#the right hand of God

[angiefsutton]

Quantum Leap (1989) Re-watch

Season 1, episode 4: "The Right Hand of God"

woo-hoo: mandatory boxing episode (and the 'inspiration' for "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by me and JD Rush)

also: 'homage' to Rocky movies (even the training music is a knockoff of the Rocky theme)

forgot they got Guy Stockwell for this (Dean: "hey, bro: wanna be in my new show?")

still no opening 'oh, boy' - don't think there was one at all

ah - Bashful!Beckett has arrived (and Al's right: Sam IS adorable when he blushes)

… Sister ANGELA (please oh please let Dean say 'Angela'. He says it so sexy in Married to the Mob) (after watching: Damn. Guess I'm gonna have to go re-watch Married to the Mob. Poor me.)

dear lord - that orange outfit for Al. One of his more … interesting ones. Dean barely pulls it off. (… I can pull it off, if Al lets me!)

Apparently, Al's issues with the church haven't 'happened' in this timeline ;-) (canon? what canon?)

reminds Al of raising funds for the Imaging Chamber together (ah, many a fic of the two of them planning PQL)

"he's got more holes in his muffler than you do in your memory" - great line!

"He's a big guy - tells me to blow it out my tailpipe." … well, now.

(Also - realized yesterday that this goes to show how excellent of an actor Dean is. In a lesser actor's hands, many of his lines could've come across right down icky - even in '89. But like Al's clothes, Dean makes it work.)

Sam doing a mobster/Godfather imitation - hilariously horrible

Oh - DIX! I think many of fanon Tina's characterizations come from Dix. IMHO.

"My favorite? Oh, thanks - I really like my favorite. It's one of my favorites." - LOVE THIS LINE

DONUT shop. Everyone has a dream, I guess. ;-)

and we get everyone calling Sam 'Kid' in this

"Hon, you know the quick way never works." am IMAGINING what Al would've said had he been there.

"You'd rather go live with the nuns than with me?" Poor Sam - you can see a part of him is tempted.

"Amazing Grace" as Dix bares all! totally intentional

oh, god - Scott singing "Amazing Grace", though. Dear lord, I love his voice.

And then Al's snoring. ("Denise: Denise - Get in the closet!")

Ah - the first "She's got the most incredible pair of …" - this time "matching boxing gloves."

of COURSE Al goes to Ziggy for help in dealing with the muffler neighbor

"Well, If we knew the unknown, then the unknown wouldn't be unknown." - they're prescient! (see this)

I love you, Dean Stockwell/Al, but the idea of you actually KNOWING how to box - especially in THAT outfit - is HILARIOUS

"Hey - who taught you everything you know?" (pause) said sadly and alone, "I was good, too" - again, the 'inspiration' for "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by me and JD Rush

and Sam's not much of a drinker already - at least more than a beer

man - still some horrible ADR - must be how they did it in the 80s/90s

her story of the fire - I had two fires around 3 years of each other. Still want to try and write something about it

Dean Stockwell in that white suit - there IS a God

Scott Bakula working out is INCREDIBLY hot

{sigh} I could watch Dean and Scott shadowboxing for hours, I think

Al being jealous of Gomez - so sweet

when the mobster taunts in the bar: Sam has a hair trigger on his anger at this point, doesn't he

STREAKING. Would've been a perfect time for Sam to 'remember' why he streaked in college ;-) (Missing episode fic?)

and Sam invokes the Compound-Interest Time Travel Gambit trope

and I forget he CHEATS by having Dixie streak. Again, obviously before they made Sam the goodie goodie he becomes. I forgot that it's SAM'S idea, not Al's

"Maybe that's all that winning is: having the right person believe in you." good moral, and perfect for Sam (and Al, for that matter)

{sigh} that red gangster hat and SUSPENDERS. I'm in love.

I would've loved to see a behind-the-scenes video of them filming this fight. The way Dean's able to stay out of everyone's way (and not touching ANYONE). I know blocking exists, but I also know that this is a bit different than your 'average' scene\

daw - an imaginary hug with Al when Sam wins!

overall thoughts: I mean, it's a knockoff of "Rocky". What else can I say? It's not a great episode, but not a bad episode either.

Thankfully, both Dixie and Sister Angela makes the episode work. Definitely a 'season 1' episode, if that makes sense. Still somewhat settling characters (especially Sam's) and the 'rules' of his leaping.

This is an episode I would've loved to see a 'on the other side of the IC' scene of Tina (and the others, for that matter) dealing with Boxing!Al (and his reaction to the neighbor).

