... **headdesk.**
Well, last night our station finally showed The Misguided Missile and I got it recorded. Unfortunately, they trimmed most of Simon's scenes, and completely eliminated him interviewing one of the suspects. (Thankfully, they kept the majority of his interview with William Schallert's character.) I think I'll get the DVD again to watch his scenes in full.
I've been recording some of season 4, mainly because it's the season I like least and the least likely I'll ever buy, so I felt that recording the episodes I do like would be wise. But the trimming of Simon's episode displeases me and makes me wonder if I'll reconsider. Maybe I'll get the second half of season 4, for that episode. And Mr. Burger is in more episodes in the second half, thankfully.
I rejoice that we are now past the point of Mr. Burger's only occasional visits. He's now back to being a regular. He'll be in every episode next week!
I racked my brain over and over trying to think of a way to bring Captain Caldwell back to life without going AU. It just seemed that there was absolutely no way, especially considering the graphic nature of his death. (The left side of his head was bashed in. Curse that insane Dan Morgan!)
Well, to be perfectly honest, there was one way, but I had dismissed it as too weird and straying too far from the show's roots and didn't even want to mention it. This time, while watching the episode again, the idea came back to me. And this time, due to feeling heart-broken all over again by his senseless death, I actually stopped to seriously consider it.
There is the old fall-back of a crazy scientist experimenting on his body and reviving him. In his case, the person would have to do quite a bit of reconstructive work first.
If I were to do it, I imagine it being part of the plot of that Halloween fic with a fake psychic I was thinking of writing. Major Jerry Reynolds would be on leave in L.A. and start thinking he sees Captain Caldwell everywhere. Spooked, he finally confesses it to Perry, who starts investigating. And eventually it would all come out.
Of course, I really don't know if I would do it. I myself don't particularly want to see anything stray far from the show's roots where what's acceptable science is concerned. That's completely in addition to wondering how the fans would take it. They don't mind about my stories being set in the present, but that's so incidental and this is so ... weird. And it would be central to the story.
I've been recording some of season 4, mainly because it's the season I like least and the least likely I'll ever buy, so I felt that recording the episodes I do like would be wise. But the trimming of Simon's episode displeases me and makes me wonder if I'll reconsider. Maybe I'll get the second half of season 4, for that episode. And Mr. Burger is in more episodes in the second half, thankfully.
I rejoice that we are now past the point of Mr. Burger's only occasional visits. He's now back to being a regular. He'll be in every episode next week!
I racked my brain over and over trying to think of a way to bring Captain Caldwell back to life without going AU. It just seemed that there was absolutely no way, especially considering the graphic nature of his death. (The left side of his head was bashed in. Curse that insane Dan Morgan!)
Well, to be perfectly honest, there was one way, but I had dismissed it as too weird and straying too far from the show's roots and didn't even want to mention it. This time, while watching the episode again, the idea came back to me. And this time, due to feeling heart-broken all over again by his senseless death, I actually stopped to seriously consider it.
There is the old fall-back of a crazy scientist experimenting on his body and reviving him. In his case, the person would have to do quite a bit of reconstructive work first.
If I were to do it, I imagine it being part of the plot of that Halloween fic with a fake psychic I was thinking of writing. Major Jerry Reynolds would be on leave in L.A. and start thinking he sees Captain Caldwell everywhere. Spooked, he finally confesses it to Perry, who starts investigating. And eventually it would all come out.
Of course, I really don't know if I would do it. I myself don't particularly want to see anything stray far from the show's roots where what's acceptable science is concerned. That's completely in addition to wondering how the fans would take it. They don't mind about my stories being set in the present, but that's so incidental and this is so ... weird. And it would be central to the story.