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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Leaping of the Shrew was the third episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam trying to see past his fellow castaway’s challenging personality. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss whether and when rudeness can be tolerated.

Sam leaps into the life of a Greek sailor, stranded at sea with Vanessa (Brooke Shields), a young bride-to-be who presents some difficult behaviours. Sam struggles to cope with this, showing increased agitation and irritation as time passes.

When the pair wind up on a deserted island, Sam begins to understand that Vanessa is acting up to mask her true personality and emotions. He argues with Al that she’s not the monster he sees, but as their chances of rescue dwindle he starts to consider the possibility of sabotage.

The Leaping of the Shrew was directed by Alan J. Levi, the fourth of his six episodes for the show. The writers were Richard C. Okie and Robin Bernheim, the second of Okie’s six stories for the show and Bernheim’s first contribution of five.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the realities of life alone on a deserted island.

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The Leaping of the Shrew 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.

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Lee Harvey Oswald Pt.2 was the second episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam continuing to leap along Oswald’s life towards Dallas in November ’63. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss conspiracies about conspiracies.

Sam leaps along Oswald’s timeline, offering state secrets to KGB officer Yuri Kosenko (Elyn Baskin) and Lt. Guri (Erika Amato), narrowly avoiding being present for a suicide attempt, leafleting in New Orleans and making his way to the School Book Depository in Dallas.

Meanwhile, in 1999, Oswald (Willie Garson) struggles to come to terms with being in the Waiting Room, questioning Al and trying to conceal his identity. As the two men’s minds become more tangled, Al finds it increasingly difficult to get through to Sam.

Lee Harvey Oswald Part 2 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the tenth of his fifteen episodes for the show. Donald Bellisario was the writer.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered justice and justifications.

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Lee Harvey Oswald Part 2 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.

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Lee Harvey Oswald Pt.1 was the first episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam struggling to cope with the rich vein of communism he encounters when he leaps into the so-called assassin. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the truth about capitalism.

Sam leaps into Alik Idell, the alter ego of supposed presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Initially posing for a photo with his wife, Marina (Natasha Pavlovich), Sam soon finds himself leaping to other points on Oswald’s timeline, struggling to separate his own thoughts from Oswald’s.

At a training camp in Asia, Sam encounters a Sgt. Lopez (Reni Santoni) and when an evening out with Joda (Rodney Kageyama) and Mariska (Donna Magnani) takes a turn for the worse, it requires Al to intervene and prevent a deadly escalation when Lopez and Sam get into a brawl.

Lee Harvey Oswald Part 1 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the ninth of his fifteen episodes for the show. Donald Bellisario again got the writing credit.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered whether Oswald was truly evil.

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Lee Harvey Oswald Part 1 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.

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A Leap for Lisa was the twenty second episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam finding himself in Al’s own past when history takes a turn for the worse. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss unreliable narrators.

Sam leaps into Bingo (Jamie Walters), a young Al at the start of his military career. He’s accused of assaulting and murdering Marci (Debbie James), the wife of Commander Riker (Charles Rocket) who is upset that he can no longer share his bride with the boys on the base. Celebrity lawyer Cmdr. Hugh Dobbs (Larry Brandenburg) is assigned to Al’s defence.

Al’s old friend Chip Ferguson (Jeff Corbett) tries to keep his spirits up, arranging a liaison with his lover, Lisa (Terry Farrell), but Sam’s decision to stop her testifying in his defence leads to a change in Al’s fate, which when he’s replaced by a new hologram guide called Edward St. John (Roddy McDowall). Time seems to be running out if Sam can’t find vital evidence to prove his friend’s innocence.

A Leap for Lisa was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the eighth of his fifteen episodes for the show. Donald Bellisario got the writing credit.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered paradoxes.

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A Leap for Lisa 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.

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Stand Up was the twenty first episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam trying to navigate a budding romance within a comedy troupe while fending off an amorous mobster. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss unrefusable offers.

Sam leaps into Davey Parker, one third of a comedy troupe working in the Catskills. His colleagues Mack (Bob Saget) and Frankie (Amy Yasbeck) are feuding due to their inability to admit that they ‘love’ one another. Also Mack is violent and short tempered. Still, Sam tries to bring them together.

This task is made more difficult when mobster Carlo Degorio (Robert Miranda) takes an interest in Frankie, leaving Sam to extricate his friend from a tricky situation. Along they way they upset various other people including club owner Lou Collins (Mark Lonow), a trucker (Pete Schrum) and an audience member called Joey (Tom La Grua).

Stand Up was directed by Michael Zinberg, his last episode for the show. Deborah Pratt got the writing credit.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the perils of matchmaking.

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Stand Up 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.

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The Curse of Ptah-Hotep was the twentieth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam exploring ancient Egypt amidst a series of dramatic misfortunes. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the appeal of the undead.

Sam leaps into Dr. Dale Conway, an Egyptologist on the brink of an historic discovery. Working with Brown University’s Ginny Will (Lisa Darr) he uncovers the hidden tomb of King Ptah-Hotep II, which Al advises there is no record of in 1999.

Support for the expedition comes from a Luxor-based museum whose representative, Dr. Mustafa el Razul (John Kapelos) initially seems reasonable, but who then tries to betray the scientists when an ancient curse is unleashed.

The Curse of Ptah-Hotep was directed by Joe Napolitano, his last episode for the show. The writer was Chris Ruppenthal, who was also making his final contribution to the series.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the amount of elevation required to clear a shark on a jetski.

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The Curse of Ptah-Hotep 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.

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