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* YouLookFamiliar: Charles Rocket (Commander Riker) previously appeared as Michael Blake in Season 3’s '''A Little Miracle'''.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Charles Rocket (Commander Riker) previously appeared as Michael Blake in Season 3’s '''A [[Recap/QuantumLeapS3E10ALittleMiracle A Little Miracle'''.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Without knowing who he's leaped into, Sam begins the leap thinking that his task is to stop Lisa from admitting the affair and ending her and Bingo's careers. By the time he learns the truth from Al, it's too late.
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* FridgeHorror: In the new timeline created when Sam hit the quantum reset button, Marci Riker was never killed. Unfortunately, she’s still a self-destructive alcoholic married to a violent and abusive sociopath. One wonders how long she will stay alive.
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Think that cigar stub is only in the car to remind Sam that Al exists? It does that, but it's also evidence of who ''really'' took Marci Riker to the beach.
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Think that cigar stub is only in the car to remind Sam that Al exists? It does that, but it's also evidence of who ''really'' took Marci Riker to the beach.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Sam is twice asked if the photo of a young Beth is Bingo's "girlfriend or fiancée?" Sam says he's not sure, and the questioner laughs because Bingo is TheCasanova; but Sam genuinely doesn't know when she and Al would have got engaged.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Sam is twice asked if the photo of a young Beth is Bingo's "girlfriend or fiancée?" Sam says he's not sure, and the questioner laughs because Bingo is TheCasanova; but if Sam even remembers Beth, he genuinely doesn't know when she and what stage her relationship with Al would have got engaged.is at. Al looks fondly at the photo but never clears this up, leaving it unclear whether he, like Lisa, was cheating on an official partner.
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* ChekovsBoomerang: Think that cigar stub is only in the car to remind Sam that Al exists? It does that, but it's also evidence of who ''really'' took Marci Riker to the beach.
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* ChekovsBoomerang: ChekhovsBoomerang: Think that cigar stub is only in the car to remind Sam that Al exists? It does that, but it's also evidence of who ''really'' took Marci Riker to the beach.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Sam is twice asked if the photo of a young Beth is Bingo's "girlfriend or fiancée?" Sam says he's not sure, and the questioner laughs because Bingo is TheCasanova; but Sam genuinely doesn't know when she and Al would have got engaged.
* CallBack: Sam fakes appendicitis, which he had diagnosed for real a couple of leaps before in ''Ghost Ship''. And as in that episode he does too good a job, and has to scramble to explain his medical knowledge.
* CallBack: Sam fakes appendicitis, which he had diagnosed for real a couple of leaps before in ''Ghost Ship''. And as in that episode he does too good a job, and has to scramble to explain his medical knowledge.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sam unknowingly [[ButterflyOfDoom prevents the witness whose testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she dies]], which Project Quantum Leap now exists in an [[AlternateHistory alternate future]] in which Al dies in the gas chamber.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Sam unknowingly [[ButterflyOfDoom prevents the witness whose testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she dies]], which Project Quantum Leap now exists in an [[AlternateHistory alternate future]] in which Al dies in the gaschamber.chamber.
** Doesn't help the fact that Al was too busy chatting it up with his younger self to help out Sam, or ''himself'' for that matter.
** Sam unknowingly [[ButterflyOfDoom prevents the witness whose testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she dies]], which Project Quantum Leap now exists in an [[AlternateHistory alternate future]] in which Al dies in the gas
** Doesn't help the fact that Al was too busy chatting it up with his younger self to help out Sam, or ''himself'' for that matter.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sam unknowingly [[ButterflyOfDoom prevents the witness whose testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she dies]], which Project Quantum Leap now exists in an [[AlternateHistory alternate future]] in which Al dies in the gas chamber.
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* CourtroomEpisode: Unlike other in the series, Sam is not arguing the case, but is the one on trial.
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** The {{Cliffhanger}} leap out scene. Sam finds himself in a backyard, holding a rifle and newspaper. And if it wasn't clear who Sam had lept into, he suddenly hears a woman telling him to smile for a picture. [[https://cdn.britannica.com/96/132696-050-59A4C3AB/newspaper-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-rifle-Russian-Pres.jpg And the picture in question?]]
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** The {{Cliffhanger}} leap out scene. Sam finds himself in a backyard, holding a rifle and newspaper. And if it wasn't clear who Sam had lept leapt into, he suddenly hears a woman telling him to smile for a picture. [[https://cdn.britannica.com/96/132696-050-59A4C3AB/newspaper-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-rifle-Russian-Pres.jpg And the picture in question?]]
