Sam leaps into the body of executive secretary Samantha Stormer during a time rife with
sexual harrassment that hadn’t yet been challenged or even given a name.
— Michael Main
You know, this is degrading. First he chases me around the office, then he says I gotta
wear lipstick
DEBUT
Quantum Leap (s02e04), “What Price Gloria?” (NBC-TV,
USA, 25 October 1989).
VARIANTS
Debut. Quantum Leap (s02e04), “What Price Gloria?” (NBC-TV, USA, 25 October 1989).
From a church in Oak Creek, Ohio, later in August 1953 ⋙ to sitting at the lunch counter in Patty’s Cafe in Rigada, Alabama, 8 August 1955. Note: At the end of the previous episode, Sam jumps again to the opening scene of “The Color of Truth.” Officially, this was to not confuse the TV audience, since this episode [s02e03] was followed by a rerun of “The Color of Truth.” However, the real story is that God was a little caught off guard by the successful renewal of Project Quantum Leap’s funding. This caused Her momentary confusion, and She parked Sam briefly back in that rerun before moving him on to his actual next mission in this episode.
From Sam's temporary parking spot, 8 August 1955 ⋙ to a bathtub in Detroit, 16 October 1961. Note: into executive secretary Samantha Stormer.
From a Detroit office building, 18 October 1961 ⋙ to a NYC concert hall, 1 November 1989. Note: into blind pianist Andrew Ross.
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.
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
Time Travel Trivia—Sam first leapt into Samantha Stormer at the end of “<a href='3509'>Play It Again, Seymour</a>” [s01e09], but in the next episode, “<a href='3510'>Honeymoon Express</a>” [s02e01], he’s not in Samantha’s body. So what happened? We believe that God realized that Al was in immediate need of help to obtain continued funding for Project Quantum Leap, so he temporarily took leap Sam out of Samantha Stormer and into Diane McBride’s new husband (with a brief stop to rescue Ginger) because helping Diane on the Honeymoon Express train indirectly helped Al obtain the needed funding. Eventually, in this episode, God did arrange for Sam to come back to Samantha Stormer and her bathtub.
You know, this is degrading. First he chases me around the office, then he says I gotta
wear lipstick
1 English variant