Don’s Driving Times

One small kvetch I have is Don’s unrealistic driving times.

For example: When he goes to Suzanne’s house one night (teacher, S3), and finds her brother there, Suzanne explains she’s about to drive her brother to his new job grounds in Bedford, Mass.. Don then says ‘I’ll take him’… From Ossinging, NY, this would be at least 7 hours round-trip!

Suzanne is up waiting for him, when he returns; like he made a casual jaunt. Why not write the job sight closer and more realistic? And why would Suzanne plan to drive her brother on a trip like that in the middle of the damn night and not during daylight?

Just seems odd. It’s fiction, yes, but the writers seemed to take painstaking strides for accuracy in details… It feels like less details would have been smarter storytelling for this one… Actually the whole storyline of Don driving Suzanne’s brother across 3 states was a tedious waste. It served no purpose.

Other examples like this, but I won’t bore you all more with it!