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It’s a Wonderful Leap was the eighteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam receiving help from a guardian angel. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss divine intervention.



































Sam leaps into Max Greenman (reflection: Ross Partridge), a taxi driver in New York who’s trying to win a medallion so he can start his own business and give his father, Lenny (Jerry Adler), something to live for. He’s aided in this endeavour by self-proclaimed guardian angel Angelita (Liz Torres).















With help from Angelita and Al, Sam helps avoid Max’s murder, but is robbed of his takings and denied his medallion by taxi mogul Frank O’Connor (Peter Iacangelo). Along the way, Sam gives a cab ride to Fred Trump (Vaughn Armstrong) and his irritating son, Donald (Justin Thomson).















It’s a Wonderful Leap was directed by Paul Brown, the only directorial stint for a regular writer and producer on the show. The writing credit was shared between Brown and GI Jane writer Danielle Alexandra, her only contribution to Quantum Leap.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the family business.















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It’s a Wonderful Leap was released in 1992. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network.

Roberto! was the seveneenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam helping a colleague to expose a secret chemical weapons lab. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss plausible deniability.



































Sam leaps into Roberto Gutierrez, a daytime TV host working for a local network in New Mexico. When his colleague Jani Eisenberg (DeLane Matthews) challenges him to take on a serious news investigation, their next lead takes them to the nearby fertiliser plant run by Ed Saxton (Jerry Hardin).















With a green light to investigate granted by station chief Earl Skinner (Alan Oppenheimer), the pair look into the deaths of some sheep, a sighting of aliens by a man called Red Norton (Dennis Fimple) and the apparent murder of Saxton employee Rick Upfield (Marcus Giamatti), with shocking consequences.















Roberto! was directed by Scott Bakula, the second of his three stints in the chair. The writing credit went to Chris Ruppenthal, the ninth of his ten stories for the show.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered audience participation.















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Roberto! 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.

Ghost Ship was the sixteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam airborne in the Bermuda Triangle as he tries to ensure an ailing passenger survives the trip. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss pervasive superstitions.



































Sam leaps into Ed Brackett, a co-pilot on an executive jet owned by the Cutter petroleum family. Captain Cooper (Scott Hoxby) is in command, while his wife, Wendy (Kimberly Foster) is the sole member of cabin staff. Their passengers on this flight are Grant Cutter Jr (Kurt Deutsch), heir to his father’s fortune, and his new bride, Michelle (Carla Gugino).















When Michelle takes unwell, Sam must persaude Cooper – spooked by a previous traumatic experience in the area they’re flying over – not to turn the flight around and condemn their passenger to a painful and premature death.















Ghost Ship was directed by Anita W. Addison, the second and last of her two Quantum Leap episodes. The writing credits went to Paris Qualles, also his second of two contribuions, and to Donald Bellisario.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the art of navigation.















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Ghost Ship 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.

A Song for the Soul was the fifteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam trying to help a young girl reconcile with her father without having to give up her dreams of stardom. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss shades of grey.



































Sam leaps into Cherea, a young girl who, along with her friends Paula (T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh) and Lynelle (Tammy Townsend) form a singing group, looking for stardom despite their young years. Lynelle is at odds with her father, Reverend Walters (Harrison Page) and desperate for the freedom to chase her dreams.















When a sleazy club owner named Bobby Lee (Eriq La Salle) offers Lynelle an apparent route to success, she is inclined to overlook his obvious ulterior motives. Meanwhile, Sam looks for a way to reconcile Lynelle with her father that doesn’t involve killing her dreams.















A Song for the Soul was directed by Michael W. Watkins, the fifth of his half-dozen Quantum Leap episodes. The writing credit went to Deborah Pratt, her thirteenth of twenty.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered who to root for.















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A Song for the Soul 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.

The Last Gunfighter was the fourteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam trying to preserve an old gunfighter’s reputation. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the value of the truth.



































Sam leaps into Tyler Means, a veteran of the Old West who once cleaned up the town of Coffin, AZ. Or so he claims. His grandson, Stevie (Sean Baca), believes him, but his daughter-in-law Lucy (Susan Isaacs) and the local sheriff, Russ (O’Neal Compton) are less impressed.















With a Hollywood exec named Steiner (Kenneth Tigar) in town to buy up the film rights to Tyler’s life story, an unexepcted challenge arrives as Pat Knight (John Anderson), Tyler’s former partner, rides into town with a different version of events to share.















The Last Gunfighter was directed by Joe Napolitano, the tenth of his dozen Quantum Leap episodes. The writing credit was shared between Sam Rolfe, his only nod on the show, and Chris Ruppenthal for the eighth time out of his ten Leap scripts.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the role of law enforcement in an old quarrel.















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The Last Gunfighter 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.

Temptation Eyes was the thirteenth episode of Quantum Leap’s fourth season to air, with Sam revealing his true identity to a psychic who is on the target list of a serial killer. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss inappropriate conduct.



































Sam leaps into Dylan Powell, a reporter who has raised the ire of top cop Detective Collins (Kent Williams), having begun to receive tip-offs from an active serial killer. Reporting from the scene of the latest murder, Sam and his cameraman partner, Ross Tyler (James Handy) meet ‘psychic’ Tamlyn Matsuda (Tamlyn Tomita), who catches Sam’s eye.















After revealing his true identity to Tamlyn, Sam sets his purpose aside to begin an ultimately doomed affair, pausing only to rough up Tony Beche (Rob LaBelle), an innocent man wrongly accused of murder by the so-called medium.















Temptation Eyes was directed by Christopher Hibler, the first of his four Quantum Leap episodes. The writer was Paul Brown, the twelfth of his thirteen stories for the show.















In this episode Gerry and Iain considered witchcraft.















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Temptation Eyes 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.