I didn't think he tried to kill himself. And I thought his psych eval supported that.
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-t - Aug 04, 2009 10:01:11 am PDT #9306 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2009 10:05:25 am PDT #9307 of 30001
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I don't know what you'd call an impromptu space walk with no return trip planned if not a suicide attempt.
le nubian - Aug 04, 2009 10:13:06 am PDT #9308 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt,
I see where you are coming from, but I think he just lost his shit for a bit there. I did not think he really wanted to die, but he lost his life's purpose and didn't know how to deal with that productively. He had a freak out. In space.
This does not contradict your point that he likely shouldn't be around mission control though. I thought it was very serious that someone else had to get him and he didn't really seem to acknowledge how scared everyone was for him, etc.
-t - Aug 04, 2009 10:16:17 am PDT #9309 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It wasn't obvious to me that that was a one way walk. He was still on the Antares, I don't see why he couldn't have made his way back to an airlock.
Though I'm being influenced in that by the scene with someone saying he cleared psych and Eve saying it doesn't matter. Though now I am thinking I may be muddling up some of the cloak-and-daggery bits as I cannot clearly picture that scene at this point.
In any case - like the character, will be sad if he is gone for good.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2009 10:21:15 am PDT #9310 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think he passed psych. I thought it was asked if he'd be let back on the floor if he did, and she said he wouldn't--she could have been predicting the future, or rigging the results.
I don't think he intended to come back. Ron Livingston's character had to talk him back into something.
-t - Aug 04, 2009 11:00:18 am PDT #9311 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, I am convinced that I had that all wrong. I was really trying to pay close attention, too.
le nubian - Aug 06, 2009 2:25:16 pm PDT #9312 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2009 6:39:49 pm PDT #9313 of 30001
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§ ita § - Aug 06, 2009 7:13:17 pm PDT #9314 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From everything I've heard it had to have been worse than Enterprise.
Dana - Aug 06, 2009 7:19:37 pm PDT #9315 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It was. I've seen both.