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> Sorry. MC. I think Mary had a need to know what Ed's
> real job was. Even in this sorry real world
> of ours, the wives and hubbies who's mates are in
> the CIA, NSA, FBI, CID and the Secret Serves4.
> Act.. know what they do. Maybe not the day to day
> proticulars. But still they know... Mary had a
> right to know that Ed was head of SHADO. She didn't
> need to know everything sure. I believe that
> if she had known, then she could have understood
> better why he wasn't there.
here, here! actually, now that someone brought it up.
a workplace friend of mine has a spouse in MI. and
that's all she knows. there is even an agreement the
spouse and family have to sign to not ask questions.
and there is a full security check run on everyone you
ever met ... or so it seems. So, really, if Mary
didn't measure up, something should have been done
sooner. If she did, she should have been told. Again,
smacks of writers not doing their homework. You could
still have had Mary decide it wasn't working, but not
because her "studio head" hubby was working
waaaaaaaaaaaay too long hours.
>
> I think what he did was just plane wrong. If he
> wasn't going to do the correct and honorable thing
> to do, he should have just not married her or
> devorced her early on.
suspect Ed wanted to do the honorable thing. there are
indications he knew that what they were doing was
stupid, but he also had his orders; orders he didn't
have when they met and fell for each other. Although,
technically he was already classified as MI, so she
really should have had a clue. Mary the Clueless,
sounds medieval ....... *laughter*
>
> If Henderson and who ever is up there in the control
> seat with him would really stoop that low.
> Then the aliens should win.
I don't think it would be a case of "stooping that
low" as of a panic, knee jerk reaction to the
situation. the clear cut idea behind the secrecy was
that if the world at large found out that there were
aliens and what they were doing, there would be wide
scale panic and disruption .... the religious right
alone could use this for all sorts of nonsense that
would be detrimental both to the world economy and to
SHADO itself. I agree with you, that the writers
should have done a better job and a more reasonable
job with this character, but I have to agree with
James *dragon wavicles at James* that in the SHADO
universe, Gen. Henderson and the powers that be were
truly that unreasonable.
as to the 24 hour thing on the amnesia drug, i
remember that being a limit in some of the shows, but
wasn't there a member of SHADO who was released from
duty and their memories completely altered so they
didn't remember working for the organization? (Where
is that dratted Dr. Jackson when you need him? *dragon
poking her nose places it shouldn't be and hoping she
doesn't get caught*
> April <reaching to turn the lights back on>
>
eeeek! lights! ow, ow, ow. warn a dragon, wouldja?
*falling over laughing*
*dragon retreating to lurkerdom ....... possibly unsuccessfully*
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