Leap Date:
March 11, 1963

Teaser:

Sam, as a bouncer, must find out why his girlfriend has kidnapped a baby girl and either return the baby to her father, or find the real mother - who Al believes doesn't exist.

Audio from this episode:

Al: Something happened to the weasel.

TV Guide Synopsis
Place
Leap Date
Name of the Person Leaped Into
Broadcast Date
Synopsis & Review
Music
Project Trivia
Sam Trivia
Al Trivia
Al's Outfits Worn in the Episode
Al's Women
Miscellaneous Trivia
Guest Stars
Guest Cast Notes
Say What?
Quotable Quotes
Best Scene
Production Credits
Podcasts

TV Guide Synopsis (TV Guide.com):

Sam leaps into the reluctant sidekick of a kooky stripper who has taken a man's infant daughter, saying she wants to deliver the child to its mother. Reed: Charles Frank. Sheriff Barnes: Jimmie Ray Weeks. Sam: Scott Bakula. Big Bob: Ray Young.

TV Guide Synopsis (Original):

Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flakey, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops.

Leap Date:

Monday, March 11, 1963

Broadcast Date:

April 4, 1990 - Wedneday

Synopsis & Review:

Sam leaps in to find himself climbing out of a second-story window at night carrying a basket. A woman on the ground urges for Sam to hurry up. Sam climbs down a ladder, and the two of them get into a waiting pickup truck with the basket, as a man appears at the window and shouts at Bunny as he watches them drive away. Behind the wheel of the pickup, Sam is stunned when the woman reaches into the basket and picks up a crying baby girl.

It's March 11, 1963 in Texas, and Sam has leaped into a bouncer named Buster (played by Jay Boryea). The woman beside him is a stripper named Bunny O'Hare, and the baby's name is Kristy. They are headed to Clayton, New Mexico, where Bunny says Kristy will be safe with her aunt Margaret. Sam is nervous about what the two of them are doing, but is relieved to discover that Kristy is Bunny's daughter. He assumes that he must be there to get Bunny and Kristy to safety.

Back at the house Sam and Bunny took Kristy from, Kristy's father, Reed Dalton (played by Charles Frank), is reporting the kidnapping to Sheriff Ansel "Big Mac" Barnes (played by Jimmie Ray Weeks) and Deputy Sheriff Stuart Sutton (played by Travis McKenna). Reed tells them that Bunny talks about his daughter like she's her own, and says that he dated Bunny for a while, and that his wife died last year while giving birth to Kristy.

Sam and Bunny check into a roadside motel with Kristy, and Bunny leaves to get Kristy some fresh milk. Al arrives, and tells Sam that Bunny's real name is Thelma Lou Dickey, and she and Buster work at the same club. Al explains that Bunny and Reed were never married, which means that Kristy is not Bunny's daughter. After Bunny returns with Kristy's milk, Al tells Sam that in the original history, Bunny and Buster were arrested for kidnapping, and Kristy was returned to Reed. Sam believes that Bunny is telling the truth about being Kristy's mother, and he must be there to get Bunny and Kristy to New Mexico so they can stay together.

After Al leaves, Sam asks Bunny who Kristy really belongs to. She still claims that Kristy is hers, but when Sam presses her to tell the truth, she starts to cry, and admits that she lied to him. She tries to tell Sam that the rest of what she said is true, and they have to get Kristy to New Mexico where her real mother is, but Sam doesn't believe her. Bunny says that when Reed found out Bunny had been communicating with Kristy's mother, he started hitting and threatening her. She tells Sam that her father used to hit her mother before he started hitting her, and she doesn't want the same thing to happen to Kristy.

The next morning, Sam and Bunny are back on the road with Kristy. Meanwhile, Reed is still on Bunny's trail, assuring Sheriff Barnes that Bunny is headed to New Mexico with Kristy. Sam says he wants to stop at a store in the next town and get a proper car seat for Kristy. In the store, the man behind the counter recognizes Bunny. Al arrives, and tells Sam that Kristy's real mother is dead. Sam still believes Bunny's story, and asks Al to check for a woman named Margaret Dalton in Clayton, but Al finds nothing. Sam suddenly sees a sheriff's car, and the man who recognized Bunny is talking to the police officer. Al urges Sam to turn himself in, but Sam refuses, escaping through the back of the store with Bunny. Sam uses some of Bunny's money to buy a car from a local, and he and Bunny drive away with Kristy.

