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Quantum
Leap Episode Guide
| Title |
Original Airdate |
Leap Date |
Location |
# |
| Genesis (Part 1 & 2) |
March 26, 1989 |
September 13, 1956: Summer, 1968 |
Edwards Air Force Base in Blockfield, California/Waco, Texas |
101 |
| The pilot episode. Sam Beckett, desperate to prove
his time travel theory before the project runs out of funds, leaps
before the kinks are worked out of the machine. He ends up leaping
into Tom Stratton, the pilot of the experimental Bell X-2 aircraft,
and has to pretend to be the pilot while trying to fill in the
holes in his "Swiss cheese" memory. Later, Sam leaps into minor
league baseball player Tim Fox, and has to win the game. The
pitcher that Sam faces looks like a young Nolan Ryan. This episode
does not have the usual opening monologue and theme song; rather,
it begins with Al flirting with a girl until he gets word that Sam
is leaping.
Note: This episode was originally referred to as 'Pilot'. The
title 'Genesis' has become more common in syndicated re-runs,
especially in its two-part version. |
| |
| Star-Crossed |
March 31, 1989 |
June 15, 1972 |
Lawrence College in Marion, Ohio |
102 |
As Gerald Bryant, a lecherous old professor at a
private college, Sam's mission is to stop a young coed from
ruining her life by entering into an ill-advised marriage with
Sam's host, but along the way, Sam tries to change his own history
by reuniting Donna, the woman who will later leave him at the
altar, with her father before he ships out to Vietnam. A young
Teri Hatcher guest-stars as Donna.
- Brushes with history: On June 17, 1972, Sam tries to bluff
his way past the security guards in the lobby of the Watergate
Hotel. He is ejected, but Sam manages to find a door with a piece
of tape over the latch. He and his future wife sneak in, but the
guard, noticing their car, does a check of the outside doors and
reports a break-in.
|
| |
| The Right Hand of God |
April 7, 1989 |
October 24, 1974 |
Sacramento, California |
103 |
| Sam is Clarence "Kid" Cody, a crooked boxer who
must win the championship in order to win the money that his new
managers (a group of nuns) need to build a new
church. This episode has no major brushes with history, and Sam
is also clearly getting better at fitting into character, and
changing his character's behavior, without arousing suspicion. |
| |
| How the Tess Was Won |
April 14, 1989 |
August 5, 1956 |
Riata
Ranch
in Texas |
104 |
Sam leaps into Daniel "Doc" Young, a
veterinarian in rural
,
and must decide if he needs to win the love of a wealthy
Texas
rancher or save the life of an important animal.
The secret to Sam's leap indicates that this episode
specifically takes place just outside of
Lubbock, Texas.
- Brushes with history: Sam inspires Buddy Holly to write the
song "Peggy Sue", and as it transpires it is revealed that was
what he was there to do.
|
| |
| Double Identity |
April 21, 1989 |
November 8, 1965 |
Brooklyn, New York |
105 |
| On the eve of the
Northeast Blackout of 1965, Sam leaps into
Mafia
hitman
Frankie LaPalma -- and later leaps into Geno Fescotti, the Mafia
don, hence the episode's title -- as the Quantum Leap project tries
to bring him home. The episode is the first to give a clear
indication that Sam & Al's mission might be to align their
fictional timeline with the viewer's timeline, as there would be
little other reason to trigger the
infamous power surge in the Lewiston Robert Moses power plant. |
| |
| The Color of Truth |
May 3, 1989 |
August 8, 1955 |
Red Dog,
Alabama |
106 |
| Sam leaps into Jessie Tyler, an aging black
chauffeur in the
segregated South. He must save his wealthy white employer (the
widow of the former
Governor of Alabama) from dying in a car crash, while
persuading her to play a more active role in the civil rights
movement. This is the first episode where Sam has no love interest
— his host is a widower. Al has his first experience being noticed
by a human other than Sam, although she only perceives him as a
ghostly voice. (This episode is partly an homage to the play
Driving Miss Daisy.) |
| |
| Camikazi Kid |
May 10, 1989 |
June 6, 1961 |
Los Angeles, California |
107 |
| Sam leaps into Cameron "Cam" Wilson, a high school
nerd who must prevent his sister from marrying an abusive man - an
incident that reminds Sam of the fate of his own sister. The
subject of
domestic abuse pervades the episode. There are occasional
screwball moments, such as a "brush with history" with a
toddler
Michael Jackson.
Jason Priestley guest stars as a popular kid who has little
respect for Sam's host. |
| |
| Play It Again, Seymour |
May 17, 1989 |
April 14, 1953 |
New York City, New York |
108 |
| Sam leaps into private investigator Nick Allen
looking for the murderer of his partner in a world akin to a
Humphrey Bogart film — or possibly, Sam suggests, a mystery
novel. His host bears an uncanny resemblance to Bogart, leading to
a "brush with history" with a young fan:
Woody Allen.
Claudia Christian plays Sam's love interest. The episode, and
therefore season one, ends with Sam's first-ever leap into a woman.
However, the second season was being broadcast in a different order
than expected, so the episode to which this teaser alluded, "What
Price Gloria?", became the fourth episode of season two. |
Season 2 (1989-1990)
| Title |
Original Airdate |
Leap Date |
Location |
# |
| Honeymoon Express |
September 20, 1989 |
1957: April 27, 1960 |
On a
train leaving
New York City, New York en route for
Niagra Falls |
201 |
After saving a cat from a tree as a firefighter in
1957, Sam leaps into Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his
honeymoon, Sam must save himself from his wife's jealous and
sociopathic ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's
funding is in danger of being cut off, stranding Sam alone in the
past, unless he can make a significant change in history...
such as preventing the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia.
