Quantum Leap (TV Series)
Raped - June 20, 1980 (1991)
Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Katie McBain
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[Sam has to testify as Katie at her rape trial the next morning]
Sam : Al. I think I figured out the solution to the problem.
Al : Well, then you're doing better than me and Ziggy.
Sam : Who's the one person who can tell us the truth about what happened that night?
Al : Katie.
Sam : Right. So we bring her in to testify.
Al : A-ha. How can we do that? She's in the waiting room.
Sam : No, wait a second. What if she's in the imaging chamber?
Al : And touching me!
Sam : Then I can see her.
Al : Yeah, but you couldn't hear her. And your lip-reading is terrible, as- Oh! I could repeat everything she says.
Sam : No, no, no, that would take too long. You have to figure out a way for me to hear her.
Al : How?
Sam : Well, I haven't figured that out. That's for you and Ziggy to work out.
Al : In twelve hours?
Sam : Oh, come on, twelve hours. What's twelve hours? You and Ziggy together? Come on!
Al : What makes you so sure?
Sam : It's all the time I got.
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[Kevin has been acquitted for the rape]
Nancy : I'm sorry. After your testimony, I was sure they'd convict him.
Colleen : You have to forget this, Katie. We'll, we'll-we'll go somewhere-, we'll go somewhere where no one know us.
Sam : I'm not running away. I've done nothing to be ashamed of.
Nancy : Your mom's right about putting it behind you, Katie.
Sam : How? How am I supposed to forget everything that's happened? And I'm not just talking about the rape, I'm talking about everything that's happened to me since then.
Nancy : I forgot by becoming a prosecuting attorney.
Sam : You were raped?
Nancy : [becoming emotional] Twelve years ago.
Al : The guy was never convicted.
Nancy : That's why I try to only take rape cases I think I can win. See, when I lose, I go through it all again.
Sam : [hugs her] I'm sorry.
Jim : Come on, honey.
Sam : Thank you for trying.
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[after failing to convict Kevin of rape]
Sam : I'm still here, so it must not be over yet.
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Shumway : Katie, this is Nancy Hudson, Assistant DA.
Nancy : Sorry this happened to you.
Sam : Yeah, me too. Thanks.
Nancy : Uuh... We have your statement. She looked at mug shots yet? Maybe we'll get lucky.
Sam : I don't think that that will be...
Shumway : We know the man.
Nancy : And?
Shumway : And he was her date.
Sam : Is that gonna be a problem?
Nancy : Katie, in cases like yours where the rapist was your friend, they're incredibly though to prove.
Sam : That doesn't give him a right to commit a crime. Rape is a crime, isn't it?
Nancy : I didn't say it wasn't. But all it takes is for you to say "yes", and it's not a crime. One word, Miss...
Sam : McBain.
Nancy : ...and we don't have a case. Isn't that right, Officer?
Shumway : Hey, look, I know we got burned on the last one, but... I'd bet my new fishing rod we can win this.
Nancy : Your *new* fishing rod, eh? That's serious.
Nancy : [to Sam] Look, I don't mean to make light of this situation, but... gotta be at a hearing in ten minutes. Katie, I'll tell you what. Tell you what, I'll review this file. Come back after lunch. Alone.
Shumway : You're hurting my feelings.
Sam : I'll be back, thanks.
Nancy : And I really am sorry.
[leaves, then quickly returns]
Nancy : Shumway, what would I do with your new fishing rod anyway?
Shumway : I'd... You'd loan it to me every weekend!
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Libby McBain : Damn it. This isn't real. Rape doesn't happen to my family, it happens to strangers on the news. Not to my sister. I'll go pay this. Not to my sister.
[she leaves]
Sam : But it did.
