Quantum Leap (TV Series)

Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962 (1991)

Delia Salvi: Mrs. Klingman

Quotes 

• Dr. Sam Beckett : [pitching an atom bomb shelter]  There you have it: the, er... Ellroy Super-Deluxe, designed to let you sit back, relax and... survive in style. So, er... what do you think?

  Mrs. Klingman : I think your pitch needs work.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Yeah, well... I'm not really much of a salesman. It's kind of my first day here.

  Mrs. Klingman : No, we don't need so much space. It's only me and my husband. We only have so much from his pension and what I make teaching piano.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Mrs. Klingman... you don't have to worry, they're not going to attack us.

  [she shudders and moans] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What? What is it? Here, s... sit down, sit down. What's wrong? You okay?

  [Sam sees a serial number tattooed on her forearm] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I'm, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...

  Mrs. Klingman : [shrugs]  It was a long time ago.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Whatever I said to upset you, I'm really sorry.

  Mrs. Klingman : No, no, no, no, no. No, it was the words. "Don't worry. They're not going to attack us." I heard those words before. I believed, and look at what happened. Dachau, Buchenwald... Now it is happening all over again. And this time, there will be no survivors.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Then why waste your money on a shelter?

  Mrs. Klingman : [laughing]  You're right. You're not much of a salesman!