QUANTUM LEAP - REUNIONS
ACT 3B
TAMLYN
Do you feel that? It's like a
strange energy entered the room.
SAM
It must be...
(turns around; sees Al)
Al, you found me.
Tamlyn smiles.
AL
Yeah, it wasn't so difficult this
time.
(looks over Sam's shoulder)
Hey, wait a minute. Isn't that,
what's-her-name?
SAM
Yes. Tamlyn, I'd like you to meet
Al.
TAMLYN
Hi, Al.
(to Sam)
I could feel him in the room...
AL
She could do that before. It gives
me the heebee-jeebies. So you told
her about me?
TAMLYN
Just like before; I could feel his
presence...
Well, I'll give you two a minute. I'll
go get the tea.
She goes to the kitchen.
SAM
She can feel you because of her
psychic ability, Al. And yes, I told
her. I think maybe you found me a
little easier this time because I was
telling Tamlyn about myself and
the Quantum Leap project...
AL
No -
(drags out the word)
we found you because, between
Teresa and Sammy Jo, we had some
of the finest minds in the world
today working on it.
SAM
Teresa?
(calls out to Tamlyn)
Tamlyn, it's Teresa.
Tamlyn returns with the teapot.
TAMLYN
What about Teresa, Sam.
SAM
Al, is she with the Project?
(nods to Tamlyn after Al
says "Yeah")
AL
Yeah. Right after you leaped into
her, I gave her a call.
SAM
But that was BEFORE I saw her at
the wedding.
TAMLYN
See, Sam... Teresa's life is exactly
as it should be.
Sam grins and nods yes.
AL
No, right after you leaped into
her... What wedding? What're
ya'all talking about?
SAM
It's OK, Al. It's a time-thing!
Tamlyn told me Teresa would be
OK; and she was right....
So tell me more about Teresa and
Sammy Jo.
AL
Sounds more like a psychic time
thing! I have a feeling I'm gonna
be lost around you two...
(he looks uneasily back and
forth between Sam and
Tamlyn until he says the word
"anyhow")
Teresa is a whiz at this Quantum
Physics stuff; she changed her
major after her visit to the waiting
room. Anyhow... when I talked to
her on the phone... it turns out she
was hoping I would call! She was
so interested in the project, I sent
a car over for her; right then and
there! Hired her on the spot...
And she and Sammy hit it off
immediately. They've been
working on everything, including
the Search Program. They totally
re-did it! And That's why we
found you.
SAM
Teresa and Sammy working
together! Well, I'm sure they have
improved the Search Program, but
I think that's only part of it. I
think you were also aided by
Tamlyn's thoughts, strengthening
the pull to Ziggy.
AL
Sam, do you believe in all that
psychic mumbo-jumbo stuff?
SAM
Yes, I do. And I think in the
future, Ziggy could be aided by
the psychic pull from Tamlyn when
you need to find me.
AL and TAMLYN, together:
In the future?
SAM
(takes Tamlyn by the hands)
If you don't mind having me
around.
TAMLYN
Oh, Sam.
(embraces him)
You'd make my dreams come true.
AL
Are you sure about this? What
about your work?
SAM
Al, I've never been so certain
about anything before in my entire
life. Tamlyn, would you mind if I
leap in and out of your life to do
my work.
TAMLYN
Sam, I'd love it. I love you.
SAM
Then you are my home. I've come
home.
AL
Ya know, this isn't a war where
you have to set up operating
headquarters.
SAM
You're wrong, Al. It is a war. A
war on all the unjust things that
have plagued mankind. You can
call it my operating headquarters,
or whatever you want. I need this.
I spend all my time making things
right for others. I need to make
things right for me.
TAMLYN
And for me.
AL
Wait, I didn't mean, I mean, well, I
mean you're right, Sam.I still keep
thinking in terms of you coming
home to the future. I guess I'm
only just now realizing this is your
future. And anyway, it's about
time something happened to let you
put your own life right, as well.
I'm happy for you, Buddy. If
anyone deserves it, it's you.
The phone rings. Tamlyn goes to answer it.
Sam and Al continue talking about Teresa, Sammy, and
the future.
TAMLYN
(joyfully)
Hello.
When the caller first speaks, he is shown calling from
a pay phone with a handkerchief over the mouthpiece.
He is the man that was watching Tamlyn in the piano
bar the night she first saw Sam again.
RICARDO ADAMS
I know what you're doing. You
have to die!
Cut immediately back to a shocked and then fearful
Tamlyn for rest of conversation.
