What Would Have Happened on Sliders?

"Sliders" was a great show that starred Jerry O'Connell, Cleavant Derricks, Sabrina Lloyd and John Rhys Davies (initially anyway). O'Connell played young scientest Quinn Mallory who discovered how to open wormholes that led to alternate realities. Early tests bring Quinn back to Earth, but when he changes a setting, they get stuck on an alternate Earth for a number of hours, the wormhole reopens and sends them all to another Earth. The first few seasons were good, then co-creator Tracy Torme started criticizing the show and David Peckinpah came in and changed the show's direction- and not really for the better. Characters were killed off, new ones brought in, and by the end, the only original cast member was Derricks- "Rembrandt Brown." Even Jerry O'Connell had left, replaced by someone who was supposed to have all of Quinn's memories but trapped in someone else's body.

The last episode had the Sliders coming into a reality where they were worshipped and Sliding was some sort of religion. A psychic on this world had been watching them clairavoyantly and he's able to prove it by various paintings and his impossible knowledge of their previous slides. He warns them that the next slide would be there last. After a whole lot of hoopla and drama, Rembrandt slides alone after being injected with a virus that could stop the evil Kro-mags from taking over the alternate Earths and the remaining Sliders were left with an uncertain future and without a timer (as it gets destroyed). For a really good synopsis, read this.

Surprisingly, there's not a whole lot of information as to what would've happened should there have been a season six, but there are a whole lot of questions.

From Earthprime.com:
With all indications that the fifth season was the last, why promote a cliffhanger?

In an online chat, Story Editor Keith Damron talked about a big-budget Kromagg battle royale that would use Geiger's combine technology to boot the Kromaggs off Earth Prime. It never came to be, and "The Seer" was produced in its place.

According to the Dimension of Continuity, the cliffhanger was predicated by production and by executive producer Bill Dial in particular to make cancelling the show harder — because the Sci-Fi Channel essentially ignored production.

The cliffhanger was the result of a production team attempting to fight back for having complete creative freedom over their stories, something Tracy Tormé had been fighting for since the beginning of the show.

Cleavant Derricks wished to keep the show going and pushed for a cliffhanger himself. "I never think it should end with any kind of closure," he insists. "I think one or all of us will go on to slide. The thing about sliding — in all of our imaginations — is that once you start it is difficult to stop. I don't care what your goals may have been along the line, but once you start it's very hard to give up."

I also read the Derricks thought that Prof. Arturo (Rhys Davies) should have returned for the 6th season as there was another episode that hinted Arturo and a double had switched places (or that the original had been forced to somehow), and it was the double that was killed, something that Tracy Torme had said as much during an interview.

So there's not much out there- not that I've been able to find anyway- but the cool thing about Sliders is that the possibilities were endless, so it's fun to imagine what might've happened.



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What Would Have Happened on Journeyman...?

There's a great interview over at Ain't It Cool News with Kevin Falls that discusses some of what would've happened had "Journeyman" not been cancelled. It's not quite as specific as I would have liked, but enlightening none-the-less.

Some highlights:

Yes, Olivia was alive in 2008.

Deleted scenes had Dan betting on games in the past for money.

The season finale would have had Dan finding both Katie and Zack completely gone from his life.

Check out the interview for other goodies.



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Moonlight- A Perhaps "What Would Have Happened" on Season 2

I found this gem over at a forum that was discussed at "Moonlightcon" (I have no idea what this is, admittedly):

1) Officially DEAD: Ryder, Lt.Carl, and ..brace yourselves...Sarah Whitley. Yep he said they are all done, though wouldn't reveal how they ended up gone...

2) Simone, Josef's freshie, was to be a big part of the season, however the actress playing her failed to mention she's pregnant, so they're not sure about what to do with that.

3) Beth IS indeed part of the French Royal bloodline and she does hold the key to the cure which is why she was kidnapped. He also said that because of this Beth CAN NOT be turned. Whether that means she can't because it wouldn't work or it can't because she would die was left up in the air...

