Episode
Adopted by: MikeKraken Additional info provided by:
Brian Greene
Synopsis:
Sam
leaps into the life of a mental patient and immediately undergoes
electric shock therapy. But he is administered a severly high dosage
and it brings out the personalities of several people he has leapt
into. With each personality change, it becomes harder and harder for Al
to communicate with Sam. If Al and Dr. Beeks can not get Sam out of the
situation he is in, they may lose contact forever.
TV Guide Synopsis
(TVGuide.com): Sam
leaps into a mental patient who gets an overloaded shock treatment,
which sends him tripping through previous incarnations. Tibby: Scott
Lawrence. Butcher: Bruce A. Young. Dr. Masters: David Proval. Nurse
Chatam: Lee Garlington. Sam: Scott Bakula.
TV Guide Synopsis
(Original): In
a season-ending cliffhanger, Sam (Scott Bakula) is a mental patient who
gets an overloaded shock treatment, which sends him tripping through
previous incarnations.
Commercial:
Place:
A psychiatric hospial in Havenwell, Pennsylvania
Project Date:
Al states to Sam that the present time is 43 years in the future. This
places the present time at Project Quantum Leap in 1997. However, in
the next episode "The Leap Back", the date shown is 1999.
Name of the
Person Leaped Into:
Sam Beiderman, a patient at a psychiatric hospital who was admitted for
acute depression, but got worse and worse during the six weeks, until
Sam Beckett leaped into him, when things definitely don't get better.
In
this episode Sam leaps into a patient in a psychiatric hospital at the
moment that a crooked orderly who mistreats patients is about to give
him an unauthorized electro shock treatment for punitive reasons. Sam
is given a dangerously high voltage shock which wreaks havok with his
brain.
When Sam awakens he begins channeling the personalities of people he
has lept into over the past three years, including Samantha Stormer,
Jesse Tyler, Herbert "Magic" Williams, Jimmy LaMotta,Tom Stratton, and
Clarence "Kid" Cody which the doctors interpret as signs of multiple
personality disorder. Al tries to help Sam get ahold of himself so the
doctors will leave him alone so they can complete his mission, teaching
another patient who was born with a mild case of Down's Syndrome how to
read. Sam, however, believes Al to be an hallucination and refuses to
listen to him. Al then takes it upon himself to teach the other
patient, who can see Al along with almost every other patient in the
hospital, his ABC's with the help of a clever rap song he and Sam
programmed into Ziggy as a joke.
After the mission is completed Ziggy theorizes that the only way to get
Sam's mind back into a condition that will allow him to leap is to give
him a second electro shock treatment equal in voltage to the first.
Sam, still in a state of emotional shock from the first treatment, is
reticent to comply but is successful in getting the doctors to prep him
for a treatment.
Sam, in tears of fear, convinces a nurse to zap him with the same
dangerously high voltage which almost killed him the first time and
leaps, however a lightning bolt from the storm strikes both Al and Sam.
The two suddenly find themselves in the middle of a town square, with
Sam returned to normal. They theorize that Al leaped with Sam, but it's
clear all is not right... Sam is still wearing his hospital gown while
Al is wearing an Army uniform and the handlink is no longer working.
They then find out the truth that Al is no longer a hologram while Sam
suddenly is the hologram guide, as Al has leaped into 1945, and Sam is
back in 1999, in the Imaging chamber! Source
Personal
Review by MikeKraken:
"You're
the butcher... I
know you're the butcher." After Sam leaps into
Sam Beiderman, he immediately finds himself being given a dose of
unauthorized electroshock treatment, which lands him four hours in a
recovery room. When he awakes, Sam's brain is so scrambled, he has
flashbacks to people he formally leaped into, thinking that he is those
people.
One
of my favourite Quantum Leap episodes of all, "Shock Theater" is a
great review of the series thus far, reminding us of the people that
Sam has helped so far and we get to see how they actually affect Sam's
life. We explore a small part of the project (kind of a teaser before
the next episode where we get to see the Control Room and all) with the
introduction of Dr. Verbeena Beeks.
