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September 15th, 2003

Guestvision By: Dan Goff <aka> PQC

THE LEAP BACK...

...TO GUEST VISION!

By Dan Goff (AKA PQC-Project Quantum Continuum)

A "Blast From The Past" would be the proper cliché to start this Guest Vision! It's been a very long time since yours truly has graced himself upon the Internet pages of Al's Place. You could say that I lost contact with www.quantumleap-alsplace.com and am finally returning home. Heck, even (alsplacebartender) Brian Greene had to do a nanosearch to find me. If only time and space was as easy as an e-mail address!

Honestly, I was a part of a Project assignment: Utilize the Project's Imaging Chamber to observe www.quantumleap-alsplace.com. Why observe and not contribute? As I leap back and forth between different features of the Al's Place website, I feast upon facts, fiction, opinion, theory and commentary that range from witty, weak and sometimes downright silly and stupid! Hey, I'm not here to start picking fights necessarily, but I realize I was horribly getting off base when I e-mailed THE ROD to complain and set the little boy straight about calling himself, "THE HOT ROD!" I proceeded to attach pictures of professional wrestler, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to THE ROD's e-mail. THE ROD did e-mail me back and to my "SWISS CHEESE" memory he did apologize, but as I see THE ROD went right back to ending his Rod Vision by saying, "This is RodVision, and He's The Hot Rod Baby!!" At one point, I felt like getting THE ROD's home address and then in a big, padded package addressing it to "THE ROD WANNABE CLUB" and sending him a "HOT ROD!" T-shirt. I figure if I can't prevent him from talking in third person (a pet peeve of mine) then I should at least bribe him into some promotion for Roddy Piper! Like I said, I was horribly getting off base!!!

Floating around Al's Place, I spend most of my time enjoying Al's Video Library. I'm glad that I contributed to this portion of the website! As I search more I discover two things that bother me:

The first is that my picture fell from its' second row position in Al's Place Alumni. I can't help but to wonder if the position of my picture depends on activity or not? Hey, I didn't title this Guest Vision "THE LEAP BACK" for nothing!

The second thing that bugs me is that my Quantum Leap continuation story (BEYOND QUANTUM LEAP) still has no Part 2 and its' been over a year!!! At the time that I wrote Part 1, I had a "vision" (no pun intended) of what the continuation of "Mirror Image" would be like either as a TV movie or big screen feature. I set up a recap of "Mirror Image" and used the alternate ending to segue into Project Quantum Leap in the present where Beth and Al have been married 39 years and the Calavicci family works at Project Quantum Leap. Basically, utilizing the purposed sixth season script, but seeing things my own way. Part 1 ends with Al Calavicci stepping into the Project Quantum Leap accelerator and (supposedly) vanishing. I let Part 1 set intending to write and complete Part 2 within a month.YEAH, SURE, WHATEVER!!!
After more than a year, BEYOND QUANTUM LEAP (Part 1) still lingers around like the bad, unexplainable stench in Jerry Seinfeld's car! My venture into Part 2 purposed more of the sixth season script idea: Al Calavicci returns to Al's Place to gather information in hopes of finding Dr. Sam Beckett, who supposedly leaps far into the future. Al Calavicci has a conversation with Al the bartender. Al Calavicci leaps far into the future and into a very attractive blonde haired woman and gets hit on by a pilot in a bar. Or, however it goes! All I know, it's poetic justice that truly would have been "MUST SEE TV" on NBC!

Oh boy!

Opinions, beliefs, theories, ideas and exaggerations about "Mirror Image" and the continuation burst wilder than a pimple! Everybody and their grandma's, father's, son's, uncle who has seen "Mirror Image" claims to know what happens next! Some people have seen "Mirror Image" as it originally aired on NBC, then in reruns on USA and Sci-Fi network and continue to watch it on videotape and each time they have different philosophies on the episode. Hey, leap back to December 4, 2002 and read my last Guest Vision! Even I have several different perspectives on "Mirror Image" and beyond! The controversy and fascination thrives even more on "Mirror Imaging" where the episode gets a page all by itself and, like every other episode, "Mirror Image" has even been adopted as part of The Episode Adoption program, where the investigation factually and fictionally continues!!!