In the car, Sam notices that Kristy is having trouble breathing, and realizes she has asthma. He insists that they need to take Kristy to a doctor, but Bunny tells him that they can't go back to the last town, so they continue on and find a veterinarian instead. The vet examines Kristy, but doesn't have anything she can prescribe for a human. Sam has an idea, and fills up Kristy's bottle with coffee, telling Bunny that the caffeine will help Kristy to breathe until they can get her some proper medicine.

Later that night, Kristy is asleep in the back of the car. Sam passes a saloon offering a fifty dollar prize in an amateur talent show. He tells Bunny that they're going to need more gas in the car to make it to Clayton, but Bunny realizes that they've run out of money. They go back to the saloon, and Bunny performs a striptease on stage, winning the talent show and the fifty dollars. Al arrives, and is upset to have missed the show. As Sam and Bunny celebrate, Sheriff Barnes and Deputy Sheriff Sutton enter, closely followed by Reed. The sheriffs hold Sam and Bunny at gunpoint, and Reed takes Kristy back from Bunny.

Sam tries to convince the sheriffs that he and Bunny are trying to take Kristy back to her real mother, but Reed responds that her mother is dead. Sam learns from Reed that Bunny was never Kristy's babysitter, despite what she told Sam, and Sam is disappointed to hear that Bunny lied to him again. Al tries to tell Sam that Bunny has been telling the truth about Kristy's real mother from the beginning, but Sam no longer believes it. Bunny steals the deputy sheriff's gun and points it at him, and despite Reed trying to shoot at them with his own gun, she and Sam manage to escape with Kristy once more. Outside the saloon, Sam and Bunny escape in the sheriff's car. Reed follows them out, and steals another man's car at gunpoint.

As Sam and Bunny cross the state line into New Mexico, Al tells Sam that Reed is coming after them. He also explains that Reed is wanted in Mew Mexico for scamming real estate investors out of millions of dollars. Reed's real surname is Cole, and Al and Ziggy found a woman named Margaret Cole (played by Maggie Egan) living in Clayton. Margaret got sole custody of Kristy after her divorce from Reed, but Reed took Kristy and fled to Texas. Sam and Bunny enter Clayton, with Reed less than a mile behind them. Bunny uses the radio in the sheriff's car to give the police Margaret's address, so they can arrest Reed when he follows them there.

Sam pulls over in front of Margaret's house, but Reed has caught up with them. Local police from Clayton arrive, and Reed tells the sheriff to arrest Sam and Bunny. However, the sheriff recognizes Reed, and arrests him instead. Bunny doesn't want to give Kristy up yet, but Sam tells her that Kristy is home now. As Margaret watches from her open doorway, Sam convinces Bunny, who has started to cry, to give Kristy back to her mother. As Margaret holds Kristy and smiles, Sam puts a comforting arm around Bunny, and leaps. Source

Personal Review by Lola:

Although one of the more mediocre episodes in it’s run, "Maybe Baby" has many elements that endear it to fans of Quantum Leap. Sam leaps into Buster, bouncer for the Girls-A-Go Go Lounge and companion to would-be kidnapper Bunny O’Hare. Against all advice from Al and Ziggy, Sam finds himself helping Bunny carry baby Christy to her very much alive mother in New Mexico. Along the way, they must narrowly escape the authorities, care for Christy through some seemingly unorthodox methods, and even strip for money to help them on this mission. Some notable standards in this episode are the conflict between Al and Sam about the purpose of the leap, Sam banking on information that the person leaped into would not have, the interaction between baby Christy and Sam, and Al’s opinion of Bunny and strippers in general. As always, the characters are supremely acted by both the main and guest stars, and the somewhat trite storyline is compensated with genuine hilarity. All in all, "Maybe Baby" may not be the best episode of Quantum Leap, but it’s still a great deal better than most things on television today.

