Kevin P. Kenney <104102.352@compuserve.com> asks:
> Is this a fair assessment?
> Have we lost a few percent of what you originally wanted the
> story to be because of this? On a larger scale, how many threads
> are there that you don't know the resolution to yet? (Hey, nothing
> is set in TV till it is aired.) How many mysteries have you not
> decided the answer to yet, since you're still willing to use
> something cooler that you think up later? How much may we lose
> because you can't fit it into episodes?

Nothing dropped behind is ever essential; if it's essential, it
stays in, and gets paid off. A story thread that hits a
reality-speedbump just gets modified, flows into another thread, just
like life. You just keep on the road until you get to the end. It's
just what the characters do.

jms