| Tommy Westphall | |
|---|---|
| St. Elsewhere character | |
 Chad Allen as Tommy in "The Last One" (1988) | |
| First appearance | "All About Eve" December 14, 1983 |
| Last appearance | "The Last One" May 25, 1988 |
| Portrayed by | Chad Allen |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Relatives | Dr. Donald Westphall (father) |
Tommy Westphall, portrayed by Chad Allen, is a minor character from the drama television series St. Elsewhere,[1] which ran on NBC from 1982 to 1988.[2]
Westphall, who is autistic, played an increased role in St. Elsewhere's final episode, "The Last One", one interpretation of which is that the entire St. Elsewhere storyline exists only within Westphall's imagination.[1] As characters from St. Elsewhere have appeared on other television shows and those shows' characters appeared on more shows, and so on, a "Tommy Westphall Universe" hypothesis (postulated by Dwayne McDuffie) argues that a significant amount of fictional episodic television exists within a fictional universe imagined by Tommy Westphall.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
brk2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ O'Connor, John J. (25 May 1988). "For 'St. Elsewhere,' It's Goodbye (or Is It?) Review/Television; Ed Flanders as Dr. Westphal in St. Elsewhere.". The New York Times. Vol. 137, no. 47, 516. Retrieved 9 May 2017.