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* FromBadToWorse: Sam’s initial failure to save Lisa (and preventing her from providing Al’s alibi), Al ends up on trial.
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* FromBadToWorse: Due to Sam’s initial failure to save Lisa (and preventing her from providing Al’s alibi), Al ends up on trial.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Sam's plan of having Bingo leaped into himself prior to the death of Riker's wife worked better than anyone expected; not only did they wind up saving her, but as a result, Lisa never got into that fatal car crash. And Sam's reward for all of this once he leaps out? ''[[OhCrap He leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald.]]''
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Sam's plan of having Bingo leaped leap into himself prior to the death of Riker's wife worked better than anyone expected; not only did they wind up saving her, but as a result, Lisa never got into that fatal car crash. And Sam's reward for all of this once he leaps out? ''[[OhCrap He leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald.]]''
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** After Sam manages to bring Al's chances of being found guilty down to 20%, he bemusedly remarks that he did so by finding one of Al's cigars in his car.
--->'''Al''': That's not my cigar. I didn't start smoking cigars until I went to Vietnam. [[OhCrap ...that's gotta be Chip's.]]
--->'''Al''': That's not my cigar. I didn't start smoking cigars until I went to Vietnam. [[OhCrap ...that's gotta be Chip's.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sam talking Lisa out of being his alibi leaves all suspicion of wrongdoing on the younger Al. Al himself also admits to some fault here, saying he should've gotten to Sam sooner instead of wasted time talking to his younger self in the waiting room.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sam talking Lisa out of being his alibi leaves all suspicion of wrongdoing on the younger Al. Al himself also admits to some fault here, saying he should've gotten to Sam sooner instead of wasted wasting time talking to his younger self in the waiting room.
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Written by Donald P. Bellisario
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Sam's plan of having Bingo leaped into himself prior to the death of Riker's wife worked better than anyone expected; not only did they wind up saving her, but as a result, Lisa never got into that fatal car crash? And Sam's reward for all of this once he leaps out? ''[[OhCrap He leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald.]]''
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Sam's plan of having Bingo leaped into himself prior to the death of Riker's wife worked better than anyone expected; not only did they wind up saving her, but as a result, Lisa never got into that fatal car crash? crash. And Sam's reward for all of this once he leaps out? ''[[OhCrap He leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald.]]''
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* WhamLine: Cdr. Riker delivers a powerful one on the witness stand.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”? \\
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”? \\
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** Cdr. Riker delivers a powerful one on the witness stand.
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** "[[{{Cliffhanger}} Lee? Look! Smile!]]"
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* WhamShot: When the probability of Al’s execution reaches 100%, Sam turns around to see someone else in Al’s place, holding the handlink.
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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
** When the probability of Al’s execution reaches 100%, Sam turns around to see someone else in Al’s place, holding thehandlink.handlink.
** The {{Cliffhanger}} leap out scene. Sam finds himself in a backyard, holding a rifle and newspaper. And if it wasn't clear who Sam had lept into, he suddenly hears a woman telling him to smile for a picture. [[https://cdn.britannica.com/96/132696-050-59A4C3AB/newspaper-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-rifle-Russian-Pres.jpg And the picture in question?]]
** When the probability of Al’s execution reaches 100%, Sam turns around to see someone else in Al’s place, holding the
** The {{Cliffhanger}} leap out scene. Sam finds himself in a backyard, holding a rifle and newspaper. And if it wasn't clear who Sam had lept into, he suddenly hears a woman telling him to smile for a picture. [[https://cdn.britannica.com/96/132696-050-59A4C3AB/newspaper-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-rifle-Russian-Pres.jpg And the picture in question?]]
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: For completely understandable reasons, Al had no idea that he was briefly replaced by a different observer due to having been killed in the gas chamber.
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* SnapBack: When circumstances with the leap ultimately result in the timeline changing to the extent that Al is sentenced to death, it takes Sam discovering a cigar in Al's car for the original timeline to reassert itself, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop with Al none the wiser]].
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: A positive example: when explaining to Al how his plan to leap Bingo into himself prior to Marci's death should be able to fix the timeline, Sam abruptly pauses... and goes and checks outside his room. [[RippleEffectIndicator The officer that was supposed to keep watch on him is now missing.]]
