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The purpose of this Glossary is to explain any obscure reference to characters or shows present in some of the stories in this zine. Some people insist on using names referred to in stories not present orlike to use characters from old and new television shows no one has ever heard of.. or is ever likely to...
APOCRYPHAL COUSINS: These are relatives actually included in the family tree but are a bit on the extra-ordinary side, almost along the lines of the Addams Family. (Please see She-Wolf of London and Love & Curses.) Future note: Robin and Abdul have major plans for Randi and Russell's older brother, Joshua. They were hatching some evil scheme one late Saturday night after a Dr. Quinn episode.
BETHIE: Bethie is a character from a Battlestar: Galactica story called "A Quiet Whisper" by Jill. She was a poor sad child befriended by Starbuck. She was stuck in a hole and died. There is no reference to her in this zine. There is no reason for a reference to her in this Glossary. She is here for no other reason than Tradition. She has always been in any Glossary we have ever done and will always be so in the future.
BLACKADDER: Blackadder was a very odd British television series with a continuing cast, but set in different generations of the same family. The back of the video box makes reference to the "evil genes" of Blackadder continuing on from generation to generation.
CAITLIN: Caitlin is a character created by Annita Smith and she seems to have been taken over by everyone else. She first appeared in an Equalizer story by Annita called "Trial by Existence" (published in Prime Time 4 by Mary Wardell and Mary Blomeker). She's RemRem's sister and Andy's wife. She's had a very hard life. She started out as a hooker but ended up fine with Andy.
THE "COLONEL": The "Colonel" is Lee's uncle. First season Scarecrow & Mrs. King referred to him only by this name. Second season they gave him a face and a last name. It was not Stetson, which would have made him Lee's mother's brother. Unfortunately, SMK was never big on continuity. The "Colonel" was a red necked Army officer and Lee's mother was a proper British lady. We believe the contradictions cancel each other and choose to go the way of Reunion and all the other stories written before the SMK writers messed with their own storyline. So... Colonel Stetson is Lee's father's brother and Jenny Michaels Stetson is from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
EMERGENCY: You may have noticed the inclusion of Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto in "Reunion III" and wondered, if you know the L.A./Orange County area, what two Los Angeles Paramedics are doing way over in Anaheim. Well, even the show sort of established they had an incredibly large territory that stretched (to quote local newsman, Jerry Dumphey) "From the desert... to the sea... to all of Southern California". So it's okay to have them there. Really. If you don't know the L.A. area, just pretend this was never mentioned... Of course Johnny and Roy's territory is that large. How far away could Disneyland be from Rampart and their home base?
GOUSH: "Goushe" is a word that needs to be understood to appreciate Jill's (and other's) stories. A "Gougch" is a word that has no correct spelling. It is a story with a character being incredibly noble while overcoming extreme obstacles and being a poor sad baby, all at the same time. It can entail a certain amount of hurt/comfort (emotional or physical) but is to an extreme degree. Murphy is a prime example. We all think of him as a "Gooshe" though nothing in Remington Steele suggests this kind of background (actually nothing in RS gives him much of a background at all) but Jill has taken care of this. His mother left him when he was young, his father withdrew from him because of this, he was stuck in a cave when he was a child and as an adult, he now has a very bad limp which constantly gets in the way, etc. Jill is the Queen of "Goush". (Glotterizer's Note: A "Goushie" is a short poem with the above mentioned characteristics.)
MAJOR DESCOINE: Major Descoine is a character who appeared in Remington Steele. He was after Steele for revenge for something that happened even before the dashing figurehead appeared to take over the agency, but Descoine didn't know this. He blames Remington. He appeared in two episodes of RS and his daughter, Minor Descoine (I'm not kidding) appeared in one. Nasty bad guy!
MURPHY'S LEG: Fans of first season Remington Steele may not remember Murphy Michaels having a limp in the show. He didn't. Jill gave it to him after he almost died in a cave in "Will You Steele Need Me?" published in Steele Files I (steele waiting on II, Pat). Jill really has a "thing" against Murphy. She damages him at any given opportunity. Heh, heh... Hurt/Comfort! Enjoy!
NICK KNIGHT: You may know Nick Knight from Crimetime After Primetime on CBS. If not, he's a vampire who regrets his past and all the killings. He's trying to reform and has become a cop on the city's late night beat. Before it belonged to CBS's late night lineup with Geraint Wyn Davies in the title role, it was a television movie with Rick Springfield in the lead. Rick is the only one possible to cast in this role (especially after having sat 12 feet away from him basically on the stage while he performed at the Strand Dinner Theatre/night club in Redondo Beach - heavy sigh!) Sorry Geraint... you don't quite have what it takes.
SHADOW CHASERS: This show was an extremely funny, truly wonderful show from Kenneth Johnson starring Trevor Eve as Jonathan MacKenzie and Dennis Duggan as Edgar (Bennie) Benedek. Jonathan was a very stuffy Anthropology professor who believed in nothing occult and Bennie was a writer for the National Register (same paper Jack McGee, who was after David Banner in The Incredible Hulk, worked for) who believed in everything occult. Jonathan ended up "chasing shadows" with Bennie only to keep his research grant. I highly recommend you borrow these tapes from someone if you can.
SHE-WOLF OF LONDON/LOVE & CURSES: She-Wolf of London is another bizarre British series but in today's setting. Randi Wallace (Michaels) was attacked by a werewolf on the Moors of England and, thereafter, proceeded to get a little hairy and ornery during full moons. Luckily her mythology professor, Ian Matheson, was usually available to shackle her up whenever necessary (but not quite always). About halfway through the series' run, it changed location to Malibu, California. A romance developed between Randi and Ian. Unfortunately, to their utter frustration, they found that the full moon wasn't the only thing to cause Randi to transform and they were never able to "consummate" their relationship. If you can, try and get a hold of it to watch.
RAGS TO RICHES: Rags to Riches was a short lived NBC series set in the 1960's. Joe Bologna starred as a playboy millionaire bachelor who ended up taking in 5 orphan girls. (Note: They started out with 6 girls in the pilot but lost one. She was Heather McAdams and she played Michelle on Salvage.) The format was that of a movie musical. At major plot points, the music would swell and the girls would break out in to song and dance. The show was great fun.
REUNION II & IV: These have not yet been written by Jill, but they are completely worked out (and have been for years). Jill finally finished "R-III" (Huzzah!) which was originally supposed to be "R-II" and was to have been my birthday present in 1987. We're all looking forward to the next two stories. A brief outline of the other Reunion plots are as follows:
Reunion II: This is Skip's story, but Murphy marries Sherry in it.
Reunion IV: Andy and Caitlin's story, they marry in this episode.
Please feel free to write and tell Jill how much she needs to keep writing. Thank you for your support.
(Co-Editor's Comment: Elaine takes great pleasure in harassing me about the Reunion stories. But then, she's so... Elaine! - J.H.)
TOM BECKETT: Just a brief explanation. Is Tom Beckett alive or dead? Time travel opens many, many paradoxes. For the sake of Jill's wonderful Rites of Passage, we have to assume that Tom really did die at some point, etc. What happened to this major time in Sam's life after he saved his brother in Vietnam is open to speculation (and I'm sure there are many wonderful Quantum Leap stories that deal with just this issue) but, again, this doesn't matter. This deals with the original reality.