S3.E21

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Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962

Episode aired May 15, 1991
TV-PG
48m

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Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.Sam must deal with the panic associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis as a Florida fallout shelter salesman.

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Scott Bakula

Dr. Sam Beckett…

Dean Stockwell

Timothy Carhart

Mac Ellroy

Kurt Fuller

Burt 'The Turtle' Rosencranz

Kim Flowers

Kate Ellroy

Robert Hy Gorman

Stevie Ellroy

Candace Hutson

Kimberly Ellroy
(as Candy Hutson)

Delia Salvi

Mrs. Klingman

Patrick M. Bruneau

Eddie Ellroy

Celia Lovsky

Piano Teacher
(uncredited)

Alan Young

Wilbur Post
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Bruce A. Young

Butch
(uncredited)

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- James Whitmore Jr.
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Trivia
This one does not end with Sam's trademark "Oh boy" exclamation, because Sam is gagged and about to receive an electric shock designed for mental patients.

Goofs
The Zenith Solid State Chromacolor II television in the living room is of early 1980s vintage. The trademark information can be clearly seen on the front of the set. There were no solid-state televisions or rectangular tube color sets in 1962.

Quotes
Dr. Sam Beckett: [pitching an atom bomb shelter] There you have it: the, er... Ellroy Super-Deluxe, designed to let you sit back, relax and... survive in style. So, er... what do you think?
Mrs. Klingman: I think your pitch needs work.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Yeah, well... I'm not really much of a salesman. It's kind of my first day here.
Mrs. Klingman: No, we don't need so much space. It's only me and my husband. We only have so much from his pension and what I make teaching piano.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Mrs. Klingman... you don't have to worry, they're not going to attack us.
[she shudders and moans]
Dr. Sam Beckett: What? What is it? Here, s... sit down, sit down. What's wrong? You okay?
[Sam sees a serial number tattooed on her forearm]
Dr. Sam Beckett: I'm, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
Mrs. Klingman: [shrugs] It was a long time ago.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Whatever I said to upset you, I'm really sorry.
Mrs. Klingman: No, no, no, no, no. No, it was the words. "Don't worry. They're not going to attack us." I heard those words before. I believed, and look at what happened. Dachau, Buchenwald... Now it is happening all over again. And this time, there will be no survivors.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Then why waste your money on a shelter?
Mrs. Klingman: [laughing] You're right. You're not much of a salesman!