# Earth: Final Conflict question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 17, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007 "2001-10-17T16:53:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007/1 "2001-10-17T16:53:15Z")

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This has been bugging me for a while now. What had happened behind the scenes to provoke the killing off of the maincharacter at the end of the first year? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007/2 "2001-10-17T17:12:36Z")

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I don’t know but I think Boone was a much better actor than Leum.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007/3 "2001-10-17T17:26:01Z")

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Was it a Majel thing, or the people she says took it over thing?

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007/4 "2001-10-21T18:37:13Z")

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One more question:

Does anyone watch this anymore?

Me, I was disappointed with the departure of Boone and the sudden shift in plot focus, and gave up on it last year. No cohesiveness.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-final-conflict-question/88007/5 "2001-10-21T18:42:02Z")

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I gave up first or second season.