{"id":360,"date":"2022-10-26T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:39:23","slug":"a-portrait-for-troian-episode-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/a-portrait-for-troian-episode-20\/","title":{"rendered":"A Portrait for Troian &#8211; Episode 20"},"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\/10\/episode-20-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A Portrait for Troian - The Leap Home - Episode 20\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/episode-20-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/episode-20-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/episode-20-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/episode-20-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/episode-20.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Portrait for Troian was the eleventh episode of Quantum Leap\u2019s second season to air, with Sam taking on the role of a parapsychologist hired to find a ghost before the woman it&#8217;s haunting goes mad. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the supernatural and their ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"A Portrait for Troian &amp;#8211; Episode 20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-26T07:30:00+01:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The eleventh episode of season 2. Sam leaps into a parapsychologist to help a woman who is hearing the voice of her deceased husband.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"35.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4364\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-360-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.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-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=360-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"theleaphome-ep20-a-portrait-for-troian.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 Dr Timothy Mintz (briefly portrayed by Donald P. Bellisario) who is a parapsychologist trying to help Troian Claridge (Deborah Pratt) who has been hearing the voice of her deceased husband around her home and its grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>With creepy housekeeper Mrs Stoltz (<a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Carolyn_Seymour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Carolyn Seymour<\/a>) and Troian&#8217;s brother Jimmy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobtorti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert Torti<\/a>) running interference, Sam must work out who is behind this attack on Troian&#8217;s sanity, what they are trying to achieve and how to stop them before she joins her husband in the murky depths of the family lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Portrait for Troian<\/em> was directed by Michael Zinberg, the second of his nine shows in the chair. The writers were Donald Bellisario, Scott Shepherd and John Hill, with this episode representing the final writing credits on the show for Shepherd and Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the difference between ghosts and skeletons.<\/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>A Portrait for Troian<\/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 eleventh episode of season 2. 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