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  "thread": {
    "id": 6225,
    "subject": "The Fringe",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2012-04-06T18:49:11+00:00",
    "last": "2012-04-06T18:49:11+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<SNT123-W513B4833C39926DB7E68A8CF300@phx.gbl>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Lee Berman",
        "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2012-04-06T18:49:11+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) The Fringe",
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          "text": "Larry Miller: I dont understand why people take the conclusion as the whole \nseries being a dream.  Everything that happened in the show happened to the\ncharacters.  The flash sideways was a glimpse into the afterlife which\ntook on the form of an alternate timeline.  What suggestion is there\nthat it was a dream?"
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          "text": " \nWell, not just a dream, but a dying man's dream. I'm not sure I can explain\nit any better than I have. Among the clues given I think the most telling was \na shot of a book with the title An Occurrence at owl Creek Bridge. This was a\nBierce short story and not even a book unto itself. This story is ONLY notable\nfor the surprise ending revelation that almost the entire story was a dying \n(on the gallows) man's fantasy. It wasn't placed in the show by accident. \n \nLikewise for the other, similar clues. Moreover, Jeff's assertion that the \nwriters denied it was all a dream confirms that at least it was always a \nconsideration and topic of discussion. The Owl Creek story inclusion was,\nat minimum, an attempt to generate such controversy.\n \nSo for me, there is no doubt of this hovering question throughout the series: \nwas it or wasn't it a dying man's dream/fantasy? Here is a clip of the first \nminute of the 6 year series and the final minute. For me, it answers the question.\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulwWolBrcbo\n \n(if there had been numerous allusions to stories about time loops instead of \nnarrative dreams I'd be more inclined to accept Gerry's hypothesis) \t\t \t   \t\t  "
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