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 Pete (John D’Aquino and Brad Silverman) who resemble Frank and Jimmy LaMotta, and a man called Ziggy (Richard Herd) who is identical to Captain Galaxy, Mel Stein.







When Tonchi and Pete are trapped in the mine it’s Sam and an arthritic man named Stawpah (Stephen McHattie) who mastermind their rescue over the initial objections of mine owner Mr Collins (Mike Genovese). Sam is further confounded when he sees Stawpah leap out and finds nobody else remembers him. After a talk with the barman, Sam realises he has one big wrong to put right and leaps back to meet with his friend Al’s wife Beth (Susan Diol).







Mirror Image was directed by James Whitmore Jr., the last of his fifteen episodes. The writer was Donald P. Bellisario, the last of his nineteen writing credits for the show.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered partings.







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Mirror Image was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn), a friend with a good voice, but crippling stage fright.







Unfortunately, Sam’s efforts to help Sue Anne, over the objections of her unpleasant fiancé Frank (John Scott Clough), lead to him missing a crucial audition with legendary producer Sam Phillips (Gregory Itzin). When talent spotter Marion Keisker (Lisa Jane Persky) tries to pair Sam and Sue Anne as a single act, it looks like curtains for Elvis’s career.







Memphis Melody was directed by James Whitmore Jr., the fourteenth of his fifteen episodes (which is a bit of a spoiler for who the director is going to be next week!). The writer was Robin Bernheim, the last of her five writing credits for the show.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered harmonies.







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Memphis Melody was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 McNeil), a widowed Southerner apparently hostile to a Yankee like Sam.







Eventually Al tells Sam that Olivia will become his great-grandmother and that he has to keep her on-side while helping prevent another escaped family from being returned to their ‘owners’ by Lt. Montgomery (Geoffrey Lower) and his unit. Sam has to convince the Confederate soldiers that he’s on their side, despite his moral objections.







The Leap Between the States was directed by David Hemmings, who returned for the first time since directing the show’s two-part pilot episode Genesis. The writer was Richard C. Okie, the last of his six writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered progress.







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The Leap Between the States was released in 1993. It is 46 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 his friend Roy (Sean Sullivan), but has a problem in the shape of local sheriff – and Henry’s former friend – Luke (Pat Skipper).







When Luke arrests Sam while Daniel and Roy are out trying to photograph the elusive Bigfoot, his wife Karen (Eileen Seeley), also John Burke’s widow, comes to the rescue. She and Sam head off to save Daniel, with Luke in pursuit, but will they reach them in time?







The Beast Within was directed by Gus Trikonis, his only work on the show. The writer was John D’Aquino, his only writing credit on Quantum Leap, but familiar to fans as Jimmy’s older brother Frank in multiple episodes..







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered how easily cured PTSD can be.







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The Beast Within was released in 1993. It is 45 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 anger as the young wannabe moves to supplant her employer on her new movie.







After saving Marilyn’s life at a party hosted by Peter Lawford (Joris Stuyck), Sam rejects her thankful advances, leading to a cooling in their relationship. When Barbara approaches director John Huston (Tony Young) and his colleague John Tremaine Jr. (Stephen Root) to take Monroe’s place opposite Clark Gable (Larry Pennell) in rehearsals, Sam must get the star back on track, fast.







Goodbye Norma Jean was directed by Christopher Hibler, the last of his four episodes of the show. The writer was Richard C. Okie, the fifth of his six writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the value of one good movie.







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Goodbye Norma Jean was released in 1993. It is 46 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 Podcast







Coffee Talk







Apolitical Podcast







Drawn Out Podcast







The Poker Face Podcast on The Columbo Podcast







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The Columbo Podcast is widely available – on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts or pretty much wherever you choose to receive and manage your podcasts. If you enjoy the show it would be greatly appreciated if you consider leaving ratings and reviews on these sites – particularly iTunes – as that can make a big difference to growing the podcast’s audience.

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 in the recent death of another inmate and the head guard, Sophie (Katherine Cortez) isn’t ready to give them any respite.







Sam hypnotises Alia to protect her from discovery, leading to Zoey (Carolyn Seymour) leaping into warden Clifton Meyers (Sam Scarber) with assistance from her holographic colleague, Thames (Hinton Battle). After hearing an account of the death from an inmate called Fiddler (Rosanna DeSoto), Sam and Alia get help from a sympathetic guard named Vivian (Barbara Montgomery) to stage an escape.







Revenge of the Evil Leaper was directed by Debbie Allen, her second and final episode of the show. The writer was Deborah Pratt, the last of her twenty writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered consequences.







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Revenge of the Evil Leaper was released in 1993. It is 49 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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, specifically the initiation of Sam’s roommate, Jack (Paul Sherrer).







Eventually Sam realises that the ‘Evil Leaper’, Alia (Renée Coleman), is also active in the college and makes a pact with her to try and extract her from the control of Lothos and Zoey (Carolyn Seymour). Meanwhile, in 1999, Al tries to persuade Arnold (Tristan Tait) that he doesn’t need to risk his life to protect others.







