After they finished the last series of works, Hinkson visited Europe in summer of 1972 and had surgery for her torn meniscus. When she returned, Graham wanted to plot the downfall of some of the head figures at the company and bring Hinkson and Turney in on it, which they did not want to do. In the meantime, new associate director Ron Protas came out of nowhere and attached himself rather quickly to Graham.
