Timecop

by Stephen Peters, with Mike Selinker as the Timecop
Answer: ALLIANCES

Each line defines a couple from the game show "The Amazing Race," all of whom were eliminated in different time zones across the world. The location in each line is in a different building on the MIT campus:

• John-117 from Halo; Scott Weiland
  • John & Scott (eliminated Sao Paulo, UTC-3) in Building 4
• Gus from the 1976 Disney movie; Hera from "Battlestar Galactica"
  • Gus & Hera (Hungary, UTC+1) in Building 11
• Ryan Howard from "The Office"; Chuck Berry
  • Ryan & Chuck (Peru, UTC-5) in Building 17
• Hayden Christensen; Aaron from the Bible
  • Hayden & Aaron (China, UTC+8) in Building 1
• Megan Mullaly; Heidi from children's literature
  • Megan & Heidi (Chile, UTC-4) in Building 5
• Lorena Bobbit; Jason from the Friday the 13th franchise
  • Lorena & Jason (Burkina Faso, UTC) in Building 14
• Gina Torres; Sylvia from the A.R. Gurney play of the same name
  • Gina & Sylvia (Moreles, Mexico, UTC-6) in Building 9
• "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'s Jonathan Levinson; Queen Victoria
  • Jonathan & Victoria (Ethiopia, UTC+3) in Building 2
• Duke from the Doonesbury comic; Lauren Tewes
  • Duke & Lauren (Vietnam, UTC+7) in Building 12

Adding the building number to the UTC differential gets the numbers 1, 12, 12, 9, 1, 14, 3, 5, and 19. Converting to letters gives the answer ALLIANCES.