Gah, no posts for a month. I am so sorry; it’s
been nuts around here. This year I even remembered the anniversary date the
show premiered and just wasn’t able to find the time to get a post up. But I
haven’t neglected Perry-related works, as I’ve been working on The
Nefarious Necklace story at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/11485312/. By now I
almost have it done. I plan that one more full chapter and an epilogue can wrap
it up.
I’m really happy I was finally able to tell that
story, after agreeing to write it for my steady reader Harry2 three years ago.
Although I imagine it’s very different from the story he was envisioning!
I brought in some elements from a couple of
Livejournal-only blurbs I was experimenting with years ago, mainly the mechanic
David Solomon and his true identity. I debated for some time whether to go that
route or not, but I really wanted to tell a story with a Decadent Dean flavor
and I didn’t think I could tell a story with those characters without ending up
dipping into those plot elements.
That whole storyline is an experiment and a “What
if . . . ?” Personally, I still feel Tobin Wade is probably the biggest
slimeball in the series, due to having really been a friend at one time and
then letting his greed get the better of him. But since he was a true friend at
one time, I just couldn’t help but wonder if he would ever regret what he did.
The story examines the possibility of what might happen if he not only
regretted it, but was given a chance to try to make reparations.
Then the other night I was watching The
Bartered Bikini and saw something curious. Sergeant Brice is absent and
instead a Sergeant Macready is helping Tragg. Very oddly, Macready comes over
to Perry and greets him familiarly, even asking if he remembers meeting before.
Perry definitely does and is very congenial.
Well, Perry may remember, but I definitely did not! I looked up the character and so far have not found any other occasion where he was present in the series. At least if he was, an actor other than Herbert Patterson must have played him for his other appearance(s).
It is certainly a curious thing, a character
apparently set up as a recurring character who actually did not recur. The
other times characters have greeted Perry like that, they have been around in
other episodes, such as Sergeant Landro and the sheriff of the county where Mr.
Hale is the prosecutor.
I
wonder what they were planning to do with the character and why he didn’t
recur. And even stranger, why his appearance references an earlier appearance
that doesn’t seem to have happened. Anyone know? Perhaps there was an earlier
appearance of Macready played by another actor that I don’t remember. Although I am pretty sure I would remember that name; I have been paying attention to all the sergeants who wander in this time around.
