QUANTUM LEAP - REUNIONS
ACT 3A
4TH REUNION:
EXT. CITY STREETS - NIGHT
Sam walks the streets, presenting a lonely, sad figure;
it is drizzling or wet. Flash-back of scenes from
various episodes intermingled with shots of Sam
walking the streets.
First scenes from "The Leap Back": Sam and Donna on
the terrace after making love, then scene where they
say good-bye in the control room. That shot melds into
the shot of Sam and Tamlyn saying good-bye; then
other scenes from "Temptation Eyes" episode, recalling
Tamlyn and his love for her, ending with her face.
Music in background "I Wanna Know What Love Is", as
used during the "Temptation Eyes" episode of the
series: Sam leapt into a reporter; Tamlyn was a psychic
that knew it was Sam, and not the reporter. They fell
in love and had a strong sexual relationship. Sam
saved her life on Valentine's Day.
Sam suddenly stops. Then smiles.
SAM
Tamlyn.
He leaps.
INT. CROWDED PIANO BAR - NIGHT - February 15, 1985
Sam materializes as himself on the evening of the day
after he left Tamlyn and walks to the vacant piano, sits
down, and plays and sings a love song: an original
song, "Give Me Your Love". As Sam begins the song,
Tamlyn hears him - FEELS him; turns; can barely see
him through the crowded room.
SAM
(sings)
Give me your love.
Don't go away, don't take
your heart from me.
TAMLYN
(softly out loud, but to
herself)
Sam?
She weaves her way through the crowded bar toward
Sam as he finishes the first verse.
A man (RICARDO ADAMS) is shown watching her.
SAM
(finishes first verse)
Let me hear you say our love was
meant to be.
Give me your love.
Tamlyn stops as soon as she recognizes Sam for certain
as the first verse ends. Tears form in her eyes.
TAMLYN
(said between verses - softly,
out loud, but spoken to
herself)
Sam.
Tamlyn stands for a moment, composing herself, as Sam
starts the second verse. After he sings the first line,
she begins walking over to the piano. She arrives at
the piano as Sam sings the last line of the second
verse.
SAM
(sings second verse)
Give me my life.
Don't take away the feelings that
should grow
With each passing day.
Please let the embers glow.
Give me my life.
Tamlyn stands beside the piano. Sam looks up at her
as he sings.
SAM
(sings)
Love is meant to be a part of our
lives.
Like good harmony's part of a song.
Love for you and me, as part of
our lives,
Could make you see denying
it would be so very
wrong.
Tamlyn sits beside him.
SAM
(sings)
I beg you, Love.
Don't let the fire die without a chance.
Don't ask me why I knew with our
first glance.
In that brief sigh our love could
but enhance.
All our living and our being,
All our giving and receiving;
Give me your love.
I beg you, Love.
When the song is finished, people clap, but Sam and
Tamlyn ignore them.
TAMLYN
(earnestly; hungrily)
Sam.
They kiss; the music swells.
TAMLYN
I didn't know why I came here,
tonight. I had a premonition... but
I thought it was to drown my
sorrows in wine.
SAM
God, you look good. I understand
it's been five years.
TAMLYN
I DON'T understand. You left
yesterday... You left, and I
thought I'd never see you again.
But you're here. We're here
together!
Embrace.
SAM
Yeah, we're here. Let's get out of
HERE.
INT. TAMLYN'S APARTMENT BUILDING - SAME NIGHT
Begin with shot of exterior of building, cut to Sam and
Tamlyn as they are anxiously unlocking her door.
They kiss at Tamlyn's front door, enter apartment,
move to bedroom, tenderly undress each other, then to
the bed. They begin making soft, tender, sensuous
love.
FADE to black.
INT. TAMLYN'S APARTMENT - THE NEXT MORNING:
TAMLYN
I can hardly believe you're really
here.
SAM
I told you I could come back.
TAMLYN
Yes, but I didn't see it. I didn't
believe you.
SAM
There are some things your powers
just can't see. When you look into
the future you see what's going to
happen as of right then, but that's
really only one of many
possibilities. My work lets me
change those possibilities. I use
Time to change what once was to
give new and better possibilities to
the future.
