S5.E5

Killin' Time - June 18, 1958

Episode aired Oct 20, 1992
TV-PG
46m

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Dean Stockwell and Carolyn Lowery in Quantum Leap (1989)

Sam leaps into a hostage situation as a fugitive killer. The real killer breaks out of the Project facility and is on the run in 1999.Sam leaps into a hostage situation as a fugitive killer. The real killer breaks out of the Project facility and is on the run in 1999.Sam leaps into a hostage situation as a fugitive killer. The real killer breaks out of the Project facility and is on the run in 1999.

Director
- Michael W. Watkins
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- Tommy Thompson
Stars

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7.9/10

459

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Director
- Michael W. Watkins
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- Tommy Thompson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Initially, there is no explanation for how Leon Stiles got a gun in the waiting room. The camera does not show the floor of the waiting room, until exactly 5 minutes and 9 seconds into the episode. Behind Leon and Al, and to the right of the blue waiting room's white table, an unconscious U.S. Marine Corps security guard can be clearly seen laying face down. It is dressed identically to another armed Marine guard that enters the hallway at 5 minutes and 42 seconds. If the viewer looks at the body carefully, a black pistol holster is visible by their waist. This is where Leon got the gun from.

What isn't shown nor explained, is why an armed Marine guard was needed in the waiting room, and how Leon managed to overpower them.

Goofs
During the 1999 portion of the episode, Leon Stiles drives the stolen car from a location near Trinity site, New Mexico to downtown Los Angeles, CA. After Al catches up and confronts him, Stiles then drives all the way back from where he started. It was mentioned that Al only has 90 minutes to track down Leon and bring him back, and makes it seem like L.A. was 20-30 miles down the road. In reality, the shortest drive would have been over 1,500 miles and a full day driving non-stop.