) The season was going to revolve around a group called "The Legion" who have been around forever. They are humans and THEY GAVE THE LIST TO TALBOT!!! They feel that the vampire population has gotten out of control in Los Angeles and needs to be reduced. They basically declare war with the vampires and IT IS SO ON! Lance & Coraline return and ask Mick to help. Basically he now only has one choice - fight with the vampires or fight with the humans. He said total vampire apocalypse would indeed be the case. One planned scene was having the L.A. River at night FULL with 100s of Cleaners taking on the Legion army - wow, can you just picture that???

5) The bad news, and I must stress that this is *right now* and things can always change, so don't freak out too much, but... apparently Sophia refuses to move to New York for filming. Which means we would lose our Beth. As you can imagine we all started screaming that there was no point without her in it. I mean, I love our boys but theres no ML without MickBeth for me, personally. Lets hope they get to stay in L.A. after all or that Sophia will change her mind. AGAIN, nothings 100% right now, so please don't start emailing her, lol.

This was from this forum:http://moonlightarmy.com/core/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=344





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Ahhh....CBS Ye Knew Me- Not at All!

Well, they tanked "Jericho" with sticking it at 10 on Tuesday nights, and now they've axed "Moonlight." You go, CBS. Let's see how many more viewers you can tick off. The only shows I'll be watching are "Ghost Whisperer," which I'm surprised has survived as long as it has, "How I Met Your Mother," (thank God someone had enough sense to renew that) and "Big Bang Theory." Someone else in my household may turn on "Survivor", but I won't be paying attention- I'm over that, big time. The rest of your shows aren't in the demographic that you want to win: ie, mine (CSI and all of it's spin offs and the other crap you've got on), but I see the logic (not) in cancelling a show that consistently pulled in decent numbers for a Friday night. If I didn't love HIMYM, I probably wouldn't stick around on Mondays either.

When I can find it, I'll post info on what would've happened on "Moonlight" and any other cancelled shows ("Jericho" for one) that I can find info on. If there's a particular show you want info about- post it in the comments and I'll see what I can do.


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Yep, It's Official, CBS Sucks

As many of you know, CBS cancelled "Jericho" but agreed to bring it back after fans sent in 40000 (that's right forty-thousand) pounds of nuts, inspired by Jake Green's response to the New Bern leader about their surrender in the season finale. Well, CBS listened and brought back the show for 7 whole episodes. There was a lot of confusion over its start date and the time- I swear I saw three different dates and times. And when it finally comes back, they banish it to 10 pm on Tuesday nights. Had it not been for random flipping on Saturday night, when they re-ran the season premiere, I would have missed it all together. Not that there's anything else on at that time worth watching, but seriously- it couldn't have been on at like Sunday at 9? I don't know about the rest of you, but I have kids to get up in the AM and by 10, I'm just plain tired. So I DVR the show. But that doesn't count in the ratings game.

So, apparently we've got no one to blame but ourselves. We should've pushed ourselves to stay up past our bedtimes. Nevermind that it was apparently a huge download on bittorrent and Itunes. Nevermind that CBS put it in a sucky time spot when there were dozens of other spots it could've gone in because of the strike.

So whatever CBS. If you even think about cancelling "How I Met Your Mother" I will wash my hands of you. I don't need to watch "Survivor" (in fact, I'm really kind of over and have been for several seasons, but the hubby likes it).

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An Update on "Angel" and What Would Have Happened....

It's been a while since I posted a "What Would Have Happened" so here's what I learn about what would've gone down on Angel Season 6 had there been one.

First, Wesley wouldn't have died, and the gang would've continued its evil fighting. There was talk of an episode that would've had Angel and Spike in drag, but most important, apparently Fred's soul was not destroyed as thought, and in an episode that would've featured Willow's character, she would have restored Fred's soul. Both Fred and Illyria would have been in the same body, which would have made for a really interested storyline with Wesley.

