Interesting.

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After researching treason in America, and the outcomes of the only cases around the time period I want to know about, I'm wondering if, all things considered, General Wilkerson would not have to die. Maybe, since he willingly confessed to his crimes and turned himself in, and before anyone was killed, too, he would only be given the five years in prison that can be imposed instead of death?

At any rate, it's looking more possible than I thought it would be the other day. Which makes me happy, as I watched the episode one more time before letting the disc go, and this time I really did cry. It's such a powerful episode, especially the scene where he gives himself up.

There was another episode on the disc that involved a traitor, a thinly-disguised Benedict Arnold under the name of General Scott, and it couldn't hold a candle to the Simon Oakland one. And no, I really don't think I'm biased because of the actor. The Bitter Mission episode had such a much more gripping plot, especially with the traitor having been Daniel Boone's friend.

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Maybe in Simon's case, just that one bad taste from seeing Mel Barnes has lingered on, as you indicated before. Barnes certainly is freaky.

Oh, that's interesting! I'll have to poke through that fic. Sometime I'll probably get around to watching the show. I'm curious about the fourth season too, since they tried to go back to a serious format for it.

Robert Vaughn definitely sounds like a nice person!

It sounds like they must. Ugh, how terrible! That really is appalling, to leave that scene out.