Quantum Leap: Runaway - July 4, 1964 (1991)
Season 3, Episode 11
10/10
Sam: Leaping around in time, I've run up against some tough characters - violent bikers, mafia hitmen, psychotic killers. But never anyone quite as menacing as a big sister.
23 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Runaway is about Sam being leaped into the body of a 13 year old boy, whose mother disappears while on a family trip across America.

A real tear-jerker and among the very best of the show. It's a simple and common story of a mother who feels trapped in her day to day life, after having a family and caring for it and now wanting to go back out into the world and live out a little of her dreams that she gave up in order to have a family. Each character brings something positive to the table and each very different, but still a lovely family dynamic. Top notch acting by all parties and the realism and intensity at its very best.

Unfortunately there's a flaw in one of the last scenes, where Sam holds the sister upside down over a deep hole. Extremely dangerous and completely out of character for Sam, even though he's sick of being picked on.
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