Character Profiles: Linden and Marteline

This week on Ukiah Digby for Coroner, opponent campaign managers Linden Cuttown and Marteline Mascarpone finally meet face to face. Despite their mutual distaste for each other's politics, they have something in common: they are both Trekkies -- oops, no, Trekkers. And yes, the numbers Linden rattles off to denote which episodes Q appeared in were actually researched by... us. This theme is present throughout the series, so if you have a background in science fiction, there are lots of details to look out for! The inspiration for Linden and Marteline's characters are political consultants James Carville and Mary Matalin. Carville was Clinton's campaign manager and Matalin was deputy campaign manager for Bush W, and since they were both doing exactly the same job for different people, it's really no surprise that they eventually got married. Oops--I hope that doesn't spoil the suspense of our story.