Posted by Griff on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Alec-Freeman-married-tp1512745p1512755.html

Hi,

Certainly in 'Identified', Alec Freeman's character was certainly written and portrayed as a bit of a 'womanizer' (quote from Gerry Anderson).

By excluding a wedding ring or implying that Alec Freeman wasn't married would have made this character trait a little more - how can I say - plausible/palatable... and certainly (for the 1960's/70's) more moral that if he was a 'womanizer' AND married. That makes his character a very different thing.

Maybe I am showing my age here, but I am having trouble here. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I suppose a modern attitude would be, 'what's the big deal?

I'd very very interested to hear what others think about this. Commander Straker in 'The Responsibility Seat' looks positively uncomfortable, and certainly un-practiced. Paul Foster is portrayed as a typical late-twenties type. Whereas, Alec Freeman, although oldest of the three is portrayed as thewomanizer...

Of course, this didn't happen by accident, and was purposely written into the scripts, although Freeman's character seees to have been diluted in thisregard in later episodes.

Regards, Griff

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