{"id":937,"date":"2024-05-08T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2024-05-08T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:59:58","slug":"its-a-wonderful-leap-episode-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/its-a-wonderful-leap-episode-71\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Wonderful Leap &#8211; Episode 71"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s4e18-web-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s4e18-web-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s4e18-web-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s4e18-web-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s4e18-web.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Leap was the eighteenth episode of Quantum Leap\u2019s fourth season to air, with Sam receiving help from a guardian angel. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss divine intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"It&amp;#8217;s a Wonderful Leap &amp;#8211; Episode 71\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-05-08T08:51:56+01:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The eighteenth episode of season 4. Sam leaps into an NYC cab driver and tries to save him from being murdered, with a little outside assistance.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"33.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6410\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-937-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.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-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=937-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leaphome-ep71-its-a-wonderful-leap.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 Max Greenman (reflection: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/partridgeross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ross Partridge<\/a>), a taxi driver in New York who&#8217;s trying to win a medallion so he can start his own business and give his father, Lenny (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.co.uk\/authors\/Jerry-Adler\/218879698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jerry Adler<\/a>), something to live for. He&#8217;s aided in this endeavour by self-proclaimed guardian angel Angelita (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2016\/11\/the-decades-long-gilmore-girls-friendship-you-didnt-know-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Torres<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>With help from Angelita and Al, Sam helps avoid Max&#8217;s murder, but is robbed of his takings and denied his medallion by taxi mogul Frank O&#8217;Connor (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Iacangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Peter Iacangelo<\/a>). Along the way, Sam gives a cab ride to Fred Trump (<a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Vaughn_Armstrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vaughn Armstrong<\/a>) and his irritating son, Donald (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1430042\/bio\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Thomson<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Leap<\/em> was directed by Paul Brown, the only directorial stint for a regular writer and producer on the show. The writing credit was shared between Brown and <em>GI Jane<\/em> writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/danielle-alexandra-4142a242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Danielle Alexandra<\/a>, her only contribution to <em>Quantum Leap<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered the family business.<\/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>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Leap<\/em> was released in 1992. 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