Music:

"Maybe Baby" by The Crickets
"Runaway" by Del Shannon
"My Boyfriend’s Back" by The Angels
"Dancing in the Street" - Martha and the Vandellas
"The Stripper" (cover version) by David Rose
"Pop Goes The Weasel" sang by Dean Stockwell

Project Trivia:

Ziggy’s prediction that Sam was there to return the baby to Reed Dalton was with 75.6 % accuracy.

Sam Trivia:

Sam tells Al that he hasn't been around babies before.

Al Trivia:

Al disapproves the use of disposable diapers. Dean Stockwell is an avid environmentalist.

Al's Women:

Al says jokingly that blondes with low IQs can see him. 

Miscellaneous Trivia:

Velton Ray Bunch is credited for the first time at the beginning of the episode and would compose the score without Mike Post for the rest of the series. 

Julie Brown is the sister of Co-Producer Paul Brown. Both also wrote.

Bunny O’Hare’s real name is Thelma Lou Dickey.

Bunny worked at the Girl’s-A-Go Go Lounge.

The VETERINARIAN’S name is Dr. T. Bean.

The Hot Rod License is PR6025.

Regular Cast:

Sam Beckett – Scott Bakula
Al Calavicci – Dean Stockwell

Guest Cast:

Guest Cast Notes:

Julie Brown as Bunny O'Hare: Julie Brown is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and director. After moving away from her hometown of Van Nuys (aka "The Valley"), Julie began her career as a comedian in the clubs of San Francisco. After returning to Los Angeles, she immediately started working as an actress and writer. After guest-starring in sitcoms, like "Laverne & Shirley," "The Jeffersons," "Newhart," and "Quantum Leap," Julie added singing to her act, producing her own EP with the hit songs "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gone" and "Earth Girls Are Easy"- which through a stroke of show business luck became a movie she co-wrote and starred in (along with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Jim Carrey). She also starred in and wrote the comedy show "Just Say Julie" for MTV and created a satire Madonna mockumentary for Showtime called "Medusa: Dare to be Truthful," which won her the Writers Guild award for Best Comedy Special. During this same time, Julie also co-created the FOX sketch comedy series, "The Edge," starring herself and Jennifer Aniston. Julie was then cast as Ms. Stoeger in the movie "Clueless" and went on to write, direct, and star on the series version of "Clueless," which ran for three seasons. Julie also starred in and created "Strip Mall" for Comedy Central for two seasons. In addition, Julie co-wrote the Disney Channel original movie mega-hit "Camp Rock," which launched the careers of Demi Lovato and The Jonas Brothers. Julie was later a writer on the Kevin Hart series "The Big House." Julie also wrote multiple episodes of "Melissa and Joey," where she recurred as a guest star. Julie also had a recurring role on ABC's "The Middle" and was a guest judge on "RuPaul's Drag Race." Julie has voiced many fan-favorite animated characters for TV and film, including "Animaniacs," "Batman," "Pinky and the Brain," and "A Goofy Movie."

Jimmie Ray Weeks as Sheriff Barnes: Jimmie Ray Weeks was born on March 21, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Frantic (1988), Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Midnight Run (1988).

Travis McKenna as Deputy Sheriff Sutton: Travis McKenna was born on July 18, 1960 in Lutherville, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Batman Returns (1992) and Road House (1989).

Cathy McAuley as Maria: Cathy McAuley is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989) and T.J. Hooker (1982).

Charles Frank as Reed Dalton/Cole: Charles Frank was born on April 17, 1947 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Right Stuff (1983), Wonder Woman (1975) and All My Children (1970). He has been married to Susan Blanchard since June 25, 1977. They have one child.

