Retro Review #14: “The Legend of Quinn the Kid”
Howdy, Slideheads! FANDOM ENTANGLEMENT is back for our fifth review of the second season of SLIDERS! This time, we’re takin’ a gander at Season 2, Episode 4, “The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy” (original airdate: March 22, 1996 on Fox).
On a world where everything west of the Mississippi is part of the Nation of Texas, corporate lawyers carry on the gunslinging ways of the Old West. After Quinn gets mixed up in a showdown, he gains the reputation for fastest draw in San Francisco and tries to prevent the hostile takeover of a family-owned computer company.
This episode was written by Scott Miller and directed by Oscar Costo.
Co-hosts Mike Bloxam & Damon Sugameli are joined once again by returning guest (also from the Lone Star State) Erik Dreiling, writer/co-writer on over twenty “episodes” of Quantum Leap: The Virtual Seasons, as well as published author of the Fractured Timeline series of novels. The first two books in the series, Operation: Silent Serpent and Twilight Hawk, are available for purchase now from Jumpmaster Press.
In this episode, we “negotiate” our way through the plot as we try to decide if it’s a Western, a modern-day tale of gunslinging lawyers and stockbrokers, or a weird hybrid of both. Either way, Damon was not a huge fan. We also compare it to a similar episode from the original QUANTUM LEAP with Quinn “Maverick” Mallory channeling his best Sam Beckett. And who knew Rembrandt was such a skilled Poker player?! One thing we can confidently say in the end: we’d pay good money to see an actual episode of Mighty Morphin’ Texas Rangers! Hope you enjoy our analysis and review, pardners!
Next up: “As Time Goes By” with returning guest Dennis Frymire, along with Damon’s sister Devin, joining us all the way from the Land Down Under, mates!
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Jumpmaster Press website: https://www.jumpmasterpress.com/
Erik’s Virtual Seasons stories (as well as Mike’s and Damon’s) can also be found here: https://quantumleap-alsplace.com/virt… (under the “TVS Writers” tab)
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