Quantum Leap/M.I.A.

M.I.A.
Season 2, Episode 22
Airdate	May 9, 1990
Production Number	65412
Written by	Donald P. Bellisario
Directed by	Michael Zinberg
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Quantum Leap — Season Two

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M.I.A. is the twenty-second episode of the second season of Quantum Leap, and the thirty-first episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: Jason Beghe (Roger Skaggs), Susan Diol (Beth Calavicci), Norman Large (Dirk Simon), Dan Ziskie (Sergeant Riley), Pat Skipper (Tequila)

Co-Starring: Sierra Pecheur (Carol), William Shockley (Boner), Gregory Millar (Pusher), Leticia Vasquez (Rosalie)

with Cyndi Strittmatter (Hippie Girl), Javi Mulero (Taco Man), Rob Mendel (Hippie Guy), Doug Bauer (Jake Rawlins)

Uncredited: Deborah Pratt (Narrator)

Plot Overview

Sam is an undercover cop who has to keep a woman whose husband is M.I.A. from remarrying. However, nothing Sam does seems to alter fate.

Notes

Leap Date

• April 1, 1969

Location

• San Diego, California

Music

• Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

• Otis Redding - "(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay"

• Diana Ross & the Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together"

• The Righteous Brothers - "Unchained Melody"

• Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's revealed that Al was M.I.A. in Vietnam after his A-4 went down in the highlands in 1966. His first wife, Beth, had him declared dead and remarried. He returned and was repatriated in 1973. Beth was the only woman Al ever loved and was the reason his subsequent marriages never worked out.

Trivia

The Show

• Al's last name is indirectly revealed to be Calavicci.

• The episode ends with Sam leaping, but focuses on Al instead. This is the first of only three times in the series we don't see Sam leap out.