ADAMS
(voice over phone)
First that Reporter; now this "new
guy". You're shameless. You don't
have any loyalty. To anyone.
TAMLYN
Wait. Who is this?
>From the tone of her voice, Sam and Al begin watching
her.
ADAMS
(voice over phone)
No, YOU wait. I've loved you for
such a long time. I could have
given you... well... well, I stepped
aside for that reporter because I
believe in true love. He was older
and wise. And I could tell how
much he loved you... Love,
Tamlyn!
But you. You don't even know
what that means! The minute his
back is turned, you pick up some
guy in a bar. I saw you... I SAW
you pick him up.
Then he stayed with you all night.
And you were with him all day and
again, now, tonight.
But it's OK, cause I'll fix you. I'll
fix BOTH of you.... You're dead.
You're BOTH dead.
Adams hangs up. Tamlyn remains standing with the
phone in her hand.
Sam takes it, puts it to his eat to listen, and then puts
down the receiver. Tamlyn is shaken; her face is pale.
SAM
What's wrong? What was it?
Al is punching buttons on the hand-link.
TAMLYN
A man. On the phone. He scared
me, Sam.
SAM
Scared you. How? What did he
say?
AL
Sam. Ziggy says there's a 92.5%
chance Tamlyn dies sometime in the
next 24 hours.
TAMLYN
He said he's going to kill us.
SAM
Al, when I leaped out of here
before, you said she was safe.
What happened?
AL
Don't know. You coming into her
life again must have changed
sumpthin'.
But that's not all, Sam. There's an
86% chance you die, too!
SAM
(to Tamlyn)
I've put your life in jeopardy.
AL
Not just her life!
SAM
(looks crossly at Al; then says
to Tamlyn)
Could you tell who it was?
TAMLYN
I... I don't know. At first I
thought.... well, I'm pretty certain
the voice was disguised, but... I
don't know! At first I thought I
should know... Oh, God. I just
don't know. I was so happy, I
really wasn't paying attention
until he scared me.
Sam, I'm so sorry. When I realized
I should be concentrating, it was
too late. I was already scared.
SAM
(comforts her)
It's OK, just relax. It'll come to
you.
Sam sits Tamlyn down on the sofa, sits next to her, and
comforts her. Al looks totally helpless as he punches
codes into the hand link. Tamlyn finally calms down.
TAMLYN
I don't understand. He said he has
loved me for such a long time...
and he would have stepped aside
for true love, but he thinks I
picked you up in the bar and now
I'm being unfaithful to Dylan
Powell. He said he SAW me. Last
night. Today. Again tonight....
SAM
He must have already been
following you; and now he's
following us.
AL
(exasperated because he's
confused and feels powerless)
Who the hell is Dylan Powell?
SAM
Al, Dylan Powell is the name of the
reporter I leapt into when I was
here before.
AL and TAMLYN, together:
But that's you.
SAM
We know that. But he doesn't.
A shot of Ricardo Adams, looking up at Tamlyn's
apartment.
Sam, Al, and Tamlyn try to figure out who the killer is.
The first impulse is to start with cases she has helped
the police solve, but Sam makes them abandon that
angle.
SAM
I don't think we're on the right
track. It has to be someone that's
in love with you. All these guys
probably hate you.
Tamlyn, when you were on the
phone you thought you knew
something at first. What did you
mean?
TAMLYN
What I meant was at first I was
getting an impression of who it
was, but he scared me almost
immediately and I lost it.
SAM
So that COULD mean the caller was
someone you know.....
TAMLYN
Yes.
SAM
Didn't you say you dated a guy
that was more interested in you
than you were in him.
TAMLYN
Ricardo Adams. I met him at the
newspaper.
Al starts punching codes into the hand-link. Ziggy
beeps back.
He continues punching codes with Ziggy beeping back,
until he speaks again.
TAMLYN
He was doing a story on my
abilities. But, we didn't really
date. We only went out that one
time.
SAM
And didn't you say you felt there
was something strange about him?
TAMLYN
Not exactly strange. I mean, well,
he was nice and all, but there was
just something... I don't know. I
think it was more the absence of
knowledge, but he seemed....
I just wasn't that interested in
him. You know. Like I said, I just
didn't like him as much as he liked
me.
AL
Bingo! Sam, I've got some info on
Ricardo Adams coming in.
Sam signals to Tamlyn to wait just a minute while he
listens to Al.
Tamlyn continues to look anxious, hanging on Sam's
every word, until she speaks again.
