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From: jenkirtl@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Jennifer Kirtley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: New Blood requests
Date: 8 Nov 92 18:22:34 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

Okay, okay, I admit it, I'm new to QL.  I was avoiding it because
I knew I'd like it, and I really didn't need to get involved in a
new show.  Well, the Powers that Be cancelled my beloved MacGyver,
thus freeing up an hour of my life.  That, combined with the new
roommate who couldn't let me live life without QL, has brought
me firmly into the fold.  Thak god for syndication!

Of course I have a *ton* of questions, and will all due apologies
to Sally, I'm an incourragable `investigator' when it comes to
anything which sparks my imagination. :)

Sooo, could some kind soul tell me how to find my way to a FAQ,
and/or supply me with an episode guide?  I will be in your
debt (of course, you have to stand in line behind the University,
my credit cards, and my parents! ;) ).  Thanks!


    -Jenni

"Theorizing that one could travel through Boston on the MBTA,
Dr. Sam Beckett stepped onto the Green Line... and vanished!
Trapped on the `T', Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from
station to station, using `T' Passes that are not his own..."
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From: gwangung@carson.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: "DUfE": observations
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:22:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov12.162226.19341
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Nov11.200015.12038@midway.uchicago.edu> rck1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov11.093244.6479@leland.Stanford.EDU> firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith) writes:
Spoilers

>She's not the Evil Leaper...more of the Amoral Leaper. I didn't
>really see much of strength of character or anything...And I
>*couldn't* believe she did a 180 and refused to pull the trigger.
>Undoubtedly I don't want to see Sam get shot, but was *anyone*
>truly swayed by his "Good"/"Evil" argument? It takes extreme lack
>of conviction to do that.
>
>And if she can be swayed once, by a speech like that, she can be
>swayed again. And again...

	But I think it's a LOT more interesting than a purely evil leaper.


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Producer Emeritus, Asian Theatre at the UW
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From: goldberg@NYMC.EDU (RANDY_GOLDBERG)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Dyson sphere on TNG
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:59:15 GMT


 The Dyson sphere is most emphatically NOT the "abandoned space station" to
 be used in Deep Space Nine!  The DS9 station was built by the Cardassians
 during their long war against Bajora, and was abandoned when the
 Federation moved in to protect Bajora.  The Dyson sphere is way out in the
 middle of no place, and is HUGE!!!!  A Dyson sphere is typically around
 one A.U. in radius (between 90 and 95 million miles, depending on the
 strength of the star in question) - it could swallow Bajora and DS9 whole!

 Cheers,
  Randy
From: aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: The Evil Leaper Lands...
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:11:31 GMT
Reply-To: aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu

*Spoiler Abound!*




















Good enough.

I'd figured, in this season of overhype and sensationalistic plots, that
the Evil Leaper would've been someone from the future sent to kill Sam.
Period.

I was surprised.  First off, I didn't even know who the EL was until they
showed her -- I was quite certain that Frank's secretary, as the "seductress"
in his life, would turn out to be the one.  That Frank's wife, Connie, would
actually be the EL hadn't even entered my mind... VERY effective, though.
Foreshadowing and everything...

The only complaint about this whole concept is "What if Sam's right?", which
seems to be strengthened by this episode.  I don't want Sam to God's time
travelling angel of goodwill -- I certainly don't want Aleia to be a DEMON
(which was hinted at.  I hope that was a metaphor...).  Lord, that'd be
CHEEZY!!!

And, finally, the evil Ziggy is named "Lothos."  Where the blazes have I heard
that name before?!?  I spent the whole second half of the episode repeating
"Lothos... uhm, uh, Lothos?" trying in vain to remember.

