Changes: The Vega Influence

	“The Vega Influence” S2 E9
Production 45412; Original Airdate: 1 December 1976
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	Produced by; Kenneth Johnson
	Written by; Arthur Rowe
	Directed by; Mel Damski
Guest Cast
	Guest Star(s); Richard Lenz as Michael Marchetti; Jamie Smith Jackson as Laurie Boylin; Roy Poole as Dr. Boylin;
	Co-starring; Philip Carey as Major Andrews; Don Marshall as Captain Colter; John Lawrence as Sergeant Roberts;
Broadcast Order
Season 2
"Sister Jaime"	"Jaime's Shield"

Revision as of 06:24, 24 June 2009

At a government base on an isolated island, Jaime is pitted against a "living" meteorite which has a strange ability to overpower the human will.

Summary

Deconstructed

Quotes

Jaime: What is on Grand Tooley?
Major Andrews: It used to be an air corp base during World War II. You have heard of that war, I presume?
Jaime: (sarcastically) I read about it in my history books.
Major Andrews: Oh, you're cute, Jaime.

Jaime: Y'know, times like this, it's kinda nice being a girl, 'cause I can admit to being scared.
Sergeant Roberts: Well, I'll match goosebumps with you about now.

Major Andrews: You two take this [hangar]. I'll take the next one. Now sing out if you see anybody.
Jaime: (salutes) Loud and clear, sir. Probably will be more like a piercing scream, though.

Oscar: How did it work?
Dr. Boylin: Well, very simply, it seemed to be a basic life form which infected by ultrasonic communication.
Michael: Which correspond to the alpha waves of the human mind. Its signals blocked all our thoughts except the basic instinct to help it survive.
Jaime: That is fascinating.
Oscar: Fascinating? After all you've been through, fascinating? That's all?
Jaime: Well, okay, Oscar, I'll admit, it is the most bizarre experience I have ever had in my life, but I must admit that the thought of a completely new life form. I mean, I love it! Where would it come from?
Dr. Boylin: Something to think about, isn't it? Does it come from our own solar system? From beyond?
Michael: Well, wherever it came from, I'll tell you one thing: I never want to see another snowsuit.

Trivia

Original Airing

This episode first aired in Canada between the two parts of "Doomsday Is Tomorrow", due to the CTV network not receiving a copy of Doomsday Part 2 in time for broadcast.

Visual Effects

The organism shown used scenes from the film The Andromeda Strain to show it's growth pattern.

Gaffes

Continuity

The steering wheel and column of the firetruck are green, but then brown in the closeup of the key.

Credibility

The 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, where Jaime and the flight crew land near the beginning of the episode, was actually located in California during this time period, not Alaska.

Storyline

When Michael and Jaime are in the Agricultural building, Jaime finds a videotape lying on the counter. When they watch the tape, at the end the camera droops as if the cameraman has succumbed like the rest of the scientists. How did the tape get from the camera to the counter?
When Jaime Sommers first encounters Laurie Boylin in the hangar, the zombified people that Jaime locked out start to bang on the door. Jaime jumps, and so does Boylin - only Boylin shouldn't have jumped. As we learn later in the episode, she is deaf and shouldn't have heard the banging.
Wouldn't the earphones on the zombified pilot and co-pilot have the same effect as when Jaime put's on the earphones: cancelling the noise from the meteor. And why do they need the earphones on when they don't need to talk to the control tower, anyway?

