Quantum Leap (TV Series)

Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956 (1992)

Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Nikos Stathatos

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Quotes 

• [Vanessa has asked Sam about one very bright star] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : That's not a star, that's a planet. That's Venus. Named for the goddess of love, born from the sea. A reminder to all men's souls that... true love is the only love worth having.

  Vanessa Foster : That's really beautiful.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Yeah, it is.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : [narrating]  Despite all of Al's assurances, it wasn't easy finding food in this tropical paradise. After four hours of playing hide and seek with the crabs, I finally found something. Meanwhile, Vanessa found everything else.

• Vanessa Foster : This is so unfair!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [as Nikos]  Trust me. You could not handle fair.

  Vanessa Foster : Yeah? Just try me.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : You eat what you find. I'll eat what I find. How's that for fair?

• [Sam has leaped into a shipwrecked Greek man - literally into the ocean] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [narrating]  When you leap for a living, you expect to land in some stormy situations, but doing a half gainer into an unknown ocean? Somehow the words 'above and beyond' seemed inadequate.

• [when rummaging through Vanessa's chest, Sam picks up a contemporary bra] 

  Vanessa Foster : What're you doing? Get your grubby paws out of my... Give- Give me that!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Trust me, I have no interest in your underwear.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : I knew it. The sun is getting to his mind.

• Vanessa Foster : Now what're you looking for?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Just... praying that you've got some food and water in here.

  Vanessa Foster : It's a hope chest, not a picnic basket.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : That sounds more like a no-hope chest.

• [in order to make their raft lighter, Sam is throwing out stuff from Vanessa's chest] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [hauling out a heavy box under Vanessa's protests]  Oh, my God, what the heck is this? What is this?

  Vanessa Foster : Grandmama's sterling silver!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Sunken treasure!

  [he drops the box in the ocean, then picks up a golden urn] 

  Vanessa Foster : NO! NO!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What, it's Grandmama's favorite vase?

  Vanessa Foster : No. Grandmama.

• [Sam and Vanessa are fighting over the wedding veil] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : We need a veil to catch the fish in!

  Vanessa Foster : Look- lookit! I'm telling you. You threw away my favorite shoes, you used my wedding dress as a sail. You are NOT going fishing with my grandmama's veil!

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I won't tell her if you don't.

• [Sam is increasingly frustrated with Vanessa] 

  Admiral Al Calavicci : It just proves that you care for her a lot.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : No way.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Hey, listen, there's no way she would get this bad under your skin, unless you had feelings for her.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : The only feelings I have for her are homicidal!

• Vanessa Foster : When we get back, I'm reporting you to Daddy.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Is that a threat?

  Vanessa Foster : My father owns the largest shipping company in the United States. He's been on the cover of Look magazine. He's frequently quoted in the Journal.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : You sound like his press agent, not his daughter.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : My dad taught me the names of all the constellations. He said if I knew the names of the stars above our home, then I could never be alone, because I could always look up and know that he and Mom were looking at the same stars.