EXT. A PICNIC IN A PARK - NOON THE SAME DAY
Overview, then moving in to a closer shot. As they are
talking, Sam is unlacing his shoe.
TAMLYN
It's called your String Theory?
SAM
Yeah. See, our lives... Well... just
one more sec...
(finishes getting his
shoestring unlaced;
holds it up)
Pretend the days of your life are
continuous, like a piece of string;
or like my shoelace...
TAMLYN
Continuous, but with a beginning
and an end?
SAM
Right! When you tie the ends of
the string together...
TAMLYN
(she takes the shoelace.
Spoken with unexpected
realization; a little bit of
wonder)
The days of my life form a
continuous loop, with no beginning
and no end!
SAM
You're good at this. Now put your
life in my hands.
Tamlyn places the shoelace in his hands.
SAM
When I ball it up...
TAMLYN
OH! It's like the days of my life
touch each other!
SAM
Out of sequence. That's basically
why a person can leap from one
point in time to another, within
their own lifetime.
TAMLYN
So that's what happened to you?
SAM
(spoken reflectively)
Yeah... That's what happened to
me....
(directly to Tamlyn)
So, You ready to go?
As they gather their picnic things, the camera fades to
the next scene.
INT. A RESTAURANT - DINNER THAT NIGHT
A photographer, taking photos of the people dining,
takes a photograph of the two of them, together. Sam
buys it.
TAMLYN
Are you married?
SAM
No; not any more. I was, in the
future. But, when I changed
something in the past, I changed
that as well.
TAMLYN
I'm sorry.
SAM
No. It's OK. I didn't even
remember I was married until after
I had changed her life. It's as if I
made her life better. I righted a
wrong. I can't imagine her, in the
future, waiting for a husband that
doesn't even remember her and
that will never come home again.
And when her life changed,
ultimately it gave us both peace.
I may be involved in picking to
where I leap myself around in time,
but the higher authority that gets
me to where I'm going is watching
over me; always lending a hand,
even when I don't know I need it.
TAMLYN
Thank him for me.
INT. DANCING AFTER DINNER. - THE SAME NIGHT.
SAM
What about you. Are you married?
TAMLYN
You haven't been able to tell?
They both laugh.
TAMLYN
I mean we've spent almost every
moment of the last two weeks
together.
SAM
Sorry... But, see, technically for
me that was 5 years ago! So, have
you ever been married?
TAMLYN
No. I didn't know what love was
until you.
They kiss.
SAM
I mean, before me, was there
anyone special?
TAMLYN
I've never really gotten close to
anyone before. Not before you.
My gift seems to scare guys off. I
guess it makes them nervous.
SAM
No former boyfriends? No jealous
ex-lovers I should worry about?
TAMLYN
No... The last guy I went out with
was before I went to England.
When I got back I met you. Or I
met that reporter, Dylan Thomas,
who you had leapt into. So
technically I met you at the same
time....
Gracious, even though I
understand it all, it still seems so
crazy - like something straight out
of a sci-fi movie!
SAM
(laughs)
I know what you mean. So, the
Guy. Was he special, or important
to you?
TAMLYN
No... I only went out with him that
one time.
You know, it's strange, but... well,
actually, I don't have any real
perception of him. None at all! I...
I don't think we ever even held
hands! I don't think we even
touched. At least, not that I can
remember.
I guess he was OK... polite and all...
but there was something about
him... I'm not sure what it was;
just something wasn't quite right.
At least not for me.
At any rate, he was more
interested in me than I was in him.
Besides, he wasn't my type!
SAM
Who could blame him?
They kiss.
EXT. CITY STREETS - THAT SAME EVENING
Interactive voice-overs of Sam telling Tamlyn about
the people and situations he has leaped into, as we
watch them walking back to Tamlyn's apartment. The
dialogue is partial and intermittent, fading into music
then back to dialogue.
SAM
My first leap, was into a test
pilot...
Fade to music...
TAMLYN
You leaped into a Mafia HIT man?
