Yes, I see what you mean. The retreat through the desert.. yes, the throwaway line.. oh and then he made the worst mistake of his career... but we'll skip that.
On the other hand, it was three hours as it was, and I'm not sure there are many episodes they could have cut to make more room without the story becoming too incoherent.. only Ptolemy's final summing up springs to mind..
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Date: 2005-01-08 11:00 am (UTC)The retreat through the desert.. yes, the throwaway line.. oh and then he made the worst mistake of his career... but we'll skip that.
On the other hand, it was three hours as it was, and I'm not sure there are many episodes they could have cut to make more room without the story becoming too incoherent.. only Ptolemy's final summing up springs to mind..