This episode exemplifies the spectacular acting talents of Scott
Bakula, with him playing at least seven different characters all within
one storyline. He takes on many different accents and body languages,
each one its own distinct personality. Upon that, we get to see Dean
Stockwell show off his acting talents as well. The co-stars also do a
great job in this episode, and the writing by Deborah Pratt has to be
admired as well. Lighting and the sets just set the mood perfectly for
such a dark and dramatic episode of the series.
I would reccomend this as a supplementary episode to introduce somebody
to Quantum Leap after "Genesis", "Star Crossed", "Honeymoon Express",
and a couple of season two and three episodes.
Music: The
Alphabet Rap was written by Deborah Pratt and Mark Leggett. According
to Dean Stockwell, it took him about eight takes to get the words
right. A full,
re-recorded version is on the official
soundtrack album.
We hear more mention of Dr. Verbeena Beeks, the project
psychologist,
and even get to see her for the first time when she accompanies Al in
the Imaging Chamber.
The project time is 43 years in the future. (The next episode
contradicts this, as well as the canon set in the rest of the series,
by being two years further ahead.)
It consumes more power to bring another person online in the Imaging Chamber.
Another person can now be seen in the Imaging Chamber if they are touching the Observer, but not heard.
Sam Trivia:
We are reminded that Sam has seven degrees.
Sam
assumes the personalities of the following previous Leapees:
Samantha Stormer (What Price Gloria?)
Herbert “Magic” Williams (The Leap Home: Part II – Vietnam)
Tom Stratton (Genesis)
Kid Cody (The Right Hand of God)
Jimmy LaMatta (Jimmy)
Jesse Tyler (The Color of Truth)
Flashbacks of Former Leapees:
First is Samantha Stormer ("What Price, Gloria?"), thinking that "she"
is in the hospital for punching her boss, Buddy Wright. After Al makes
his second appearance, Sam wakes up believing that he's Jesse Tyler
("The Color of Truth") who thinks he's in the "loony bin" for sitting
down at the lunch counter. During the ink-blot tests, Butch brings in
some water for "Jesse", and Sam turns into Herbert "Magic" Williams
("The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam").
The next time Sam wakes up, he takes on his fourth persona, that of Tom
Stratton ("Genesis"), wondering if he broke Mach 3. After Al
disappears, Sam sleeps again, waking up to Al on emergency power with
Dr. Beeks (whom we finally get to meet), this time thinking that he's
Kid Cody ("The Right Hand of God").
The final persona is that of Jimmy LaMotta ("Jimmy"), who has to
convince Dr. Masters to give him another dose of electroshock, at the
same frequency as when he leaped in.
Last appearance: Gray pin-striped sportscoat; dark brown dress
shirt; silver-green scaly tie; watch with black band.
Al's
Women:
In the original script (this was cut from the final episode), Al tells
Tibby that the ABC rap music was originally a love song to Tina. "I
was writing this, kinda love song to
my girl Tina. Maybe I didn't erase...."
Miscellaneous Trivia:
Scott
Bakula got to play several different characters in this episode instead
of just Sam Beckett.
Jean-Pierre
Dorléac, the series
costume designer, appeared as a Mental Patient
in this episode. He is the patient that says "The butcher, the baker,
the candlestick maker..."
Dean
Stockwell kept forgetting the
alphabet during the filming of the ABC rap sequence! He had to film it
about eight times to get it right.
This
is only the second time in the series that we never see the leapee. The first time was when he briefly leaped into a Fireman to
save a cat from a tree in "Honeymoon
Express."
At The Leap Back 2009
convention,
Donald P. Bellisario said that he had always imagined that Sam would
start to lose touch with reality and absorb parts of the Leapees. This
episode became the pilot for that story arc.