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From: cfogg@ole.cdac.com (Chad Fogg)
Subject: Sci-Fi Channel Guide update
Organization:  internet
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:05:45 GMT

According to customer service (1-800-876-0691), no magazines will be
sent out until the combined Jan/Feb issue.
From: salley@niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: Looking for 11/10 episode of Quantum Leap "Deliver us from Evil"
Keywords: Help! My VCR was mis-programmed by the Evil Leaper *Sniff*
Date: 12 Nov 92 10:50:46 GMT
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

My VCR was mis-programmed and didn't tape Quantum Leap while I was in my
evening class.   (It was probably the work of the Evil Leaper ;-)  Is there 
anyone who can make me a copy of their tape?  I am willing to pay for the 
blank tape, postage both ways, and a little something for their time and 
trouble.  Contact me by e-mail at the address in my .signature below.  Help 
a fellow Leaper get his Quantum fix. (after waiting two weeks for it, no less)

                                                       - David   

Disclaimer  : A society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Internet    : salley@niktow.cs.canisius.edu
USnail-net  : David P. Salley, 136 Shepard Street, Buffalo, New York 14212-2029
From: kuvamp@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: HIGHLANDER TV SERIES VHS REQUEST
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:09:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: kuhub.1992Nov9.130910.44552
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

OK.  When this series first premiered, i didn't tape it due to the Highlander
II fiasco. ( i.e. i expected it to suck.)  Now, i'm beating my head against the
wall.  CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE PROVIDE ME WITH VHS TAPES OF THE SERIES SO FAR???
By "so far" I mean from the premiere up through "Deadly Medicine".  I will pay
$$$$$ for both the tape(s) and the shipping.

pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

			Email me with info, either at:
					kuvamp@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
						or
					gareth@oread.cc.ukans.edu

						Thanx,

							kuvamp :-)=
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From: il@bambam.u.washington.edu (Il Hwan Oh)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: "DUfE": observations
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:58:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov12.175842.25220
Reply-To: iho@cac.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Tacoma

rck1@ellis.uchicago.edu (roberta chi-woon kwong) writes:

> Spoilers


> Yes, the rape set-up scene was genuinely creepy, and she did a
> competent job of it. But "skillful" and "enthusiastic" are not the
> same thing. She seemed almost apathetic about her mission...she
> didn't seem to care what she did, just so long as she got home.

Was I the only one who had a problem with this?  It just wouldn't have
worked the way she set it up.  She used her own fingernails to scratch
her face.  All Sam had to do was show that he didn't have any blood
and skin under his nails, and then show that her fingernails were quite
bloody.

> She's not the Evil Leaper...more of the Amoral Leaper. I didn't
> really see much of strength of character or anything...And I
> *couldn't* believe she did a 180 and refused to pull the trigger.
> Undoubtedly I don't want to see Sam get shot, but was *anyone*
> truly swayed by his "Good"/"Evil" argument? It takes extreme lack
> of conviction to do that.

I agree with you on the good/evil speech.  I got the distinct impression
that she was never comfortable with the idea of killing Sam in the first
place, so I wouldn't call it a complete 180.

1. This episode would have been much better had they not advertised the
   "evil leaper".

2. This episode would have been much better if they had written a decent
   ending for it.

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From: jenkirtl@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Jennifer Kirtley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: ""Sammy on the MTA""
Date: 11 Nov 92 04:14:51 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA


Oh, boy, I've created a monster! :) :)

"Sammy on the MTA", I *love* it!  Certainly beat the heck out
of my .sig!

  -Jenni

"Theorizing that one could travel through Boston on the MBTA,
Dr. Sam Beckett stepped onto the Green Line...and vanished!
Trapped on the `T', Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from
station to station, using `T' Passes that are not his own...
His only companion is Al, a `B' line car that only Sam can
see and ride..."
From: ingramje@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (The Poet)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL:Interesting Ideas
Date: 6 Nov 1992 00:21:11 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
Reply-To: ingramje@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Jr Jerry Ingram)
NNTP-Posting-Host: o231-30.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

