Episode
Adopted By: Lola Additional
info provided by: Brian Greene
Synopsis:
Sam,
as a bouncer, must find out why his girlfriend has kidnapped a
baby girl and either return the baby to her father, or find the real
mother - who Al believes doesn't exist.
TV
Guide Synopsis (TV Guide.com): Sam leaps into the
reluctant sidekick of a kooky stripper who has taken a man's infant
daughter, saying she wants to deliver the child to its mother. Reed:
Charles Frank. Sheriff Barnes: Jimmie Ray Weeks. Sam: Scott Bakula. Big
Bob: Ray Young.
TV Guide Synopsis (Original):
Babysitting a kidnapped
tot and a flakey, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they
cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops.
Sam
leaps in to find himself climbing out of a second-story window at night
carrying a basket. A woman on the ground urges for Sam to hurry up. Sam
climbs down a ladder, and the two of them get into a waiting pickup
truck with the basket, as a man appears at the window and shouts at
Bunny as he watches them drive away. Behind the wheel of the pickup,
Sam is stunned when the woman reaches into the basket and picks up a
crying baby girl.
It's March 11, 1963 in Texas, and Sam has leaped into a bouncer named
Buster (played by Jay Boryea). The woman beside him is a stripper named
Bunny O'Hare, and the baby's name is Kristy. They are headed to
Clayton, New Mexico, where Bunny says Kristy will be safe with her aunt
Margaret. Sam is nervous about what the two of them are doing, but is
relieved to discover that Kristy is Bunny's daughter. He assumes that
he must be there to get Bunny and Kristy to safety.
Back at the house Sam and Bunny took Kristy from, Kristy's father, Reed
Dalton (played by Charles Frank), is reporting the kidnapping to
Sheriff Ansel "Big Mac" Barnes (played by Jimmie Ray Weeks) and Deputy
Sheriff Stuart Sutton (played by Travis McKenna). Reed tells them that
Bunny talks about his daughter like she's her own, and says that he
dated Bunny for a while, and that his wife died last year while giving
birth to Kristy.
Sam and Bunny check into a roadside motel with Kristy, and Bunny leaves
to get Kristy some fresh milk. Al arrives, and tells Sam that Bunny's
real name is Thelma Lou Dickey, and she and Buster work at the same
club. Al explains that Bunny and Reed were never married, which means
that Kristy is not Bunny's daughter. After Bunny returns with Kristy's
milk, Al tells Sam that in the original history, Bunny and Buster were
arrested for kidnapping, and Kristy was returned to Reed. Sam believes
that Bunny is telling the truth about being Kristy's mother, and he
must be there to get Bunny and Kristy to New Mexico so they can stay
together.
After Al leaves, Sam asks Bunny who Kristy really belongs to. She still
claims that Kristy is hers, but when Sam presses her to tell the truth,
she starts to cry, and admits that she lied to him. She tries to tell
Sam that the rest of what she said is true, and they have to get Kristy
to New Mexico where her real mother is, but Sam doesn't believe her.
Bunny says that when Reed found out Bunny had been communicating with
Kristy's mother, he started hitting and threatening her. She tells Sam
that her father used to hit her mother before he started hitting her,
and she doesn't want the same thing to happen to Kristy.
The next morning, Sam and Bunny are back on the road with Kristy.
Meanwhile, Reed is still on Bunny's trail, assuring Sheriff Barnes that
Bunny is headed to New Mexico with Kristy. Sam says he wants to stop at
a store in the next town and get a proper car seat for Kristy. In the
store, the man behind the counter recognizes Bunny. Al arrives, and
tells Sam that Kristy's real mother is dead. Sam still believes Bunny's
story, and asks Al to check for a woman named Margaret Dalton in
Clayton, but Al finds nothing. Sam suddenly sees a sheriff's car, and
the man who recognized Bunny is talking to the police officer. Al urges
Sam to turn himself in, but Sam refuses, escaping through the back of
the store with Bunny. Sam uses some of Bunny's money to buy a car from
a local, and he and Bunny drive away with Kristy.
In the car, Sam notices that Kristy is having trouble breathing, and
realizes she has asthma. He insists that they need to take Kristy to a
doctor, but Bunny tells him that they can't go back to the last town,
so they continue on and find a veterinarian instead. The vet examines
Kristy, but doesn't have anything she can prescribe for a human. Sam
has an idea, and fills up Kristy's bottle with coffee, telling Bunny
that the caffeine will help Kristy to breathe until they can get her
some proper medicine.