SAM
Yeah, but I wasn't there to kill
anybody, I was there to help him
get together with the woman he
loved...
Fade to music...
SAM
...See the guy I leaped into was in
the Navy and had just come home
from a tour in Japan. The surprise
he had brought home with him for
his family was his Japanese wife!
TAMLYN
Some surprise!...
SAM
Yeah, but see, I didn't know yet
that I was there to get them to
accept her. I didn't even know she
was there with me, so I left her at
the bus station!
TAMLYN
OH, NO!
SAM
Yes!
Fade to music...
TAMLYN
...So I guess you really liked
Jimmy.
SAM
Yeah, I really did. And I was there
to get them to accept him as an
equal, even though he had down-
syndrome...
Fade to music...
TAMLYN
...But how could Teresa see you?
Was she psychic like me? At least
I think that's why I could see you
as you really were.
And how could she see Al? I can't
see Al.
SAM
When I leapt into Dylan Powell, I
think it was our love through your
psychic powers that allowed you to
see me as I really am. Everyone
usually sees me as the person I
leap into. The usual exceptions are
innocent children under 5, animals,
and even some crazy people. They
can see me as I really am, and they
can also see Al's hologram. Teresa
was only four, so she could see us.
You are the first psychic that I
know about that's been able to see
me as I really am.
In their original history, Teresa's
brother had disappeared, and all
they ever found was his bloody
clothes...
Fade to music...
SAM
...I leaped into a black man again,
this time to save his
granddaughter by playing pool!
TAMLYN
Can you play pool?
SAM
Not very well! Not good enough to
SAVE anyone! Without Al using the
hand link to show me where to hit
the ball, I would have never been
able to do it. But when he ran out
of power...
Fade to music...
SAM
...the Watts riots were horrible...
Fade to music...
SAM
...everyone thought she had run-
off and left her family, but she
hadn't. She had just gone for a
walk and fell off a cliff and was
stuck on a ledge.
TAMLYN
But you were just a little kid... and
you had to save her life?...
Fade to music...
TAMLYN
(trying to suppress her
laughter, but not succeeding)
...You actually leaped into a
chimpanzee?
SAM
Stop laughing!
TAMLYN
I'm sorry, Sam.... I can't help it.
SAM
Yeah. Well, the worst part was the
diaper.
TAMLYN
(snickers)
Diaper!...
(explodes in laughter)
Fade to music...
SAM
...then I leapt into Jimmy again. I
don't think I picked that target. I
think whoever watches over me
sent me there because Jimmy
needed my help. That's the first
time we met the evil leapers - there
to work for evil, making things go
wrong.
And then there's Lothos, the evil
counter-part of Ziggy. I think
that's why they wanted to get me,
because they didn't like me
putting right what once went
wrong. Undoing all their work.
Fade to music...
SAM
...and, while all the coal miners
were distracted, he disappeared
from the bar in a blue glow!
TAMLYN
So Strapa was another leaper?
SAM
Yes, but not evil....
Like me; there to help others. And
the bartender is the one that
helped me to understand that...
Fade to music...
SAM
...so, basically, when Teresa chose
to run for class president, not only
[Gang Leader's] future changed,
but the future of others changed
for the better, as well.
TAMLYN
Including your wife?
SAM
Including my wife.... I loved my
wife. That's why I married her.
But I understand now that she
wasn't my true soul-mate. Maybe
that's why people get married and
then end up divorced. After Beth,
Al loved every one of his wives
when he married them, but all four
marriages ended in divorce.
That's because Beth was his soul-
mate, and he knew she was in his
soul, so his marriages after her
didn't work. You're my soul mate,
Tamlyn. And I had to travel
through time to find you.
Fade to music...
SAM
...but I feel so bad about Al...
Sam is distraught. They have arrived at Tamlyn's
door; they enter.
TAMLYN
I think you were meant to help Al
exactly when you did! If you had
set Al's life right that first time,
would he have been able to help
you as much as he did in your
leaps after that one?
SAM
What do you mean?
TAMLYN
I mean he wouldn't have had all the
knowledge he had from all his
other wives; would he? Knowledge
you both needed and used so many
times in leaps after the one where
you met Beth!
