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"The Leap Home, Part II: Vietnam"
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Cut Scenes: In the first draft script, dated August 20th 1990, Dempsey’s Navy career has lasted 16 years, not 22. Later, Al says that the events of this episode take place “over 35 years ago” (in the episode as aired he says 25). This places Al’s present day as around 2005, suggesting they hadn’t nailed down the timelines just yet. Maggie’s response to the “Good Morning Darling” exercise is “You bastards!” rather than yet more flirting. The discussion between Tom, Deke and TiTi planning the following days’ mission is a little different in its technicalities. Just before the sapper attack, Tom tries to give Maggie a gun in case she needs to defend herself but TiTi takes it instead. The troop travel to the mission on the 8th via boat, not chopper. The brief scene where Deke gives up on Maggie returning is not present in the script, and the scene immediately after, TiTi confirming that the troop is close to the village, is placed later. The scene of Maggie taking a photo of the P.O.W.s is also a little later in the script, after a slightly altered version of the exchange between Sam and Al, hoping to save Tom. Al cheers on the troop during the battle. When Sam kills TiTi, he doesn’t offer an explanation – this appears to have been dubbed onto the episode after. There is a lengthy action sequence that was filmed but was cut for time showing the platoon taking Maggie’s body back to the helicopter (Rich Whiteside describes it as something he “hated to see go.”) The final line Tom says in the episode is “He was wrong. My little brother was wrong!”; slightly less impactful than “thanks to you, little brother. ” |
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| Syndication Edit: [In the leap-in] Sam: Tom! [SEALs start to open fire - camera pans back and forth] [wider shot from above of circle of SEALs] [explosion near tree] [explosion on ground] [branch falling] [two SEALs firing] [tree exploding] -- begin cut --> [log on ground shot up] [wide shot from about eye level of squad shooting] [another tree explodes] <-- end cut --- [muzzles of guns firing] -- begin cut --> [2 scenes of branches being shot] [scene of tree falling amongst smoke] <-- end cut --- [2 more scenes of branches being shot] [two SEALs firing] [wide shot from above of circle of SEALs as they stop shooting] [Sam starts to pop his head up above the surface of the water]
Third season opening title sequence replaced by fourth season one.
Syndication Edit: About one second is snipped from the beginning of the first act, right after the first commercial as two soldiers walk towards a helicopter.
Syndication Edit: [Sam is about to leave to set up sleeping arrangements for the reporter when the Colonel mentions a chu hoy (sp?)] Sam: Chu hoy? Al: A chu hoy's a V.C. guerilla that joined our side. Personally, I never trust them... Colonel Grimwall: Yes. Send her in, please. Al: ...unless they're cute. -- begin cut --> Sam: Her? Colonel: Do you repeat everything? Sam: Do I repeat everyth- Tom: Magic? Your ears still ringing from that firefight? Sam: [Pause] Yes. Yes, a little. Tom: Have Doc check 'em out. Sam: Okay. [Turns to leave] Al: Aye, aye, sir! <-- end cut --- Sam: Aye, aye. Aye, sir. [Sam leaves]
[Sam is waiting at the minigun for sappers with Al] Al: They should hit any second. Sam: That's what you said two minutes ago. -- begin cut --> [Al looks at Sam and then away] [panning shot of river] [shot of soldier with gun waiting nervously] [Tom walks up to Colonel inside (who is looking through scope)] <-- end cut --- [shot through scope of outside scene] Colonel: I'm telling you. There's nothing out there.
Syndication Edit: End credits originally showed scenes from the episode, then froze, then a set of credits was put up. Syndicut version just shows the freeze frames with the credits. Title music has been shortened to fit over credits accordingly. Scenes originally in the closing credits: Blaster waterskiing SEAL squad leaving chopper Sam trying to assemble gun Sam and Al talking outside the base Sam at the bar talking and taking a drink
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