What
happened
to the Leapee, Sam Beederman? After the events of this episode, he
would likely be confined permanently to the mental institution. Sam and
Al have left the poor man in worse shape than when they arrived!
The persona of Herbert "Magic" Williams was also a lead character in the 2022 revival series of Quantum Leap!
Don
Bellisario said that he always imagined Sam would start to lose touch
with reality, as he would absorb parts of the leapees, and that Shock Theater was written to be the start of this process.
The ABC
rap has three versions:
The script, the filmed episode, and an extended version on the official soundtrack
album.
The credits scroll at the end of this episode over a series of clips from the episode.
Regular Cast:
Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci
Guest Stars:
David Proval as Dr. Harvey Masters
Bruce A. Young as Butch
Scott Lawrence as Tibido
“Tibby” Johnson
Robert
Symonds as Dr. Wickless
Candy Ann Brown as Dr. Verbeena Beeks
Nick Brooks as Freddie
Lee Garlington as Nurse Nancy Chatam
Frank Collison as Mortimer
Ralph Marrero as Oswald
Kevin Page as Young Doctor
Harry Pugh as OIder Doctor
Jean-Pierre
Dorléac as Mental
Patient
Howard
Matthew Johnson as Jesse Tyler (Mirror image)
LaReine Chabut as Samantha Stormer (Mirror image)
Brad Silverman as Jimmy LaMatta (Mirror image)
David Proval as Dr. Harvey Masters: David
Proval launched his acting career with a starring role in Mean Streets
(1973), directed by Martin Scorsese, and has been working nonstop ever
since. Notable features in which he has appeared include The Phantom
(1996), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) Four Rooms (1995) and The
Shawshank Redemption (1994). He is currently set to appear in the
independent film White Boy (2002).
Bruce A. Young as Butch: Bruce
A. Young was born on April 22, 1956. He is an actor and writer, known
for Basic Instinct (1992), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Risky Business
(1983).
Scott Lawrence as Tibido
“Tibby” Johnson: Scott
was born in Los Angeles and spent a lot of his childhood with his
parents on picket lines campaigning for local civil rights. His father
was the executive director of the University of Southern California,
Community Services Center, and his mother worked for Operation
Breadbasket and other organizations dedicated to improving economic
conditions of black communities. After studying electrical engineering
for two years at USC, he sat in on a friends acting class, was
immediately bitten by the bug and auditioned for USC's Bachelor of Fine
Arts acting conservatory the next semester. He started over as a
freshman and completed the program in 1986. In 1987, Scott earned his
SAG card on the feature film "Punchline". After several equity waiver
plays and TV guest stars, Scott landed his first TV series regular role
as Whoopi Goldberg's son on the short lived "Bagdad Cafe". The show
ended in 1990 and after a few more years in Hollywood, Scott decided to
pack up and move to New York to pursue his first love, the theatre. In
NYC he worked in off and off-off Broadway shows and was invited into
the elite Drama Department Theatre Company for which he performed
Tennesee Williams' three character play, "Kingdom of Earth" with
Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard, directed by John Cameron Mitchell.
Scott's proudest theater moment came when he was cast by Lloyd Richards
to play Walter Lee in Lorraine Hansberry's, "A Raisin in the Sun".
Lloyd fell sick but the production went on to rave reviews at Fords
Theater in Washington DC, directed by Seret Scott in 1995. Scott stayed
in New York for a few more years working in TV, film and theatre before
returning to Los Angeles in 1998. In 1999, he was cast in a guest
starring role on the pilot for the CBS drama, "First Monday".
Producer/creator/ director, Don Bellasario admired his work enough to
create the role of 'Cmdr. Sturgis Turner' for Scott on his long
running, hit series "JAG". Scott played the role from 2000 to 2004,
when the show was canceled. He continues to live and work in Hollywood,
recent notable credits include "The Social Network" and James Cameron's
"Avatar". Upcoming credits Include J.J. Abrams next "Star Trek" feature
and "The Host", directed by Andrew Niccol. Both due for release in
2013. Scott is the very proud father of two sons, Morgan and Daniel.
Robert
Symonds as Dr. Wickless: Robert
Symonds was born on December 1, 1926 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA. He was
an actor, known for The Exorcist (1973), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and
And Justice for All (1979). He was married to Priscilla Pointer and
Elizabeth Janel Kaderli. He died on August 23, 2007 in Los Angeles,
California, USA.