In article <2647.imc@uk.ac.ox.prg> imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier)  
writes:
> In article <Bx5ux7.Fow@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady  
Johanna Constantine) wrote:
> >charles@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Charles Jacob Cohen) writes:
> >>How about this for even worse:  Sam leaps into a woman's body, while
> >>the evil leaper leaps into a man's body. He could be raped or  
something.
> >That would be impossible, becasue while everone would see Sam as a  
woman, 
> >please beleive me on this one, it is in fact Sam's entire body that  
leaps.
> 
> I believe that's the point: if Sam appears to be a woman, and some man  
(who
> isn't the EL) were to attack him intent on rape, how is that man to know
> that it is impossible?  What would happen?
> 
> I'm not suggesting that this be made into a real episode, but it does  
make
> "interesting" speculation...
> 
I'm not sure really, and, yes, I know you've had this discussion before,  
but the way I always viewed the show was that anything is possible.   
Remember the episode where Sam was pregnant?  I've really never seen any  
definitive proof one way or the other on the show.  I think that he could  
be raped.  just my thoughts:)
                               The Poet
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Subject: Re: Trek TNG's Dyson Sphere
From: ace@kryton.UUCP (Catherine Beckstead)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 10:17:20 PST
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789

@MAIL.LIB.DUKE.EDU (Randy Kloko) writes:

>           4. Is it true that Dan Qualye is going to host a new morning
>           exercise show for PBS called "The Body Politic"?
> 

Actually I believe it was to be called, "Thee Bodye Politice"


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From: epc@cs.nott.ac.uk (Elvis Presley's Corpse)
Subject: B7: Edited tapes
Keywords: Blake's 7, B7
Organization: Nottingham University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 16:01:37 GMT

In article <902@dsbc.icl.co.uk> mbm@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Malcolm Mladenovic) writes:
>
>Not all the BBC tapes have the "Two complete, unedited episodes" flash
>on the cover.  In particular the first tape, which includes this scene,
>did not.  I think there are one or two other tapes that fall into
>the same category (I'm at work - they're at home, so I can't check which).

Volcano/Dawn of the Gods and The Harvest of Kairos/The City at the
Edge of the World didn't have the "unedited" bit on the cover, though
I thought the first tape did.  Also these two tapes were U certificate
whereas all the others were PG.  Despite this I've never heard anyone
say anything about them being edited so maybe they are complete.  Has
anyone noticed any cut scenes (what Vila and Kerril did while waiting
to die perhaps?).  :-)

>Two more whole months to wait till the final two tapes :-(

Do you know the official release date?  TV Zone said January a few
months ago.  The latest DWB says December 7th.  A friend of mine says
BBC Video only release stuff for eleven months of the year and
December is the month when they don't release anything - this seems
stupid considering what great Christmas presents they'd make.

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From: jspinnow@netcom.com (John Stewart Pinnow)
Subject: Re: QL:Deliver Us From Evil <spoilers>
Organization: Tmoh Research, Milwaukee, WI
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:33:04 GMT






























I think it may even be a possibility that Sam crossed into another alternative
Universe. That could explain the floods and why nothing
seemed to be wrong with Frank and co. at the end. So he supposedly leaped
back the Normal Universe.

What do you think ? Possibility?




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From: sll28@cc.usu.edu (Lorna Payne)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: QL: "DUfE" cursed?
Date: 12 Nov 92 09:25:15 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Well, considering the number of posts on both rec.arts.sf.tv and rec.arts.tv
about various and sundry problems people are having with the 11/10 episode of
Quantum Leap (a brand-new VCR catching on *fire* even) I think it's clear
that we have another cursed episode.  

Therefore we need to establish a safe protocol for discussion of this
episode and the characters in it.  I refer, of course, to L*th*s and Z**y.
The name Alia seems to be safe.  Any input?  And can Sally or possibly
Beth find out if there were any "problems" during the filming?

Lorna
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From: morrison@eng.auburn.edu (Kelly Morrison)
Subject: Re: Deliver Us From Evil....
Reply-To: morrison@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 07:12:56 GMT


SPOILER ALERT for "Deliver us From Evil"...


















oneil@guvax.acc.george writes:

> One last intersting theory is that Alia and Zoey come from an 
> "alternate" future to Sam and Al's. 

