*Nods* Sounds reasonable to me. I'll have to watch the actual season episodes, of course, but it's reassuring to know that he does work hard on the show. I'm always leery when shows bring in new characters in major roles (chemistry is a hard thing to get right, and trying to get it right with a new person in place of someone who worked with the team already in place is even harder), and since Jack's one of my favorites I've been putting off watching the season because I was afraid to see how it would've turned out.

I wish I had more time - I'd read the story just to see how that works.