Sam does a double leap at one location: First into hitman Frankie LaPalma at the moment when
he and Don Geno’s former girlfriend are in the sack together, and then as Don Geno himself.
— Michael Main
Who ever heard of one lousy hairdryer blacking out all of the East Coast?
DEBUT
Quantum Leap (s01e06), “Double Identity” (NBC-TV, USA,
21 April 1989).
VARIANTS
Debut. Quantum Leap (s01e06), “Double Identity” (NBC-TV, USA, 21 April 1989).
From Doc Young’s porch in Lubbock, Texas, mid-August 1956 ⋙ to Don Geno’s attic, Brooklyn, New York, 8 November 1965. Note: into gangster Frankie LaPalma.
From Don Geno’s attic, Brooklyn, New York, 9 November 1965 ⋙ to same location and time at an unknown time. Note: now in Don Geno’s body!
From a bingo game in the St. Francis church, Brooklyn, New York, 9 November 1965 ⋙ to standing in Patty’s Cafe in Rigada, Alabama, 8 August 1955. Note: into Jesse Tyler, an elderly Blxck man.
From the imaging chamber at the project lab, New Mexico desert, circa 1996 ⋙ to various locations and times in the episode at an unknown time. Multiple round trips. Note: Al’s hologram.
Who ever heard of one lousy hairdryer blacking out all of the East Coast?
1 English variant