{"id":1184,"date":"2025-01-01T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:15:51","slug":"mirror-image-episode-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/mirror-image-episode-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror Image &#8211; Episode 97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/s5e22-web-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/s5e22-web-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/s5e22-web-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/s5e22-web-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/s5e22-web.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mirror Image was the last episode of Quantum Leap to air, with Sam leaping into himself amidst some familiar faces and unusual coincidences. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the show&#8217;s finale and look back over the whole series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Mirror Image &amp;#8211; Episode 97\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-01-01T07:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H12M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The final episode of the series. Sam leaps into a Pittsburgh bar at the moment of his own birth and starts to notice a series of strange coincidences.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"49.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1312\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1184-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1184-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leaphome-ep-97-mirror-image.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/podcasts\/c5dd4131-a2ea-46cb-ba8a-426a2c86cd27\/the-leap-home\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam leaps into a mining community in Pittsburgh, PA at the moment of his own birth and meets an enigmatic barman called Al (Bruce McGill). Amongst a string of coincidences he encounters a miner called Gooshie (William Morgan Sheppard), workers called Tonchi and Pete (John D&#8217;Aquino and Brad Silverman) who resemble Frank and Jimmy LaMotta, and a man called Ziggy (Richard Herd) who is identical to Captain Galaxy, Mel Stein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>When Tonchi and Pete are trapped in the mine it&#8217;s Sam and an arthritic man named Stawpah (Stephen McHattie) who mastermind their rescue over the initial objections of mine owner Mr Collins (Mike Genovese). Sam is further confounded when he sees Stawpah leap out and finds nobody else remembers him. After a talk with the barman, Sam realises he has one big wrong to put right and leaps back to meet with his friend Al&#8217;s wife Beth (Susan Diol).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mirror Image<\/em> was directed by James Whitmore Jr., the last of his fifteen episodes. The writer was Donald P. Bellisario, the last of his nineteen writing credits for the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered partings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion continues in the comments below and please keep in touch with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theleaphome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the show here on the website, on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7YSRg1N8zZk&amp;list=PLCILaj2ibVvN0_1yJfLKbD5DbUmIIMYs1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/ak1maqxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/plfNy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/listen.stitcher.com\/yvap\/?af_dp=stitcher:\/\/show\/695426&amp;af_web_dp=https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/695426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVsZWFwaG9tZS5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a> or wherever you find your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mirror Image<\/em> was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peacock<\/a> streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final episode of the series. 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