After ten years of being off the air, Quantum Leap still thrives in popularity. Even with Scott Bakula boarding onto Star Trek's prequel "Enterprise" as Captain Jonathan Archer (the first Star Trek captain), he is still thought of and loved as Dr. Sam Beckett. One has to wonder with the popularity of television shows of old and new being reborn and packaged into season sets on DVD; when will Quantum Leap finally leap into our DVD players? More importantly, when Quantum Leap's fifth and final season is produced on DVD will there be commentary by Donald P. Bellisario on the final episode, "Mirror Image"? A friend of mine (Leticia) and I debate about television shows new existence on DVD. She brings up a very valuable point about DVD commentary on "Mirror Image". "Yes, it would be very interesting to finally hear Don Bellisario explain 'Mirror Image', but it would also ruin the episode." "WHAT?!" I say. Leticia (a Don Bellisario fan because of JAG) continues by saying, "Having a commentary track on 'Mirror Image' would take the mystique out of it. It's better to leave the episode alone and allow the fans to let their imagination continue the story."

I agree with Leticia.

The best thing about "Mirror Image" is that it is sooo weird, odd, peculiar and practically drug induced that it is downright unexplainable fun!!!

And, after all the mind-boggling, head scratching, confusing aspects of "Mirror Image", the one thing we DO understand is that Sam leaps to April 1, 1969 to finally put his best friend, Al Calavicci, back with the one woman Al truly loves.his first wife, Beth.

As the curtain came down for the final time, Quantum Leap ended on television, but continues to prosper in imagination. We all know what the sex crazed, womanizing, Al Calavicci was like, but have no idea really what the married Al Calavicci is like. The man, who once upon a lifetime touted a history of four ex-wives, now claims four lovely daughters. And we all know that Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home, but the question remains why he never did! Was it by choice? Was it by not believing he actually could? Did he leap into the future? What happens???

What happens is only available in theory. After the abundance of Quantum Leap continuations, yours truly finally realizes why I never got Part 2 of BEYOND QUANTUM LEAP off the ground and what really sickens me about the supposed continuation of "Mirror Image". As I look back at Part 1 of my story (BEYOND QUANTUM LEAP), I realize that I didn't have a "vision" after all. I was continuing the candy coated "Accentuate The Positive" thinking of Al's Place! I'm not upset that Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home! I'm upset that I sold out originality to explain the mess of "Mirror Image". To continue an idea of Don Bellisario's and not thinking of perhaps taking a Quantum Leap for Quantum Leap!

"WELCOME TO PRIME TIME, B-TCH!"
-Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

"Deliver Us From NBC"
Leap Date: 1992-1993 Season
(A Fictional Account)

Episode Adopted By: PQC

Synopsis:

After five years of programming, NBC plans to cancel Quantum Leap. The time-traveling corner stone show of NBC where Scott Bakula uncontrollably leap frogs from one time period to another and (within the span of his own lifetime) from life to life in a time travel project gone haywire.
The lackluster fifth season convinces NBC President, Warren Littlefield, that the best of Quantum Leap has been seen and plans to axe it from a sixth season. Quantum Leap creator Don Bellisario is concerned as he writes the final episode of the season which very well maybe the last of the series. The episode is titled, "Mirror Image", and Don Bellisario prepares two endings to fit both series finale and season finale possibilities.
During a cast and crew meeting, Don discusses his concerns that this maybe the last season of Quantum Leap. "Mirror Image" is discussed in the meeting as the script is handed out for first readings. As the script is being distributed, Dan Goff leaps in as himself and is handed a script. He looks over it briefly and later at night reads it. Although the ending is perfect, (a final wrong made right referring back to a very touching previous episode) Dan's mission is to make sure Quantum Leap sees a sixth season. Dan plans on talking to Warren Littlefield personally, but when he attempts on doing so he over hears Mr. Littlefield saying that he has decided to cancel Quantum Leap. At this point, Don Bellisario does not know of Warren's decision. Dan calls up Don Bellisario and demands to talk personally with Don. Dan tells Don that he overheard Warren Littlefield deciding to cancel Quantum Leap. As much fighting spirit Don Bellisario has, he tells Dan, "They can cancel Quantum Leap, but I'm going to end the series with a personal touch and a highly emotional ending." Dan agrees that "Mirror Image" is a perfect ending, but if Don is willing to sacrifice, Quantum Leap could see a sixth season!

