Re-watching the series, I am noticing things I’ve never noticed before. In disco Inferno, S2E2, at the end, with Sam and Al in the kitchen by the refrigerator, Sam asked Al if he has a dog. Al gives Sam a very strange look, and I was really curious what people think that look meant. I’m also curious, does anyone know, if Bellasario had worked out the entire storyline of Sam’s and Al’s backgrounds by that point in the show’s production? Did he know, for example, that Sam was married? Is that what Al’s look implied (that Sam had no dog; but he had a wife). I would be interested in anyone’s thoughts.
What was that look from Al?
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That's how I read it, given the massive change to his own life Sam effected in "Star-Crossed", and chalk another tally towards your theory in the church wedding scene towards the end of "The Americanization of Machiko.". Was it in a "writers Bible" that Sam was married? Not sure, but in "The Leap Home" Al sure is calling out Sam for changing things for himself and perhaps Al's attempts to salvage his marriage in "M.I.A." came about in part because Sam had succeeded for himself. I would lay money on the powers that be knowing Sam had gotten Donna back. Could also be why Al was so vehemently against Sam lusting for his piano teacher in the La Mancha episode.
I find it interesting that it wasn't until after "The Leap Back" and the audience learning for a fact that Donna was there, and her warning Al to keep silent, that Sam actually started getting more emotionally and physically involved with romantic interests in Leaps.
I find it interesting that it wasn't until after "The Leap Back" and the audience learning for a fact that Donna was there, and her warning Al to keep silent, that Sam actually started getting more emotionally and physically involved with romantic interests in Leaps.
SUPER helpful!!!
Thank you so much. This is my third/fourth time through the series - but I will watch now, cognizant of the points you made.
Very grateful for your insights!
Thank you so much. This is my third/fourth time through the series - but I will watch now, cognizant of the points you made.
Very grateful for your insights!
" towards the end of "The Americanization of Machiko.".
I CAUGHT IT!!!
Sam: "I'm not married, am I?"
Al: "No, you're not married," and then Al gives a similar look in his eyes, as in S2E2 at the refrigerator. I never caught these "tells" before.
Just saw MIA. Wow, this series never got the adulation it deserved. What a brilliant story - and I DO think it was conceived from the very beginning. Unlike Lost, I don't think they wrote it as they made it.
It definitely did not get sufficiently recognized, totally agree with you there!! MIA is my absolute favorite episode!
Wouldn't it be nice to see a copy of the Writer's Bible for QL? I haven't purchased the late Matt Dale's books yet. I don't know if he ever stumbled across any tidbits in his research?