{"id":36428,"date":"2013-05-27T17:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T23:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/27\/the-mystery-of-commander-sinclairs-departure.html"},"modified":"2014-01-25T18:50:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T01:50:06","slug":"the-mystery-of-commander-sinclairs-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/27\/the-mystery-of-commander-sinclairs-departure.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Commander Sinclair’s Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ever since Season 1 of Babylon 5,<\/i> the reason for Michael O’Hare’s departure has been under dispute. JMS claimed it was a creative decision. Other folks blamed O’Hare’s uneven acting and network pressure regarding same.<\/div>\n

Now, following O’Hare’s death late last year, JMS explains what really happened and why. (h\/t +<\/span>Scott M. Baron<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

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Ever since Season 1 of Babylon 5, the reason for Michael O’Hare’s departure has been under dispute. JMS claimed it was a creative decision. Other folks blamed O’Hare’s uneven acting and network pressure regarding same. Now, following O’Hare’s death late last year, JMS explains what really happened and why. (h\/t +Scott M. 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