"Mirror Image, August 8, 1953"

In the fifth season finale of Quantum Leap, Sam leaps into a bar in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania on the date of his birth at the exact time he was born. He drinks a beer and looks in the mirror. He sees his own reflection. This begins a rollercoaster ride of strange occurrences as people from the past appear to him, but with different names. Al the Bartender seems to know everything and may be able to offer some insight to the reason Sam has been leaping in time for the past 5 years. And back in the future, Al and Gooshie are troubled to discover that there is no one in the waiting room. While they feverishly search for a lock on the lost Dr. Beckett, Sam tries to unravel the mysteries of his own life's work, save a pair of miners from a collapsed mine shaft, and finally takes the opportunity to right a major wrong in Al's life.

"Mirror Image, April 1, 1969"

Sam leaps to April 1, 1969 to tell Beth that Al is alive and coming home. The camera pans past a crying Beth to a picture of young Al. The image of young Al leaps into the image of present day Al sitting next to Beth and their four daughters in a Calavicci family photo. The camera pulls back, the song "Georgia" sung by Ray Charles gets louder and louder and the scene fades to black.

The credits roll over scenes from the episode.

The sixth season premiere continues where "Mirror Image" left off.

As the episode opens it features a recap of "Mirror Image", but with a twist not seen because of the fade out at the end of the fifth season finale.

Recap: A short synopsis of the strange occurrences in "Mirror Image". Starting with bartender Al asking, "Why did you create Project Quantum Leap, Sam?" We see a short version of the conversation between Sam and bartender Al outside the bar. Sam leaps to 1969 to tell Beth that Al is alive and coming home. The camera pans past a crying Beth, fixating on the picture of young Al. The image of young Al leaps out of the picture and leaps into the image of the present day Al Calavicci sitting next to Beth and surrounded by their four daughters. The camera pulls back as Ray Charles sings "Georgia". At the point where the fifth season finale ("Mirror Image") fades to black, the sixth season premiere unveils that beyond the fade out the image of Beth Calavicci turns red, leaps, and is replaced by Zoey, the Evil Leaper. The song "Georgia" changes to a more suitable evil tone music as Zoey laughs evilly, "HA! HA! HA!" and the picture shatters into darkness.

An Evil Leaper opening replaces the Quantum Leap theme and musical montage. The usual cascade of blue is replaced by red. Instead of showing scenes of past Quantum Leap episodes, it shows scenes of death, destruction and wrong doing by the Evil Leapers. Instead of starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, it stars Carolyn Seymour (as Zoey) and Hilton Battle (as Thames).

A single light shines down upon Dr. Sam Beckett. Dr. Beckett has his hands tied behind his back. He is wearing his fermi suit and appears beaten and exhausted.

The evil counterpart to Project Quantum Leap has Dr. Sam Beckett hostage in their Holding Chamber.

And it's not a matter of time...

As Lotho says, "You can't be lost in time if you're not in time to begin with."

It's a matter of dimension!

Thanks to Dr. Beckett's last "wrong to be made right", Beth Calavicci never remarried and waited for Albert Calavicci to return home. In the new history, Beth and Al have four daughters and go on to celebrate 39 wedding anniversaries.

That was then, but this time around...Al is going to return home with Zoey occupying the life of Beth Calavicci and there's no Sam Beckett to interfere.

Oh Boy.

What an understatement!

Don Bellisario's eyes widen, "My God, Dan.Holy.!"

Dan interrupts, "No Don, there's no God and nothing is holy. Good may triumph, but Evil waits around every corner. You may not see evil. You may not hear evil. But evil is there waiting for the most opportune time to strike. And what an opportunity!"

"But Sam leaps into the.Al Calavicci leaps into a woman.and the bartender.what about Al's Place???" Don questions.

"You should be thankful, Don. Thankful that you're sitting down." Dan says as he explains:

Al's Place in "Mirror Image" was constructed by Lothos to wrongfully gain Dr. Sam Beckett's confidence in order to alter Dr. Beckett's rightful journey.

The Evil Leapers (Zoey and Thames) along with Lothos, lose Alia as their pawn in their evil intention of "putting wrong what once was right" and in taking control over the space-time continuum. The terrible trio reassemble in an extended effort to destroy Project Quantum Leap by returning the favor done by Dr. Beckett in releasing Alia from their grasp.

Much like Alia, ever since the first leap, Dr. Sam Beckett has had one never-ending question: Who determines where he leaps next? So, Lothos researches Dr. Beckett's past leaps in attempt to gain Sam's trust. Furthermore, to design the ultimate unexplainable leap; the likes that science and Dr. Beckett's philosophy could never explain!

