I liked that episode too.. drunk Lane was hilarious, and it's nice for them to show Dick\Don's non bastard side every so often. Is it really possible that somebody would not be told that they have terminal cancer on the say-so of a relative though, if they're an adult and sound of mind etc.? Doesn't seem especially ethical.
Seemed very odd alright.
But I do know that no one told Babe Ruth that he had cancer all the way from diagnosis and on through chemo treatment.
They eventually told him when there was no hope left and after he saw a sign in the ward, but fuck.
Different times, I suppose.