{"id":921,"date":"2024-05-01T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2024-05-01T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T07:31:33","slug":"roberto-episode-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/roberto-episode-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto! &#8211; Episode 70"},"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\/04\/s4e17-web-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s4e17-web-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s4e17-web-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s4e17-web-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s4e17-web.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberto! was the seveneenth episode of Quantum Leap\u2019s fourth season to air, with Sam helping a colleague to expose a secret chemical weapons lab. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss plausible deniability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Roberto! &amp;#8211; Episode 70\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-05-01T07:30:00+01:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The seventeenth episode of season 4. Sam leaps into a TV presenter and has to help a colleague uncover a conspiracy.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"37.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9952\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-921-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=921-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep70-roberto.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leaphome-ep70-roberto.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 Roberto Gutierrez, a daytime TV host working for a local network in New Mexico. When his colleague Jani Eisenberg (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/delanematthews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DeLane Matthews<\/a>) challenges him to take on a serious news investigation, their next lead takes them to the nearby fertiliser plant run by Ed Saxton (<a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Jerry_Hardin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jerry Hardin<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>With a green light to investigate granted by station chief Earl Skinner (<a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/alan-oppenheimer-characters-most-iconic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alan Oppenheimer<\/a>), the pair look into the deaths of some sheep, a sighting of aliens by a man called Red Norton (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=865933282204556&amp;id=100063636757155&amp;set=a.563774475753773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dennis Fimple<\/a>) and the apparent murder of Saxton employee Rick Upfield (<a href=\"https:\/\/tfma.temple.edu\/staff-faculty\/marcus-giamatti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marcus Giamatti<\/a>), with shocking consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Roberto!<\/em> was directed by Scott Bakula, the second of his three stints in the chair. The writing credit went to Chris Ruppenthal, the ninth of his ten stories for the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered audience participation.<\/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>Roberto!<\/em> was released in 1992. 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 seventeenth episode of season 4. 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