Episode
adopted by: Rose E.
Additional info provided by: Brian
Greene
Synopsis:
In
this leap, Sam is the most noteworthy hairdresser in Beverly Hills! But
just as he leaps in, his girlfriend's son witnesses a murder at a
drugstore next door. The boy's mother won't let him tell the police
what he saw, and the killer is getting closer and closer to making sure
that he never will.
TV Guide Synopsis: On a hair-raising leap, Sam is
a male hairdresser trying to prevent the killing of a woman and her
son, who's a witness to a murder. Laura: Doran Clark. Det. Ward: Harry
Groener. Chloe: Lela Ivy. Kyle: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Ralph: Stephen
Kay. Sam: Scott Bakula.
Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into
Frank Bianca (leapee played by Robert Jacobs), a popular hair stylist,
just in time to let his girlfriend's son Kyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) go
next door to go buy some candy. One of the workers at the place, Chloe
(Lela Ivey), tells him that Laura (Doran Clark) never lets him go off
on his own. Sam asks why just in time for two gunshots to be heard. Sam
tells everyone to get down and then goes off to check on Kyle who he
sees hiding behind the counters. The gunman's gloved hand is visible as
he shoots at Sam before he manages to duck down behind the counters
himself.
The owner of the pharmacy,
Phil, was killed and witnesses saw Sam and
Kyle running into the store. Sam did not see anything significant and
Laura won't let Sam tell the police about Kyle although Detective Ward
(Harry Groener) suspects that he saw something. Sam further worries
Ward when he needs to look in his wallet to get his home address and
doesn't realize that he lives on top of his store. Sam does get to have
some fun, though, brazenly flirting with two gorgeous blonde twins in
front of Al just to get revenge for Al always complaining about how Sam
handles women whether he flirts with them or not.
Sam tries to convince Laura to go to the police but her husband was
killed after agreeing to testify to a mob killing she witnessed and so
she is too scared to let him. Sam independently tries to get Kyle to
describe the killer to him but Kyle says that he can't really remember.
He knows that the man was white and in a suit but he mostly just saw
the man's shoes which had money in them.
Kyle also remembers that the man who shot Phil was arguing with him
first and said he didn't need any more of Phil's junkie money. Al
examines Phil's financial records and finds out that he was in deep
debt awhile ago but has since managed to pay back all of his creditors
with interest and had $200,000 in the bank. The obvious conclusion is
that Phil was selling drugs illegally. The biggest customer was Eloch
and so Sam tips Ward off to this but can't explain how he knows.
Because Al says that Kyle's body is found on the way to Frank's cabin
and Laura's body is never found at all, Sam is taken by surprise when
gunshots come through the apartment window and Chloe suffers a flesh
wound. Sam goes back to the pharmacy to see if he can find anything and
manages to locate a penny. When he returns, Chloe tells him that Laura
took Kyle out to Frank's cabin.
Sam decides that it's gone too far and he disobeys Laura's wishes and
calls Ward. He learns that Ward has already left as a woman called
twenty minutes ago and gave her location. It might have been Laura but
Sam is still concerned and takes off after Laura. Since he has to
borrow Chloe's car, she insists on coming after him.
Al reports that Laura's car is wrecked in an accident but she and Kyle
are both fine. When he checks in on Ward and tries to will the
detective to go faster, he notices that the man has a penny on the top
of his shoe and realizes that that was where the penny Sam found came
from and thus Ward must be the killer. Sam thinks it's okay because
Ward is going to the cabin and Laura and Kyle are stranded ten miles
away but they manage to hitchhike to the cabin.
Ward arrives before Sam does and hits Laura over the head before
chasing after Kyle. Kyle's leg brace makes it difficult for him to
escape Ward but eventually he gets to the lake and Sam dives in after
him. Sam assures Kyle that he is safe but this is premature as Ward has
arrived and points a gun at him. Sam gets a terrified Kyle to tell Ward
that he has no idea who Ward is so killing him is not necessary. Ward
points out that Sam knows, though, and so is prepared to shoot them
both. Sam tries to shield Kyle with his body when suddenly Ward falls
over, dead.
Chloe got out of the car and shot Ward dead for shooting her. Sam
thinks that they are safe until she points the gun at him. Sam realizes
that Eloch is an anagram for Chloe and that they really should have
realized this sooner. Sam tries to stall Chloe while a bloody Laura
sneaks up behind Chloe with a heavy tree branch but Laura ultimately
collapses just before reaching her. Chloe spins around to look at Laura
once she hears the fall and Sam takes that opportunity to put both
himself and Kyle underwater.
