons happen more than once a month, Teenagers look 25 - it's all good as long as it doesn't violate its own rules. To apply real world standards when it's obvious that the show's universe doesn't work that way is ridiculous.

Still looking for some academic source to tell me I'm wrong.