Candy Ann Brown as Dr. Verbeena Beeks: Candy
Ann Brown was born on August 19, 1958 in San Rafael, Marin County,
California, USA. She is an actress, known for Ali (2001), Baby Boy
(2001) and Quantum Leap (1989).
Nick Brooks as Freddie: Nick Brooks is known for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Quantum Leap (1989) and Saved by the Bell (1989).
Lee Garlington as Nurse Nancy Chatam: The
American actress was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and grew up in
Delaware, Illinois, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. Garlington was
recently nominated for a 2018 Primetime Emmy Award / Outstanding
Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role as
'Darlene' in Broken. Garlington was a series regular on several series
Lenny, Townies, and Blame it on Ernie as well as eleven other pilots
that did not go to series. She had recurring roles in several notable
television series, including The West Wing, The Killing, Flashforward,
Everwood, The Riches, The Bridge, Will & Grace, CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, Mistresses, and Roseanne. She also played Kirsten, Rose
Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of The Golden
Girls, Ronni, the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on Friends, and
the waitress Claire at Pete's Luncheonette in the pilot episode, The
Seinfeld Chronicles. Her first professional acting job was "Myrna the
Mean Waitress" in the sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Psycho II in
1983 and its successor, Psycho III in 1986. The same year she starred
alongside Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen in the
action/thriller Cobra. Garlington feels she was blessed that
writer/director Phil Alden Robinson decided she was his "good luck
charm" and cast her in almost all of his movies: In The Mood, Field of
Dreams, Sneakers, Sum of All Fears, and The Angriest Man in Brooklyn.
Garlington was also nominated for a 2015 (ISA) Indie Series Award /
Best Guest Actress- Comedy for Mentor. Having appeared in over 25 plays
in Los Angeles and winning numerous Dramalogue Awards, she won the 1999
Ovation Award (L.A.'s answer to the Tony's) for a Featured Role in the
play Risk Everything. Originally, she was part of the Seinfeld (1989)
cast. She was going to play a waitress who would give Jerry and George
friendly advice. When they examined the pilot, they dropped her
character and hired Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played Jerry's
ex-girlfriend, Elaine. Played Robert Costanzo's mistress in an episode
of Friends (1994) and played his wife in an episode of Will & Grace
(1998) 10 years later. Watch her in this clip from the pilot episode of "Seinfeld" as Claire the Waitress.
Frank Collison as Mortimer: Frank's
first "role" was a six month old "theatre mascot" at a tent theatre in
Granville, Ohio. His father, John, was an actor and playwright and his
mother, Peg, directed him in a number of plays while he was growing up
in Virginia and Ohio. As a young boy, Frank assisted his father when he
toured with his one man Abraham Lincoln show. His father was selected
to play Lincoln for the centennial celebration of Lincoln's first
inauguration in Washington, DC ; Frank played young Tad Lincoln. Frank
trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, earned
his BA in theatre at San Francisco State University, helped establish a
summer theatre company in the Sierra Nevadas then went on to earn an
MFA in acting at UC San Diego. Before Frank began his professional
career in acting, he worked as a forest fire fighter, diaper service
dispatcher and substitute teacher. Appearing in over 150 productions,
Frank has worked off Broadway and in regional theaters in Boston,
Denver and California. His theatrical roles have ranged from "Puck" in
Midsummer's Nights Dream to "Miss Havisham" in Great Expectations to
"Jacob Marley" in Christmas Carol. Frank is a founding member of
Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, which has won over 25
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. Frank began his film and
television career when he moved to Los Angeles in 1984. He is perhaps
best known as "Horace Bing," the hapless telegraph operator on Dr.
Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) and "Wash Hogwallop" in "O Brother Where
Art Thou?
Ralph Marrero as Oswald: Ralph
Marrero was born on August 21, 1959 in New York, New York, USA. He was
an actor, known for Day of the Dead (1985), Tales from the Darkside:
The Movie (1990) and The Babe (1992). He died on November 16, 1991 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Brad Silverman as Jimmy LaMatta (Mirror image): Brad
Silverman was born on May 16, 1966 in Glendale, California, USA. He is
an actor, known for I Am Sam (2001), Quantum Leap (1989) and Curb Your
Enthusiasm (2000).
Kevin Page as Young Doctor: Kevin
Page is a 35 year veteran of the film, television, VO and commercial
industries. Some of his career highlights include: His recurring
character on "Seinfeld" as NBC executive, Stu Chermack, who invites
Jerry to pitch his "show about nothing" was based on real-life NBC exec
Rick Ludwin. And the enigmatic character "Bum" on the re-boot of
"Dallas" (2012-2014) who ultimately shot and killed TV icon "JR Ewing"
played by the late Larry Hagman. Mr. Page Played over 20 different
classic roles opposite the dog, "Wishbone," as a star on the
long-running PBS series of the same name. His death scene in the
classic film, Robocop (1987), as the ill-fated young executive, Mr.
Kinney, repeatedly got the film an "X" rating from the MMPA ratings
board before director Paul Verhoeven agreed to cut 4 1/2 seconds out
for the U. S. theatrical release (most of which was Page getting blown
away by ED-209). He has made over 2 dozen television commercials for
products ranging from beer to national airlines to breakfast cereals.
In addition to being an actor, Mr. Page is a writer, director and
producer of more than a dozen internationally distributed documentary
films.
Harry Pugh as OIder Doctor: Harry Pugh is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Hunter (1984) and Mission: Killfast (1991).
Jean-Pierre
Dorléac as Mental
Patient: The
diversified costumes of designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac have enlightened
audiences worldwide with their visual concept of the 18th and 19th
centuries; provided them with an accurate and honest visual history of
this century and our present day; and propelled them into the
futuristic galaxies of tomorrow, ... all filled with details of
authenticity. Dorléac's prolific career in costume design has
encompassed feature films, television, theater, rock-videos and private
couture. His provocative and challenging creations range from the
exotic rags and tatters assembled for The Blue Lagoon (1980), the mad,
institutional designs for the West Coast premier stage production of
Peter Weiss' "Marat/Sade". The gallantry and pageantry of the American
Revolutionary War was seen in the television movie, The Bastard (1978),
earning Dorléac his first Emmy nomination, followed by its sequel,
_"Rebels, The" (1979) (mini)_. The beauty and romanticism of
turn-of-the-century America, has been honestly captured in a quartet of
films that include Horton Foote's Lily Dale (1996); the biographical
films, Mae West (1982), and A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell
Story (1994); and finally, Somewhere in Time (1980), the feature that
garnered him an Academy Award nomination. His depiction of the South
Pacific in the 30's was nominated for an Emmy for Tales of the Gold
Monkey (1982), while the 40's were explored in another woman's
biographical film, Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982). The 50's,
60's, 70's and 80's costumes for the NBC series, Quantum Leap (1989)
were Emmy nominated for four consecutive years for their factual
depiction of the quaternion. The enduring Heart and Souls (1993),
showed us San Francisco in the late 50's and present day, while
Universal's feature, Leave It to Beaver (1997) gave us a 'today',
reminiscent of the late 50's. His striking creations for the cover of
NEW YORK magazine caused a fashion media frenzy and the
beguilingly-styled, high-tech Bond-ish glamour, Elizabeth Hurley wore
in the television special, "THE WORLD OF JAMES BOND" was 'simply
drop-dead', so said television's EXTRA. Fantasy and science-fiction
have been represented through the punk, sociopathic madness of Max
Headroom (1987); the vampy, cartoonish camp of _Buck Rogers in the 25th
Century (1979)_; and the Emmy Award winning simplicity of the retro,
look-into-the-future of Battlestar Galactica (1978). Dorléac's
collection of work has been exhibited world wide. Benefits for AIDS
Project Los Angeles have celebrated his designs, as well as the
Mannequins Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Southern California
with fashion shows. The Los Angeles County Museum of Arts showcased his
costumes in their exhibition and book, "HOLLYWOOD AND HISTORY: COSTUME
DESIGN IN FILM", as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City; La Palais de la Civilization, Montreal, Canada; and La Place
Vendôme, Paris, France.
