Yeah, I think Portia makes so much of an impression that we expect it to be the start of something with her. Instead, I guess it was the start of reviving the manslaughter conviction so that they could put it to bed permanently. Maybe we should give them credit for insisting on doing that, considering how many loose ends were kept loose in later years...
Storyline one was Burke-Roger. It was sort of left hanging... Storyline two was Laura. Then as storyline three, Jason/Barnabas, starts up, we go back to storyline one to tidy it up and put a bow on it.... This may have been the first of many times when they felt they had to go against believability and the villain getting his proper comeuppance, because a certain actor or character was too good or popular to let go of. In this case it was Louis Edmonds.
[spoiler]There was no satisfying end to the story of Burke and Roger other than for Burke to be vindicated, and Roger to be hauled off to the pokey, one would hope to do Burke's five years, then several more for the deception and framing. Forgiveness can be a wonderful thing, but let Roger off and it does the exact opposite of teaching him a lesson. And Burke continues to have his name publicly besmirched.[/spoiler]
