Subj : Re: I BLAME BRAGA To : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.voyager,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 From : Merrick Baldelli Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 16:05:05 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.voyager On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:35:06 -0500, "Joe" wrote: >Speaking of B5...(SPOILER)... > >Was the idea of Sinclair as Valen (sp?) always planned or did they invent >that due to wanting to fire Michael O'Hare? Or did he not get fired? Bottom >line, why was he off the show after one season? He was always supposed to be Valen. According to one the stories (that I happen to believe most plausible given the writing that was going on at the time O'Hare was on the show), if O'Hare stayed around through all five seasons, the last episode of the series was supposed to send Sinclair back to the past to become Valen. According to jms -- [O'Hare] left because his character wasn't developing and he didn't believe he could put in an adequate performance. It was amicable decision... -- ||| - _ 0 o C ^ D \O/ +-----------oOOO-------OOOo----------+ | Merrick Baldelli | | snark_lord@mindspring.com | | | |____________________Oooo.___________| .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) .