Quantum Leap/Another Mother

Another Mother
Season 2, Episode 13
Airdate	January 10, 1990
Production Number	65415
Written by	Deborah Pratt
Directed by	Joseph L. Scanlan
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Quantum Leap — Season Two

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Another Mother is the thirteenth episode of the second season of Quantum Leap, and the twenty-second episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: Michael Stoyanov (Kevin), Olivia Burnette (Susan), Troian Bellisario (Teresa), Allison Barron (Jackie Arnett), Andrew Held (Teddy), Larron Tate (Ox), Kevin Telles (David), Eric Welch (Paul), Terrence Evans (Stick), Michael Kemmerling (LeMule)

with Alina Cenal (Rafaella), Molly Meeker (Linda)

Plot Overview

Sam is a woman again. This time, a single mother of three and must prevent her oldest child from running away and never to be found.

Notes

Leap Date

• September 30, 1981

Location

• Scottsdale, Arizona

Music

• Blondie - "Call Me "

• The Cars - "Shake It Up"

• George Benson - "Give Me The Night"

• The Pointer Sisters - "He's So Shy"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• It's revealed that small children (under five years old) can see and hear Al and see Sam for who he really is. Ziggy says that this results from the children being in a "natural alpha state." Children are pure of heart, and they can see right through a lie.

Characters

• Al says that Sam knows several forms of martial arts (e.g. karate, judo, and taekwondo).

Trivia

The Show

• As of this episode, the series starts with a narration, albeit with a male narrator for only this time.

Behind the Scenes

• Troian Bellisario, who plays Teresa, is the daughter of creator Donald P. Bellisario and supervisor producer (and episode writer) Deborah Pratt who played the title character from "A Portrait for Troian" after whom their daughter was named.

Allusions and References

• In the first scene, Kevin and Susan are fighting over a Queen T-shirt.

• The dog is named Wookie, the name of the species of Chewbacca from Star Wars. Kevin imitates Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back, which had just been released the year before.

• Kevin also imitates Rod Serling's narration from The Twilight Zone.

• Kevin likens his sister to the shark from the 1975 film Jaws.

• Al calls Kevin's friends "Demon and Dragon freaks." This is possibly a reference to Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) published by Wizards of the Coast.

• Kevin tells his mother he wants to go see Raiders (of the Lost Ark) with his friends.

• Susan watches Magnum, P.I. on television, another Donald P. Bellisario series.