Daniel Zacapa (as Garrett Pearson) as Officer Montero: Honduran-born Daniel Zacapa has established himself as one of the most effective character actors working. His varied and diverse film roles include Se7en (1995), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), 'The Mexican', 'The Gene Generation', and 'Phenomenon', sharing the screen with such actors as 'Jack Lemmon', Walter Matthau, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson, to name a few. His television credits include starring for three seasons on the highly acclaimed Showtime series, 'Resurrection Blvd.' as Tio Ruben, the heart and soul of the Santiago family. His numerous guest-star appearances include Medium, Alias, Nip/tuck, The West Wing, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, Six Feet Under, and N.Y.P.D. Blue. He was a recipient of an ALMA Award in 1998 for his work in 'Foto Novelas'. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, his ongoing work with children include the Foundation for Youth Non-Violence in Northern California and Woodcraft Rangers in L.A., he reads regularly in elementary schools throughout the state. Daniel has received numerous awards from the State of California and the City of Los Angeles recognizing him as a pillar of the Latino community.

Maggie Egan as Margaret Cole: Award winning actress Maggie Egan (aka Maggie Egan-Cummings) was raised in Upstate New York. Her father, Bill Egan, was a Real Estate Broker. Her mother, Mary Joan Egan, held a BS, and two Masters Degrees and was Superintendent of the School Library system. With three older sisters it was a busy household. At 14 Maggie was cast as Mrs. Barker in The American Dream by her wonderful high school teacher, Dan DiNicola, and that was it. Maggie caught the bug. She studied acting and filmmaking in college and moved to Houston and studied with Chris Wilson. In LA, Maggie studied with Gordon Hunt, Helen Hunt's father, and has studied with Chuck Marra and Megan Foley Marra who encourage her to write again. She studies with Andy Goldberg in his Improv Comedy Workshop, HBO Casting Director Amy Jo Berman; and Val Hubbard's Actors Fast Track. It was Steve Stark, current President, TV Productions and Development of MGM/UA who first discovered Maggie and brought her to LA eons ago when he worked on Star Search. They remain friends to this day. It was in LA where she met and married her own Irish American, Jim Cummings, a Chicago boy. They have one daughter, an event planner, at Pepperdine University. In addition to the 600+ commercials for The Disney Channel and various other companies, Maggie has over 50 TV/Film credits. She is now also writing plays and screenplays. One feature is a romantic comedy set in LA and Ireland, a fun sister's road trip to the Emerald Isle complete with corned beef and baggage. It is co-written with Jennifer Lynn O'Hara. The other one she is writing is a female driven spy comedy set in Vegas co-written with Melanie Collup. Maggie may be "a woman of a certain age" but she ain't done yet!

Carmen Filpi as Farmer: Character actor Carmen Filpi was born on March 22, 1923 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The son of Remigio and Rosa Gatto Filpi, Carmen graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1942. Moreover, Filpi served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II. Carmen began his acting career as part of a comedy team with fellow Pittsfield resident George Morell; the duo performed in minstrels and floor show troupes in touring shows as well as in the Washington area. Filpi moved to Hollywood, California in the late 1960's in order to further pursue his acting career. Outside of his substantial film and television credits, Carmen also appeared in numerous TV commercials. Filpi was often cast as drunken bums and mangy drifters in a career that spanned over forty years. Carmen died at age 80 on May 9, 2003 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was survived at the time of his death by his sister Carmena and brothers John and Peter.

Ray Young as Big Bob: Ray Young was born on May 9, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Police Story (1973), Hunter's Blood (1986) and The Krofft Supershow (1976). He died on July 6, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Byrne Offutt as Leon: After a 30 year career in Los Angeles working in the wonderful business of show, Byrne has recently moved to Pittsburgh. He was told the weather was just like LA. It's not. For more information on Byrne's creative endeavors please visit www.ByrneOffutt.com. While visiting the website enjoy a Primanti Bros. sandwich and an Iron City beer. But bring a jacket, it's cold.

Eve Brenner as Madeline: Eve Brenner was born on September 24, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Walk of Shame (2014) and Murder in the First (1995). Prolific television character actress, on screen from 1953. Frequently seen in sci-fi/fantasy genre projects, such as Adventures of Superman, The Twilight Zone, Quantum Leap, Poltergeist: The Legacy, both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager and The X Files. She also provided the voice for the Mouse Queen in the Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986).

Jay Boryea as "Buster" (Mirror image): Jay Boryea was an actor, known for Surrogates (2009), Lock Up (1989) and Safe (2012). He died on June 19, 2019 in the USA.

