Quantum Leap (TV Series)

The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969 (1992)

Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Joe Thurlow

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Quotes 

• Neil : [as he barges in on a hanky-panky between his mother and Sam]  My God, Mom! What would Dad say?

  ["Oh, boy" pause] 

  Neil : I mean... what would he say?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [as Joe]  I can well imagine that this might look a little, you know...

  Jane Lindhurst : Neil, your father has been dead for three years, and not once during that time has he said a word. I don't think he's gonna start now.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : You can't hit a home run if you don't come up to the plate.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : I thought the only way to make a good impression was to show them that I was a good actor. However, no matter how hard I tried, only one thought kept running through my mind: did people throw rotten vegetables at bad actors in the sixties?

• [Sam has just had to perform in his play nude] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I've never been so totally and completely humiliated in my life!

  Admiral Al Calavicci : What are you complaining about? You should be proud. That audience was riveted!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Oh, please.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : It was like they were watching... a car wreck. Like it was horrible, but you were too fascinated to look away.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Thank you. Thank you for your support!

• Admiral Al Calavicci : [about his fifth wife]  She always had a dream of skating. Professionally. In the roller derby.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Roller derby?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah. And it was hard watching her build her hopes up for those tryouts, you know, and then fail. Er, she never got it. She fell on her tushy all the time.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Al.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : So she tried a little ice skating. But it wasn't the same. It wasn't the same. Finally we broke up.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Are you telling me that you broke up with your fifth wife, because she couldn't get into the roller derby game?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : No, she ran off with a bricklayer.

• Neil : [to Jane]  Tonight, we'd like to take you someplace special.

  Liz : Uh...

  Neil : Your choice.

  Liz : We want your fiftieth birthday to be one you won't forget.

  Jane Lindhurst : Oh, boy.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Hmm, you can say that again.

• [Petra enters Sam's/Joe's dressing room, only covered with a towel] 

  Petra : Hi.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : [delighted]  Ophelia!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Petra, hi. Oh!

  [he accidentally drops his own towel] 

  Petra : [also dropping her towel and throwing herself onto Sam]  Joe! Oh...

  Jane Lindhurst : [entering with her family]  Joe!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Jane?

  Neil : Mom.

  Jane Lindhurst : [leaving]  Ted!

  Ted : [following her]  Uh, Jane...

  Admiral Al Calavicci : [still drooling]  Ophelia.

  Liz : Neil!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Oh, boy.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : Nobody knows what the future holds. I could be dead tomorrow. Or we could live together for the next 50 years. Take a chance.