After I wrote: <Again, fair enough, I concede to your experience. I only suggested GT because [a] it's on record that he changed a line and *very* much for the better in 'Horizon'>

Leslie queried: <What was the line? (This is becoming my catchphrase:))>

When Avon almost shoots him, Blake was scripted to say: "You never could tell your friends from your enemies,". Instead, we get the one word "Missed".

And back to the end of The End ... <If Blake, then I think people are making the mistake here of trying to the map the first draft lines onto what we saw on screen. <snip> But what if the scene was more in the style of Anna Grant's death, which really is a typical western "death bed confession" theme. >

<g> Like the old joke about opera - it's where someone is stabbed and instead of bleeding, they sing ...

But the line dropped from 'Blake' would still sound just as silly, IMHO *only,* coming from him (notwithstanding the fact that I think Gareth is one of the best actors on the show). He just *doesn't* talk like that :-)

And RoD: <This is one instance where Boucher did slip up by actually misquoting Mark Twain. The original quote was "reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Unless, that is, someone out there knows better:)>

Couldn't tell you right now (I'm at work, and all my books are at home) but it wouldn't have worked any better for me had it been correctly quoted. That wasn't what jarred for me - it was the contrived feeling, the of the lines, both for Avon and Tarrant.

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