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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
   "Mark Nobles"  wrote in message   
   news:161120062202346867%cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com...   
   > PV  wrote:   
   >   
   >> paul@harper.net writes:   
   >> >>I don't think I'm alone is feeling that the first four DVD collections   
   >> >>cover the "novel" in its entirety.   
   >> >   
   >> >Far from alone.   
   >>   
   >> Yep. Deconstruction was a fantastic series ender, and there wasn't   
   >> anything   
   >> at all that happened in season 5 that you didn't a) already know to your   
   >> satisfaction, or b) care about enough to consider a loose end. Season 5   
   >> was entirely unnecessary, and the series was damaged by it. *   
   >   
   > Season 5 would not have been unnecessary if it had told the story of   
   > Ivanova that had been set up for 4 years. Without her, it was   
   > unnecessary. With her, it would have tied everything together.   
      
   Good point - and that's a Lost Tale that I'd love to have seen.   
      
   Ali   
      
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