Quantum Leap (TV Series)
Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953 (1989)
Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Nick Allen
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Quotes
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Dr. Sam Beckett : I read this book Nick's writing. That's why I know everything. It's not déjà vu.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Another illusion shattered forever.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Nick and Alison loved each other but they were too loyal to Phil to do anything about it. Listen to this: "The heat between us was like a six-day jaunt in the Sahara, but out ties to Phil were as tight as the drunk on the corner stool."
Admiral Al Calavicci : Not exactly Faulkner.
Dr. Sam Beckett : You can say that again. I think I'm here to find Phil's killer so that Allison and I can live happily ever after.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Sam, don't you mean Allison and Nick?
Dr. Sam Beckett : Well, yeah, sure.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Sam, you know, Allison could be the killer.
Dr. Sam Beckett : No.
Admiral Al Calavicci : No? Why do you say no? Because "her body could part the Red Army?"
Dr. Sam Beckett : No, because we've got Klapper.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Careful, Sam, there was no cure for that in 1953.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Al, Klapper is the dropper who shot Phil. At least that's the rumor.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah, but people hire droppers.
Dr. Sam Beckett : It wasn't Allison. But whoever it was is probably here in Nick's book. So, if you could just find me "Dead Men Don't Die".
Admiral Al Calavicci : I doubt that it was published under that title.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Check under Nick Allen.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Maybe he used a nom de plume. I would.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Just have Ziggy do it, okay? That's what computers are for. Just find me the rest of this book, because for the life of me, I can't remember how it ended.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Well, it wasn't with Allison and Nick living happily ever after.
Dr. Sam Beckett : You read it?
Admiral Al Calavicci : No, but if it ended like that, why would you be here?
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[Al has returned with the book about the case Sam is living]
Dr. Sam Beckett : Who killed Phil?
Admiral Al Calavicci : I don't know.
Dr. Sam Beckett : What do you mean you don't know? You've got the book, I saw you.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah, but, you know, it's an unfinished mystery. It's one of those contest books that had in the '50s. You figure out who did the murder and if the cops can prove it, then you win ten grand.
[hold up the book]
Dr. Sam Beckett : Al, it says "Who Killed Grimsley *and* Allen?"
Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah, I thought you'd notice that last part.
Dr. Sam Beckett : How did I die?
Admiral Al Calavicci : Back-stomped an ounce of lead.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Klapper?
Admiral Al Calavicci : Probably, but nobody ever collected on it.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Who did the readers suspect?
Admiral Al Calavicci : Everybody from Joseph Stalin to Colonel Mustard. But most of the folks voted for your paramour, the Red Widow.
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[Sam has the theory that Allison and Seymour are going to be killed by Klapper]
Dr. Sam Beckett : I don't know, Al, it just seems like... the most logical explanation.
Admiral Al Calavicci : A more logical one is that Allison is Klapper. You want to have safe sex with her, you'd better wear a bullet proof vest.
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Admiral Al Calavicci : Sam, I think...
Dr. Sam Beckett : Don't say it, Al.
Admiral Al Calavicci : ...this is the start of a wonderful friendship.
Dr. Sam Beckett : You couldn't resist, could you?
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Dr. Sam Beckett : Just find me the rest of this book, you know, because for the life of me, I can't remember how it ended.
Admiral Al Calavicci : Well, it wasn't with Allison and Nick living happily ever after.
Dr. Sam Beckett : You read it?
Admiral Al Calavicci : No. But if it ended like that, why would you be here? So they could live unhappily ever after?
