...that Frank (fake dentist) killed in the second (or maybe it was the third) episode? The next episode after that supposedly takes place a week later but there is no mention of anyone being found dead in the hospital.
shareI think it was supposed to be some type of General.
shareAt the time, we thought Frank was smothering Doctor Hale, the surgeon. Then, we see Dr. Hale alive the next episode!!! VERY confusing.
shareYes, it was confusing. I think it's odd that no one has mentioned it yet. Surely the two soldiers who were guarding his room have had reason to wonder why he hasn't come out or called for food/bathroom/etc.
shareIs that an actual plot hole?
I suppose you could just assume that it's a hospital, and people die?
The fact that he has pulled other teeth from characters such as the Matron, and has her signature, may not put him in great suspicion.
I suppose you could just assume that it's a hospital, and people die?
I suppose that the Colonel had blacked out and was not dead when smothered.
shareHa. If he blacked out when smothered and didn't die, surely when he came to, he might have said something to the guards like, "Hey, guys, someone tried to kill me last night while you were outside."
Normally, in a well written series, we would have heard about that happening. And there are a lot of dialogue issues I have with the show.
Yes, it was confusing. I think it's odd that no one has mentioned it yet. Surely the two soldiers who were guarding his room have had reason to wonder why he hasn't come out or called for food/bathroom/etc.Remember, it is a hospital.
I get that and I didn't mean that I was expecting anyone to be suspicious about the cause of death. I just meant that he seemed like an important patient - had a private room, had two posted guards, was carrying military information that was apparently worth stealing and killing for, was an officer - so I would have expected there to be at least a passing mention of along the lines of "oh, and Colonel So-And-So passed away. Sad, that."
shareA colonel. He had Union military maps of the immediate area under his care.
shareHe was some Union Army Colonel who had secret information with him.
shareHi gveronica,
One of Frank Stringfield's descendants come on this board to complain about that scene. He later retracted his complaint when it's revealed that the officer just blacked out and didn't die.
Thanks, I missed that. But when was it revealed in the show that he only blacked out?
shareIn the next episode, at least according to the guy who objected about it.
shareHmm. I guess I'll need to rewatch it because I missed that.
shareHi gveronica - I missed it too. The fellow who wrote it is a direct descendent of Frank's and was upset at the suggestion his ancestor murdered someone. He continued watching the show, saw that the fellow hadn't died and posted on the board about it.
shareI just watched the episodes in question. There is no mention of the guy passing out and not dying. The colonel drops completely off the writers' radar.
In a later episode, they make a big deal about tightening security after the escape. If the colonel had been suffocated to blacking out, wouldn't there have been some talk of tightening security in its wake?
Clearly, the writers simply forgot it happened and on they went hoping everyone else did too.
Since Stringfield married Emma Green, and then became a minister, presumably he is also a descendant of Green.
Since he lied to Emma, this episode, I wonder if he objected to those scenes as well. The whole subplot of Emma helping her baby sister's sweetheart, first, in the hospital, and then with his escape == that is all invention.
The series implies the Green family had just three children, Emma, baby sister Alice, and a youngish son with a bad leg. The Green's had three sons, and five daughters. Most had married, prior to the war, and had their own homes. Emma did have a baby sister Alice, who died, unexpectedly, not long before the Civil War.
Personally, while it may annoy Virginians, I am happy to see Stringfellow portrayed as a scoundrel.
For what it is worth, the real life stringfellow weighed just 94 pounds. The real life Stringfellow is said to have been 5'8". He would have looked as emaciated as an Auschwitz inmate.
Hi gswan,
I know it's a dramatic series based on actual events so I'm not that concerned. I like the actor playing Stringfellow. If I was his descendant, I'd be overjoyed that they producers picked a handsome young guy to portray him.