Later that night, Kristy is asleep in the back of the car. Sam passes a
saloon offering a fifty dollar prize in an amateur talent show. He
tells Bunny that they're going to need more gas in the car to make it
to Clayton, but Bunny realizes that they've run out of money. They go
back to the saloon, and Bunny performs a striptease on stage, winning
the talent show and the fifty dollars. Al arrives, and is upset to have
missed the show. As Sam and Bunny celebrate, Sheriff Barnes and Deputy
Sheriff Sutton enter, closely followed by Reed. The sheriffs hold Sam
and Bunny at gunpoint, and Reed takes Kristy back from Bunny.
Sam tries to convince the sheriffs that he and Bunny are trying to take
Kristy back to her real mother, but Reed responds that her mother is
dead. Sam learns from Reed that Bunny was never Kristy's babysitter,
despite what she told Sam, and Sam is disappointed to hear that Bunny
lied to him again. Al tries to tell Sam that Bunny has been telling the
truth about Kristy's real mother from the beginning, but Sam no longer
believes it. Bunny steals the deputy sheriff's gun and points it at
him, and despite Reed trying to shoot at them with his own gun, she and
Sam manage to escape with Kristy once more. Outside the saloon, Sam and
Bunny escape in the sheriff's car. Reed follows them out, and steals
another man's car at gunpoint.
As Sam and Bunny cross the state line into New Mexico, Al tells Sam
that Reed is coming after them. He also explains that Reed is wanted in
Mew Mexico for scamming real estate investors out of millions of
dollars. Reed's real surname is Cole, and Al and Ziggy found a woman
named Margaret Cole (played by Maggie Egan) living in Clayton. Margaret
got sole custody of Kristy after her divorce from Reed, but Reed took
Kristy and fled to Texas. Sam and Bunny enter Clayton, with Reed less
than a mile behind them. Bunny uses the radio in the sheriff's car to
give the police Margaret's address, so they can arrest Reed when he
follows them there.
Sam pulls over in front of Margaret's house, but Reed has caught up
with them. Local police from Clayton arrive, and Reed tells the sheriff
to arrest Sam and Bunny. However, the sheriff recognizes Reed, and
arrests him instead. Bunny doesn't want to give Kristy up yet, but Sam
tells her that Kristy is home now. As Margaret watches from her open
doorway, Sam convinces Bunny, who has started to cry, to give Kristy
back to her mother. As Margaret holds Kristy and smiles, Sam puts a
comforting arm around Bunny, and leaps. Source
Personal
Review by Lola:
Although
one of the more
mediocre episodes in it’s run, "Maybe Baby" has many elements that
endear it to fans of Quantum Leap. Sam leaps into Buster, bouncer for
the Girls-A-Go Go Lounge and companion to would-be kidnapper Bunny
O’Hare. Against all advice from Al and Ziggy, Sam finds himself helping
Bunny carry baby Christy to her very much alive mother in New Mexico.
Along the way, they must narrowly escape the authorities, care for
Christy through some seemingly unorthodox methods, and even strip for
money to help them on this mission. Some notable standards in this
episode are the conflict between Al and Sam about the purpose of the
leap, Sam banking on information that the person leaped into would not
have, the interaction between baby Christy and Sam, and Al’s opinion of
Bunny and strippers in general. As always, the characters are supremely
acted by both the main and guest stars, and the somewhat trite
storyline is compensated with genuine hilarity. All in all, "Maybe
Baby" may not be the best episode of Quantum Leap, but it’s still a
great deal better than most things on television today.
Music: "Maybe
Baby" by The Crickets
"Runaway" by Del Shannon
"My
Boyfriend’s Back" by The Angels
"Dancing
in the Street" - Martha and the Vandellas
"The Stripper" (cover version) by David Rose
"Pop Goes The Weasel" sang by Dean Stockwell
Project
Trivia:
Ziggy’s prediction that
Sam was there to return the baby to Reed Dalton was
with 75.6 % accuracy.
The
handlink used is the newer calculator style, thicker than the
plexiglass style from Season 1.
Sam
Trivia:
Sam tells Al that he hasn't been around babies before.
Al Trivia: Al
disapproves the use of disposable diapers. Dean Stockwell is an avid
environmentalist.
Al's
Women:
Al says jokingly that blondes with low IQs can see him.