(I want to say I read a fic where Al was ACTUALLY working overtime on the retrieval progam but didn't want to put any hope into Sam, so 'made up' the neighbor).

End thought? I may have to re-read "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" this weekend. ;-)

[crazy56u]

Time for another rousing edition of “I couldn’t watch the episode live last night, so here’s me watching it after the fact!”

Hot damn, no fucking around with cold opens today, we jump right into Ben getting punched in the face.

Ben went down like Glass Joe.

“Hmmm, Danny clearly has a concussion and doesn’t know where he is… …eh, a cold shower should fix his head.”

“I am jacked.” was 100% ad-libbed.

“Addison, what went wrong, last time it took, like, 10 minutes for us to start the episode, why are speeding up?”

Okay, just casually dump that at the amnesiac’s feet. “Look, Ben, I know you don’t remember, but you fucked up the code before leaping, so if you wanna bitch about why you aren’t home yet, turn around and look in the mirror.”

Okay, one thing I miss from OG Quantum Leap? They listed the date in the episode’s title for every episodes. I miss having dates.

Ben, slowly learning one of the big rules of the show: The person in charge of the leaps is not your friend.

“It’s hard to believe I’d leap into someone to help them win a fight.” I’m sorry, it’s, what, the third episode? How do you not get this yet?

And Addison chokes down the urge to swear.

Man, we’re just diving into the metaphors real quick today, huh…

“Heh. I always wanted a brother.” I swear to fucking God if Ben also has a dead brother he doesn’t currently remember.

Okay, I’m only 60% convinced Addison is telling the truth about Ben being an only child.

“You’re Danny Hill. The best damn fighter in the world.” What about Kid Cody?

…the brother fixed the match, didn’t he…

The announcer guy is a discount Ron Burgundy with that mustache.

“You’re in love with the champ’s girlfriend. I now no longer feel low-key jealous about earlier.”

“Okay, look, Addison, I can get you all that boxing shit, but for fuck’s sake, BREATHE.”

“We don’t know how long this will last.” If NBC ain’t stupid, there will at least be a second season… (fingers crossed)

Addison is cruising off of two hours of sleep and vending machine snacks. She is a college student.

I wonder what Ben’s opinions are on sitcoms…

I am doubling down on my theory that the date Ben is aiming for is the date Sam first entered the Accelerator Chamber.

…okay, so Ben was born after 1977, that’s good to know. Also, get fucked Sam’s String Theory.

Ah, there’s the handwave: because of the Windows 10 Update, Ben is now off the string.

No less than 10 leaps, but probably around 20. Translation: NBC dictates how much longer Ben has to go.

“Look, dude, we both know I suck, just delay the fight.” “If we do, the promoter will fuck us over. Shut up.”

Once again, a plot is caused the real estate woes.

“Look, if you beat me up, there won’t be a match!” “Like I care!”

I love how they just let him lea-

“Saved by the baby killer!”

What

“What did you mean ‘lose the gym’?” Yes, clearly the most important part of the last two minutes.

“Look, either tell me the truth, or I lose the fight. Ball’s in your court, bitch.”

You ran out of money eight months ago? And the bank didn’t fucking foreclose on you by then?!

“Look, bro, you need to win the fight, or the mob’s taking my thumbs.” “But what if I don’t?” “I already punched two guys tonight, don’t make it three.”

“How did Ziggy miss this?!” Because you haven’t been letting her talk?

…so, does that mean Ben wants to leap into Voyager 2, or…

So, wait, is that the real reason Sam leapt into the Civil War? He fucking built up momentum like Mario doing a half-A press?

“Look, Ian, I don’t care if you are figuring out why Ben is leaping through time, he needs to know how to box!”

Let me guess. Janis is DDOSing Ziggy.

And Ian indirectly explains how Al helped Sam win his own boxing match.

“What’s wrong with my husband?” Boy howdy, you got a minute?

Daryl: The modern day Jesus

“I only showed up for exposition and sandwiches, byyyyyye…”

“Do you wanna milk that moment a little bit longer?” NBC still hasn’t given you guys more than 42 minutes a pop, man, no dice.

“You have a photographic memory.” Damn, Ben really is Sam…

Why is this Magic scene in Dutch angles?

So, basically, Ben is now watching a Punch Out LP.

“But I’m a righty, I can’t box like this.” “Tough.”

“Look, we need to take a break, you look like you are about to black out.”

Called it.

All Addison needs to do is chug Gatorade, let’s be real here.

Also called the DDOSing.

