There are some strong things going for the episode.

Sam, as Frank hopes to keep them both safe and alive, if only he can convince Laura to let Kyle talk to the police detective, and get the tight man arrested. Frank lives with Laura (Doran Clark) and Kyle. Written by Beverly Bridges, this episode aired on 16 October, 1991 and featured a very young Joseph Gordon-Levitt.Īs Frank, Sam is there to save the life of young Kyle (Gordon-Levitt) who is the witness to a murder when he sees a pharmacist at the shop next to the salon killed. Permanent Wave sees Sam leap into Frank Bianca, a hairdresser on 2 June, 1983. Thankfully Sam saves Nathaniel, and perhaps changes things for Clyde’s family and leaps. They risked everything, fighting for what they know, what we KNOW is right, against cowardly men who hide their faces, and commit atrocities to feel powerful in their small lives. The episode also speaks to the incredible bravery that civil rights workers demonstrated. To prove his point, Sam puts his own life at risk, putting his own neck through a noose. It’s a tough episode for Sam, and the viewer, because it shows how prevalent racism is/was and that people are taught to hate because someone looks different. This is a strong episode, a heart-rending episode, and sadly, more relevant now than ever before. He learns that he’s a lawyer and is there to make sure that a civil rights worker, Nathaniel (Michael Beach) is lynched, for trying to get African-Americans registered to vote. Sam struggles to understand what’s going on, and change the hate that has been taught to those around him, including Clyde’s wife, Lily (Lisa Waltz) and son, Cody (Jacob Gelman). It’s 11 May, 1965, and racism and hatred is everywhere.Īl (Dean Stockwell) shows up as quick as he can, because he knows Sam isn’t going to be in the best shape. Penned by Toni Graphia and with an original airdate of 9 October, 1991, Sam is Clyde, and he’s just been inducted into the Klu Klux Klan – people who stand for everything Sam’s family taught him to fight. Sam (Scott Bakula) is less than happy to find where he has leaped to in Justice.

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