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Moments to Live - May 4, 1985: Directed by Joe Napolitano. With Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Kathleen Wilhoite, Pruitt Taylor Vince. Sam is kidnapped by an obsessed soap opera fan.
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- 1992-04-08
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was te 19th episode of Quantum Leap, also the 72nd overall episode in the series. Written by Tommy Thompson, the episode, which was directed by Chris Ruppenthal, originally aired on NBC-TV on April 8, 1992.
May 4, 1985: Sam leaps into Kyle Hart (the leapee is played by Patrick Lowe), a soap opera actor who is kidnapped by a woman named Norma Jean Pilcher (played by Kathleen Wilhoite), an obsessed fan who wants him to father her baby... and, in the original history, his host ended up wandering the countryside with a gunshot wound to the head that rendered him totally amnesiac.
Sam is able to get Norma to see reality when her husband Hank Pilcher (Pruitt Taylor Vince), appears to have passed out while holding Sam hostage with a shotgun. When Sam, pretending to be the doctor Kyle plays on TV, says that he has seen the same condition that Hank is suffering from, a ruptured ventricle. Norma says "maybe we should call for an ambulance-" as Sam reminds of her of an episode of the show in which Dr. Conner performed on a woman as she abruptly says "You can't do that!" as he gets her to admit that Kyle is not a doctor.
Sam "revives" Hank, who still wants to hold him hostage though Sam tries to convince him that wife Norma has serious psychological problems. Finally Sam simply punches Hank unconscious, as they get her to put down the shotgun that she picked up while Sam was bringing Hank back to.
In the end, after the police have arrived to arrest Hank and Norma and take them both into custody, Kyle's agent Ben (Brian George) drives up, who suggests that they should lobby the producers of the soap to incorporate the story of his ordeal on the series!
Al reveals he had watched episodes of the show when he had the flu.
Quotes
•Al: (referring to soap operas) Everybody is sleeping with everybody!
•Al: Norma Jean Pilcher? Sounds like one of the Beverly Hillbillies!
•Sam: He wants to take what happened here and put it on the show... Is that ethical? That can't be ethical.
•Al: No, it's television. (Sam leaps)
(A "nurse" walks past Sam and Al)
•All I Have To Do Is Dream (performed by The Everly Brothers)
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Apr 8, 1992 · Quantum Leap. Moments to Live - May 4, 1985. Sci-Fi Apr 8, 1992 43 min iTunes. Available on Peacock. S4 E19: Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Lyle Hart, a soap opera super star who portrays a doctor on a very popular show. A woman who won a date with him kidnaps him, and the woman has fantasized about having his child.
May 4, 1985 · Moments to Live: May 4, 1985. Season 4 Episode 1947m. TVPG. Sam is an actor pursued by an obsessed fan who wants to have his child. Home. TV Series. Quantum Leap. Season 4 Episode 19. Quantum Leap Season 4. View all. The Leap Back: June 15, 1945. S4 E146m. Play Ball: August 6, 1961. S4 E247m. Hurricane: August 17, 1969. S4 E346m.
May 4, 1985 · Summary "Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better.
