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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 87036" data-attributes="member: 27">It&#039;s also worth reminding everyone that while this 180-degree turn for Ben seems abrupt and more than a little mind-blowing, it played out a bit more believably (a BIT more, not a lot more) in the original, one-episode per-week format.&nbsp; It added some time to digest the individual plot points.&nbsp; Or, put another way, gave you some time to talk yourself into believing it might actually happen.The limited appearances of Constance McCashin in the story were disappointing for me.&nbsp; At the time I just assumed she was not being used as much due to her pregnancy, but I did not know the proverbial knives were out behind the scenes.&nbsp; When she did appear, her character was well-used, and of course Laura was as observant and witty as always; her absence from so much of the action was glaring when you take into account how much more of an ally/confidant Laura was to Greg when suddenly...she wasn&#039;t.&nbsp; The producers/writers proved that they could put Greg into a front burner story threatening his life and not have his own wife play a significant role.&nbsp; Can you picture such a story written for Mack and not have Karen playing a major role in the story?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 87036, member: 27"] It's also worth reminding everyone that while this 180-degree turn for Ben seems abrupt and more than a little mind-blowing, it played out a bit more believably (a BIT more, not a lot more) in the original, one-episode per-week format. It added some time to digest the individual plot points. Or, put another way, gave you some time to talk yourself into believing it might actually happen. The limited appearances of Constance McCashin in the story were disappointing for me. At the time I just assumed she was not being used as much due to her pregnancy, but I did not know the proverbial knives were out behind the scenes. When she did appear, her character was well-used, and of course Laura was as observant and witty as always; her absence from so much of the action was glaring when you take into account how much more of an ally/confidant Laura was to Greg when suddenly...she wasn't. The producers/writers proved that they could put Greg into a front burner story threatening his life and not have his own wife play a significant role. Can you picture such a story written for[B] Mack[/B] and not have Karen playing a major role in the story? [/QUOTE]

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