From: ejones@umassmed.ummed.edu (Erik R. Jones)
Subject: Re: QL news Oct. 8/Last QL show ever!!!
Organization: University of Massachusetts Medical Center; Worcester, MA 01655
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:26:56 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.055009.23330@netcom.com>, sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:

SS> 1. As to the new version of the theme song, I regret to report
SS> that we are stuck with it.  *sigh* Hit those mute buttons, gang.

I hated the new theme at first, but it's starting to grow on me...
sort of like three-day old mold, admittedly, but it's not as bad
as I first thought it was...

SS> 2. Currently, they're doing Deborah Pratt's 3-part story, where
SS> Sam leaps into the same town over a period of decades. Scott is
SS> directing the last part.

Yeeowch.  Three episodes on the same story?  Quite strange.  I think
QL is trying to go tto far out on the limb this season.  I like twists
as much as anybody, but one or two "twist" shows a season is enough
for me.  With JFK, evil leaper, Marilyn Monroe, and now a three-parter
in the works, that's four too many twist shows for me...

SS> 4. Bad news: the ratings stink. Good news: the demographics are so
SS> good that NBC is happy anyway!!

Sally, will you explain the difference?  What are demographics, and why
are they so good if the ratings stink?  Also, is there any chance QL
will move back to Wednesday at 10:00?

Related question:  I presume this will be QL's last season.  I really
don't see it continuing with its ratings, regardless of how good the
show is or how much we all like it or all the Emmy nominations it
gets.  Will NBC give Don & Company a chance to wrap up the show, 
bringing Sam home in the last episode?  I'm thinking of something
very non-earthly for this one.  I've been imagining a sequence
where Sam comes out of the imaging chamber and is finally home.  Then
Donna and Al and Gushi and everyone else at the project say, "Sam,
we've got a bit of a surprise for you."  They lead him into this
warehouse-sized room where there are hundreds of people waiting
for Sam.  As the camera pans around the room, we see that the people
there are everyone that Sam has ever leaped into, as well as all of
the people Sam has affected the lives of during his leaps.  As he
enters, they all join in with a massive round of applause, as the
camera pans back to give a view of the whole room.  As the screen
fades to black, we see Sam, Al, and Donna in a group hug, in the
middle of this mass of people.

Alright, maybe it's tacky, but it would be fun to see.  Can we expect
Sam to come home in the last episode?

SS> -- Sally Smith (510)790-0608 sallylb@netcom.com (I was
SS> sally@tardis.tymnet.com) I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be
SS> mine!  "Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario,
SS> re: "Quantum Leap"

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