Kyle just hides while Sam finds Ward's gun and, when Chloe won't
surrender, is forced to kill her. Back at the cabin, Sam finds out that
Kyle goes on to win a medal in the special Olympics and when he
automatically calls Kyle his son ends up proposing to Laura who
accepts... a few seconds after Kyle accepts first. Source
Music:
The music from the end credits of "Private
Dancer" plays at the beginning of the episode in the salon.
Project
Trivia:
Ziggy is referend to as male in this episode.
Ziggy missed the
anagram of Eloch being Chloe.
As Sam changes
history throughout the episode, history changes around Al's present as
well. This makes it difficult to predict where they will be killed.
Al Trivia:
Al appears in this
episode 21 times. He uses the Imaging chamber door once.
Al's
Women: Al
remembers Ula, a Swedish stewardess, reading him bedtime stories.
The day
before, he spent time with a girl that works in a carwash.
Al is jealous
of Sam’s hairdressing appointment with the Van Berg twin sisters.
Al’s
Outfits Worn
in the Episode:
Al’s first outfit is a yellow suit with white pin stripes, a yellow
shirt
with white circle designs, and a skinny copper tie.
Al’s second
outfit is a gray suit, with a teal shirt, and matching
handkerchief in the pocket.
In this episode Sam
tells Kyle a bedtime story, the story is about Captain Galaxy and Future Boy. In an earlier episode Sam leaped
in to the character, Future Boy.
Chloe
brings a Rubik’s Cube to Kyle to do for her, because she can’t figure
it out.
Regular
Cast:
Scott Bakula
Dean Stockwell
Guest Stars:
Doran Clark as Laura
Harry Groener as Detective Arnie Ward
Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as Kyle
Lela Ivey as Chloe
Stephen T. Kay as Ralph
Christine Cattell as Mimi
Candi Brough as Elsa Van Berg
Randi Brough as Lisel Van Berg
Robert Jacobs as Frank Bianca (Mirror image)
Doran Clark as Laura: Doran
Clark was born on August 8, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is
an actress, known for The Warriors (1979), Quantum Leap (1989) and Too
Far to Go (1979). She has been married to Peter Abrams since August 30,
1980. They have two children.
Harry Groener as Detective Arnie Ward: Harry
Groener was born on September 10, 1951 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
He is an actor, known for A Cure for Wellness (2016), Patch Adams
(1998) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). He has been married to Dawn
Didawick since September 19, 1978.
Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as Kyle: Joseph
Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles,
California, to Jane Gordon and Dennis Levitt. Joseph was raised in a
Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who
passed away in October 2010. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio
station KPFK-FM and his maternal grandfather, Michael Gordon, had been
a well-known movie director. Joseph first became well known for his
starring role on NBC's award-winning comedy series 3rd Rock from the
Sun (1996). During his six seasons on the show, he won two YoungStar
Awards and also shared in three Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations
for Outstanding Performance by a Comedy Series Ensemble. Prior to his
success on television, Joseph had already worked steadily in feature
films. Early in his career, he won a Young Artist Award for his first
major role, in Robert Redford's drama A River Runs Through It (1992).
During the 1990s, he also co-starred in the films Angels in the
Outfield (1994), The Juror (1996), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
(1998), a well-reviewed slasher sequel, and 10 Things I Hate About You
(1999), opposite Heath Ledger, which has become a teen comedy classic.
Following his work on 3rd Rock, Joseph took time off from acting to
attend Columbia University. In the early 2000s, he broke from the mold
of his television and film comedy supporting roles by appearing in a
string of intense dramatic parts, mostly in smaller, independent films,
such as Manic (2001), with Don Cheadle; Mysterious Skin (2004), for
writer/director Gregg Araki; Rian Johnson's award-winning debut,
dramatic thriller Brick (2005) (2005); Lee Daniels' Shadowboxer (2005);
the crime drama The Lookout (2007), which marked Scott Frank's
directorial debut; John Madden's Killshot (2008), with Diane Lane and
Mickey Rourke; Spike Lee's World War II film Miracle at St. Anna
(2008); and the controversial drama Stop-Loss (2008), in which he
starred with Ryan Phillippe, under the direction of Kimberly Peirce. By
2009, Joseph was officially established as one a new generation of
leading men with his Golden Globe-nominated role in Marc Webb's
comedy-drama 500 Days of Summer (2009), also starring Zooey Deschanel ,
for which he received Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and
People's Choice Award nominations. He also adapted the Elmore Leonard
short story Sparks (2009) into a 24-minute short film that he directed,
which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Beginning the new decade,
he headlined the indie drama Hesher (2010) and established himself as
an action star in Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), also starring
Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Elliot Page. Balancing both
independent and Hollywood film, Joseph scored another Golden Globe nod
for the cancer drama 50/50 (2011), directed by Jonathan Levine and also
starring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, and Bryce Dallas Howard. He worked
again with director Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the third
and final installment in the director's Batman series, for which he
received a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Movie Actor;
and snagged leading roles in both Premium Rush (2012), directed by
David Koepp, and Looper (2012), reuniting with his Brick director, Rian
Johnson, opposite Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. Rounding out the year,
he played Abraham Lincoln's son Robert in Steven Spielberg's
Oscar-nominated Lincoln (2012), with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field.