So, there you have it. This can be found in some of the interviews and commentary on the Angel DVDs.

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What the...seriously? The 4400 cancelled?

Seriously, this week sucks. TV sucks. First "Journeyman", which has been freakin' awesome the past few weeks (which has not officially been cancelled, but I have NO HOPE when it comes to the networks these days), but now Watch With Kristin is reporting that "The 4400" and "The Dead Zone" have been cancelled. What the hell????

I really do support the writer's strike- but I can't help feeling that they're starting to burn their own asses. Are all of these shows being cancelled because it's the AMPTP's subtle way of controlling the situation and hoping that it'll scare the writer's into settling? It seems a lot of these shows would've been given more of a cancel were they able to continue airing (esp. "Bionic Woman" which will probably be not coming back either).

So, I put this out there to all TV viewers, like me. DO NOT WATCH REALITY TV. No "Clash of the Craptastic Choirs" no "D-List Celebrity Apprentice". Just don't watch it. Eventually, the networks will have to start pushing the AMPTP to make a real deal, because if we don't watch, the advertisers will pull their ads, and they'll start losing money. Serious money. It's the only way they'll talk.


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CBS Announces Schedule- UGH

Ok, so 1 point to CBS for saving possibly the funniest show on television- "How I Met Your Mother."

-20 Points for cancelling "The Class". This show started off weak. Way weak. But it turned into one of the funniest shows I've seen in a LONG time. The whole diet=cheating episode? Hysterical. What a bunch of dumbA$$es at CBS.

-50 Points for cancelling "Jericho". Admittedly not the best acted show on television at times, Jericho really came back strong after its hiatus (which, was another really DUMB idea by CBS). The great thing about "Jericho" was that it was different and imaginative. Rumor has it that TNT is eyeing the show. Sign the petition over at www.onlinepetition.com and help save this show.

Show, CBS ends up in the negative for the fall season. I don't even care what's going to be new- The only thing I'll be watching CBS for is HIMYM.
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Is the O.C. Cancelled?- UPDATE 1/08

1/08: When we first wrote this post over a year ago, it was a rumor. Sadly for OC fans, it's no longer rumor, it's true. The last first-run episode will air 2/22/08- but it seems the CW might be interested in picking up the show.

FROM 12/06: Not according to Watch With Kristin over at eonline.com. Seems it was a rumor (ala the "Will Ferrell is dead" type rumor...which no, he isn't). But there is some question as to whether they will have a 16 or 22 episode season.
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ALF

Going way back into the 80s vault of cancelled shows, we've pulled out ALF. ALF, short for Alien Life Form, was really a strange, advarkian type of creature named Gordon Shumway (from the planet Melmac) who crash landed into a family's garage (The Tanners) and, because he was stranded, ended up living there while trying to fix his spaceship. The show was pretty funny (particularly when Alf tried to repeated eat the family cat) but it did end with a cliffhanger. Alf was always hiding out from the government, who knew an alien hand landed but were never clever enough to catch him. In the final episode of the series, Alf had been discovered and took off on the run, trying to evade the government he was sure would do all sorts of experiments on him. Writers had hoped the cliffhanger would encourage NBC to pick it up for another season, or at least allow them to do a movie explaining how Alf escaped, but neither worked. At least, not right away. In the early 90s, "Project Alf" aired, a 2-hour tv movie that explained what happened to Alf after he was captured, but had no Tanner family (only mentioned in passing that they had been relocated to Iceland) and really lacked the heart of the show (it was downright horrible in my opinion). Like many fans, I find it best not to think about it, and just figure Alf was smart enough to escape and find a ride home.

You may also remember the short lived cartoon which featured Alf and his buddies on Planet Melmac, which was a prequel to his crashing landing on Earth.

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Reunion

Reunion was a murder mystery show that never quite killed in the ratings. It centered around six high-school friends, one of whom is murdered at their 20th reunion, and one of them is the murderer. The story flashed back and forth to the present while the detective investigating the murder and the connections between the classmates. This is what I was able to dig up courtesty of www.eonline.com's "Watch With Kristen":
“Okay, here’s a little insider scoop,” Dave [Annable-"Aaron Lewis"] says, “and I don’t know if this is real or not, but this is what I was told! It was Will and Sam’s daughter [who was the killer]. And then what happens is, you know, Craig—Sean Faris—comes home and finds her shot, and it was by accident, and then he calls his dad, the big congressman or whatever he was, to come clean it up. And then he comes home and finds out that she’s still breathing, and then, for some reason, suffocates her. So, I guess it’s like sort of a double-kill-type thing.”


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Everwood lives on...and on...

Everwood is going to be airing on ABCFamily from the beginning starting October 2nd at 6/5c weeknights.

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Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill was a really cute show where Jack (aka Jacqueline, played by Amanda Peet) and Jill (David Jillefsky, played by Ivan Sergei--recently on "Charmed") had a meet-cute (she discovers her fiance slept with a bridesmaid on the day of the wedding--moves in with friend--he's the hunky neighbor--nuff said), resisted getting together and yet finally did. It lasted for two season, also starred Jamie Pressly (now on "My Name is Earl", Simon Rex and Justin Kirk ("Weeds"--I knew I knew him from somewhere!).
Like most shows where it is based somewhat on sexual tension between two characters, it struggled a bit after Jack and Jill became a couple, but it was still pretty good. It was cancelled at the end of its second season (which was only 13 episodes, and aired mid-season). Here's what happened for those who can't quite remember, courtesy of www.tv.com:

Jack and Jill scramble to keep their wedding on track after the hurricane destroys their Bahamas plan, but the couple is in a bad place, something that is especially concerning Jill. Jack talks things over with Jill's mom, and Jill talks things over with Elisa. Eventually, Jill asks Jack to forget the long-term wedding arrangements, and to just get married the next day at the Justice of the Peace.

Meanwhile, Mikey and Elisa plan a party for their 'unattached' single friends, but they are shocked to learn just how depleted that group of friends has become, as most of their friends are now paired up! And Jack & Jill's sudden wedding plans force them to change the party into a wedding party anyway.

An overheard comment from Barto about how Audrey should face her fears vis-a-vis her stalker incident prompts Audrey to move back to her place. But after Elisa stays over at her apartment the first night, Barto feels so guilty that he goes over to stay with Audrey until she feels safe again.

They guys help Jill and the girls help Jack, and they all (plus Barto's date Emily) head down to City Hall. But the cattle call at City Hall is decidedly unromantic, so Jill calls it off. The results if that Mikey & Elisa's party is a total dud, and the two get hammered, and start to reveal some repressed feelings for each other. The next day, neither remembers what happened the night before, but circumstantial evidence implies that Mikey's and Elisa's repressed feelings for each other may have been consummated.

The day after the aborted wedding, Jack goes to the doctor to treat her cold and discovers that she is pregnant! That night, Audrey reveals that she still has feelings for Barto and that she wants to try again. Barto protests that he's with Emily, but Audrey just asks him to think about it. Finally, Jack comes home after visiting the doctor. Jill sits her down and says what he's been trying to say all along: that he's worried that their relationship has moved to fast, and that it needs a stronger foundation before marriage, so he wants to call the wedding (but not their relationship) off. Jack meekly agrees, but neglects to tell him about her pregnancy...

So what would have happened? Obviously the pregnancy would not have remained a secret for much longer, but other than that I have NO idea. While there are a lot of websites that mention "Jack and Jill", that's all they do, just mention it. There seems to be little interest in the show, or what might have happened, and certainly did not garner the outrage like "Everwood" did (incidently both shows were written by Rita Mimoun!).

Should your upcoming wedding go off without a hitch(assuming you don't find your fiance in any compromising situations like poor Jack) consider placing wedding cameras on the tables to capture all of those silly moments the photographer might miss. Many of today's couples are getting revved up for the big day in backyards, bowling alleys, and on beaches. Most of these standout ideas can take place at home or in a restaurant, and each of them is sure to please everyone from Grandma to your grad school roomie.


