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   From: forrest@lmcg.wisc.edu   
      
   Elko Tchernev  writes:   
      
   > Daniel Forrest wrote:   
   >   
   > > No.  They offered her 18 episodes at a pro-rated fee.  She declined.   
   > >   
   >      To quote her (from The Lurker's Guide):   
   >   
   > > 2. I was never offered 18 episodes at a different price, I was told   
   > > "If TNT wants you for all 22 - you have to do all 22" period.   
   >   
   > and that's why I asked the question. Are you saying she's lying?   
      
   No, I'm saying it's a he-said, she-said.   
      
   To quote JMS (also from The Lurker's Guide):   
      
   BTW...it was stated to Claudia's people that WB *could* drop her down   
   to 18 episodes if she wanted to be paid for only those 18 episodes,   
   but her reps demanded that she should be paid for all 22 regardless,   
   and didn't take that deal.   
      
   They could both be telling the truth.  Claudia says, "I was never offered"   
   and JMS says, "it was stated to Claudia's people."  Since Claudia never   
   says she would have accepted that offer it's a moot point.   
      
   We'll never know, we weren't there.  All we can be fairly certain of is   
   that what Claudia wanted (a written guarantee of time off to film another   
   project) was something JMS couldn't give her (within the bounds of the   
   contract that the rest of the cast had already signed on to).  The rest   
   of it seems to be no more than what you might expect when you have several   
   parties (Claudia, her agent, JMS, John Copeland, and WB) trying to work   
   something out under a tight deadline and some inevitable miscommunication.   
   It didn't work out, the deadline passed, let's move on.   
      
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   Dan   
      
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