In 2016, the ACLU honored Gordon-Levitt with their annual Bill of
Rights Award for furthering diversity efforts, promoting free speech,
empowering women and otherwise supporting civil rights and liberties
for all Americans.
Interview with Joseph on The Daily Show:
Lela Ivey as
Chloe: Lela
Ivey (born June 26, 1958, in New York City) is a veteran actor of the
stage as well as a character actress of the small screen and cinema.
Ms. Ivey is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC).
For 25 years she eked out her living as mostly a supporting or bit part
actress working in television, and film while building a rather
impressive theatre resume while living both in New York City and Los
Angeles. Some favorite stage roles include "The Waiting Room" at the
Mark Taper Forum for which she received a Los Angeles Ovation Award
nomination and "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" at the Los Angeles
Theatre Center for which she received a Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award
nomination. She also appeared at the Ipswitch Theatre Festival in
Massachusetts in "Liberties Taken", directed by Julie Taymor. She is a
member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), AEA and AFTRA. Ms. Ivey is
also currently serves an adjunct faculty member at Lansing Community
College.
Stephen T. Kay
as Ralph: Stephen
Kay was born in 1963 in New Zealand. He is a director and producer,
known for Get Carter (2000), Sons of Anarchy (2008) and Friday Night
Lights (2006). He has been married to Piper Perabo since July 26, 2014.
Christine
Cattell as Mimi: Christine
Cattell is known for Christmas at Dollywood (2019), The Wedding Veil
Legacy (2022) and The Real Bros of Simi Valley (2017).
Candi Brough as
Elsa Van Berg: Candi Brough is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Outlaws (1986) and Calendar Girl (1993). Twin sister of Randi Brough.
Randi Brough as
Lisel Van Berg: Randi Brough is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Outlaws (1986) and Pandemonium (1982). Twin sister of Candi Brough.
Robert Jacobs as
Frank Bianca (Mirror image): Robert Jacobs is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Baywatch (1989) and Shag (1988).
Lady:
"How’s the girlfriend?" Sam: "Great." Lady: "Pitty."
Al:
"Hey, is there part of me still left in you or what." Sam: "Maybe."
Al:
"You’re doing this to torture me." Sam: "Yes, and it’s working."
Sam:
"This is a story about Future Boy’s best friend, Al." Al: "Best
friend…thanks."
"I
see what happens when we don’t do what needs to be done."
"Hey
she may be your girlfriend, but she’s my connection to 50% off on Armani
suits."
Sam:
"See he doesn’t even know who you are." Detective Ward: "But you do."
Laura:
"I think I’d like to hear that from a real doctor." Sam: "While I am."
Best
Line:
"Looks like Ziggy’s going to sleep here or something. I’m going to give
the memory banks a kick."
Best Scene:
Sam is supposed to do the hair of a set of twins. Al is there when they
appear and he thinks that they are so beautiful. So Sam decides to make
Al jealous by flirting with the twins. This way Sam can torture Al for
once.
Awards: Joseph
Gordon-Levitt was nominated for a Young Artists award for Best Young
Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series in 1993.
Production Credits:
Theme by: Mike Post
Music by: Velton Ray Bunch
Co-Executive Producer: Deborah Pratt Co-Executive Producer:
Michael Zinberg Supervising Producer: Harker
Wade Produced by: Jeff Gourson, Tommy
Thompson
Produced by: Chris Ruppenthal, Paul Brown
Created by: Donald P. Bellisario Written
by:Beverly Bridges
Directed by: Scott Bakula
Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario
Associate Producer:James S. Giritlian
Coordinating Producer: David Bellisario
Story Editor: Paris Qualles Director of Photography:Michael Watkins, A.S.C.
Production Designer: Cameron Birnie Edited by:M. Edward Salier, A.C.E.
Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
First Assistant Director:Ryan Gordon Second Assistant Director:Kate Yurka Casting by: Ellen Lubin
Sanitsky
Set Director: Robert L. Zilliox
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Dorleac
Costume Supervisor: David Rawley
Art Director:Ellen Dambros-Williams Sound Mixer:Barry D. Thomas Stunt Coordinator: Diamond
Farnsworth
Sound Editor:Greg Schorer Music Editor: Bruce Frazier
Panaflex ® Camera and Lenses
by: Panavision ®
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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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