Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Henderson-vs-Straker-tp1493584p1493624.html

Someone just e-mailed to tell me there was a big argument
about Straker vs. Henderson going on here, so I thought
I'd better start paying attention to what's going on
here! (sorry, been a bit preoccupied lately...)

In my opinion (not that anyone was asking!), the tension
between Straker & Henderson is established in early (production
schedule) episodes like CONFLICT, and only *later* during the
production do we have the flashback episode CONFETTI CHECK A-OK,
where Henderson & Straker are good buddies. So obviously
writer Tony Barwick purposely was showing that Henderson &
Straker were much friendlier 10 years ago, and leaving it
up to the viewer to wonder what happened between the 2
to sour the relationship.

On the other hand, UFO *is* loaded with inconsistencies
from episode-to-episode, and both Dr. Jackson & Henderson
*are* inconsistent in COURT MARTIAL with respect to the
other "present day" (1980's) episodes.

So, I agree that Henderson's behavior in COURT MARTIAL is a
"continuity" problem, while his behavior in
CONFETTI CHECK A-OK is not.

--
Marc Martin, [hidden email]

(back to being pre-occupied...)