Miscellaneous Trivia:
Velton
Ray Bunch is credited for the first time at the beginning of the
episode and would compose the score without Mike Post for the rest of
the series.
Julie Brown is the
sister of Co-Producer Paul Brown. Both also wrote.
Bunny
O’Hare’s real name
is Thelma Lou Dickey.
Bunny
worked at the Girl’s-A-Go Go Lounge.
The
VETERINARIAN’S name is Dr. T. Bean.
The
Hot Rod License is PR6025.
Bunny
made $50.00 in the ‘Amateur’ Stripper’s Competition.
Regular
Cast: Sam
Beckett – Scott Bakula
Al Calavicci – Dean Stockwell
Julie
Brown as Bunny O'Hare
Jimmie Ray
Weeks as Sheriff Barnes
Travis McKenna
as Deputy Sheriff Sutton
Cathy McAuley
as Maria
Charles Frank
as Reed Dalton/Cole Daniel Zacapa (as Garrett
Pearson) as Officer Montero
Maggie Egan as
Margaret Cole
Carmen Filpi as Farmer
Ray
Young as Big Bob
Byrne Offutt
as Leon
Eve Brenner as
Madeline
Jay Boryea as
"Buster" (Mirror image)
Troy Martin as Man at Bar
Julie
Brown as Bunny O'Hare: Julie
Brown is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer,
singer-songwriter, and director. After moving away from her hometown of
Van Nuys (aka "The Valley"), Julie began her career as a comedian in
the clubs of San Francisco. After returning to Los Angeles, she
immediately started working as an actress and writer. After
guest-starring in sitcoms, like "Laverne & Shirley," "The
Jeffersons," "Newhart," and "Quantum Leap," Julie added singing to her
act, producing her own EP with the hit songs "The Homecoming Queen's
Got a Gone" and "Earth Girls Are Easy"- which through a stroke of show
business luck became a movie she co-wrote and starred in (along with
Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Jim Carrey). She also starred in and
wrote the comedy show "Just Say Julie" for MTV and created a satire
Madonna mockumentary for Showtime called "Medusa: Dare to be Truthful,"
which won her the Writers Guild award for Best Comedy Special. During
this same time, Julie also co-created the FOX sketch comedy series,
"The Edge," starring herself and Jennifer Aniston. Julie was then cast
as Ms. Stoeger in the movie "Clueless" and went on to write, direct,
and star on the series version of "Clueless," which ran for three
seasons. Julie also starred in and created "Strip Mall" for Comedy
Central for two seasons. In addition, Julie co-wrote the Disney Channel
original movie mega-hit "Camp Rock," which launched the careers of Demi
Lovato and The Jonas Brothers. Julie was later a writer on the Kevin
Hart series "The Big House." Julie also wrote multiple episodes of
"Melissa and Joey," where she recurred as a guest star. Julie also had
a recurring role on ABC's "The Middle" and was a guest judge on
"RuPaul's Drag Race." Julie has voiced many fan-favorite animated
characters for TV and film, including "Animaniacs," "Batman," "Pinky
and the Brain," and "A Goofy Movie."
Jimmie Ray
Weeks as Sheriff Barnes: Jimmie
Ray Weeks was born on March 21, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is
an actor, known for Frantic (1988), Requiem for a Dream (2000) and
Midnight Run (1988).
Travis McKenna
as Deputy Sheriff Sutton: Travis
McKenna was born on July 18, 1960 in Lutherville, Maryland, USA. He is
an actor, known for National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Batman
Returns (1992) and Road House (1989).
Cathy McAuley
as Maria: Cathy McAuley is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989) and T.J. Hooker (1982).
Charles Frank
as Reed Dalton/Cole: Charles
Frank was born on April 17, 1947 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an
actor and director, known for The Right Stuff (1983), Wonder Woman
(1975) and All My Children (1970). He has been married to Susan
Blanchard since June 25, 1977. They have one child.
