Trivia and In-Jokes
About the Story:
It all started with wanting to write a sequel to my own
On the Side
of Angels; I just didn’t have a plot for it. Recently, I began watching
Sue Thomas: F.B.I. Eye and developed not an obsession but a
fascination with it. I’ve always been into sign language and the like (The
Miracle Worker is one of my favorite movies) and, if I ever have the chance,
I’d like to learn American Sign Language myself. Sue Thomas’ story is inspiring,
and I wanted AL to know her (hey, friends in the FBI is a good thing, eh? :p).
Since both Sue Thomas and Early Edition air back-to-back on PAX, I
figured I could cross them. Ideas for this story actually kept me awake at night
(very annoying, if I do say so myself…). When I finally got an idea for a plot,
I decided to stop torturing AL’s guys for once and make her be the one hurt. :)
Title:
Stay With Me: The title of a very beautiful Josh Gracin song.
Chapter One:
Nine months: This is a little involved and you wouldn’t know it was a
joke if this page wasn’t here. :) First off, I had to add the “three years”
because Sue Thomas didn’t air until October 2002, so this story had to
take place after that date. Anyway, Gary met AL in June of 2000, after Early
Edition ended. Nine months later would be March. AL gets put into a coma,
“leaving” Gary for a while, depressing him to the point of almost being comatose
himself. Here’s the significance: I started dating Ed, my fiancé, in November of
’04; nine months later, in August, he left for marine corp. boot camp, leaving
me in a very depressed almost catatonic state (well, not that severe, but I was
not in a very stable state of mind…and I’m still not, and won’t be ’til he and I
are together permanently). I told you it was involved.
Martina McBride: This is a reference to the Early Edition episode “Play It Again, Sammo”. Gary saved her from a falling stage light in that episode.
Rascal Flatts: My favorite country group. They sing me and Ed’s song, “Bless the Broken Road”. The song they sing in this story is “From Time To Time”. I highly doubt they were in Chicago in March of 2003, but, for the purposes of this story, they were.
Chapter Two:
The Miracle Worker: As stated above, it’s one of my favorite
movies. See the 1962 version with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, if you can. If
not, the 2000 remake with Alison Elliot and Hallie Kate Eisenberg will do fine.
Chapter Four:
Officer Bradshaw: This is sort of a shout-out to my husband, who
listened regularly to Z100’s “Phone Tap”. Officer Bradshaw was a character
played by one of the members of the Z-Morning Zoo whose name escapes me for the
moment.
Chapter Five:
Bruce the EMT: Slight nod to the 1996 Doctor Who Telemovie.
Shots in the right shoulder and left leg/stall eight/two women and a man: More Doctor Who Movie references.
Pete: Read On the Side of Angels. His last name is a very small tip of the hat to Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who.
Chapter Six:
Stuff with Lisa in the hospital: Basically what happened to the
Doctor in the Doctor Who Movie, with exception that our heroine didn’t go
into cardiac arrest due to heart surgery. :p
Binary vascular system: From the Doctor Who episode “Dalek”.
Dr. Von Braun/Parkinson’s/etc.: Read On the Side of Angels.
Chapter Seven:
Adele’s appearance: I suppose I’m channeling
V’s Dr. Gypsy
Robinson in her looks.
Chapter Twelve:
This Everyday Love: A Rascal Flatts song.
The healing coma: This idea was gleaned completely from V. She’s my inspirational fairy, after all. :)
Gary’s grief: Well, a good portion of the inspiration for this is my grief over not having my husband around, especially since, at the time of this writing, he’s in combat training and unable to get in contact with me for another 11 days.
Friend whose husband is in the marines: That is, of course, me. The song they sing is me and Ed’s song, “Bless the Broken Road”.
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