- Note: This episode is unusual in that it opens and closes in
the present time (in the context of the series), as Al struggles
to justify keeping project Quantum Leap running to a committee.
This is also the first episode where we see the effects of Sam's
actions on history. Just as the previous senator was about to
deny funding for Project Quantum Leap, his host's wife becomes
the senator in charge of the committee and approves funding.
|
| |
| Disco Inferno |
September 27, 1989 |
April 1, 1976 |
Burbank, California |
202 |
Sam is unhappy about leaping into stuntman Chad
Stone on the set of a disco film, but he must prevent his brother,
a fellow stuntman, from being the victim of a freak accident while
steering him toward a career in music. This is the first episode in
which Sam remembers that he had a brother who died in Vietnam.
- Brushes with history: Sam winds up on the set of
Earthquake. Also, the film
The Poseidon Adventure is referred to.
|
| |
| The Americanization of Machiko |
October 11, 1989 |
August 4, 1953 |
Oak Creek,
Ohio |
203 |
| Sam leaps into Charles Lee MacKenzie, a US sailor
returning from overseas with his Japanese bride after being
stationed in Japan for two years. He lives in a small American town
and must help his host's mother accept his new bride, fend off his
ex-girlfriend's advances, and fight off racist responses from some
of the townspeople. |
| |
| What Price Gloria? |
October 25, 1989 |
October 16, 1961 |
Detroit, Michigan |
204 |
| Sam leaps into a woman for the first time, a
stunning blonde named Samantha Stormer. He must prevent his host's
female roommate from killing herself when her married boyfriend
(who is also Sam's host's boss) refuses to divorce his wife. Sam
also has to deal with
sexual harassment from the same man and deal with Al's
attraction for Sam's host. |
| |
| Blind Faith |
November 1, 1989 |
February 6, 1964 |
New York City, New York |
205 |
Sam leaps into
Carnegie Hall as Andrew Ross, a blind pianist. He must save the
pianist's girlfriend from being killed by a serial killer in New
York's
Central Park, and convince her mother that he is not bad for
her. Her mother begins suspecting that he is not really blind, but
Sam is blinded by a camera flash just as he needs to save the girl
and thereby convinces her mother that he really is blind.
- Brushes with history: Sam leaps into his host on the eve of
The Beatles landing at
JFK International Airport, and crowds of rabid fans can be
seen whenever Sam is outside. He even catches one fan as she
passes out.
|
| |
| Good Morning, Peoria |
November 8, 1989 |
September 9, 1959 |
Peoria, Illinois |
206 |
| Sam leaps into Howlin' Chick Howell, the
Wolfman Jack type DJ of a radio station in a city where local
politicians are trying to ban rock & roll. He and the station owner
barricade themselves in the station and thwart several attempts by
the authorities to take the station off the air.
Patricia Richardson guest stars. (Evidenced by the title, this
episode is a homage to the hit film
Good Morning, Vietnam.)
|
| |
| Thou Shalt Not... |
November 15, 1989 |
February 2, 1974 |
Los Angeles, California |
207 |
Sam is David Basch, a rabbi
who must prevent his brother's family from being torn apart by the
death of their son in a plane crash and the mother's subsequent
affair. In this episode, Al reveal that his third wife was
Jewish
during the
bat mitzvah of the niece of Sam's host.
- Brushes with history: Sam performs the
Heimlich Maneuver on a man who is choking, revealed to be
Dr. Heimlich himself.
|
| |
| Jimmy |
November 22, 1989 |
October 14, 1964 |
Oakland, California |
208 |
Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta, a mentally
handicapped young man that needs to show he can keep his job at the
docks or else he will die in a mental institution.
Michael Madsen guest stars as a dock worker that teases and
intimidates Jimmy for being disabled. It's also revealed that Al
had a younger sister who was
mentally retarded and died in an institution.
- Brushes with history: Sam decides to tell his host's younger
brother the
Star Wars saga.
|
| |
| So Help Me God |
November 29, 1989 |
July 29, 1957 |
Twelve Oaks Parish,
Louisiana |
209 |
| Sam becomes Leonard Dancey, a defense attorney in a
capital murder case, defending a black woman accused of murdering a
prominent white man in a town steeped in racism. (Sam even slightly
resembles
Atticus Finch of
To Kill a Mockingbird). |
| |
| Catch A Falling Star |
December 6, 1989 |
May 21, 1979 |
Syracuse, New York |
210 |
| Sam is Ray Hutton, the understudy to an alcoholic
actor on a way-off-Broadway production of
Man of La Mancha. He must prevent the obnoxious actor from
ending his career with a drunken fall on stage that breaks his leg.
This situation is greatly complicated when Sam decides he doesn't
want to leap after meeting his old piano teacher, whom he had a
boyhood crush on- and who is in love with Sam's host.
John Cullum and
Janine Turner (both of
Northern Exposure) guest star. |
| |
| A Portrait for Troian |
December 13, 1989 |
February 7, 1971 |
Near
Los Angeles, California |
211 |
| Sam is Timothy Mintz, a
parapsychologist working with a young widow who insists that
her late husband is haunting her. The
Sylmar earthquake and an aftershock occur during the episode. A
device that Sam's host invented to record paranormal activity
allows those near it to hear Al. Co-executive producer
Deborah Pratt, wife of series creator
Donald P. Bellisario, guest stars as Troian. Bellisario has a
cameo appearance as Mintz's reflection. |
| |
| Animal Frat |
January 3, 1990 |
October 19, 1967 |
Meeks College in
California |
212 |
| Sam leaps into all-American college jock Knut "Wild
Thing" Wileton who must prevent anti-war protests from turning
violent and resulting in the destruction of the science block while
a student is inside, thus ruining the life of a young woman opposed
to the war.
(This episode is an homage to the classic cult film
Animal House.) |
| |
| Another Mother |
January 10, 1990 |
September 30, 1981 |
Scottsdale, Arizona |
213 |
| Sam is Linda Brookner, the mother of three
children, one of whom will disappear in the next 48 hours. Sam must
juggle motherhood and his rescue mission while Al watches over the
youngest child - a burden made much easier by the fact that he and
Al can be seen by the woman's youngest daughter. |
| |
| All Americans |
January 17, 1990 |
November 6, 1962 |
El Camino High School in
Southern California |
214 |
| Sam leaps into Eddie Vega, a high school football
player who must prevent his best friend from throwing the big game
and ruining both their chances at college scholarships.
Episode note: Al says that he is watching
Super Bowl XXX and that the Steelers are down by three. In
fact, six years after the episode was filmed, the
Steelers did play the
Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX and were down by three at one point
in the fourth quarter. |
| |
| Her Charm |
February 7, 1990 |
September 26, 1973 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
215 |
| Sam is Peter Langley, an FBI agent who is
protecting a woman in the Federal Witness Protection Program from a
deadly Mafia hitman who has an uncanny ability to find them.
Episode note: At the end of this episode Sam meets his former
professor who helped him develop the String Theory which leads the
Quantum Leap Project. |
| |
| Freedom |
February 14, 1990 |
November 22, 1970 |
Nevada |
216 |
| Sam leaps into a young imprisoned Native American
named George Washaki who is trying to take his dying grandfather
back to the reservation where he can die in peace, but the town
sheriff is out to stop them. |
| |
| Good Night, Dear Heart |
March 7, 1990 |
November 9, 1957 |
Riven Rock,
Massachusetts |
217 |
| A woman's apparent suicide by drowning turns out to
be a possible murder tied to her male and female romances, and Sam,
as Melvyn Spooner the coroner, must find the truth.
Robert Duncan McNeill and
Marcia Cross guest star. This episode served as inspiration for
issue 9 of the Quantum Leap comic book, which had Sam
leaping into Cross's character as she was released from prison on
the eve of the
Stonewall riots. |
| |
| Pool Hall Blues |
March 14, 1990 |
September 4, 1954 |
Chicago, Illinois |
218 |
| Sam leaps into Charlie "Black Magic" Walters, one
of the greatest pool men in America and Al's childhood mentor. He
must help his granddaughter keep her nightclub and rescue it from
under the corrupting influence of a criminal loan shark. |
| |
| Leaping in Without a Net |
March 28, 1990 |
November 18, 1958 |
Near
Denver, Colorado |
219 |
| Sam leaps into Victor Panzini, a member of a family
of trapeze artists who must prevent his host's sister from
performing a dangerous stunt that will result in her death, a
mission which is made more difficult by his fear of heights. |
| |
| Maybe Baby |
April 4, 1990 |
March 11, 1963 |
Texas |
220 |
| Sam leaps into Buster, a bouncer in the middle of
an infant kidnapping scheme with a ditsy, compulsive liar as his
partner (Julie
Brown). Sam and Al cannot agree on whether Sam is there to help
the pair succeed or return the baby to its rightful guardian. |
| |
| Sea Bride |
May 2, 1990 |
June 3, 1954 |
On the
RMS Queen Mary in the
Upper New York Bay |
221 |
| Sam leaps into Phillip Dumont, the ex-husband of a
young heiress who is preparing to marry a gangster aboard a cruise
ship, and Sam must get them back together. |
| |
| M.I.A. |
May 9, 1990 |
April 1, 1969 |
San Diego, California |
222 |
| Sam leaps into police detective Jake Rawlings, and
is caught between two missions; saving his partner's life and
preventing a young woman from losing hope for her husband who is
MIA in Vietnam... a situation made even more awkward by the fact
that the woman in question is Al's first wife.
Episode Note: This is the first episode that doesn't show where
Sam leaps to next in the end. Sam would revisit Al's wife at the
end of the series final episode. |
Season 3 (1990-1991)
| Title |
Original Airdate |
Leap Date |
Location |
# |
| The Leap Home |
September 28, 1990 |
November 25, 1969 |
Elk Ridge,
Indiana |
301 |
| Sam leaps into himself as a high school teenager
and Al tells him he is there to win a basketball game that was a
turning point in many people's lives, but Sam wants to take the
opportunity to prevent his sister from marrying an abusive
alcoholic, his father from dying from a heart attack, and his
brother from getting killed in Vietnam. |
| |
| The Leap Home Part II - Vietnam |
October 5, 1990 |
April 7, 1970 |
Vietnam |
302 |
| Sam leaps into Herbert "Magic" Williams, a soldier
in his brother's platoon in
Vietnam, where he is given the chance to keep his brother from
dying, but at a terrible price.
