> > > > >The formula idea is that nothing ever actually happens. Or in other >words, > >everything is back to normal at the end of the episode. That way viewers > >can miss an episode and still know what is going on. > >That's typical of any show in it's first season since characters are still >being >introduced. You introduce characters and places -- and then you drop a >piano >on the viewer. That's typical of star trek during every season, even the old show. The only notable exception is in the end of deep space Nine where they are trying to copy Babylon 5. > >This is even true for major arc-series like Babylon 5 and even really LoGH >up to >about episode 7. The first season of babylon 5 is full of foreshadowing of what will happen and major events (that effect later epsidoes) do happen during a few of the first episodes. As for LOGH, not really. Rheinhart going from admiral to high admiral to commanding half of the fleet and Yang Wenli being given his own fleet to command is not everything returning to normal at the end of the episode. > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com