My own
theory about why
Connections 2 and
Connections 3 are so
bad compared to the original
Connections and
The Day the Universe Changed is that the original two were the
life's work of
James Burke while the other two are
attempts to
cash in on the
success of Connections and on Burke's unique
sense of humor. Unfortunately, one cannot do good
research and make a
well-thought-out presentation for much of anything, particularly not something as
complex as a Connections
episode, in only four
weeks'
time (assuming 13 episodes per
season and the
maximum possible research time per episode).
Sell-outs suck.