Sam's mother, Thelma Louise Beckett was married to John Samuel Beckett and had three children with him: Sam, Katie and Tom. According to Sam, Thelma is a great cook and her and John's marriage is strong and their relations are great. She was a very patient and loving woman, and a nurturing mother who thinks that Women's Lib was probably a good thing - for other women. As of the timeset for the Quantum Leap project, the late 1990s, Thelma was residing in Hawaii with still alive and retired husband John.
Appearances[]
- "The Leap Home, Part I" (Season 3, episode 1)
- "Promised Land" (Season 5, episode 11) (Mentioned Only)