At a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.At a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.At a Naval college, Sam must prevent a gay fellow classmate from being killed by a gang of other students.
Stephen Brown
- Cadet #3
- (uncredited)
James Handy
- Ross Tyler
- (uncredited)
Deborah Pratt
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Brian J. Williams
- Cadet #2
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaNBC affiliates in some areas of the US refused to air this episode during the initial broadcast due to the controversial nature of the storyline.
- GoofsAt about 44 minutes, when Ronnie is leaving, his duffle bumps into Al and Al's jacket moves. If Al is a hologram, that should not happen.
- Quotes
Dr. Sam Beckett: [as Tommy on why he was talking to himself after Al left] Yes. Yeah, my graduation speech. You know what they say, it's never too soon to start early.
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an honest and effective anti-homophobia treatment
My brother told me about this episode when it aired in Australia in the early nineties - but I had to wait for the DVD (in 2007) to see it myself. I'm impressed with how entertaining this episode is, while also dealing with a wide range of the issues around homophobia (including internalised homophobia).
I particularly appreciate that Sam is totally at ease in his temporary new skin as naval sports jock Tommy - readily accepting Ziggy's strong prediction (86%) that Tommy is gay.
Previous seasons of Quantum Leap have informed us that Sam Beckett is honest, compassionate and refreshingly free of prejudice. And so in this program Sam quickly pulls Al back into line for making ill-informed value judgements about Tommy's natural mannerisms.
This show has relevance to gays to the military - but it's really a universal statement that homophobia is everyone's problem.
I've always had a crush on Scott Bakula (and a boyhood crush on Dean Stockwell). I now have even more respect for these two fine actors.
This program alone is well worth the purchase price of the 4th season DVD set.
I particularly appreciate that Sam is totally at ease in his temporary new skin as naval sports jock Tommy - readily accepting Ziggy's strong prediction (86%) that Tommy is gay.
Previous seasons of Quantum Leap have informed us that Sam Beckett is honest, compassionate and refreshingly free of prejudice. And so in this program Sam quickly pulls Al back into line for making ill-informed value judgements about Tommy's natural mannerisms.
This show has relevance to gays to the military - but it's really a universal statement that homophobia is everyone's problem.
I've always had a crush on Scott Bakula (and a boyhood crush on Dean Stockwell). I now have even more respect for these two fine actors.
This program alone is well worth the purchase price of the 4th season DVD set.
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- jvframe
- Sep 14, 2007
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- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - 900 Exposition Boulevard, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA('Prescott Naval Academy'; daytime exterior)
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