Oooooooooh, I like this theory! But take it one step further: what if 
at some point in the future, Sam & Al were to accidentally alter history 
so that Project Quantum Leap was still conceived and implemented at
Stallion's Gate, but by Alia & Zoey INSTEAD of Sam & Al! That would
account for the striking similarities between the two projects, and it
would also give the "Evil Leaper" some motivation: namely, their
existence. :)
   What's the old quote? "We have met the enemy... and it is us". 
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From: jfarmer@fraser.sfu.ca (Jason Michael Farmer)
Subject: Re: Highlander - TV Series (+HL2 *Spoilers* for those who care)
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:22:05 GMT

aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink) writes:

>And, yeah, SURE this takes place in New York.  Especially with those Pacific
>West telephone booths scattered throughout the city...

And the BC Transit Buses, and the Canada Post trucks, and the obvious Gastown
locations, and..... another hilarious attempt to turn Vancouver, B.C. into
a shitty American town.  (Hey, just kidding).  




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From: mdp2842@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.D. Perler)
Subject: Re: Deliver Us From Evil....
Originator: mdp2842@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:58:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.152341.1721@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> oneil@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
>SPOLIERS.....
>
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>Alia's leaps are most definately controlled by Lothos. But, Zoey and 
>Alia are just Lothos' pawns.  Zoey constantly refers to Alia's 
>"mission", "assignment", or "orders". There is no mention of 
>probablility there. And then, at the end, she says that Alia has not 
>leapt, because Lothos has *decided* that she has one last assignment 
>(to kill Sam).

Maybe Lothos (is this the correct spelling?) controls the leaps, or
maybe he/she/it just wants Alia and Zoey to think he does. Or maybe
I'm just investigating this too closely. :-)

>The reason Al sees Alia as Alia is because that is how Sam sees her.  
>Al is tuned in to Sam's brainwaves, so he should logically see what 
>Sam sees (excluding himself). Or, the field that was established when 
>Sam and Alia touched extends to Al as well, since he is tuned in to 
>Sam's brainwaves.

I like this theory. But does Al see Sam as Sam or as the leapee?

>Someone mentioned earlier that it might be interesting for Sam to leap 
>into one of Alia's "past" leaps. But this has not happened, or else 
>Alia would have recognized Sam.

I'm the one who posted this possibility, and I do have two ways that it
would work. The first (and simpler) is that Alia merely pretended not
to know Sam in order to get information about Project QL. The second
is that when Sam leaps in, he changes history. Thus, he would be changing
Alia's history so that she met Sam first in this new leap rather than in
Deliver Us from Evil. This might actually have the side effect of changing
the events in this episode. Perhaps someone more intimate with the
time-travel theory used in QL can describe this better or shoot it down.

>One last intersting theory is that Alia and Zoey come from an 
>"alternate" future to Sam and Al's. Perhaps in their future, Sam is 
>changing history instead of fixing it. From Sam/Al's perspective, Sam 
>is returning things that went wrong to their original status. But 
>maybe in Alia/Zoey's future timeline all these things originally went 
>wrong, and when Sam leaps, he changes them.  Just an idea..

I'm not sure if the time-travel theory of QL supports this. My understanding
is that leaping changes history. If this is the case, can there be an
"alternate" future? Or would an "alternate" future be collapsed into the
current timeline? Again, perhaps someone who understands this better can
help out here. Personally, I still think that Alia and Zoey are from
Sam and Al's future, not an alternate one. Only time will tell, I guess.

Mike P.
From: mouse@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: need episode guide
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:30:19 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Does someone have an episode guide for QL?  If so, could you
please email it to me?

Many thanks.
Nancy 

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From: morin@noao.edu (Marg Morin)
Subject: Re: QL:Interesting Ideas
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:16:59 GMT

In article <1677@niktow.canisius.edu> salley@niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley) writes:
>How about this....
>
>Sam leaps into Person A on Date D.  Two days later, he shakes hands with
>Person B.  He completes his mission and leaps... into Person B on Date D+1.
>The following day he shakes hands with Person A... and has the strangest 
>sense of deja vu ;-)
>                                                       - David   

Isn't this similar to when Sam leaped from Lee Harvey Oswald into the 
secret service guy when he was trying to save JFK (but actually only
saved Jackie)?


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