1.   In addition to other gains, the agreement calls for significant raises in the basic cable TV residual, as well as for guest stars and stunt performers.

2.   It took some effort to persuade thousands of stunt performers that this one was solid.

3.   Looks like extra innings for the stunt performers.

4.   Accidents have marred the productions of several other upcoming films, several stunt performers say, but the studios have silenced publicity about those mishaps.

5.   Still, the illusion is becoming more convincing -- and more threatening to the stunt performers.

6.   That largely unregulated system hints at the strange limbo in which stunt performers and coordinators find themselves.