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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Tommy Thompson, Moe's original fate in the original timeline was suicide after being institutionalized had pushed him past the DespairEventHorizon. This was deemed too dark for the tone of the episode, so upon Chris Ruppenthal's suggestion, this was rewritten so that Moe dies while trying to hop a train in an escape attempt.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** According to Tommy Thompson, Moe's original fate in the original timeline was suicide after being institutionalized had pushed him past the DespairEventHorizon. This was deemed too dark for the tone of the episode, so upon Chris Ruppenthal's suggestion, this was rewritten so that Moe dies while trying to hop a train in an escapeattempt.attempt.
** One draft of the script had a BittersweetEnding where Moe has a heart attack, but reconciles with Irene right before dying.
** According to Richard Herd, there was some talk about creating a SpinOff about Moe's life in Milwaukee with Irene, but ultimately nothing came of it.
** According to Tommy Thompson, Moe's original fate in the original timeline was suicide after being institutionalized had pushed him past the DespairEventHorizon. This was deemed too dark for the tone of the episode, so upon Chris Ruppenthal's suggestion, this was rewritten so that Moe dies while trying to hop a train in an escape
** One draft of the script had a BittersweetEnding where Moe has a heart attack, but reconciles with Irene right before dying.
** According to Richard Herd, there was some talk about creating a SpinOff about Moe's life in Milwaukee with Irene, but ultimately nothing came of it.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/RichardHerd told ''The Quantum Leap Podcast'' that this guest role on ''Quantum Leap'' was his favorite TV appearance.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Moe's upside-down chicken was inspired by an incident in Tommy Thompson's college years, where his roommate's girlfriend made a turkey the same way, and it turned out delicious.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: Creator/ScottBakula had sustained an ankle injury just prior to filming, so this was written in as Sam injuring his ankle crawling out of the spaceship at the beginning.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: Creator/ScottBakula had sustained an ankle injury just prior to filming, so this was written in as Sam injuring his ankle crawling out of the spaceship at the beginning.beginning and having a limp afterwards.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Tommy Thompson, Moe's original fate in the original timeline was suicide after being institutionalized had pushed him past the DespairEventHorizon. This was deemed too dark for the tone of the episode, so upon Chris Ruppenthal's suggestion, this was rewritten so that Moe dies while trying to hop a train in an escape attempt.
* WrittenInInfirmity: Creator/ScottBakula had sustained an ankle injury just prior to filming, so this was written in as Sam injuring his ankle crawling out of the spaceship at the beginning.
* WrittenInInfirmity: Creator/ScottBakula had sustained an ankle injury just prior to filming, so this was written in as Sam injuring his ankle crawling out of the spaceship at the beginning.
