>"And that must have been a terrible cliffhanger!"
Yes! And no. :-) It was terribly startling, because "Counterfeit" and "Finale" had both aired their two parts in successive weeks, ending previous seasons tidily. And it was terribly plausible, of course, because we had indeed lost Tessa, and Charlie, and Darius, as well as a hundred lesser characters along the way.
But the May in which "Judgment Day" aired as HL's fourth season finale -- because they trimmed "One Minute to Midnight" and "Double Jeopardy" off fourth season to bulk up fifth season; I later learned this was because Adrian Paul wanted to be on screen less -- was the same May in which "Ashes to Ashes" and "Last Knight" ended Forever Knight. I'm afraid that my emotional fannish investment at that time was entirely elsewhere than poor Joe. I was too stunned and grieved in FK to be properly stunned and worried in HL.
That makes your "Horseshoes and Hand Grenades" all the nicer for me to experience now, instead of then, really. :-)
Re: "pure ornery"
Yes! And no. :-) It was terribly startling, because "Counterfeit" and "Finale" had both aired their two parts in successive weeks, ending previous seasons tidily. And it was terribly plausible, of course, because we had indeed lost Tessa, and Charlie, and Darius, as well as a hundred lesser characters along the way.
But the May in which "Judgment Day" aired as HL's fourth season finale -- because they trimmed "One Minute to Midnight" and "Double Jeopardy" off fourth season to bulk up fifth season; I later learned this was because Adrian Paul wanted to be on screen less -- was the same May in which "Ashes to Ashes" and "Last Knight" ended Forever Knight. I'm afraid that my emotional fannish investment at that time was entirely elsewhere than poor Joe. I was too stunned and grieved in FK to be properly stunned and worried in HL.
That makes your "Horseshoes and Hand Grenades" all the nicer for me to experience now, instead of then, really. :-)