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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Many times patients in the US are put in double rooms -- i.e. a room with two patients. You hardly ever see this in drama movies or TV shows but it has often been shown in TV sitcoms (so the star can be annoyed by the other patient, with comedy ensuing). I can think of several examples from the '70s: A classic All In The Family episode where Archie is placed in a room with Roscoe Lee Browne without realizing he's black; A first season Mary Tyler Moore Show where Mary goes in to have her tonsils out; and several Odd Couple episodes.
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Yes I do remember some comedic scenes set in U.S. hospital rooms but I reckon the bulk of the scenes that I have seen in movies and drama tv shows involving a single patient in the room they are being stalked by someone trying to kill them because they witnessed something
