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