SAM
You mean you think I wasn't
SUPPOSE to help him the first
time? I wasn't suppose to tell Beth
not to remarry?
TAMLYN
Yes, that's exactly what I mean! I
really don't think you were meant
to help him until you did.
Otherwise, you couldn't have
helped all those other people after
that; not if Al hadn't married all
those other women. He never
would have known all the stuff you
both used to help..... how many
people?
SAM
A lot. I guess you're right.
But it seems I'm always slow at
helping the very people I care
about. The people in MY life.
TAMLYN
Not true! You saved me... And
your brother...
SAM
Yes, but I didn't help Al with Beth
the first time around. And I didn't
help him in Vietnam. And when I
saw him right before I leaped here
I was so wrapped up in my own
loneliness I forgot to tell him to get
in touch with Teresa.
TAMLYN
Sam, I truly believe you helped Al
when you were meant to. And you
don't have to worry about Teresa.
I believe her life is exactly how it
should be.
SAM
Do you really think so?
TAMLYN
Yes. I have a feeling...
SAM
A psychic feeling?
They laugh. They embrace; remain there.
SAM
Well, I hope you and your psychic
feelings are right. But I wish Al
hadn't had to wait so long for me to
finally fix things for him.
TAMLYN
Do you wish Al hadn't had to wait,
or that you hadn't had to wait?
SAM
What do you mean.
TAMLYN
I mean, how does that work,
exactly? Time-wise, did Al have to
wait at all?
SAM
Well... No, I guess he didn't. Once
his life was changed, that became
his life immediately.
TAMLYN
(leans back to look at him)
So does he know about you not
helping him the first time?
Does he even know about you
helping him this last time?
SAM
(looks preoccupied, not
completely satisfied)
He wouldn't know about a change
in his life unless he had been with
me when it happened... When his
life was changed.
And he wasn't with me.
TAMLYN
(still in the embrace, leaning
back)
So did he get to experience all
those years with Beth... I mean, is
that right? As if his life without
Beth had never happened?
SAM
No. I mean Yes! I mean...
Well, once what happened was
changed, then the time-line where
Beth remarried and Al was
miserable in 5 different marriages
never happened. So he doesn't
know I didn't help him.
And he wasn't with me when the
change was made, so yes, he got to
experience all those happy years
with Beth. He doesn't know about
the other time line, so, yes, he
doesn't know I helped.
TAMLYN
(smiles knowingly)
I'll make tea.
SAM
Hey, who's the time-traveler here!
Tamlyn breaks out of their embrace and goes toward
the kitchen.
SAM
Know-it-all! Or maybe smart-ass is
a better term!
The camera follows Tamlyn as she looks over her
shoulder and flashes a grin at Sam, then leaves the
room.
The camera remains with Sam in the living room as he
contemplates what he and Tamlyn just said.
TAMLYN
(calls out from off camera)
You really care about Al.
Sam sits down, smiles and looks reflective.
Flashback: Sam recalls the scene from "Mirror Image"
where he and the Bartender-Al were talking about
Sam's relationship with Al. During this, Sam said, "if
I'm Don Quixote, then Al is my Sancho. There isn't
anything he wouldn't do for me." Bartender-Al, "Nor
you for him." Sam, "Nor me for him."
SAM
Yes, I really care about him.
I have a very special relationship
with Al. He is my best friend; but
we're closer than that. Closer than
brothers.
TAMLYN
(calls out from kitchen)
You are a nice man, Sam.
Tamlyn enters the room with a tray of tea cups,
saucers, sugar and cream. She sets down the tray and
walks over to Sam.
TAMLYN
I can see you dedicating your life
to helping others. I can see it in
your eyes.
(she kisses his eyes)
So it's been you? Picking targets,
so whoever-your-boss-is can
bounce you around through time?
SAM
Yes. And that's gotta be why I was
able to come back to you. I picked
the target!
They embrace. Al appears. Tamlyn senses Al, as she
did during "Temptation Eyes" episode in series; moves
out of their embrace.=1A