{"id":335,"date":"2022-10-12T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2022-10-12T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:33:51","slug":"so-help-me-god-episode-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/so-help-me-god-episode-18\/","title":{"rendered":"So Help Me God &#8211; Episode 18"},"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\/2022\/09\/episode-18-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/episode-18-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/episode-18-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/episode-18-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/episode-18-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/episode-18.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So Help Me God was the ninth episode of Quantum Leap\u2019s second season to air, with Sam taking on the role of a defence attorney during a racially charged murder trial. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss what makes a good witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"So Help Me God &amp;#8211; Episode 18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-12T07:30:00+01:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The ninth episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a defence attorney and tries to keep his client out of the electric chair.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"38.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5209\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-335-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.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\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=335-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"theleaphome-ep18-so-help-me-god.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 Leonard Dancey, a white lawyer in a southern town in the fifties. His client is Lila Berry (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tyraferrell\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyra Ferrell<\/a>), who is accused of murdering the son of &#8216;Captain&#8217; Colton Cotter (<a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/byrne-piven-influential-chicago-area-actor-and-teacher-dead-at-72-com-104138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byrne Piven<\/a>) with the case being heard by Judge Eugene Haller (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/10\/arts\/television\/william-schallert-father-on-the-patty-duke-show-dies-at-93.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Schallert<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Lila&#8217;s reluctance to tell the full story (and that of her colleague at the Cotter home, Myrtle (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kettylester.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ketty Lester<\/a>)) and despite some interference from prosecutor Bo Parsons (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pointpark.edu\/academics\/schools\/copa\/copadeptsmajors\/theatre\/faculty\/johnshepard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Shepard<\/a>) and Sheriff Dixon (<a href=\"https:\/\/latw.org\/artist-public-profile\/john-apicella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Apicella<\/a>), Sam works diligently and thinks he has the solution when he calls the Captain&#8217;s wife Sadie (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathleennoone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen Noone<\/a>) to give evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So Help Me God<\/em> was directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andy-cadiff-9aa3776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Cadiff<\/a>, the first of his three episodes in the chair. The writer was again Deborah Pratt, the fourth of her twenty writing credits on the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the power of faith.<\/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>So Help Me God<\/em> was released in 1989. It is 48 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 on Roku in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth episode of season 2. 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