Mirror Image – Episode 97

Mirror Image was the last episode of Quantum Leap to air, with Sam leaping into himself amidst some familiar faces and unusual coincidences. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the show’s finale and look back over the whole series.

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Sam leaps into a mining community in Pittsburgh, PA at the moment of his own birth and meets an enigmatic barman called Al (Bruce McGill). Amongst a string of coincidences he encounters a miner called Gooshie (William Morgan Sheppard), workers called Tonchi and Pete (John D’Aquino and Brad Silverman) who resemble Frank and Jimmy LaMotta, and a man called Ziggy (Richard Herd) who is identical to Captain Galaxy, Mel Stein.

When Tonchi and Pete are trapped in the mine it’s Sam and an arthritic man named Stawpah (Stephen McHattie) who mastermind their rescue over the initial objections of mine owner Mr Collins (Mike Genovese). Sam is further confounded when he sees Stawpah leap out and finds nobody else remembers him. After a talk with the barman, Sam realises he has one big wrong to put right and leaps back to meet with his friend Al’s wife Beth (Susan Diol).

Mirror Image was directed by James Whitmore Jr., the last of his fifteen episodes. The writer was Donald P. Bellisario, the last of his nineteen writing credits for the show.

In this episode Gerry and Iain considered partings.

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Mirror Image was released in 1993. It is 47 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.