TV Show

Quantum Leap

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

TV Show Stats +8%

5 seasons

97 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1989

Rating

TV Show

8.0/10

734 votes • HD

Season 1

8 episodes
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Genesis
Episode 1

Genesis

Episode 1 • Mar 26, 1989

September 13, 1956: Sam Beckett wakes up in 1956, disoriented, suffering from amnesia, but he has the awful realization that he does not belong there...

7.3
90m
Star-Crossed
Episode 2

Star-Crossed

Episode 2 • Mar 31, 1989

June 15, 1972: Sam leaps into the persona of a womanizing college professor in 1972, encounters his lost love and attempts to reshape the past

7.1
45m
The Right Hand of God
Episode 3

The Right Hand of God

Episode 3 • Apr 07, 1989

October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own his contract.

6.5
46m
How the Tess Was Won
Episode 4

How the Tess Was Won

Episode 4 • Apr 14, 1989

August 5, 1956: Sam finds himself on a Texas ranch in 1956 as a submissive veterinarian in love with a tough rancher.

6.1
45m
Double Identity
Episode 5

Double Identity

Episode 5 • Apr 21, 1989

November 8, 1965: Sam becomes a hit man in 1965 whose romance with the godfather's girlfriend places him in danger.

6.6
45m
The Color of Truth
Episode 6

The Color of Truth

Episode 6 • May 03, 1989

August 8, 1955: Sam experiences racism firsthand when he leaps into the body of an elderly black man in the pre-civil rights South of 1955.

7.8
45m
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Season 2

22 episodes
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Honeymoon Express
Episode 1

Honeymoon Express

Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1989

April 27, 1960: As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopath, ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's funding will be cut off, stranding Sam alone in the past, unless he can prevent the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia.

7.5
45m
Disco Inferno
Episode 2

Disco Inferno

Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1989

April 1, 1976: As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsessive father to let the younger son go his own way, even if it means going into country-western music, rather than following the family tradition of stunt work.

7.1
46m
The Americanization of Machiko
Episode 3

The Americanization of Machiko

Episode 3 • Oct 11, 1989

August 4, 1953: As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight against the prejudice of both a scheming ex-girlfriend, as well as his mother, in order to gain acceptance of his new bride.

7.3
44m
What Price Gloria?
Episode 4

What Price Gloria?

Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1989

October 16, 1961: Sam is shocked when he learns he's leaped into a woman, Samantha Stormer. As a gorgeous secretary for an automobile company, Sam has to cope with sexual harassment by the boss, a suicide attempt by a roommate, and the effect his looks have on Al's lecherous tendencies.

5.3
46m
Blind Faith
Episode 5

Blind Faith

Episode 5 • Nov 01, 1989

February 6, 1964: Although the concert pianist he leaps into is blind, a fact, which bothers his girlfriend's disapproving mother, Sam can still see. At least until an exploding flashbulb blinds him at the crucial moment: when he must rescue his girlfriend from a serial killer.

6.9
45m
Good Morning, Peoria
Episode 6

Good Morning, Peoria

Episode 6 • Nov 08, 1989

September 9, 1959: Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick Howell, can manage to keep the radio station where he's employed from being shut down by overly conservative town elders.

6.6
46m
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Season 3

22 episodes
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The Leap Home (1)
Episode 1

The Leap Home (1)

Episode 1 • Sep 28, 1990

November 25, 1969: As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball championship and save his family from their sad fates.

8.2
45m
The Leap Home (2): Vietnam
Episode 2

The Leap Home (2): Vietnam

Episode 2 • Oct 05, 1990

April 7, 1970: As a Navy SEAL in his own brother's squad, Sam must determine whether he is there to save Tom's life or ensure the success of the mission on which his brother was killed. Also Al from 1970 was a P.O.W.

7.5
44m
Leap of Faith
Episode 3

Leap of Faith

Episode 3 • Oct 12, 1990

August 19, 1963: Sam finds himself in one holy mess as a priest in Philadelphia, trying to help an alcoholic priest deal with a killer and the death of a young parishioner.

7.0
43m
One Strobe Over the Line
Episode 4

One Strobe Over the Line

Episode 4 • Oct 19, 1990

June 15, 1965: Sam is a photographer who must protect a fashion model from a growing dependency on amphetamines and a predatory manager's ambitions.

7.0
45m
The Boogieman
Episode 5

The Boogieman

Episode 5 • Oct 26, 1990

October 31, 1964: Things do more than go bump in the night when Sam leaps into Joshua Raye, a horror novelist on Halloween. Although Ziggy claims he's there to prevent the death of a church deacon, things get even stranger when two more people die without warning.

