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"8-1/2 Months"
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Cut Scenes: In the first draft script, dated 21st December 1990, the Crockett family are called the Hickoks and Billie Jean is called Billy Jean (both changed by the time of the third draft dated 10th January 1991; except where stated all notes here refer to both versions which are near-identical). Sam suggests to Dr. Rogers that perhaps he's having Braxton-Hicks. Leola's shock at her hair runs for longer (note also that she says "it's purple for chrissake", as it also does in the third - but the third draft has a handwritten note changing it to "for heaven's sake" as it would be on transmission). A voiceover when Sam meets with Bob is missing, added for broadcast. We learn that he's munching on radish and horseradish when Mrs Thailer shows up. The discussion with Mrs Thailer is somewhat shorter in the first draft but extended to its transmitted version by the third. As she leaves, Mrs Thailer says "I hope it works out for you Billie Jean, I truly do. But if it doesn't - you call me." Sam and Al arguing before Effy shares Willis' name and whereabouts runs longer in the drafts. Sam suggesting that Al find Billie Jean in the future is only present in the third draft (and the transmitted version), not the first. Willis doesn't explain why he loves Billie Jean in either draft. Effy doesn't explain why the surgery is so busy in the first draft (she does in the third, and the transmitted one). Keeter directly states his plans to get drunk. Most interestingly of all, Dotty says to Bob "twenty-two years ago you had to do the right thing when you married Billie's mama and I lost you". Sam actually manages to get further in the birthing process. |
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Syndication Edit: [Very beginning of the first act. Sam is looking at himself as Billy Jean in the delivery-room mirror.] -- begin cut --> Sam: No. No. <-- end cut --- Nurse: Now just relax, honey. Doctor: Now hang in there, little lady. It was just a contraction.
Syndication Edit: In the network version of the shot in which Dotty and Sam drive up to the beauty salon after coming back from the false alarm at the hospital, there's a dog barking in the distance and about 2.3 seconds more of the car pulling up.
Syndication Edit: After Keeter's line, "Hey, if I was you, I'd drop that kid and I'd get rid of it before you cause any more trouble," Dotty's reaction shot is .2 second longer in the syndicated version.
Syndication Edit: [Dotty suggests that Sam go and put his feet up, and Al follows him into the parlor. After some discussion, Sam throws up.] Al: Yeah, well, you're not pregnant either, because when you're pregnant, the, the, the nausea and the pukies and the fatigue come in the first three months and Billy Jean is at full term. -- begin cut --> Al: Anyway, you can't be tired, because you gotta figure out some way for, for the girl to keep her baby. <-- end cut --- Sam: I'm just going to rest here a little bit, Al, and then I'll get up and I'll figure out how to patch up her and her family.
Syndication Edit: At the very beginning of the second act in the network version, there are about 2.0 seconds more of the car driving up to Bob's business before Sam says, "I'd spent a sleepless night drinking water and making nine hundred trips to the bathroom, the whole time wondering what to say to a man I'd never met about his daughter and her unborn child," in voiceover.
Syndication Edit: [Right at the beginning of the third act. Both versions run their opening lines over the establishing exterior shot of the house.] -- begin cut --> Al: Sam, that is disgusting. Effy: How can you eat that? Sam: Actually, it's, it's pretty good. <-- end cut --- Effy: I know folks get [unintelligible] funny stuff when they're having babies, but ... -- begin cut --> Al: Jello and onions? <-- end cut --- Effy: ... I mean, don't you kind of wonder what you're hatching down there?
Syndication Edit: [Sam and Al in the kitchen after Effy has left.] Sam: I felt Billy Jean's baby kick inside of me, right there. [Points] -- begin cut --> Al: Gas. Sam: What? <-- end cut --- Al: You probably feel gas from eating this junk.
Syndication Edit: [Dotty has just changed the flat tire on her car.] Dotty: [To Sam] OK, just get in, take it easy. -- begin cut --> Dotty: [Helps Sam get in the car.] All right. [Sam groans.] Dotty: Hoo. [Goes around, opens the driver's door, and catches sight of the open trunk.] Ohh. [Closes door, goes back, throws the umbrella in the open trunk, and closes the trunk. Gets in the car.] Sam: Ohhh-ohh. Dotty: How you doing? Sam: Well, I've been better. Dotty: [Backs the car over the beauty salon sign in the front yard.] Ohhhh. Sam: Why don't you let me drive? [Reaches for the steering wheel, then falls back moaning.] Dotty: Because you're busy. [The car pulls away in the pouring rain.] <-- end cut --- Effy: [Bangs on Bob's office door.] Come on, Mr. Crockett, be here.
Syndication Edit: The network closing credits consist of clips from
the episode, which run for a few seconds and are then freeze-framed with credits. The
syndicated closing credits eliminate all the moving footage and just use the freeze-frames
with the credits. The network credits run over a country-western instrumental tune. The
syndicated credits run over the standard shortened version of the "Quantum Leap"
theme. Sam being wheeled through the hospital for the first time. Leola getting mad at Sam over her purple hair. Sam dumping chopped onions into his Jello, much to the disgust of Al and Effy. (Partial outtake.) Sam and Al walking down the road. Dotty and Effy looking up from changing the tire to discover Sam straggling back home. Sam being wheeled into the delivery room for the second time. |
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