Return of the Evil Leaper was directed by Harvey S. Laidman, his only episode of the show. The writer was Richard C. Okie, with the fourth of his six scripts.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered touching.







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Return of the Evil Leaper was released in 1993. It is 45 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries

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 Moore), when Al reveals that Alexandra will not survive the event.







When Drake and Claudia usurp the ritual in the face of Sam’s hesitancy, it is the butler, Boris (Rod Loomis) who returns to save Sam. After rescuing Alexandra, he must work out how to protect her once the leap is over and Nigel returns.







Blood Moon was directed by Alan J. Levi, the last of his six Leaps. The writer was Tommy Thompson, who also rounded out his contribution to the series with this, his thirteenth script.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered party etiquette.







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Blood Moon was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries

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 Annie (Robyn Lively) who claims to have been sexually assaulted at work.







Taking up Annie’s cause with gusto, Sam pursues her boss Jonathan (James McDonnell) to discover the truth. Meanwhile, in 1999, Dr. Ruth (Dr. Ruth Westheimer) tries to get to the bottom of Al’s romantic hangups and childhood trauma.







Dr. Ruth was directed by Stuart Margolin, his only contribution to the series. The writer was Robin Bernheim, the fourth of her five Quantum Leap scripts.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered escalation.







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Dr. Ruth was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries

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 about her proposed methods.







At home, Sam faces further problems as her husband, George (Max Gail), and her son, George Jr (Elan Rothschild) struggle to understand her perspective. Meanwhile, George must seek favours from the police chief, Donald Tipton (Stephen Keep Mills) even as he decides whether to promote the policeman’s son Peter (Bill Calvert) or his more talented female colleague, Evy Brownfield (Jordan Baker).







Liberation was directed by Bob Hulme, the last of his three episodes behind the camera. The writers were Deborah Pratt, the nineteenth of her twenty writing credits on the show, and Chris Abbott, her only Quantum Leap script.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered leverage.







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Liberation was released in 1993. It is 46 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries

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 with Rachel (Jill Tracy) and their kids Josh (JD Daniels) and Jessica (Ashley Peldon).







Matters take a sinister twist when bookie’s henchmen Vic (Larry Manetti) and Gus (Jack Yates) accost Sam and demand $2,000, but when a longshot comes in and his fortunes change it becomes apparent what direction he has to go to ensure neither wife is left disappointed.







A Tale of Two Sweeties was directed by Christopher Hibler, the third of his four episodes behind the camera. The writer was Robin Bernheim, the third of her five writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the nature of farce.







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A Tale of Two Sweeties was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 from local banker Gus Vernon (Jonathan Hogan). In a desperate attempt to avoid that, the two – along with youngest brother John (Chris Stacy) are attempting to rob Vernon’s bank of enough money to pay him off.







With hostages in situ, including tellers Beth (Elizabeth Dennehy), Carrie (Kellie Overbey) and Cindy (Elizabeth Rainey) and older couple Stan & Lila Pierce (Charles & Marion Dugan), Sheriff Mundy (Arlen Dean Snyder) must be careful as he manages the situation. Meanwhile, Cindy’s husband, Carl (James C. Victor) tries to take matters into his own hands.







Promised Land was directed by Scott Bakula, the last of his three episodes behind the camera. The writer was Gillian Horvath, her only script for the show, with an assist to Tommy Thompson, the twelfth of his thirteen writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered conclusive evidence.







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Promised Land was released in 1992. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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 against legendary prosecutor Denton Waters (James Greene) in front of Judge Shiner (Parley Baer).







Discovering he fathered a child with Abigail during his last leap, Sam commits fully to the defence of his client, while starting to build a relationship with young Sammie Jo (Kimberly Cullum). Although he manages to draw some lucid testimony from Laura Fuller, it is a crucial document that appears to hold the key to keeping Abigail out of the electric chair.







Trilogy Part 3 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the thirtenth of his fifteen episodes for the show. The writer was Deborah Pratt, the eighteenth of her twenty writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered Sam’s disturbing pattern of behaviour.







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Trilogy Part 3 was released in 1992. It is 48 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

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.







The wedding is postponed when the Takins family report their son has gone missing and Abigail quickly becomes the prime suspect. As time passes and the townsfolk lose hope, Leta Aider rallies a lynch mob to dispense justice by the noose, with only Larry Stanton III (WK Stratton) and Sam standing between them and their victim.







Trilogy Part 2 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the twelfth of his fifteen episodes for the show. The writer was Deborah Pratt, the seventeenth of her twenty writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered what type of person would have a noose handy.







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Trilogy Part 2 was released in 1992. It is 48 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

Trilogy Pt.1 was the eighth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a Louisiana sheriff and building some strong connections. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss creepy children.

















Sam leaps into Clayton Fuller, a small town sheriff in 50s Louisiana. His first act is to drag the deceased body of Bart Aider from the creek, with the help of his Deputy, Bo Loman (Stephen Lee). It soon transpires that Fuller’s ten-year-old daughter, Abigail (Kimberly Cullum), was present when Aider died and is believed to have also been the last person to see Aider’s missing daughter, Violet (Heather Lauren Olson) alive two years earlier.







