Kevin Nauta (prydonia@accn.org)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:49:39 -0800
Ruth Sanders wrote:
>
> Hi, Ruth again, adding my opinion that Spike's crime was girl-related,
> again. May I remind you all of the conversation before the bit Nick
> mentioned?
> L: "Staying long? Or is this a flying visit?"
> S: "Just the last four years."
> L: "Don't worry, you'll soon have learned the language."
> S: "You know, Americans can speak English too."
> L: "Really? Then why don't you?"
> S: "I watch all the American cop shows to keep up the accent. Which is
> fine until halfway through a conversation I frisk someone."
> (At this point Lynda remembers the school dance scandal and Spike's
> connection, and continues "Aren't you.....etc.)
> I have never had the pleasure of seeing the episode, the conversation
> above was written from my memories of reading the books. Considering the
> Moffat brothers wrote the books and the series, between them they would
> have had a good idea of what it was Spike actually did, and so were able
> to add people's reactions accordingly. In the book, between Spike's
> 'cop show' reply and Lynda's recall, it says that the way Spike said the
> word 'frisk' that caused Lynda to remember that Spike was the culprit.
> Until then she hadn't thought of it.
> Considering this, doesn't it seem logical that 'frisking' had something
> to do with the infamous school dance affair?
> Feedback on my theory would be great.
> Bye for now!
> Ruth
Kevin is curiously taken by this idea, as it matches his memories of the
televised dialogue well enough to be considered plausible. I'm waiting
to see what others think, but I'll slyly add that Lynda is also the one
who did the wonderful little frisk job on Spike in THE BIG HELLO that
netted her a passport. Turnabout IS fair play.
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