What is the best time for deceit? Sam Beckett's birth date: August 8, 1953. Lothos copies the mirror images of people from Sam's past leaps in order to use their influences against him. Lothos constructs a bar in a small mining town. Lothos then creates a scenario where two miners get trapped inside a collapsed mine shaft (aka A Wrong To Be Made Right). Al the bartender (a past life from one of Sam's previous leaps) is actually controlled by Lothos to gain Sam's confidence. To confide in Sam that he (Al the bartender) maybe the source behind Quantum Leap.

The truth is...the title says it all.

"Mirror Image" is nothing more than a mirror image. The supposed leap is used to divert Dr. Sam Beckett from any further good doing. The Evil Leapers' attempt to also revenge the loss of Alia.

"Which reality do I accept? That one? Or, or...that one?" - Dr. Sam Beckett in "Mirror Image".

Reality is, it's an evil world after all and Dr. Sam Beckett is embedded in its' core of trickery. Everything about "Mirror Image" is the work of Lothos. Everything about the episode is truly...EVIL!

There really is no Al's Place. The people in this leap are mirror images of people from past leaps used by Lothos to gain Sam's trust in believing that he may be close to an answer of who is controlling his leaps. As Sam questions the bartender, the bartender (controlled by Lothos) uses his power of suggestion to make Sam believe that he (Sam) truly controls his own destiny and of a final wrong to be made right.

At the end of the episode, Project Quantum Leap finally contacts Sam. In reality, Project Quantum Leap does not. The conversation between Sam and Al Calavicci at the end of the episode is yet another mirror image of past leaps. It is intended to make Sam believe that the Project still has contact with him. That couldn't be farther from the truth!

The reason why "Mirror Image" is so hard to explain, let alone understand, is because it's not real!

Don Bellisario shakes his head, "No! Al's Place is real! The bartender is my dad! The bar actually existed in 1953!"

"I know that, Don, but this is Quantum Leap! And evil is coming back for Quantum Leap's 666th Season!" Dan unveils.

"Quantum Leap's 666th Season?" Don's eyes perk up.

AN EVIL EXPLANATION:

Lothos produces everything that happens in "Mirror Image".

From the point of where Sam leaps out of Elvis Presley, Project Quantum Leap loses contact with Dr. Beckett as usual. In that moment, Lothos locks onto Sam and leaps, or lures, Sam into their Holding Chamber. The Evil Imaging Chamber is brought online and casts this bizarre world around Sam. Since Lothos is technology beyond the power of Project Quantum Leap, the Evil Imaging Chamber is able to produce a fully interactive world.beyond the simple call of holograms!

Leaping back into himself as he enters a small bar in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania in 1953, Sam lands into this peculiar bar setting. The song "Accentuate The Positive" playfully fills the background. Sam starts up a conversation with the plump bartender and orders a drink on this particular hot summer day of August 8th.

As the episode unfolds, Sam begins encountering people with strange and familiar names and faces from past leaps. However, the reunion of figures from the past is really the work of evil. The jiggle in the belly of the bartender and the twinkle in his eye is where the root of evil hides from Sam's seemingly holy mission.

It's all a lie, all a setup, for Lothos to confuse Sam and gain his confidence. As Sam inadvertently leads the Evil Leapers to the Calavicci family. It appears Dr. Sam Beckett puts Al and Beth Calavicci back together and results in Al and Beth having a family of four daughters, only for Zoey to leap into Beth to "put wrong what once was right".

Donald P. Bellisario scraps his idea for his original sixth season premiere episode (which never airs, let alone filmed, only existing in script form as a rough draft). Dan and him approach Warren Littlefield with the idea and a deal is sealed.

NBC picks up Quantum Leap for a sixth season.

It is coined, "The 666th Season".

Promos tease the new season featuring the Quantum Leap logo leaping from blue to red. Donald P. Bellisario turns to Dan, gives him a signature wink from a previous life on television, a thumbs up and both say, "Oh Boy!" As Dan inspires the 666th Season of Quantum Leap, the episodes unravel and Dan leaps!

NBC promotes Quantum Leap's 666th season premiere with, "Quantum Leap Double Take".

On a Wednesday night in the middle of September, NBC repeats Quantum Leap's fifth season finale: "Mirror Image".

