Quantum Leap/The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam (2)

The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam (2)
Season 3, Episode 2
Airdate	October 5, 1990
Production Number	66402
Written by	Donald P. Bellisario
Directed by	Michael Zinberg
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The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam (2) is the second episode of the third season of Quantum Leap, and the thirty-third episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: David Newsom (Tom Beckett), Andrea Thompson (Maggie Dawson), Ernie Lively (Colonel Deke Grimwald), David Hayward (Dempsey), Tia Carrere (Chu-Hoi), Adam Nelson (Preacher), Patrick Warburton (Blaster), Ryan Reid (Shamo), Rich Whiteside (Doc)

Co-Starring: Rodney Kageyama (Choo Choo), Christopher Kirby (Herbert "Magic" Williams)

Uncredited: Deborah Pratt (Narrator)

Plot Overview

Sam leaps into his brother's unit in Vietnam, the day before he's killed. While there to help their mission, he hopes to also succeed in saving his brother's life.

Notes

Leap Date

• April 7, 1970

Location

• Vietnam

Music

• The Troggs - "Wild Thing"

• Dee Clark - "Raindrops"

• The Temptations - "Psychedelic Shack"

• Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together"

• The Temptations - "I Wish It Would Rain"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• As Maggie lays dying, Al believes she is able to see Al, but it's not confirmed.

Characters

• Sam winds up saving Tom's life. However, it comes at the expense of Al getting freed earlier as a POW.

Trivia

The Show

• Williams, the man Sam leaps into, would go on to become a main character in the sequel series.

• First episode to have Sam leap outside the United States.

Goofs

• Al says he'll be repatriated in 5 years from the perspective of 1970. However, in "M.I.A." he said he was repatriated in 1973.