The Onion: Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Election
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...and gets a beating the likes of which even Jonathan Archer has never experienced.
At this point, would anyone think that's strange?
...and gets a beating the likes of which even Jonathan Archer has never experienced.
At this point, would anyone think that's strange?
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He does seem to become a different candidate every few days.
Although the line about how "his main goal was to teach McCain about what's truly important in life" reminds me of something I always wondered about the premise of Quantum Leap. What good does it do for Sam to turn these people's lives around if they then jump back into their bodies with no memory of what happened during Sam's tenure, and telling a bizarre story about being abducted into the future and looking like somebody else? Do the folks uptime at Project Quantum Leap give these folks therapy while they're there? Are they allowed to monitor Sam's activities so they're up to speed when they leap back? Or is there some kind of mind-merging effect where they remember Sam's actions as if they were their own?
He does seem to become a different candidate every few days.Although the line about how "his main goal was to teach McCain about what's truly important in life" reminds me of something I always wondered about the premise of Quantum Leap. What good does it do for Sam to turn these people's lives around if they then jump back into their bodies with no memory of what happened during Sam's tenure, and telling a bizarre story about being abducted into the future and looking like somebody else? Do the folks uptime at Project Quantum Leap give these folks therapy while they're there? Are they allowed to monitor Sam's activities so they're up to speed when they leap back? Or is there some kind of mind-merging effect where they remember Sam's actions as if they were their own?
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I believe the answer to that lays in the established "swiss-cheese" mental effects from when Sam jumped into someone. That "swiss-cheese" is part of his host's persona remaining behind and sharing Sam's experiences while he is in their body. So that when they are shunted back to their proper place in time and space, the memory of what Sam did while he posed as the host overwrites their memory of the future. This also explains why Sam's memory of his prior jumps gets spotty, as he leaves a lot of that memory behind when he jumps.
In the old days of Marvel Comics that explanation would get me a no-prize.
Although the line about how "his main goal was to teach McCain about what's truly important in life" reminds me of something I always wondered about the premise of Quantum Leap. What good does it do for Sam to turn these people's lives around if they then jump back into their bodies with no memory of what happened during Sam's tenure, and telling a bizarre story about being abducted into the future and looking like somebody else? Do the folks uptime at Project Quantum Leap give these folks therapy while they're there? Are they allowed to monitor Sam's activities so they're up to speed when they leap back? Or is there some kind of mind-merging effect where they remember Sam's actions as if they were their own?
I believe the answer to that lays in the established "swiss-cheese" mental effects from when Sam jumped into someone. That "swiss-cheese" is part of his host's persona remaining behind and sharing Sam's experiences while he is in their body. So that when they are shunted back to their proper place in time and space, the memory of what Sam did while he posed as the host overwrites their memory of the future. This also explains why Sam's memory of his prior jumps gets spotty, as he leaves a lot of that memory behind when he jumps.
In the old days of Marvel Comics that explanation would get me a no-prize.
Re: The Onion: Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Elect
Re: The Onion: Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Elect
I don't remember this circumstance ever coming up, though. When did Sam ever teach the leapee a life lesson? Like you said, it's be impossible.
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No, it was made clear on the show that when Sam is in Person X's body, Person X is up in the future, in "the waiting room" at Project Quantum Leap. There was a final-season episode called "Killin' Time" in which the person Sam switched with was a murderer who escaped from the project HQ and into a nearby city, decades in the future from his POV, while Al had to track him down. Also, in the gimmicky episode where Sam leapt into popular sex therapist Dr. Ruth, we saw scenes in the future with the real Dr. Ruth in the waiting room, counselling Al on his sex life.
Yes, that's exactly my point. Plenty of QL episodes involved Sam mending someone's marriage or saving their career or whatever by saying and doing the right things that they weren't doing themselves. So when they get put back in their own bodies, what's stopping them from going back to their same habits and screwing up their marriage or career or whatever all over again?
No, it was made clear on the show that when Sam is in Person X's body, Person X is up in the future, in "the waiting room" at Project Quantum Leap. There was a final-season episode called "Killin' Time" in which the person Sam switched with was a murderer who escaped from the project HQ and into a nearby city, decades in the future from his POV, while Al had to track him down. Also, in the gimmicky episode where Sam leapt into popular sex therapist Dr. Ruth, we saw scenes in the future with the real Dr. Ruth in the waiting room, counselling Al on his sex life.
Yes, that's exactly my point. Plenty of QL episodes involved Sam mending someone's marriage or saving their career or whatever by saying and doing the right things that they weren't doing themselves. So when they get put back in their own bodies, what's stopping them from going back to their same habits and screwing up their marriage or career or whatever all over again?
Re: The Onion: Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Elect
^^Only way I know how.
^^Only way I know how.
Re: The Onion: Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Elect
"What good does it do for Sam to turn these people's lives around if they then jump back into their bodies with no memory of what happened during Sam's tenure, and telling a bizarre story about being abducted into the future and looking like somebody else?"
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With a single question, Christopher completely dismantles the premise of Quantum Leap! Kudos, sir.
"What good does it do for Sam to turn these people's lives around if they then jump back into their bodies with no memory of what happened during Sam's tenure, and telling a bizarre story about being abducted into the future and looking like somebody else?"
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With a single question, Christopher completely dismantles the premise of Quantum Leap! Kudos, sir.