Quantum Leap

1988 • NBC
4.7
396 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 5 episodes (22)

1 Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963 (Pt. 1)
9/22/92
Part 1 of 2. Sam (Scott Bakula) has an opportunity to change history forever when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions, including the day of JFK's assassination. With Dean Stockwell.
2 Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963 (Pt. 2)
9/22/92
Part 2 of 2. Sam (Scott Bakula) has an opportunity to change history forever when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald on several occasions, including the day of JFK's assassination. With Dean Stockwell.
3 Leaping of the Shrew - September 27, 1956
9/29/92
Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into a Greek sailor's body that is shipwrecked with a beautiful debutante, and teaches her to follow her heart.
4 Nowhere To Run - August 10, 1968
10/6/92
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of handicapped war veteran Ron Miller, who is trying to adjust to life back home in the U.S.A.
5 Killin' Time - June 18, 1958
10/20/92
Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of mass murderer (Leon Stiles) who has escaped custody and taken a mother and her daughter hostage.
6 Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966
10/27/92
Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Max Stoddard, 79 years old, who must prove he has seen a UFO so his family does not have him committed to a mental institution.
7 Deliver Us from Evil - March 19, 1966
11/10/92
Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Jimmy La Matta and realizes the leap is very familiar. He meet Alia, another time traveler but is unaware that she is evil. Sam (Scott Bakula), Jimmy, must stop his brother Frank from leaving his wife Connie because there is an abiding love, even though they are not aware of it.
8 Trilogy, Pt.1 (One Little Heart) - August 8, 1955
11/17/92
Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes a Louisiana sheriff who is investigating a murder that the townspeople believe was committed by his 10-year-old daughter (Kimberly Cullum). Guest star: Mary Gordon Murray. With Dean Stockwell.
9 Trilogy: Part 2 (For Your Love) - June 14, 1966
11/24/92
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of a deputy sheriff 11 years after his previous leap and finds himself engaged to Abigail (Melora Hardin). With Dean Stockwell.
10 Trilogy: Part 3 (The Last Door) - July 28, 1978
11/24/92
Sam (Scott Bakula) returns to Abigail's (Melora Hardin) life 12 years later as a lawyer to defend her against murder charges. With Dean Stockwell.
11 Promised Land - December 22, 1971
12/15/92
Sam (Scott Bakula) returns to his hometown as Bill Walter, who, with his two brothers, hold up the town's bank for money owed by the Walters farm.
12 A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958
1/5/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Marty Ellroy who is married to two women and has two children from each marriage. Sam (Scott Bakula) must make Marty select one wife over the other and must stop Marty from his excessive gambling problem.
13 Liberation - October 16, 1968
1/12/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Margaret Sanders, a housewife who joins her daughter in the fight for equal rights for women. Sam (Scott Bakula) must save Margaret's marriage to George and stop their daughter Suzi, and her associate Diana, from being killed at a sit-in.
14 Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985
1/19/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) becomes Dr. Ruth Westheimer to help a girl fight sexual harassment and to keep a couple together, but also the jump places the doctor in the Imaging Chamber so she can help Al (Dean Stockwell) with his love life.
15 Blood Moon - March 10, 1975
2/9/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Nigel Covington, a vampire, he must stop his wife, Alexandria from being sacrificed for her blood at the Blood Moon ritual.
16 Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956
2/23/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Arnold Watkins, a wimpy college freshman who has been disguising himself as the "Midnight Marauder" and protecting the innocent from evil. Sam (Scott Bakula) is there to save Arnold from attempting death-defying feats as well as making certain that Alia, the evil leaper, leaps out with him.
17 Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987
2/23/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Liz Tate who has been accused of murdering Carol Benning while they were both in jail. Alia, another leaper, has also leapt with Sam (Scott Bakula), and her observer, Zoey, has become a leaper herself.
18 Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960
3/2/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Dennis Boardman, Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur and must save her from killing herself before she completes her present picture.
19 The Beast Within - November 6, 1972
3/16/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Henry Akers, a homeless Vietnam veteran, to save the lives of Roy Brown, a high school buddy and fellow veteran, and Daniel Burke, the 13-year-old son of a high school classmate.
20 The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862
3/30/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Captain John Beckett, his great grandfather, a union infantry officer shot by confederate soldiers in the middle of the Civil War. Sam's (Scott Bakula) mission is to save Isaac, a slave, from being killed and also to make sure his great grandfather marries Olivia, a Southern aristocrat so they can have children.
21 Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954
4/20/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into the body of Elvis Presley two days before he is signed by Mr. Phillips, of Sun Records. He is there to make certain that not only Elvis but also Sue Anne Winters gets a recording contract as well so they can both follow their dreams.
22 Mirror Image - August 8, 1953
5/5/93
Sam (Scott Bakula) leaps into a tavern in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania, as himself on his day of birth. He befriends a wise bartender, Alberto Bellisario and a group of coal miners, on the series finale.

About this show

Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) is a brilliant scientist with six doctorates, whose efforts to return to the present following a flawed time-travel experiment keep him bouncing back and forth in time replacing people he never knew or heard of. His partner on the Quantum Leap experiment, The Observer (Dean Stockwell), appears as a hologram only Sam can see or hear. The Observer is an eccentric quantum physicist, ex-astronaut, ex-Golden Gloves boxing champion and womanizer, who assists Sam in adapting to the different time periods and personas. This proves both challenging and amusing, providing high drama as the perplexed hero valiantly tries to live each life he's been forced to assume without any of that person's skills or knowledge. Quantum Leap is the promise of a second chance. With each leap, Sam is given the opportunity to make things right -- change the lives of the people he becomes for the better and in the end, hopefully, make the world a better place.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
396 reviews
Carol Mahan
July 2, 2016
A constant time travel. You never know where you're going to end up show You never knew how Scott Bakula was going to be a man or a woman.You never knew what he was going to be and constantly waiting for his iconic man to to show up to tell him who he was and why. It was a good show back then and it's good to see the reruns now umm when I was younger I never missed the show because I am a total time travel person so you might find it interesting you might be insulted you might love it you might not.
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chris Kijek
May 6, 2021
HOW COME I CAN NOT BUY THE COMPLETE SEASON 2 IT ONLY HAS THE OPTION TO PURCHASER 1 EPISODE AT A TIME??? GREAT SHOW I PURCHASED ALL THE SEASON EXCEPT SEASON 2 FOR THE REASON AND ONLY GIVING A 3 STAR RATING BECAUSE OF THAT
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Tammi Odden
September 10, 2017
One of my absolute favorite television shows of all time! With each episode, you never know where or when it was going to take place! A completely different story each episode and I never found any of them boring. Excellent storytelling and character development. Oh and I just love Al's wardrobe and wish I could get some of it for myself! lol
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