Quantum Leap1989

[last lines]

Sam:
If you hadn't reached me... I would have sh...

Admiral Al Calavicci:
No, it wouldn't have been you pulling that trigger, Sam, not really.

Sam:
And then when I... I-I had a chance to save him, I leaped. Why, Al? Why?

Admiral Al Calavicci:
Oswald's mind finally reconnected, and when it did, he leaped back. And you leaped into the nearest person that could accomplish your mission.

Sam:
But I didn't accomplish it.

Admiral Al Calavicci:
Well - maybe you did.

Sam:
I didn't save him.

Admiral Al Calavicci:
No. But it doesn't look like that's what you were here to do. Ziggy thinks you were here to save her. Your Swiss-cheese mind probably doesn't remember, but the first time, Oswald killed Jackie, too.