From:	"Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject:	Re: Re [OT] I'll be back!
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 09:30:13 -0400

Mark C. Farrington wrote:

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>Spike wrote:
>> |GRRRR!!!! One more season wasn't much to ask, was it?
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>> Apparently, that's only part of the story.
>> She got greedy, and they refused to renew her contract cos her price was
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>> That's what I've heard anyway.
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>The truth of the matter is that she wanted to be paid for a full season
>without doing a full seasons worth of shows. She only wanted to film 18
>episodes out of the normal 22.

As I understand it (and I've read many posts from all sides), it was
a class 1 screwup. CC wanted time off to pursue movie projects. JMS
said, "sure - we've done it before and we'll do it again". CC's agent
said "get that in writing". JMS said "I *can't* get that in writing -
that would have to go to Warner Bros. to decide. What I *can* do is
just write you out of the episode if you tell me you want the time
off".

There was a deadline to get the contract signed and on JMS's desk -
Friday at 5, IIRC. It wasn't there. JMS called CC and asked what
was going on. She couldn't reach her agent, but promised that the
contract would be signed and on his desk Monday morning. It wasn't.
They had to start actually writing the scripts, so they wrote her
out.

Pretty nasty business all round.

James Ojaste