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Quantum Leap :: Promised Land - December 22, 1971 (05x11)

Episode Information

Title:

Promised Land - December 22, 1971

Episode #:

05x11

Production Number:

68110

Original Airdate:

Tuesday December 15th, 1992

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Episode Crew
Director:	Scott Bakula
Writer:	Gillian Horvath Tommy Thompson (3)

Episode Summary

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December 22, 1971: Sam leaps into one of three brothers who are robbing a bank in Elk Ridge, Indiana, Sam's home town.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Kurt Andon	played	John Beckett Photo Double	Recurring (second appearance)
•Scott Bakula	played	John Beckett	Recurring (second appearance)
•Arlen Dean Snyder	played	Sheriff Mundy
•Charles Dugan	played	Stan Pierce
•Chris Stacy	played	John Walters
•Daniel Engstrom	played	Willie Walters Jr. / Mirror
•Dwier Brown	played	Neil Waters
•Elizabeth Dennehy	played	Beth Ryan
•Elizabeth Rainey	played	Cindy Wilkens
•Gregory Paul Jackson (1)	played	Sam Photo Double
•James C. Victor	played	Carl Wilkens
•Jim Townsend	played	Deputy Martin
•Jonathan Hogan (1)	played	Gus Vernon
•Kellie Overbey Shane	played	Carrie Young
•Lorinne Vozoff	played	Mary Walters
•Marion Dugan	played	Lila Pierce

Main Cast

•Scott Bakula	played	Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett
•Dean Stockwell	played	Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci

Episode Notes

This is the second and final Christmas-themed episode. The first was "A Little Miracle - December 24, 1962". They are also the only leaps that take place in December of any year.

This is the third and final episode directed by Scott Bakula (Sam).

Episode Quotes

Al: Uh Sam, I think we need to take a trip to the little bank robbers' room.
(They go into the mens' room)
Al: I know that you're sympathetic with the situation here because it's your hometown and all of that, but Ziggy says there's a 73.9% chance that if you surrender you'll leap.
Sam: (shocked) Leap? Why would I want to leap, I’m home!
Al: But you're here to save the brothers, right?... So? You gotta turn yourself in!, right?... So?! Let's go!... Right?!

Sam: (out of breath) I'm out of shape, Al…
Al: Yeah well, next leap maybe you'll leap into Carl Lewis or something, but right now, you gotta suck it up.

(Gus is pointing a gun at Sam)
Sam: Why'd you do it? How could you steal all those people's land?
Gus: What you call stealing, I call business.
Sam: Guess it makes it a little easier to sleep at night.
Gus: I saw an opportunity, so I took it.
Al: What a nozzle! I'd like to grab his Adam's apple and pull it out through his nostrils.