Season 5 Finale

"Mirror Image, August 8, 1953"

In the fifth season finale of Quantum Leap, Sam leaps into a bar in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania on the date of his birth at the exact time he was born. He drinks a beer and looks in the mirror. He sees his own reflection. This begins a rollercoaster ride of strange occurrences as people from the past appear to him, but with different names. Al the Bartender seems to know everything and may be able to offer some insight to the reason Sam has been leaping in time for the past 5 years. And back in the future, Al and Gooshie are troubled to discover that there is no one in the waiting room. While they feverishly search for a lock on the lost Dr. Beckett, Sam tries to unravel the mysteries of his own life's work, save a pair of miners from a collapsed mine shaft, and finally takes the opportunity to right a major wrong in Al's life.

Thursday night NBC debuts Quantum Leap's 666th season premiere.

666th Season Premiere

"Mirage"

The bizarre occurrences in "Mirror Image" lead to Dr. Sam Beckett correcting a major wrong in his time traveling co-hort Al Calavicci's life. Sam leaps to April 1, 1969 to tell Beth Calavicci that Al is alive and coming home. Beth bursts into tears of joy as a picture of a young Al seemingly leaps out of frame and into present day Al in a Calavicci family photo. In the photo, Al sits next to Beth and they are surrounded by their four daughters.
However, the mirror image of happiness comes to a shattering realization when Beth's image in the photo turns red, leaps and is replaced by Zoey, the Evil Leaper. Ever since Sam Beckett assisted Alia (the former Evil Leaper) in escaping the clutches of the unknown force driving her to destroy people's lives as part of the evil counterpart of Project Quantum Leap, Zoey is driven to destroy perhaps Dr. Beckett's most cherished leap...Al and Beth Calavicci's marriage and family.
The Evil Leapers (Zoey, Thames and Lothos) utilize their advanced Evil Imaging Chamber technology to create the strange virtual reality of Al's Place. Researching Dr. Sam Beckett's leaping past to literally use it against him. Gaining a lock on Dr. Beckett, Lothos snatches him away from Project Quantum Leap and leaps him into the world of Al's Place. As a mirror image of memories Sam has of past leaps, Lothos feeds off of Sam through bartender Al. Thus, when Sam leaps back to 1969 to fix history between Al and Beth Calavicci, he inadvertently opens Al and Beth's past to a new destructive outcome.
As the mirror image ends for Sam, he finds himself held hostage in hellish reality. He is in the Evil Leapers' Holding Chamber. Held captive to prevent him from any further good doing. Sam is no longer bouncing around in time. Matter of fact, he's no longer in time at all! He has leaped into Lothos dimension where time is irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Zoey has replaced Beth Calavicci in 1969. As Beth Calavicci, Zoey marries Dirk Simon...only to kill him, but covers up his death as a suicide. Al Calavicci eventually returns home and Zoey plans to kill him as well.
With Sam Beckett hostage in the Holding Chamber, a blast from the past comes back to make Zoey's new life truly a living hell.

"Family Shatters, April 1969, November 1969"

In the evil history, Zoey as Beth shoots Al Calavicci to death. Furthermore, Zoey (Beth) turns the gun on herself. But before the gun actually fires, Zoey leaps out, Beth leaps back in and is killed. The scene is ruled a homicide/suicide. Therefore, Al and Beth cease to exist in the present.
With two down, there's still one to go...Zoey leaps and lands two days after the episode "The Leap Home, Part 1." She leaps into John Beckett and prepares to destroy the Beckett family. More importantly, to once and for all, kill Sam Beckett and prevent Project Quantum Leap.
What Zoey doesn't realize is, Project Quantum Leap still exists, but under a different a name. Whereas there is no Sam Beckett, there is still Alia. Alia's previous life was once of a Evil Leaper, now she lives the life that Sam Beckett would of had. As Alia bounces through time she leaps into 16 year old Sam Beckett. Her mission is to save the family from being murdered by their father, John Beckett. According to the hybrid computer (once known as Ziggy) if Alia is successful in "putting right what once went wrong", not only will the family survive, but 16 year old Sam Beckett will go on to become the next Einstein...Oh, Boy!

"I always found coincidence amusing."
- Bartender Al in "Mirror Image".

COINCIDENCE: Sam and Al Calavicci talk outside the bar and Sam explains (to himself actually) that he believes the bartender is the one who "grabbed" him initially. Sam is correct, but it's not the YING that "grabs" him, it's the YANG that "grabs" and leaps him.

WHAT?

