Trilogy Part 1 – Episode 83

Trilogy Pt.1 was the eighth episode of Quantum Leap’s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into a Louisiana sheriff and building some strong connections. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss creepy children.

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Sam leaps into Clayton Fuller, a small town sheriff in 50s Louisiana. His first act is to drag the deceased body of Bart Aider from the creek, with the help of his Deputy, Bo Loman (Stephen Lee). It soon transpires that Fuller’s ten-year-old daughter, Abigail (Kimberly Cullum), was present when Aider died and is believed to have also been the last person to see Aider’s missing daughter, Violet (Heather Lauren Olson) alive two years earlier.

Incensed at this continued injustice, Violet’s mother (and Bart’s widow) Leta (Mary Gordon Murray) tries to persuade locals that Abigail is to blame for both deaths. Doc Kinman’s (Max Wright) autopsy is inconclusive, so Sam seeks advice from Abigail’s mother Laura (Meg Foster) at the nearby asylum. Meanwhile, Abigail has evaded the watchful eye of housekeeper Marie Billings (Fran Bennett) and headed back to her home, where Sam knows a fiery fate awaits her.

Trilogy Part 1 was directed by James Whitmore Jr, the eleventh of his fifteen episodes for the show. The writer was Deborah Pratt, the sixteenth of her twenty writing credits.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered whether some children are born evil.

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Trilogy Part 1 was released in 1992. It is 48 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries.