Twice in a Lifetime: What She Did for Love

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Wednesday November 24, 1999

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Linda MacCullen is a washed up actress who is reduced to taking a singing waitress job to pay for dental work. When, out of embarrassment, she tries to remove her picture from the restaurant's marquee, she accidentally electrocutes herself.

When Judge Othniel tells her she's wasted her life and will not get a second chance, Mr. Jones steps in and uses one of his three freebies to get her a second chance. Linda is determined to come back and ensure that her younger self wins the audition she lost and the one which she claims ruined her life. But, as usual, things are not quite what they seem and Linda discovers that a number of her assumptions were wrong.

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Episode Cast and Crew

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Guest Cast
- Donna Mills Linda MacCullen / Lana Kasallis
- Kim Schraner Young Linda
- Thomas Mitchell Tom Miller
- Polly Shannon Vickie Sue
- Anne Openshaw Aliandra Dunne
- R.D. Reid Ernie Slate
- Andrew Dinner Kenny
- Jordan Allison Kurt
- Eddie Glen Window Washer
- Lee MacDougall Stage Manager 1979
- Cameron Graham Stage Manager 1999
- Larry Day Director
- Bradley Garrick Kent
- Debbie Fleming Singing Louise
Executive Producers
- Michael Prupas Executive Producer

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Trivia

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The tabloid magazine Inquirer is a take off on the National Enquirer. [edit]
According to her ID, Linda is sent back to September 1979. A tabloid magazine in the show is dated September 12, 1979, which is the day of Linda's audition. [edit]
The title of Vickie Sue's autobiography is Somebody Pinch Me! My Fairy Tale Life Story. [edit]

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Jordan Allison is credited as Hunter Scott. [edit]

Quotes

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Linda: Oh my God, I am dead. I'm dead and I don't even have any lipstick on. Don't you guys have mirrors around here? I can't meet my maker looking like this.
Mr. Jones: Appearance doesn't matter.
Linda: Maybe not in your business. [edit]
Linda: So this is heaven? Somehow I though the lighting would be better up here.
Mr. Jones: Linda, we're not as high up as you think we are.
Linda: Oh, when do we get there?
Mr. Jones: The question is not when, but if, and that depends on the judge. [edit]
(picking a rose from his bush)
Judge Othniel: This is a masterpiece of engineering and an object of exquisite beauty. (pricks himself on thorn) Ouch! (laughs) It can also be a source of pain. But if properly nurtured and tended to, it offers a deep and abiding sense of joy and wonder. [edit]

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Looking for love in all the wrong places
Linda is a quoting a line from Waylon Jennings' song Lookin' for Love. This line is:

I was looking for love in all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I'm dreaming of...
Hopin' to find a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
Another heart, lookin' for love [edit]
Pride goeth before a fall
Mj. Jones is a referring to the Bible verse "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." (Proverbs 16:18, KJV) [edit]
Vanna White
Refers to the hostess of the popular, long running syndicated game show Wheel of Fortune. [edit]