"Revenge"

Evil Leaper III

Cut Scenes:

The fourth draft script of this episode, dated January 22nd 1993 is almost identical to the finished version and contains nothing notable.

Return & Revenge: Movie Version:

The original broadcast of the second and third parts of this story were in the form of a double-length movie promoted as The Revenge of the Evil Leaper (note the additional 'the'). It has never been repeated in this form or released on home media or streaming. The actual on screen title is Return, but with Revenge appearing half-way through.

The movie opened with a saga sell, a reprise (with Scott Bakula saying "here are some scenes from Evil Leaper, Part I" over the 're- prise' action; this voiceover was removed for the two-part version), the leap in, and then the credits.

After the opening titles, a caption "RETURN, OCTOBER 8, 1956" appeared, followed by the guest and production credits combined from both episodes (with PART II and PART III noted where necessary), including Editors Wiles and Koslowsky, Production Designer Birnie and Director of Photography Robert Primes, who are usually referenced in the end credits. These were the same roles that had been moved upfront for the Trilogy movie. No other changes were made to the 'Return' portion.

Soon after the leap to the prison, a new caption appeared reading "REVENGE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1987", but with no guest or production credits, which had already appeared at the top of the movie.

Further changes were as follows (words in grey are in the two-part version, timecodes refer to the Blu-ray release of the syndicated version):

After the close-up of the dog barking at 3m54s, the movie version had a clip of Sam looking back at the dog, removed from the syndicated version.

When Sam hypnotises Alia, the music in the movie and syndicated versions differ. The mirror shot is also extended by 6 seconds after Al raises his eyebrows at 9m5s.

At the end of the first scene with Warden Myers, the shot of him sitting down is a little longer in the movie version. It is also immediately followed by extra dialogue at the start of the following scene:

11m56s
SAM: Why am I here?
VIVIAN: You're here because you were stupid.
Liz. Really stupid.
AL: I'm working on it.
SAM: Stupid?
VIVIAN: How long you been in here, Tate?

After the commercial break at 13m11s, the establishing shot of the prison runs slightly longer at the end, and the triple mirror shot slightly longer at the start, in the original version. A music cue is also shifted to accommodate.

Thames's exposition at 14m56s lasts a little longer in the movie version, as he says which pinpoints our last trace before we lost contact with the fair Alia right before she leaped here. Lothos says there's a 79.9%..."

17m19s
After Sam tries to negotiate a plan with Meyers/Zoey, some extra material:
ZOEY: You go back to C block... and you go back in the box.
ALIA: No! [longer shot]
ZOEY: No? You don't have the slightest choice in the matter.
SAM: We both go back to C block, or you can get your own information
ZOEY: Delusions of power? A very foolish thing for a prisoner to have. Take Angel back to the cooler.

There is also a moved music cue around this point.

22m2s
Extra material with Fiddler in the movie version, including some extra short extensions of shots:
FIDDLER:They said 'what did you see, Fiddler?' and I told 'em. I told 'em. I told 'em. [last three words over alternate shot of Sam in movie version, Fiddler's face in syndicated].
SAM: And what did you see, Fiddler?
FIDDLER: I was cleaning. On bathroom duty.
That means it was Thursday, because I always clean the toilets on Thursday.
SAM: And you do a very nice job.
FIDDLER: Yeah I do. Don't I.
SAM: So what, uh, happened?
FIDDLER: Well uh [cut down to run over previous shot of Sam in syndicated version], you and Angel come in and you was fighting about something but I couldn't hear what though [some extra frames here]

25m54s
Extra material with Thames and Zoey in the first transmitted version, including some extra frames in the movie and syndicated versions, and a shifted music cue.
THAMES: Well she should have been terminated years ago [a few extra frames in the movie version].
ZOEY: The pleasure's now mine [holds on Zoey for a beat in the syndicated version to allow for a line from Thames]
THAMES: Lothos giveth and Lothos taketh away.
ZOEY: Not if I get my hands on her.
THAMES: All systems are on full power [this is over the close-up of Zoey in the syndicated version, close-up on Thames in first broadcast]. It's only a matter of time.

32m1s
As Sam comforts Alia, some extra dialogue in the movie version:
SAM: Stay in that place, until I can figure a way to get you outta here. OK? Angel.
ALIA: 'Angel's like it's not even my name.
SAM: Yes but it is... You're Angel. I need you to remember everything you can...

After the preview of Goodbye Norma Jean, there is an extended sequence of clips from the next four episodes in the original movie version, as a trailer for the remainder of the season. This includes some alternate takes and longer shots from the ultimately broadcast versions of those episodes.

The end credits for the movie merges the credits that would ultimately be split between Return and Revenge, with a unique clips montage behind made up of clips from Revenge.

Unlike Trilogy Part II, the clips are all as broadcast.

Here are the missing pieces only seen in the 2-hour movie!