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* AccidentNotMurder: Riker's wife wasn't raped, nor murdered. What was going on between her and Chip on the beach was completely consensual, and she had died because, as she was getting up, she slipped and fell, smashing her head on a rock.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Chip finishes recounting what happened between him and Riker's wife, and the flashback being shown reveals [[AccidentalDeath she died by hitting her head on a rock on the beach]], he mentions how it was like it came out of a black-and-white film... when the ''flashback itself'' was in black-and-white.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Chip finishes recounting what happened between him and Riker's wife, and the flashback being shown reveals [[AccidentalDeath [[AccidentNotMurder she died by hitting her head on a rock on the beach]], he mentions how it was like it came out of a black-and-white film... when the ''flashback itself'' was in black-and-white.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Chip finishes recounting what happened between him and Riker's wife, and the flashback being shown reveals [[AccidentalDeath she died by hitting her head on a rock on the beach]], he mentions how it was like it came out of a black-and-white film... when the ''flashback itself'' was in black-and-white.
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* HonorBeforeReason:
** Despite the danger it puts him in, Al is somewhat glad that Sam bungled the alibi by telling Lisa to keep quiet. This way, he says, there won't be any gossiping and snickering over Lisa's grave.
** As Dobbs observes after the below WhamLine, Riker is completely willing to destroy his own credibility and career to make his wife's murderer pay.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: In a particularly dark example, Riker thinks his wife deserved to be raped for sleeping around, but he wants the prime suspect roasted for murdering her.
** Despite the danger it puts him in, Al is somewhat glad that Sam bungled the alibi by telling Lisa to keep quiet. This way, he says, there won't be any gossiping and snickering over Lisa's grave.
** As Dobbs observes after the below WhamLine, Riker is completely willing to destroy his own credibility and career to make his wife's murderer pay.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: In a particularly dark example, Riker thinks his wife deserved to be raped for sleeping around, but he wants the prime suspect roasted for murdering her.
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I saw boobies.
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* SkinnyDipping: The episode opens with Sam waking up on a beach confused. Then to his shock, Lisa Sherman [[SexySurfacingShot emerges from the ocean naked]] (only seen naked [[ShouldersUpNudity from the shoulders up]]) and makes out with him. It turns out to be an EroticDream.
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* SkinnyDipping: The episode opens with Sam waking up on a beach confused. Then to his shock, Lisa Sherman [[SexySurfacingShot emerges from the ocean naked]] (only seen naked [[ShouldersUpNudity from the shoulders up]]) and makes out with him. It turns out to be an EroticDream.
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* SkinnyDipping: The episode opens with Sam waking up on a beach confused. Then to his shock, Lisa Sherman [[SexySurfacingShot emerges from the ocean naked]] (only seen naked [[ShouldersUpNudity from the shoulders up]]) and makes out with him. It turns out to be an EroticDream.
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-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”?
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': No, sir.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': For God's sake, Commander, why not?
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': Because she '''deserved''' it.
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': No, sir.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': For God's sake, Commander, why not?
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': Because she '''deserved''' it.
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-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”?
-->'''Cdr.“Stop”? \\
'''Cdr. Riker''': No, sir. \n-->'''Cdr. \\
'''Cdr. Dobbs''': For God's sake, Commander, whynot?
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'''Cdr. Riker''': No, sir.
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'''Cdr. Riker''': Because she '''deserved''' it.
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->'''Al''': Right.
->'''Young Al''': Now, even if I believed you, would you do this if you were me?
->'''Al''': I ''am'' you.
->'''Al''': Right.
->'''Young Al''': Now, even if I believed you, would you do this if you were me?
->'''Al''': I ''am'' you.
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->'''Young Al''': You're gonna put me into a nuclear accelerator chamber and send my body back into time?
->'''Al''': Right.
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'''Al''': Right.\\
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: After the leap, Sam finds himself as none other than [[Recap/QuantumLeapS5E01E02LeeHarveyOswald Lee Harvey Oswald]].
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Al not wasted time talking to his younger self, he could've told Sam what he needed to do.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Al not wasted time talking to his younger self, he could've told Sam what he needed to do.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sam talking Lisa out of being his alibi leaves all suspicion of wrongdoing on the younger Al. Al himself also admits to some fault here, saying he should've gotten to Sam sooner instead of wasted time talking to his younger self in the waiting room.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Sam recognizes that Edward has replaced Al. He struggles to keep reminding himself of Al so that he doesn't forget the original history.