Episode Note: Maggie, a news reporter, is able to see Al right
before she dies. |
| |
| Leap of Faith |
October 12, 1990 |
August 19, 1963 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
303 |
Sam leaps into
Father
Francis "Frank" Pistano, a priest who must help prevent a fellow
man of the cloth from losing his faith and self-control.
- Brushes with history: Sam recounts to a young boxer a scene
from the film
Rocky
—the young boxer's locker door is tagged with S. Stallone— a
reference to
Sylvester Stallone.
|
| |
| One Strobe over the Line |
October 19, 1990 |
June 15, 1965 |
New York City,
New York |
304 |
| As Karl Granson, a well-known fashion photographer,
Sam must protect a female fashion model from overdosing on illicit
drugs. |
| |
| The Boogieman |
October 26, 1990 |
October 31, 1964 |
Coventry,
Maine |
305 |
Sam leaps into horror novelist Joshua Rae who is
surrounded by death and mystery. Al and Ziggy don't seem to be able
to predict what will happen and Sam is running out of suspects. Is
this part of someone's book... or someone's nightmare?
- Brushes with history Inspires
Stephen King along the way
|
| |
| Miss Deep South |
November 2, 1990 |
June 7, 1958 |
Somewhere in the
Deep South |
306 |
| Sam leaps into Darlene Monty, a
beauty pageant contestant who must protect a naive fellow
contestant from ruining her life by posing for nude photographs,
and in the process must ensure that his host places at least third
in the pageant so that she can win a scholarship and become a
doctor. |
| |
| Black on White on Fire |
November 9, 1990 |
August 11, 1965 |
Watts, Los Angeles, California |
307 |
| Sam leaps into an African-American named Ray
Harper, a medical student dating a white woman on the day of the
Watts Riots. He must prevent his host's girlfriend from being
killed, while persuading her that they need to stay in Watts. |
| |
| The Great Spontini |
November 16, 1990 |
May 9, 1974 |
Oakland, California |
308 |
| Sam leaps into a traveling amateur magician named
Harry Spontini (a person similar to Harry Houdini), he must perform
some real magic to prevent losing custody of his young daughter to
his ex-wife (mirroring
Kramer vs. Kramer), as well as save the girl from
performing a dangerous trick that will go badly wrong. |
| |
| Rebel Without a Clue |
November 30, 1990 |
September 1, 1958 |
near
Big Sur, California |
309 |
| Sam leaps into Shane "Funny Bone" Thomas, a member
of a biker gang where he meets a truck stop restaurant owner who
lost his son to the war and an idealistic young woman who is going
to die unless she gives up her reckless dream of living the hard
life of
Jack Kerouac.
Diedrich Bader and
Josie Bissett guest star. |
| |
| A Little Miracle |
December 21, 1990 |
December 24, 1962 |
New York City, New York |
310 |
| Sam leaps into Reginald Pearson, a personal valet
to a
Scrooge-like industrialist who is bent on demolishing a
Salvation Army mission, forcing Sam and Al to literally
'Scrooge' him by showing him his past, present and future (a task
made easier by the fact that his
brain waves are so similar to Sam's that he can see Al) in an
attempt to change his mind.
Charles Rocket guest stars. |
| |
| Runaway |
January 4, 1991 |
July 4, 1964 |
Carbon County, Wyoming, heading south |
311 |
| Sam leaps into Butchie Rickett, a 13-year-old boy
who is on a family roadtrip from which the mother will soon
disappear, while also dealing with the bullying of his host's older
sister. |
| |
| 8 1/2 Months |
March 6, 1991 |
November 15, 1955 |
Claremore, Oklahoma |
312 |
| Sam leaps into Billie Jean Crockett, a pregnant
teenager who needs to keep her baby and obtain the support of her
father, a fact made all the more confusing by the fact that Sam
still seems to be pregnant even though he lacks the 'equipment'
to carry a child... |
| |
| Future Boy |
March 13, 1991 |
October 6, 1957 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
313 |
| Sam leaps into Kenny Sharp, (a.k.a Future Boy) an
actor on a children's sci-fi show and must work quickly to keep his
eccentric co-star from being killed or committed to a mental
institution because of his "wild" theories about traveling in time.
In the process, Sam learns, much to his surprise, that the actor
has independently come up with Sam's own 'string theory' of Quantum
Leaping.
Episode Note: In the end of the episode, Kenny's (Sam's) co-host
reads a fan letter on the last episode of the children's series he
stars in. The letter is from Sam himself, but as a child. This
event shows how Sam acquired "the string theory." |
| |
| Private Dancer |
March 20, 1991 |
October 6, 1979 |
New York City, New York |
314 |
| Sam is Rod McCarty, (a.k.a. "Rod the Bod") a
Chippendales dancer who must help a deaf woman find success as
a professional dancer, before she goes down a road of
prostitution and dies of
AIDS.
Real-life choreographer
Debbie Allen guest stars as the head of a dance studio. |
| |
| Piano Man |
March 27, 1991 |
November 10, 1985 |
Tularosa, New Mexico |
315 |
Sam leaps into Joey DeNardo, (a.k.a Chuck Danner) a
lounge singer in the
witness protection program who must keep himself and his
accident-prone girlfriend from being killed for the murder he
witnessed three years ago.