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Reaching waaaay back and pulling out..."Homefront"

I won't lie...I have always been fascinated by the 1940s. Despite the war, it has always seemed (and made to be seen) as one of America's most romantic periods in history. So it was no surprise to me that I became completely hooked on "Homefront" which first aired on ABC in 1991. It centered around three families, and a few others that interacted with them. There was the Sloans, the wealthy family who seemed to own everything in town, but most notably the factory which employed nearly everyone. Their son, Michael, is killed in the war and they are none to thrilled when an Italian-Jewish woman shows up and declares herself Michael's wife (pregnant nonetheless).

There is also the Metcalfs, who were really the center of the show. Anne was the widowed mother, her eldest Hank had just returned from the war, her daughter Linda was able to work in the Sloans' factory while the men were away, and her youngest son Jeff wanted to be a ballplayer but was sidelined with an injury.

The third family was the Davises, the african-americans who were employed in domesticity by the Sloans.

All of the families interacted on a regular basis, and the show never ran short of drama. While Jeff and his former brother's girlfriend, Ginger were the couple everyone routed for, I was always intrigued by Anne Metcalf's story line. She fell for union reveler Al, who was Jewish, and ended up pregnant.

Despite having great actors and story lines, it never had enough ratings to keep it going. So, while the show had an "ending" (the producers knew that most likely there wouldn't be a continuation, they did hold out a little hope and left somethings unresolved) there is some speculation as to what would have happened for season 3.

"If ABC renews Homefront, the series will include Cleveland's 1948 World Series victory" (John Kiesewetter "Homefront Role Easy for Chandler to Play" Cincinnati Enquirer Mar. 29, 1993).

"If ABC had granted Homefront a third season, [Tammy] Lauren ("Ginger") said, the plot would have found the wealthy Sloan family buying the town's television station, with Jeff and Ginger becoming TV stars in the vein of George Burns and Gracie Allen" (Rob Owen "Tammy Lauren Plays an Innocent...Again" Times-Dispatch July 31, 1993).

Sam Behrens (Phil Havel) told Soap Opera Digest that "he was very disappointed about Homefront not being picked up because he had been signed on as a regular cast member for the third season" and that he "had a great storyline" (Melinda Salsburey Homefront egroup Aug. 28, 2000).

"During a Prodigy chat after the end of the second season, the creators said that they were going to have Caroline's [first] husband from England come to River Run (apparently she was a bigamist)" (Alen Homefront egroup Apr. 10, 1999).

According to Lynn Marie Latham, "If there had been a third season, Anne and Al would never have left in the first place. But Hank would not have come back no matter what" (Homefront egroup Apr. 19, 2003).


Would Caroline turn out not to have divorced Charlie after all?: "Did we ever see Caroline's divorce decree? I don't think so. I think we just saw her en route to Reno. Did anybody else in town know about the 2-year rule? Maybe not. Maybe - just maybe - Caroline knew her first husband was alive and she was bigamously married to Charlie, so she didn't have to get divorced. She just had to pretend she had and if anybody from the I.N.S. showed up at her doorstep, she was still 'legally' married to Charlie" (Bethany Rutledge Homefront egroup Mar. 31, 2003).


Thanks to the Ultimate Homefront Episode guide for posting and collecting the season three speculations and teasers!!!

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Dark Angel returns...in re-runs anyway

Dark Angel has recently started to run again on the SCI-FI channel, Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 12 am.

I was able to watch the majority of the 2nd season when it aired on SiTV a few months ago, and was surprised at how little I remembered from Season 2, which makes me think I didn't watch it for some reason (mostly likely it aired against another, more important show and I continually forgot to tape it). It's quite a bit different from Season 1, and explores much more of the show's mythology. It definitely would have been nice to have another season to watch.

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Even More About Everwood...the show fans refuse to let die!

