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Quantum Leap (s01e07)

The Color of Truth

Howard Matthew Johnson (as an older Black man, Jesse Tyler) looks out from a reflection in a window at Scott Bakula (as Sam Beckett).

Eloi Silver Medal

by Deborah Pratt, directed by Michael Vejar

TV Episode
Science Fiction
Adults
Definite Time Travel
English
“The Color of Truth” by Deborah Pratt, directed by Michael Vejar (NBC-TV, USA, 3 May 1989).

Upon arriving in an Alabama diner in 1955, Sam sits at the counter and sees an elderly Black man looking back at him from the mirror.

—Michael Main

You’re hear to save her tomorrow, not to initiate the civil rights activity in the South.

Tags

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Time Periods
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: 8–10 August 1955
Time Travel Methods
- Time Tethers: with an uncooperative retrieval mechanism
Themes
- Identity Illusion
- Incorporeal Traveler: Al is mostly incorporeal in this episode.
- Touched by a Time Traveler: Sam’s touch affects Nell Tyler, Miz Melny, and the entire town
Real-World Tags
- Civil Rights Movements
Groupings
- Quantum Leap
- Quantum Leap

Variants

(1)

“The Color of Truth” by Deborah Pratt, directed by Michael Vejar (NBC-TV, USA, 3 May 1989).

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Deborah Pratt

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Michael Vejar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Donald P. Bellisario

Indexer Notes

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Melny Trafford was not a real historical person.