From: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Two-Faced Reviews: Deliver Us From Evil
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:00:49 GMT
Reply-To: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
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In a previous article, mdp2842@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.D. Perler) says:

>In article <1992Nov11.023308.7401@grebyn.com> billones@grebyn.com (Jeremy Billones) writes:
>>
>>This post contains spoilers for the 11/10 episode of Quantum Leap
>
>And a few comments by a new QL poster.
>
>


>>Next week: Sam leaps into another smoking-gun, and the silly NBC commercials
>>are no help whatsoever.
>
>Actually, when the commercial was saying something about the "one woman" in
>all the time periods, I was thinking "The evil leaper again already." :-)

Nope, not the evil leaper again.  This is the first part of the
three part murder mystery.  I really hope they don't change the end
of the third part or I'm going to be pissed.

I'd like to take a shot at some of these.  Anyone else.

>
>As for what I thought of the show, I really liked it until the end. I think
>I would have liked the end better if my first impression had been right.
>This one does raise a lot of questions, though.
>
>(1) What time period is the evil leaper project from? It would be interesting
>    if they are from after 1999, as that would mean Alia could leap into
>    someone at the project. Or what if she leaped into Sam before he used
>    the accelerator, and stopped him from leaping at all?

I believe that they are from the future of Sam's project.  I think
that somehow the government got hold of Sam's project when he came
home and kicked him and Al off (or worse) when they refused to turn
all the information over to them.  Ziggy got melted down and they had
to build a new computer and then they (meaning the nozzles now in charge)
decided to change history the way they wanted to.

>
>(2) When was Alia born? This is important if you want to know what leaps
>    of Sam's Alia can show up during. It also assumes that she is bound
>    by the same restrictions as Sam about only leaping in her own lifetime.

She looks about the same age as Sam, and if she is from Sam's future,
then she wouldn't be able to go back quite as far as Sam, but far
enough to really screw things up.

>
>(3) How many evil leapers are there? I wonder about this because of my
>    interpretation of the "hell" line. If Alia and Zoey aren't handling
>    the really dirty jobs, then who is?

Sounds like there may be more than one.  A whole evil leapin' team.

>
>(4) How did the evil leaper project start? My guess is either the tape
>    from Star Light, Star Bright, or, if their project started after 1999,
>    they somehow got their hands on Project QL's equipment.

See above, and I bet the SLSB tape had something to do with it.

>
>(5) About the distorted leap out by Alia: is this normal, or does it only
>    happen if she fails to accomplish her mission? If it's normal, would
>    the same thing happen to Sam if he failed?

Not normal.  That HURT!  She failed in her leap and therefor was being
punished and probably being sent to a hellish assignment.

>
>(6) Now that Sam and Alia have touched and seen each other, if they were
>    together during another leap, would they need to touch again to see
>    each other, or would they still have this ability?

It'll be more fun if they can't, but they probably will be.  What I want
is for Al and Zoey to see each other.  Dueling Holograms.

>
>(7) What if one of Sam's future leaps coincides with one of Alia's past
>    leaps? The thought of this one gives me a headache. :-)

Me, too.

Boy, this was a fun episode.  Hope the second evil leaper ep is
as good.  
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