Quantum Leap (TV Series)

Running for Honor - June 11, 1964 (1992)

Dean Stockwell: Al

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Admiral Al Calavicci : You know, there's one thing that I-I... just doesn't figure for me.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What's that?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Well, was Tommy... gay or not?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Does it matter?

• Dr. Sam Beckett : I don't know how to run track, Al.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Oh. Well, you just, you pump... Look, you pump your arms and you pump your legs, and then you drive through the tape.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : You were a runner, too?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : No, but it sounds good, dunnit?

• Admiral Al Calavicci : Tea? Not coffee?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I'm making some tea. Tea. T-E-A tea. Tea, tea, tea. I don't like coffee, I like tea... Does drinking tea make me any less of a man than somebody who drinks coffee? I mean, is every tea-drinker in the entire history of the world gay to you? Is that it? What about the Boston Tea Party? Was that like some kind of a gay boat festival or something?

• Admiral Al Calavicci : If wishes were broken hearts, everybody would have 'em.

• Karen Spencer : Tommy, what's wrong? Y-you don't return my phone calls, and... you don't listen to me when I talk. Don't you like me? I mean, I know that you're a senior and I'm only a freshman, but...

  Dr. Sam Beckett : No, no, no, of course, of course I like you.

  Karen Spencer : Well, then, why haven't you... you know.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What?

  Karen Spencer : I don't want you to think I'm easy or anything. But we've been going out for almost three months, and... you haven't even... you know?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah - you know?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I just didn't think that you wanted me to... y-you know.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Oh, God, this is worse than I thought.

• Dr. Sam Beckett : [Sam and Al bump into Ronnie who's in civilian clothes and carrying a couple of packed bags]  I was just on my way to the track.

  Ronnie Chambers : So what?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [sighs]  You goin' somewhere?

  Ronnie Chambers : I'm dropping out of Prescott.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Where you gonna' go?

  Ronnie Chambers : Somewhere where I don't have to deal with people like you.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : [Sam and Al take a second to watch Ronnie's departing back]  There goes a troubled young guy. Gosh, it's a shame he had to drive a kid like Philip out of the service.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Yeah, I know. Wait a second. Weren't you the guy who said the military is no place...? What's going on with you?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : [sheepishly]  I was... I was wrong. I was wrong. Alright. I was... You were right. I was wrong.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What made you change your mind?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Uh... you. The coach. Philip, mostly Philip. So, I realised that er... I was wrong. I'm not always right. I was wrong.