Another very interesting example is from the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Faces" (s1e14). In that episode chief engineer Lt. Be'lanna Torres (she is half human and half klingon) is split into two people: one is completely human, the other is completely klingon. The human Torres is weak and terrified, yet is still a superb engineer (reasoning ability). The klingon Be'lanna is strong and courageous, yet is rash and violent (emotional). Eventually they must be reintegrated in order for her to survive, but before that happens the human Torres says, "It's just that, for the first time in my life, I was finally at peace with myself, and now, I guess I'll be fighting her for the rest of my life."   See 13 other replies

The being able to walk anywhere but where they need to go is a good point. Somehow wherever they neeed to be...including the Old World which is so very far away can be reached in a relatively shot time. They don't even seem to indicate that much time is passing ofscreen. It wouldn't be so bad if they would just make it feel like there was some time elapsed that we didn't see when they travel once in a while. This also seems another place where the horses come into question...it seems like the farther they have to travel the less likely they are to have horses to do so, they seem to move faster without the horses. The trip to the Old World was a fine example, they had to go a long way and yet it seemed that they were able to get there rather quickly and no htought was given to picking up a couple of horses to get thtere. I can forgive how that it has taken an entire season for them to get to the Stone of Tears since the compas seems to be taking them around in circles and leading them to this and that before it gets them to their final destination.   See 6 other replies

The horses could be explained away by the terrain they cross. If they are crossing mountains, cliffs, or bodies of water, they won't be able to bring horses with them. I do try my best to ignore the fact that they have no back packs to carry their cooking tools and other things we occasionally see them use. Maybe Zed hides them under his robes or maybe he makes them out of magic. Also, it seems they can travel to any place in a matter of a few hours of walking, except to the place they need to get in order to save the world. At least I can ignore that so I can better enjoy the show.   See 6 other replies

The horses can be explained away with the above sort of logic but what I have a hard time finding any remotely reasonable excuse for is why that nobody seems to have any sort of backpack. We see Kahlan having a few changes of clothes, the group seems to have some basic tools such as an aexe for firewood and possibly a few cooking supplies but we never see anyone carrying any sort of pack that could be holding any of these items. Almost as hard to excuse as where the items they seem to keep with them are being stored is how that we are to believe that a group of traveleers who seem to know what they are doing would be traveling without bringing a pack or two containing some basic supplies.I suppose the problem with this is that the combat wouldn't look right with someone wearing a backpack and there are too many times where combat leads to a chase or something that would mean they wouldn't have a reasonable oportunity to return and pick up a backpack that was dropped when the combat started.   See 6 other replies

Most of the time we are left to assume that some time has passed between episodes and events we have not seen ocured durring that time. In the sort of cross country mad dash to accomplish a quest such as we see here there are many reasons the horses may be sold or abandoned. Eric bring sup a good point, I recall once where the books did describe the circumstances where atleast one horse was ridden untill it died while still running when the situation called for the most extream haste. Even wihtout simply riding the animals to death it is all too common for a horse to become injured when traveling rough country at high speed. Of course we do see the characters on Seeker taking far too much time to get involved in and help with every bit of trouble they find along the way to assume that they would be riding as fast as they can in between episodes. I think it might be a bit more reasonable to think they are simply finding themselvs in situations where the horses become a burden and it is more reasonable to sell those they have and buy new ones when it would be more apropriate. Times when there is a thick forrest to be crossed or a river crossing where the bridge couldn't support a horse it makes more sence to trade the horse in for the far lighter handfull of coins that can be taken to the next town and traded back in for another horse.Of course I am sure we all know that explaining things between ep[isodes away by letting the audience simply assume it happened off camera is one of the oldest tricks in tv.   See 6 other replies

They are probably riding them into the ground. Meaning they are trying to get to where they are going so quickly, its killing the horses.   See 6 other replies