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 4, Episode 22:'''
!A Leap for Lisa
->'''Al''': Ain’t that a kick in the butt? You leaped into me as a kid.
Written by Donald P. Bellisario
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
Airdate: May 20, 1992.
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June 25, 1957
Sam leaps into Al as a young Navy pilot and accidentally puts his friend’s very existence in jeopardy when the younger Al is suspected of the murder of a superior officer’s wife.
!Tropes:
* CourtroomEpisode: Unlike other in the series, Sam is not arguing the case, but is the one on trial.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Even after saving Lisa’s life, the younger Al did not end up with her. [[note]]The fact that she was already married probably had something to do with it.[[/note]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: As a young man, Al’s wingmen called him “Bingo”.
* FridgeHorror: In the new timeline created when Sam hit the quantum reset button, Marci Riker was never killed. Unfortunately, she’s still a self-destructive alcoholic married to a violent and abusive sociopath. One wonders how long she will stay alive.
* FromBadToWorse: Sam’s initial failure to save Lisa (and preventing her from providing Al’s alibi), Al ends up on trial.
* OpenSecret: Everyone on the base seems to know the truth about Al and Lisa’s affair. Marci Riker’s affairs with the men in her husband’s unit is also common knowledge.
* ResetButton: After painting themselves into a corner, Sam and Al use time travel to hit the reset button.
* WhamLine: Cdr. Riker delivers a powerful one on the witness stand.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”?
-->'''Cdr, Riker''': No, sir.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': For God's sake, Commander, why not?
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': Because she '''deserved''' it.
* WhamShot: When the probability of Al’s execution reaches 100%, Sam turns around to see someone else in Al’s place, holding the handlink.
* YouLookFamiliar: Charles Rocket (Commander Riker) previously appeared as Michael Blake in Season 3’s '''A Little Miracle'''.
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->'''Young Al''': You're gonna put me into a nuclear accelerator chamber and send my body back into time?
->'''Al''': Right.
->'''Young Al''': Now, even if I believed you, would you do this if you were me?
->'''Al''': I ''am'' you.
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Next: Recap/QuantumLeapS51E01E02LeeHarveyOswald]
'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 4, Episode 22:'''
!A Leap for Lisa
->'''Al''': Ain’t that a kick in the butt? You leaped into me as a kid.
Written by Donald P. Bellisario
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
Airdate: May 20, 1992.
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June 25, 1957
Sam leaps into Al as a young Navy pilot and accidentally puts his friend’s very existence in jeopardy when the younger Al is suspected of the murder of a superior officer’s wife.
!Tropes:
* CourtroomEpisode: Unlike other in the series, Sam is not arguing the case, but is the one on trial.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Even after saving Lisa’s life, the younger Al did not end up with her. [[note]]The fact that she was already married probably had something to do with it.[[/note]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: As a young man, Al’s wingmen called him “Bingo”.
* FridgeHorror: In the new timeline created when Sam hit the quantum reset button, Marci Riker was never killed. Unfortunately, she’s still a self-destructive alcoholic married to a violent and abusive sociopath. One wonders how long she will stay alive.
* FromBadToWorse: Sam’s initial failure to save Lisa (and preventing her from providing Al’s alibi), Al ends up on trial.
* OpenSecret: Everyone on the base seems to know the truth about Al and Lisa’s affair. Marci Riker’s affairs with the men in her husband’s unit is also common knowledge.
* ResetButton: After painting themselves into a corner, Sam and Al use time travel to hit the reset button.
* WhamLine: Cdr. Riker delivers a powerful one on the witness stand.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': You watched a man rape your wife for a minute or two, and didn't even yell “Stop”?
-->'''Cdr, Riker''': No, sir.
-->'''Cdr. Dobbs''': For God's sake, Commander, why not?
-->'''Cdr. Riker''': Because she '''deserved''' it.
* WhamShot: When the probability of Al’s execution reaches 100%, Sam turns around to see someone else in Al’s place, holding the handlink.
* YouLookFamiliar: Charles Rocket (Commander Riker) previously appeared as Michael Blake in Season 3’s '''A Little Miracle'''.
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->'''Young Al''': You're gonna put me into a nuclear accelerator chamber and send my body back into time?
->'''Al''': Right.
->'''Young Al''': Now, even if I believed you, would you do this if you were me?
->'''Al''': I ''am'' you.