AL
Adams has a past history of public
new
(he hits the side of the
hand link)
new-ee
(hits the side of the hand
link, again)
new-ee-san
(hits the side of the hand
link, again)
Oh! Nuisance. Public nuisance and
disturbing the peace... all related
to former girlfriends or jealous
rages.... Uh-oh...
SAM
What. What is it?
AL
Oh, Sam. This guy is bad. A year
from now he gets arrested for
killing a young woman he claims
"was supposed to be his
girlfriend". Ziggy says testimony
from the transcripts shows they
just had a casual acquaintance, so
its sounds a little like this
situation. He gets out on bail and,
while he's waiting to go to trial, he
kills the guy she was seeing. He's
convicted of both murders; and get
this - this year... I mean MY this
year, in the future... he's eligible
for parole!
SAM
What about now? What about this
situation? Is he ever linked to
this?
AL
Ziggy says there's a 98.2% chance
he's involved but he won't even be
suspected, much less charged.
They'll only get him on the one a
year from now.
TAMLYN
(trying not to be impatient)
What is it, Sam?
SAM
We need to find Adams, and stop
him. I'm pretty certain he's the
one that called you.
TAMLYN
Sam, I'm so scared for you... but I
can't... I can't see... I can't see
anything in the future.... I, I, I
can't... see to help you...
SAM
You need to rest.
(holds her; calms her down)
Come on.
Sam takes her to the bedroom, puts her to bed, and
turns off the bedroom light.
TAMLYN
Wait. Leave it on, would you
please?
SAM
You sure? Don't you want to get
some sleep?
TAMLYN
No... Just a little rest and I'll be
fine.
SAM
OK. I'll check on you in a little
while.
Sam kisses her on the cheek, turns the lamp back on,
and closes the door when he leaves; he then returns to
Al in the living room.
AL
Is she OK?
Sam nods his head yes, looking back at the bedroom.
AL
Hey.... can't she use her psychic
stuff to help us find this guy?
SAM
So now you believe in "psychic
stuff"?
AL
Hell, Sam, I'd believe in the tooth
fairy if it'll get us out of this jam
and help us put this creep away
for good.
Can she?
SAM
No, she has to be centered, and
calm. A strong emotion like fear or
love clouds her vision.
AL
Poor kid, this must be like a double
whammy for her.
SAM
(looks back toward the
bedroom)
Believe me, Al, it is.
AL
Sam, Ziggy's been working on
locating Adams... but I'm getting
some weird input here. And it's
taking the odds that Adams is our
man up to 100%! I'm not certain
what triggered it, but there's a
second search running... some
kind of historical correlation....
SAM
Whadaya mean historical
correlation? What kind of second
search? A search for what?
AL
I don't know. There's a search
running; that's all I know. See...
right here.
(shows Sam the hand link)
I didn't ask for it... I don't know
what it is... Uhh... Oh, wait a
minute. Something's coming
through...
(pause)
Uh-oh.
SAM
What. What "uh-oh"? What is it?
What's wrong now?
AL
Well, it seems Ziggy has been
compiling data on Adams from
things like his driver's licenses,
employment records from papers
he's worked for, utility and phone
bills and listings in phone books,
tax returns, Social Security...
Sam tries to hurry him along.
AL
Well, ya know... stuff like that - to
establish a profile on this guy's
past where-abouts and history.
Then that info is being cross-
referenced to the disappearances
and unsolved murders of women
who lived in the same localities at
the same time...
SAM
MURDERS? Murders of WOMEN? As
in plural?
AL
Yeah, plural... identifying those
women that had better than a 90%
chance of having known this creep
either through work or a story
about them in a newspaper. Uh oh.
And that's being cross reference
with the disappearance and/or
murders of men those women have
known.
Sam, we got a definite pattern
here; even when the guy moves to
a different state. Bad stuff, Sam.
Ziggy says there's an 82.9% chance
this Adams guy is responsible for
more than a dozen deaths, but he's
never been linked to any of them.
SAM
That's probably why he's eligible
for parole. They didn't know...
We're right in the middle of it and
we wouldn't of known to suspect
him if it weren't for Ziggy giving
us his background!
If anything had happened to
Tamlyn and we hadn't figured it
out, there would have been
nothing at all to let anyone know
he was involved. The police
probably would have suspected
Dylan Powell... or ME, if I live!
AL
Oh, you'll live. You'll both live.
I'll see to that.
Say, speaking of the police, you
should give them a call.
SAM
Why? What for?
