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Quantum Leap/Roberto!
| Roberto! | |
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| Season 4, Episode 17 | |
| Airdate | March 11, 1992 |
| Production Number | 67326 |
| Written by | Chris Ruppenthal |
| Directed by | Scott Bakula |
| ← 4x16 Ghost Ship |
4x18 → It's a Wonderful Leap |
| Quantum Leap — Season Four | |
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Roberto! is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of Quantum Leap, and the seventieth episode overall.
Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)
Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)
Guest Starring: DeLane Matthews (Jani Eisenberg), Alan Oppenheimer (Earl Skinner), Jerry Hardin (Ed Saxton), Michael Heintzman (Tim), Marcus Giamatti (Rick Upfield), Don Gibb (Jeeters)
Co-Starring: Barbara Tarbuck (Esther), Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Herself), Charles Dougherty (Jeeters), Dennis Fimple (Red Norton), Victor Talmadge (Foreman/Hank)
with Sherri Lynn Rothman (Dawn), Gregg Binkley (Deputy), Paul-Felix Montez (Ernesto), Andrew Roa (Roberto/Mirror)
Uncredited: Deborah Pratt (Narrator)
Contents |
Plot Overview
Sam is an abrasive host of a sensationalistic talk show for a news network. He joins up with a legit reporter who works on a story that threatens to uncover something that could put her life in jeopardy.
Notes
Leap Date
- January 27, 1982
Location
- Destiny, New Mexico
Arc Advancement
Happenings
- Al points to Sam where Project Quantum Leap will one day be built, according to him, in seven years.
- Sam teases Roberto's audience of an upcoming story of him being abducted by aliens and held in an all white room, implying that his hosts may have some memory of being in the waiting room.
Characters
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
- After Saxton is introduced, he moves to Sam's right. On the TV behind him, you can see concert footage from "Glitter Rock".
Behind the Scenes
Allusions and References
- As Al points out, Roberto seems to be a local version Geraldo Rivera who a similarly styled talk show at that point, which proceeded Roberto's. By the time this episode aired, there was an onstage brawl that led to his nose getting broken, which the teaser seems to be based on.
