THE QUANTUM LEAP EPISODE GUIDE - Part 5 (Version 4.3 - Revised March 23, 1993) Maintained by Anita Kilgour (akilgour@Thinkage.On.CA) Special thanks to Jason E. Dzembo, Debbie Brown and Kitty Woldow Honourable Mention: Sally "Lucky Bitch" Smith (sallylb@netcom.netcom.com) Supplied by Graham Cluley @~The penultimate section, continued from last issue Fifth Year: Title: Lee Harvey Oswald Leapdates: October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963 (Alternate Titles: Leaping On A String, Leap To Judgement) Episode Number: 075 Air Date: September 22, 1992 Writer: Donald P. Bellisario Director: James Whitmore, Jr. Guest Cast: Reni Stanton, Willie Garson, Natasha Pavlova, Elya Baskin, Donna Magnani, Dennis Wolfberg As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Following the sole assassin theory, Sam and Al attempt to prevent Oswald's attack on John F. Kennedy. But, with each leap giving Oswald more control over Sam's body, history seems doomed to repeat itself. Title: Leaping Of The Shrew Leapdate: September 27, 1956 (Alternate Title: When Venus Smiles) Episode Number: 076 Air Date: September 29, 1992 Writer: Richard Okie & Robin Jill Bernheim Director: Alan J. Levi Guest Cast: Brooke Shields It's Robinson Crusoe with a twist when Sam leaps into a Greek sailor stranded on a deserted island with a beautiful young rich woman who appears to be less than fond of both him and their stranded situation. Title: Nowhere To Run Leapdate: August 10, 1968 Episode Number: 077 Air Date: October 6, 1992 Writer: Tommy Thompson Director: Alan J. Levi Guest Cast: Michael Boatman, Jennifer Aniston, Norman Snow, Gene Lythgow, Judith Hoag As a Marine captain whose legs were amputated after a mishap in Vietnam, Sam finds himself in a veteran's hospital, where he must prevent the suicide of a fellow patient who would rather be dead than face life paralyzed from the neck down. Making matters worse, his wife seems incapable of accepting the fact that she and Sam's host can still lead a normal life, in spite of his condition. Title: Killin' Time Leapdate: June 18, 1958 Episode Number: 078 Air Date: October 20, 1992 Writer: Tommy Thompson Director: Michael Watkins Guest Cast: Connie Ray, Cameron Dye, Jim Haynie, Joseph Malone, Dennis Wolfberg Awards: American Society of Cinematographers award nomination: Michael Watkins, ASC Sam leaps into a tricky situation as an escaped killer holed up in a house with a mother and daughter as hostages. Escape isn't going to be easy for either Sam or his hostages, when the real killer breaks out of the waiting room, stranding Sam in the past, destined to die at the hands of a vengeful sheriff. Title: Star Light, Star Bright Leapdate: May 21, 1966 Episode Number: 079 Air Date: October 27, 1992 Writer: Richard C. Okie Director: Christopher Hibler Guest Cast: Morgan Weisser, H. Richard Greene, Michael L. Maquire, Anne Lockhart, Guy Boyd Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man whose son wants to have him committed when he claims to have seen UFO's. Sam is kept busy as he tries to keep the family together, prevent the future drug overdose of "his" grandson, and avoid the sinister plans of the military, all before the next anticipated UFO sighting. Title: Deliver Us From Evil Leapdate: March 19, 1966 Episode Number: 080 Air Date: November 10, 1992 Writer: Robin Jill Bernheim, Tommy Thompson, & Deborah Pratt Director: Bob Hulme Guest Cast: Carolyn Seymour, John DiAquino, Renee Coleman, Laura Harrington, Kristen Cloke, Ryan McWhorter Things are already on their way downhill when Sam leaps back into Jimmy LaMotta. Despite Sam's inaction, history continues to change for the worst. The cause is unknown until Sam discovers another time traveler on the scene, one who's determined to destroy Jimmy's family, as well as Sam. Title: Trilogy Air Date: November 17, 1992 (Part I) & November 24, 1992 (Parts II & III) Writer: Deborah Pratt Director: James