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 At a government base on an isolated island, Jaime is pitted against a "living" meteorite which has a strange ability to overpower the human will.
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 ==Summary==
-==Quotes==
+==Deconstructed==
+===Quotes===
-'''Jaime''': What is on Grand Tooley?
+'''Jaime''': What is on Grand Tooley?<br>
+'''Major Andrews''': It used to be an air corp base during World War II. You ''have'' heard of that war, I presume?<br>
+'''Jaime''': ''(sarcastically)'' I read about it in my history books.<br>
-'''Major Andrews''': It used to be an air corp base during World War II. You ''have'' heard of that war, I presume?
-'''Jaime''': ''(sarcastically)'' I read about it in my history books.
 '''Major Andrews''': Oh, you're cute, Jaime.
 ----
+'''Jaime''': Y'know, times like this, it's kinda nice being a girl, 'cause I can admit to being scared.<br>
-'''Jaime''': Y'know, times like this, it's kinda nice being a girl, 'cause I can admit to being scared.
 '''Sergeant Roberts''': Well, I'll match goosebumps with you about now.
 ----
+'''Major Andrews''': You two take this [hangar]. I'll take the next one. Now sing out if you see anybody.<br>
-'''Major Andrews''': You two take this [hangar]. I'll take the next one. Now sing out if you see anybody.
 '''Jaime''': ''(salutes)'' Loud and clear, sir. Probably will be more like a piercing scream, though.
 ----
+'''Oscar''': How did it work?<br>
+'''Dr. Boylin''': Well, very simply, it seemed to be a basic life form which infected by ultrasonic communication.<br>
-'''Oscar''': How did it work?
+'''Michael''': Which correspond to the alpha waves of the human mind. Its signals blocked all our thoughts except the basic instinct to help ''it'' survive.<br>
+'''Jaime''': That is ''fascinating''.<br>
-'''Dr. Boylin''': Well, very simply, it seemed to be a basic life form which infected by ultrasonic communication.
+'''Oscar''': ''Fascinating''? After all you've been through, ''fascinating''? That's all?<br>
+'''Jaime''': Well, okay, Oscar, I'll admit, it is the most ''bizarre'' experience I have ever had in my life, but I must admit that the thought of a completely new life form. I mean, I love it! Where would it come from?<br>
-'''Michael''': Which correspond to the alpha waves of the human mind. Its signals blocked all our thoughts except the basic instinct to help ''it'' survive.
+'''Dr. Boylin''': Something to think about, isn't it? Does it come from our own solar system? From beyond?<br>
-'''Jaime''': That is ''fascinating''.
-'''Oscar''': ''Fascinating''? After all you've been through, ''fascinating''? That's all?
-'''Jaime''': Well, okay, Oscar, I'll admit, it is the most ''bizarre'' experience I have ever had in my life, but I must admit that the thought of a completely new life form. I mean, I love it! Where would it come from?
-'''Dr. Boylin''': Something to think about, isn't it? Does it come from our own solar system? From beyond?
 '''Michael''': Well, wherever it came from, I'll tell you one thing: I never want to see another snowsuit.
-==Trivia==
+===Trivia===
+=====Original Airing=====
+* This episode first aired in Canada ''between'' the two parts of "[[Doomsday Is Tomorrow]]", due to the CTV network not receiving a copy of ''Doomsday'' Part 2 in time for broadcast.
+=====Visual Effects=====
 * The organism shown used scenes from the film ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' to show it's growth pattern.
-* This episode first aired in Canada ''between'' the two parts of "[[Doomsday Is Tomorrow]]", due to the CTV network not receiving a copy of ''Doomsday'' Part 2 in time for broadcast.
-==Nitpicks==
+===Gaffes===
+=====Continuity=====
+* The steering wheel and column of the firetruck are green, but then brown in the closeup of the key.
+=====Credibility=====
 * The 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, where Jaime and the flight crew land near the beginning of the episode, was actually located in California during this time period, not Alaska.
+=====Storyline=====
 * When Michael and Jaime are in the Agricultural building, Jaime finds a videotape lying on the counter. When they watch the tape, at the end the camera droops as if the cameraman has succumbed like the rest of the scientists. How did the tape get from the camera to the counter?
+* When [[Jaime Sommers]] first encounters [[Laurie Boylin]] in the hangar, the zombified people that Jaime locked out start to bang on the door. Jaime jumps, and so does Boylin - only Boylin ''shouldn't'' have jumped. As we learn later in the episode, she is deaf and shouldn't have heard the banging.
+* Wouldn't the earphones on the zombified pilot and co-pilot have the same effect as when Jaime put's on the earphones: cancelling the noise from the meteor. And why do they need the earphones on when they don't need to talk to the control tower, anyway?
+==Gallery==
-* When [[Jaime Sommers]] first encounters [[Laurie Boylin]] in the hangar, the zombified people that Jaime locked out start to bang on the door. Jaime jumps, and so does Boylin - only Boylin <u>shouldn't</u> have jumped.  As we learn later in the episode, she is deaf and shouldn't have heard the banging.
+<gallery>
-* The steering wheel and column of the firetruck are green, but then brown in the closeup of the key.
-* Wouldn't the earphones on the zombified pilot and co-pilot have the same effect as when Jaime put's on the earphones: cancelling the noise from the meteor. And why do they need the earphones on when they don't need to talk to the control tower, anyway?
+</gallery>
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