Babylon 5: why did Sinclair leave so suddenly if they knew it was gonna happen in the middle of s1?

[anti-matter]

From what I recall, Ohare was a friend of the shows main writer/creator who really didn't want to see him leave. As it turned out JMS wrote some wonderful scenes for those times Ohare could pull it together.

 

[diankra]

They recycled that plot thread into the Political Officer in Voices of Authority. Of course, once the video evidence against Clark was released, that Officer was recalled pretty quickly.

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