6.8
45m
Miss Deep South
Episode 6

Miss Deep South

Episode 6 • Nov 02, 1990

June 7, 1958: As Darlene Monte, a contestant in the "Miss Deep South" beauty pageant, Sam must come to the aid of an innocent contender who faces disgrace when she poses for naughty pictures taken by a sleazy pageant photographer. As if things weren't bad enough, Sam must ensure that Darlene finishes third, so that she'll go on to become a doctor.

7.5
0m
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Season 4

22 episodes
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The Leap Back
Episode 1

The Leap Back

Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1991

June 15, 1945: Struck by lightning, Sam and Al find their roles reversed, as Sam returns to the future, and to a long-lost love, while Al leaps back to 1945 to prevent the death of a returning World War II hero and his former girl friend.

7.4
44m
Play Ball
Episode 2

Play Ball

Episode 2 • Sep 25, 1991

August 6, 1961: A pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Sam must decide if he's there to help a fellow team member, get his host back into the major leagues, or baby-sit the porcine team mascot, all while resisting the amorous advances of the women in his life.

7.0
45m
Hurricane
Episode 3

Hurricane

Episode 3 • Oct 02, 1991

August 17, 1969: Sam meets Camille, and possibly a killer, when he leaps into a deputy sheriff in a small Mississippi town, lying in the path of a deadly hurricane.

7.2
44m
Justice
Episode 4

Justice

Episode 4 • Oct 09, 1991

May 11, 1965: Sam must don the robe of a Ku Klux Klansman in order to save the life of an ambitious young civil rights leader, who is trying to register black voters.

7.8
44m
Permanent Wave
Episode 5

Permanent Wave

Episode 5 • Oct 16, 1991

June 2, 1983: Sam leaps into Frank Bianca, a hairstylist in leather pants, to prevent the death of a young murder witness and his mother.

7.5
44m
Raped
Episode 6

Raped

Episode 6 • Oct 30, 1991

June 20, 1980: It's up to Sam to try to bring a rapist to justice when he leaps into the perp's victim, a young woman who may have been unwilling to press charges against the young man - the son of the pillar of the community.

7.5
44m
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Season 5

22 episodes
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Lee Harvey Oswald (1)
Episode 1

Lee Harvey Oswald (1)

Episode 1 • Sep 22, 1992

October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Following the sole assassin theory, Sam and Al attempt to prevent Oswald's attack on John F. Kennedy. But, with each leap giving Oswald more control over Sam's body, history seems doomed to repeat itself.

7.5
45m
Lee Harvey Oswald (2)
Episode 2

Lee Harvey Oswald (2)

Episode 2 • Sep 22, 1992

October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Following the sole assassin theory, Sam and Al attempt to prevent Oswald's attack on John F. Kennedy. But, with each leap giving Oswald more control over Sam's body, history seems doomed to repeat itself.

7.5
45m
Leaping of the Shrew
Episode 3

Leaping of the Shrew

Episode 3 • Sep 29, 1992

September 27, 1956: It's Robinson Crusoe with a twist when Sam leaps into a Greek sailor stranded on a deserted island with a beautiful young rich woman who appears to be less than fond of both him and their stranded situation.

7.5
45m
Nowhere to Run
Episode 4

Nowhere to Run

Episode 4 • Oct 06, 1992

August 10, 1968: As a Marine captain whose legs were amputated after a mishap in Vietnam, Sam finds himself in a veteran's hospital, where he must prevent the suicide of a fellow patient who would rather be dead than face life paralyzed from the neck down. Making matters worse, his wife seems incapable of accepting the fact that she and Sam's host can still lead a normal life, in spite of his condition.

7.5
45m
Killin' Time
Episode 5

Killin' Time

Episode 5 • Oct 20, 1992

June 18, 1958: Sam leaps into a tricky situation as an escaped killer holed up in a house with a mother and daughter as hostages. Escape isn't going to be easy for either Sam or his hostages, when the real killer breaks out of the waiting room, stranding Sam in the past, destined to die at the hands of a vengeful sheriff.

6.2
45m
Star Light, Star Bright
Episode 6

Star Light, Star Bright

Episode 6 • Oct 27, 1992

May 21, 1966: Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man whose son wants to have him committed when he claims to have seen UFO's. Sam is kept busy as he tries to keep the family together, prevent the future drug overdose of "his" grandson, and avoid the sinister plans of the military, all before the next anticipated UFO sighting.

7.2
45m
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