Chad Underkoffler <102512.1310@compuserve.com> asks:
> It makes me wonder: what if Delenn had been on the station when
> the riots/Nightwatch situation erupted? Maybe the Z-man should
> have just tossed it over his shoulder? from his cell, to the
> lighting of the candles (rekindling of hope lost in TLTS? You've
> had it for *months*, okay? Clarke?
> Him and the Nightwitch (Musante) are the type of people that have
> Earth's best interest at heart? *Corwin, by his line "What did we
> do wrong?" Did anyone else see Susan as Wednesday Addams sitting
> there on the couch?

"...I wanted Sheridan &Co. to cut themselves free of Earthgov,
and they didn't."

'Course, if you were to do anything that monumental, you'd
spike right smack in the middle of your three-part story.

One of the things about these three episodes that's again worth
stressing is that they're really one story, linked carefully. Each of
the three begins *one frame* after the other. After they've aired, if
you sit down with a VCR and edit them together, you'll find that they
flow absolutely SEAMLESSLY from one to the other. So PoNR is at the
dead center of the piece that propels you toward the last third, like
the second act in a three-act play (which was my structure for this).

That may help.

jms

Chad Underkoffler <102512.1310@compuserve.com> asks:
> Story idea?
> Is there a name for this triptych, or would that be *telling*?
> I know he's one of Harlan's faves; what about you?
> And was Susan still reading Harlan's autobio in "MfE"?
> Carmichael?"

Norman's been a friend of mine long before I ever actually met
Harlan, and so yes, his name popping up was my idea. His writing is
pretty amazing, isn't it?

(See if your library has a copy of the audio recording of "On A
Note of Triumph;" it'll knock you down.)

jms

Joel Hilke <102354.1702@compuserve.com> asks:
> Question if they are really intended as one complete story - why
> weren't they labeled as such?

We knew that at some juncture they'd be split, so numbering
them as parts 1, 2 and 3 would be awkward. And distribution hates
having to market multi-parters, for reasons of their own. So...three
episodes.

jms

Joe Salemi [ZD Net] <72631.23@compuserve.com> asks:
> I was wondering about that; so, unlike the usual pattern where
> each show is a few weeks after the last, these three are
> continuous over a span of a couple of days?

Not per se, no; you can have one picking up a frame later, but
there are still time gaps in *story*. Between 1 and 2 there's only a
few hours; but between 2 and 3 there's several days or so.

jms