The ninth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a private detective hoping to find his partner's killer before the killer kills him too. The post Play it Again, Seymour – Episode 9 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Play it Again, Seymour was the ninth and final episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam trying to track down his partner’s killer before his partner’s killer tracks down Sam. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the timeless popularity of this kind of story. Sam leaps into a murder scene, finding himself with gun in hand over the bullet-riddled corpse of his partner. The cops are on hand to swiftly arrest him, but soon have to let him go when ballistics clears him of involvement...
The eighth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a boy racer with a big sister on the verge of making the biggest mistake of her life. The post Camikaze Kid – Episode 8 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Camikaze Kid was the eighth and penultimate episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam finding out what it means to be an unpopular 17-year old in 1961 as he tries to keep his sister from making a terrible mistake. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the depressing endurance of toxic masculinity. Arriving in the middle of a drag race, Sam and his ‘mom-mobile’ come in a distant second place and he is made to hear all about it by his future brother-in-law Bobby ( Kevin Blair / Spir...
The seventh episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a black servant in the deep South where his anger at the intolerance of the times threatens to prevent him completing his task. The post The Color of Truth – Episode 7 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Color of Truth was the seventh episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam facing prejudice and outright hate as a black servant in 1955 Alabama. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss different forms of racism and Sam’s own problematic attitudes. Arriving in a 1955 diner and assuming he is a white man, Sam sits at the counter and causes outrage when it becomes apparent that he is Jesse Tyler ( Howard Johnson ), a black man and therefore not permitted to dine with the local white...
The sixth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a Mafia hitman, looking to keep romance alive and himself alive at the same time. The post Double Identity – Episode 6 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Double Identity was the sixth episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam placed in the middle of a mob wedding with a secret to keep. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss stereotypes and the glorification of violence. Slipping into the persona of Frankie ( Page Mosely ), a mafia hit-man, Sam finds himself immediately post-coital with a word of thanks from Teresa ( Terri Garber ) for his efforts. If she’s lyin’, she’s dyin’. Unfortunately she’s also just split from rival Godfather ...
The fifth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a vet, with a chance to win him the girl of his dreams. The post How the Tess Was Won – Episode 5 first appeared on The Leap Home .
How the Tess Was Won was the fifth episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam drawn into a physical contest to win a woman’s handin marriage and her substantial land holding. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether romance is dead. Taking on the persona of vet Dr Daniel Young, or ‘Doc’ ( Sloan Fischer ), Sam finds himself selected as an apparently easy mark by Tess McGill ( Kari Lizer ) who is resisting her father Chance’s ( Lance LeGault ) urgings to choose a suitor for marr...
The fourth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into the body of a boxer with motivations to both win and lose his next fight. The post The Right Hand of God – Episode 4 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Right Hand of God was the fourth episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam finding himself pulled in two different directions over his participation in a rigged fight. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss their favourite nun-themed movies. Leaping into boxer Clarence ‘Kid’ Cody ( Michael Strasser ), Sam discovers he is part of a long-running scam. His opponents have been throwing fights so that he can lose a championship match in a specific round, on the instructions of Jake ...
The third episode of season 1. Sam leaps into the body of an English Lit professor with a complicated personal life. The post Star-Crossed – Episode 3 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Star-Crossed was the third episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam finding himself in the body of an English Literature professor with an eye for the young girls in his class. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the power of words. Sam is now in the body of Dr Gerry Bryant ( John Tayloe ), an alcoholic English Lit professor with a way for words. Al informs him that Bryant is set to marry one of his young students, Jamie Lee ( Leslie S. Sachs ) and Ziggy thinks his mission is t...
The second episode of season 1. Sam leaps into the body of a professional baseball player during his final match. The post Genesis: Part 2 – Episode 2 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Genesis: Part 2 was the second episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Sam completing his first leap before finding himself in the body of a minor league baseball player. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the stakes and consequences of each leap. With an assist from Al, Sam is able to complete his task and leap from Tom Stratton’s body having saved both his life and that of his unborn daughter, Samantha. He next finds himself in the guise of Tim Fox ( Ken Martin ), a ball player...
The first episode of season 1. Sam leaps into the body of a test pilot, but isn't quite sure what's going on. The post Genesis: Part 1 – Episode 1 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Genesis: Part 1 was the first episode of Quantum Leap’s first season to air, with Dr Sam Beckett prematurely initiating a time travel experiment that leaves him in the past, in the body of another man. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss their plans for the series and some of the physics of Leaping. After initiating the Quantum Leap experiment prematurely, Dr Sam Beckett ( Scott Bakula ) finds himself in the body of another man. A man with a pregnant wife named Peg ( Jennifer Runyon ) and a j...
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This is a short introductory episode to share details of the upcoming podcast series, The Leap Home. The post The Leap Home – Introduction first appeared on The Leap Home .
