Mirror Image was the last episode of Quantum Leap to air, with Sam leaping into himself amidst some familiar faces and unusual coincidences. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the show’s finale and look back over the whole series. Sam leaps into a mining community in Pittsburgh, PA at the moment of his own birth and meets an enigmatic barman called Al (Bruce McGill). Amongst a string of coincidences he encounters a miner called Gooshie (William Morgan Sheppard), workers called Tonchi and Pet...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Mirror Image was the last episode of Quantum Leap to air, with Sam leaping into himself amidst some familiar faces and unusual coincidences. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the show’s finale and look back over the whole series. Sam leaps into a mining community in Pittsburgh, PA at the moment of his own birth and meets an enigmatic barman called Al (Bruce McGill). Amongst a string of coincidences he encounters a miner called Gooshie (William Morgan Sheppard), workers called Tonchi and Pet...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Memphis Melody was the twenty-first and penultimate episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Elvis Presley with the young singer on the cusp of fame. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss double acts. Sam leaps into a young Elvis Presley just before the singer is discovered and signed to his first record deal. As a big fan of The King, Sam knows that he can’t be here to get Elvis his deal since that happened fine the first time round, so his focus turns to Sue Anne (...
Dec 25, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Memphis Melody was the twenty-first and penultimate episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Elvis Presley with the young singer on the cusp of fame. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss double acts. Sam leaps into a young Elvis Presley just before the singer is discovered and signed to his first record deal. As a big fan of The King, Sam knows that he can’t be here to get Elvis his deal since that happened fine the first time round, so his focus turns to Sue Anne (...
Dec 25, 2024
The Leap Between the States was the twentieth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into his own great-grandfather in the heat of the American Civil War. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the Confederacy. Sam leaps into his great-grandfather, Captain John Beckett, and is quickly wounded during a skirmish. We learn that he is then assisted by Isaac (Michael D. Roberts) and a family of escaped slaves, who bring him to a barn on the property of Olivia Covington (Kate ...
Dec 18, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 20
The Leap Between the States was the twentieth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into his own great-grandfather in the heat of the American Civil War. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the Confederacy. Sam leaps into his great-grandfather, Captain John Beckett, and is quickly wounded during a skirmish. We learn that he is then assisted by Isaac (Michael D. Roberts) and a family of escaped slaves, who bring him to a barn on the property of Olivia Covington (Kate ...
Dec 18, 2024
The Beast Within was the nineteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a Vietnam veteran whose friends are still suffering after returning home from war. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the best place to put a Pharmacy. Sam leaps into Henry Adams, and is immediately mistaken for Bigfoot by young Daniel Burke (David Tom), the son of Henry’s late friend John (John Hillard) who died in Vietnam during the war. Henry is trying to procure seizure medication for...
Dec 11, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 19
The Beast Within was the nineteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a Vietnam veteran whose friends are still suffering after returning home from war. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the best place to put a Pharmacy. Sam leaps into Henry Adams, and is immediately mistaken for Bigfoot by young Daniel Burke (David Tom), the son of Henry’s late friend John (John Hillard) who died in Vietnam during the war. Henry is trying to procure seizure medication for...
Dec 11, 2024
Goodbye Norma Jean was the eighteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Marilyn Monroe’s driver and trying his best to keep the starlet alive. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss showbiz parties. Sam leaps into Dennis Boardman, the personal chauffeur to Marilyn Monroe (Susan Griffiths) shortly before her anticipated death. When Monroe hires Barbara Whitmore (Liz Vassey) as her personal assistant, Sam’s initial pleasure soon turns to suspicion and eventually ...
Dec 04, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Goodbye Norma Jean was the eighteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Marilyn Monroe’s driver and trying his best to keep the starlet alive. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss showbiz parties. Sam leaps into Dennis Boardman, the personal chauffeur to Marilyn Monroe (Susan Griffiths) shortly before her anticipated death. When Monroe hires Barbara Whitmore (Liz Vassey) as her personal assistant, Sam’s initial pleasure soon turns to suspicion and eventually ...
Dec 04, 2024
This special update episode marks ten years since we published Episode One of the Columbo Podcast – Murder by the Book . In this episode, Gerry and Iain look back on ten years of podcasting together and announce their plans for the Columbo Podcast in 2025. You can find all of the shows discussed on the episode here: Sledgecast – A Sledge Hammer! Podcast The Jonathan Creek Podcast The Blackadder Podcast The Fawlty Towers Podcast Fascinating – A Star Trek Podcast The Leap Home – A Quantum Leap Pod...
Dec 02, 2024•22 min•Season 7Ep. 1
This special update episode marks ten years since we published Episode One of the Columbo Podcast – Murder by the Book . In this episode, Gerry and Iain look back on ten years of podcasting together and announce their plans for the Columbo Podcast in 2025. You can find all of the shows discussed on the episode here: Sledgecast – A Sledge Hammer! Podcast The Jonathan Creek Podcast The Blackadder Podcast The Fawlty Towers Podcast Fascinating – A Star Trek Podcast The Leap Home – A Quantum Leap Pod...
Dec 02, 2024
Revenge of the Evil Leaper was the seventeenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into an inmate facing execution for a crime she did not commit, while Alia joins him and looks to avoid being detected by Lothos. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss prison etiquette. Sam leaps into Liz Tate (Cynthia Steele), an inmate at a notorious women’s prison. Alia (Renée Coleman) leaps with him, into fellow prisoner Angel Jensen (Laura O’Loughlin). The two women are implicated...
