Official Ep Discussion: S3 Ep8: "Vision Quest"

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Originally Posted by neatoman

It was a pretty good episode, considering that some of the recent episodes created substitutes for characters that may or may not be under Nick's copyright, is it possible that the "Deer" was based on this thing?

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But I also have to ask, how much do the writers actually work together and is there some kind of story editor on this show at all? Because Leo got over his leg pain last episode, the last damn episode. Not to mention Donatello getting worried about April bonding with Casey, kiss scene aside (and the beaver episode implied that scene might just have been a dream) he learned his lesson six episodes ago.

Personally, I felt that they were being realistic about it. He thought he was better, but every time he feels the slightest bit of discomfort, he focuses on it again, once again recreating the doubt it'll get better in his mind. This is a very realistic reaction to a bad injury, especially a traumatizing one. He had to focus. Mind over matter. So I commend the writers for this. His injury, to me anyway, wasn't completely healed. Like my situation. I had that breathing issue because of the clots in my lungs. Every time I feel the slightest discomfort or any shortness of breath, my mind jumps back to that situation and I then wonder if I'm actually better after all and then I focus and worry over it and have to keep telling myself I'm fine. I get a pain in my leg, I get paranoid and worried, but then have to remind myself that the doctor says I'm ok and that it's nothing. Personally, I think that's what Leo was doing along with some PTSD.

After the big quake/tsunami hit Japan, even though I had left about a month after it happened, I was still showing signs of PTSD. Even after I was back on US soil, I still had PTSD symptoms. Any type of strange movement, I'd slightly freak out. So yeah, personally, I think that Leo's mind was strong and causing him to feel more pain than he actually did. That was the point of the episode, for him to face it himself. The other times outside factors got in the way (Dream Beavers; April). This time, Leo decided for himself to get over this injury once and for all....so yeah, that's how I felt about it and why Leo kept going back to feeling pain.