Howard
Matthew Johnson as Jesse Tyler (Mirror image): Howard Matthew Johnson is known for The Vanishing (1993), Quantum Leap (1989) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
LaReine Chabut as Samantha Stormer (Mirror image): LaReine
Chabut was born in Kentucky but raised in the small town of Poland in
Northeastern Ohio, in the Boardman/Youngstown area. She was discovered
by famed director Ridley Scott on an open audition, winning the lead
role over thousand of girls as the new face of "Pepsi", originally
slated for Paulina Porizkova. Soon after, LaReine worked with Director
David Fincher for a NIKE commercial landing her a contract with NIKE.
She frequently appears on magazine covers including Shape Magazine,
Glamour, Health Magazine and has been featured in nationally prominent
magazines such as Vanity Fair, Allure, People, Newsweek, Self, Health,
and Glamour. LaReine is a best-selling author of 6 titles, including
"Lose That Baby Fat!", and "Golf-All in-One" with Gary McCord. She also
was recently voted one of the "Most Beautiful Women Alive" and hosted
MSNBC's "Focus on Feeling Better" for 6 million viewers. In addition,
LaReine's popular video series for "The Firm" has sold over 3 million
copies to date.
Le
Reine Chabut played the mirror
image of Samantha Stormer in "What
Price Gloria."
Brad
Silverman played the mirror
image of 'Jimmy LaMatta" in the episodes "Jimmy"
and "Deliver Us from Evil."
He also played Pete in "Mirror
Image".
Jean-Pierre
Dorléac, the series
costume designer, appeared as a Mental Patient
in this episode. He is the patient that says "The butcher, the baker,
the candlestick maker..."
Say
What?
Nurse Chatam says that Jesse Tyler is 70 years old, but in "The Color of Truth", Jesse
was only 65.
The
level of shock treatment
changes sportically. In the leap-out sequence at the end of the
previous episode, it's set on 195. The machine used in that sequence is
different from the one we see at the beginning of this episode. This
time, it shows 220. However, at the end of the episode, Nurse Chatam
says it was on 200 before raising it to about 205. No wonder Sam's
brain is fried!
Lightning
comes through the
overhead window striking both Sam and Al, but the window itself doesn't
break.
Quotable Quotes:
Freddie: "Yeah, they get committed and then go crazy."
Sam [as Samantha]: "Beckett... I knew a Sam Beckett, back in Elkridge,
Illinois."
Al: "Indiana."
Sam: "Indiana."
Dr. Masters: "Who's Sam Beckett?"
Sam: "Oh... just a boy I knew a long time ago."
Dr. Masters: "Uh huh."
Al: "Yeah, you were a boy, and then you grew up, and then you built a
time machine..."
Dr. Masters: "Was he a friend of yours, Sam?"
Al: "... called Project Quantum Leap."
Al: "Boy, he's looking at you like a frog in BIO 101."
Sam [as Samantha]: (fluttery laugh)
Tibby: "What is it like in the future? What is it like? I mean is
it... does it feel clean? Is it, are there cars that float on air?"
Al: "No, uh, the air is filthy and the cars are still on the ground,
but we're working on it, Tibby."
Al: "Sam, it took us full power to get me back here this time. All you
have to do is save Tibby, and then you can leap."
