Earth: Final Conflict
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The original main cast was Boone, Lili, Da'an, Sandoval, Augur, and Jonathan Doors. Boone was killed off at the end of season 1, though he miraculously returned to life in part of S5. Lili was dropped at the start of season 3, though she returned in the S3 finale and S4 premiere. Doors was technically a regular until his death at the end of S3, but only appeared in five S3 episodes. Augur was a regular through the end of S3 and had a few guest appearances in S4. Da'an was around until he was killed off at the end of S4 along with the rest of the Taelons. And Sandoval was there to the bitter end.
However, the long-lasting characters like Augur, Da'an and Sandoval pretty much became radically different people later on than they'd originally been.
Wikipedia's E:FC entry even has a little chart that shows which regulars were in which seasons, although it doesn't distinguish between regular and recurring status:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth:_Final_Conflict#Cast_and_characters
Sandoval's the only one to have been a main-credits regular from beginning to end. Zo'or is the only other one to have appeared in all five seasons, though he/she was only a regular in seasons 2-4.
However, the long-lasting characters like Augur, Da'an and Sandoval pretty much became radically different people later on than they'd originally been.
Wikipedia's E:FC entry even has a little chart that shows which regulars were in which seasons, although it doesn't distinguish between regular and recurring status:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth:_Final_Conflict#Cast_and_characters
Sandoval's the only one to have been a main-credits regular from beginning to end. Zo'or is the only other one to have appeared in all five seasons, though he/she was only a regular in seasons 2-4.
^^That Wikipedia chart is pretty good. Though they have an X for Lili in S4, even though she was in the premiere. They also have an X for Jonathan Doors in S4, though he was on one episode that season. Of course, it was a holographic representation of him, so maybe they don't count it on those grounds.
The actress who played the hot atavus in season 5 died a few years back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guylaine_St-Onge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guylaine_St-Onge
It's sad when hot people die?
Yes.
Indeed, I forget the title, but I particularly liked the one where his wife manipulates him into thinking she's been captured, he comes to her rescue, only to doscover it's a trap. What I especially like is that at the beginning he was supposed to have his Skrill and CVI removed, but then when he's betrayed, there's a really cool scene where he rolls up his sleeve and his Skrill crawls down his arm to its standard position.
It also had a subplot about astronauts from the future or something, which also turns out to be cool.
While I'll agree that the revolving door of writers & actors made things really weird & confusing and hardly anything added up when it was all over. However, in a strange way, I think it worked for the show, if only because it gave it an extra unpredictability. Think about it. On Star Trek, you know that all of the main characters are usually safe. On EFC, you never knew which character was going to get axed next due to the studio's constant quest for cheaper actors.
The revolving door certainly killed any chance of long-term character arcs and plot threads. I remember when the series was being developed that they wanted E:FC to have some sort of five-year arc like Babylon 5 but not as rigorous. Some of which, I think, can be seen in that first half of the first season especially in terms of Boone and Da'an.
I also recall reading somewhere that JMS was approached to be the showrunner or at least update the original Roddenberry teleplay, but he declined to do Crusade.
But that wasn't a good thing when the replacement actors were less talented and their characters less interesting, and when even the continuing characters were constantly being reinvented and becoming less interesting thanks to the studio's constant quest for cheaper, hackier writer-producers. The worthwhile character arcs kept getting abandoned, and they weren't replaced with anything interesting.
And the continuty got a bullet in the head.
We went from the big reveal of the Taelon mothership in Lunar orbit very late in s1 to the thing being in Earth Orbit with the volunteers as if they'd alwasy been there right at the start of S2
Realistically though, most of the cast changes were usually at the beginning or end of the seasons, so for the most part, during an average episodes, we know all the main cast would make it through. It was only during season premieres and finales that we were left guessing who would be leaving.
The Mothership was found by the Resistance in "Horizon Zero" in the early middle of season one and then revealed to the world by the Taelons in "Wrath of Achilles" (towards the end of season 1) when it swooped in at the last minute to save the day. From that moment on, it was in Earth/Moon orbit with the blessing of the world. We can presume that the Volunteer program started shortly thereafter and was doing well by "First of its Kind" (the season 2 premiere).
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