Daniel Zacapa (as Garrett
Pearson) as Officer Montero: Honduran-born
Daniel Zacapa has established himself as one of the most effective
character actors working. His varied and diverse film roles include
Se7en (1995), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), 'The Mexican',
'The Gene Generation', and 'Phenomenon', sharing the screen with such
actors as 'Jack Lemmon', Walter Matthau, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt,
Forest Whitaker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson, to
name a few. His television credits include starring for three seasons
on the highly acclaimed Showtime series, 'Resurrection Blvd.' as Tio
Ruben, the heart and soul of the Santiago family. His numerous
guest-star appearances include Medium, Alias, Nip/tuck, The West Wing,
Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, Six Feet Under, and N.Y.P.D. Blue. He
was a recipient of an ALMA Award in 1998 for his work in 'Foto
Novelas'. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, his ongoing work with
children include the Foundation for Youth Non-Violence in Northern
California and Woodcraft Rangers in L.A., he reads regularly in
elementary schools throughout the state. Daniel has received numerous
awards from the State of California and the City of Los Angeles
recognizing him as a pillar of the Latino community.
Maggie Egan as
Margaret Cole: Award
winning actress Maggie Egan (aka Maggie Egan-Cummings) was raised in
Upstate New York. Her father, Bill Egan, was a Real Estate Broker. Her
mother, Mary Joan Egan, held a BS, and two Masters Degrees and was
Superintendent of the School Library system. With three older sisters
it was a busy household. At 14 Maggie was cast as Mrs. Barker in The
American Dream by her wonderful high school teacher, Dan DiNicola, and
that was it. Maggie caught the bug. She studied acting and filmmaking
in college and moved to Houston and studied with Chris Wilson. In LA,
Maggie studied with Gordon Hunt, Helen Hunt's father, and has studied
with Chuck Marra and Megan Foley Marra who encourage her to write
again. She studies with Andy Goldberg in his Improv Comedy Workshop,
HBO Casting Director Amy Jo Berman; and Val Hubbard's Actors Fast
Track. It was Steve Stark, current President, TV Productions and
Development of MGM/UA who first discovered Maggie and brought her to LA
eons ago when he worked on Star Search. They remain friends to this
day. It was in LA where she met and married her own Irish American, Jim
Cummings, a Chicago boy. They have one daughter, an event planner, at
Pepperdine University. In addition to the 600+ commercials for The
Disney Channel and various other companies, Maggie has over 50 TV/Film
credits. She is now also writing plays and screenplays. One feature is
a romantic comedy set in LA and Ireland, a fun sister's road trip to
the Emerald Isle complete with corned beef and baggage. It is
co-written with Jennifer Lynn O'Hara. The other one she is writing is a
female driven spy comedy set in Vegas co-written with Melanie Collup.
Maggie may be "a woman of a certain age" but she ain't done yet!
Carmen Filpi as Farmer: Character
actor Carmen Filpi was born on March 22, 1923 in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts. The son of Remigio and Rosa Gatto Filpi, Carmen
graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1942. Moreover, Filpi served
in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II. Carmen began his
acting career as part of a comedy team with fellow Pittsfield resident
George Morell; the duo performed in minstrels and floor show troupes in
touring shows as well as in the Washington area. Filpi moved to
Hollywood, California in the late 1960's in order to further pursue his
acting career. Outside of his substantial film and television credits,
Carmen also appeared in numerous TV commercials. Filpi was often cast
as drunken bums and mangy drifters in a career that spanned over forty
years. Carmen died at age 80 on May 9, 2003 at the Veterans Affairs
Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was survived at the time of his
death by his sister Carmena and brothers John and Peter.
Ray
Young as Big Bob: Ray
Young was born on May 9, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an
actor, known for Police Story (1973), Hunter's Blood (1986) and The
Krofft Supershow (1976). He died on July 6, 1999 in Los Angeles,
California, USA.
Byrne Offutt
as Leon: After
a 30 year career in Los Angeles working in the wonderful business of
show, Byrne has recently moved to Pittsburgh. He was told the weather
was just like LA. It's not. For more information on Byrne's creative
endeavors please visit www.ByrneOffutt.com. While visiting the website
enjoy a Primanti Bros. sandwich and an Iron City beer. But bring a
jacket, it's cold.
Eve Brenner as
Madeline: Eve
Brenner was born on September 24, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
She is an actress, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Walk of
Shame (2014) and Murder in the First (1995). Prolific television
character actress, on screen from 1953. Frequently seen in
sci-fi/fantasy genre projects, such as Adventures of Superman, The
Twilight Zone, Quantum Leap, Poltergeist: The Legacy, both Star Trek:
The Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager and The X Files. She also
provided the voice for the Mouse Queen in the Disney animated film The
Great Mouse Detective (1986).
Jay Boryea as
"Buster" (Mirror image): Jay Boryea was an actor, known for Surrogates (2009), Lock Up (1989) and Safe (2012). He died on June 19, 2019 in the USA.