Scott Bakula wrote and performed the song "Somewhere in the Night." |
| |
| Southern Comforts |
April 3, 1991 |
August 4, 1961 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
316 |
| Sam leaps into Gilbert LaBonte, the owner of a
New Orleans
brothel to prevent one of his girls from disappearing after a
confrontation with her abusive husband.
David Graf and
Dan Butler guest star. |
| |
| Glitter Rock |
April 10, 1991 |
April 12, 1974 |
Detroit, Michigan |
317 |
| Sam is Geoffrey "Tonic" Mole, the lead singer of a
KISS-inspired rock band who in the original history was
murdered by an unknown stalker; Sam must find out whether it was
the manager, a band member, a random fan, or his host's estranged
son who did it, and stop them before the deed can take place. 60's
singer
Peter Noone appears as the band's manager. |
| |
| A Hunting We Will Go |
April 18, 1991 |
June 18, 1976 |
Arkansas |
318 |
| Sam leaps into Gordon O'Reilly, a
bounty hunter handcuffed to a compulsively lying woman who is
suspecting of embezzling a large sum of money, and must decide
whether his mission is to help the woman escape or bring her to
justice. |
| |
| Last Dance Before An Execution |
May 1, 1991 |
May 12, 1971 |
Tallahassee, Florida |
319 |
| Sam leaps into Jesus Ortega, a man about to be
executed by the
electric chair, until he is suddenly given a temporary 48-hour
reprieve to (apparently) try to prove his innocence. |
| |
| Heart of a Champion |
May 8, 1991 |
July 23, 1955 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
320 |
| Sam leaps into Terry Sammis (aka "Nikolai"), a
professional wrestler who must prevent his brother from dying of a
heart attack in the championship match.
WWE Hall of Fame inductee
Terry Funk guest stars. |
| |
| Nuclear Family |
May 15, 1991 |
October 26, 1962 |
Homestead, Florida |
321 |
| Sam leaps into Eddie Elroy, a college student
helping his brother sell nuclear bomb shelters during the
Cuban Missile Crisis, and must prevent their neighbor from
being shot during a false air raid. |
| |
| Shock Theater |
May 22, 1991 |
October 3, 1954 |
Havenwell,
Pennsylvania |
322 |
| Sam leaps into Sam Beiderman, a depressed mental
patient who receives
shock therapy as soon as Sam leaps in. This causes Sam's ego to
become displaced, resulting in him assuming the identities of
people he has leaped into before. It's up to Al to complete Sam's
mission by helping a mentally challenged young man learn how to
read, which he is able to do when he discovers that he and Sam can
be seen by mentally insane people; he must also find a way to
restore Sam's ego so he can leap, or else risk losing contact with
Sam forever. |
Season 4 (1991-1992)
| Title |
Original Airdate |
Leap Date |
Location |
# |
| The Leap Back |
September 18, 1991 |
June 15, 1945 |
Crown Point, Indiana |
401 |
| Sam and Al switch roles after a lightning strike.
This allows Sam to return home to his wife, but when Al leaps into
Captain Tom Jarrett, he is set to be killed by his lover's jealous
ex-fiance, Sam must act as his hologram in order to save Al and
continue to leap through time.
Episode Note: In this, the first appearance of present day
Quantum Leap Laboratories, Ziggy is revealed to be female in
personality and voice (something which is suggested elsewhere in
the series by both Al and Sam referring to Ziggy as "her" and "she"
in previous episodes), and is said to have a 1TFlop
processing capacity. Although consistent with the top
Supercomputer power in 1999,
the 100GB storage suggests she only has one hard drive. |
| |
| Play Ball |
September 25, 1991 |
August 6, 1961 |
Galveston, Texas |
402 |
| Sam is a washed-out baseball player named Lester
"Doc" Fuller who has to help a younger and angrier player get into
the major leagues, the player reminding him of Al when they first
met. |
| |
| Hurricane |
October 2, 1991 |
August 17, 1969 |
Jackson Point,
Mississippi |
403 |
| Sam leaps into Archie Necaise, a small-town sheriff
in the middle of
Hurricane Camille. He must keep his host's girlfriend from
being killed in the storm... or by anyone else. |
| |
| Justice |
October 9, 1991 |
May 11, 1965 |
Alabama |
404 |
| Sam leaps into a man named Clyde just as he is
about to join the
Ku Klux Klan, out of respect for the racist family he has
married into. He must prevent a black civil rights leader from
being lynched by the Klan while trying to explain to his host's son
the evils of racism, but due to his moral upbringing, it becomes
very difficult to act like the person he has leaped into to avoid
his own lynching.