AL
Just on general principal, I guess.
SAM
And say what? That the
holographic psychic network from
the future has a crime to report
that hasn't been committed yet?
AL
No... I don't know... Report the
threatening phone call.
SAM
What good will that do?
AL
Probably none. But who knows... if
anything happens, it might help
the two people in the future. At
the very least, it might change his
parole possibilities.
SAM
Yeah, OK. You're right. I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm just not thinking clearly;
I'm worried about Tamlyn. To be
honest, I wasn't thinking about
anything else. I brought this on.
If I hadn't come back...
AL
She would have pined away the
rest of her life for you, never
found anybody, and been
unhappy, but would of never
pissed this creep off. That's
probably why Ziggy said she'd be
Ok when you leapt out before.
Don't worry, Sam. It'll be alright.
I'll watch your back. I won't let
anything happen to her; or to you.
SAM
(walks over, picks up the
phone, dials 911/operator?)
Al, would you go be with her?
(speaks into the phone)
Yes, Emergency? This is [says
address].
Al pops out.
SAM
I want to report a...
There is the sound of breaking glass cutting Sam off.
Tamlyn screams.
Sam drops the phone and rushes toward the bedroom.
Adams has entered the apartment from the fire escape,
through the bedroom window he has just broken. He
is standing about 8 feet from the bed and has a knife
in his hand.
Tamlyn is curled up against the headboard, clutching
a pillow, and is staring in horror at Adams.
Al materializes next to the bed between Tamlyn and
Adams, facing Tamlyn. Because he was in transit, he
did not hear the breaking glass or Tamlyn's scream.
Adams is startled when Al pops in. He is now no longer
looking at Tamlyn, he is looking at Al.
Because of the state Tamlyn is in, Al turns from her,
sees the attacker, and assumes it is Adams.
AL
Hey! You're Adams, aren't you!
Hold it right there, you creep.
ADAMS
Where'd YOU come from? You know
my name! How do you know my
name?
Everyone is surprised. Tamlyn senses she should
remain silent and puts her hand over her mouth.
Sam stops at the bedroom door when he realizes Adams
can see Al. With Adams distracted, Sam crouches down
and tries to sneak into the room without being seen.
AL
Can you see me? Huh? Can you?
Of course you can see me, you
sick-o. Most crazy people can see
me, and you're about as crazy as
they come, aren't you.
ADAMS
Don't say that.
Tamlyn sees Sam. He motions to her. She hesitates for
just a moment and then carefully slides off the side of
the bed as slowly as she dares to, opposite from Al and
Adams. Once off the bed, she crawls toward Sam.
Al has realized that Adams becomes increasingly
agitated when being crazy is mentioned.
AL
(tauntingly)
Don't say what? That you're
crazy? Why, Bucko? Don't you
like hearing that you're sick?
That you're su-PREME-ly mentally
disturbed?
ADAMS
Don't!
Tamlyn freezes for a moment, and she and Sam both
look at Adams when he says "don't". When they realize
Adams is not talking to them and his attention is still
on Al, Sam motions to her and she continues crawling
toward Sam.
ADAMS
Don't say that.
AL
Why not? What are you going to do
about it? ... Huh? ... Just exactly
what do you think you can do
about it, Re-Tar-Do.... Huh?
Tamlyn has made it to Sam, and they both leave the
room.
ADAMS
I said... don't...
(takes a step)
say...
(takes a step)
that!
As he says "that", Adams takes a side-ways swing at Al
with the knife.
Al dodges backwards on reflex, and the blow Adams
delivers just slightly passes through Al's holographic
body. The force of the blow throws Adams off balance,
and he spins around and falls to the floor.
Adams gets up - a little confused but infuriated, not
realizing exactly what has happened because of AL's
dodging motion.
Adams comes at Al again, with the hand holding the
knife raised over his head. Without thinking, Al
instinctively raises his arms above his head, covering
his face in a blocking motion, to ward-off the blow.
As Adams brings the knife down, its arching motion
passes through Al's holographic body from his head
out his midriff. The forward motion of Adams' arm
plunges the knife into Adams' own body.
Adams face shows total shock. As Adams falls, he
passes through Al's holographic body and lands on the
bed.
AL
(turns to face Adams and
leans over him, to look him in
the eye as he lies dying on
the bed)
Well, ain't that a kick in the butt!
ADAMS
Who... who are... you?
(coughs)
...WHAT... are... you?
AL
Justice, you son of a bitch.
(blows cigar smoke in his
face)
Adams dies.=1A