The eighth episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a single father who must fight to put his family back together. The post The Great Spontini – Episode 39 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Great Spontini was the eighth episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam endeavouring to reunite a family and protect a father-daughter relationship. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the value of a traditional family unit. Sam leaps into a touring magician who lives and works with his twelve year old daughter, Jamie (Lauren Woodland). On the verge of their big break, perhaps, life is thrown into turmoil when Jamie’s mother Maggie (Amy Steel), who walked out on the family t...
The seventh episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a young black man with a white girlfriend as racial tensions build in Watts. The post Black on White on Fire – Episode 38 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Black on White on Fire was the seventh episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam trying to maintain an interracial relationship in the heat of tensions between his community and the police. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether violence is ever the answer. Sam leaps into a young black man who must navigate tension between his white girlfriend Susan (Corie Henninger), the daughter of local police chief Paul Brewster (Marc Alaimo), and his brother Lonnie (Gregory Millar) as ...
The sixth episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a beauty queen and tries to recover some nudes from a creepy photographer. The post Miss Deep South – Episode 37 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Miss Deep South was the sixth episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam trying his best to compete in a beauty pageant while protecting a fellow contestant from a predator. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss morality and whether standards have changed over time. Sam leaps into a pageant winner on her way to a regional contest called Miss Deep South. On arrival he meets pageant co-ordinator Peg Myers ( Nancy Stafford ) and fellow contestant Connie Duncan ( Heather McAdam ). Conn...
The fifth episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a second rate horror author and begins to live out a nightmare. The post The Boogieman – Episode 36 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Boogieman was the fifth episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam failing to prevent a series of deaths in smalltown Maine. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss curses and whether they exist at all. Sam leaps into Joshua Rey, an author who is due to marry Mary Greely ( Valerie Mahaffey ). On Hallowe’en they begin to decorate their house for guests with the help of Stevie King ( David Kriegel ), but are delayed when a goat murders workman Tully Maltin ( Donald Hotton ). When T...
The fourth episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a photographer who has to save a model from her controlling agent. The post One Strobe Over The Line – Episode 35 first appeared on The Leap Home .
One Strobe Over the Line was the fourth episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam as a celebrity photographer trying to help a model break both a drug addiction and the control of her agent. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether drugs are bad. Sam leaps into a photographer working with model Edie Landsdale ( Marjorie Monaghan ) who is being provided with amphetamines by her unscrupulous agent Helen Le Baron ( Susan Anton ). Helen worries that Sam is going to end their affa...
The third episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a priest whose colleague witnessed a murder and is struggling to cope. The post Leap of Faith – Episode 34 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Leap of Faith was the third episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam taking on the role of a priest with a troubled colleague to protect. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether kids should be hanging around in bars during the day. Sam leaps into a clergyman, new to his parish, who works alongisde Father John McRoberts ( Sandy McPeak ). McRoberts has witnessed a murder committed by Tony Pronti ( Danny Nucci ). The only other witness has also since been murdered. As McRobert...
The second episode of season 3. Sam leaps into a member of his brother's SEAL team in Vietnam and has a chance to save his life. The post The Leap Home Part 2 – Episode 33 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Leap Home Pt. 2 was the second episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam finding himself in his brother’s SEAL team the day before Tom is due to die. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the parameters of Sam’s moral compass. Sam leaps into a member of his brother Tom’s ( David Newsom ) SEAL team in Vietnam. Realising he still has a chance to save Tom’s life, despite the events of the previous episode, Sam comes to an arrangement with journalist Maggie Dawson ( Andrea Thompso...
The first episode of season 3. Sam leaps into his younger self and sets about trying to fix the problems he remembers facing with his family. The post The Leap Home Part 1 – Episode 32 first appeared on The Leap Home .
The Leap Home Pt. 1 was the first episode of Quantum Leap’s third season to air, with Sam finding himself on familiar territory, but torn between two choices. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether you can force someone to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Sam leaps into a younger version of himself at Thanksgiving 1969. Realising he has a change to stop certain tragedies befalling his family, he ignores Al and Ziggy’s advice and tries to make a difference in their lives instead of staying on m...