Troy Martin as Man at Bar: Troy Martin has appeared in numerous motion pictures, TV shows, and musical productions as an actor, director, writer, and editor. He is an avid and accomplished vocalist. He is a guitarist and bassist, and he has played in several musical groups. His primary focus is working as a voice actor. He has a wide vocal range and is known for his variety of characters.

Say What?

The ladder apears to be chained to the roof!

"My Boyfriend’s Back" and "Dancing in the Street" were both released after the leap date.

The foods that Bunny describes the baby eating, kicking off the covers and crawling would not be something that Baby Christie at that age would be able to do.

In the mirror shot, the leapee image is holding the baby differently than Sam.

You can tell the baby is really a doll when they go into the store.

Sam following the stripper implicitly, and not taking Al’s advice to heart.

Quotable Quotes:

"I’ll never forget last week, after the first time we made (looks back at the baby) L-O-V-E. You were standing at the end of the bed in your boxers singing ‘Maybe Baby.’ I tell you Buster in all my 26 years, you’re the best thing that ever happened to me." – Bunny

"Are you sure the doctor said to give the baby coffee?" – Bunny

"Yeah, uh-huh." – Sam

"Well Hell, why don’t we give her a cigarette and a shot of whiskey while we’re at it." – Bunny

Best Scene:

"Why’s everyone applauding? Did I miss something?" - Al
"Bunny just stripped for gas money." - Sam
"So, she stripped. Whatdoya mean - - SHE STRIPPED! And I missed it! Sam, I’m the observer on this project and I should have been here to observe it." - Al

Production Credits:

Theme by: Mike Post
Music by: Velton Ray Bunch
Supervising Producer: Deborah Pratt
Co-producers: Paul Brown, Jeff Gourson, Chris Ruppenthal
Produced by: Harker Wade
Created by: Donald P. Bellisario
Written By: Paul Brown & Julie Brown
Directed by: Michael Zinberg

Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario
Associate Producers: David Bellisario
Story Editor: Randy Holland
Story Editor: Tommy Thompson
Director of Photography: Michael Watkins
Production Designer: Cameron Birnie
Edited by: Alec Smight
Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
First Assistant Director: Ryan Gordon
Second Assistant Director: Rob Mendel
Casting by: Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
Set Director: Robert L. Zilliox
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Dorleac
Costume Supervisors: David Rawley & Donna Roberts-Orme
Sound Mixer: Mark Hopkins McNabb
Stunt Coordinator: Diamond Farnsworth
Contributing Musical Composers: Velton Ray Bunch and Jerry Grant
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Clay
Music Editor: Tom Gleason
Choreography by: Chris Wallace

Some locations furnished by: Circus Vargas

Panaflex ® Camera and Lenses by: Panavision ®

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Country of first publication: United States of Amercia. Univeral City Studios, Inc. is the author of this motion picture for purposes of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto.

The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

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Podcasts:

In the twenty-eighth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode twenty “Maybe Baby”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and a cool interview with Shaun O’Banion, Film Producer and honorary Quantum Leap crew member. The second episode of the original audio drama Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 2, with special guest star Jennifer Runyon. Chris DeFilippis, Author of the Quantum Leap Novel Foreknowledge, The Seeker: A Novella of T.R.U.T.H., and creator of deflipside.com is welcomed to The QLP crew as a writer and segment producer, with his segment Quantum Reboot. A segment on car seat safety, and an article from Hayden McQueenie about the Quantum leap clip show that might have been. “Beyond this point there be dragons.”

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00:00:00 – QLP opening
00:02:39 – Hello – First impressions
00:06:38 – Episode recap
00:13:11 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown
00:48:19 – Interview with Shaun O’Banion
01:22:24 – Interview reactions
01:23:04 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream
01:34:27 – Quantum Reboot with Chris DeFilippis
01:44:07 – Car Seat Safety – Buckle Up for Safety
02:03:26 – Feedback
02:13:47 – News
02:44:57 – Trivia
02:17:11 – Hayden McQueenie skit
02:21:41 – Hayden McQueenie segment
02:29:42 – On the next episode
02:31:49 – Credits
02:33:03 – Bloopers
02:34:31 – PS