Ah. So is Beth in on what Janis is doing?

Is Janis about to beat up her mom?

So… is Janis’ evil plan… that she wanted to be the one to leap, and get Sam home?

Janis just drugged her mom, and Addison is straight up ignoring medical advice. Everyone is doing great.

Those sandwiches are probably warm and squishy now.

Uh oh, they forgot to account for the fact that Daryl would get arrested for punching people.

“We’re gonna get through this together. Now, please just calmly let these cops arrest you.”

Ben Song just straight up went ACAB, I am here for this.

“Look, either you get medical help for PTSD, or I am staying in jail forever.”

I feel like shit, because the second he said “Every time I close my eyes,” I had to fight against my brain to not think about Aerosmith.

Easiest way to be square on a bail: Violence.

If Ben loses, we riot.

Almost there, you just gotta get lucky now.

Ben got punched into a flashback, oh shit.

If they had the money, they would be blaring the “Rocky” theme right now.

So, why didn’t Ben leap yet?

“So, Ben, you might be leaping for a while.” “… … …okay, cool, but… …please take a break now and then.”

I love how they clearly dragged Magic down there to watch Real Housewives. I love this show.

Uh oh, happy times are over.

Janis just jailbroke the gummy bear handlink and is building her own Project. With blackjack. And hookers.

Meanwhile, Ben is getting hit on by a drunk guy in a bar.

Final thoughts: Not sure how I feel about Janis being outright confirmed to be the antagonist…

But besides that, this episode was great.

[hinamie]

10 years later

[umblrspectrum]

so like is it specifically planets the solver craves or can it get by with just eating dirt off the ground

[preacheroftruthblog]

1 Peter: The Right Hand of God

(Christ) has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. 1 Peter 3:22 I imagine Peter pausing after writing this sentence, perhaps straightening up from bending over the parchment on which he wrote 1 Peter, and taking a moment to remember that wonderful and yet melancholy day when his Lord rose into the air and drifted ever…

[myrkulitescourge]

the way that one line from the new epilogue in an astarion romance is going to HAUNT me

just. what a profoundly intense thing to confess to someone.

like, just these six months of newfound happiness with you exerts a force on his heart equal and in direct opposition to two centuries of endless torment, the gnawing hunger and exploitation. this flashbulb-bright fraction of his long life holds the same gravity to him as years upon years of darkness and suffering.

in all likelihood, he hasn’t even known his lover for as long as his worst memory lasted, that year sealed away to go mad from starvation and sensory deprivation, yet he still tells them this brief time has been so fundamentally and powerfully important that the weight of even that unimaginable hell is vanishingly small compared to this present he has now and the future ahead of them both.

how am i supposed to act normal about this.

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Ghouls night out

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[heartorbit]

find another role, carry on the show

[turtleblogatlast]

One of my favorite headcanons is that Leo grew up watching telenovelas with Splinter.

It just works so well - his bits of Spanish that he spouts randomly, his showy way of apologizing, and, of course, his love for dramatic betrayals all point to this being a very real possibility.

Plus, it’s very cute to imagine a tiny Leo at his father’s side as they both gasp in shock when the show’s eighth plot twist in just as many episodes happens.

[l-747]

oo, gabil

[sergle]

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[crazy56u]

Hmmm...

The third episode of Quantum Leap involves a boxing match in the 1970s that needs to be won.

Where have I heard that before...

[hinamie]

idk about yall but life is good again

[scripture-pictures]

[bixels]

Always an experience watching the leftism leave FNAF fans when someone mentions that Scott Cawthon financially backed fascist politicians.

The switch from posting hardline leftist tweets about boycotts and signal boosts and critical takedowns of politicians and celebrities to ‘ohhh, well. everyone makes mistakes. who can blame him, listen he. he donated money to gay charities too. that makes it ok! a millionaire in his forties is allowed to have political beliefs. does it even matter? just let it go!’ is whiplash inducing. The antivaxxer celebrities have got to go, but this one horror dev who quietly handed wads of cash to antivax lawmakers? He’s chill, he can stay.

The charity thing is so funny too because suddenly utilitarian positive-negative point counting is the way to go. Maybe an abacus would help calculate the net good of donating to the Trevor Project minus donating thousands of dollars to Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump. -10 points if I push a kid in a lake but +11 points if I help an old lady across the street, so I’m chill. You can’t judge me. Hey, maybe. Just don’t push a kid in the lake period. How fucking low is the bar when we’re excusing maxing out the possible dollar amount of donations to Mitch fucking McConnell. That should be like. Default you’re a bad person.