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Post by wildhorseannie on May 31, 2014 4:35:52 GMT
Was the episode "War on Terror" as emotional for anyone else? I mean, Henry almost died!!!  I was about ready to quit the show if they killed him off. Luckily, the writers are wise indeed, and used it as vehicle to repair the George/Henry rift that happened in "Murdoch of the Klondike." I was starting to think they were never going to take care of that. |
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Post by snacky on May 31, 2014 5:03:27 GMT
Was the episode "War on Terror" as emotional for anyone else? I mean, Henry almost died!!! I was about ready to quit the show if they killed him off. Luckily, the writers are wise indeed, and used it as vehicle to repair the George/Henry rift that happened in "Murdoch of the Klondike." I was starting to think they were never going to take care of that. It wasn't quite as emotional as it could have been - partly because Henry was smiling when he should have been in a coma, lol. That episode has some fascinating commentary on current affairs though - especially the "capitalist conspiracy". XD I love Emma Goldman, too. I've forgotten about any rift between George/Henry. D: I'll have to go back and check that episode. There's a pretty funny rift near the end of Season 7, though. XD Regarding Disaster sizes - both real and perceived. Also what would be fairly small today would be catastrophic back then. The book I'm reading makes particular reading to the sinking of the Deutschland, in which a bunch of nuns drowned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Deutschland_%281866%29 |
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Post by urbanperegrine on Jan 6, 2016 14:05:12 GMT
Was the episode "War on Terror" as emotional for anyone else? I mean, Henry almost died!!! I was about ready to quit the show if they killed him off. Luckily, the writers are wise indeed, and used it as vehicle to repair the George/Henry rift that happened in "Murdoch of the Klondike." I was starting to think they were never going to take care of that. It wasn't quite as emotional as it could have been - partly because Henry was smiling when he should have been in a coma, lol. ... Regarding Disaster sizes - both real and perceived. Also what would be fairly small today would be catastrophic back then. The book I'm reading makes particular reading to the sinking of the Deutschland, in which a bunch of nuns drowned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Deutschland_%281866%29I admit I was concerned about Henry's possible demise when I watched it. I find I'm partial to Henry, perhaps because I read him as a secular person (for evidence, I cite his views on the Orange Parade and his discomfort with the fire-and-brimstone street preacher on the corner). I chalked up the smiling to the bliss of drugs: remember how freely these folks use liquid heroin (I'm not sure they quite understand the addictive nature of these substances). Your point about the perception of disaster is well taken. Population size was smaller then, both in Toronto specifically and worldwide, and life was a bit more tenuous (aspects of modern medicine like antibiotics and vaccines either don't exist or don't cover many maladies like measles and polio). That could make these things sting more, never mind that WWI and the contemporary flu pandemic haven't happened yet, so people aren't inured to big mass casualty events. |
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I was about ready to quit the show if they killed him off. 