Al the bartender is controlled by Lothos and Lothos "grabs" Sam away from Project Quantum Leap and leaps Sam to Al's Place. So, technically, Sam is right, but for the wrong reason.

COINCIDENCE: If Al Calavicci finally getting a lock on Sam at Al's Place is just a mirror image of past leaps, how is it explained that Al Calavicci gets a lock on Sam after guessing Sam has leaped into himself on his birth date?

WHAT?

The scenes between Al and Gooshie at Project Quantum Leap are mirror images also. A mirror image of procedures used to reestablish contact with Sam after every leap, but with the twist of Sam leaping into himself. The scenes of Al and Gooshie at PQL play out as Sam sees them in his head. "What wrong was I to put right and where in God's name was Al!"- Dr. Sam Beckett in "Mirror Image".

COINCIDENCE: As Sam leaps in and enters Al's Place he is accompanied by the song, "Accentuate the Positive". In a world of wrong, Dr. Sam Beckett makes things right!

WHAT?

Even though Sam has leaped into situations where he cannot change everything for the better, he always manages a way to "Accentuate the Positive" (i.e., finding the killer in a murder mystery).

COINCIDENCE: Why is Stawpah bitter? Stawpah, Al Calavicci's uncle who is "twisted like a pretzel" is a casualty of Lothos. In "The Leap Between The States", Sam leaps into his great-grandfather, Captain John Beckett, via his genetic line. Due to the impending evil leap, Lothos is able to scan the Calavicci genetic line and alter history to wrong the Calavicci family.
The Evil Leapers aid in Stawpah's death in 1933, therefore when Stawpah dies he doesn't pass on to heaven, rather he passes on to Lothos' dimension. Stawpah escapes Lothos' dimension, or passes on to another level of Lothos' dimension, by assisting Sam and the miners in saving Tonchi and Pete. Stawpah says to Sam that he needs to figure out a way to help save Tonchi and Pete this time. Perhaps Stawpah cannot leap until he saves Tonchi and Pete and is stuck in a Ground Hog Day scenario until he does so. So, when Tonchi and Pete are saved, Stawpah finally leaps. Al the bartender remembers Stawpah because Stawpah finally leaped out of his (Lothos) control.

WHAT?

How can Stawpah leap when everything about Al's Place is nothing more than smoke and mirrors created by Lothos? Stawpah realizes Sam's true existence and figures if he and Sam can save Tonchi and Pete (this time) that they (Sam and Stawpah) can both leap. Perhaps, Sam was destined to share in the same fate of Stawpah in Lothos' dimension, but because of Stawpah's help, destiny changed. "I never said it was going to be easy!" - Al Calavicci in "The Pilot Episode".

COINCIDENCE: People wonder where Sam got his clothes from in "Mirror Image". Considering if he did leap back into himself, or as himself, he would be wearing his fermi suit that he wore when he stepped into PQL's Accelerator Chamber and that the leapee wears.

WHAT?

If Lothos "grabs" Sam, leaps him into their Holding Chamber and casts a virtual reality around Sam, why would Sam be wearing the fermi suit? Hey, Lothos may be evil, but at least he has good taste in clothing!

COINCIDENCE: If "Mirror Image" isn't real, does that mean that Sam didn't really leap to April 1, 1969 to tell Beth that Al is alive and coming home?

WHAT?

Everything about "Mirror Image" is a mirror image in some way. The people in the leap are mirror images of Sam's past leaps. The conversation Sam has with Al Calavicci is a mirror image and Sam's leap to April 1, 1969 is also a mirror image. That's another reason why the Calavicci family photo shatters because it's not real either, yet. Because Lothos scanned Dr. Beckett's entire leaping life, he knows of the one wrong Sam never made right. So, that's why Zoey leaps into Beth! Lothos knows of Sam's leap to April 1, 1969 (M.I.A.) and the history of Beth Calavicci. It's a grand slam for Zoey! She leaps into Beth. Kills Dirk Simon. Kills Al Calavicci and then kills Beth herself. The Evil Leapers also had a hand in Stawpah dying. Who knows what else the Evil Leapers corrupt?!

COINCIDENCE: Considering what happens to begin the 666th season, perhaps "The Mirror Shattered" would be an appropriate title.

WHAT?

R. Joy Helvie (tina_als_girl), YOU GO GIRL!!!

"That's the way it is!"
-Bartender Al in "Mirror Image".

"Not tonight, honey. I have a headache."
-Dan Goff (PQC) after writing/typing this Guest Vision!