Laura was the key character around which most of the show's situations revolved.
Four men had died, but not one of them was in any sense a key character in the drama.
Moreover, a number of key characters are omitted or merged with each other.
Surprisingly, this key character was not introduced until the first show of their seventh year on the air, 4/15/41.
The academy is attacked and several key characters are lost or must retreat away from the battle.
These weapons are revealed in a series of duels between key characters.
This is true even if the key characters are not explicitly ethnic.
Partly a genuine reaction to having a key character with a name like May.
But with many key characters of the series missing, the movie foundered.
Max was a key character for the show's first year.