[s3e13] Future Boy - October 6, 1957 -

Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into , the sidekick to "Captain Galaxy" (Moe Stein) on a 1950s children's sci-fi show called Time Patrol . Leap Date: October 6, 1957. Location: Los Angeles, California.

Sam trips and sprains his ankle while exiting the "Time Patrol" prop. This was written into the script to accommodate a real-life foot injury Scott Bakula sustained while filming a previous episode, "Runaway". [S3E13] Future Boy - October 6, 1957

Moe explains his theory of time travel using a piece of string . He posits that our lifetimes are like a string; if you roll it into a ball, "all the days of your life" touch each other, allowing for travel between points. Location: Los Angeles, California

This guide covers the episode (Season 3, Episode 13) of the science fiction series Quantum Leap , which originally aired on March 13, 1991. Episode Overview Moe explains his theory of time travel using

Moe Stein truly believes he has discovered the secret to time travel. His daughter, Irene, believes he is losing his mind and seeks to have him institutionalized for his own safety.

A joke in the episode about the show's time slot moving from Wednesday at 10 PM to Friday at 8 PM was a direct reference to NBC's real-life scheduling changes for Quantum Leap .