I found out in the second podcast today - yes, we did two - that they re-edit when the airing order is announced.

I wasn't sure if it was going to happen, so I did the podcast. And then at the last minute it did happen - so we did another. So I sent them both. No idea which one, or if both, will air.

They edit the episodes for the order they will air in. Jamie was saying they chose takes and rearranged some stuff when they knew what the order was going to be. And some stuff gets cut. I have to give Jamie and Andy credit for making it all play so well out of sequence. I know they spend a lot of time at it.

The initial Stark/Allison scene was longer but got cut to give the "no" ending - which worked better for this ep. And other stuff like it. And I'm really enjoying that plotline - it has nothing to do with me, so it's always fresh and I think they really do a good job with it.

Lots to say on Henry but I'll wait til folks catch up a bit. Suffice to say, nothing changes for his mindset. And (this'll seem cagey but) I certainly hope the whole thing works. I haven't seen it.

so in the original edit, would it have made sense with Allison's being all subterfuge about the divorce?

Do you know how this "editing for the airing order" affect a DVD where I assume the eps will be in the intended order? Will we then be getting a DVD (my rose-colored glasses are on) with the correct airing order, but eps with bits edited out and rearranged to suit the live airings? I'm sure it won't affect the overall affect or enjoyment, just wondering what additional bits we'll be missing (hopefully there'll be lots of deleted scenes!)

I have no idea about the DVD but I certainly hope that the deleted scenes are in there because ti would be fun. There are an awful lot of them. There's a lot of fun stuff that could go on that. Ed and Andy did a behind the scenes look at Ed Quinn - Rock Star/Actor. Which was pretty funny.

And that's a good question about the episode number versus airing order. I'll find that out.

Ed Quinn is definitely hot. Stark in pain has an attractiveness to him.

Are there screenshot sites out there yet? Must go look.

Oh, yeah: [link]

I wonder, since she actually seemed to have some time to get through Susan and Walter Perkins, if she spilled some of the S5 espionage stuff, or if she was just dishing out their marital problems.

She was just about to start on the Perkinses when Carter ran in.

I listened to last week's podcast, which was good fun. Quinn has a lovely voice and a great sense of humor -- which I already knew about Colin -- so it was great to hear you guys bouncing off each other.

I really hope we get a DVD set with the commentaries and deleted scenes and all that. While I'm at it, I'll wish for a pony, and a second season....

Overall, I thought Purple Haze was a great episode and gave us some great character development.

The scene with Allison & Carter at her home was great. Particularly right after the door gets slammed in Carter's face.

The baseball bat scene was also really good.

I think there was a bit of a plot hole regarding Stark. I can't imagine it would've taken him all day and night to get down to Section 5 and to get to the artifact. Presumably, he would have privileges to grant access to the artifact (similar to the situation in Artifact). In addition, Allison and Carter seemed to get there pretty quickly, and they certainly don't have access to it. (OK, maybe one could aruge that Stark left things open as he went, but the timeline is still all off.)

Particularly right after the door gets slammed in Carter's face.

You mean where her boobs bob straight towards the camera for an inordinately long period of time?

You mean where her boobs bob straight towards the camera for an inordinately long period of time?

Haha... I was actually referring to Carter's antics through the glass, but I certainly can't say that the section you're referring to was hard on the eyes. :)