The Americanization of Machiko
Summary:
Seaman Charlie MacKenzie comes home after two years in Japan. What his family doesn't yet know is that he brought a Japanese wife with him. Being Charlie, Sam must help the family to accept Machiko, or she will have to go back alone and heartbroken ...
Episode Number: #2.03 / #11
German Title: Schatten der Vergangenheit
Italian Title: Sayonara, Sam
French Title: Retour vers un futur
Personal Review: Great episode. It has excitement, it has drama and it has a lot of depth.
Original Air Date: Wednesday, October 11, 1989
Writer: Charlie Coffey
Director: Gilbert Shilton
Producer: Harker Wade
Co-Producer:
Paul Brown
Jeff Gourson
Chris Ruppenthal
Regular Cast:
Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci
Guest Cast:
K Callan as Lenore MacKenzie
Wayne Tippit as Henry MacKenzie
Leila Hee Olsen as Machiko MacKenzie
Elena Stiteler as Naomi
Patrick Massett as Rusty
Also Starring:
Chuck Walling as Reverend Felcher
Marjorie Stapp as Betty Felcher
Clive Rosengren as George O'Bannon
Pat Ast as Delores
Cary Pitts as Deputy Herman
Keith R. Mills as Lionel/Mayor
James Oden Hatch as Eugene
Bill Arnold as Charlie/mirror
Guest Cast Notes:
 K Callan was born in Dallas, Texas as Katherine Borman. She has written a number of best-selling books concerning writing and directing and played Martha Kent in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
Guest Cast who appeared in other Belisarius Productions:
K Callan played Esther Gale in two J.A.G. episodes ("Pas Des Deux" and "Back in the Saddle")
Guest Cast who appeared in other QL episodes:
 Patrick Massett also played Ralph Beaumont in A Single Drop of Rain (#4.09)
Place: Oak Creak, Ohio
Leap-date: Tuesday, August 4, 1953
Leapee's Name: Charles Lee 'Charlie' MacKenzie
Project Trivia:
no IC door seen or heard
handlink: second version
Sam Trivia:
Sam feels at home at the farm of Charlie's parents because it reminds him of Indiana.
He's always loved the farm in the summer. The smell of corn, weed rustling in the breeze, the sounds of cows mewing after their mothers ...
Sam speaks seven modern languages and four dead ones. One is Japanese.
Al Trivia:
Al prefers being in Las Vegas over the farm.
He knows a lot about Japanese customs because he was stationed in Japan.
Al loves weddings. He suspects that that's because he's done it five times.
Miscellaneous Trivia:
The leap date is four days prior to Sam's birth.
Songs: usual background music
Predicted Outcome:
At the beginning, Ziggy gave it a 97% chance that Sam was there to save Charlie from a disastrous marriage with Naomi.
She later predicted that Sam was supposed to help Charlie's family accept his Japanese wife so Machiko wouldn't have to go back to Japan alone where she'd never remarry.
Altered History:
Lenore, Chralie's mother, finally accepts Machiko. Charlie and Machiko get married again in America.
Al's Outfits:
1. purple shirt; dark purple jacket and slacks with faint stripes; black belt with silver bucket; multicolored tie; pin on left lapel; silver shoes
2. red shirt and slacks; black suspenders with multicolored buttons printed on them
3. white shirt with black buttons; black vest; black trousers; narrow black tie; green belt with silver bucket
4. black tux and white shirt; black bow tie
Sam's Outfits:
1. white sailor's uniform, USN
2. white tee-shirt under a yellow short sleeved shirt with three horizontal stripes (white, red, black); white slacks; brown shoes
3. white tee-shirt; blue denim jeans; black belt and brown shoes
4. green shirt with rolled up sleeves; blue denim jeans; black belt and brown shoes
5. white tee-shirt under light green short sleeved shirt with green dots and green buttons; khaki trousers; brown shoes
6. black suit and white shirt; subtly patterned tie
Quotes:
Most people would be completely disoriented by stepping off a bus and not knowing where, much less who they were. But leaping into the unknown had given me a detective's instincts. (Sam)
Sheriff: "What are you doing here in Oak Creak."
Machiko: "I try to find a husband. To find my husband."
Sheriff: "You lost your husband?"
"Ziggy figures 97%. 'Course there's always that 3% margin of error." (Al)
"I think all men in Japan must be retired." (Machiko)
Machiko: "Good brakes, nay?"
Sam: "Must be made in Japan."
"Far away all daisies are alike. Together they make beautiful garden. But if you look close, you can see a little difference in each one and remember it's beauty." (Machiko)
"The only thing to shock her would be a cattle prod." (Al)
Open Questions and Logic Flaws:
Why hadn't Charlie told Machiko about his sister or that she had died?
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