History Recap / QuantumLeapS2E13AnotherMother

* BrokenAesop: Kevin feels better about still being a virgin after a talk with Sam, but Jackie publicly plants a huge kiss on him and clearly implies to everyone that they ''did'' have sex, completely undoing the lesson previously imparted.

** When Sam leaps in, "Call Me" by Music/{{Blondie}} is playing, and it promptly stops when Sam unplugs the radio in Linda's kitchen.

* NothingButHits: "Call Me" by Music/{{Blondie}}, "Shake it Up" by Music/TheCars[[note]]Which actually was released two months later in November 1981[[/note]], "Give Me the Night" by George Benson, and "He's So Shy" by the Pointer Sisters are all heard in the episode.

* GenderBender: Sam leaps into suburban mother Linda Bruckner

* ParentalSexualitySquick: Kevin admits to his mother that the guys embarrassed him over being a virgin. She tells him it's nothing for him to be ashamed of--"I used to be one too"--only for him to have a typical reaction to learning anything about his mother's sex life.

* BrokenAesop: Kevin feels better about still being a virgin after a talk with his mother, but Jackie publicly plants a huge kiss on him and clearly implies to everyone that they ''did'' have sex, completely undoing the lesson previously imparted.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Kevin's firm belief, even though he's only a teenager. When "Linda" informs him she was once one too, he explicitly stated that it's different because she was a girl.

-->'''Al:''' You lay one hand on this kid, you slimebag, and I'll kill you. I don't know how, but I'll kill you.

* PapaWolf: Played with, since Sam has effectively leaped into a ''MamaBear'' role. He becomes very protective of the Bruckner kids, and stops at nothing to rescue Kevin from the killers.

* TakeThat: Kevin determines that Teresa's freakouts about her "mommy" are because of Series/SesameStreet.

* VirginShaming: Kevin's "friends" goad Jackie into inviting Kevin over and getting him to admit that he's a virgin. They then gleefully pop out of Jackie's closet, and gleefully crow about telling the whole school. Sure enough, they do so in the lunchroom the next day. But Jackie rolls her eyes, says, "You've ''got'' to be kidding me," and plants a BigDamnKiss on Kevin in front of everyone.

* UnconventionalLearningExperience: PlayedForLaughs: When Kevin, astounded by how Sam took out the two kidnappers, asks how his "mom" was able to do that, Sam covers by saying it was from Girl Scouts.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Kevin and his friends are stated to be fans of ''[[TabletopGaming/DungeonsAndDragons Demons and Dragons]]''.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: When Teresa asks why Sam and Al are there, Al claims it's to help Kevin out with his swim meet. No sooner does she leave the room, Sam asks Al for the truth. Cue Al grimly informing Sam that Kevin goes missing later in the day, and they NeverFoundTheBody.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Sam senses that the leap-out is about to happen, and lets Al know. Al sadly tells Teresa that her mom is about to come back, and that he and Sam are about to leave. But he promises to try and figure out a way to visit Teresa again.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Sam leaps in on the morning of September 30, 1981, [[spoiler:saves Kevin later that evening]], and leaps out the next day around midday when [[spoiler:Kevin stands up to his friends in the lunchroom at school.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jackie is ''horrified'' about how her actions have embarrassed Kevin. [[spoiler:She later apologizes to him at school and helps him stand up to his so-called "friends."]]

* NothingIsScarier: There's no backstory or names given to the killers in this episode, and they don't have any lines. [[spoiler:There's also no ending exposition telling what becomes of them after Sam kicks their asses.]]

'''Al:''' You ''are'' still a virgin, pimple-puss.\\
''[He checks the handlink]''\\
'''Al:''' And you're gonna be a virgin for another six years.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Al doesn't tell Sam what happens to the Bruckners after Sam changes history. [[spoiler:He also doesn't explain what happens to the killers whose asses Sam kicked.]]

* VirginShaming: Kevin's "friends" goad Jackie into inviting Kevin over and getting him to admit that he's a virgin. They then gleefully pop out of Jackie's closet, and gleefully crow about telling the whole school. [[spoiler:Sure enough, they do so in the lunchroom the next day. But Jackie rolls her eyes, says, "You've ''got'' to be kidding me," and plants a BigDamnKiss on Kevin in front of everyone.]]

* StrugglingSingleMother: Linda -- and at least for now, Sam -- has to balance the needs of her three children more than anything. When Sam leaps in, he finds a scene of complete chaos.

* PresentDayPast: 1981 doesn't look like two years removed from TheSeventies, as most of the characters' fashions in this episode look more like what was popular in 1989 when the episode was filmed.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Sam leaps in on the morning of September 30, 1981, [[spoiler:saves Kevin later that evening]], and leaps back out the next day around midday when [[spoiler:Kevin stands up to his friends in the lunchroom at school.]]

Sam leaps into Linda Bruckner, a recently divorced mother of three, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. He's there to stop the suspicious disappearance of Linda's 15 year old son, Kevin, later that evening. Meanwhile, Linda's youngest child Theresa can see Al, and sees Sam for who he really is.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Sam senses that the leap-out is about to happen, and lets Al know. Al sadly tells Theresa that her mom is about to come back, and that he and Sam are about to leave. But he promises to try and figure out a way to visit Theresa again.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: While Ziggy says that it's because people under 5 years of age "exist in a natural alpha state," Al surmises that Theresa can see Al and Sam because small children are naturally pure.

* GodGuise: When Al explains to Theresa that he and Sam are there to help Kevin, Theresa asks if they are angels. Rather than try to explain quantum leaping to a five year old, [[SureLetsGoWithThat they decide to go along with it.]]

* ShoutOut: While musing on Theresa freaking out at seeing Sam, Kevin does an impersonation of [[Series/TheTwilightZone Rod Serling]].

->'''Teresa:''' That's not my mommy, that's a man. So's the guy in the yucky shirt.\\
'''Al:''' This is my favorite shirt! This is cutting-edge stuff.\\

* VirginShaming: Kevin's "friends" goad Jackie into inviting Kevin over and getting him to admit that he's a virgin. They then gleefully crow about telling the whole school the next day. [[spoiler:Which they do in the lunchroom, except Jackie plants a BigDamnKiss on Kevin.]]

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Sam senses that the leap-out is about to happen, and lets Al know. Al sadly tells Theresa that her mom is about to come back, and that he and Sam are about to leave. But he promises to try and figure out a way to visit Theresa again.