I didn't have the chance to rewatch until now. It's a great episode, but it really makes no sense placing it in this order because this is obviously Gideon's and Lochley's second, not first meeting. Speaking of Lochley, since my story about her starts during this episode, I might as well link it here:
Back to the episode. The Senator is one of JMS' oily, untrustworthy politicians, and the only twist is that he doesn't actually do something backstabbing in this episode, but he plays such a minor role that it doesn't matter. David the volunteer is young, naive and either endearing or stupid or both, which makes him very real, and it was haunting to see Richard Biggs again as Franklin now that he's passed on.
The way Gideon rescues Lochley's star fury is one of my favourite suspense sequences in Crusade, and remains so on rewatch. Gideon is in fine form throughout the episode, going on the mat for the unknown pilot in distress but not throwing a tantrum about not being informed about everything at once, as certain other officers might have done, lightly flirting with Lochley and being teased by Matheson.
Sarah Chambers and Stephen Franklin's talk about bearing responsibility for infecting someone with the Plague: note that despite Sarah's guinea pig suggestion, they're not really debating whether to do it at all. It's a sign of the dire situation and the nature of the show they don't make this a moral dilemma episode, i.e. "should we/shouldn't we"; both doctors know they should.
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Proserpina, Returning (http://archiveofourown.org/works/12592)
Back to the episode. The Senator is one of JMS' oily, untrustworthy politicians, and the only twist is that he doesn't actually do something backstabbing in this episode, but he plays such a minor role that it doesn't matter. David the volunteer is young, naive and either endearing or stupid or both, which makes him very real, and it was haunting to see Richard Biggs again as Franklin now that he's passed on.
The way Gideon rescues Lochley's star fury is one of my favourite suspense sequences in Crusade, and remains so on rewatch. Gideon is in fine form throughout the episode, going on the mat for the unknown pilot in distress but not throwing a tantrum about not being informed about everything at once, as certain other officers might have done, lightly flirting with Lochley and being teased by Matheson.
Sarah Chambers and Stephen Franklin's talk about bearing responsibility for infecting someone with the Plague: note that despite Sarah's guinea pig suggestion, they're not really debating whether to do it at all. It's a sign of the dire situation and the nature of the show they don't make this a moral dilemma episode, i.e. "should we/shouldn't we"; both doctors know they should.