Deus ex Machina

I think it is a common experience for all of us when things don't work the way they should. Sometimes we find ourselves in such an awkward predicament (either self-imposed or not) that any kind of remedy only seems to deteriorate the situation. Deus ex Machina is a latin phrase referring to those situations in a work of art (either play or novel or film) that a divine intervention or mere luck or anything out of the logical sequence of unfolded events, saves the characters from their plight. Examples abound: you wake up and realize it was all just a nightmare, or despite the mortal wounds the loved one comes back to life or any other artificial gimmick leading to a (not very realistic) happy ending. Yeah, Deus ex Machina belongs to the world of tales but once in a while one might wish it would happen in the real life.