Quantum Leap
Wednesdays 10:00 PM on NBCQuantum Leap Season 1 Episode 6: "What A Disaster!" Quotes
Ben: We’re in San Francisco, right?
Naomi: I get it. You didn’t want to move here. You’ve made that very clear. I tried, John. I went to therapy. I changed my hours to better suit your… I’m killing myself trying to make this work but I can’t do it anymore. I want a divorce.
Ben: Oh… from me?
Ben: We need to go. We need to go. Now.
Naomi: No, no, we need to talk. You can’t keep running…
Ben: Everything is about to collapse around us.
Naomi: It already has. I’m done, John. And if you’re not going to fight for us…
Addison: What do you have on the new leaper?
Ian: Well, we are calling them, ‘Leaper X’
Magic: No, we are not.
Ian: It was worth a shot.
Jenn: We don’t know who’s controlling the program five years from now, ten years from now, fifty years from now? The person you ran into may not have jumped yet but will in the future.
Magic: This makes my head hurt.
Can you come downstairs? I set up some props to make it less… brain-hurty.
Jenn
Magic: Admiral Herbert Williams. I hope it’s okay, your CO gave me your home address.
Martinez: I’m in, sir.
Magic: In for what, son?
Martinez: Whatever.
Magic: I don’t understand.
Martinez: Sir, an admiral just showed up at my doorstep unannounced in plain clothes with a real serious vibe. This is about some special ops or secret mission. You had me at hello. I’m in, sir.
Magic: Well. I appreciate that.
Martinez: Money is not my main motivation.
Jenn: Then what is?
Martinez: My parents came here from Mérida when I was nine. My brothers were six and seven. The risk we took just to get here. This country gave us stability, gave us safety, gave us a good living. I’m sorry, I still get emotional just thinking about it.
Jenn: That’s why you joined?
Martinez: Ma’am, I joined for the one thing America didn’t give me. Citizenship. I love this country. I wanna stay. I wanna vote. I wanna protect it from enemies, both foreign and domestic. So, there’s a mission that needs me, I’m in, sir. No questions asked. Just point me in the right direction.
My last moments with my mom were full of anger. I never got to tell her I was sorry or thank her for everything she did for me. But that night changed my life. No wonder I got obsessed with physics and time travel. No wonder I wanted to join this program. You can draw a straight line from that moment to this.
Ben
Ian: Did we just make this happen?
Jenn: Ian, I can’t turn my brain in pretzels about what’s gonna happen in the future. We need to focus on the present and get back to Ben and Addison in the past.
Ian: Our lives are so insane.
Jenn: Yeah, I heard it.
