Quantum Leap (TV Series)
The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862 (1993)
Dean Stockwell: Al
Quotes
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[last lines]
Isaac King : I've been thinking. Once I'm a free man, I'm gonna need a last name like everybody else.
Olivia Barrett Covington : Got any ideas?
Isaac King : Well, I considered Lincoln. Considered Covington, since I've been with y'all since I was a boy. I considered Beckett, to thank you for takin' me with you, sir.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Well, you don't have to thank me, Isaac, but I'm flattered.
Isaac King : Most of all, I like the way I feels about bein' a free man. Makes a man feel like a king. So, if it ain't too uppity, I'd like to be called Isaac King.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Sam, you're not gonna believe this. Isaac here goes on to have a son named Emmanuel, and Emmanuel goes on to have a son...
Dr. Sam Beckett : King?
Isaac King : Something wrong with it?
Dr. Sam Beckett : No, no, no, i-it's fine.
Admiral Al Calavicci : And that son has a son - a very famous son: Martin Luther King.
Dr. Sam Beckett : I think that's a fine name, Isaac.
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Olivia Barrett Covington : Where's the other one?
Dr. Sam Beckett : The other what?
Olivia Barrett Covington : Whoever you were talking to.
Admiral Al Calavicci : I'm right here, Scarlett. Oh, she's lovely. I always had a thing for girls from the Deep South.
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Admiral Al Calavicci : We did confirm your theory.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Really?
Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah. Uh, Ziggy says, it's a "genetic, uh, field transference". But the bottom line is that the DNA of John's blood sample does match yours. So, congratulations, you're a great-grandfather!
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Dr. Sam Beckett : This is amazing!
Admiral Al Calavicci : I'll tell you what's amazing. Your great-grandmother's name just happened to be Olivia Covington... Beckett.
Dr. Sam Beckett : No!
Admiral Al Calavicci : Y-es!
Dr. Sam Beckett : No, no, n...
Admiral Al Calavicci : Oh, yes. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Your southern belle there is your sweetie, your bride-to-be, and your great-grandma all rolled in one. Ha-ha-ha!
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[Sam has leapt into Captain John Beckett, a soldier during the American Civil War]
Dr. Sam Beckett : Al, there was a John Beckett in my family. And he fought in the Civil War. He... he was my great-grandfather. I'm my great-grandfather? My great-grandfather fought with the Union forces in the Civil War. His name was John Beckett. My dad was named after him.
[he shows Al his written orders]
Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah, Captain John Beckett.
Dr. Sam Beckett : That'd explain this. It's the only reason I can figure out why I could leap outside my own lifetime.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Must've been some kind of genetic transfer or something.
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Admiral Al Calavicci : [of Olivia] Oh. That's a hell of a woman.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Yeah, well, hell is one word I would use.
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Admiral Al Calavicci : [about Lt. Montgomery] An officer, but... definitely not a gentleman.