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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 441059" data-attributes="member: 27">I loved how intricately the whole plotline was constructed, and how this impacted so many of the cast in different ways.&nbsp; Whether it was plotted this way from the beginning or if they filled in some blanks as they went along, it came together brilliantly and had so much more impact after we assumed EV was in the rear view mirror.Empire Valley was originally just a secret dumping site for Galveston Industries toxic waste (mostly arsenic).&nbsp; The waste was apparently buried in a safe way, but was still kept secret because there wasn&#039;t the sort of government (EPA) oversight that we later saw courtesy of the Love Canal and Times Beach scandals.&nbsp; Why Galveston would opt to build that satellite eavesdropping unit right on top of it decades later is....questionable.&nbsp; But whatever the case, Galveston purposely left the land to Gary not because he wanted to spite Greg, but because he (Galveston) knew the land was worthless due to the arsenic, and would likely bankrupt Gary if/when the EP found out it was a dump site.&nbsp; Paul G was trying to do Greg a FAVOR but of course Greg had no idea of this.&nbsp; The ultimate irony of course is that the arsenic would likely have remained sealed and safe if Gary (the &quot;tree hugger&quot;) had not set off those explosives and caused the containers to leak chemicals into the soil and water.&nbsp; But Gary had to destroy the communications center one way or the other, since he was being portrayed as the only &quot;white hat&#039; among the players.&nbsp; As you said, both Abby and Greg wanted that center for their own nefarious purposes, and since this whole concept of a secret satellite eavesdropping center was a bit too much for a show like KL, it had to be destroyed or else the show might slip into Falcon Crest territory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 441059, member: 27"] I loved how intricately the whole plotline was constructed, and how this impacted so many of the cast in different ways. Whether it was plotted this way from the beginning or if they filled in some blanks as they went along, it came together brilliantly and had so much more impact after we assumed EV was in the rear view mirror. Empire Valley was originally just a secret dumping site for Galveston Industries toxic waste (mostly arsenic). The waste was apparently buried in a safe way, but was still kept secret because there wasn't the sort of government (EPA) oversight that we later saw courtesy of the Love Canal and Times Beach scandals. Why Galveston would opt to build that satellite eavesdropping unit right on top of it decades later is....questionable. But whatever the case, Galveston purposely left the land to Gary not because he wanted to spite Greg, but because he (Galveston) knew the land was worthless due to the arsenic, and would likely bankrupt Gary if/when the EP found out it was a dump site. Paul G was trying to do Greg a FAVOR but of course Greg had no idea of this. The ultimate irony of course is that the arsenic would likely have remained sealed and safe if Gary (the "tree hugger") had not set off those explosives and caused the containers to leak chemicals into the soil and water. But Gary had to destroy the communications center one way or the other, since he was being portrayed as the only "white hat' among the players. As you said, both Abby and Greg wanted that center for their own nefarious purposes, and since this whole concept of a secret satellite eavesdropping center was a bit too much for a show like KL, it had to be destroyed or else the show might slip into [I]Falcon Crest[/I] territory. [/QUOTE]

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