>But out of the first 8 episodes in season 5, only
>two were arc episodes.

That's an assumption; it's not a correct one.

>That means that the
>greatest number of arc episodes season 5 can
>have is 16. From the plot summaries, it seems
>that there are two or three more non-arc
>episodes later this season, so this makes 13-14
>arc episodes for season 5.

No, there's now only one stand-alone left in the balance of S5. And, again,
you've got arc material in the first batch, whether you choose to recognize it
now or not.

>So the total number of
>arc episodes in the series will only be 56 or so.
>We'll be missing out on 5-8 episodes, which is
>a good 10% of the arc.
>
>So what happened? Where do you think the
>material was cut from?

Nowhere. You can't apply math to a creative situation, and in an ongoing
process solidify everything so much in stone in season 1 that you can't adjust.


It's going where it was meant to go.

jms

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