Noble Willingham and
Michael Beach guest star. |
| |
| Permanent Wave |
October 16, 1991 |
June 2, 1983 |
Beverly Hills, California |
405 |
| Sam is Frank Bianca, a male hair stylist living
with his girlfriend, a single mother. When her child witnesses a
murder of a mall drugstore clerk just as Sam leaps in, the boy's
mother won't let him tell the police what he saw, and the killer is
getting closer and closer to make sure that he never will.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt guest stars. |
| |
| Raped |
October 30, 1991 |
June 20, 1980 |
Mill Valley, California |
406 |
| Sam leaps into Katie McBain, a woman who has just
been raped by the town's all-American boy. He must make sure that
justice is done, resulting in the woman herself being brought into
the Imaging Chamber to testify at her trial. It loosely represents
the
Alex Andrew Kelly case. |
| |
| The Wrong Stuff |
November 6, 1991 |
January 24, 1961 |
Cape Canaveral, Florida |
407 |
| In a very bizarre out-of-the-human host, Sam leaps
into Bobo, an astro-chimp whom he must get into the space program -
or he'll disappear forever due to unethical helmet testing methods. |
| |
| Dreams |
November 13, 1991 |
February 28, 1979 |
Malibu, California |
408 |
| Sam leaps into a cop named Jack Stone just as he
finds a man accused of murdering his wife, before killing himself
and emotionally crippling their children. He must uncover a
childhood trauma of the man he leaped into (which has unfortunately
remained in Sam's head after the Leap) and catch a murderer before
his host becomes the next victim. |
| |
| A Single Drop of Rain |
November 20, 1991 |
September 7, 1953 |
Clover Bend,
Arkansas |
409 |
| Sam is William "Billy" Beaumont, a traveling
rainmaker returning home to a farming community suffering from a
drought, who has to make it rain while preventing his host's
brother's wife from running away with him. |
| |
| Unchained |
November 27, 1991 |
November 2, 1956 |
Talawaga County,
Alabama |
410 |
| Sam is Chance Cole, an escaped convic who is
chained to a wrongly accused black man named Jasper who escape
together only to be recaptured again. Sam must find a way to prove
Jasper's innocence to the corrupt warden as the string of robberies
continue.
(This episode is a homage to the 1950s film
The Defiant Ones.) |
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| The Play's the Thing |
January 8, 1992 |
September 9, 1969 |
New York City, New York |
411 |
| Sam leaps into a man named Joe Thurlow who's dating
a much, much older woman and must convince her not to move back to
Cleveland with her straight-as-an-arrow son and his wife. And
somehow he also has to get through a nude version of Hamlet. |
| |
| Running For Honor |
January 15, 1992 |
June 11, 1964 |
Prescott College near
Lakeside, Michigan |
412 |
| Sam leaps into Thomas "Tommy" York, an honor-roll
cadet at a Naval Academy. |
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| Temptation Eyes |
January 22, 1992 |
February 1, 1985 |
San Francisco, California |
413 |
| As a rash of serial murders take place in San
Francisco, Sam leaps into a television reporter named Dylan Powell
who must prevent a psychic who is helping the police from becoming
the next victim. But when she discovers who Sam really is, they
fall for each other and the ordeal becomes very personal.
Tamlyn Tomita guest stars. |
| |
| The Last Gunfighter |
January 29, 1992 |
November 28, 1957 |
Coffin,
Arizona |
414 |
| Sam is a retired gunfighter named Tyler Means who's
living with his family in an Old West town that is used for tourism
and films. He must face his former partner, who wants to kill Sam
because his host stole his heroic antics for his own, while also
preventing his host's grandson from ruining his life after his
image of his grandfather is ruined. |
| |
| A Song for the Soul |
February 26, 1992 |
April 7, 1963 |
Chicago, Illinois |
415 |
| Sam leaps into a member of an all-girl R&B trio
named Cheree and must prevent one of the singers from signing a
cheap contract and ruining their lives. |
| |
| Ghost Ship |
March 4, 1992 |
August 13, 1956 |
Flying in and out of the
Bermuda Triangle |
416 |
| Sam leaps into a copilot of an air taxi named Eddie
Brackett that is transporting two young newlyweds, one of whom is
very sick with appendicitis. But that's the least of his worries
when the plane flies into the
Bermuda Triangle and he loses contact with Al and Quantum
Leap...
Carla Gugino guest stars as a sick woman. |
| |
| Roberto! |
March 11, 1992 |
January 27, 1982 |
Destiny,
New Mexico |
417 |
| Sam is Roberto Gutierrez, a
Geraldo Rivera-inspired talk-show host who works with his
co-worker to unmask a local fertilizer and pesticide plant that is
researching and producing chemical weapons... before they're
silenced.
Delane Matthews and
Jerry Hardin guest star. |
| |
| It's A Wonderful Leap |
April 1, 1992 |
May 10, 1958 |
New York City, New York |
418 |
| Sam is a New York City taxicab driver named Max
Greenman who's trying to earn enough money to get his father his
own medallion. Along the way he meets a woman who claims to be an
angel and can see Al, believing him to be the devil. |
| |
| Moments to Live |
April 8, 1992 |
May 4, 1985 |
Los Angeles, California |
419 |
| Sam leaps into Kyle Hart, a soap opera actor who is
kidnapped by an obsessed fan who wants him to father her baby...
and, in the original history, his host ended up wandering the
countryside with a gunshot wound to the head that rendered him
totally amnesiac. |
| |
| The Curse of Ptah-Hotep |
April 22, 1992 |
March 2, 1957 |
The tomb of Pharaoh Ptah Hotep II in
Saqqara, Egypt |
420 |
| Sam leaps into Dale Conway, a member of an
archeology team that has just unearthed the tomb of the Pharaoh
Ptah-Hotep, but the find carries with a terrible curse. |
| |
| Stand Up |
May 13, 1992 |
April 30, 1959 |
Las Vegas,
Nevada |
421 |
| Sam leaps into a man named Davey Parker who's part
of a trio comedy act, with his male and female partner so in love
with each other that they cannot face it. Sam must get the couple
to see that they love each other, and prevent one of the comedians
from being killed by the Mafia.
