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Dear Mr. Stockwell,

I've been a lurker for a bazillion years, but your AMA just inspired me to create an account.

Quantum Leap is my favorite show of all time and I think it saved my life. I was going through a really rough time when I was 16 years old, not actively thinking about killing myself, but I think entertaining the thought more and more. I had no idea what Quantum Leap was, but I turned on the SciFi channel one day and the episode "A Single Drop of Rain" was on, just as Sam was looking up at the sky and saying his prayer. This is going to sound crazy, but that scene in that episode made me feel a little bit of hope (I know, a TV show, right?). I started watching the next day, and the next, and by the time I finished the series, I felt...more normal? Definitely less depressed and no longer thinking about suicide. I felt like I went on this adventure with Sam and Al and if they could fight through time-traveling problems, then I could deal with mine. Ah, to be in high school again. I'm sure that's not how I would've responded if the same thing happened to me today, but back then, the show was like a Godsend. I've always wanted to tell this story to someone, and now I get to tell it to you! I feel like one of those cliches where a weight gets lifted inside you, except my hands are also nervously cold and clammy.

Reddit is awesome. You are awesome. Thank you so much for doing this AMA.

Um...oh my gosh. I hoped you would read my comment and respond, but didn't want to hope at the same time in case you didn't. I think that just made my month, or year. 2012 was going well but it's now pretty much AWESOME. Your acting has affected so many people in a positive way and I know it'll continue to do so for a long, long, long! time. Thank you again.