Fate's Wide Wheel: A Quantum Leap Podcast

Sam leaps into Jesse Tyler, an elderly black chauffeur to Ms. Melny Trafford, an elderly white women. Sam is there to prevent Ms. Melny from driving her car into the path of an oncoming train the following day, but when Sam, unaware he’s leapt into a black man, sits at a lunch counter in segregated … [Continue reading The Color of Truth – August 8, 1955 →](http://fwwquantumleappod.blubrry.net/2017...

Sam is Frankie, a mob hitman in New York City, 1965. Ziggy says Sam is not there to right a wrong, but to perform a number of specific tasks in preparation for the project’s next attempt to retrieve Sam back to the present. Guest, Christopher J. Steward, joins Sam Fain and Dennis to break down … [Continue reading Double Identity – November 8, 1965 →](http://fwwquantumleappod.blubrry.net/2017/10/17...

Sam leaps into “Doc” Daniel Young, a veterinarian working on a Texas ranch. He is quickly drawn into a “cowboy off” with Tess, the ranch owner’s daughter, in a quest to win her hand at marriage. Oh, boy! See also, Piggy Sooie! Sam, Dennis, and guest star and Chicago musician, Claire Feeney, discuss cowboy feminism, … [Continue reading How the Tess Was Won – August 5, 1956 →](http://fwwquantumleapp...

Sam Fain thinks “The Right Hand of God” is an over-plotted, too-complicated-for-its-own-good hour of television. Dennis thinks it is a perfectly enjoyable hour of television and worthy entry into the “Quantum Leap” canon. The two hosts spar it out. Who is Sam this episode? Sam is Kid Cody, a heavyweight boxer on the take in … [Continue reading The Right Hand of God – October 24, 1974 →](http://fww...

Episode description: Sam is a womanizing college professor in 1972 who must deflect the advances of an amorous student. Meanwhile, he encounters Donna (Teri Hatcher), the woman who will later stand up Sam at the altar. “Sam is the creepiest mayor of Creep Town who ever crept,” Dennis argues at the outset of this episode. … [Continue reading Star-Crossed – June 15, 1972 →](http://fwwquantumleappod....

Sam and Dennis, along with guest host and complete Quantum Leap newbie, Jessica Conger, discuss the premiere episode. What the hell is up with Al in that first scene? What is it like describing String Theory to President Clinton? What scenes did Sam and Dennis recreate in their high school and college drama classes? All … [Continue reading Genesis (Pilot Episode) →](http://fwwquantumleappod.blubrr...

In the first episode, hosts Sam and Dennis talk about how they discovered “Quantum Leap” in their childhoods, their time travel nerdery, and why they decided to name their podcast after a perhaps obscure reference from the third season. Oh, boy! We frequently use these references: Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum … [Continue reading Episode Alpha – Prelude →](http://fwwquan...