Kevin Nauta (prydonia@accn.org)
Thu, 07 May 1998 17:33:46 -0400
E.... C.... wrote:
> I'm sorry, I guess I should have worded it differently. I certainly knew that
> alot of characters were just written out, no death, but I only meant to point
> out that alot of the characters died.
That I will agree with! Name another show aimed at younger people which focuses as much
as PRESS GANG does without being morbid or preachy. It is very unusual, and one of the
reasons it is such a brilliant series.
> I thought for Virginia Hume that Lynda said something on the lines of we don't
> think she can, you know... So I just figured that she meant pull through. I'm
> sorry if I assumed once again. As for Mary Brien, her death seemed to affect
> Spike only to make him realize his feelings for Lynda. During later episodes
> it almost feels that the reason for his declaring his love is lost, and all
> that's left is his need to declare it. Her death didn't change his character
> that much I think (forgive me if you think I err again) because after a few
> episodes, after he found out that Lynda loved him, he just went about being
> Spike, and forgetting the lesson Mary Brien's death taught him.
Those would be interesting questions to ask Steven Moffat if he ever stops by. Spike
reverts back to character eventually, but would he have ever left for America in the
first place if he hadn't had Mary's death affecting him? There's no right or wrong
answer to that one. We don't know how much the loss of Spike affected the paper because
we don't see any episodes set in that time--you can bet it does have an effect. I find
it interesting that Lynda still is clinging to a picture of Spike even after six months
of his being gone, and after we were led to think she'd tossed out all of his pictures.
That tells us a great deal about Lynda.
BTW, I vote Eavan to be our official PGML Punctuation Disciplinarian---that's
bureaucratese for "hall monitor", but sounds much more impressive, and probably pays
better, too!
Kevin
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