Alas, poor Everwood, I knew it well.

Everwood is gone, and I think nothing short of a miracle will bring it back. Sets are down, the actors are moving on, but the fans just won't let go. I do understand...I can't bear to erase it from my DVR! The ending was beautiful, and it really was hard to say goodbye.
So what have the fans been doing? Short of begging at Dawn Ostroff's feet (the new CW CEO or whatever her title is), they have gotten a Ferris Wheel and are having it delivered. Here is a snippet about it from www.everwoodmusic.com:

Project Ferris Wheel
In the series finale of Everwood, Amy Abbott placed a Ferris wheel outside of Ephram Brown's apartment to express her love and affection for him. Everwood fans reflect a similar love and appreciation for the show and everyone that made it ring true. Deeply saddened by the premature end of the series, they have decided to do something. What started out as murmors in the internet community quickly became something bigger, much bigger. At that point Everwood Music founded Project: Save Everwood to organize those efforts under one banner.

On Monday, June 19th, an ad ran in Variety -- made possible solely through generous donations of Everwood fans -- thanking and congratulating the cast and crew and inviting them to a grand gesture. That grand gesture is a Ferris wheel in honor of the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show. To date, thousands of dollars have been raised from fans around the world. However, more money is still needed to make this event everything that the fans would like it to be. If you would like, you may donate to the Ferris wheel fund. Any donation would be greatly appreciated.

The Ferris wheel event will be held on Friday, July 21st from 1pm to 6pm PST at Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School (3333 West Oak St., Burbank, California 91505). The time was chosen to fit in with the TCA Awards and the location is less than a mile and a virtual midpoint between The CW offices and the Warner Home Video. It is important to stress that, just because the specifics have been announced, does not mean we're no longer in need of donations. We still greatly need and appreciate the generosity that has propelled us this far. Please follow the link for a more detailed invitation.

I think this is such an awesome idea, and wish I could have been there to see it. Hopefully, someone will post some footage for us fans who live across the country (and those across the ocean as well). I doubt it will work, but I really hope the CW's decision comes around to bite them someplace unpleasant!



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Dead Like Me --Finds a New Life on Sci-Fi

"Dead Like Me" was an AWESOME show that originally aired on the Showtime network. It ran for two years and starred Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy and Ellen Muth. Ellen Muth played Georgia Lass ("George"), who was killed by a falling satellite not long after turning 18. She was returned to life to be a "reaper", someone who would take the soul of a person who was just about to die and help them cross over. Ellen was today's typical teenager--snarky, funny, occasionally lazy with a questionable work ethic, but with a good heart. For reasons known only to Showtime (budget issues I'm sure), DLM was cancelled after only two seasons. A real shame because DLM had a great emsemble cast, and there was real growth in all of the characters, and the writing was smart and sharp. But at least we weren't left with a cliffhanger ending as so many of the other shows on this blog have.

While I have been unable to discover what would have been for season 3 (though I'm still searching), I do know that the show has just started running again on the Sci-Fi network on Tuesday nights (I believe the premiere was 7/18).
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More about "Angel's" early cancellation

For more information about the cancellation of "Angel" first read up in our archives about the ending of the show...and then find out why it was cancelled over at Popcorn & Twizzlers, a great blog featuring television and movie reviews.

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"Tru Calling"

While I never quite got into "Tru Calling", I was intrigued by the premise (and possibly I stopped watching because it conflicted with another show). Tru Davies, played by Eliza Dushku of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame, was a young woman who discovered that she had the ability to jump back in time 24 hours, and affect the lives of someone who was in trouble (and most likely ended up dead). While the premise certainly drew on other shows ("Quantum Leap", the aforementioned "Nightmare Cafe", "Sliders") it was unique it its own way, and fans certainly weren't happy when the series was given the axe.

