Posted by george on 11/8/2006, 4:23 am The final season really burned up the time. Single episodes were spanning weeks. What This was alot like the same problem that faced the old "Combat" or "MASH" series. To make a story interesting, it would cover weeks in a single episode. Evidently the writers had forgotten that only a finite number of those weeks historically existed. "MASH" especially
Did anyone else catch the fact that these guys stayed in Vietnam nearly 2 years. The show
starts in 1967 and concludes in late 1969. Too long for the Tours of Duty for Ruiz and Purcell.
Even with the 3 month extension for the instant out, it just does not add up.
were the writers thinking?!
was terrible for this -- they actually turned back the clock a number of times -- 1952 in
season 2, but 1951 in season 5. Continuity error city!
