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Anonymous writes...

I have seen elsewhere that you said the crew of TGC had FAR less time to work on episodes than you did for most of the 66 you were a part of. In your own opinion, was this the reason the quality was perhaps lacking from the first two seasons and the Journey?

It seems to me like this scenario:They had less time to work on them, were rushed in some cases, and didn't really get a chance to do as good a job as they could have...Do you believe this is so...From what you have said it SEEMS true but I'm asking you to make sure. Thank you very much for taking part in this....While I'm sad the show has gone, it lightens a dark day knowing its creator is here to listen to our ramblings about the show. That's all for now....

Greg responds...

Time is the factor that it all comes back to. I do think that the lack of continuity, i.e. the near-complete change-over in creative staff was another major factor. But they still had some good people, who given more time could have done better. Though I immodestly believe that since the episodes only incidentally reflected my plans for the characters, the series lost some focus.

Money and resources were other important factors. Less was spent per episode. And much of the work was sub-contracted out to Nelvana.

(I should say, that I'm hardly objective about Chronicles. Someone said that Chronicles is a good show if judged outside the context of the original series. I'd guess that's accurate. God knows I was pleasantly surprised by "The Journey" which turned out much better than I had a right to expect.)