Parallel Lives

Broadcast N/A
Written by Jeannine Renshaw, Thania St. John, John Shirley, John Sacret Young
Directed by

Guest Stars: Penn Jillette (Kravitz), Billy Burke, Will Patton (Dr. Frank Morgan), Tracey Needham (Samantha Bloom), David McCallum (Doctor Bloom)

Continuity: This episode takes place after "The Many Faces of Alex."

Synopsis: This episode plays with the concept and characterization of almost every character we have met so far. Much of the dialogue is taken from earlier episodes but it is said by the wrong character under very different circumstances. It involves Duncan waking up to discover that Sam was the one who survived the crash as a child, not Syd (who only appears in one very brief scene), and that the lives of each character are substantially different. It is extremely convoluted and literally requires the viewer to keep track of VR inside VR inside VR. Concepts of reality are toyed with throughout.

Observed Data

VR: It is possible to have a VR sequence within a VR sequence within a VR sequence.

Miscellaneous: Doctor Bloom is alive and testing Duncan for some unknown reason. Duncan now believes that Sam and Doctor Bloom are alive. Syd is using Compaq computers.