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Episode Revisit
"Fraternity of Fear" (S2E31)
It's another slow afternoon in the WB writers' bullpen. Ideas for the next episode are slow in coming. After a long silence punctuated by several cups of bad coffee, Dick Stenger suggests "Let's send Spencer back to college to solve a murder."
"Didn't we already do that in season one's "Conspiracy of Silence?" questions someone.
Russ, "Fraternity of Fear" basically is "Conspiracy of Silence." It's the first of the four "W. Hermanos" episodes produced during the writer's strike, wherein they took an old script and re-worked it a bit, using a retired writer who wouldn't be affected by union sanctions.
It's a lot more fun reading your take on the episode than it is to watch the episode itself, although with its good cast it is an improvement on the original.