Bob Saget and
Amy Yasbeck guest star. |
| |
| A Leap for Lisa |
May 20, 1992 |
June 25, 1957 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola in
Florida |
422 |
| Sam leaps into a younger Al "Bingo" Calavicci who
is on trial for the murder and rape of his commander's wife, but
when Sam's actions unintentionally prevent the witness whose
testimony cleared Al in the real history from testifying before she
dies, things take a turn for the worse as Sam suddenly finds
himself with a renamed Ziggy (Now called 'Alpha'), a married Gushie
and Tina, and a new Observer (guest star
Roddy McDowall)
Terry Farrell and
Charles Rocket guest star. |
Season 5 (1992-1993)
| Title |
Original Airdate |
Leap Date |
Location |
# |
| Lee Harvey Oswald (Part 1) |
September 22, 1992 |
October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963 |
Dallas, Texas/Atsugi,
Japan/Tustin,
California/Moscow,
Lubyanka (KGB) |
501 |
| |
| |
| Lee Harvey Oswald (Part 2) |
September 22, 1992 |
October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963 |
Dallas, Texas/New
Orleans, Louisiana/Dallas, Texas |
502 |
| Sam leaps into various points in
Lee Harvey Oswald's life in an effort to seemingly prevent him
from killing President
John F. Kennedy, but the objective is made more complex by the
fact that their minds are merging; if Al can't bring Sam back, it
will be Sam Beckett who pulls the trigger on Kennedy that fateful
day in Dallas. In the end, Oswald is the lone assasin of JFK. Sam
leaps into
U.S. Secret Service agent
Clint Hill who climbed on the back of the President's limousine
during the
assasination. In the episode
dénouement Al reveals that an alternate history had previously
occurred where
Jackie Kennedy also died and Sam's actual mission was to save
her. |
| |
| Leaping of the Shrew |
September 29, 1992 |
September 27, 1956 |
Somewhere in the
Aegean Sea |
503 |
| Sam finds his patience tested when he leaps into
Nikos Stathatos in a lifeboat with a bratty, self-obsessed heiress
and end up stuck on an island from which they will not be rescued
for nine years...
Brooke Shields guest stars. |
| |
| Nowhere to Run |
October 6, 1992 |
August 10, 1968 |
San Diego, California |
504 |
| Sam leaps into Ronald Miller, a legless Vietnam vet
in a veterans' hospital who must save the life of a quadriplegic
soldier while still keeping his wife from leaving him so that his
eldest son can save a tank troop in the Gulf War.
Michael Boatman,
Jennifer Aniston and
Judith Hoag guest star. |
| |
| Killin' Time |
October 20, 1992 |
June 18, 1958 |
Pine County,
Oklahoma |
505 |
| Sam leaps into Leon Stiles, a dangerous criminal
who has taken a mother and her young daughter hostage. Meanwhile,
Al must find the homicidal Stiles, who has escaped from the project
waiting room, leaving Gushie to act as a temporary Observer.
Cameron Dye and
Beverley Mitchell guest star. |
| |
| Star Light, Star Bright |
October 27, 1992 |
May 21, 1966 |
Charlemont, Massachusetts |
506 |
| Sam is Maxwell Stoddard, an eccentric grandfather
living with his son and his family. He must prevent his teenage
grandson from running away and getting caught up in the drug
culture while also preventing the grandfather from being sent to a
mental institution for his wild stories about
UFOs.
Anne Lockhart and
Guy Boyd guest star. |
| |
| Deliver Us From Evil |
November 10, 1992 |
March 19, 1966 |
Oakland, California |
507 |
| Sam leaps back into Jimmy LaMotta, but is perplexed
when he finds that the happy future he supposedly ensured in his
previous leap is not taking place, and his brother's marriage is
falling apart. Shortly thereafter, Sam finds something he never
expected; a female quantum leaper named Alia, apparently there to
"put wrong what once went right".
Carolyn Seymour and
Kristen Cloke guest star. |
| |
| Trilogy (Part 1: One Little Heart) |
November 17, 1992 |
August 8, 1955 |
Potterville,
Louisiana |
508 |
| |
| |
| Trilogy (Part 2: For Your Love) |
November 24, 1992 |
June 14, 1966 |
Potterville,
Louisiana |
509 |
| |
| |
| Trilogy (Part 3: The Last Door) |
November 24, 1992 |
July 28, 1978 |
Potterville,
Louisiana |
510 |
| In a three-part story arc, Sam leaps into various
people in a small Southern town in an effort to break a family
curse that is tormenting a young girl, protect her from a woman who
is convinced that the girl killed her husband and daughter, and
ensure that another young girl grows up to work for the Quantum
Leap Project... specifically, Sam's own daughter.
Meg Foster,
Max Wright, and
Melora Hardin guest star. |
| |
| Promised Land |
December 15, 1992 |
December 22, 1971 |
Elk Ridge,
Indiana |
511 |
| Sam leaps into his hometown as Willie Walters, Jr.,
one of three brothers who are robbing the town bank in order to pay
off a loan. Sam must uncover the reason the bank lent money to
these farmers who could not possibly pay it back, while trying to
prevent the brothers from being killed when they try to escape. |
| |
| A Tale of Two Sweeties |
January 5, 1993 |
February 25, 1958 |
Pompano Beach, Florida |
512 |
| Sam finds himself between the proverbial rock and
hard place when he leaps into a bigamist named Martin "Marty"
Ellroy, with a 50% chance of picking the right family to stay with. |
| |
| Liberation |
January 12, 1993 |
October 16, 1968 |
Connecticut |
513 |
| Sam leaps into Margaret Sanders, a housewife who
must convince her husband that the family can survive and even
thrive with feminism. He must also persuade the daughter that
advances for women must come about through nonviolent means and
persuade a woman working in the husband's firm to be more assertive
about her ideas for the company.
