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- From: wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose Gonzalez)
- Subject: Re: *** Spoiler *** Comments on "Chain of Command Part II"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.034809.3466@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 03:48:09 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1992Dec26.160341.22400@eng.umd.edu> <athos-261292111931@kip2-29.apple.com>
- Originator: wombat@coke.eng.umd.edu
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- In article <athos-261292111931@kip2-29.apple.com> athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec26.160341.22400@eng.umd.edu>, wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose
- >Gonzalez) wrote:
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- >> - I was thouroughly impressed with the Captain Jellico aspect
- >> of the story. I found that I liked Jellico at the *end*, but not *during*
- >> the episodes. Troi was right, though, he wasn't sure of himself. Control-
- >> freaks never are. To compensate for his feelings of inferiority, as Riker
- >> said, he had to control "everything and everyone." *This* is why he
- >> changed the watch-rotations, not because it was necessarily the wisest thing
- >> to do, but because he wanted things *his* way. This is why he made changes
- >> that weren't necessary. Very, very well done character. If the rumors that
- >> Stewart are leaving after this season are true, I would not mind at *all* if the
- >> rumor that Ronny Cox would replace him is true as well. Yes, he would be
- >> very different form Picard, but he has a long way to go, character-wise, and
- >> that would be very interesting to watch.
- >
- >It was never shown that it *wasn't* needed either. I think that Jellico's
- >job was to ensure a victory and to do that he needed the ship to work as he
- >was used to. Remember, he didn't have time to get touchy-feely with the
- >crew.
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- Either way, it was a way to get things the way he felt they should be. In
- this case, he was right, and he managed to succeed in his mission. But
- people who are control-freaks often break under the pressure of all the
- responsbility. As I said previously, I would *love* to see Jellico back
- if Stewart leaves the show. It would be very interesting to see how he handles
- failure.
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- Jose Gonzalez
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