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A fan used examples from [[Quantum Leap]] and [[The Professionals]] in a 1995 comment:  {{Quotation|

A fan used examples from [[Quantum Leap]] and [[The Professionals]] in a 1995 comment:  {{Quotation|

"Subtext "  is what a work of art may imply or indicate without stating outright. It can be deliberate

"Subtext "  is what a work of art may imply or indicate without stating outright. It can be deliberate or inadvertent, and can be interpreted subjectively by the art's reader/viewer/listener. When [[Al]] screws up his face into an expression of misery at learning that [[Sam Beckett|Sam]] doesn't remember him, possible subtexts are: "Oh shit, the experiment's gone wrong!" "Does this mean he doesn't remember fucking me under the Accelerator night before last?" or "My hangover is even worse than I said." When [[Bodie]] and [[Ray Doyle|Doyle]] have a different set of rooms every time they are shown at home, the subtext can be, "CI5 agents have to move often for security reasons," or "These characters are so unstable that they can't keep the same apartment for long." <ref> from [[Strange Bedfellows (APA)]] #8 (February 1995) </ref>}}

or inadvertent, and can be interpreted subjectively by the art's reader/viewer/listener. When [[Al]] screws up his face into an expression of misery at learning that [[Sam Beckett|Sam]] doesn't remember him, possible subtexts are: "Oh shit, the experiment's gone wrong!" "Does this mean he doesn't remember fucking me under the Accelerator night before last?" or "My hangover is even worse than I said." When [[Bodie]] and [[Ray Doyle|Doyle]] have a different set of rooms every time they are shown at home, the subtext can be, "CI5 agents have to move often for security reasons," or "These characters are so unstable that they can't keep the same apartment for long." <ref> from [[Strange Bedfellows (APA)]] #8 (February 1995) </ref>}}

In the  [[Star Trek: The Original Series]]  episode "Journey to Babel", Spock volunteers to donate blood for his father's heart operation. Christine Chapel says Spock's blood "isn't true Vulcan blood either, it, ah -- has human -- blood elements in it." Spock replies, "It should be possible to filter out the human factors." Whether or not a viewer has been following the show and knows the characters, the theatrical subtext is clear: Chapel loves Spock, because he's a Vulcan he can't respond, but he's also part human and she wishes she could connect with that aspect of his nature (but knows she cannot). Filtering out the human factors is exactly what he's been doing with his entire life. These lines are significant to their characters and to this episode in particular (as a subsequent scene with Spock and his mother demonstrates). It's all conveyed in her regretful expression and slight stammer, and his matter-of-fact response.

In the  [[Star Trek: The Original Series]]  episode "Journey to Babel", Spock volunteers to donate blood for his father's heart operation. Christine Chapel says Spock's blood "isn't true Vulcan blood either, it, ah -- has human -- blood elements in it." Spock replies, "It should be possible to filter out the human factors." Whether or not a viewer has been following the show and knows the characters, the theatrical subtext is clear: Chapel loves Spock, because he's a Vulcan he can't respond, but he's also part human and she wishes she could connect with that aspect of his nature (but knows she cannot). Filtering out the human factors is exactly what he's been doing with his entire life. These lines are significant to their characters and to this episode in particular (as a subsequent scene with Spock and his mother demonstrates). It's all conveyed in her regretful expression and slight stammer, and his matter-of-fact response.