Henderson's Resentment

Pam Said

>Mary, I think yours is the best explanation for >Henderson's nastiness, but
>in the end I suspect his attitude was a glitch in the lack of >continuity
>between scriptwriters - I've complained about this >before....Pam

There;s no confusion between script writers.Firstly human beings are complex characters.Henderson in my opinion recommended Straker to lead SHADO.

Therefore If anyone knows Straker its Henderson.Both have an unacknowledged appreciation and respect for the other.
Dare I mention an unconcious Father-Son attachment.
Like all Father's they want some influence over their children.To teach ...to pass on principle's and value's.

This leads to conflict as one generation differs with another.
But being in such positions of power any conflict can only materialise in the way that it does in the series.Without Henderson the control freak and Straker,the man who is interested in results SHADO does,nt function.

Listen to Henderson in TIMELASH "when Shado's most vital peice of man power become's homicidal it is an emergency"
or when Straker comments in CONFLICT "show him in he's a very important man".I don,t see these statements as simply statements of objective fact but having an emotional content.Their disagreements are just too intimate..too personal for them to be disagreements as to how SHADO should be run.There is a personal element.Perhaps its going too far to say a son never really appreciates a Father's Love
in respect of Henderson/Straker.
But if there was to be another series maybe it could show how much Henderson gave up ,how his own ambition was
forsaken ..because he knew his pupil/son was better equipped to meet the challenges that lay ahead.All Henderson did was make sure he kept Straker needle sharpe,on his toes and ready for anything that might occur.
Straker's failure was his failure.Similarly he took pride in Straker's success,even if at times he seemed to be on the receiving end.In private Henderson was fuelled with admiration..as it was all working to his pre-conceived plan.

Mark UK



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HI:

Well, look at it from Henderson's point of view. They were all a pack of spineless sheep. "Bah Bah".
Couldn't resist the joke.

molteyjack

Mark Davies <[hidden email]> wrote:
Pam Said

>Mary, I think yours is the best explanation for >Henderson's nastiness, but
>in the end I suspect his attitude was a glitch in the lack of >continuity
>between scriptwriters - I've complained about this >before....Pam

There;s no confusion between script writers.Firstly human beings are complex characters.Henderson in my opinion recommended Straker to lead SHADO.

Therefore If anyone knows Straker its Henderson.Both have an unacknowledged appreciation and respect for the other.
Dare I mention an unconcious Father-Son attachment.
Like all Father's they want some influence over their children.To teach ...to pass on principle's and value's.

This leads to conflict as one generation differs with another.
But being in such positions of power any conflict can only materialise in the way that it does in the series.Without Henderson the control freak and Straker,the man who is interested in results SHADO does,nt function.

Listen to Henderson in TIMELASH "when Shado's most vital peice of man power become's homicidal it is an emergency"
or when Straker comments in CONFLICT "show him in he's a very important man".I don,t see these statements as simply statements of objective fact but having an emotional content.Their disagreements are just too intimate..too personal for them to be disagreements as to how SHADO should be run.There is a personal element.Perhaps its going too far to say a son never really appreciates a Father's Love
in respect of Henderson/Straker.
But if there was to be another series maybe it could show how much Henderson gave up ,how his own ambition was
forsaken ..because he knew his pupil/son was better equipped to meet the challenges that lay ahead.All Henderson did was make sure he kept Straker needle sharpe,on his toes and ready for anything that might occur.
Straker's failure was his failure.Similarly he took pride in Straker's success,even if at times he seemed to be on the receiving end.In private Henderson was fuelled with admiration..as it was all working to his pre-conceived plan.

Mark UK



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"Dare I mention an unconcious Father-Son attachment."

I'm sorry Mark, I had to groan over this one...I'm afraid father/son just
doesn't add up in my mind. To me it was more of a political dance of two
respectful adversaries. As someone put it...money vs. technology. I don't
see any love between them except in the very beginning, before Henderson got
the big political stick to control budgetary matters. Once that happened, I
suspect the relationship was far from father/son.

Mary

Molteyjack wrote:
> HI:
>
> Well, look at it from Henderson's point of view. They were all a pack of
> spineless sheep. "Bah Bah".
> Couldn't resist the joke.
>

Great, but please don't resist trimming your posts before mailing
them - thanks.

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:

Great, but please don't resist trimming your posts before mailing
them - thanks.



Oh, yeah. Sorry about that.

motleyjack






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Again I have to agree with Mary Veres on this one. Henderson was too old
and too injured and he was passed over for Straker, the younger hungrier man
that all sides decided was better equipped in every way to run SHADO.
Henderson was, whether he would have admitted it or not, probably resentful
of being thought too old when the whole thing had started out with him and
he got pushed aside for the younger man. Maybe as long as Straker had been
his subordinate in every way on the project, rather than being given the top
seat, Henderson would have continued as his mentor and "father figure". When
the car crash pre-empted Henderson as SHADO's immediate boss, he was
probably pissed but those those pushed him aside were not those he could
buck. So he took the job of being Straker's bete noir because it gave him a
chance to vent on someone whose youth and intelligence showed him up. This
is typical bully behaviour - something above the bully pisses him off but he
can't fight it - he's outgunned and outclassed. Who does he vent on?
Someone, anyone, whom he thinks cannot fight back or he thinks he may have
over a barrel. In this case, Henderson used his financial clout to harry
Straker.

Or again, it could just be poor writing and lack of checking the other eps
which preceeded......Pam

There could be a good story there. I can imagine Straker finding out after
years of harrassment by Henderson, something that would suddenly make him
realize there was reason for it beyond the personality--

Mary

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Davies [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 23:40
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SHADO] Henderson's Resentment

>I'm sorry Mark, I had to groan over this one...I'm afraid >father/son just
>doesn't add up in my mind.

Father/son attachment....Father's love.Yes.. probably should have steered
away from those kind of idea's.

Let's just say (as you,ve pointed out) that it was different in the
beginning.The resentment grew over time as their roles
became polarised.Would,nt it be good though if Straker really got the better
of Henderson,destroying his credence by defeating him politically,then
Henderson reveals or someone reveals to Straker that Henderson gave up SHADO
to Straker knowing him to be the best man for the job,despite all opposition
when SHADO was first set up.
And also whilst always seemingly critical of Straker,at times when it
mattered,Henderson it is shown defended him when others wanted blood.
What would be Strakers reaction to this be.

Mark UK  

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On the floor of Century 21 film editing room...

Henderson: "Ed....I..am..your...FATHER!!!"

Straker: "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

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