History Recap / QuantumLeapS2E16Freedom

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Joseph openly states that Sheriff Taggart deserves to be scalped. And sure enough, Sam [[RageBreakingPoint almost does it]].

Note: At the end of this episode, Sam leaps into Frankie La Palma/Geno Fescotti in 1965 Brooklyn. This leap was the time, person, and place for "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E06DoubleIdentity Double Identity]]", an episode which had already aired the previous season. This represents a continuity error, and the ending leap should have been into Melvin Spooner in 1957 River Rock, Massachusetts, the time, person, and place for the next episode, "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E17GoodNightDearHeart Good Night Dear Heart]]". Alternatively, the leap could have been into some intermediate person, time, and place not aired as an episode.

Note: At the end of this episode, Sam leaps into Frankie La Palma/Geno Fescotti in 1965 Brooklyn. This leap was the time, person, and place for "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E06DoubleIdentity Double Identity]]", an episode which had already aired the previous season. This represents a continuity error, and the ending leap should have been into Melvin Spooner in 1957 River Rock, Massachusetts, the time, person, and place for the next episode, "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E17GoodNightDearHeart Good Night Dear Heart]]".

Note: At the end of this episode, Sam leaps into Frankie La Palma/Geno Fescotti in 1965 Brooklyn. This leap was the time, person, and place for "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E06DoubleIdentity Double Identity]]", an episode which had already aired the previous season. This represents a continuity error, and the ending leap should have been into Melvin Spooner in 1957 River Rock, Massachusetts, the time, person, and place for the next episode, ""[[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E17GoodNightDearHeart Good Night Dear Heart]]".

Note: At the end of this episode, Sam leaps into Frankie LaPalma/Geno Fescotti in 1965 Brooklyn. This leap was the time, person, and place for "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E06DoubleIdentity Double Identity]]", an episode which had already aired the previous season. This represents a continuity error, and the ending leap should have been into Melvin Spooner in 1957 River Rock, Massachusetts, the time, person, and place for the next episode, ""[[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E17GoodNightDearHeart Good Night Dear Heart]]".

* BigotWithABadge: Sheriff Taggert hates Native Americans for reasons never really explained.
* BittersweetEnding: More on the "bitter" side of things, to the point of almost being an outright DownerEnding, but Sam managed to get Joseph back onto the reservation... right as he dies from getting shot by Sheriff Tagert.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When trying to hammer it in Sam's head that he ''can't'' turn around and take Joseph to the hospital, Al mentions how Sheriff Taggert is going to shoot the both of them rather than let Sam get Joseph medical care.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Joseph openly states that Sheriff Taggert deserves to be scalped. And sure enough, Sam [[RageBreakingPoint almost does it]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with: Al talks Sam out of scalping Taggert at the last moment... but while he and Sam are distracted, Taggert gets up and gets a lucky shot off on Joseph.

* RageBreakingPoint: Towards the end, right when Sheriff Taggert catches up to Sam and Joseph before they can cross the river into the reservation, Sam beats the crap out of him and, as he admits, comes ''this close'' to outright scalping him.

* TemptingFate: Right before Sam and Joseph take off on their stolen horses, Al tries to assuage Sam's concerns about his health by remarking that Joseph could wind up outliving Sam. Sam is then promptly shot by Sheriff Tagert from the distance.[[note]]Granted, the bullet only grazed Sam, but it still hit him regardless.[[/note]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with: Al talks Sam out of scalping Taggert at the last moment... but while he and Sam were distracted, Taggert got up and got a lucky shot off on Joseph.

* WhenIWasYourAge: Joseph talks about his youth, fighting in WWI and mentions his own father’s recount of the Plains Wars of the 1860s.

* FantasticRacism: Sheriff Taggert hates Native Americans for reasons never really explained.

* CallBack: Joseph paints handprints on his horse to signify men killed in battle, then instructs Sam to do the same. He puts two, one for [[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E01 Roget]] and the other for [[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E15HerCharm Nick Kochifos]]. [[note]]While Sam’s tackle of [[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E11APortraitForTroian Jimmy Giovanni]] into the lake did lead to his death, Sam did not intentionally kill him.[[/note]]

->'''Sam''': (looking on the mirror) I’m an Indian.
->'''Joseph''': Could be worse. You could be a white man, eh?

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: [[invoked]] Joseph is a fan of the Washington Redskins. He particularly loves it when they beat the Dallas Cowboys.

* BittersweetEnding: More on the "bitter" side of things, but Sam managed to get Joseph back onto the reservation... right as he dies from getting shot by Sheriff Tagert.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Joseph is a fan of the Washington Redskins. He particularly loves it when they beat the Dallas Cowboys.

-->'''Joseph''': Damn white men… can’t make anything except more white men.

Directed by Alan J. Levi

* WhenIWasYourAge: Joseph talks bout his youth, fighting in WWI and mentions his own grandfather’s recount of the Plains Wars of the 1860s.

* DirtyOldMan: When the trading post clerk asks if he can get him anything else, Joseph requests “a fat woman and a narrow bed.”