Sam [as Jesse]: "I can't leap. Son, I can't hardly walk. I got the
rhumatism, you know."
Sam [as Jesse]: "Yeah, no problem. I'm gonna sit right down here and
finish this test so we can get the Hell outta here! And I don't know
who Dracula is, but I got me a powerful thirst, too! What's it take to
get a man a glass of water, huh?! 'Round here?"
Sam [as Jesse]: "Well, this here is the sub-atomic structure of a
quark. What the Hell is a quark?!" (confused look)
A cute...A
cute...oh I hope it's a nurse...
-- Al, "Shock Theater"
Hi, Al.
-- Tibby, "Shock Theater"
The guy in the red jacket!
You can see me?
Sure! Nice jacket!
-- Tibby and Al, "Shock Theatre"
This is great, I'm tuned in to little kids, I'm tuned in to animals,
and now the mentally absent. Why not blondes?
-- Al, "Shock Theater"
Keep your hands outta me!
I gotta check my medication.
-- Al and Tibby, "Shock Theater"
Oh Boy!
-- Sam and Al, at the end of "Shock Theater"
You're a looney toon in a big white room
And I'm a hologram from the future
And I'm moving fast, back into the past
And I've got to say I'm pleased to meet ya'!
Because you're my man and I've got some thing that you can understand
You've got the power
To write and read, to say that's guaranteed.
I'm gonna give you what you need!
-- Rapmaster Al, "Shock Theater"
So I'm a good guy?
Yeah. You're a *damned* good guy!
-- Sam and Al, "Shock Theater"
Al...don't leave me...
I won't, Sam.
-- Sam and Al, "Shock Theater"
This here is the sub-atomic structure of a quark -- What the
hell is a quark?
-- "Jesse", "Shock Theater"
Don't tell Gloria.
-- "Samantha", "Shock Theater"
Oh great Sam, now they think you're Sybil!
-- Al, "Shock Theater"
The air is filthy and the cars are still on the ground, but we're
working on it.
-- Al, "Shock Theater"
I'm Al. I'm your buddy. I gave you your first break and you're the only
person that believed in me when I gave up believing in myself. You
brought me on this Project.
-- Al, "Shock Theater”
Best Line:
Al: "My
God, they... pushed you
over the line."
Best Scene:
For humour, the best scene has to be when Al gets the patients all
singing and acting up during the singing of the alphabet rap song. For
drama, definitely the scene where Sam has to receive elctroshock for
the second time with Al begging him, trying to convince him to receive
the therapy.
Awards:
Scott
Bakula was nominated
for an
Emmy Nomination for Outstanding
Lead
Actor in a Drama Series in 1991.
Scott
Bakula was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series in 1991.
Dean
Stockwell was nominated for
an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in
1991.
Script:
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
Co-producers: Paul Brown, Jeff Gourson
Produced by: Chris Ruppenthal
Created by: Donald P. Bellisario Written
by: Deborah Pratt
Directed by:Joe Napolitano
Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario
Associate Producer:James S. Giritlian
Executive Story Editor: Tommy Thompson Director of Photography:Michael Watkins, A.S.C.
Production Designer: Thomas A. Meleck Edited by:Jerry U. Frizell, A.C.E., Jon Koslowsky, A.C.E.
Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
First Assistant Director:Kevin Corcoran Second Assistant Director:Kate
Yurka Casting by: Ellen Lubin
Sanitsky
Set Director: Robert L. Zilliox
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Dorleac
Costume Supervisors: David Rawley & Donna Roberts-Orme
Sound Mixer:Barry D. Thomas Stunt Coordinator: Diamond
Farnsworth
Sound Editor: Paul Clay
Music Editor: Donald Woods
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by: Panavision ®
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The stakes have never been higher for Sam, as his dark sojourn in a
mental institution causes him to take on the personas of past Leapees,
and threatens to cut him off from Project Quantum Leap for good. But
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