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Current Talk '03 II / Re:Why Does The End of 1840 Make Me Feel That The Cast/Writers Stopped Caring??
« on: November 17, 2003, 10:19:03 PM »Three months was enough time, but they just didn't care.
Sad but true!
I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that. You have to remember that Jonathan Frid had walked off the set and renegotiated his contract to include a stipulation that he be given a character other than Barnabas to play. The whole 1841PT storyline came about as a way to fulfill that contractual obligation. They couldn't just up and drop everything that they had planned for 1841PT and suddenly come up with all new material. Not to mention that they may not have wanted to. Frid wanted a new character. Lara Parker wanted to play a weepy heroine. Both were getting what they wanted. And everyone associated with the show may have been quite content to see 1841PT play out as planned.