The twenty second episode of season 2. Sam leaps into an undercover cop, but is Al diverting him from his true mission to serve a personal agenda? The post M.I.A. – Episode 31 first appeared on The Leap Home .
M.I.A. was the twenty second episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam sidetracked by Al’s personal circumstances. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss slimeballs and their habits. Sam leaps into Jake, an undercover cop with a track record for bravery. Along with his partner Skaggs ( Jason Beghe ) he helps (to an extent) capture two armed criminals named Tequila ( Pat Skipper ) and Boner ( William Shockley ) before Al tells him his mission is to prevent the wife of an M.I.A. ser...
The twenty first episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a cruise passenger working with his precocious former sister-in-law to prevent his ex-wife remarrying. The post Sea Bride – Episode 30 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Sea Bride was the twenty first episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam hoping to prevent a wedding taking place on a cruise ship. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss charming villains. Sam leaps into Phillip, a sailor who has returned from being stranded in Bora Bora for a number of years keen to prevent his ex-wife Catherine ( Beverly Leech ) marrying Vinny ‘the Viper’ Loggia ( James Harper ) during a cruise on board the Queen Mary. Despite a strong warning from his former f...
The twentith episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a kidnapper, or so it seems. It turns out there is more to the story, but who can he trust? The post Maybe Baby – Episode 29 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Maybe Baby was the twentieth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam joining mid-kidnap as he and a local stripper try to return a baby to its mother. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether the ends ever justify the means. Sam leaps into Buster, a strip club bouncer who is cementing his two-week long relationship with one of the dancers, Bunny ( Julie Brown , who also wrote the episode) by helping her kidnap what she claims to be her daughter from Reed Dalton ( Charles F...
The nineteenth episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a trapeze artist and must pull off a daring stunt to save his sister's life. The post Leaping in Without a Net – Episode 28 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Leaping in Without a Net was the nineteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam stepping into the shoes of a trapeze artist returning to the act a year after being involved in a fall that killed his mother. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss a father who can’t move on. Sam leaps into Viktor Panzini, a trapeze artist who hasn’t performed for a year since his mother died at a show attempting a ‘triple’ with him catching. Although his sister Eva ( Fabiana Udenio ) knows he ...
The eighteenth episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a pool legend facing the greatest stakes of his life. The post Pool Hall Blues – Episode 27 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Pool Hall Blues was the eighteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam taking the place of an old friend of Al’s with a high stakes pool game to win. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the ethics of cheating at sports. Sam leaps into Charlie ‘Black Magic’ Walters, a legendary pool hustler now suffering from decreased vision due to age. When his granddaughter Violet’s ( Shari Headley ) pool hall – cum- blues bar is threatened by Eddie Davies ( JW Smith ), who has bought o...
The seventeenth episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a mortician who develops an unhealthy obsession with one of his corpses. The post Good Night, Dear Heart – Episode 26 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Good Night, Dear Heart was the seventeenth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam becoming obsessed with a corpse to Al’s obvious concern. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss obsession and its ugliest manifestations. Sam leaps into Melvin Spooner, a small town mortician-slash-coroner who has an apparent suicide victim on the slab. The girl, a German holiday worker named Hilla ( Suzanne Tegmann ), has an apparent bullet wound to her temple, leading Sam to believe she was murd...
The sixteenth episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a young Native American man who must help his grandfather return home. The post Freedom – Episode 25 first appeared on The Leap Home .
Freedom was the sixteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season to air, with Sam busting a grandfather out of prison before going on the run. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss effective policing and its parameters. Sam leaps into George, a young Native American man who is in prison with his grandfather, Joseph ( Frank Salsedo ) after ‘borrowing’ a pickup truck to help the older man escape the nursing home George’s sister Suzanne ( Gloria Hayes ) has placed him in. Having broken out of pol...
