Time of the Hawk and BR Season-2 talk

[Mikey]

John's Twiki thread inspired me to watch Time of the Hawk last night.

I had forgotten how devastated I was the first time I had seen it.

It was like they took a great show and flushed it down the toilet along with other things that need to be flushed.

Today I can tolerate Season-2, but at the time it just plain made me mad.

[Bruce Banner]

Yeah, the changes they made to the show for season 2 were pretty perplexing. As a kid I remember thinking... ***?? when season 2 aired.

From changing Twiki's voice (thankfully they changed it back pretty quickly), to side-lining Wilma and putting her in that damn stewardess outfit, the changes they made really screwed with the great formula they'd established with season 1.

About the only thing I liked about season 2 was the character of Hawk, who was pretty cool... So was his ship.

[Godzilla]

I think season 2 was one of the first times I remember watching something and thinking it really wasn't very good. Hawk was a bright spot, but the rest was painful.

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah the changes they made were ill thought out. the Twiki voice was because of a dispute with mel Blanc. the big robot was dumb and annoying. they also added the State Farm pitchman as a member of the bridge crew. Hawk was cool though, always liked his character. there were some good episodes in the season in spite of all the problems. buck turning into a Satyr was not one of the prouder moments, IMHO

[johnmiic]

If I recall after Flight of the War Witch Buck was cancelled. A short time later NBC reversed their decision. I think the cancellation was only to get rid of everyone behind the scenes of Season 1 who kept telling them "No" to stupid things they suggested. With the first season team gone they got a producer who was more of a yes man and just made a list of changes they wanted in the show.

They were going to re-cast Wilma and wound up re-hiring Erin Gray because they didn't recognize her in TV commercials as a brunette, (her natural hair color). Which proves how little they really paid attention to the show. Originally the actress who played Major Marla Landers was considered for the TV series as Wilma.

The story introducing Hawk was great but if it had been in the first season I think it would've been handled better. Hawk's turn-a-round to being Buck's loyal buddy is too easy. I think he would've taken longer to come around. It was too much Lone Ranger and Tonto.