Thanks everyone for the FDK.
Laura - you're always encouraging. Thanks.
Tank -
I'm not sure about the actual mechanics of using the elevator as you suggest ...
Me either! But I couldn't think of a good reason why it
wouldn't work.
Re: Lois's hair - right at the end of S4, I thought her hair was growing again, in fact, not that different from the early parts of S1.
Close enough that I could get away with it - and the wig helped, of course.
Kathryn - I spent a bit of time trying to work that pill into Tempus's mouth, but nothing seemed viable.
And then there's the question of what to do with a permanently hypnotised Tempus - satisfying definitely, but very limiting for future conflict
Michael - I enjoy your expressive use of smilies. Thanks for your FDK.
IolantheAlias - thanks! Your 'I wish you'd expand it somewhat,' comment made my day.
As for the conclusion .... The past three days here have been 44, 43, and 45 deg C, which I think translates to about 111, 109 and 113 deg F. Today was a much more reasonable 35 (96?)!
The heat played havoc with our power supply ... so I lost a chunk of writing time.
So maybe a day or so ....