Nov 27, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Revenge of the Evil Leaper was the seventeenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into an inmate facing execution for a crime she did not commit, while Alia joins him and looks to avoid being detected by Lothos. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss prison etiquette. Sam leaps into Liz Tate (Cynthia Steele), an inmate at a notorious women’s prison. Alia (Renée Coleman) leaps with him, into fellow prisoner Angel Jensen (Laura O’Loughlin). The two women are implicated...
Nov 27, 2024
Return of the Evil Leaper was the sixteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a crusading student with a subconscious deathwish. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the rules. Sam leaps into Arnold Watkins, a student on a mission to protect innocents following the murders of his parents when he was a child. In his sights are the fraternity initiations conducted by Mike Hammond (Neil Patrick Harris), his friend Frank (Bojesse Christopher) and their cohorts, s...
Nov 20, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Return of the Evil Leaper was the sixteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a crusading student with a subconscious deathwish. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the rules. Sam leaps into Arnold Watkins, a student on a mission to protect innocents following the murders of his parents when he was a child. In his sights are the fraternity initiations conducted by Mike Hammond (Neil Patrick Harris), his friend Frank (Bojesse Christopher) and their cohorts, s...
Nov 20, 2024
Blood Moon was the fifteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Nigel, a vampiric cultist set to sacrifice his new wife to the blood moon. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether the butler did it. Sam leaps into Nigel, a cultist who has recently married Alexandra (Shae D’lyn), who had been homeless until she met him. They are preparing to celebrate the occasion of the ‘blood moon’ with guests Victor Drake (Ian Buchanan) and his partner Claudia (Deborah M...
Nov 13, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Blood Moon was the fifteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into Nigel, a vampiric cultist set to sacrifice his new wife to the blood moon. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether the butler did it. Sam leaps into Nigel, a cultist who has recently married Alexandra (Shae D’lyn), who had been homeless until she met him. They are preparing to celebrate the occasion of the ‘blood moon’ with guests Victor Drake (Ian Buchanan) and his partner Claudia (Deborah M...
Nov 13, 2024
Dr. Ruth was the fourteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into radio therapist Dr. Ruth to allow here an opportunity to treat Al in 1999. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss prudishness. Sam leaps into Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist, in the middle of a 1985 radio phone-in. His producers Doug (Peter Spears) and Debbie (Anita Barone) squabble in the booth as Sam squirms at a series of lurid enquiries, until he takes a call from a woman named An...
Nov 06, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Dr. Ruth was the fourteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into radio therapist Dr. Ruth to allow here an opportunity to treat Al in 1999. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss prudishness. Sam leaps into Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist, in the middle of a 1985 radio phone-in. His producers Doug (Peter Spears) and Debbie (Anita Barone) squabble in the booth as Sam squirms at a series of lurid enquiries, until he takes a call from a woman named An...
Nov 06, 2024
The thirteenth episode of season 5. Sam leaps into a married woman whose husband doesn't approve of her campaigning for equal rights. The post Liberation – Episode 88 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Oct 30, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Liberation was the thirteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a protestor whose campaign for equal rights does not sit well with her husband. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss masculine insecurity. Sam leaps into Margaret Sanders, a middle-aged woman he finds attending a women’s lib rally with her daughter, Suzie (Megyn Price). She is enraptured by the group’s charismatic leader, Diana St. Cloud (Deborah Van Valkenburgh), though Sam has some concerns abo...
Oct 30, 2024
The twelfth episode of season 5. Sam leaps into a bigamist, with his two families suddenly placed in close proximity. The post A Tale of Two Sweeties – Episode 87 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Oct 23, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 12
A Tale of Two Sweeties was the twelfth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a bigamist whose worlds are about to collide in spectacular fashion. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss marital bliss. Sam leaps into Marty Elroy, a travelling salesman with a wife in New York and another in Florida. Travelling ‘home’ to spend time with Ellen (Mary Lou Childs) and their kids Marty Jr (Michael Bellisario) and Mary (Shay Astar), he’s surprised at the airport by second wi...
Oct 23, 2024
The eleventh episode of season 5. Sam leaps home to Elk Ridge and joins a group of brothers trying to rob a bank to save their farm from foreclosure. The post Promised Land – Episode 86 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Oct 16, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Promised Land was the eleventh episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping back to his home town of Elk Ridge, IN to try and help save the lives and land of his neighbours, who have taken drastic action. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss business ethics. Sam leaps into Willie Walters, the middle son of a farming family set to lose their land after the death of the patriarch, his father, and the decision by the oldest brother, Neil (Dwier Brown) to take an onerous loan fr...
Oct 16, 2024
The tenth episode of season 5. Sam leaps further along Abigail's timeline and steps up to represent her in court when she's accused of causing yet another Aider death. The post Trilogy Part 3 – Episode 85 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Trilogy Pt.3 was the tenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam continuing to leap along his lover/daughter’s timeline as Abigail faces one more murder accusation. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss proper court procedure. Sam now leaps into Larry Stanton III and is immediately faced by his wife, Sherilyn (Diana Bellamy). She’s unimpressed when a now aged Marie appears looking for help to represent Abigail in a murder trial following the death of Leta Aider, facing off aga...
Oct 09, 2024
The ninth episode of season 5. Sam leaps along Abigail's timeline and finds himself falling for her on his own behalf. The post Trilogy Part 2 – Episode 84 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Oct 02, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Trilogy Pt.2 was the ninth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping along his daughter’s timeline before falling in love with her to the exclusion of reason. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss incest. Sam leaps into Will Kinman (Travis Fine) who has been grooming Abigail (now played by Melora Hardin) since Clayton Fuller’s death in ’55. Now engaged, the pair engage in sexual activity the night before their wedding, to Marie’s extreme disappointment but Sam’s delight. T...
Oct 02, 2024
