Pros Novelisation Weekly Read 1 - Where the Jungle Ends - p5 to p57 - Old Dog With New Tricks

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And we're off! *g* There's alot more in this novelisation than I realised, so I'll try and do a cut for each point to make it easier to read. And numbering - there will be numbering. *g*

The first of the Pros novelisations is Where the Jungle Ends, and the first episode in the book is Old Dog With New Tricks - sort of.

1. Actually, the first episode that we read about is a rather tangled version of the start of Where the Jungle Ends, where the lads are at the airport with a handcuffed Chappie (Keller, but not Bodie's mate Keller, which always throws me!) who is being deported and told not to come back.

( In the novelisation... )

2. From there we slide into Charley Turkel's pov as he visits Henry in jail, and decides he has to be rescued. We get more information about his background plans and how powerful he is than in the eps. There's a section from Billy's pov, and then we're finally back to Bodie and Doyle when they discover the bodies. This is the ep almost word for word, but there is a slight addition.

( This one's known. Thomas... )

3. The next main scene is Cowley's new-recruits scene, which has a few interesting bits. We're given a bit more of Cowley's background, too.

( A tough, stocky, compact man... )

4. A foreshadowing of Heroes: ( Cowley's thoughts in the new recruits briefing )

5. We're given a bit more information about Cowley's background.

( Where do you think he got that leg? )

6. ( Then some more about our Doyle... )

7. ( And about our Bodie... )

8. A few nice touches about life back then - when Billy's staking out Emma Bolding, the description is "They were coming towards the line of parked cars. Small cars - Minis, Heralds, Escorts - not a current year's registration among them." Nurses have clearly never been paid well...

9. ( When the lads arrive... )

10. The way the lads deal with Billy is slightly different.

( Can you take him? )

11. ( This bit reminded me of Larton... )

12. ( Bodie kept a neat apartment... )

13. ( Our lads at the heart of it... )

14. And finally - the novelisation ends with Cowley saying "Permission denied - I'm not brave." There's no lads being abandoned without a vehicle, Bodie trotting along to catch up with Doyle, and them walking off into the sunset together to return the suit together. I quite miss that part. *g*

So, and blimey - there we have it! More things to note than I'd expected, because for the most part this reads almost word-for-word as the episode. But I'm very glad we have these extra little details and confirmations! Took me forever to write up, mind - I might have to be a bit simpler about it next time!

Have I missed anything that you noticed, if you managed to read the story too? Or if you watched the ep - what do you reckon?