I was able to find the following information on what would have happened should been given a third season:

There are two great Powers in the universe concerned with humanity's fate; one that laid out the original plan that history has been following since the beginning of time, and one that wants to change that plan (what ultimate goal either side is working toward remains unknown, possibly even to the show's creators). The first power is more strict and authoritarian in its view of humanity, whereas the second is "more accepting of individual freedom and choice."
Whenever someone dies who may be important to the overall scheme of things (and, presumably, in a way that would serve the second power's purposes), an agent of that power approaches the person and offers them a choice- they can either move on, or return and have a shot at resuming their old life. If they want a second chance, all they have to do is ask for it. If they do, Davies goes back and relives the day, with a view to saving that person's life.
Every time Davies saves someone who has asked for her help, she steers the destiny of our world a little farther away from what the first power intended, and a little closer to what the agents of the second power want.
Harper, Davies' nemesis, has a very big advantage over her, her father was his mentor(who was Harper's predecessor, just as Davies' mother was hers). Davies is working in the dark, learning as she goes along, but Harper has an older, more experienced counterpart who can share knowledge and wisdom from a long line of predecessors with his young protege. Davies, of course, was robbed of this potentially crucial advantage because of her mother's untimely death.
Harper became Davies' counterpart after being approached by agents of the first power during his near-death experience. They offered him a choice: he could either die, or return to Earth to do their bidding. Once he got back, his memories of the encounter were hazy, and he didn't initially understand what was happening when his days started rewinding (at around the time that Davies' did). He eventually wound up in an asylum, which is where Davies' father found him.
The central conflict of the show's mythology was never meant to be perceived as a simple, straightforward "good versus evil" scenario. Rather, the creators intended to portray the battle in such a way that either side could conceivably be right- and, at the very least, to show that the soldiers on both sides certainly believe that what they're doing is right. Harper and Davies' father truly believe that she is disrupting the balance of the universe by doing what she does; Davies, of course, believes otherwise. Who would have turned out to be right? These are the questions the producers of the show meant for us to ponder.
A future storyline on the show would have dealt with the possible repercussions if Harper ever decided that he no longer wanted to fulfill his end of the bargain (i.e., to continue doing the first power's bidding).
Another storyline (which was actually in progress when the show ended) would have dealt with the consequences of Davies' saving someone who hadn't asked for her help. Because that person was either never given the choice to come back, or was and chose not to take it, he would have essentially lost his soul after being saved by Davies, and would then have begun spiralling into increasingly menacing behavior as his humanity faded away and his personality began to disintegrate.
(From Wikipedia, The Online Web Encyclopedia)

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"Eerie, Indiana"

"To whom it may concern. If you're reading this document, it means I'm either dead - or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. My name is Marshall Teller. Not long ago I was living in New Jersey just across the river from New York City. It was crowded, polluted, and full of crime. I loved it. But my parents wanted a better life for my sister and me - so we moved to a place so wholesome, so squeaky clean, you could only find it on TV. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, my new home town *looks* normal enough, but look again. What's wrong with this picture? The American dream come true, right? Wrong. Nobody believes me, but this is the center of weirdness for the entire planet. Eerie, Indiana. My home sweet home. Still don't believe me? You will."


Reaching again into the vault of my mind, I was reminded of this show that aired in 1991. It had almost a full season complement (19 episodes) before it was cancelled. "Eerie, Indiana" was told from the point of view of Marshall, who kept a diary of all the strange things that happened in Eerie (which, not so ironically, was supposed to be the most normal town in the US). Eerie was a place where Elvis was sited regularly, dogs could sometimes talk (and didn't they *ahem* have a bone to pick) and where people (mostly kids) would sometimes disappear and artificially intelligent ATMs made friends with a little boy and gave him lots of spending money. The show was great and inventive, "Twilight Zone" meets "X-Files" (though X-Files didn't premiere until 1993)...and is actually out on DVD!! While it is currently unknown what plans there were for a second season, I'm sure it would have dealt more with "old" Marshall and how he ended up being able to go into the past (or did he exist at the same time...) and more of the shows mythology.

Welcome to Eerie, Indiana, Population: 16,661.

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