Max Gail guest stars. |
| |
| Dr. Ruth |
January 19, 1993 |
April 25, 1985 |
New York City, New York |
514 |
| As the famous sex doctor
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Sam must help a woman stand up to the
sexual harassment of her boss and get his coworkers together, while
the real Doctor Ruth helps Al deal with his fear of abandonment and
his inability to tell a woman that he loves her. |
| |
| Blood Moon |
February 9, 1993 |
March 10, 1975 |
Outside of
London, England |
515 |
| Sam leaps into an eccentric artist named Lord Nigel
Corrington who lives a strange, gothic lifestyle. He has only a few
hours to save his wife from a grisly death, supposedly at the hands
of a vampire, while dealing with Al's own conviction that his host
actually is the walking dead. |
| |
| Return of the Evil Leaper |
February 23, 1993 |
October 8, 1956 |
North Falls,
New York |
516 |
| As a nerdy college kid who dresses up as a
superhero named Arnold Watkins, Sam must stop a fraternity from
holding chicken races as part of their initiation. While back in
the waiting room, Al must convince Sam's host to give up his
dangerous lifestyle and help him deal with the murder of his
parents. However, the sudden return of the Evil Leaper makes the
task significantly harder.
Neil Patrick Harris guest stars. |
| |
| Revenge of the Evil Leaper |
February 23, 1993 |
September 16, 1987 |
Mallard,
Ohio |
517 |
| Leaping into Elizabeth Tate in a women's prison
(accompanied by Alia), Sam must keep the reformed Evil Leaper from
being caught by her former Observer while also trying to keep his
host from being executed for the murder of a fellow inmate.
- During its original airing, in a 2-hour movie format with the
preceeding Return of the Evil Leaper, the conclusion of
this episode included a special extended preview of the final
four episodes of the series, Goodbye Norma Jean, The
Beast Within, The Leap Between the States, and
Mirror Image. The preview was hosted by Scott Bakula and Dean
Stockwell from the Living Room set of the episode The Leap
Between the States.
- On the Quantum Leap Fifth Season DVD collection, Return
& Revenge have not been restored to their original 2-hour
movie format. To compensate, Return has been extended to
include the full first act of Revenge, thus giving us 5-10
minutes of duplicate scenes.
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| |
| Goodbye Norma Jean |
March 2, 1993 |
April 4, 1960 |
Hollywood, California |
518 |
| Sam is Dennis Boardman, the chauffeur of
Marilyn Monroe and must help the unhappy star stay alive to
make
one final movie. |
| |
| The Beast Within |
March 16, 1993 |
November 6, 1972 |
Washington |
519 |
| Sam is Henry Adams, a
Vietnam War
veteran living in the forest with an epileptic fellow veteran
who will die unless he gets his medicine. However, he is opposed in
this task by the sheriff living in town, who served in the same
unit and doesn't want to face his past. |
| |
| The Leap Between The States |
March 30, 1993 |
September 20, 1862 |
Mansfield County,
Virginia |
520 |
| Breaking all the rules of Quantum Leaping, Sam
leaps along his genetic line and finds himself in the
American Civil War as his great-grandfather, Captain John
Beckett, of the
Union Army. While helping the underground railroad smuggle a
family which has the
grandfather of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to freedom, Sam must also win the
heart of his great-grandmother, or he may be erased from existence. |
| |
| Memphis Melody |
April 20, 1993 |
July 3, 1954 |
Memphis, Tennessee |
521 |
| As
Elvis Presley, Sam must help a struggling female musician, but
at the same time must ensure that he doesn't prevent the king of
rock n' roll from being discovered.
Last brush with History: Sam is preceded onstage at a talent
show by a blond seven-year-old with sunglasses and a saxophone,
introduced as "Little Billy C. from Hope, Arkansas". Could it be
future President
Bill Clinton? |
| |
| Mirror Image |
May 5, 1993 |
August 8, 1953: April 3, 1969 |
Cokeburg, Pennsylvania/San
Diego, California |
522 |
Sam arrives at a mining town as himself on the date
and hour he was born on. Patrons of the town bar look familiar from
past leaps, other patrons seem to be leapers, and the bartender
implies that he might be God, Fate or Time. While trying to figure
things out, Sam has to help save some trapped miners, regain
contact with Al, and decide whether or not to continue leaping. He
eventually decides to continue leaping in exchange for the chance
to re-visit one of his previous leaps. In the last few minutes of
the show, Sam appears to Al's first wife, Beth, and this time he
tells her that Al is alive in a POW camp and will return home to
her.
- For this final episode, the original version of the opening
credits theme, as used in the first four seasons, was brought
back. (However, on some later versions, the fifth season theme is
used — even though the visuals are still from an earlier season.)
-
Bruce McGill, who played Al the Bartender in this episode,
also appeared as Weird Ernie in the very first episode.
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