Talk:Here Come the Brides

Bridget Hanley

Why does the page describe Bridget Hanley as beautiful? With no disrespect intended to the actress, she was not a beautiful woman, nor was she marketed as such. The editor of the page may feel she's beautiful, but it's not something objective that should be stated about the character.

Star Trek crossover

At the end of the story, Spock discovers that Stempel is one of his mother's ancestors, which ties in nicely, since Mark Lenard also played Spock's father Sarek in episodes of the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as several of the Star Trek movies.

Cute, except it hardly makes sense for one of Amanda's ancestors to resemble Sarek.

Agreed. IIRC from when I read it, nothing of the kind was said. However, the novel does offer a resolution of Jason and Aaron's bet in line with the terms as actually set in the pilot, and repeated several times over the first season: All the women will have married locals by the end of one year, not merely still be in Seattle. The producers idiotically failed to realize initially how much that would cramp the show, but they certainly did when second season script development began, and opened that season with the Bolts celebrating Jason's winning the bet, albeit specifying other terms, those described in the article. In the novel, Aaron and Biddie had fallen in love, and rather than let Jason marry her to keep from losing the bet, Stempel proposed and effectively forfeited it, not knowing that she had already turned the oldest Bolt down because of her love for Aaron. BTW, nowhere in the book can one find any legal acknowledgement to HCTB 's owners. Is this one Star Trek novel that went out of print fairly quickly? All of the above I submit is relevant to the article, especially the changing of the terms of the bet which happened in the series itself (forget about my admittedly speculation as to what happened behind the scenes). The content of the novel is surely attributable to that publication itself. Almost forgot: there were one other recurring character, the schoolmarm Miss Essie, played by Mitzi Hoag (no, I have no idea who she was teaching!). In fact, it was Big Swede's near-molestation of her in the pilot that prompted the "brides" arrangement/bet. They married near the end of the first season, and Hoag turned up well into the second season in a completely different role, as a nun! --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

"And What of Lazarus; And what...?" Speaking of "cross-overs", People tend to forget that both Mark Lenard and Robert Brown guest-starred in two of the most poignant roles in the original "Star Trek" series, and became co-stars later in "Brides". Curious thing about Mr. Brown. By his accent he appears to be more of British (or Scottish) origins, or at least of an anglo-phile affectation. Could it be that he was a stage, or even particularly a Shakespearean actor? He sures does seem to have that demeanor, not only in "Brides", but more noticeably in "Trek"s "The Altenate Factor", where he masterfully played duel (and dualing) roles of the doomed "Lasarus". 69.126.238.184 (talk) 21:28, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Veryverser

Huh? No one seems to forget this. This is commonly known among Star Trek fans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.162.105 (talk) 17:39, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Why did this show come to an end?

Why did this show come to an end??? 47.224.55.245 (talk) 03:59, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Black & White Photos

This show was produced in color, so why are there black and white pictures which infer that it was a black and white show? Color television shows have been around since at least the late 1950's. 98.109.61.176 (talk) 03:58, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Why did so many ABC affiliates not show the... show?

The article indicates that some 50+ ABC affiliates didn't broadcast Here Come the Brides but gives no reason as to why that was. Was there any particular reason? 2601:408:C402:95B5:8D2B:7B46:8425:43F0 (talk) 07:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)