Incensed at this continued injustice, Violet’s mother (and Bart’s widow) Leta (Mary Gordon Murray) tries to persuade locals that Abigail is to blame for both deaths. Doc Kinman’s (Max Wright) autopsy is inconclusive, so Sam seeks advice from Abigail’s mother Laura (Meg Foster) at the nearby asylum. Meanwhile, Abigail has evaded the watchful eye of housekeeper Marie Billings (Fran Bennett) and headed back to her home, where Sam knows a fiery fate awaits her.







Trilogy Part 1 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the eleventh of his fifteen episodes for the show. The writer was Deborah Pratt, the sixteenth of her twenty writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered whether some children are born evil.







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Trilogy Part 1 was released in 1992. It is 48 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

Deliver Us From Evil was the seventh episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam coming face to face with someone he could not have imagined meeting. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss their greatest enemies.

















Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta for the second time. He meets a familiar face in Jimmy’s brother Frank (John D’Aquino) at the docks where they work, but on returning home he finds that Frank’s marriage to Connie (Laura Harrington) is on the rocks and Corey (Ryan McWhorter) is on the verge of running away from home.







Taking things at face value, Sam tries to reason with Frank and Connie, but when he grabs her it turns out she is in fact Alia (Renée Coleman) another time travelling leaper, with a hologram called Zoey (Carolyn Seymour) only she can see or hear. Sam thinks they can work together to stop Frank leaving Connie for his work colleague Shirley (Kristen Cloke), but Alia and Zoey have another agenda.







Deliver us From Evil was directed by Bob Hulme, the second of his three episodes for the show. The writers were Robin Bernheim, the second of her five episodes, Tommy Thompson, the eleventh of his thirteen stories, and Deborah Pratt, the fifteenth of her twenty writing credits.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered which of them is good and which is evil.







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Deliver us From Evil was released in 1992. It is 48 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

Star Light, Star Bright was the sixth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam trying to persuade Al to help him prove extraterrestrial UFOs are real while his family tries to have him sectioned. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss priorities and perspective.

















Sam leaps into Max Stoddard, a 79-year old man who lives with his son, John (Guy Boyd), daughter-in-law Eva (Anne Lockhart) and his grandson Tim (Morgan Weisser). He has an obsession with UFOs dating back to his time as a WWI pilot, but his son is finding it hard to look after him in light of his apparent delusions, not helped when he sees Sam, as Max, talking to an invisible Al.







When two shady government types, Dr Hardy (H.Richard Greene) and Major Meadows (Michael Maguire) take an interest in Max’s tales, John and Tim see an opportunity to have him committed to the mental hospital nearby, but it’s when Hardy brings out the sodium pentothal that Al really starts to worry.







Star Light, Star Bright was directed by Christopher Hibler, the second of his four episodes for the show. The writer was Richard C. Okie, the third of his six Quantum Leap stories.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered recording under the influence of truth serum.







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Star Light, Star Bright was released in 1992. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

Killin’ Time was the fifth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam holding a family hostage while a serial killer escapes from Quantum Leap in 1999. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss what the future looks like.

















Sam leaps into Leon Stiles (Cameron Dye) during a hostage situation. Having killed a number of police officers during an escape from custody, Stiles has now taken refuge in the home of Carol Pruitt (Connie Ray) and has captured Carol and her young daughter Becky (Beverley Mitchell). Outside, Sheriff Hoyt (Jim Haynie) is armed and ready to take revenge for Stiles’ killing his daugher.







Meanwhile in 1999, Stiles disarms a guard and goes on the run in an entirely unfamiliar future. Making his way to the subtly named ‘Sex World’, he makes the acquaintance of a sex worker (Carolyn Lowery), one of the few dynamics he can get his head around. With Al in pursuit, Stiles realises he needs to get back to his own time.







Killin’ Time was directed by Michael W. Watkins, the last of his six episodes for the show. The writer was again Tommy Thompson, the tenth of his thirteen Quantum Leap tales.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the merits of de-escalation.







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Killin’ Time was released in 1992. It is 46 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.

Nowhere to Run was the fourth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam coming to terms with life in a military rehabilitation facility and trying to keep his suicidal roommate alive. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss standards of care.

















Sam leaps into Ron Miller, a Vietnam veteran who lost both of his legs in the war. At a rehab facility back in the US, he meets volunteer Kiki Wilson (Jennifer Aniston), who take a particular interest in him. After an introduction from Cmdr Hartig (Norman Snow) he encounters dastardly orderly Holt (Gene Lythgow) before being taken to his shared room, where he meets Sgt Billy Johnson (Michael Boatman), a fellow veteran paralysed at war.







When Miller’s wife, Julie (Judith Hoag) tells Sam she’s leaving for another man, it seems he might have failed in his objective. However, a greater wrong presents itself when a new electric wheelchair presents Johnson with the opportunity to end his own life, if Sam can’t intervene in time.







Nowhere to Run was directed by Alan J. Levi, the fifth of his six episodes for the show. The writer was Tommy Thompson, the ninth of his thirteen Quantum Leap stories.







In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the perils of moral certainty.







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Nowhere to Run was released in 1992. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.