ATTN JMS: WHTMG Timeline inconsistencies? (SPOILERS)

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Subject: ATTN JMS: WHTMG Timeline inconsistencies? (SPOILERS)
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s  1: Nov 15, 1996: loren at wombat.net (Loren Davidson)
*  2: Nov 17, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com

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From: loren at wombat.net (Loren Davidson)
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Here goes...


In the teaser of WHTMG, Franklin states that "it's 14 days since Sheridan was 
presumed killed on Z'Ha'dum and 9 days since Garibaldi vanished while on 
patrol"  Yet, in "Z'HaDum", the two events appear to be happening nearly 
simultaneously.  Was this a slip, or is there an explanation I'm missing?

A possible explanation is that, while the events were shown as being nearly 
simultaneous, it took five days for the news of the "incident" at Z'Ha'dum to 
make it to the Shadow fleet, who only then retreated.  Was this, in fact, the 
case?

Excellent episode otherwise...Sheridan's "Underworld journey" is seriously 
mythic...I'm waiting to see what sorts of gifts and/or treasures he brings 
back from the Abyss...

Loren

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Loren Davidson      
loren at wombat.net         http://www.batnet.com/beauty/
"Songs of love and songs of death, and songs to set men free"
                  -- "Land Ho", The Doors





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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
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No, this is a case where jms screwed up.

Originally, the script read, "It's now 14 days since Captain Sheridan left
for Z'ha'dum and was presumed killed.  Nine days since Mr. Garibaldi
disappeared while on patrol."

I went to edit the first sentence to make it active rather than passive
syntax.  In handwriting on the page (after the first draft, the typists
take revisions and implement them), I meant to write, "It is now 9 days
since Captain Sheridan was presumed killed at Z'ha'dum."  I either missed
changing the days, or the typist didn't put it in (it happens), and that
draft of the script is long gone.  But without knowing which, I'll just
take the rap for it.


 jms




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