Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953
- Episode aired May 17, 1989
- TV-PG
- 1h
Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.Sam, in the body of a Bogie-like shamus, teams up with a 'neat kid' to find the hit man who killed his partner.
- N.Y. Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- Gloria Collins
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first episode in which Sam leaps into someone at a time before his birth on August 8, 1953. However, it is still within his lifetime as his mother Thelma would have been five months pregnant with him on April 14, 1953.
- GoofsAlthough this episode takes place in April 1953, the June 1956 issue of "Official Detective Stories" is on sale at Seymour's newsstand.
- Quotes
Dr. Sam Beckett: I read this book Nick's writing. That's why I know everything. It's not déjà vu.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Another illusion shattered forever.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Nick and Alison loved each other but they were too loyal to Phil to do anything about it. Listen to this: "The heat between us was like a six-day jaunt in the Sahara, but out ties to Phil were as tight as the drunk on the corner stool."
Admiral Al Calavicci: Not exactly Faulkner.
Dr. Sam Beckett: You can say that again. I think I'm here to find Phil's killer so that Allison and I can live happily ever after.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Sam, don't you mean Allison and Nick?
Dr. Sam Beckett: Well, yeah, sure.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Sam, you know, Allison could be the killer.
Dr. Sam Beckett: No.
Admiral Al Calavicci: No? Why do you say no? Because "her body could part the Red Army?"
Dr. Sam Beckett: No, because we've got Klapper.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Careful, Sam, there was no cure for that in 1953.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Al, Klapper is the dropper who shot Phil. At least that's the rumor.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Yeah, but people hire droppers.
Dr. Sam Beckett: It wasn't Allison. But whoever it was is probably here in Nick's book. So, if you could just find me "Dead Men Don't Die".
Admiral Al Calavicci: I doubt that it was published under that title.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Check under Nick Allen.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Maybe he used a nom de plume. I would.
Dr. Sam Beckett: Just have Ziggy do it, okay? That's what computers are for. Just find me the rest of this book, because for the life of me, I can't remember how it ended.
Admiral Al Calavicci: Well, it wasn't with Allison and Nick living happily ever after.
Dr. Sam Beckett: You read it?
Admiral Al Calavicci: No, but if it ended like that, why would you be here?
- ConnectionsFeatures Quantum Leap: Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961 (1989)
His partner Phil is found dead and Nick is initially in the frame for his murder. Nick's widow is beautiful femme fatale Allison Grimsley (Claudia Christian) who Phil has the hots for.
Al gives Sam the bad news. Nick is next in line for the drop and Allison is the likely culprit. Sam finds this hard to believe.
The episode plays out like a cheap detective novel as well as a Bogart pastiche. There is a lot of fun to be had by Sam being mistaken for Bogart including by a young Woody Allen.
Despite Nick's life being in peril it was somehow a low thrill episode. I could not understand why Sam would want to upset Al because of his suspicions about Allison.
- Prismark10
- Oct 13, 2020