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Yeah, it's frustrating to see the potential HMR had but that wasn't realized. As a kid, I loved the show, but now, some of it is a little hard to watch. It is endearing though, becuase I really do feel that Robert Conrad was really enjoying having his kids on the show. I think part of HMR's charm is because of that. Oddly, I do not recall any of Jesse Hawkes, but I totally do remember the opening credits sequence, so I probably did watch it back then, I just don't remember it. It wasn't until I was looking up pics of the cast that I realized what a babe Russell Todd was! I watched bits and pieces of the 1st episode of Jesse Hawkes to see how they explained why Matt left the rangers, I hated that they just...blew everyone up! It's no wonder Matt would have PSTD! Merlin's death, almost being murdered, almost dying from hypothermia, his family always in jeopardy and then seeing most of his team killed. That's a lot! (though I'm not recognizing the JH stuff with the team being blow up). I don't refer back to the eps too often now that I've got my own customized HMR world in my head. I like to use it for basic, framework stuff.

I do have a future storyline where Matt struggles with PSTD symptoms, I hinted in Bad Luck/Bad Guys of him having nightmares, and I envision him and Jody talking about his last year and how traumatic it was at some point, then in my future storyline...hmm...better not say too much! Except that there'll be an injury which involves his ex-boyfriend, and then a recovery where Jody will have to step up and watch over his boy. At least, that's what my muse is at right now, always subject to change! Right now in Angels they're in the wine and roses phase...all the tense hurt/comfort stuff is coming later as far as I can tell, :-D