Quantum Leap/Killin' Time

Killin' Time
Season 5, Episode 5
Airdate	October 20, 1992
Production Number	68016
Written by	Tommy Thompson
Directed by	Michael Watkins
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Killin' Time is the fifth episode of the fifth season of Quantum Leap, and the eightieth episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: Connie Ray (Carol Pruitt), Cameron Dye (Leon Stiles), Jim Haynie (Sheriff John Hoyt), Joseph Malone (Deputy Grimes), Dennis Wolfberg (Gooshie)

Co-Starring: Carolyn Lowery (Hooker), Beverley Mitchell (Becky Pruitt), Lewis Dauber (Reporter)

Uncredited: Deborah Pratt (Narrator)

Plot Overview

Sam leaps into violent murderer Leon Stiles as he's taken a woman and her daughter hostage while a sheriff waits to get revenge. Sam has trouble accomplishing his mission and leaping when Stiles escapes Project Quantum Leap and it's up to Al to bring him back.

Notes

Leap Date

• June 18, 1958

Location

• Pine County, Oklahoma

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Without Al, Ziggy tries to synch up Gooshie to Sam's brainwaves. As a result, he's a bit audibly distorted and visually glitchy, although it's enough that they can still communicate with each other. Ziggy then tries to do the same with Al elsewhere in the present, but it's not enough for Al to see him.

• Sam says he created Project Quantum Leap in 1995.

• There is concern about what would happen or could happen if Sam leaped and there was no one in the waiting room. However, circumstance don't provide an answer.

Trivia

The Show

• This episode gives the most extensive view of the future in the series as we see outside Project Quantum Leap for the first time since "Genesis".

Behind the Scenes

• Stiles getting ahold of the gun was explained by a scene of him overpowering a guard. However, Bellisario didn't like it and it was cut. Some shots aiming at the waiting room show the guard lying on the floor.

Quotes

• Al: Gooshie? Where are you?

Gooshie: I'm right in front of you. Can't you see me?

Al: If I could see you, would I be talkin' to the sidewalk?

Gooshie: I guess Ziggy didn't do a very good job of syncing our brainwaves.

Al: I'll take that as a compliment.