Quantum Leap/Runaway

Runaway
Season 3, Episode 11
Airdate	January 4, 1991
Production Number	66405
Written by	Paul Brown
Directed by	Michael Katleman
← 3x10 A Little Miracle	3x12 → 8½ Months
Quantum Leap — Season Three

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Runaway is the eleventh episode of the third season of Quantum Leap, and the forty-second episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: Sandy Faison (Emma Rickett), Sherman Howard (Hank Rickett), Joseph Hacker (Billy McCann), Ami Foster (Alexandra Rickett)

Co-Starring: Amber Susa (Beth)

with Buff Borin (Butchie)

Uncredited: Deborah Pratt (Narrator)

Plot Overview

Sam is the younger child in a family on a crossroad trip and must prevent his mother from running away and disappearing.

Notes

Leap Date

• July 4, 1964

Location

• Carbon County, Wyoming

Music

• Judy Garland - "What'll I Do?"

• Patsy Cline - "Crazy"

• Del Shannon - "Runaway"

• Ruby & The Romantics - "Our Day Will Come"

• The Four Seasons - "Walk Like A Man"

• "Moon River"

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• Sam recounts going up against bikers (Rebel Without a Clue) and mafia hitmen (Her Charm). He also mentions psychotic killers. While not specific, he has come across some in "Play It Again, Seymour", "Honeymoon Express", and "Blind Faith".

Trivia

The Show

• This episode ends with a tag for "Another Mother".

• At 13, Butchie is the youngest person Sam leaps into.

Behind the Scenes

• Bakula injured his ankle during filming and was written into "Future Boy".