Whitmore, Jr. Guest Cast: Mary Gordon Murray, Max Wright, Stephen Lee, Fran Bennett, Travis Fine, Kimberly Cullum, Meg Foster, Melora Hardin, James Greene, Parley Baer, Diana Bellamy, Wendy Robie, Christopher Curry Part I (Alternate Title: One Little Heart) Leapdate: August 8, 1955 Episode Number: 081 A pair of unsolved murders marks just the tip of the iceberg when Sam leaps into a sheriff in a small Louisana town. Rumors of a history of family insanity, the suspicions surrounding his daughter Abigail's involvement in the murders, and ghostly visions of his institutionalized wife just make matters worse. Part II (Alternate Title: For Your Love) Leapdate: June 14, 1966 Episode Number: 082 Finding himself back in the same small Louisiana town, in the arms of Abigail, now twenty-one, Sam must prevent an angry crowd of townspeople from lynching his fiancee, following the disappearance of a young boy whom she had been babysitting. Part III (Alternate Title: The Last Door) Leapdate: July 28, 1978 Episode Number: 083 Sam is an aging lawyer, recruited by Abigail, now thirty-three, to defend her when she is put on trial for the murder of Lita Aider, the woman whose daughter Abigail was accused of killing almost twenty-five years earlier. Title: Promised Land Leapdate: December 22, 1971 Episode Number: 084 Air Date: December 15, 1992 Writer: Gillian Horvath & Tommy Thompson Director: Scott Bakula Guest Cast: Dwier Brown, Arlen Dean Snyder, Chris Stacy, Jonathan Hogan, Elizabeth Dennehy, Kellie Overbey, Lorinne Dills-Vozoff, Elizabeth Rainey, Scott Bakula Sam leaps back to Elk Ridge, Indiana to help save the lives of the Walters boys as they try to save their farm from a banker with designs on getting rich from foreclosure. Title: A Tale Of Two Sweeties Leapdate: February 25, 1958 Episode Number: 085 Air Date: January 5, 1993 Writer: Robin Jill Bernheim Director: Christopher Hibler Guest Cast: Mary Lou Childs, Jill Tracy, Ashley Peldon, J. D. Daniels, Shay Astar, Michael Bellisario, Larry Manetti As a horse-playing, traveling brush salesman, Sam finds himself with two wives and two families. Although Ziggy predicts that Sam's mission is to choose between the two lives, the choice is made more difficult by the fact that there's only a 50/50 chance that he'll choose the right one. As if things weren't bad enough, Sam finds that his penniless host owes a pair of bookies some big bucks. Title: Liberation Leapdate: October 19, 1968 Episode Number: 086 Air Date: January 12, 1993 Writer: Chris Abbott & Deborah Pratt Director: Bob Hulme Guest Cast: Max Gail, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Stephen Mills, Bill Calvert, Megyn Price Leaping into a housewife and mother of two on the verge of women's lib, Sam must prevent the death of his daughter during a sit in, while con- vincing the girl's father that his marriage can survive a liberated wife and daughter. Title: Dr. Ruth Leapdate: April 25, 1985 Episode Number: 087 Air Date: January 19, 1993 Writer: Robin Jill Bernheim Director: Stuart Margolin Guest Cast: Peter Spears, Anita Barone, James McDonnell, Robyn Lively, Dr. Ruth Westheimer While Sam is in 1985, running her radio talk show, playing matchmaker to her producers, and trying to help a young secretary who's being sexually harassed by her boss, Dr. Ruth Westheimer spends her time in the Waiting Room, counseling Al on his feelings towards his five wives, as well as his relationship with Tina. Title: Blood Moon Leapdate: March 10, 1975 Episode Number: 088 Air Date: February 9, 1993 Writer: Tommy Thompson Director: Alan J. Levi Guest Cast: Ian Buchanan, Deborah Maria Moore, Shae D'Lyn, Rod Loomis As an eccentric, possibly vampiric, artist just outside of London, Sam must bear with Al's superstitions, while trying to prevent the death of his host's young wife, at the hands of a couple who are taking a sacrificial ceremony in honor of the "blood moon." @~To be concluded next issue - o -