I love the idea of Doyle rescuing Bodie! I think he might be slower off the start because Doyle might try to exhaust all of the "legal" means first. He'd try to work within the system. I do think, that while he's holding out for Cowley to do the honorable thing, Doyle might start planning in small ways. I think about the episode, Fugitive. Doyle played within the system up until he had a clear opportunity to save Bodie. He didn't go off half-cocked on his own rescue plan. (Bodie goes off on rescue plans much more often in the show).
Still, at some point, Cowley would prove false and Ray would know it was time to act; he'd start calling in favors.
Rocky and Bullwinkle form the bulk of my Mounties knowledge too. Yes, I've seen a few eps of DueSouth. No, I still don't know how the Mounties work, lol! I wish I knew more about Mounties. What kind of policing work does that force do? For me, that part of the story really morphed into - they're going to Canada to live in a snowy cabin in the woods and ride horses - and I was okay with that skewed reading. The happiest of endings!
Thinking about your comment though, I can't imagine there are lots of international terrorists or Cold War spies on the Great Plains. They might get bored. They might get homesick. They might fall prey to modern prairie madness.
The Mounties are the Canadian national police, so some of the stuff they do is like the FBI: counter-terrorism and combating organized crime. They also provide local policing in many places, though, where they deal with more run-of-the-mill crimes. The story doesn't make clear which end of that spectrum B and D would be operating on in the small western city. It does seem more likely to be the everyday stuff, though.
(Also, even though they are still called "mounted police" they don't usually ride horses anymore. I'm not sure about in the 80s.)
I love the idea of Doyle rescuing Bodie! I think he might be slower off the start because Doyle might try to exhaust all of the "legal" means first. He'd try to work within the system. I do think, that while he's holding out for Cowley to do the honorable thing, Doyle might start planning in small ways. I think about the episode, Fugitive. Doyle played within the system up until he had a clear opportunity to save Bodie. He didn't go off half-cocked on his own rescue plan. (Bodie goes off on rescue plans much more often in the show).
Still, at some point, Cowley would prove false and Ray would know it was time to act; he'd start calling in favors.
Rocky and Bullwinkle form the bulk of my Mounties knowledge too. Yes, I've seen a few eps of DueSouth. No, I still don't know how the Mounties work, lol! I wish I knew more about Mounties. What kind of policing work does that force do? For me, that part of the story really morphed into - they're going to Canada to live in a snowy cabin in the woods and ride horses - and I was okay with that skewed reading. The happiest of endings!
Thinking about your comment though, I can't imagine there are lots of international terrorists or Cold War spies on the Great Plains. They might get bored. They might get homesick. They might fall prey to modern prairie madness.
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The Mounties are the Canadian national police, so some of the stuff they do is like the FBI: counter-terrorism and combating organized crime. They also provide local policing in many places, though, where they deal with more run-of-the-mill crimes. The story doesn't make clear which end of that spectrum B and D would be operating on in the small western city. It does seem more likely to be the everyday stuff, though.
(Also, even though they are still called "mounted police" they don't usually ride horses anymore. I'm not sure about in the 80s.)
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