Troy Martin as Man at Bar:
Troy Martin has appeared in numerous motion pictures, TV shows, and
musical productions as an actor, director, writer, and editor. He is an
avid and accomplished vocalist. He is a guitarist and bassist, and he
has played in several musical groups. His primary focus is working as a
voice actor. He has a wide vocal range and is known for his variety of
characters.
Say What?
The ladder apears to be chained to the roof!
"My Boyfriend’s Back"
and "Dancing in the Street" were both released after the leap date.
The
foods that Bunny describes the baby eating, kicking off the covers and
crawling would not be something that Baby Christie at that age would be
able to do.
In the mirror shot, the leapee image is holding the baby differently than Sam.
You can tell the baby is really a doll when they go into the store.
Sam
following the stripper implicitly, and not taking Al’s advice to heart.
Quotable
Quotes:
"I’ll
never forget last week, after the first time we made (looks back at the
baby) L-O-V-E. You were standing at the end of the bed in your boxers
singing ‘Maybe Baby.’ I tell you Buster in all my 26 years, you’re the
best thing that ever happened to me." – Bunny
"Are
you sure the doctor said to give the baby coffee?" – Bunny
"Yeah,
uh-huh." – Sam
"Well
Hell, why don’t we give her a cigarette and a shot of whiskey while
we’re at it." – Bunny
Best
Line: "Why’s
everyone
applauding? Did I miss something?" - Al
"Bunny
just stripped for gas money." - Sam
"So,
she stripped. Whatdoya mean - - SHE STRIPPED! And I missed it! Sam, I’m
the observer on this project and I should have been here to observe
it." - Al
Best
Scene: When Bunny stripped
with balloons for gas money.
Production Credits:
Theme by: Mike Post
Music by: Velton Ray Bunch Supervising Producer: Deborah Pratt Co-producers: Paul Brown, Jeff Gourson, Chris Ruppenthal Produced by: Harker Wade Created by: Donald P. Bellisario Written By: Paul Brown & Julie Brown
Directed by: Michael Zinberg
Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario Associate Producers: David Bellisario
Story Editor: Randy Holland
Story Editor: Tommy Thompson Director of Photography: Michael Watkins
Production Designer: Cameron Birnie Edited by: Alec Smight
Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow First Assistant Director: Ryan Gordon Second Assistant Director: Rob Mendel Casting by: Ellen Lubin Sanitsky Set Director: Robert L. Zilliox Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Dorleac Costume Supervisors: David Rawley & Donna Roberts-Orme Sound Mixer: Mark Hopkins McNabb Stunt Coordinator: Diamond Farnsworth Contributing Musical Composers: Velton Ray Bunch and Jerry Grant Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Clay Music Editor: Tom Gleason
Choreography by: Chris Wallace
Some locations furnished by: Circus Vargas
Panaflex ® Camera and Lenses by: Panavision ®
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countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may
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Country of first publication: United States of Amercia. Univeral City
Studios, Inc. is the author of this motion picture for purposes of the
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The
characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any
similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Podcasts:
In the twenty-eighth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and
Heather discuss season two, episode twenty “Maybe Baby”. There are
first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener
feedback, and a cool interview with Shaun O’Banion, Film Producer and
honorary Quantum Leap crew member. The second episode of the original
audio drama Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 2,
with special guest star Jennifer Runyon. Chris
DeFilippis, Author of the Quantum Leap Novel Foreknowledge, The
Seeker: A Novella of T.R.U.T.H., and creator of deflipside.com is
welcomed to The QLP crew as a writer and segment producer, with his
segment Quantum Reboot.A
segment on car seat safety, and an article from Hayden McQueenie about
the Quantum leap clip show that might have been. “Beyond this point
there be dragons.”
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00:00:00 – QLP opening
00:02:39 – Hello – First impressions
00:06:38 – Episode recap
00:13:11 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown
00:48:19 – Interview with Shaun O’Banion
01:22:24 – Interview reactions
01:23:04 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream
01:34:27 – Quantum Reboot with Chris DeFilippis
01:44:07 – Car Seat Safety – Buckle Up for Safety
02:03:26 – Feedback
02:13:47 – News
02:44:57 – Trivia
02:17:11 – Hayden McQueenie skit
02:21:41 – Hayden McQueenie segment
02:29:42 – On the next episode
02:31:49 – Credits
02:33:03 – Bloopers
02:34:31 – PS
