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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 184947" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>The large number of 'forgotten characters' is something of a necessity when doing an episodic drama (as opposed to a serial drama).  In the first three seasons, Knots had to rely on such characters to drive story (or at least accentuate it).  Typically they were defined by being an "outsider" who intrudes upon their lives, someone who upsets the delicate balance and then is driven out in order to return things to normal.  There were exceptions, of course, but the one-episode storylines were written with the introduction and departure of the guest-star(s) within the hour in mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>