It was even worse on Aussie TV. We were getting the eps (first run) long after the fact, and the order was screwed up royally. We saw Return/Revenge of the Evil Leaper before Deliver Us From Evil.
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It was even worse on Aussie TV. We were getting the eps (first run) long after the fact, and the order was screwed up royally. We saw Return/Revenge of the Evil Leaper before Deliver Us From Evil.
Well it was on ch10 and they probably took lessons from ch9.
I think we were about a year behind here in the UK. I don't remember if there were any major airing order inconsistencies, but then the first episode I remember watching was 'The Leap Home', which was a fair way along. I also have a vague memory of the "totally not ripping off Driving Miss Daisy" episode but I'm not sure if that was before or after.
Either way it was better than Star Trek TNG which I'm pretty sure was something like two or three years behind (if you didn't have Sky.) I recall for some reason that the BBC stopped TNG after BoBW part 2 and it was *ages* until we got 'Family'. Of course at that age, "ages" could just have been six months or a year.
I remember buying the first edition encyclopaedia and the episode guide had everything up until season 6 of TNG & season 1 of DS9 and I don't think we'd even gotten as far as 'Redemption' yet.
Either way it was better than Star Trek TNG which I'm pretty sure was something like two or three years behind (if you didn't have Sky.) I recall for some reason that the BBC stopped TNG after BoBW part 2 and it was *ages* until we got 'Family'. Of course at that age, "ages" could just have been six months or a year.
I remember buying the first edition encyclopaedia and the episode guide had everything up until season 6 of TNG & season 1 of DS9 and I don't think we'd even gotten as far as 'Redemption' yet.
It's been a while but I think we had to wait a while to get S2 of QL, after S1 finished I think they said it would return in 6 months, it diud return but 18 months later.
As for TNG, I think the reason the Beeb stopped was they lost the rights to Sky.
In the young Al episode we saw Al with himself in the waiting room, and I think they showed them out in a control room too possibly, but my memory of it is fading already.
^ Would you say it's becoming Swiss-cheesed?
I almost made the some joke, but decided against it.
Sorry if this has been mentioned already. Why is it that Netflix doesn't have all the episodes of Quantum Leap? Is it issues of song copyrights* for some of the music that is used for the time periods he ends up in?
Some of the ones that are missing while I've been watching it recently are Good Night Dear Heart, and the Leap for Lisa. Someone mentioned Terry Farrell being in Leap for Lisa. In Good Night Dear Heart, Robert Duncan McNeill was one of the guest stars.
*Because of song copyrights, the series Cold Case is not out on DVD even though it's been off the air for several years.
Some of the ones that are missing while I've been watching it recently are Good Night Dear Heart, and the Leap for Lisa. Someone mentioned Terry Farrell being in Leap for Lisa. In Good Night Dear Heart, Robert Duncan McNeill was one of the guest stars.
*Because of song copyrights, the series Cold Case is not out on DVD even though it's been off the air for several years.
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Your guess is as gouda as mine.
Thankfully I have a physical copy of Quantum Leap so don't have to put up with missing episodes etc.. long live DVD/BR.
ISTR that the BBC run was in order (EDIT: I now recall that the Watts riot episode was held back and shown later, during a series of programmes about race issues), but they ran a couple of season two episodes to extend season one.
Something similar happened earlier with Moonlighting, where seasons one and two were run as a block, apart from three that were left over and run in the UK season 'two', after the season three (US) opener.
TNG: Sky had the rights (BBC1 under Jonathan Powell wasn't interested), but sold BBC2 terrestrial repeats. After running seasons 1-3 in a block from 1990, the BBC then had to pause till Sky had run the later seasons (though Sky let them run Best of Both Worlds 2 to wrap off the initial BBC2 run).
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I'm watching the Marilyn Monroe episode right now. This one's actually been somewhat educational for me. I didn't realize she had so many issue, and committed suicide. It amazes me at times just how many of the big stars like her have dealt with depression and things like that. You wouldn't expect people who live the kind of life a lot of people dream about would be depressed, but I know it's not that simple.
EDIT: Did they do a lot of episodes based around historical figures/celebrities? I've heard references to him leaping into Lee Harvey Oswald. Were there many others?
EDIT: Did they do a lot of episodes based around historical figures/celebrities? I've heard references to him leaping into Lee Harvey Oswald. Were there many others?
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Early on it was more discrete. "A kiss with history" was I think how they referred to it. It would usually involve some minor character who had little or nothing to do withe the plot, turning out to be someone famous and that something Sam said or did inadvertently inspired whatever they were famous for. Usually right before he leaped out.
But yes, later on he started leaping into actual celebrities like Elvis and Dr. Ruth (who actually played herself in the reflections & waiting room IIRC.) There might have been more, but I forget.
But yes, later on he started leaping into actual celebrities like Elvis and Dr. Ruth (who actually played herself in the reflections & waiting room IIRC.) There might have been more, but I forget.
It's been suggested that Monroe didn't intend to commit suicide and that she simply died from an overdose instead.
It's also been suggested that she was knocked off in an attempt to prevent her from embarrassing JFK. There's really no shortage of conspiracy theories when it comes to famous people biting it under less than transparent circumstances.
I was wonder if they ever did anything like what you mention with Dr. Ruth. It really is a great excuse for cameos, and you don't even need them to act since all they have to do is stand in front of a "mirror".
^ She does more than just appear as a reflection. In fact this leap was a bit out of the ordinary since...
Sam wasn't really there to help Dr. Ruth.
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